Neil trotted up the stairs, and very excitedly, rushed up to Taya. One billion, we must celebrate!”
Hearing so, Taya withdrew her gaze and shifted it to Neil. “How do you want to celebrate?”
With his arms folded around his chest, stroking his chin, Neil pondered out loud, “I heard that Rustic Place is better than Nightshade, perhaps… we shall visit the pub and have fun!”
Seeing through his lustful thoughts, Taya jokingly teased, “Shouldn’t you be all proper and set yourself as a role model?”
With a serious face, Neil corrected her, “You’re wrong, I’m not a role model, and nor should I even be considered a human being. I’m just an intelligent animal.”
Taya couldn’t help laughing. She retrieved her phone and called Harper to book a private room.
It just so happened that they received their payment from the NASA that day so from the company’s financial account, Neil transferred the money to Taya so that they would have enough money to thoroughly enjoy their time.
Out of worry, Taya couldn’t help asking Neil, “The staff in the company should have probably seen my sister. Will there be any problem with it?”
Neil waved. “Rosalie permanently resided in Aronland. She hadn’t been back much. Plus, I was the one who recruited all the members of the company.”
Hearing so, Taya heaved a sigh of relief. “If that’s the case, the celebration party will be the day after tomorrow.”
She was exhausted from staying up all night working on her drawings the night before and hadn’t had much sleep.
Plus, Preston had reserved Harper’s place for three days, and they would have to wait for Preston to vacate the rooms.
Seeing that Neil had no objections, Taya turned around, picked up the scroll on the table and handed it to him.
“This is the drawing for the second project. I only managed to produce a sketch, and I’ll need your help to finish up the rest. Plus,
please complete the site surveys for the rest of the projects, only then can I come up with the drawings as soon as possible.”
Watching as she gave her orders, Neil seemed to have seen the former Rosalie as he couldn’t help obeying Taya in awe. “Yes, boss!”
After Taya greeted the architects in the company and got familiar with the environment, she picked up her bag and left the
company.
As if expecting her to exit the building at the moment, the expensive Koenigsegg pulled up to a stop before her.
The noble man shrouded in an icy temperament got off the driver’s seat and gentlemanly opened the door for her.
“Get in the car.”
Taya gave him a glance, and after several seconds of pondering, walked straight toward him without any hesitation.
Just as she bent over to get into the car, Griffon shielded her head with his fingers.
The careful movements stunned Taya briefly. Griffon had never done such a thing…
The man went around and got into the car before closing the door and looking sideways at Taya silently in her seat.
The faint scent of fragrance lingered in the narrow space, adding traces of ambiguity to their silent atmosphere…
Not at ease, Taya plucked up her courage to ask why he wouldn’t drive when he leaned over and pressed down on her.
Noticing the tall sturdy figure and the flawless face approaching, accompanied by the scent of cedar, Taya tensed up.
Her hands subconsciously clenched as she looked into the eyes under the gold-rimmed gla*ses. The overwhelming yearning for her cast through the lenses to sprinkle onto her heart.
The man’s fingers circled the top of her head, reaching for the window before he gently pulled the seat belt and fastened it for
her.
Taya had thought that he would retreat after buckling her seat belt, but little had she expected him to press in a little closer…
As his tall nose brushed against her cheeks, his head averted slightly to the side, brushing past her hair while he gently nipped on her upper ear.
“Taya…”
The hot breath warmer than that in the office spread into her eardrums bit by bit, as if jolted by an electric current, left her entire
body numb, shivering “Help me…”
Taya, shrunk in the car seat and dared not move an inch, had her clear eyes widened in surprise hearing his words.
As if not to have realized so, Griffon’ lips slid down a little more, leaving a light kiss on her after one more gentle bite on her earlobe.
“Taya, help me…”
The cold touch intertwined with the warm sensation, accompanied by the deep raspy voice, once again carried a slight tremor that sent Taya’s heart furiously pounding.
Her instinctive reaction was to land her gaze on his lower abdomen, and at the sight of the protruding part of his body under the suit pants, she gulped in nervousness “I…can’t-can’t help you…”
Griffon raised his dazed hawk eyes to rub his fluttering eyelashes against the itchiest part of Taya’s skin by her ears.
“You can.”
Just as Taya was about to say no, she heard the man’s melodious voice, “Could you help me take off my gla*ses?”
Taya was at a loss for words.
She had every reason to suspect that Griffon had done it on purpose as she shot him a glare, questioning through her gritted teeth, “Don’t you have hands yourself?”
When Griffon saw that the tips of her ears were flushed, the corners of his lips curved to a smirk. “I want you to help me.”
Taya took a deep breath. Holding her annoyance in, she raised her fair hand to help him take off the gla*ses on the bridge of his nose.
As soon as she took it off, the man was seen inclining his head to kiss her plump lips. Sucking onto the delicate lips in his mouth, he frantically demanded more of her.
While kissing her, one hand stretched out to support her waist from behind, pushing her close to his body, breathing heavily as he tasted their shared breath.
Taya resisted Griffon with one hand on his chest and pushed him hard, but nothing happened. All she could do was remain to glower at him…
Only when Griffon himself was about to suffocate did he reluctantly release the woman in his arms he was deeply addicted to.
He had tasted her countless times, but he would always be left unsatisfied. Only did he love a woman so badly would he react in such a manner.
He sat on the side, watching the panting Taya shoot him an aggressive glare, his eyes shining with the look to conquer her, and her only.
“Give me your phone.”
When the seething Taya heard him asking for her phone, she ignored him and turned to look out the car window.
Once again, Griffon leaned in to coax her softly, “I’m sorry. Don’t get mad, will you?”
He was terrible at coaxing women with words. All he was capable of doing was soften his tone and say gentle words. That was all he knew.
Taya snapped, “What do you want my phone for?”
Griffon raised his hand to smooth her short ruffled hair. “Give it to me, and you’ll know.”
Half dubious, Taya took out her mobile phone and handed it to him.
Griffon took it, and with a glance at the locked screen, softly asked, “Pa*sword?” Of course, Taya would not tell Griffon what the pa*sword was.
She grabbed the phone over and turned sideways to his blind spot with her head buried in her phone to secretly enter the pa*sword.
Griffon glanced at Taya guarding him, then at the numbers reflected on the car window. His lips couldn’t help but curl.
Taya, who thought she had done a perfect job, handed the phone to him after entering the pa*sword. “Don’t try scrolling through my chat logs…”
Griffon took her mobile phone to tap on the call log, WhatsApp, Twitter and the rest of the social apps, removing himself from her blacklists one by one.
Taya had thought that he wanted to borrow her phone as he didn’t have his by his side, but she hadn’t expected him to be removing himself from her blocked contacts.
Once Griffon was done, he reverted his head once again, his almond-shaped eyes fixed on her face.
“Do you have a new WhatsApp account?”
Taya shook her head in an attempt to hide her new account, but she saw his fingers tapping
WhatsApp to switch accounts.
She hastily stretched out to grab her phone back, but she was about to press the close button when she saw Harper’s text pop up.
“Taya, Griffon couldn’t find you. He was so anxious that he vomited blood, why don’t you give him another chance…”
It was a previous text sent. Taya was logged into her first WhatsApp account, so she hadn’t seen the text from Harper.
Seeing the word ‘vomit blood’, Taya froze.
Her mind flashed with the scene of Griffon being not able to get back up from falling onto the ground after he was given a light
push.
At the thought of his pale face and bloodshot eyes from that day, her fingers gripped onto the phone as her gaze slowly shifted to
the man beside her.
“Harper said… you vomited blood the day you came looking for me, you… Are you all right?”