Chapter 16: Chapter 16
ANGELIQUE SLOAN’s POV
I know that my movements have been terrible since I’m scheming something hideous, but it doesn’t seem like Greyson even cared. “You’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?” he whispered to my ear as he was pulling me towards the entrance of his bar until we finally reached the same room that both Greyson and Kim used. “You were never the kind of girl who has an interest in putting on lipstick. And besides, I’ve taken a lot of women to bed already; I can see the lust hidden deep within your eyes even if you don’t speak.”
I tried so hard to hide the fact that I was nervous of what else he would be able to notice. “Everything and everyone can change, and fortunately, I’m one of those people. It would be a disgrace if I’d be stuck as the same person that you once knew,” I reasoned my way out that I soon followed with a wink and a bite on my lip.
There was a short pause on Greyson’s facial expression before he smirked, and that was the signal for me to commence my plan. I gave him a warm embrace as I raised my leg to the level of his waist which he instantly grabbed and massaged.
I unconsciously tilted my head upwards, at the same time that I closed my eyes, to sincerely feel the heating sensation and let my body do the rest. Greyson wrapped his fingers around my nape and it gently motioned up to my head to play with my hair. “You should know that there’s no turning back once we begin, Angelique,” he warned me to make sure that I was prepared for this and wasn’t merely teasing him.
His fragrance hasn’t faded over the past years. It was one of Greyson’s features that appealed to me. He held my chin as a support to reach his lips. When I felt his hot breath touching mine, I knew that it would be game over for him.
But, that didn’t even occur, so I immediately opened my eyes when I didn’t feel his tender kiss.
“What were you expecting?” Greyson questioned while his eyebrow was arched.
I was literally confused. I dropped my leg to the ground and stood properly before moving backwards, folding both of my arms in front. “Y-your kiss of course. What else is there left for me to expect?” I responded and tried to sound like I wasn’t lying, but it seems like I failed.
Greyson sighed as he shook his head. “Did you think that I wouldn’t notice?”
He didn’t stop heading towards my direction and it didn’t take too long before he was able to corner me. “H-hey, I-I’m sorry…” I murmured in between my gasp for air. “I was just doing some sort of experiment on you, I didn’t intend to do anything other than that.”
“How can I be so sure when you’re wearing her lipstick?” Greyson raised his brow, pertaining to Airi.
Just like what he said, he seriously did take a lot of women to bed already and it’s not that much of a mystery if he actually memorized all of their distinctive personalities and belongings. Considering how Airi was almost treated as a secretary of his, it’s not unusual that he recognizes what she used before.
“As I mentioned, it’s a mere experiment on you, Greyson,” I said with a straight tone, which made him sigh in displeasure.
“It doesn’t seem like you’re unaware of its effects. After everything that I’ve done for you behind your back, this is what you’ll give to me in return?” Greyson turned his back away from me, and it doesn’t look like he still has any room for forgiveness this time around. “If that’s how you’re going to act, then so be it. I shouldn’t have had my heart fluttering for someone I met years ago,” he murmured in continuation to his first statement.
“W-what?” I asked despite the awkward temperature that surrounded the two of us.
I thought that it was going to be the end of our uneasy moment together, but it was just the start! Greyson came closer to me as he brought my leg back to the same position and resumed what we were about to do earlier.
When he closed his eyes, I immediately avoided his attempt to land a kiss on me. “W-w-wait!” I pushed his face away from mine. “What are you doing?” I questioned his sudden change of action.
“Isn’t this what you wanted? Don’t act like you haven’t made love with me before, it’s so unlikely of you.”
He made use of his strength to lock me within his biceps as he held the back of my head. If it was needed to use force, Greyson wouldn’t really think twice to do so.
A second was no longer wasted when we finally sealed a kiss that felt like over a century passed by.
My mind wasn’t functioning neatly when Greyson stepped back. “The taste of Airi still haunts me,” he said, which made me wonder if what he said was a hoax. “You shouldn’t have listened to that vile woman. She has no interest in aiding you with whatever it was that you wanted to happen. Airi’s goal right from the start was to make sure that I wouldn’t be able to forget about her no matter what the cost was,” he explained as he tried to keep his foot on the ground.
“I didn’t know that you would be able to solve this right away, Greyson.”
The door that was supposed to be locked was swiftly opened at the speed of light. As I glanced behind me, I saw Airi standing beside the doorway while she was playing with the keys on her index finger.
“Airi…” I bit my lip as I thought of the possibility that she simply used me for her own benefit.
A smirk was the only response that I got from her, which made my blood boil. Ever since I was a child, it always made me infuriated how people tend to make use of me for their selfish reasons.