Chapter Seventeen

May’s POV

Nicholas held me that tight for more than ten minutes until I felt so uncomfortable that I had to remove myself from his body.

“Thank you,” I said, breaking the mood.

“For what, May? For coming to save your ass before you get yourself killed” He snickered and I smiled, knowing what he was up to.

“Whatever. He didn’t come because he was busy. Everybody isn’t as bad as you are”

I stuck my tongue out at him and he grabbed my face.

“As bad as I am, right? Well, this bad guy came to pick you up when the good guy left you stranded on the road to die”

“That’s not what happened, Nicolas. He was at a meeting and I’m supposed to meet him at the restaurant and this car got spoilt in the middle of nowhere”

I purposely left out the part where Adam had told me he wouldn’t be able to come because I didn’t want to hear any more of Nico’s words about it.

“The least he could have done was to pick you up not let you keep on staying here”

I glared at him even though he might not see me do that since it was dark. He was about to make me say the words that were at the tip of my tongue.

“Fine! He’s in a meeting and I didn’t call him to inform him that my car had broken down” I walked away from him and moved far away from the car.

“What are you doing, May?”

“Walking away from you” I replied Not realizing that he was right behind me, he yanked me by the hand and walked me back to the car.

“Lock the car and let us go”

Without wasting any more time or letting me say another word, he collected the key from me, locked the car, and walked me towards his car.

I opened the door and sat before he did. Once he entered, he started his car and he drove off back to the castle.

On our way back, I noticed an open cinema that wasn’t there when I was on my way to meet with Adam.

“I didn’t notice that before,” I said, loud enough for his grumpy ass to hear.

“Good for you”

I rolled my eyes at his comment.

“Can we go back and watch the movie? It’ll be a nice idea to sit on or maybe inside the car and watch the movie in such an open environment like that and maybe you can blow off some steam while there” I requested, hoping he’ll say yes.

“It’s cold outside. It doesn’t make sense sitting in the cold to watch a movie”

“It’s not that bad of an idea. We can actually sit in the car” I proposed.

“No”

“Please”

“No, May and stop acting like a child”

“Pretty pretty pretty please with a cupcake on your head” I begged, smiling like a child.

“Fine!”

“Yes,” I squealed, happy he finally said yes.

He stopped the car, turned at a safe point, and headed back to the outdoor cinema. It was only about seven cars that were there, watching the movie.

“Yes! Yes! Yes!”

“Why are you so happy?”

“They’re showing Wonder Woman and who wouldn’t be happy to watch the second part of that amazing movie” I squealed, and he looked at me differently.

“I guess you haven’t seen the first part”

“It’s not a prerequisite in having a good life” He replied.

“You even have an excuse for living life like that”

“You didn’t have it any better yourself. All you did was stay in a cramped room you called an apartment and write some erotic novels” he declared, shocking me.

“Stalker” I coughed out.

“I’ve got better things to do than stalk you”

“If that helps you to sleep at night, baby boy”

“Don’t call me that”

“Call you what? Baby boy?”

“Stop, May,” he said. The side of his lips curved into a smile, making it unbelievable that he could actually manage a smile while around me.

“Tell me, what’s the secret behind your new name, Nicholas?” I asked, trying to take advantage of his good mood.

“My middle name had always been Nicholas. You just never seemed to notice my eyes nor my full name” he answered, not frowning or glaring at me.

It was obvious that he didn’t want to say anymore, so I just decided to turn my attention to the movie and enjoy my time out there.

Few minutes to the end of the movie, I felt Nicholas’ eyes on me, so I turned my head in his direction, and then our eyes met. His green and blue eyes scrutinizing me deeply and his gaze was full of lust.

“What?” I asked.

“You look beautiful when you smile”

“That means I’m ugly seventy-five percent of the time because I rarely smile, right?”

His hand came in contact with my face, he pushed some strand of hair behind my ear, before tracing his hand across my eyebrow, nose and landed on my lips.

“That’s not what I meant” He replied, breathing heavily.

I wanted to kiss him more than anything in the world, but this was Nicholas. If I made the move, he might end up pushing me away, embarrassing me, and making me feel less of myself. He might be different this time around and the sexual tension same as ever but I still………

He suddenly slammed his lips on mine, pulling me out of my thoughts. For a second, I couldn’t process what was going on as thousands of questions ran through my head.

This is the third time we’ll be kissing and still, we hate each other and barely can stand each other even though, the situation was beginning to change for me. But the moment we are in the same space, his hands are all over my body.

Once his finger grazed the top of my breast, I shivered, drowning all the questions in my head. His tongue made contact with mine, taking my breath away.

I responded to his kisses, his touch, his want, and his desire, matching the level of the sensuality, I ran my hand through his hair, ready for him to take me right in his car.

He pulled me from my seat and made me sit on his lap, our mouth disentangled. Our foreheads rested against each other, as his eyes bore into mine, both breathing heavily.

“The movie is over” he announced, making me stop from staring into his eyes.

“Okay! Maybe we should head back to the castle” I said “We will soon” I wanted to ask what he meant before his mouth met with my neck, sucking, biting, licking, and giving me an answer to my question.

We made out for ten more minutes, unable to keep our hands away from ourselves before we decided to go back to the castle and finish what we started in the car.

His hand held mine as his other hand was on the wheel driving us home. I was smiling like an idiot, happy that Nicholas and I were somehow taking a step towards acting civil with each other.

Nicholas drove into the gates of the castle and I almost jumped him when we got out of the car. He held my body against the car, ready to kiss me all over again when….

“Nicholas! Buddy!” A voice called out.

Even if I died a thousand years ago, I would still recognize that voice. It haunted my dreams for years. When I turned, I realized that I guessed just right.

It was the devil wearing a Gucci suit!