12 Chapter 12 - Carina's P.O.V. 7

{** Warning..had mature content!!!For 18 years and above! **}

The dinner was dominated by Ellie talking about her day. I learned that she was a model. I found it adorable whenever she accidentally starts speaking French then translates it to English when she realized that I was there. My boss on the other hand was just nodding his head, saying mono syllable replied but I could see In his eyes that he's enjoying listening yo his younger sister. Then suddenly, the conversation was cut off when we heard someone spoke.

"Hey! This is a surprise! My son is here." She said. I looked up and saw a beautiful and sophisticated woman In her 50s. She approached Mr Novell and hugged him happily.

"Mom, that enough. We just saw each other three months ago when you visited me in New York."

"Nonsense! Parents always missed their children. You will be like that too when you have your own childr..." I saw her eyes widened and she covered her mouth, staring at Mr Novell who became silent all of a sudden, his eyes became cold and blank, gritting his teeth.

"Hrmmm... Mom, I want you to meet Carina, Regan's EA. Carina, this is my mother, Sophie Novell." Ellie said with an awkward smile on her lips, trying to divert the attention to me. I could tell that she was trying to brighten the heavy atmosphere.

"Oh! Hi Carina. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too Mrs Novell." I said and continued eating even If I couldn't taste the food I was stuffing into my mouth. I didn't understand what happened or what went wrong. They also continued eating. Mrs Novell was talking about what she did at her sister's house. My boss stayed so quiet and serious but as soon as he finished eating, he got up from his seat.

"Ms Westbay, come in the study room when you have finished eating." He simply said and left. I stared at him quizzically but he already turned his back and left.

"Don't mind him. Maybe he just had a bad day." Ellie said and stared at her mom who was quiet and had a worried expression evidence on her face.

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I stopped infront of the door, fidgeting like a child going In the principal's office. Before, being alone with him in his office was normal, intimidating yes but not like this. After the kiss between us, awkward feeling was swimming inside me. I raised ny handvto knock when the door suddenly opened. My eyes widened at the sight of him. The buttons of his polo shirt was undone, his hair was messy and his face was flushed.

"Come in." He said as he turned his bsck to me and walked back inside. I followed him hesitantly. This was my first time seeing him like this. He sat on the chair next to the table and motioned me to take the opposite chair. I saw a bottle of 'Vielle Bon Secours' and a glass on the table. He had been drinking.

"So tomorrow, we will be having a meeting with Mr Romano Vargas. I.just want to ask you if everything's ready. This is an important meeting and I don't want any mistakes." He said sternly, his hands were shaking the glass of alcohol In a circular motion.

"Yes sir. Everything is ready."

"Okay. If the meeting finished early tomorrow, you can go and roam around the city."

"Okay sir. May I go now?" I asked him. From his looks, I felt uneasy. He stood up and drank the alcohol in the glass In one gulp.

"About what happened on the plane earlier today, I want you to forget about it." I couldn't barely hear his voice but I understood what he just said. His voice was hard and full of regrets. I felt my heart tightened. I just stared at him likeva fool, trying to form a word to answer him but nothing came out. Then I just nodded and went out of the room without saying anything. 'What a spoilt jerk! He just do what he wants without considering the feelings of others. And suddenly saying something like it was the biggest mistake he ever done in his entire life!'

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We met with Mr Romano Vargas in his office in downtown Paris and everything turned out well. At first, Mr Vargas was hesitant to make any business deal with Bayleaf Corp, seeing that the CEO was still young, but Mr Novell managed to convince him. He showed him how intelligent and confident he was and this captured the attention of thr CEO of GQ Corporation. There were a lot more discussions going on and it took almost half off the day before the meeting finalized.

We were infront of the elevator, waiting for it to open when I heard someone called my name. I turned my head to look for that person and my eyes widened excitedly whenci saw a familiar face running towards me. He hugged ne tightly, lifted me lightly off the floor.

"Gian! What are you doing here In France?!" I asked him gleefully as I hugged him back.

"My father sent me here for training. It's been three weeks since I arrived here actually. What about you? What are you doing here in France?" He asked and I was about to answer him when Mr Novell cleared his throat. My cheeks reddened with embarrassment for forgetting that he was there.

"Gian, this is my boss Mr Regan Novell. We are here for a business matter. Sir, this is Gian Arthur, one of my boy-bestfriends." I saw his face hardened, became colder than usual. The two men shook their hands without saying a word to each other. They just stared hardly on each other. Mr Novell was the first one to let go and turned to leave.

"Let's go Ms Westbay." His voice sounding so demanding.

"Cari, if you want I can show around town. I will be out here at 5.00pm. The city is also beautiful during the night and the lighting of the Eiffel Tower makes it more exciting." Gian said before I could take a step away.

"I think I can come. I'll just call you about it. I need to go. Bye." I saidin a hurry and kissed his cheek. My boss gazed was making my palm sweat.'Is it my imagination or was he just glaring Gian? Why's that?'

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Like before, no one talked during our drive home to their house. I was watching the beautiful scenery outside when I heard my phone's message alert tone. I quickly checked it out and it was Gian.

('Gian: Text me your address and I'll come to pick you up. I smiled at his text and replied.'

'Carina: Okay. I will text it to you later.')

"Is he your boyfriend?" I heard him asked suddenly. I looked In his direction and saw him frowning.

"No, sir. He is my friend." I answered, my eyesbrows lifted a little at his question.

"Make sure to come back early. You are in my care right now so you are my responsibility."

"Yes sir." I began to feel irritated at his tone. He sounded possessive and I don't understand why.

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When we arrived at Mr Novell's house, I quickly took a bath and,dressed. I texted Gian and he said, he would pick me up at 6.00pm. I choose a skinny jeans, black T-shirt and a pink snickers. I put a cardigan on because it was a little chilly outside. I brought these before we flew here in France. I also put a little make-up and tied my hair In a messy bun. When I was done preparing myself, I went down to the living room and switched on the television while waiting for Gian. I was busy watching NRJ, the song of Selena Gomez currently playing, 'We don't talk anymore' when suddenly someone sat on the single sofa in my right side.

"You look like a teenager." He said, his eyes were focused on the television. He was wearing a white T-shirt snd men's short. His shirt was a quite fitted on the upper part that the trace of his muscled chest was obvious noticed.

"I thought I'd change for good." I said dismissively and tried to concentrate on the television but my eyes were betraying me. I looked at him through the corner of my eyes. He was just wearing a simple clothing but he was so sexy and irresistible. I bit my bottom lips nonchalantly.

"Well, you look good in anything you wear." I looked at his direction and I caught him staring at me intentionally. I swallowed hard because of his piercing gaze. I didn't know what to say. My eyes widened when he stood up and sat beside me, still holding his eyes on mine.

"You look beautiful too." He added In a soft voice. His warm hand went on my cheek gently caressing it. I was lost to his touch that I closed my eyes to feel the moment, waiting for his next move. Upon realizing what I was doing, I immediately opened my eyes just to find that his eyes were very closed. His lips were almost touching mine, causing me to gasped. I tried to get up but he suddenly leaned his forehead against mine.

"Don't move." I heard him whispered, his eyes were still closed while his hands continued its delicate carress on my cheek.

"Don't." I whispered back. I heard him grunted like he was controlling himself, before he claimed my lips. His other hand tugged in my hair gently, angling my head for a better access on ny lips. I groaned at the sudden uncontrollable sensation I felt at the pit of my stomach. I was already returning his kisses and my hands went back of his neck and pulled him closer to me. He groaned at my wild response and I felt his hand cupped my left breast, gently massaging it. His tongue traced the contours of my lips before thrusting it inside, claiming me fully to his mercy.

His hand left my breast and started lifting my T-shirt off me. He broke our kiss so to allowed him to take off my shirt fromme, then he removed his shirt too and tossed it on the floor. I automatically emvbraced myself as I felt cold all of the sudden. But the moment of coldness immediately disappeared after he held me back into his arms and reclaimed my lips. I could feel his warmth, skin to skin, my breasts were crushed against his hard chest but that just craved for more. His lips made its way down to my neck and played there for a while, softly biting, sucking and tonguing it. All I could do was gasped and moaned at the delicious sensation in me. Even when I felt him unclasping my bra, I didn't care at all anymore. All I want to do now was to give in to my desire I was feeling for him.

"Beautiful." He whisperedhoarsely and I opened my eyes. We stared into each other and the desire I saw in his eyes made me trembled with anticipation. I nodded and watched him making his way to my breasts. His gaze was still on me as if telling me to watch him. When his lips caught my turgid nipple, all the right reasoning left my head. I was completely lost. His hand gave attention to my other breast causing me to arched my back, giving him more access. He was like a man deprived of water for days.

He gently bit my nipple then circled it with his tongue. I moaned deliriously and hugged his head, pulling him closer. My body was shivering with so much desire and I started to carress his lean back while he continued to assault on my breasts. He pushed me lightly, signalling me to lay my back on the coach.