26- Short-lived

Ashley Walters pov

This time he groaned but did not stop me, “Urgh. You are a brat, Ashley. My innocent t-shirt!” Once I wiped my cheeks, I raised my head where amusement was dancing on his face.

“That’s all you have got, Ashley Walters?” He clicked his tongue looking down at me. I was so close to him that I could easily kiss his chin.

“Why?” I fluttered my eyes dramatically, “You have got a different move here? Show me what you have got!” I shrugged.

We both were oblivious to the fact that our faces were drenched in caramel cream, we smelled of caramel and we both were sitting under the table like kids.

“I…” he whispered causing my heart to race, “have got… more cream to rub on your face.” With that, very gently he again started touching his cheeks to mine. This time I did not get

back.

I not only stayed there but closed my eyes. I could sense the warmth of his breath on my face. When I no more felt the skin-to-skin contact, I opened my eyes and found him staring at my lips.

I held my breath. Was he going to kiss me?

“Kitten?” He breathed with those alien emotions evident in his

“Yes?”

“Close your eyes.”

Swallowing down, I furrowed my brows, “Why?”

“Stop asking questions and close them, silly.”

eyes.

I giggled and shut my eyes. I felt him moving away my hair from my nape and doing something around my neck.

The feel of his fingers around my skin was making me giggle even more.

He kept fumbling with something unless I felt cold metal against my skin.

Necklace?

“Open your eyes, kitten.” He whispered. I looked down and there was a silver necklace falling right above my neckline.

thumb and index finger to

eyes, and

it?” He asked me.

did not know why there was stinging at the back of my lids. The silver necklace had a lioness engraved on it with two little hearts just above its head. Both hearts were intertwined by a silver

knew they were not original diamonds as I saw this necklace in the convenience store when I

got it polished and gave it to me. The feeling was euphoric. Despite being insanely rich, he chose something meaningful for

chose a lioness.

voice, “A few days back I asked you to be a lioness and you did

“You won’t believe me, Justin.” Fishing inside the pocket of my shorts, I took out the

reach you next month. I bought it last night for you as a token of thanks, with

when he

I waved it in front of his face.

He asked me fondly while checking it. The heir of the Deluca family was acting as if he had not seen such a

his hands, “No. Not

shook his

will get it next month once I will get it polished,” I said

I have got one more thing for you.” He crawled out to go to his study table’s drawer, Here. I

holding a box and crouched

the box. He smiled when he heard my gasp. It was a phone set.

brand new

“Justin…”

sorry for giving

need to

here. In my house. My servants did this to you.

It’s an expensive

hell expensive

not a gold digger.

a stable amount each month in your bank account. I know you will never accept these things from me. I

for

him that my dream would come true

And all I did was reach out and wipe some cream off his

this phone.” I licked the cream off my finger

might be the reason.

his

were sitting there under that desk with caramel cream on our faces. Justin Deluca did not mind it when instead of celebrating a normal birthday with him, I messed his face up and ran from there.

desire in those amber eyes, but I knew that he was aware of his limits. The desire vanished from his eyes as soon as I looked into his eyes.

time he had been a perfect gentleman not at all attempting to force himself on me.

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