"How did you both meet?" Another lady questioned. 

"I met her a few months back at La Fiorenza. I crashed into her. Instead of apologising I was rude to her and asked her to watch where she was going as I bent down to pick up my phone. Her being, well her, she did not take it well. She burst out at me and started scolding me without caring about who I was. When I looked at her, I was mesmerized. She looked beautiful and her ocean blue eyes..." He trailed with a small smile on his lip, his eyes glazed as if lost in his thoughts.

His voice was so convincing that I almost believed him, almost. This man was spouting lies. Everything he said was bullshit.

"Why hadn't you come out earlier with the truth?" Another man questioned.

"I wanted to keep it under wraps. As everyone here knows I like to keep my personal life private." Nicholas shrugged as if this was nothing but the truth. 

Not wanting to create a scene, I kept my mouth shut but I was furious. No not furious, I was seething. The gall of this man. My skin was hot, my fist clenched behind my back. What the hell was he thinking? 

Sensing my heated glare, "The conference is over. Please see yourself out," Nicholas dismissed them.

Nicholas grabbed my hands and started walking out of the Conference room. He didn't stop until we reached his office, he took me through a private elevator that directly opened into his cabin.

"Hold off my calls until the next hour. I am not to be disturbed." He picked up the intercom and instructed.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?" I asked rather yelled at him, the question that had been on my mind all this while. 

"Would you just calm down?" 

"Calm down? You want me to calm down? Hadn't we decided that we will make it clear that nothing is going on between us?" 

"We never discussed anything. I just promised to fix this and I have." He said with a shrug while sitting on his desk. 

I stormed towards him. "You..You pesky little jerk. We are not in any kind of relationship, hell I don't even like you" I lied and ran my hands through my hair in frustration. 

His face suddenly turned serious. He wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me closer, trapping me between his legs. I could feel his breath on my face. I was spellbound by the intensity in his grey eyes. 

"Look into my eyes and say that once again and I promise I will never bother you again." Nicholas said with severity, his eyes holding me captive. Not being able to resist myself, I succumbed to the growing attraction between us. I wanted to be reckless, just once. And with that I melted in his arms, my fingers clutching the front of his suit. 

"You feel it, don't you? You shiver at my touch. You avoid my eyes to escape revealing what you really feel" As if to prove his point, he gently ran his fingers across my cheek and down my neck. I felt myself tremble. He tucked my hair behind my ears and cupped my cheeks with his thumbs resting at the corner of my lips. I felt myself leaning in, craving the warmth that his hands provided.

He slowly leaned in, I could now feel his breath on my lips. He gave me a chance to pull away but I stayed put. He closed the gap between us and kissed my lips with so much fervour. He wrapped his hands around my waist pulling me even closer until our chest were pressed against each other. His lips devouring me like a starved man. He bit my lips asking for entrance, I opened my mouth and let him in, our tongues fighting for control. He smirked when he felt my tongue withdraw. I wrapped my hands around his neck pulling him closer. 

"You taste so good, so sweet." He detached his mouth from mine and trailed kisses down my neck. I tilted my head giving him access. He bit my neck, I let out a moan unable to contain it. I felt my cheeks turn red. 

He left my neck and stroked my cheeks. "Don't be embarasssed and never hide your pleasure from me." I nodded. He went back to sucking my neck and licking it. I let out another moan. He turned us around and made me sit on his desk. His hands lowering down. I could feel his hands on my thighs trailing up, lifting up my dress on the way. His hands now resting on my inner thigh. That's when the reality hit me. I pushed his hands away and stood up. He looked at me confused. 

"I am not one of your conquests. I am not sleeping with you."

"That's what you think of me?" He asked irked. I could see the hurt in his grey eyes. 

I sighed, "I don't know what to think of you. We haven't even known each other for long."

"You are right. Let's get to know each other then. Let's go out for a date. We are anyways in a relationship according to media, let's make the full use of it."

"We can do that" I agreed. Nicholas gave me a full blown smile. This is the first time that I have seen him smile earnestly. 

"You should smile more. It makes you look less scary." I blurted out. Seeing his guard come up again, "What happens if this doesn't work out? What are you planning to do then?" I asked him trying to distract him from his thoughts.

"We will tell them that we broke up since we wanted different things in life or maybe we are better off as freinds, we can think of the reason when or rather if the time comes."   

I checked the time and I saw that it was getting late.

"I need to get back to the restaurant," I informed Nicholas fixing my dress.  

He nodded. "Be ready at 8, I am taking you out for a date." He left no room for argument. 

I bid him farewell and walked out of his cabin. As I waited for the elevator, I realised that I left my purse in his cabin. I was about to knock but then I saw his door was ajar. I could hear him talking to someone. 

"The plan is working. She is falling for it." I heard Nicholas say. 

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