He was different and she knew it by the way she would feel whenever he spoke to her. She felt warm and almost drunk. As if his words were laced with gin and lined with fleece.
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"What are you doing?" Mia chuckles, bringing me out of my perusal of the kitchen.

Smiling at her, I shrug then begin opening the cupboards one at a time until I come across the stuff necessary to make pancakes. "I love pancakes so I always prepare them when I cook," I tell her and she smiles.

"For dinner too?"

"Yep. I'll share you my pancakes if you help me," I say and her wide smile was instant. "Are you ready to be my mixer?" I ask her, putting some flour in the bowl and handing her a spoon.

"Yep." She grins, stirring the flour, causing it to fly up out of the bowl and hit us both in the face. "Uh..oh." She covers her mouth with the spoon still in her hand, flinging flour at me and dumping some on her in the process.

Narrowing my eyes, I set my hands on my hips. "You did that on purpose."

She chuckles, placing the bowl on the counter and dusting off the flour. "I didn't," she tells raising her hands in surrender.

"You did," I murmur and then lean towards her.

I peppered kisses down her jawline, finding the spot I loved most on her neck. "You need to be punished."

She tipped her head back as her breathing quickened. "Maybe."

"Yeah, that's right," I told her and sank my teeth gently into her skin.

Her body shivered in my arms. "Tristian," she moaned, angling her head to the side and giving me more access.

I licked her flesh, feeling her pulse beat under my tongue. "Later, Love. When we both are alone and away from here," I murmur and her cheeks turns red. I pull away and get back to my work.

"I'll go to my house after dinner. Will you come with me?" I ask trying not to bring up her problems. Right now, I want her happy not in tears.

"You don't stay here?" she asks, her face perplexed.

"Nope. This is Terry's house and my parents are here once in a month. Troy moved here when Tessa got pregnant so that it'll be easy to get to their work. I visit them in weekends but other than that I stay in my penthouse. So will you come with me?" I ask again and she looks like she's thinking something.

"Okay," she murmurs after few seconds. Face lighting up, I beamed at her as I lean in and steal a kiss from her.

Taking her to the place where I live is another step in our relationship. Her one 'yes' gives me thousands of hopes.

I frown when I see Stacy and Tessa talking to Mia. What are they talking about? I was about to move towards them but stops when Terry calls out my name. "Tristian, you better help me in this," Terry snaps, washing the dishes.

We all had dinner and it wasn't exactly a nice one due to the silence but it wasn't awkward. Terry tried his best to start small talks and he succeeded in that. He's always great in starting a conversation.

I stroll towards him and help him dry the dishes while Troy's cleaning the kitchen. I smile reminiscing the way Mia's face light up when she tasted the food I cooked. She enjoyed it and that made want to cook for her everyday. I turn my head slightly to stare at Mia. My smile vanishes when I see Mia pale, her face turning red, her hands turned into fist, tears running down her cheeks. She bites her lip, shaking her head furiously before running out.

I didn't waste another second, I marched towards them with Terry and Troy trailing behind me. "What the fuck did you both tell her?" Terry shouts, his voice filled with rage. I didn't wait for their answer, I started to chase Mia.

I can't let her go. Dammit, it's not even a day since we started dating.

I don't find her in the porch so I move out of the mansion. I sigh in relief when I see her walking furiously with a puppy in her hands. She brought the puppy? Why didn't she tell me that?

I run behind her and I'm not sure how I accomplishes it-maybe my quick reflexes -but I'm on her in a flash. I grab her elbow and turns ger towards me. "Wait a minute. What's wrong?" Brows furrowed, lips drawn, I stare at her wet face.

She gaped at me from a pair of wide, water-stained eyes. I froze as the air was pummeled from my chest. It hurt to look at her. Acid filled my stomach, and I thought I might be sick seeing her like this.

"Leave me," she shouts and I flinch slightly seeing her anger. Though it's kind of hot but still surprise evoked in me. I didn't expect her to be this angry for the reason that I don't even know.

"Is it what they said?" I finally asked, smoothing her hair out of her face. She didn't utter a word, she wiped her face with one hand while the other held the puppy.

She turned away from me kept walking, so I kept following her. Hurrying to keep up, I finally called, "Tell me what happened."

"We can't be anything more. You don't know how I feel. I don't think we should see each other anymore."

Wait a goddamn minute. It was like déjà vu. I was about to be tossed to the curb like yesterday's trash. No way! I couldn't let my anger get out of control.

Jerking to a stop, I whirled her around. I grasped her free arm and urged her toward the wall until cool brick met her spine.

Stepping in close enough for me to feel her heat and smell mint on her breath, I growled, "Well, you didn't tell me you were leaving. You should have told me why you were leaving. You promised to come with me to my house. I don't know what the fuck happened back there but you really need to open up. Christ, Mia." I cupped my face and pressed my forehead to hers. "You didn't tell me."

I was so mad I shook with it. She felt every tremor move through me so acutely she might as well have been shaking too.

"Damn it," I muttered when she didn't respond. "What happened?"

She closed her eyes. "I'm not the right one for you."

I snorted. "Too late. Give me a proper reason."

"Oh, God. Tristian" Shoving against me, she gasped. "I'm not even trying then why? Why would you...wait. What exactly did you want?"

Looming above her, I fisted my hand on my hand and scowled right back. "I told you, all I want is a damn chance. You like it. You feel everything."

"No." Denying it, she shook her head adamantly. Fear raced along my skin, prickling my scalp.

Bowing her head slightly, she glanced away. "I like you and I feel everything."

Air hissed from my teeth. "Oh, thank God."

"They don't like it. They think that I'm using you. I swear.. I didn't think about it. Besides it's you who's behind me." she added on a frustrated sneer.

I laugh and a smile tugs at the corner of her lips. I stepped toward her. Setting my fists against the wall at either side of my head, I leaned in until our faces were inches apart. "What I need is you. No one gets me like you do. You are everything. I tried. I tried so hard to get you. So, here you're, stuck, with me. Christ, Mia, you're important. Don't try to make it diff-"

"Shh." She touched my face and stroked my cheek, offering me a wet smile. "It's okay."

"No." I gritted my teeth, snarling at her, and I mashed my forehead more firmly to hers. "It's not fucking okay. What they said to you was not okay. It just...wasn't. I swear to God, you're what I want and I'm ready to wait for you but don't make this difficult."

She leaned up onto her toes and smashed her mouth to mine. I kissed her back savagely, grabbing her hair hard, and bruising her lips with mine. I think I was trying to punish her, but it felt too good to be any kind of punishment. I ground back just as fiercely, needing to feel her.

I ripped his mouth from mine and wrenched myself away, squeezing my lips together as if they'd betrayed me. Glaring, I said, "Don't ever do that again. Running out in the dark."

She shook my head. "I don't recall ever making that deal."

"Damn it." I came in close again, sinking my hands into her hair and cupping her head in my palms.

"I'm sorry." Laying her palm on my cheek, she let out a content sigh. It didn't matter what kind of turmoil was going on around us, right here in her arms, I felt home.

"But you didn't tell me what they told? And then after, why'd you leave without a word?" I ask, not stepping away from her.

"Later," she murmured, holding the puppy closer to her.

For now, I was too excited to know we actually have a later.

"You kept him," I whispered as I wrapped my arms around her and pulled us flush together. This kiss was softer but just as greedy.

"Yeah, I guess your power of temptation was stronger than I thought. I just can't no to you." My shoulders fell and my body slumped into hers as my lips caught her temple. "I promise I'll always talk to you before running away. I promise to try harder."

I sigh in relief. "That's all I need." I kiss her again feeling happiness burst in my veins.

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