➪ꏳꀍꍏᖘ 32

The ride to our destination is fruitful.
The feel of Arielle's lips on mine has me ecstatic at the taste of strawberry on them.

My breathing pattern was quite erratically disrupted,but I couldn't mind when faced with the most beautiful woman I've met in my life.

How the soft colours complimented her smile,how her eyes seemed even warmer under the bright light of her porch,or the sweet scent of cherry blossoms that attuned to the soft aura of her.

I was well weak and corrupted for this woman.

And I would fall for her all over again if given the chance.

Was I inlove with Arielle?
Perhaps.
Was she confusing as she was grounding to my reality?
Absolutely.
Am I serious on making her see me more than casual sex?
Def-fuck-initley.

"Where are we,kook?"
She voices in a question,and I look to her side profile as she inspects the tall building in front of her.

"Why spoil the surprise?"
I ask lightly,my tone humourous as  she glances at me questioningly.

Ignoring her questions,I step out of the car,maybe abit after begging that she let me show her the courtesy of chivalry tonight,and hastily make my way to her door to open it.

When her soft palm touches mine, I circle hers with the majority of my hand,teasing the skin with soft touches of my thumb.

"I didn't want to overwhelm you at our first date,so I organized something small, hopefully to your liking..."
My words are soft as I lead her to the entrance, checking in at the receptionist to where our table was located,and happily accepting the request of if we wanted the grand door.

The grand tour that existed of them leading and explaining their way through the big ass library located right beneath their five star restaurant,one that had the aesthetics of a small cafe but was well abled to accommodate the tastes of just about anyone.

I assume I made the right choice when Arielle halts at the first sign of books stretching along the walls,some familiar and some not to her,but that it was a readers dream, anyone would be able to acknowledge.

I watch as her eyes widen in excitement,how her lips tug up into a hesitant yet curious grin before she turns to me.

"What is this?"
Her eyes dance between me and the many books that our tour guide are waiting to show us too,her hands gripping mine in a death grip.

"Our first date?"
I question, bashful when she glances at me with a brightening glint in her eyes that causes my cheeks to flush.

I'd rather prefer it pink than looking like a tamato.

"Oh My God.
This is wonderful,I could just kiss you right now,or wait-"
She gasps enthusiastically, leaning to give me an affectionate peck before she tugs me by hand after her, listening intently to what the tour guide says.

I trail behind them and watch fondlg as she lights up when she spots a books she's read,and sees that they're signed copies,ones that she currently held in her hand.

I also see the way she hesitates when having to place an book back, knowing I can trust the tour guide  to have each one purchased and sent to me.

Sure it wasn't for sale,but with the right negotiation skills and a couple hundred million in my back pocket,anything was quite possible.

I was willing to make the impossible possible if it were for Arielle.

Her enthusiasm seems to grow as she studies the surroundings of the library, with the dimmed brown lights that caresses the tall white walls, decorated with gold railings accompanied by beige stairs.

Beautiful chandeliers glinting down from above,and Arielle's little gasps as she admires the architectonics of the place ,may or may not have me swooning that much more.

This woman held me shackled to her every will,and I was still struggling to find an opposing argument to not stay just where I was.

Especially when she seems to have even the tour guide light up,her joy and excitement contagious with her cute actions,or how her abrupts questions of and I quote
"Are you seeing this?
Am I really touching the first ever published version of Prejudice?
Oh My Godddd ! "
to no one in particular,just in her own little world.

I'm in awe,quite ready to confess my undying love for her right then and there but I hold the brakes on doing something as stupid.

It was the first date for Christ sake.

When finally,our tour concludes to an end,I watch the subtle pout settle on her lips with a humoured smile of my own, finding it funny and yet non surprising that she would be sad to let go of the books that covered most of the walls as far as the eye could see.

She holds my hand and gushes excitingly as we go up the escalator that takes us to the warm little restaurant above,she turns to me with a bashed little smile, shying away from my lowered lids that stares at her in amusement.

"You're cute when your excited, darling."
I smirk down at her as a waiter leads us to our table,and the grimace that she gifts my way, amusing.

"This will be the only time you see it,so enjoy it while it lasts."
She huffs, turning away from me to glance around the restaurant,albeit she still clutches my hand in hers.

"I'll be back shortly with you're menu's."
The waiter says softly before leaving us be.

"How did you even find this place?"
Arielle asks once we've settled down,her hands placed atop the table as she studies the cutlery.

Or the many of it.

"Did some research,asked a friend of mine that does writing for a living,and vuala.
Our little date.
Also,do you think we're going to use all of this?"
I ramble off in one big paragraph,maybe overwhelming her a tad.

"You're friend,is it maybe an author I know?
And the cutlery,I was just thinking that, actually."

"Well he is known,but I don't know if you...
Kim Taehyung?
I think using an sizable fork and knife should be enough right?"

"Oh,I don't think so,no.
And that's sounds about right."

"I forgot to mention,he signs his Books as Vante Don,so there's that,but as you said-"

"You know Vante Don?"
She gasps aloud,and I glance up at her widened eyes where my gaze had been zoning in on her moving lips.

"Yes...?"
I say unsure of why her response was as excited as it was.

Maybe she was a fan?

"And you're telling me that he is Kim Taehyung,the dude that's been covering my position for the time we've been away in Singapore?"

The guy that Seokjin has been fucking?

"Well yes,he has a degree for that too,much for being a business strategist as well,as we both were required to take when we were in line to take over when our father's retired?
I met him in college actually,just to find out our fathers had known each other all along."

"Oh...

There's a pause in her sentence as she glances up at me,her eyes widened, her mouth opened a little.

Well maybe we should talk about something else,I think imma be a tad too overwhelming if else."
She laughs in an airy tone,much to my amusement when she shies her gaze away from me.

"It's kind of amusing just how exciting you can become y'know?
Not that used to it."

"Because you always bring the anger out of me,what'd you expect?"
She grimaces,and I withold off on telling her how I only did it since it was the only form of attention she would spare my way.

I don't think she took in exactly,just how much I lavished on having her attention on me, knowing how much it could come back to bite me in the ass.

"I love it when you're feisty,my enjoyment is at its peak by then.
I thought you'd knew this by now, darling?"
I say in a teasing manner, watching as her eyes narrow before she rolls them to the heavens.

"Of course you do.
I acquired that you love it as much when I use it to control you in bed too."
She says, leaning forward as her hands come up to sustain her chin in a bowing manner.

If she'd touch my cheeks now,it would be warm skin just beneath her palm,if the pink tinting them wouldn't already be a dead give away.

"I-i,well..."
I clear my throat and try to think of something snarky to say back,only to come up blank.
I grimace at this,as I watch an amused smirk cross her lips,an raised brow prompting me to argue with her.

I find that I can't, because it is true.
Very much,at that.

"Maybe,lighter subjects,maybe?"
I can't believe how my tongue feels knotted on forming the correct words,an entanglement of breath and words that I'm supposed to say,just to fail miserably.

"But I like the blush on your cheeks,makes me want to tease you even more.
Peak for my entertainment,y'know?"
She spews my words back at me in a manner that has me swallowing hard.

Crist,what did I do to be as blessed and cursed at the same time?

Before I can respond,the waiter arrives with our menus,and I can't say that I'm not relieved when I'm no longer cornered with Arielle's flirting.

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