Unscrupulous Lady Of A Criminal {MORIARTY THE PATRIOT}

Act 10: Queens Of Nightmares

William finally let go of Athena after the steamy kiss he gave to her. Both of them just look at each other unblinkingly until they realized what just happened between them.

William's eyes widen and rigidly took a tiny step back while fake coughing on his fist. Then he took a glance at Athena, expecting her to have her usual alluring smirk and a few teasing remarks, but all he saw was a woman with a flushed and awkward expression.

"That... What..." Athena tried to regain her composure but all her mind could do was think about the sweet, passionate kiss. 

She slowly lifted her hand towards her lips and caress it gingerly before eyeing William.

"Athena?" William may have liked to see her lose her cool, but in this current situation, it feels too awkward.

Athena did not say anything. She just move her hand away from her lips to her cheek, lifting her hand up and slapped herself, startling William as he watch her.

"Ah!" To be honest, the slap was loud and crisp that you can tell the force she brought upon herself was so, utterly painful. But to Athena, it was a wake up slap to reality.

"Control yourself woman!" Athena said to herself. "Even though you would love to kiss him, you can't just daydream when he was talking to you!" Then she look at William and noticed him looking away from her with a slightly tinted cheeks.

Then she realized....

"Hey." She made the man before her look at her. "It happened?"

"..."

Athena covered her mouth and gasped. "It happened."

William scoffed at her pathetic sight. "So what if it happened? Were you ashamed that we kissed?"

"I'm not ashamed!" She put her hands up in defense. "I'm really not! It's just..."

"Just what?"

"I'm... Well, you know...!" Athena made a lot of hand gestures as she struggled to come up with an explanation.

Just what is happening right now?! How could she be like this after one kiss? Shouldn't she be happy? No, she is happy. But she expected her to be the one initiating it, not William.

William is a patient and refined man. Hardworking and a gentleman. He can also joke around a little and have a great deal of self composure and restraint. He's so elegant and so beautiful...

Athena on the other hand is a bold, arrogant woman who cussed like a sailor on the daily basis. She only had grace and poise if she's not talking. Brutal and unscrupulous. She is also impatient and straight forward with what she wants.

So based on these characteristics on both of them, Athena is likely the one to initiate the kiss first. So why did William kiss her first when he's suppose to be a bit upset with her because of the talk they had? Hell, how the fuck did he have the mood to kiss in that situation?

AND IT WASN'T EXPECTED TO BE THIS SOON!

She expected him to walk away from her like usual. That he'll deny her like usual. And she'll chase after him like usual.

"Uhh... Aren't you gonna walk away like usual?" Athena asked.

William replied with a sardonic smile. "How could I after being called a coward by you." 

"Ah... Okay." The woman nodded awkwardly then look at him with curious eyes. "So that means you're going to consider my marriage proposal?"

Oh. She's back to normal.