"You shouldn't run when you see a beast." Matteo suddenly says behind Leora and pulling her collar like a kitten.
"What should I do then?!" She shrieks in distress. As she sees the panther near them she hides behind Matteo's back and hugs him tightly.
"Come here, let me introduce you to Nox." He drags her body behind him into the front of him.
Matteo starts walking ahead to the panther while Leora tries hard to stop him. As they near the panther, Matteo drags Leora to crouch. Her back is touching his chest while her hands grip tightly at his arms. Matteo looks down at her and can't help but smile at her sight depends fully on him.
"Here let him smell you." Matteo pulls her hand and opens her palms so that the panther can smell her. She shrieks and closed her eyes tightly as the cold panther's nose touch her skin.
"He won't bite you," Matteo whispered in her ears. They are so close that Leora can smell his cologne and feels his breath very well. If it's not for the fear of the panther she will be flustering because of how close they are.
"See he knows you know," Matteo says as the panther docile lying at her feet while staring confusedly at her.
"But still he is a beast it is his nature to pounce on me." She whispers in fright.
"Just pet him and give him a chance." Matteo chuckled as he guides her hand to pet the panther's head.
"See, once he knows you you'll be fine around him."
"Then why did he wants to eat me last time?" She asks while reluctantly petting the beast's head. She can feel the panther's smooth hair and she can deny that it feels good to pet him.
"You are on your IV, he can smell your blood from it. He doesn't know that you are not the prey." Matteo says while letting her lean on him fully.
"So even if I bled he won't eat me?" She asks while her focus is solely on her hand in the panther's head.
"He won't. Just try to bond more with him when I'm away. He will protect you." Leora laughs in disbelief at his words.
"Just do what I say I know my pet better than you. Once you bond he'll be loyal to you like he is loyal to me."
"How come you get a panther as a pet?" She asks still petting Nox's hair.
"He is one of my first shipments. My father trusts me with my first shipment at the age of 13. He likes exotic creatures, he likes to make them hunt people. It's a sick game of him. When I first saw Nox, he is still a baby, only a few months old. My father instructed that Nox can't be fed, until his first hunt, so he is so malnourished. I took pity on him because I know his fate. He'll be hunting people as his prey while my father will abuse him just to make him more vicious. Nox is not the only collection my father has, he got a lion and cheetah, but a black panther is his favorite. A lot of his pets died because of stress and they attack each other just for one prey. So I asked my master to take care of him, while I got beaten because I lose my father beast."
"Poor Nox, you should thank Matteo to save you, or you're probably already dead now." She comments at the panther.
"You have a master?" She asks trying to confirm what master means.
"Yeah, he is my teacher. I never go to school as the heiress of the Sicily mafia, my father thinks I don't need any degree at all. So that's why since a little he will teach me, but after he tired of my rebellious phase he assigned my master to be my teacher." Matteo smiled at the memory.
"Woah I can't believe you have your rebellious phase. What do you do to make your father that angry?"
"I always go to internet cafes to hide from my father's training. He is always merciless when comes to training me. He never see me as a son, just some replacement for him after he died. Truthfully what I really want is to become an engineer, develop some programs and such, that is why I always run to the internet cafe. But I can't run from my responsibility to bear the Sicily mafia on my shoulder. Well, at least I enjoy my master's training. He is like a father figure who success in leading me until who I am now. His son is my best friend and my second in command. You'll meet him later."
Leora looked at him over her shoulder. For the first time, she can hear Matteo's story without a painful past. There is a small smile on his mouth from telling Leora about his master. She wants to meet these people. Leora thinks Matteo become a little bit of a good person because of them. If not he will become a true devil without any hope or feelings at all.
"I can kiss you if you keep looking at me like that." Say Matteo in a hoarse voice.
Without much thinking, Leora kisses his lips for a second and in hurry she let his lips go. She curses herself for her spontaneous action. Because of her embarrassment, she hides her face in her folding arms.
"You can't kiss my lips and run like that little girl," Matteo whispers and nibbles her ears.
"Shut up!" She shrieks in embarrassment. Matteo just chuckles at her attitude.
In a teasing manner, Matteo takes her body and makes her face him. Leora looks at him, surprised by his movement. Matteo took the chance to kiss her open mouth. He growls at himself as he can feel her soft lips.
Leora is surprised and confused just letting Matteo explore her virgin lips. It tingles her lips when his soft lips move around hers. With instinct, Leora tries to imitate his moves. Feeling her response to his kiss, Matteo deepens their kiss.
He starts using his tongue to explore her mouth. Leora shrieked in surprise and try to get out of his embrace. Knowing her movement he grips and kiss her harder, trying to satisfy his lust.
Leora feels weird when something soft tickles her tongue. In a second she realizes that it is his tongue that tries to explore her entire mouth. The tingles in her mouth give butterflies in her tummy, she tries to wiggle his tongue with hers to make his go away from her mouth. She can't handle the stimulation. It is too much for her mind and soul.
After such a long time, Leora cannot breathe anymore. With so much strength she pushes his body. She takes a deep breath as soon as her mouth is free from him. She can still feel his warm breath and his alcohol taste in her mouth. It makes her face go so red. She just sits still in his lap and looks down to avoid his piercing eyes. They are just still there for a couple of minutes. Tries to savor the remaining kiss in their mind.
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