Top Note

Chapter 32

Darcel

I could hear the tell-tell signal of the sandwich maker, along with the aroma of grilled chicken, yesterday it was Mac and cheese and day before that was a smoothie like thing.
I checked the time, as usual it was way past midnight. Eriantha and I had fallen into this routine since we left the party at the Murrow's. I pinched the corner of my eyes, hoping that it would work for my throbbing head, as usual it didn't, I wasn't an early sleeper, that is to say, I never had the luxury, because of the pile of work I always had to look into after the regular work hours.

The CEO is always on the clock.

That's what uncle Ben would often say.

I forced myself to get off the bed, I was determined  to put a stop to whatever was going on between us, since that evening Eriantha had been avoiding me.

It started with what happened on the terrace at the Murrow's, and I am aware that,  I had gone overboard, like a possessive damned asshole I had claimed her in front of the people she had just encountered, and of course in front of her. Although I was unsure of her feelings towards her mother, not that I expected her to open up to me, we don't share that kind of an equation.

The moment I saw her with that man, I saw red; Viktor Cedine, the man I dreaded with all the darkness in me, that man because of whom my mother had lost herself, the man because of whom I am an unacceptable dirt in the eyes of my grandfather, the man who perhaps didn't know that I am that past which he had just abandoned, MY FATHER.

He had taken away many good things from me, but, I won't let him take away Eriantha from me. Random thoughts began shuffling in my head, what if he knew that she's my secret perfumer, what if he wanted to hunt her into his company? What if he wanted her?

Something snapped inside me, and I had pounced on Eriantha, marking her claiming her as mine.

It wasn't a kiss it was an extreme possessiveness, not something appropriate for public display. I had wrapped her hair around my hand, pressing her flushed against me, pushing my knees between her legs. None of that was appropriate, especially the way I had fucked her mouth with my own, nobody does that to their wife.
Eriantha was left panting, wasted, her cheeks flushed and our audience at question stood agape. The noxious grin on Viktor Cedine's face was still there, and I regretted my actions the moment I saw that, to him I was nothing but his rival, and I had satisfied him with exactly what he had asked for, but reason had left me.
Eriantha was mine, and like a possessed brute, I continued to devour her.
She couldn't look at anyone in the eyes, she was trembling, there was disdain in her gaze, but I didn't care, I had literally dragged her out of the party like some deranged humbug.
"Darcel stop"
"What's wrong with you?"
She had continued her protests as I had hurled her into the car, her protests fell on deaf ears.
"What's wrong with me?" I had snapped gritting my teeth, rage flowing through me like lava.

"What's wrong with you Eriantha? What was Viktor Cedine offering to you?"

Eriantha had gaped at me, confusion evident in her demeanor, she wasn't wrong, after all what would she know about why I despised that man?
But, there was no way a bastard like me would reason out things, instead I lashed out my anger for that man towards an innocent Eriantha.

"Was he trying to lure you with more money? With a better offer? Did he offer you something more than I have? Would acquire Reux perfume for you?Would he make you his chief perfumer? Would you leave me for him? Have you forgotten whose wife you are?"
With every threatening question, my body inched towards her, my fingers found their way beneath the hem of her dress, her thongs were soaked, the animal in me wished to pounce on her and fuck her venting out the fury soaring inside me. Angrily I had pushed aside her thong and my fingers entered her unceremoniously making her smart.
However, my words were hurting her more, despite the fact that she was glaring at me, I did stop, "Or is there something else I should know Eriantha? Did you approach me because he had asked you to?Tell me if there's some bigger conspiracy."
It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever said because I had approached her first and with a motive.
She opened her mouth to say something, but my fingers thrusted on her g-spot and she bit her lips.
"What? He wants you to reveal some company secret" I scoffed.
"Wait... No... That's... Yes" She was already riding on my fingers and her voice was deliciously raspy.