MY BEST ADDICTION

Chapter 10

“What did you say?”, he asked rushing to my side once again. I never knew he could be this fast.
“Aren’t we going to watch a movie together?”, I asked him again and I saw his smile return back to his face.
“I thought you said you were going with another person”, he looked confused but you could still see the excitement in his eyes.
“And you believed me? I was just kidding. So what time is this movie showing?”
“At 9 pm”
“Okay, sir”, I mock-saluted him and rushed to my room to get ready.
We left the hotel at 8 in the car Alfred always drives. Seth explained that he had Alfred call it a day and go back home so we could not bother him. We arrived at the cinema 30 minutes before time and got our snacks and seat in the room. The movie we were to watch was a romantic movie and I wondered why Seth had chosen it because I didn’t pin him as a guy to go for romance.
As the movie progressed I got lost in it and paid no heed to my surroundings but stiffened when I felt his hand on mine. We locked our fingers together and enjoyed the rest of the movie.
“This is hard”, he whispered in my ear making me turn to look at him with a look asking what he meant by that and before I knew it his lips were on mine. He kissed me whiles I sat there stunned that he did that even with people around us. He pulled me closer to him and bit my lower lip when he realized I wasn’t paying attention to him. Guessing his intention, I focused more on him and kissed him back.
“I’m sorry for startling you”, he whispered to me after our kiss. Still affected by the kiss I only nodded to him turning away from him to pay attention to the movie to find out that it had ended and the credits were rolling.
“Did you enjoy it?’, he asked. I didn’t know if he was referring to the movie or the kiss we shared but whether it was either of them I really enjoyed it and I didn’t mind letting him know, after all I was the one in luck with him.
“Yes, every bit of it”, I said smirking at him.
As if that was a confirmation for whatever was in his mind, he hugged me and kissed me again.
He drove us back to the hotel and decided to order our dinner in. We had our dinner and washed down and for the first time ever since our first meeting we went to bed consciously in each other’s embrace. After that day, no matter where we were, whenever he had the chance he would kiss me and leave me flushed enough to excuse myself for a while to compose myself, he didn’t even spare me when we attended workshops with our staff and other companies. During my stay I had made two great friends, Sam and Taylor who helped me adjust and get used to the environment in the office. Let’s say they were the link I had to my other colleagues.
“I won’t be going to the office with you today. I have to meet up with someone in the morning so I might arrive to work later than usual. Will you be okay going alone?”, he said when I woke him up to get ready for work. Since he would be going for his meeting with Alfred, I had to find my own way to work that day and I felt nervous because I had never gone to work alone before.
“Yeah I’m fine. Don’t worry and go do your thing. I might order a ride or ask a friend for a ride to work”, I said dressing up.
“A friend?”, he asked making me stop in the middle of sending Sam a text. He didn’t know I had made friends at work and I didn’t see the need to let him know, but the way he asked made it feel like I was hiding a secret from him.  
“Yes a friend from work”, I answered intentionally leaving out the gender. I didn’t know how he was going to react and decided I didn’t want to know.
“Okay”, he said but I knew he was far from being comfortable with that news.
I placed a quick kiss on his lips when Sam called to tell me that he had arrived and wished him a good day. My phone pinged when I sat in his car and checked to see a pouting sticker sent by Seth. I chuckled to myself and put the phone away readying myself for a day without Seth.
“Why didn’t you come with the boss today?”, he asked when he drove off.
“He has a meeting and I couldn’t go with him so here I am with you this early morning”, I explained feeling the loss of his warmth already.
“Um Penny can I ask a question?”, he asked hesitantly.
“Yeah. What is it you want to know?”
“Um, are you with the boss?”
“Huh? I just told you, he had a meeting……”, I started to say but he interrupted me.
“You know what I mean, right? It’s okay if you don’t want me to know, it’s your business and I don’t ……”
“I don’t know but I guess we are”, I said sounding unconvincing to myself. Saying it out loud was different from what I thought it sounded like in my head. It was when I said it out that I felt that I didn’t deserve him and didn’t see what he saw in me to want to make that decision. 
“Just know Taylor and I are always here for you no matter what, okay?”, he said realizing my mood had changed and held my hand to reassure me. I smiled at his gesture, thanked him and enjoyed the ride to the office.
Seth came to the office later in the day in a foul mood during our break and paid no attention to any of us in the office. I left to see him hoping everything was alright only to be asked to leave upon knocking on his door.
“I thought I asked you to leave”, he said when I opened his door and entered, to see his back facing me.
“What happened?”, I asked walking over to face him. He still looked upset and I got scared he was going to take out his anger on me.
“I’m leaving then”, I said and turned to leave his side but he embraced my waist not letting me go.
“What happened to you?”, I asked again stroking his hair to calm him down. He shook his head and just kept his hold on me. I sighed and knelt in front of him.
“Everything is going to be okay”, I said stroking his face.
“Don’t leave me okay”, he said brokenly that I felt a tug at my heart.
‘What happened to him?’, I thought hugging him and patted his back comforting him.
“I will always stay with you”
“You are still going to leave in the end”, he whispered and I knew what he meant but ending my internship didn’t mean I was leaving his life forever.
“I will…….”, I started to say but he stopped me
“Forget I said anything. Let’s just go back to work”, he said getting a hold of his emotions.
I was worried about him but what could I do if he was being adamant about the situation. For the consequent days he left for private meetings alone leaving me to rely on Sam for transport to work. This got Sam and I to be closer than we were and I think everyone at the office realized it because they started asking us questions about dating and whatnot. I most of the time ignored them because it wasn’t true but what I was scared about was the fact that Seth was going to hear and misunderstand us.
“Did you hear what they said about us in the office?”, Sam asked during our lunch but I was too lost in thoughts to really get what he was saying.
“.……..”
“Penny, Penny is something wrong?”, he asked holding my hand trying to comfort me.
“Is it about the boss?”, he asked causing me to raise my head to him. I was surprised that he could guess what was on my mind after knowing me for just awhile.
“Ho..how did you know?”, I started to say and was about to continue when I caught the familiar scent of Seth around us. I turned looking for the source only to find him looking straight us, to be more precise he was glaring daggers at our hands on the table. I subconsciously withdrew my hand from his and leaned away from Sam but the harm was already done. Seth turned away from us and walked to his office not even regarding the people on his way.
“Shit”, I muttered and stood up following his trail to his office. I knocked on his door but he didn’t allow me come in.
“Seth it’s me”, I said hoping that will at least get to him and I got my wish but at a cost.
When I decided I had waited enough and was about to leave the door opened and I was pulled inside roughly that I lost my balance but he steadied me and pinned me to the wall by the door with his hands preventing my escape. He nuzzled my neck as if trying to smell another person’s scent on me. I smiled at his childish behaviour but moaned when he teased my soft spot. I knew what he was trying to do and tried to push him away but my body felt weak all of a sudden that I held on to him instead.
“Seth we are in your office”, I think I said but I wasn’t sure because my body and my mouth were saying and doing different things.
“You know you are in the office but you still did that with another guy and not me?”, he said and bit my ear teasing me. He trailed kisses back to my nneck and before I could explain what really happened he bit my neck.
“Please, please”, I begged but I didn’t know what I was begging for.
“Why? Don’t you want Sam to see you like this? How do you think he’s going to feel seeing you like this? Do you think he’s going to be as excited as I am?”, he asked grinding himself against me letting me understand the meaning behind his words. “Should I call him to come see how lewd you look? Maybe that way he will know that only I can make you feel this way so he stays away from what is mine”, he finished saying whiles caressing me.
“Please don’t do that”, I said almost about to cry. I was feeling sensitive everywhere and I wanted him to release me. As if knowing what I wanted he pulled my face to him and kissed me brutally not even giving me the chance to kiss him back. I tried to push him away from me and that made him stop. Seeing the anger in his eyes I tried to placate him.
“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry but there is nothing between Sam and I, we’re just friends”, I said looking down. He raised my head to look at him and seeing my look the anger that was previously in his eyes disappeared and he sighed.
“What am I going to do with you?”, he muttered and let go of my face moving away from me.
“Seth”, I whined to get his attention again. He turned and walked towards me knowing very well what he had done and was doing.
“What is it that you want?”, he teased touching my face. I leaned my face in his hand and subconsciously rubbed my face against his palm.
“Seth please”, I said and he attacked my lips once again. He kissed me and teased the zip at the back of my skirt. I felt nervous because we were at the office where anyone can come look for him and I had never gone that far with him whenever we got intimate. Just when I got a little in control of my nerves he moved away from me and left me alone to wonder what just happened. That was when I realized he was still upset with me and he wasn’t going to help me.
‘What a possessive and arrogant bastard’, I thought and felt myself slide down the wall to sit on the floor.