A Virgin for the CEO

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"Okay," she finally said. " Let's do it. Fine."

He was watching her face like a hawk while she deliberated. He blinked. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes," was her soft answer.

"Shall we kiss to make it official?"

She gave him a look that could have hurt him, but she couldn't run away when he bent down to kiss her lips like he was punishing her for it.

When he pulled her closer to him, she couldn't even say anything. She just closed her eyes and thought that, from the outside, he was being kind and thoughtful to his 'girlfriend' whose mother had just had a very terrifying stroke, right on the day she left the hospital after passing her medical exams.

And that was what was needed for the charade.

Except he'd always kissed her like this. Like he was always hungry. Like he truly thirsted for her lips.

Then he lifted his head and hugged her close to his chest.

For a moment, it felt like they were in their own world. Or maybe because the nurses were now very quiet. She could feel the wave of their shock from where she was standing, held in Eric's arms.

"Ate...?"

She stiffened.

Drat.

She had flinched, but Eric didn't. Not even a tiny movement of surprise.

And she realized that Eric knew Tommy had been there all along!

In contrast to how she and Enrique acted when her mother caught them earlier, they did not immediately split up. He lifted his head, and her forehead fell to his chest.

She closed her eyes.

She was scared to look at her brother and see on his face what he was thinking. During the kiss, she knew he was already there. She could tell by the sound of his call.

Please don't judge me. Please.

Enrique still had his arms around her when he finally turned to look at the new arrival. "Tommy. Chairman Castro."

"Uhm..." Her voice was choked up. The Chairman was also here? Damn you, Eric!

Tommy wouldn't be alone, of course! She moaned to herself. There was no way to stop this act from reaching their neighbors at this point.

"Senyorito Enrique," Chairman Castro said in an uncomfortable way. "We heard about what happened so I brought our young Tommy here."

"Don't worry, Tommy, your mom is fine," Enrique told him.

"What are you doing to my sister?" Tommy asked in a voice that sounded like a child about to cry, but also had enough defiance in it that he sounded older and brave in contrast.

"What a good boyfriend would do to comfort his woman," was Eric's answer.

Tommy's voice was full of surprise when he spoke again. "Boyfriend...?!"

Enrique sighed.

But when he spoke again, he did so with a smile, not the sound of boredom she had expected.

"It's all out in the open. Since your mom already knows, I don't see why we should keep it from you. Yes, your sister and I do love each other. I love her, and I want everyone to know that. But she is still ashamed of me and doesn't want anyone to know. She said no one would believe us."

She tapped his chest with her hand. "Eric! Really?" Even though she knew he was just pretending, she almost melted when he smiled tenderly down at her.

"Everyone who knows your sister knows how lucky any man she chooses will be," he continued to say to Tommy even when he watched her face, like he meant to memorize every nook and cranny, every blemish, and was counting all her pores while she continued to glare-all at him. He grinned at her like it amused him to no end. "I'm not stupid. I found something valuable and I'm going to keep it."