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He was in love with Isabella Villain since the day he laid his eyes on her.
Their story was yet to be concluded. I don't know what was going on between them but I'm sure it was sizzling hot. Both are opposites. One is North and the other is south. Something was between them. Something raw and real. After all, what the world says is true. Opposite attracts. They were like moths to the flame. He flared his nose and looked away from her. His brown eyes clashed with me and I saw all the emotions smearing in his chocolate brown eyes. I smiled at him. He cleared his throat and looked away.
“Thank you for helping me,” I said with a smile and walked away. Not wanting to bother him more. I walked to where Isabella was standing. They stopped talking when I joined them. Isabella raised her brows when she saw my face.
“Why is your face red? You have a fever” she asked in a concerned voice. She lifted her hand and placed it on my forehead to check my temperature.
“No! I don't” I said with a small smile on my face. She gets worried for me immediately.
“I know why her face is so red,” Sophia said with a mischievous smirk on her lips.
“We all witnessed Erick's display of love a few minutes ago,” she said while bumping her shoulder with mine, and my face flushed even red. Everyone saw it. Isabella chuckled looking at my face.
“I couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't know he was so romantic” Logan said with an astonished look in his eyes. He has always seen his reserved side. I couldn't believe it. Why was he so lovey-dovey in public? He is not romantic. He just wanted to torment me in front of everyone.
“Erick had always been romantic for only Grace” Isabella said while wiggling her brows at me to tease me. She has seen our teenage side where we both were madly in love with each other. I didn't want to go down that road. I cleared my throat.
“Should we go and congratulate the newlywed?” I asked them, changing the topic. I looked at Xanthus and Sage. Xanthus was grinning as if he got first prize and Sage stood there with a nervous smile on her face. He was holding her to his as if she would run away any moment if he let go of her. She was saying something when he suddenly took hold of her chin and made her look at him. Before she could decipher his actions he pressed his lips to her. We all saw how her eyes widened. Her face turned red when he did that. She was aware of all the eyes on them.
“Get a room already”, I heard someone yelling, and it made Sage's face go even more red. Shameless Xanthus didn't stop her kissing even after that comment. He didn't care anymore. She was his for life now. A small smile formed on the corner of my lips.
“They seem a lot busy,” Logan said, making us avert our eyes from them. I chuckled and exhaled deeply.
“Yeah, we can meet them afterwards. I don't think he wants to see our face now,” Isabella said, making us chuckle. We had made it hard for him to meet Sage after he blackmailed us.
“Let's go and eat lunch until then. I'm hungry anyways,” Isabella said, and we all agreed. I was hungry. Hungry after using all my energy to run away from him. My head unknowingly turned to find him in the crowd. I found him talking with Daniel. As if feeling my eyes, he looked my way, making my breath hitch. He caught me staring at him. I immediately looked away.
“Grace, let's go”, Isabella called me, and I nodded at her. We sat on the chair where our names were. Thankfully, we all were at the same table. Food was prepared according to the person's choice. Xanthus had made sure everyone enjoyed the food at his wedding. Even vegans were given special menus. After all, food is his speciality. I was eating my food when he settled on the chair beside me. His seat was beside me. My body went stiff when his intoxicating second engulfed me. His food was served immediately. I was chewing on my food quietly when he put his hand on my thigh. I stopped chewing on my food, feeling his hand slipping inside the slit of my dress. My throat refused to push the morsel down my throat when he stroked my bare skin. What is he doing? We are between so many people anyone could see his hand going inside my dress. I grabbed the glass and took a huge gulp before turning my head to look at him.
“What are you doing?” I whispered, trying to remove his hand. He grabbed my thigh firmly when I did that. He turned his head to look at me when I said that. I glared at him even more.
“Eating my food,” he said while putting a piece of lamb chop in his mouth. He looked straight into my eyes while doing it. A smirk played on the corner of his lips. Suddenly I remember how he said he was hungry for me. He chewed slowly while looking straight into my eyes. Why are his cold blue eyes smouldering? Suddenly my heart started to beat fast. He smiley swallowed his food and I saw how his Addams apple bobbed when he did it. Fuck why was I finding it sexy? What's wrong with me? I think I need to go to the doctor to check. Why the hell am I finding Erick Villain handsome? He is a devil. An ugly devil. His cold blue eyes looked deep into my eyes and his hand moved even further up. His smirk deepened as if he knew what was going on in my head. My throat went dry. My breath became even more shallow. His annoying face didn't look like anyone anymore. My eyes lower and settle on his full lips. Fuck! What the hell, I'm thinking. My eyes refused to budge from his full lips.
Shit!
I'm fucked up.
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