Autumn Frost

Chapter 7

Qiu Shuang's pov

"WHO THE F*CK IS THIS JEREMY?!"

I winced at the harshness of his tone. I never thought that his reaction would be this big.

Vivian...what have you and the kids done?

"He's Vivian's friend," I whispered quietly. "We met when we brought the kids to the theme park."

Grayson doesn't seem to buy it.

He huffed in anger as he ran his fingers through is hair in frustration. I bit my lip.

It couldn't be that bad, could it? We barely even knew each other! All we did was introduced ourselves briefly and then we went home with the ice creams!

He glared at me, and what he did next surprised me.

Grayson stride towards me with big steps and pulled me into an embrace. He grabbed my chin roughly and before I could understand what was going on, his lips came crashing on to mine.

The kiss was dominant and forceful. It wasn't like the sweet and gentle ones we shared sometimes.

I didn't like it at all.

I tried to push Grayson away but his arms had me locked within his embrace. I tried to pull away but he held my head firmly with his hands and bit my lip as I yelped in pain.

Tears came running down my cheeks.

I was afraid.

As if sensing my fear, he slowed down his actions. He pulled away.

His eyes were filled with regret and anger.

"I'm sorry." he muttered, placing his forehead on mine. "It's just, this whole shopping thing made me feel stressed and tired."

I didn't say anything. The tears continued pouring down my cheeks.
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Grayson's pov
My heart ached for her.

My angel was crying silently, pain and fear written all over her face.

I felt annoyed with myself. I let jealousy get the better of me.

Cupping her face gently, I slowly kissed the tear stains, ignoring the saltiness of her tears.

I just wanted her to know I'm sorry. I prefer the happy Qiu Shuang.

After I was done kissing her tears away, I stare into her red puffy eyes.

I felt a pang of regret, it hit me hard on the chest.

"I'm sorry..." I apologized again. "Just...stay away from him, okay?"

I wanted her to know that she only belongs to me. But looking at her now confused face, she clearly doesn't understand the meaning under my words.

She seemed to struggle with her choice of words.

"I will be friends with anyone I want to." she blurted out.

Jealousy crept upon me once more. I couldn't conceal it. Whenever it comes to Qiu Shuang, even if it's the staff from the mansion, I couldn't bottle up my jealousy for her.

I needed a cold bath. I needed to calm down.

So I did what I thought was right at the moment. I turned on my heels and walk towards the door.

Once I slammed the door shut, I heard her breakdown into sobs.

Damn it.
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Qiu Shuang's pov
I felt my body go limp as I slumped on the bed and cry.

He seemed so mad. His actions had frightened me.

I knew he was jealous. But telling me to stay away from him is something I wouldn't do. Jeremy is a nice guy, he didn't deserved my ignorance.

But we wouldn't be even seeing each other that much, right?

And I wonder how much did Vivian or the twins told him.

I sobbed for a few more minutes, grabbing the tissue box on the dressing table I wiped all the evidence of sadness away from my face.

If I were to apologize to Grayson, I had to be firm when he asks me to stay away from any guy.

I had to argue and talk some sense into him.

Calming myself down, I straighten my posture and swung the door open and walked towards Grayson's office.

The mansion was large. Sometimes I could get lost in here. Even the twins told me they loved playing hide and seek in their Uncle Gray's house.

The image of the twins helped cheer me up a little.

As I reached his office, I sucked in a deep breath, expecting to see a mad him.

"Grayson? I'm..." my words trailed off as I stared at the scene before me.

Zalika was sitting on his lap facing him, her fingers buried in his hair. Grayson was holding her waist firmly on his lap and he groaned when Zalika pulled away from their kiss.

"What do you want?" Zalika was still straddling Grayson, and she intentionally rubbed herself on Grayson, eyes gleaming with victory.

Grayson's face was priceless as he tried to suppress the moans that were supposed to come out, due to Zalika's thigh rubbing.

If only I hadn't invaded their privacy, I thought bitterly.

Sending Grayson a quick glance I whispered 'sorry for interrupting' and bolted for the door.
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Qiu Shuang's pov
"And I went out after that.."

Vivian listened to my story with a serious expression. She hadn't expected things to go this far.

Days had passed, Grayson hadn't said anything to me. He hadn't even came during midnight.

And that's good. Because I didn't want his explanation.

"Well...maybe you'd like to try to talk to him again?" Vivian offered.

I shook my head. There was no way I'm walking in to something vulgar again.

Vivian looked at me apologetically. "I'm sorry...I didn't know Gray would®"

"It's okay," I interrupted her. "He over reacted."

"Do you want me to talk to him?"

"No. Let him be. He needs some time. If he wanted to talk to me he would've done it long time ago."

She sighed. "You both couldn't stay like this forever, you know. And I prefer you over those bitches."

I looked at her sadly.

Who would've known how bitter sweet this would taste?

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I'm on Team Grayson :D