LAW OF ATTRACTION

CHAPTER 40 : LIGHT UP YOUR FIRE

My smile widens even more when I see my 'target''s gaze roam down my body before it goes back up to meet mine.

"I think I've already seen you?" His eyes travel down to the line of my jaw, sending a chill down my spine with a burning memory.

Flashes of that dreadful day come back to me, and weirdly it only fuels the fire inside my stomach, arising strength and anger as everything that has happened since that day is echoing with each loud beat of my broken heart.

I extend my hand, trying to hide its shakings. "Elena."

"Yeah, you're Alex's chick, right?" He narrows his black eyes at me.

Seeing his wicked smirk, it's clear he is testing me, playing a devious game, but I don't back up; I can't.

"Was," I correct him, holding his gaze.

He lifts up an eyebrow, a sparkle appearing in his rotten eyes, so I lean closer. "Now, I want a real bad boy."

"Aw, honey, I might be too bad for you." He smirks, his fingers brushing the line of my jaw.

It freezes me inside, but I can't let it show, so I think of Alex to warm me up.

"Try me." I smirk back, knowing my meaning behind it is far from what he imagines.

"With pleasure. Leo, by the way." He grabs my hand and kisses it with his cold lips, then his hands travel down my body unashamedly, taking their sweet time.

I've never felt so dirty and disgusted under a touch, and I'm thinking about showering with bleach every inch of skin he's touching after this.

"How about we take care of this shirt somewhere more private? I wanna see what's under," I suggest, sliding my hand down his shirt.

"Straight to the point? I like that!"

Yes, the faster this plan is done, the faster I can clean myself with bleach, but that, he doesn't know.

He takes my hand, and I applaud myself for succeeding this step, though I know the hardest and most risky is to come.

Focused on remembering and repeating the next steps of the plan in my head, I'm taken by surprise when Leo's lips attack mine roughly. My stomach turns upside-down, yet I quickly kiss him back, trying to focus on my ultimate purpose and not on the growing nausea in my stomach. Now, I'll also have to clean my mouth...

Kissing a pig or a snake would certainly be more pleasant. His lips are rough and selfish, and his tongue is invading my mouth as his hands are already griping my butt. My instinct is straining on all my muscles to move back, but I fight it, counting the long seconds in my head to not focus on all the shivers running over my skin – and those are definitely not shivers of pleasure.

He has an evil smirk plastered on his face when he pulls away, putting his chin up to glance around satisfied. We're in the center of the room; he clearly has done that on purpose to show everyone, and that only intensifies my nausea as I still have his alcoholic, sour taste on my lips.

"I wanna throw up," I whisper under my breath for only Josh to hear me, while Leo leads me away from the crowd, and I send a covert smile to Mitchie and Judy on the other side of the room.

"It's your plan, girl!" I hear him chuckle in my earpiece. "Now, be careful for the next steps," he advises me once more.