Alice Epione starts a new job, one that should finally jumpstart her career. She soon finds out that her dream job comes with a catch, a tall, dark, and handsome one at that.
Will she face the challenge and turn Elijah Howell's world upside down? O...
It's the day before my interview and Elijah and I are on the terrace, enjoying the morning sun as we wait for Felix.
I haven't seen him in a while, Elijah and I spent the last days tangled between the sheets mostly, and even though I called around to get more interviews, I still found myself in bed, right next to him, most of the time.
Not that I complain. I really don't...
But I know reality will come back sooner or later, and I'm actually kind of glad to see my best friend again. I feel like we need to catch up on so much.
"Liss! Open up!" I hear Felix hammer against the door, and Elijah just heaves a sigh as he closes the book in his lap.
"You really chose an annoying best friend, you know that?" he says, and I can't help but laugh, quickly leaning over to press a kiss on his lips.
"Well, that's why he's mine, not yours," I whisper against his lips, and Elijah instantly wraps his arm around my neck, pulling me closer to deepen the kiss. My knees instantly go weak when his tongue ravishes my own, his fingers digging into my skin in an almost violent passion.
I want to protest, I want to say that Felix is literally waiting right by our door, but Elijah just makes me speechless with the way he takes control over me, over every single sense in my body. It must be him who controls me, because I don't know when I crawl into his lap and grind on him, feeling the excitement grow right beneath me already.
"Alice..." he groans into the kiss, but I can't stop, feeling absolutely mad suddenly.
"Oh my fucking god! Eww! Ewww! Stop!" Felix's voice makes me pull back, to which Elijah responds with a growl as he narrows his eyes at me, very obviously not liking the interruption.
"How did you even get in here?" I ask, straightening myself up as I turn to look at my best friend, trying not to sound like I was just about to devour my boyfriend in our garden.
Felix has both of his hands covering his eyes, only now splitting his fingers to look between them. "I'm not telling you!" he exclaims, "Are you decent again? Jesus christ..."
"Shut up, Fefe." I laugh, although I can't stop the blush that creeps into my cheeks from this situation. I feel like a teenager that got caught by her big brother or something.
"I'll only open my eyes when you're at least two feet away from him, Liss. I can't risk seeing that again."
Now Elijah is the one who laughs as he gets up and steps toward me, pressing a kiss on my temple as he whispers, "We'll continue that later, love."
And then he just walks off, shooting me a wink as he calls out, "You can open your eyes now, Felix. I'm going inside!"
"Thank god..." my best friend mutters, and again I can't help but laugh when he rolls his eyes as soon as his hands disappear from his face. "Come here and give me a hug, Liss."
He grins when I throw my arms around him, feeling the pure and unconditional love seep right into me when I whisper, "I missed you!"
"I missed you, too," Felix pulls back, pinching my cheek as he says, "Look at how much you've grown!"
"Oh my god, not this again..."
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