Chapter 96 Falling in love

"what's going on here?" His voice was deep and commanding, his eyes were fixed on her even as he asked the question. Her face was flushed, and her emotions suddenly showed on her skin— who knew? She couldn't control that part of her that she hadn't even realized yet. His voice had released her emotions once again.

"I-i-i um w-what ah shh... Bennett stuttered taken unaware by Nicholas's presence. He felt his skin vaporizing. His voice had lost value. He shivered like a child having a terrible fever.

"I see you've lost your words?" Nicholas said as he moved around him walking deeper into the room and towards zhavia. She froze when he stood beside her. Her heartbeat increased at the fastest pace. His scent filled her nostrils as she quickly realized that she hadn't showered or brushed her teeth.

"N-no, sir..."

"Then speak in a language I can understand". Nicholas ordered, his dim eyes were all zhavia think of. His voice tickled her tummy the more she heard him.

"S-she wanted a phone sir". He managed as he bent his head lower. He couldn't even breathe, he held his breath without even realizing it.

Nicholas froze at his words as he turned his head slowly to her. His eyes were directly on her now as he spoke. "Leave us". He wasn't looking at him, but he understood that the order was meant for him. 

"Y-yes sir". He managed to exit the room swiftly. The doors were shut immediately after he left the room.

Nicholas walked in front of her facing her fully with that same soul-piercing stare that he always had when he was trying to figure out something.

How does he even manage that look?

He looked so grim. That calm relaxing aura he carried earlier had vanished. He had gone back to the default setting. Only lords possess such impeccable mood swings— after all, he is a lord. A lord over several massive empires.

"What are you up to, zhavia?" His tone was low but had a hint of anger. She could sense it. She could feel it.

"What do you mean?" She was playing dumb to his questions. She wanted to see what he would do to her, she wanted to know what this possessive breath taker was capable of. Her eyes were on his as she spoke.

"Don't play dumb with me, miss McKay. You know what I mean". He walked closer to her and the hair on her body rose to his movement.  

'Touch me

Her skin screamed for his touch. She could already taste his scent, it filled her brain and yelled his name nonstop. God, he was driving her mad.

"I just want to speak to Sofia". She finally confessed letting out a sigh in defeat. Who was she kidding? She would never win a mind game with him. He is one of the smartest men in the world. "Would you let me?" Her eyes were on him as she spoke. 

His eyes bore unto her eyes. Did she just ask him for permission? Did she just fucking look him in the eye and say those words? He was beyond shocked. She took him unaware. This was much easier than he thought. She surprises him on a daily base. First, her emotions, and now her submission?

Something about this drove a hot rush of desire down his abdomen. He couldn't stop looking at her. The rate at which his heart thudded at this moment got him wondering if he was having a panic attack. 

What was she doing to him like this? In just a couple of days, he had lost his senses to this woman. He wasn't even sure if he could say no to her at this point.

"What is that?" His words got her smiling for the first time since he met her. And before he knew what was happening, his heart stopped responding. She was giving him a fucking heart failure. He felt his abdomen turn to jelly as his thoughts ran wild.

Mine.

His brain screamed 'mine'. His hand itched to touch her skin. Just to feel her, just to hold her. All he thought of was to taste those lips, those juicy tortures that drove him off the cliff.

Fuck, I'm losing my mind.

"She's a person". Zhavia spoke again looking into his eyes because they didn't seem like they were leaving her at any moment. There was something about his eyes she couldn't quite explain. So many emotions flickered in them but all she could see was lust.

Upon realizing that, her insides started heating up— they were literally smoking out for him. She was sure that if he asked for anything at this moment, she would give it to him without thinking twice, that was how much she longed for him at this point.

"Is that a name of a person?" His left brow rose in question as she couldn't help but admire how unimaginably handsome the man in front of her was. In all her years of being with princes and hot billionaires, she had never seen anyone that could match up to him. His arrogance and nonchalance added to his stunning charisma.

She scoffed arrogantly as she spoke. "Yeah". Was all she said as he walked closer to her.

"You would be given a phone right after you have breakfast". Her eyes never left his face as his lips moved. Just what game is he playing?  She didn't have a clue of what he had in mind but if it was the only way to get to talk to Sofia, she would play along.

"I will be expecting you downstairs". His voice echoed in the entire room as he spoke. She went silent because she couldn't believe what was happening.

She watched him walk closer and closer and closer till he was standing in front of her. There was just a little gap that demarcated his chest from her breast. Slowly, his hands advanced to her face and her entire body went stiff. She saw how he hesitated at first when his hand stopped right in front of her face. And in a split second, he reached for the long strand of hair on her face as her eyes stayed fixed on his eyes, he took it behind her ear.

He didn't know what came over him but he had a pull. Goosebumps filled her entire body at his action. She froze where she was and couldn't even move at all. 

This wasn't the first time she had been or stood close to a man, it wouldn't even be the second, or third, but standing close to this man felt like it was her first. She couldn't believe what he did to her. It was as if he had frozen her. It was as if he cast a spell on her. She was in a trance but was quickly called off when he moved away from her and exited the room.

It was as if she was dreaming, but it felt real because she could still smell him. It was as if he was still standing right in front of her because she could even still feel his touch. 

What had he done to her?

She managed to regain her senses as she moved slowly to the bed and sat down slowly to calm her nerves.

He just asked her to eat breakfast with him and she didn't even have a say. Somehow, she wanted that too. She wanted to have breakfast with him too. She wanted to dine with him. 

She got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom lazily. Her mind was still foggy from the incident that just happened moments ago. She was still trying to process it. She remembered how her whole body reacted to his touch, how her whole emotions were commanded by his eyes again.

She slowly stripped the clothes she wore from her body as she walked into the bathtub in the rose section of the bathroom. This time, she avoided the in-built pool because of the incident that happened previously.

She parked her hair up in a ponytail as she settled into the bath and allowed the rose-scented water to sink into her skin. She opened her nostrils and breath in the incredibly nice scent that filled the air.

She closed her eyes getting the hang of what she felt at the moment and she saw him. She quickly opened her eyes. 

Fuck it zhavia, are you falling in love with him?

It had just been days and she is already losing all her principles. Gradually, she is succumbing to his rules. Suddenly, she liked how he controlled her.

Why?

She hated when she was being controlled but now she loved being controlled by him. She doesn't want to leave his side. For fuck's sake it had just been a couple of days.

Wake the fuck up, zhavia.

Her mind was trapped around this man and she didn't even know what to do anymore. All she could think of was the breakfast she was going to have with him. Her own thoughts scared her as she release a deep sigh.

Wow.