Under His Protection

Japhet moved closer to where Laura was standing and from the corner of her eyes she could see the fuming gaze of Michael, she instantly took steps backwards to create good amount of space between them, ” I was hoping that you extended the invitation for your mother’s birthday to me, I would like to meet you family”

“Oh…” She enforced herself to laugh, even in her ears it sounded off, “…. You see japhet, the party was organized last minute, she just informed me a day before the party, iam sorry”

Japhet gave her an endearing smile, ” that is okay, iam sure there will be next time to meet your family, iam hoping that they will like me”

Faye smiled at him, ” of course they will” she reassure him with a strained smile in her face, from the corner of her eyes she could see the angry looking beast waiting to pounce, ” You are a good friend of mine, they will surely like you in no time”

Japhet slid his gaze at Michael briefly before focusing on her, ” this is kind of embarrassing saying this in the presence of your bodyguard but iam hoping to be more than just a friend to you”.

“That is….” From the peripheral vision she saw Michael ready to attack the man infront of her, but she glanced at him briefly and shake her head. The last thing she wanted was for him to give poor japhet a beating he will never forget in his life when he doesn’t have any idea that they were already an item.

“….. unexpected”

Japhet gave her a self mocking smile, “that is not the answer iam hoping to hear Laura”

“Japhet….” Laura started, she wasn’t sure how to gently to turn him down without hurting him, she was aware of the feeling japhet has for her but she cannot return his feelings when that beastly man in the corner remained silent watching them.

“You Don’t have to answer right” japhet said lightly, smiling down at her, ” let’s have lunch together, my treat”Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Laura shook her head regretfully, ” I can’t japhet, I have mountain of work waiting for me since I return from France, I think I need to have a rain check to your offer, Mayne next time”

“Alright” he replied, ” I will hold onto your promise, you owe me a lunch date then Laura. And it seems iam keeping you from your work, I need to get going now”

She smiled at him as he made his way out of her work room, he really surprised her today with his unexpected confession and Laura wasn’t even sure if she could face him again without feeling unease with his company.

“That was….” She started and suddenly shrieked when Michael picked her up and placed her on the work table, her eyes widen at him, ” What are you doing?”

Michael eyes held a dangerous glint in their depth, ” Why didn’t you turn him down right away when he confessed to you? Are you really going to think about his offer?” He asked, fuming.

“No!” Laura answered exasperatingly, ” you know that I cannot reciprocate his feelings for me, it is just that I don’t know how to turn him down without hurting his feelings, besides japhet doesn’t know that we are already dating, he assumes that iam still single since you want to hide our relationship”

Something dark and dangerous played in his eyes, now their faces were only inch apart, Laura could see emotions swirl in their profundity, ” if I remember correctly, I said we are going to hide our relationship but I didn’t say you can flirt with other guys infront of me”

Her eyes widen at his accusations, ” I was not flirting with him!”

“Oh yeah?” He asked maddeningly, Michael traced her buttom lip with his thumb, ” from where I was standing a while ago I could clearly see that you are”

She was about to retort when she gave him a knowing smile, “why? Don’t tell me you are jealous Michael vernice”

“Yes Iam” he replied hotly, he guided her leg and wrapped them around his waist, ” trust me babe, you don’t want to see the jealous side of me”

“Is that a challenge?”

“Nope, a fair warning my darling”

Laura could not help but giggle, then she had to thank japhet in the future for stiring this kind of emotions from Michael, ” do you know that you are cute when you are jealous?”

Micheal eyes narrowed in her direction, but there was a twitch of smile in his lip, ” Are you making fun of me princess?”

“I wouldn’t dare”

“I guess it is time to teach the little princess a lesson not to play with my jealousy or she will not regret it and do worse, I will punish you”

Laura raised an eyebrow in his direction, placing her hand on his board shoulder, ” what will you do Michael?”

There was an evil grin on his face that she did not trust, Michael dipped his head on the hollow of her neck and kissed her but his teeth grazed her skin, ” there” he said with a satisfactory smile.

Laura automatically touched the part of her throat that he just kissed, she stared at him in disbelief,” did you just give me hickey?!”

“Yes, I did” the devil replied her with no ounce of regret in his voice, she could see the triumph in his eyes, ” until that mark vanish from your skin I won’t kiss you again”

She snorted smiling at the thought, ” As if I will miss your kisses, wait! Is this your punishment? Pheww! I can deal with it easily”

“Oh! It seems that you don’t understand my love, let me explain again” Michael said, touching her lip with his finger, ” I won’t kiss your lip again but I didn’t say I will not kiss the rest of you, I will kiss every inch of your body until you had enough but not your lips”

Heat rosed in her cheek at his word, “Michael how can you say such a thing in broad daylight?” She pretended to look at the door incase someone might be listening to them but the truth was she only wanted to escape his intense eyes.

“This is your punishment for making me jealous”.

Laura looked at Micheal with a self assured, ” oh you will kiss me again on the lip sooner than you thought”

Michael kissed the base of her throat hotly, there was a tongue involved, ” we will see honey, you will beg first”