Her soul warmed up. Her being quivered, feeling his warm lips feeding on her soft ones. Seraphina made no attempts to push him away. She neither kissed him back nor tried to stop him because in that moment, she was fighting an inner battle between her heart and her mind.
On the other hand, he kissed her tender lips, passionately, hungrily but without being harsh on her. He devoured her lips like it was his only way of surviving his life. He kissed her with everything and the more his lips turned dominating over her, the more tightly Seraphina hugged that photo frame on her abdomen.
But he finally stopped when he came back to his senses and noticed she hadn't kissed him back. He slightly pulled back and his eyes fell on her.
Her eyes were tightly shut. Tears were abruptly rolling down from the corner of her eyes and she was embracing that photo frame tightly in her arms. She was even shivering.
He wanted to cure her. He had wanted to take her pain away but instead, he again hurted her, hurted her more by losing himself in his sinister desires for her.
Seraphina didn't dare to open her eyes because she was too messed up to endure his penetrating gaze but she slowly unlatched her wet lashes when she felt him getting up from her.
She opened her eyes and saw him already turning around and then he walked towards her door and then left the room.
She sat on the bed and just gazed at that opened door through which he had just left. She wasn't able to understand what had just happened but she knew it was hurting her badly.
Seraphina hugged that photo frame more tightly and then saw that tray of food, placed on the table which made her eyes burnt up in tears, realising he had brought it for her but why?
What he actually felt for her and what exactly she wanted him to feel for her?
Next day, he had dropped her to her school but none of them exchanged a single word or single glance to each other, not even during their car ride or in his home.
Currently she was sitting on one of the benches of her school garden after getting done with her three classes. Her mind was filled with all those things, what had happened last night and in the morning when he didn't even look towards her.
"Hey, Seraphina,"
Seraphina got out of her thoughts, hearing that voice and saw Nevada walking towards her.
"How are you, bae?" Nevada asked, smiling.
Seraphina tried to give her a fake smile but automatically failed in it, so she just nodded.
"Hey, what's wrong? Are you alright? " Nevada noticed the dullness in her eyes.
"I am fine," She plainly replied, so Nevada didn't try to stretch the topic more.
"Hey! guys,"
Seraphina's body turned numb at that voice.
"Hey! How are you, Benjamin?" Nevada asked.
Benjamin stood beside her and answered.
"Good," And then he looked at Seraphina, who was sitting on the bench and was looking down.
"Hi! Seraphina,"
Seraphina gulped hard. His threat was still fresh in her mind which had made terrified of the consequences if she continued to maintain her friendship with Benjamin.
"Hey! "
She shrugged herself when she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw it was Benjamin who was looking at her concerned.
Seraphina shrugged her shoulders a bit, trying to detach herself from his touch and got up from her seat.
"Hi," She responded but without looking at him because neither she wanted to hurt him by ignoring him suddenly nor had the audacity to let him get hurted by those grey eyes tormentor of hers.
"Okay, guys. Let's go for our literature class," Nevada uttered.
Seraphina didn't want to go with Benjamin because she was afraid for him, what if he really hurted Benjamin because she knew he was capable of it but how could she bluntly tell Benjamin to stay away from her without any reason.
Seraphina was in a dilemma, what to do but then she thought, how would he get to know that she was still in contact with Benjamin? He didn't have his reach in her school, right?
So, with a nod, she followed Nevada and Benjamin to her class.
After getting done with her literature class, Seraphina was packing her bag for leaving.
"She just ruined our weekend by giving this tough topic for a test on Monday," Nevada commented, scoffing, making Benjamin chuckled who was sitting beside Seraphina.
"Yeah, but it's not difficult for our intelligent topper, Seraphina Miller,"
He and Nevada laughed at his remark whereas Seraphina just tried to show a weak smile.
They all were packing their bags when Benjamin dropped his pen on the floor. The pen got closer to where Seraphina was sitting.
"Wait, I'll pick it up," She said and got under the desk.
Nevada was also packing her back when she noticed Benjamin was putting a notebook in Seraphina's bag. She thought he was helping her in packing, so she didn't say anything and continued doing her work.
"Here," Seraphina extended the pen to him.
"Thank you," He smiled and shoved the pen in his bag.
"Let's go now if we all are done with our today's classes," Nevada said, putting her back on her shoulder.
Seraphina followed her action and then looked at Benjamin when he spoke.
"Actually, I have my extra class today, so you guys go. I'll meet you both on Monday. Enjoy your weekend,"
Both the girls nodded and then greeted him back, making him leave.
"Ok, let's go. Have you informed Arzal that we're done with our classes, Seraphina?"
Seraphina gulped and shrugged her head.
"Then do it. What are you waiting for? I'll inform Nick," Nevada uttered and called her brother. On the other hand, Seraphina was afraid to call him, especially when that battle of ignorance and silence were going on between them.
She slowly took out her phone. He hadn't called her to ask her today about picking her up from school, like yesterday and she had no other option than to call him on her own. So with a sigh, she decided to call him but before she could call him, she saw his incoming call, flashing on her phone screen, which automatically made a smile appear on her face.
She immediately picked it up and spoke.
"Hello! "
"Are you done with your school? " His voice was cold but enough for her heart to get tinged, hearing it.
"Yes,"
"I'll be there in 10 minutes," With that, the call got disconnected.
Seraphina sighed at his cold behaviour and then left the classroom with Nevada.
Small little drops of rain were falling on the window of his moving car which made a small smile crept on her face, who was sitting on his passenger seat and was admiring the dark weather and the rain outside, through the glass window.
They both still hadn't spoken a single word to each other and Seraphina didn't have the courage to ask him why. So she was silently enjoying the rainy view and weather, unaware of those grey eyes which were glancing at her secretly.
Her beautiful smile, that shine and happiness in her azure eyes after watching the rain drops falling on the window. She was like a little child who became extremely happy with small things but in the same way, got broken down with anything which hurted her.
Seraphina was smiling and tapping on the tiny droplets when she noticed he had taken the opposite route. It wasn't the same direction which he used to take for taking her to his home.
Her brows furrowed, but then her heartbeat increased in fear, realising where he was taking her. Was he planning on killing her after taking her to an unknown place?
She snapped her eyes at him and looked at him horrified, who was calmly driving his car. Seraphina gulped and gathered her courage to ask him where he was taking her but her bravery wasn't supporting her.
She parted her lips but felt like had lost her voice in fear until,
"We are going to my private apartment," He told her, keeping his eyes on the road.
And his answer was enough to make Seraphina almost faint in fear.
"W.. Why? " She dared to ask him in her quivering voice which was lacing with terror.
He didn't answer her and now his silence started scaring her more. She tossed her head and a thought of opening the car's door and jumping out came in her mind but the door was locked.
She again looked at him, afraid but didn't dare to ask him anything and ended up giving up and placing her head on the window and then closed her eyes.
A little smirk played on his lips by watching her, who was looking like a tiny afraid kitten and then drove to his private apartment.
Hesitantly, she took her quivering steps inside his apartment. That same apartment, where she had spent an entire night with that stranger who had now started becoming familiar to her soul. That same place where all of this had begun for her.
The voice of door shutting grabbed her attention and Seraphina saw him locking the door, which made her heart stop beating in nervousness.
After locking the door, he turned around and looked at her, who was staring at him, like he was a robber.
Maintaining his straight face, he walked towards her but stopped when she started taking her steps away from him.
Seraphina hung her head when he again started marching towards her and then stood before her.
"We're going to stay here for your weekend,"He said and then walked past her.
"But my clothes?"
He stopped, hearing her soft voice and turned around, only to find those innocuous blue eyes staring at him confused.
"Everything you need is already present in the room where you had stayed last time," He announced curtly and turned around.
"Go, freshen up. I'll get something for you to eat, " Saying that, he walked away.
Seraphina, with a sigh, proceeded towards that room, still with that question in her mind, why had he taken her there?
Seraphina changed her uniform and wore light pink shorts and a comfy white top. She was stunned by watching different kinds of clothes which were present inside that room's wardrobe, even inner wears but the most shocking thing was everything was of her size but how did he know about her clothes size? That room had everything she needed.
Seraphina sighed while combing her hair and then saw him entering the room. She gulped and dropped the comb on the table. A sense of timidness washed over her when she witnessed his gaze roaming over every corner of her body shamelessly.
A mischievous satisfaction filled into his eyes after watching her in those clothes which he had selected for her personally but he continued to keep his cold face and spoke.
"Eat something,"
Seraphina meekly nodded, hearing him and then saw him walking towards the bed and placed the tray of food on it.
Seraphina noticed he had brought different kinds of chocolate dishes for her, which made her tummy start growling in hunger.
"Sit and eat, " He uttered, sitting on the bed and she silently walked towards the bed and joined him.
She was silently eating while taking time to time glances at him who was doing something on his phone. Seraphina wanted to tell him to eat but she knew he didn't like chocolate, so she didn't approach him.
She was chewing while gazing at his masculine side profile which made her tummy fill with butterflies and in her carelessness, she choked on her food.
Seraphina started coughing badly which gained his attention. He immediately got closer to her and started patting her head. He extended the glass of water to her mouth and she drank from it gladly.
"Careful, Sera," He spoke, rubbing on her back.
"Are you okay now? "
She slowly nodded and then answered.
"Thank you, "
He didn't reply but instead removed those strands of hair which were falling on her face. He tugged them behind her ear.
Goosebumps formed in all parts of her body when his finger touched her ear. She was badly responsive even to his mere touch and he knew about it very well.
Seraphina had her eyes down when his gaze caught that chocolate cream smudging in the corner of her lips. She was too tempting and the fact she didn't have even a single clue about it made her more tempting.
His fingers on their own went towards her lips where he gently grazed his thumb pad over that chocolate cream and wiped it away from her lips, making her to look at him
Seraphina gulped when he put that finger in his mouth and sucked it which automatically heated up her cheeks. She tossed her head and got up from the bed.
"I.. I am done. Thank you for the food," She tried to walk past him but he hugged her from her back and stopped her from moving further and then she heard his husky voice in her ear.
"But I am not done with you yet, Princess,"