Liliana reached the door and turned what she believed was the lock. Then she twisted the knob and smiled when it turned completely without restrictions, however when she tried to pull the door open, it wouldn't budge. She pulled and pulled, she struggled and slapped it with an open palm, but the door did not budge, except for the light jiggle in the frame.
"Come on!" Liliana raged as she slapped the door once more, and shook it with all her might, but when the door simply mocked her lack of strength by staying closed, she turned and stomped her way back to Mr. Cavalier, who feigned a shocked expression.
"Back so soon?" Frantz asked, and Liliana huffed as she said, "this is not funny. Frantz I can't be here. I don't want to be here."
"I know, but Lili I just want to help. Allow me to be there for you." Frantz offered, not ready to give up.
"No. Frantz I don't want to be around you. I want nothing to do with you, do you hear me? NOTHING!" Liliana raged, feeling the urge to hit something.
"Okay, be honest Liliana. Why is it that you can't look at me long enough to see that I am a man, a man, who wants nothing more but for the opportunity to get to know you? Why is it that a man like Carlos can get your full attention, but for me, I have to literally force you into situations just so that I can get you to look at me? Huh? Tell me that." Frantz pushed back as he stood to his feet.
"Because Mr. Cavalier, I know that falling for a man like you, though it might feel good at first, I am bound to get my heart broken, and that is something I would rather spare myself from." Liliana admitted, and Frantz chuckle darkly as he said, "Lili don't turn me into the bad guy."
"Oh my God Frantz do you hear yourself? You can't force me to be with you." Liliana argued wanting to come off as assertive and brave, then she scoffed as she added "How do you expect me to fall in love with you if you don't give me the choice?"
"I did," Frantz replied, then he shrugged, "but you chose wrong," he declared with leveled eyes, "Know that nothing you say or do is going to make me let you go."
"You know what Frantz, just forget it. Leave me alone." Liliana shook her head and crossed her arms looking away. She knew this conversation all too well, and she already knew that Frantz would give up upon request. He was all talk but no action, and if he took step, one push back from her, and Frantz backed off quicker than someone who's been burnt. She knew that he would do this.
Frantz looked over at Liliana and wanted to laugh. How could he not see the pattern before? She enjoyed the chase as much as he did, even when she pretended to be bothered by it. Well this time, Frantz refused to take the bait. It was time they played by his rules.
"Uh uh, Nope. I am not falling for this trap again. Every time, every single time, you tell me to leave you alone, and go away, the moment I do it, you seem disappointed, as if you wanted me to put up a fight. So be honest Liliana, what do you want from me?" Frantz questioned, wanting to know exactly what naughty thoughts ran through Lili's mind, when she was yearning for the adrenaline of being chased.
"Nothing, you play at being a hardass and a possessive dominant man, but you give up so easily, it goes to show just how much you're willing to stick around and fight for me." Liliana admitted, and something clicked in Frantz's brain. There it was.
Maybe Liliana was not as innocent as she presented herself to be. And Frantz was ready to unveil the bad girl who put up an innocent façade.
Frantz took in a deep breath and pocketed his hands as he studied Liliana.
"You want me to be possessive and dominant Liliana?" Frantz asked, in a low tone, and that brought Lili's racing heart to a hard screech as she felt her blood run cold from the tone of his voice. And she gulped.
What was happening? Liliana wondered, why wasn't he giving up as usual? Now Liliana was nervous. Frantz never went off-script before. Liliana was nervous. Her shallow breathing, her fluttering heart, her hot head, and her suddenly sweaty fingers, told her as much.
The way Frantz stared at her, and the way he began stalking her way, Lili shook her head and backed away, her mouth moving but no words formed. She gulped when he smirked at her actions, and she felt her legs go weak and her heart thrum in the pit of her lower abdomen when her back hit against the door she had previously abused. Now she wanted nothing more for this door to help create some space between her, and the towering foreign handsome beau with the dark hair and dark eyes, that melted every ounce of her bravado, and left her without a defense against her sudden rang hormones that made her body well aware of the male presence that now stood facing her.
"Well?" Frantz asked, shrugging casually, his hands still in his pockets.
How did he appear so casual?
Liliana gulped again, and gasped, when Frantz cocked his head to the side in indication that he was waiting for her to speak.
"I-I- I m-mean, um I- I, didn't, I mean, it's really hot in here," Liliana panted, needing to say something. Anything.
Frantz hummed then removed his right hand from his pocket, and cupped Liliana's left cheek, with his thumb tracing her bottom lip. Lili squeaked quietly, when Frantz drew in a breath as his thumb continued to kiss her bottom lip. A second later, Frantz's hand had caressed it's way down the side of her neck, along her vein, until he rested it above her chest. His warm palm sat against her chest, and Liliana could feel her heartbeat vibrate in his palm. She felt the butterflies invade her stomach, and she realized that things were moving too quickly. She wasn't prepared for this, she wasn't ready, at least that's what her brain was saying.
But when Frantz closed the space between their bodies, his lips kissing the tip of her ear, his soft breath brushing over the skin of her shoulder, Liliana knew that there was no way she wanted him to stop. And yes, Liliana was aware that she was in fact crazy.
Closing his eyes, Frantz simply enjoyed the scent of his shampoo in her hair, and the warmth of her body. He also reveled at her excited heartbeat. He didn't want to push her too far. He knows that she had yet to recover from Carlos's attack, but after her bold dare and declaration, Frantz wanted to nark his territory. At the thought, Frantz brought his lips to rest over the skin between her shoulder and neck.
Liliana breathed through parted lips at his actions, and in that moment, produced a soft sound that had Frantz fighting every instinct that begged him to do with her as he please against that door. Consent It's what he had been waiting for from her, and now that she gave it to him, he would pace himself. Liliana was his forever.
Frantz flushed her body fully against the cold door, and in response, Liliana grabbed onto his shirt, and her soft lips brushed against the exposed skin at the base of his neck, above his shirt. Lili could tell that Frantz wasn't trying to rush the situation. And for that she was thankful. She was also thankful to be sandwiched against his body and the door because her legs were already jelly, and her private area felt ready to be published to the man who currently had her body in overdrive.
Frantz finally kissed her skin, and Liliana closed her eyes, wanting to collapse. Her grip became tighter on his shirt, when he bit down on her skin, causing her to hiss, then release the same sound that caused Frantz to keep his hips away from Lili, or else she would feel exactly what he meant when he said, that she was hurting him.
Lili closed her eyes and gulped when his tongue tasted the area which he nipped, then his soft lips returned with a loving peck.
Frantz removed his head from the crook of her neck, brushing his lips over her forehead, and nose, then cheeks, but he purposely avoided her lips.
He skillfully returned to her ear, then kissed it, then he opened his eyes smiled deviously, as he placed his lips close to her ear and whispered, "do you want to play by my rules Liliana?"