Love In The Air

After contacting Adam and some investigators, Xavier came to know that yesterday a man had entered her apartment and stayed for around half an hour before leaving in a black Cadillac Escalade SUV, which was park in a blind spot, so the number was not much visible to be tracked down.

"F.ck! I already told my men to guard her apartment and not allow any suspicious activity happen in her neighborhood... Why the hell was I not informed of a man's arrival at her apartment!?" Xavier muttered in anger while he was driving his car in a dangerous speed. He called his secretary and inquired about why this kind of situation happened.

"Did I not tell you to increase the security and tell the guards to be on alert!? Few days ago a man comes and meets Gianna in a public place and today a man barged into her apartment! Have I hired you to just do formalities, eat and sleep!?" Xavier said in a very stern and cold voice.

"Sir I'll have to ask the security department for a report of the incident. Sir, please forgive my tardiness, I'll give my best to solve this issue." The assistant answered and stuttered a few times in between.

"Solve my foot! The 'incident' already happened yesterday! Now what will you solve!? I was not even informed regarding any of this! If I find even a speck of mistake in the report, I'll fire all the guards!" Xavier said and hanged up the call.

"I wish I could let her stay with us... but it's too early for us, and she might feel awkward about it." Xavier muttered and changed the gear of the car, slowing down as her apartment came into his view.

Xavier rang the doorbell impatiently and tapped his foot.

"Yes, yes, I'm coming!" Gianna's sweet voice came from inside, and she opened the door. As soon as she opened the door, Xavier engulfed her in a tight hug, inhaling her sweet and light perfume.

"Xavier? Is that you?" Gianna got surprised and smiled, but she was not able to hug him with both her hands as one of her hand was covered with dough batter.

Xavier took a whole look from her head to her toes, as if checking for any injuries. He again hugged her and sighed in relief.

"What has happened Xavier? Are you sad? Or are you stressed from work? Come, come inside first." Gianna was worrying about his odd behavior. Gianna took his hand with her other clean hand and pulled him inside the apartment. Charlie barked excitedly as soon as he saw Xavier, he was sleeping, but the noise of the doorbell woke him up.

"Gianna how're you?" Xavier stared in her eyes.

"Xavier, I'm fine but what has happened to you?" Gianna tilted her head curiously as she was washing her hands in the kitchen.

"Tell me very honestly, how did these slap marks appear on your cheeks and why were your eyes swollen?" Xavier kept both of his hands on the kitchen platform like he was interrogating someone.

"W-What slap marks? There are no slap marks, and I was just listening to an emotional movie yesterday, the movie's dialogues made me cry, you can ask Brinley, I'm not lying." Gianna said and rubbed her hands with a napkin.

"Why would I ask from Brinley and not Amelia? Amelia would be with you as she's your sister, Brinley doesn't stay with you..." Xavier already caught her lie.

"I-I... Xavier I'm telling you the truth, see? There are no slap marks." Gianna said and started making whip cream by mixing the ingredients. Xavier sighed and he walked towards her. He took the whisk away from her hand and kept it in the bowl. Gianna gasped at his sudden unexpected action. Xavier then picked her up in his arms.

"W-What're you doing!? Xavier put me down, I can walk for god's sake!" Gianna exclaimed in surprise.

"You can walk, you can talk, and you can speak the truth too, but you won't do any such thing." Xavier taunted her and scoffed. He carried her towards the sofa and kept her down, he sat beside her and took her hand in his hands, squeezing them softly as if urging her to share what had happened. Gianna understood his gesture and sighed before telling him everything that had happened yesterday.

"It was really stupid of you to hit yourself without any reason. You know self harm is not good for mental health, don't you?" Xavier said sternly making Gianna flinch and nod agreeing to his words.

Xavier hugged her and brushed her hair calming her down as tears were gathering in her eyes. He held her face with both his hands and gently kissed her forehead. She blushed at his actions making him chuckle.

Xavier stared in her beautiful eyes, and she was staring him back like for that moment, she could only see him and nothing else. He kissed her cheeks, nose, forehead again and his eyes went to her lips slowly. Gianna was getting tingles in her stomach, as everything she was experiencing was new to her and never has she ever imagined how blissful this would feel. She moved a little close to him as if giving him an indirect green light to go ahead with whatever he's trying to do.

Xavier noticed this and brought his lips and her lips together, giving her small pecks. But soon these pecks turned into deep kiss, Gianna opened her mouth slightly to breath, taking it as cue, Xavier entered his tongue in her mouth and they deepened the kiss. Xavier licked and roamed his tongue in every corner of her mouth, tasting her, she was equally enjoying this new sensational experience. They both left each other's lips and gasped for air, but soon Gianna took the initiative and kissed him again, Xavier smiled while kissing her back, this time she knew how things go, so she entered her tongue in his mouth and they both kissed for a while until they had to gasp for air.

Gianna took her fingers and touched his lips softly as if trying to imagine them, she blushed and hugged him, trying to hide her blush. Xavier laughed at her actions and smiled as he knew he was absolutely and completely in love.

"I love you, mio cuore..." Xavier said, and she blushed even more listening to it, even though she didn't know what endearment he used, but she knew his love was genuine and true. Gianna left from his hug and looked up slightly as if trying to look at him. [My heart]

"I love you, Xavier."

Xavier smiled listening to this, and he again took her lips to kiss her. He sucked and licked her lower lip, trying to ask her to open her mouth and she did. Their tongues entangled each other like how they held each other to kiss.

After spending some time together, Xavier left from the apartment but not before whispering something to Charlie. Gianna got confused and surprised when she heard what Xavier was whispering to charlie.

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Amelia had finished her boxing training, and she left from the building, when she saw Derek waiting by his sports car and his hands folded. He looked so hot and handsome, for a moment Amelia had this drool worthy moment before coming back to her senses and looking away from him. She started walking on the sidewalk back to the home when Derek came from behind her and caught hold of her hand.

"What!?" Amelia exclaimed and turned around, facing him.

"Come with me." Derek said.

"I don't find it necessary, bye bye." She said and waved her hand, but he was persistent enough.

"I have something for you, come with me. I promise I'll drop you at home after the work is done." Amelia was in no mood for arguing any further, so she agreed and went ahead to sit in his car. Derek opened the passenger door for her, she stared at him for a few seconds before sitting inside. As he was closing the door, he saw Amelia bend towards the driver's seat. He got confused, when he reached to his seat, he noticed Amelia had opened the door for him too. He smirked a light tint of red color started appearing in his ears.

"Why did you open the door for me?" Never had any girl do that for him, he started feeling mushy about it.

"I don't want to owe you anything and I could ask the same question back to you. I'm not your girlfriend, so you are not obliged to do this stuff for me." Amelia snapped back at him, he just smirked.

"Well, let me tell you, for today or should I say for now, you're my girlfriend."

"Why?"

"You'll know in a moment."

Amelia sighed and looked out of the window, staring at the buildings and shops passing by. They stopped in front of a huge boutique which made Amelia stare daggers at him.

"I have clothes at home." Amelia said each word while gritting her teeth.

Derek laughed and shook his head.

"You doofus, we're not here to buy you regular clothes."

"Whom did you call 'doofus'!? You jerk! Don't let me get started, I might pounce on you and start punching you to save my punchbag from the labor work." Amelia exclaimed sternly and glared at him. Derek started laughing even more loudly listening to her joke. Amelia faked a laugh and glared at him again.

"Okay, okay, let's go." Derek caught hold of her hand, holding it tightly, he dragged her inside the boutique.

"Why're you holding my hand tightly? Leave it!" Amelia whispered-shouted at him but he just smirked in response.

"Well we're here to get my girlfriend a very beautiful and elegant evening dress for a big party." Derek said to the owner, as he greeted both Derek and Amelia.

"Yes please have a seat." They offered a glass of juice to both of them, Derek said no, but Amelia was feeling quite thirsty after vigorous training, so she took the glass and slowly sipped the juice, trying to act like a decent and elegant woman. Derek smirked again watching her antics.

The staff members offered a catalog of extremely expensive dresses and only single pieces of individual design were available. Amelia's elegant acting went down the drain as soon as she saw the price list and the designs, her widened in shock, and she looked at Derek.

"You don't like any of these?" Derek asked in confusion.

"No... it's just--"

"Bring me another catalog of the best dresses you can make." Derek ordered the staff member.

"Derek what're you doing? These are so expensive!" Amelia whispered to him, but his attention was at the new catalog being offered to them. Derek opened the new catalog and showed a few designs to Amelia. She got even more shocked with the new range of even more expensive dresses. She stayed silent not knowing what to do and told Derek to choose by himself. The theme for the party was thigh length dresses. He went ahead with a navy blue dress which was thigh length and very elegant in design. Amelia stared in awe at the design, she liked the dress too, but it was out of her budget, she and Gianna could survive 3 years with the cost of the dress.

"Derek! It's very costly, let's go somewhere else." Amelia pulled his arm lightly insisting him to leave the shop, but he was stubborn as he already saw how Amelia was staring at the dress with imaginary stars in her eyes.

"Prepare a navy blue matching suit for me." Derek ordered the boutique owner, he prepared the bill and Derek gave him the advance payment and his size. The staff members took size of Amelia and they both left the boutique with Amelia having a frown in her face.

"You never listen to me!" Amelia huffed and sat on the passenger seat by herself banging behind the door without letting Derek open the door for her. Derek chuckled and sat inside the car. He knew Amelia wouldn't like him buying such a costly dress, but he couldn't control his urge to see her in that beautiful dress and if he could afford it then there's no place for compromise.

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