Her lips

" Is there any stop button for your mouth? "

" Do I talk too much? "

He asked Ruth with his infamous, knee buckling smile. He knew by looking at her face that she was irritated and would flip out anytime but he didn't know why he didn't like that she was quite. He wanted to listen her voice.

Both were on their way to Orion's home. She was confused why they were needed to go but she didn't ask, she was still angry that he threatened her in the name of her boutique. He didn't have to. She had made up her mind. She actually liked the idea of Orion but he has to take the other way and spoil her mood.

" Actually, I called the architecture to discuss about the designs and I needed your views, we have to work together , remember ?"

Orion couldn't help himself but to admire Ruth through her side profile.

" Then why are we on our way to your home? And my car? "

Stupid! She was cursing herself for getting hypnotized by his whole being and forget about her car. The main reason she didn't want to meet him because he reminded her of Sal. However his character would minus the similarities but his face was enough for her to see Sal in him.

" I insisted the architecture to come there, its weekend, and about your car? I will drop you there after this. "

The conversation about car took him back to the person Ruth was talking with, all jolly and happy.

" Who was that person you were talking with? "

There. He couldn't help but to ask. His grip on the steering wheel tightened with unwanted knots in his stomach.

Ruth frowned.

" None of your concern. "

She wanted the conversation to keep to their business. No attachments.

He smelled trouble to her.

Her nonchalant response irked him to his bones. The car stopped before a building. Without looking at him Ruth tried to open the door of the car. However she couldn't. Orion had locked it before she could run away from him.

" What it is now? "

" You left my question unanswered. "

He was adamant to know how she was related to that man. His blood boiled with resentment how sweetly she was behaving with him.

The look she gave to Orion was nothing as compared to the face he pulled before her. His eyes were cold and detached. The intensity of his gaze was too much to hold and she looked away.

" My friend. And I don't understand why it bothers you? Actually leave it. Can we please finish the business for what we came here?"

She frantically wanted out of his atmosphere meanwhile he didn't want to let her go.

He opened the child lock, she didn't wait a sec and went in the building. He followed her queue to the lift and pressed the number 12 for his penthouse .

He stood behind her only to take in her more. It was never enough for him , didn't matter how many times he looked at the gorgeous person. Her frantic tapping of her foot , her abnormal breathing confirmed that she was nervous.

Was it because of him or the enclosed lift?

He wondered.

He never planned for them to meet the Architect today, he just wanted Ruth away from that man. On their way to his penthouse he texted Mark to arrange it today anyhow. The journey ended when the lift stopped, it was dreadful for one person and soothing for another.

" You need something? "

" Just water. Thanks "

He handed her a bottle of water coming to the living room. Her eyes were on the glass looking outside , it looked so peaceful from above but one knows how much chaos was happening down there.

" We should meet once in two days till your boutique doesn't get renovated fully. "

She frowned. Ruth found it a complete claptrap. There was no need to meet him just for renovation.

Don't he has other work to do like looking over his billion dollar company?

Ruth so wanted to rub it on his face but decided to comeback with sweet and bitter comment.

" You are right. The renovations in my shop are so important for you to invest your time with me rather than investing your mind in your business. "

The moment the words escaped her lips she was pushed on the glass wall behind her.

His grip on her hands were painfully tight and he breathed ragged breaths on her face. His stormy eyes foreshadowing his dark soul on her pure on. The closeness did nothing to make her comfortable.

His scent too manly fitting perfectly with his aura. His hands on her arms heating the area with awfully good tingles all over her body.

" The one thing I never take from anyone is disrespect. Next time you decide to run this sweet lips of yours, be careful for your words. "

He grabbed his jaw with one hand and wrapped one around her ponytail and crooked her neck up to give him access to her slender neck.

His breathing hit her neck making her giddy in her stomach.

" Or you won't like the methods I will use to shut this mouth of yours. "

Plucking out her lower lips his licked his own. The staring contest broke with the ring on the doorbell.

She was stunned to say anything, her eyes were on her back when he walked to open the door. Her cheeks and neck were red because of anger mixed with the heat of his touches.

" I missed something? "

Mark wiggled his brows looking at Orion who had his scorching eyes glued to the other person.

" Here. He is Darius Matthew, the best architect in New York. Stop with this long face he will not disappoint you. "

Mark welcomed Darius and himself before Orion could breathe any word.

" Darry? "

Ruth stood there stunned looking at the three men in front of her. However Mark and Darius were as shocked as her while Orion wanted to get over with it. He didn't want Darius anywhere near his land or more like near Ruth but he also wanted the best for his hotel. It wasn't like Darius would meet Ruth regularly, if it happened he would be there.

She put two and two together and knew he was the architect.

" You know each other? "

Mark shaked his head between the two person Ruth and Darius.

" They were school buddies nothing more. So if we have introduced each other can we start the work?"

Orion started regretting hiring Darius, if he had known that Darius happened to be Ruth's friend or if he had known that things would fall this way he would have never hired Darius. Anyone but him.

" Ruth can I talk to you for a minute.... In private. "