Ruthless

Chapter 15

Xander's POV:

"Tell me these don't stand for what I think they do." I say in a cold voice, unintentionally being rude.

I look again at the letters.

V for Victor and F for Fred. That has to be it. But how? Audenzia looks into the water, almost like she is ashamed of herself. I tilt her head up with my finger, my other hand around her waist giving her a reassuring squeeze. "You can talk to me"

She blinks away a tear and meets my eyes. I watch as she bites her lip so slightly, something she does often without realizing. "Or we don't need to talk" I say softly after, thinking about how she might not be ready to open up.

She nods and tucks her head into my shoulder. I kiss her hair and allow myself to linger against her.

We sit like this for a few minutes before she pulls away slightly. She looks deep into my eyes with so much hurt, so much pain, but not just that. She is letting her guard down, and so am I.

Her eyes flicker down to my lips for just a second, but that's all I needed before I closed the distance and softly kissed her, giving her a chance to break off if she didn't want this. She didn't. Instead she kissed me back.

With most women, I skip the kissing phase. We fuck and we never talk again. Kissing is way too personal for me and I've never been a fan of it. Until now. Her soft lips taste so sweet and I can't get enough of them. I feel like I could kiss her all day and I would never get sick of it.

Her legs wrapped around me strongly and her hands were in my hair, driving me insane.

Little things I noticed that indicated I was her first kiss drove me crazy. I didn't want to imagine anyone else touching her.

I forced myself to break the kiss when my phone started ringing from the grass a few meters away. She pulled away too, and we looked at each other and caught our breath. "You should take that" she says quietly, her eyes not leaving mine.

I reluctantly put Audenzia down and swim to shore finding myself freezing when the cold air hits my skin. "Hello?" I say more annoyed than I intended.

"Where the fuck are you?!" My fathers voice booms through the phone. "Papa relax we just got a flat on the way home." I lied.

"And you didn't think to call?"

"I didn't want to worry you or ma." I tried to sound convincing, and thankfully he bought it. I said I would be home soon and hung up. Turning around, I see Audenzia has started to get dressed, her hair still sopping wet. "You are a crap liar" she says, picking up my clothes and tossing them to me.

Audenzia's POV:

I don't know what happened in the water, but it was like I couldn't resist him. The way he pulled me in and comforted me made me feel unbelievably safe for the first time in so long. When he kissed me I was shocked until I realized what was happening and I kissed him back.

I was actually pleasantly surprised at what consensual kissing felt like. Helpfully he couldn't tell.

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Upon our return to the mansion, everyone was on edge about our lateness. I could barely get away to take a shower. Xander and I didn't talk on the way back, we just sat in silence. Truth be told I didn't know what was going to happen now. We kissed, even though I have been persistent in disliking the guy for weeks. Do we become friends or something more???

He has kissed plenty of women far more beautiful than me, and I couldn't help but feel stupid for expecting something from this.

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THANK YOU FOR READING!

YES I KNOW THIS CHAPTER IS SUPER SHORT AND I AM SO SORRY!

I promised a chapter and I have literally rewrote this five times because I'm half asleep and nothing looks good enough. This is just a filler and I promise next chapters will be better.

I debated just calling it quits and finishing tomorrow but I promised tonight so here we are. I love u guys so much and I hope u enjoy even this stupidly short chapter

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