Protect the Crown

22

Ella lets go of his tie and looks at me innocently. She opens her mouth to say something but I cut her off.

"Don't say a damn word." She listens like the dog she is. I was beyond pissed, more than I've ever been in my entire life.

I walk over to Ella and stand right in front of her making space between them. I lean myself closer to her face. "I will remind you one last time: Theo is my bodyguard. And I don't like when my things are touched. Is that clear?" I take pauses between my sentences to make sure she understands.

I can tell she is angry that I talked that way to her because of the way her eyebrows furrow. Despite her anger she nods.

I turn to Theo and grab his hand ignoring the sparks. "Let's go." He says nothing as he lets me drag him out of his room and around the hallways.

We reach the library doors and I lead him in letting go of his hand. I close the door behind me and face him.

In a burst of frustration, I shove him hard. He is taken aback but quickly stands up straight. "Why did you let her touch you?"

He says nothing which pissed me off even more.

I shove him again but this time he doesn't move. "Why?" I ask him a second time.

Once again he gives no answer.

"To make me mad? Upset? Jealous? Is that it? If that was your goal then mission accomplished because I'm all of those things." I walk back and forth facing him a few times.

He adverts his eyes towards the ground refusing to face me.

"Answer me." I state as calmly as I can.

He continues to say silent, I completely lose all my cool.

"Answer me damnit!" I demand as I step closer to him. He looks me, and his caramel brown eyes are filled with so much sadness. In one blink, his eyes darken with no emotion to be traced.

"Because you're fucking annoying." He finally says which was the first thing he has said to me all day.

It felt like a punch in the gut.

"You don't mean that." I say knowing the truth. I was so mad that tears started brimming in my eyes.

"I don't like you." He steps closer to me which makes me back up.

"You give me a headache every time I'm around you." He spits out more hurtful things and backs me up into a bookcase.

"You're so high maintenance and childish" He says putting his hands above my head on the bookshelves.

"That's why I let Ella do whatever she wants because she is easier to be around than you." He finishes with his darkened eyes looking into mine.

I let one of my tears escape my eye and fall down my face. When he saw this, he avoided my eyes. That's when I knew..

Lies.

He is telling me lies.

"No. That's not the truth." I say shaking my head.

"You like me and you don't know how to handle it."

"No I think you—" I cut him off placing my hands on his face and without hesitation I place my lips against his.

Theo stiffened at my actions and when he didn't kiss me back I pulled away. I kept my eyes on his searching for any hint of emotion. And all I got was...

Nothing.

Not even a clue on what he was feeling.

I sigh heavily dropping my hands from his face to my side. I advert my eyes down to my feet not wanting to see his blank eyes staring into mine.

I let another tear fall down my face

Maybe I was wrong and just made a fool of myself. But I swear he felt something for me. Even if it was just a small feeling.

There was something there.

I feel the warm touch of his fingers on my chin pushing my face to meet his. I look up at him and before I could see his expression, he pressed his soft lips against mine.

It didn't take me long to kiss him back. And once I did he took full control of my lips.

This kiss couldn't even compare to the other one. Instead of being soft and gentle, it was full of hunger and desperation.

His lips felt warm when pressed against my own. He tasted of mint which made his mouth even more addicting. He pushed me against the bookcase without his lips leaving mine and he put arms around my waist.

Being that close to him made all my senses heightened. I could smell his intoxicating woodsy cologne. I could hear some of the books falling off the shelves because of the force we were putting against the bookcase.

I only wanted more of him.

I move my hands up to his hair deepening the kiss even more. He groans at this and moves his hands to my bottom pushing me up to wrap my legs around his waist.

I moan against his lips when I feel his hard on between my legs. I press myself against him even more to feel him. Every part of him.

I let my hands leave his hair and my lips leave his mouth to catch my breath. Each breath we took was synchronized.

Our eyes meet each others full of lust. I let greed take over me and my hands move to his tie and slowly take it off of his neck.

He just stares at me in silence as I slowly undress him. First it was the coat then each individual button. My movements were purposely steady and careful trying to take in every moment.

Soon my hands roamed all over his bare chest. Every touch was an explosion of sparks. He seems to get impatient and he grabs the hem of my dress.

He stops himself and looks at me to get my approval and I gave him a slight nod. That was all he needed to quickly take off my dress leaving me in a white push-up bra and shorts.

Theo takes a minute and looks me up and down. He has seen me like this before but he gave me a different look.

Like he was admiring.

He looked at me one last time before connecting our lips once more. The heat of his body against mine made my heart race more than it already was.

I tuck on his hair as the kiss quickens. We were both addicted to each other touches. His lips moved from my lips to my neck. Kissing every sensitive spot he could find.

Soon his lips move back up to mine giving me one last kiss on the lips. "I'm sorry" he says putting his forehead against mine.

"For what?" I ask in almost a whisper already knowing the answer.

"Saying those things to you. I didn't mean it." He says sighing and closing his eyes.

"I know." I move my hands from his hair down to his face. I unwrap my legs from his waist and feel my feet touch the floor. My body immediately feels cold longing for his touch once more.

"It's getting late and we have both have had a long day." I say pressing my lips together to hide my smile.

He nods putting his button up back on leaving the shirt unbuttoned. He then grabs my dress and helps me put it back on.

I smile at him and kiss his lips one last time before saying, "I like you Theodore."

He gives me a smile I've never seen before, "I like you back Ivy."