Stephen (Tainted Love #1)

16 | 𝚂 𝚃 𝙴 𝙿 𝙷 𝙴 𝙽

ALESSA

I looked out of the window as we were in Stephen's car. He suddenly bought me a dress, which was short and tight that my curves were very much visible,and told me to get ready because he was going to take me to one of his nightclubs. He didn't even ask me if I wanted to go or not, or if I liked the dress... he just put the shopping bag on the bed and ordered me to get ready. And I had no other choice left.

I turned on my left to see Stephen was focused on driving. Wild hair, his grip on the wheel was strong, gaze sharp on the road and his lips wrapped around cigarette stick. His dark and rich like chocolate scent filled the car on the other other hand, the smoke of cigarette started to suffocate me.

"Smoking kills." I said before covering my nose with the palm of my hand and looked away from him. I suddenly found it hard to look away when he smoked with his wild hair and shirt folded up to his elbows, showing his perfect veins.

It gave me weird feelings. Luckily, it's been few days since Stephen kept distance from me after that day. He came home late and slept immediately after hitting the bed. He didn't even try to be touchy with me at all. It felt like he was trying to push me away but I didn't complain about it at all. So I've got enough time for myself and in that meantime,I built a good relationship with Rebecca. Not so good, but I needed someone to talk to me or listen to me. In that case, Rebecca talked and I listened because I couldn't trust her enough yet but she seemed a little bit comfortable with me. She talked to me as if she knew me so well. That's how I pass my time in the mansion.

Stephen chuckled and whipped the finished cigarette out of his mouth before he rolled down the glasses and threw it out of window. Turning to me, he breathed the smoke over my mouth. I covered my whole mouth before turning to opposite.

"This is bad!" I yelled.

Stephen shrugged, his dark voice filled my ears. "Yeah I know, some cancer type bullshit."

"If you know, then why do you smoke?" I shook my head as I mumbled.

Stephen looked at me, I could see the smirk on his face.

He smirked, that means something playful was playing in his head. Living with him these days, I have come to learn about this.

"You care for me, Love?" He asked in his deep playful voice that I had to clench my thighs together.

"Care? For you? You are delusional." I rolled my eyes.

"Ah..You wound me love. If you said you cared, it would've made me happy." He joked in his playful tone as he put his hand over his chest.

What's up with him tonight?

The rest of the car ride was silent until we reached his nightclub. For the rest of the world, it was just some ordinary nightclub for wealthy people but only few people knew, this club was owned by the ruthless Italian mafia boss, Stephen. This club was one of the most popular clubs in this city.

The place wasn't so crowded,only wealthy and posh people around, having fun.

I walked into the club with Stephen following me closely from behind. I felt the warmth of his presence behind me, he was close...so close. I could smell him, as if only the two of us existed in this club. My mind was getting distracted... No matter how much I tried to think about something else, his presence would always distract me. I wanted to play differently but my body was playing to his accord.

But Stephen didn't touch me. Not for even once. He was guiding me, closely from behind, no touching. It was like there was suddenly an invisible wall between us. I didn't complain about it at all, that's what I told myself. I needed space from him. He kidnapped me, he threatened me, I reminded myself. But a very little part of me wanted to push more into his warmth, it begged for his touch and I hated it.