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Chapter 16
Fuck! She cursed. There was no way in hell she was getting in the same elevator as Gadreel!
Her eyes quickly darted about looking for the stairway. She spotted it under seconds, but just as she turned to leave, Gadreel grabbed her hand,
“Let go!” Ivory snapped, not wanting to waste another second.
But her words didn’t seem to get to Gadreel. He frowned at her sight and without another word, pulled her into the elevator.
The doors slid close before Ivory could protest and Gadreel pulled out a black card to swipe against the pad, granting access to the presidential floor.
“What are you doing?” Ivory struggled in his hold. “Didn’t you hear me, I said let-”
The rest of her words died on the tip of her tongue as Gadreel turned to glare at her. How dare she be so stubborn when she was dressed like this. She was practically exposed.
If they had met under different circumstances, Gadreel would have ignored her. But imagine this, he came to this hotel, because after discussing with Veronica, he had come to learn that doctor A previously frequented the restaurant at the top floor of this hotel.
With this information in mind, Gadreel had come, hoping to meet doctor A, but what did he find?
His wife, or better yet, soon to be ex wife, dressed like some street whore because she had come here to offer herself to some rich chap, right?
The thought of that, surprisingly, was enough to anger Gadreel. He stormed out of the elevator when it opened, pulling her along.
Ivory continued to struggle, slapping the hand the held hers furiously, but she doubted if her hair made a dent on Gadreel, after all, the drugs effect had greatly reduced her strength.
“God damn it why won’t you just let go of ”
Before she could finish, Gadreel had unlocked the door to his suit and threw her on the nearest couch.
Ivory was ready to scream at him, when she was rendered speechless.
“Stay out!
His eyes were dark and Ivory felt herself trapped by them, just as she was trapped by his arms.
“Are you so shameless, Ivory? Offering yourself up to some bastard because I didn’t give you the attention you wanted earlier? Is this what this is about?”
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Ivory wanted to tell him he was wrong, that he had the wrong idea, but her whole body begant to burn up, and a strange sensation pooled in the depths of her belly.
And with Gadreel being so close, his scent and all, it wasn’t helping matters at all.
She bit on her lower lip, trying her best to restrain herself against the voices of the drug that was whispering in her ear.
But ultimately, she knew it was going to be a losing game.
Gadreel, unaware of this, was about to question her, yet again, but the moment his lips parted, Ivory’s hand wrapped themselves around his neck and she pulled him into a kiss.
The action was sudden, It was unexpected, and certainly caught Gadreel off guard.
For a few seconds, he remained frozen with a frown marring his face, while Ivory tried desperately to devour his lips.
Although it didn’t feel unwelcome or disgusting as Gadreel had always thought it would, still did not approve of the kiss.
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Holding her down by the shoulders, Gadreel pulled away. His lips tingled at the feeling of being devoured, but he ignored it.
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“What do you think you’re doing-“His words died on the top of his tongue as he saw and took in Ivory’s expression.
Her entire face was flushed and beads of sweat outlined her baby hair, outlining her face and giving it a seductive look.
She looked so unlike herself. If Gadreel didn’t know any better, he would have thought she was suffering for DID.
But he knew better than that, her expression and the way she was behaving was a dead give away for what was happening.
She has been drugged.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” He muttered with a frown, pinning her hand down when she tried to reach for him again.
“It’s hot Gadreel, so hot.” She trembled under his touch and moaned, causing Gadreel’s jaws
to clench.
“How could you be so fucking careless?” Came his scolding as he placed his hand under her body and scooped her up from the chair, heading in the direction of the bathroom at once.
“Are you a child that drinks whatever she’s given?” He added as he turned on the shower and without so much as a warning, placed her under.
After making sure she could manage to stand, he turned around and sighed.
The cold water against Ivory’s skin felt heavenly, but the relief it provided was only momentarily and soon, the voices of the drug has taken control of her mind once again.
She reached out and ran her hand over his back and then under his armpit, towards his front and then down the waistline of his trousers. But before her hand could venture any further, Gadreel grabbed it.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you, Ivory.” He warned. “Know your boundaries.”
Ivory, obviously not in her right senses, took this as a rejection.
“Why are you rejecting me?” She asked. “Why is everyone rejecting me? No one seems to love or trust me, what have I done to be treated as such? I sacrificed so much for everybody yet…yet no one seems to trust me. Why?”
She muttered underneath her breath, but Gadreel could very much hear the words she had said and for the first time, he felt some sort of emotion for her.
Sympathy? Pity?
He wasn’t quite such which it was and truthfully, Gadreel wasn’t much of an emotional person, so he didn’t ponder it much.
Instead, he opted for telling Ivory to stop speaking nonsense and focus on getting over the Drugs effect.
But those words died on the tip of his tongue the very moment he turned around.
Drenched from head to toe by the shower, Ivory’s cloth was made see through and hugged curves of her body in ways that left little to none for the mind to imagine.
Gadreel frowned and tried to turn away, but Ivory caught his hand and brought them to her cheek. She nuzzled against his palm, craving the coldness that was the opposite of the heat that was engulfing her entire inside.
“Please don’t go,” She begged and Gadreel couldn’t help but notice how different her voice sounded compared to earlier.
It had this seductive ring to it, that even a man like Gadreel couldn’t help but be affected by. And coupled with her exposed figure–a blessing to most eyes- Ivory looked irresistible.
An irresistibly that had this pull to it. One that, Although Gadreel tried to fight, he didn’t succeed and before he knew it, he was capturing Ivory’s lips with his.
Ivory responded immediately. She wrapped her hands around his neck, pulling him close and allowing their bodies to melt together.
The heat from her body, the cold from the shower, the hunger in the kiss, the taste of her mouth, everything was intoxicating, so intoxicating that for a minute, Gadreel found himself comparing this kiss, to that of the ones he had shared with Evangeline.
A mistake he should have never made, one Gadreel didn’t acknowledge at the moment as he
was too engrossed in the kiss when suddenly, his phone rang.
