13 KISS ME BACK

Adriana gritted her teeth as she walked out of Ambrose's office and into the elevator a few seconds after Nova did. She can't possibly sit and watch Nova take everything she had worked hard to have. Her phone's ringtone blared up in her purse interrupting her thoughts. She dipped her hand into her purse and pulled out her phone, smiling at the caller ID before picking up the call. " What did you find? " She asked curiously.

" She was once a designer. Her name is Nova Clifford and she lived in New York City. " The person's voice could be heard on the other end of the line. Is this a joke or what?

" Are you kidding me? " Adriana asked impatiently. This wasn't the type of information she was expecting.

" No, ma'am. I read to you all the information that I have found but…"

" But what? " She snapped, walking out of the elevator and to the company's entrance with her phone still in her ear.

" According to the people here, they said a man visited asking for the information about Nova before I did. Give me some time and I'll investigate more. " The person explained over the phone but Adriana didn't say a word, but her expression was that of amusement.

" Are you there? " The person called.

" I need you to gather some information about a man called Andrew Graham and find out if he's the father of Alexander Clifford. " She said over the phone, before hanging up.

The corner of her lips curving up into a wicked smile. Surprisingly, Nova was having a conversation with Andrew at the car pack and they seemed to be very... intimate! 

" What game are you playing, Nova? " Adriana thought to herself. 

Ambrose, meanwhile, was struggling at his office and faced a life threatening dilemma.

Everywhere he turned in his office, he could only see Nova, sometimes standing by his desk and sensually eyeing him, other times seated in front of him and worse still, when he thought about the kiss.

Before Nova arrived, Ambrose had never experienced such intense heat. He was unable to concentrate on his work even after loosening his tie, and every few minutes, his throat would go dry.

" Oh...what the hell is wrong with me? I think I am going crazy. I don't think I'll be able to resist her anymore with her always being around. " He was terrified of his own thoughts and concerned that he may act irrationally as a result. He didn't think he would be able to stay in his office any longer so he stood up from his chair and walked out of his office and to the elevator.

He could possibly stop thinking about Nova if he left the company for a little period and got some fresh air.

As soon as he walked out of the elevator to the company's entrance, he noticed Adriana looking at something or rather someone. He walked over to her and his gaze was drawn to Nova. She was outside the company, at the garage, with a man who Ambrose recognizes to be Andrew Graham, Mr Clifford's right-hand man and also Nova's friend. Friend? But they don't look like they were friends, seeing that Andrew was too close with Nova while he was saying something to her. But he quickly lowered his gaze, seeing Nova turned towards him.

Nova sneakily looked at them, knowing they were staring at them and smiled.

Then she turned her head to Andrew, tiptoed to his height, clasped her hands over his chiselled face, and gave him a long, passionate kiss.

Adriana stared at them while they kissed, her mouth opened in shock before turning up into a sneer. 

Ambrose watched them kiss intensely as his nostrils flared and his eyes hardened and constricted into slits. After the kiss they had shared the day before, he couldn't believe she would kiss someone else in his presence. How could she run into the arms of another man? She had always been his. Since that day, she walked right into the boardroom. How dare she move on so fast? 

***

" What did you do? Did you manage to switch the file? " Nova asked Andrew. When she heard Adriana had sent a man to get some information about her, she knew it was bound to happen but she doesn't want them to come to a conclusion of who she is not before she finishes what she came back here to do. Although she would let them live in the mystery of who she really is.

" I arrived earlier and got to switch the file with no troubles. " He said but Nova could sense the anger in his voice.

" What happened? " She asked, worried. He had always been a helper, an older brother she never had, always protective and caring so she knows that right now, he was angry with her.

" How could you be careless! You shouldn't show them your weak side. What do we know that she is planning next? " Andrew asked, his voice low but growing angrier.

" I guess you are right. " Nova sighed heavily. " I was indeed careless but I am really strong, Andrew. " She murmured.

Andrew had to struggle not to pull her into his arms and kiss the breath out of her. She felt guilty by his words but at the same time he couldn't let her carelessness ruin his revenge.

" Then show me how strong you are. " He said quietly, studying her expression.

Nova couldn't think of anything to say. What did he expect her to do? She bit her lower lip and moved closer to him. She curled her arms hesitantly around his neck and nuzzled her face into his strong shoulder. His breath caught and his step faltered an instant, as if her soft movement had startled and disturbed him.

" I'm sorry for disappointing you but I'm really strong. I don't want you to be angry with me. I would make sure I make all of them pay for what they did to me. " She whispered with a shy smile. Only Andrew, she can show this other side of her and no one else. In front of other people, she appeared, cold, seductive and aloof. 

Andrew didn't say anything. He'd felt something when she moved that way. Something that he had always felt in a close proximity with her. His arms tightened as he savoured the warm weight of Nova's body, the faint scent of flowers that clung to her brown hair.

" Aren't you going to prove how strong you are? " He asked, frowning. He'd always avoided any physical contact with her because of his irrational thinking anytime she was near but by the years, he had learned how to control himself anytime she was too close. Too female.

Nova looked around the car pack and the corner of her eyes caught signt of two people. Two people who betrayed her and a thought sneakily crawled into her head.

Before taking any action she whispered into his ears, with a very romantic and seductive voice, " I should show you how determined I am, right? '' Andrew was taken aback by her change of tone and her words but her next words made him weak. " Then I need to borrow your lips. "

Her mouth settled unexpectedly on his. Andrew's eyes widened and he didn't expect such a move from her. Her lips slightly brushing his made him suffer immensely. What does she think she is doing? Why was she suddenly kissing him?

" Kiss me back, " she whispered.

Andrew groaned heavily, returning the kiss as his hands slid over her back, bringing her gently against him, so that her breast flattened against his hard chest while he kissed her. He was burning. On fire for her. The old need was back, in full force, and she was his, if only for a space of seconds. He wanted her so desperately. She was his heart. His chest actually throbbed with the fierce thunder of his heart, and the sight of Nova's flushed face under his made it go faster.

But she wasn't looking at him. That was when realisation hit him like a freight train. She didn't kiss him because she wanted to but because she wants to spite someone. The realisation pierced his heart like a pair of jagged knives.

She smiled as she broke the kiss, and Andrew's gaze hardened.

Why should he be angry? She was helping  him with his revenge without even knowing, but he still felt angry and hurt knowing that she didn't kiss him because she desired him in the same way that he desired her. 

To be continued...

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