16 LOVE OR LUST?

Ambrose pulled into the carpark of the company, he got out of his car as his jaw clenched, remembering the kiss Nova had shared with Andrew which infuriated him. How could she kiss another man?!

He couldn't help but fume in anger as he made his way into the building and as he passed through the reception, he was radiating a cold aura. He walked into the elevator and pressed the button to the floor where he was going to and the door was about closing, only for him to hear the clicking of heels on the tiles, he dropped his gaze and his eyes met with a pair of black high heels. Slowly, he lifted his eyes, his gaze moving from her beautiful long legs, up to her abdomen, then his eyes met with those big brown eyes and he felt his heart skipping a beat. He could feel his hand sweating. He felt desire as he looked at Nova; a raging desire he'd thought he'd never be able to feel for a woman again. Nova held his gaze for a moment before dropping it and walked into the elevator as if they were strangers and didn't just share eye contact.

Ambrose pressed his lips together and clenched his knuckles as he watched her make a wide gap between them, ignoring him as if he wasn't even there. His gaze still remained on her, as she pressed something on the elevator and crossed her arms with her bag in the crook of her elbow. She still didn't turn to look at him or say anything. Why wouldn't she look at him? Huh,? What does she think she was trying to do? Kiss another man in front of him. She was his. He grunted.

As Ambrose ticked like a time bomb in the elevator, Nova's lips curled up. She could hear every angry sound he made out of his mouth and she was satisfied by it.

" One." She counted in her head.

" Two " She counted again.

" Three! "

" Is he your lover? '' Ambrose finally said, breaking the silence in the elevator and by the sound of his voice, it was clear that he was jealous. He became more infuriated when Nova didn't give him a reply and he was on the verge of losing control so he moved towards her and grabbed her wrist and whirled her to face him.

" What did you think you were doing when you kissed him? Huh? How could you kiss him? " He yelled, eyes firing up in anger and still holding her wrist.

" Why do you care? " Nova scoffed. " Or are you jealous? "

" What? " He sounded slightly shocked by her retaliation. " Are you trying to drive me mad? "

" Why do you think I'm trying to drive you mad? " Nova chuckled dryly. " You think I'm desperate to seduce you? With my overused body? Why would you even think I will seduce someone like you? " Nova said without cracking a smile.

He'd regretted everything he'd said, so he thought. He wanted to fill her inside with his beast; he has craved for her every single night since the day he met her. His dark eyes fell to her mouth.

" Yes, you were right. I was jealous. Very jealous to see you kissing another man that isn't me. Everything I want and everything I crave, is you. You're mine, Nova. Mine! Mine, okay? " As he gazed into her eyes, his heart began to race violently and all he could think was to grab her from her backside and kiss the hell out her mouth. He pulled her closer to him and bent his head to kiss her but Nova abruptly turned her head away.

" Who is desperate now? " Nova scoffed.

" Stay with me. Please. " Ambrose pleaded. Her brown eyes searched his face, and she could read the emotions in his dark eyes. Hunger. Desire. Anger. Lust. His eyes spun with them and she felt her cheeks go hot, because of the intense hunger in them.

Nova chuckled coldly. " And why should I? I don't want to be a mistress or a homewrecker? "

" What exactly do you want me to do to have you as mine? I want you, Nova. I was so foolish not to have accepted it sooner. " His dark eyes narrowed, and he seemed to have stopped breathing as he was aware of too many emotions.

" Do you think it is easy to have me? If you want me, you'll have to work hard. To beg me to want you back and to take you. But…" Nova paused and gave a sly grin.

Ambrose didn't know what to expect, and his heart was going wild. The silence was unnerving.

" I want you to kneel before me." She finally said curtly, her expression solemn.

" W...what? " Ambrose gasped, stunned by her unexpected request. He glanced at her and read the sincerity in her expression. Was she being serious? She wanted him to kneel before her?

" I will be the master. Not you. " She said and smiled. " Do you still want me? If you do, then kneel. " Her voice became seductive, and she lifted a lazy hand to trace his hard, thin lips. After a few seconds, she pressed her hands flat against him, fascinated by the quick thunder of his heartbeat under them. She looked up into his dark, lustful eyes. They were in their own world as they gazed at each other forgetting reality. Her breath was fanning against his face and Ambrose couldn't help but bring his face closer to inhale her intoxicating scent.

She'd move closer to him, allowing her scent to confuse his thoughts, and brought her fingers to brush his strong jawline. She gave a coy smile knowing that there was no camera in the elevator and she had secretly pressed the stop button in the elevator and set it to open at an expected time. Just like that, Nova pulled him closer to her face and bit his lower lip leaving him stunned.

She was deliberately baiting him, he could sense it. He could hardly breath. His chest actually throbbed with the fierce thunder of his heart, and the sight of Nova's flushed face under his made it go even faster. Was this LOVE OR LUST? If it is not any of these two then one thing he knows is that he wants this woman as his. His jaw tautened as he slowly went down on his knees before her. He'd never thought he would kneel before a woman just to have her, and for Nova, of all people! She wasn't any woman but the woman he craves for…

" How much effect do I have on him? " Nova thought. She also didn't expect him to go on his knees. He was a man, kneeling before a woman could hurt his pride but anyway he deserved it after all he had done to her. He deserves every single humiliation. Him and Adriana and everyone else that treated her like shit.

Nova's lips curled up into a satisfactory smile and the door to the elevator dinged open.

" Darling! " A voice exclaimed and they both turned to look at Adriana who had a shocked and confused look on her face as her eyes darted from Ambrose to Nova and then from Nova to Ambrose who was still on his knees.

What the heck!?

To be continued...