Nick and Lilac by Marian Tee

Author:Marian Tee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-08-22T14:00:00+00:00

The Thirteenth Encounter

Nick Christakos took a long time to shower.

It was a startling fact, and it helped somewhat calm Lilac’s still-racing heartbeat. By tacit agreement, they had chosen not to talk about what Nick had asked, fingers twined with each other as Nick used his private elevator to go straight to his office. “I need to change,” he told her with a rueful look at his pants.

The dark spot staining the crotch area made Lilac turn red, but Nick had only chuckled. “It’s okay, sweetheart. I know this won’t be a problem soon enough.” He caressed her cheek, saying teasingly, “Right?”

She could only turn redder and was beyond relieved when he didn’t push it. But they both knew Nick was just biding his time before he would ask her again – and when that time came, Lilac would have to answer.

It was very, very nerve-wracking.

And she did not want to ruin the rest of her night by worrying over it.

“You still okay there?” Nick shouted from the shower.

Her lips twitched, but she kept silent, knowing it would annoy Nick.

“Lilac, if you don’t answer, I’m coming out naked---”

“Still…okay!” she yelled back as quickly as she could. With Nick, one never knew if he was teasing or not.

His rich dark laughter spilled out, the faint sound reaching her even though she stood a small distance away from his private quarters. Another minute passed, but there was no sign of Nick coming out anytime soon. BBFs were so high maintenance, Lilac thought with a sigh as she parked herself in one of the hugely luxurious chairs in Nick’s office and tucked her legs under her. Picking Nick’s phone from the center table, she resumed reading the rest of the contract of Nick’s latest acquisition.

An immeasurable amount of time passed when the sound of a door opening had Lilac looking up. She blinked in confusion upon seeing Nick coming in from the outside. Maybe his adjoining private quarters had its own exit door to the reception area?

And then Lilac saw what Nick was wearing, and her jaw dropped. She forgot everything else, her whole attention now centered on Nick.

He still looked beautiful, of course, but this was also the most casual she had seen Nick. Dressed in a checkered polo, white shirt, and jeans, all Lilac could say was, “Wow.”

****

At the unexpected sound of a female voice in his brother’s private office, Jason’s head snapped towards it even as his body went taut. A part of him was afraid it was Karla, his brother’s greatest weakness, but instead it was the opposite.

This girl, Jason realized with what felt like a punch to his guts, was going to be his weakness. His jaw went slack. No, he thought. She was already his weakness, and he was getting goddamn weaker by the second.

She was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen, and of course he had seen a lot. Long dark hair that appeared silky smooth like a mermaid’s, big lilac eyes like

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