Loving a Bully Billionaire.

Chapter 7

       I woke up with a massive headache. The last time that happened I couldn't go to class, but this is not school, I have to go to work. I stretch my legs and my arms before I roll out of bed. I made my way to the kitchen, switch on the kettle, and went back to my room to have a shower and get dressed. After I got dressed and straightened my hair, I made a quick cup of coffee and took some aspirin. The Studio is not far, 3minute walk from my apartment to be exact. When I got close Josh was waiting for me with a cup of coffee.

" Thank you " I smiled and took the cup from his hands. He is so friendly and charming, other than Griffin. This will be the first time I see him since the school dance at Dream big, and honestly, I don't feel for his sarcasm. I will try and avoid him for the rest of the day.

" So how did you sleep in your new apartment?" Josh asks with a big smile on his face.

" It was OK, I woke up with a massive migraine but took some aspirin, I'm sure it will go away anytime now.” Josh smiled entering the elevator.

" You still owe me a date?"

" Huh" I responded not sure if I remember agreeing to a date.

" The kitchen? I told you about the small restaurant with the best curry"

"Yes,” I smiled nervously. I surprisingly thought he was joking, I guess not.

" So how about tonight?" Is he asking me on a date?

" Mia?" he calls when I don't respond to his invite.

" Yes, that would be lovely " I smiled and the elevator opened.

“Great so I will pick you up at 7?"

“We can meet here if it's OK with you? I have a few things to pick up from the dorm.”

He nods, and I walked to my office. As usual, my schedule is placed on my desk. I wonder where Dawn is. I haven't seen her when we came in. I finished the coffee that Josh gave me and threw it in the trash can. I only have 3 classes today and the first one starts in 10minutes. Looks like there's a storm brewing outside again. My mind wanders off to the last time there was such a big storm. That was the first time Griffin kissed me. He was charming and intimately sexy that day. I still have no idea why he never picked me up the next day, and he never even bothered to explain to me.

“ Morning" I nearly fell off the chair when Griffin entered my office.

“Morning" I half choke again.

" Do you have a minute? We need to talk about the showcase coming up" he asks professionally.

" I will ask Dawn to cancel your classes for the day." I nod, following him to his office.

" Close the door" he rudely says with his eyes focus on paperwork on his desk.

OK, here we go again. Why did I agree to do this damn showcase?

" Sit down" I grab the chair in front of his desk.

" Did Dawn explain the showcase to you?" He asks me, still not looking up.

" Yes, not in detail, but she said you ask for me to do the last dance "

" Hmm" he mumbles, his face still looking down, I started getting annoyed by the way he treats me.

" OK, anything else?" I shoot back.

" You still pissed?" he asks looking up and his brown eyes cut through me.

" Pissed about what?" my hands folded.

He kept gazing, I tried to look away, he will not intimidate me. He looked down again and grabbed a paper and placed it in front of me.

" This is the routine, pick your team and start to practice, the last dance you will do, please don't screw it up.”

My blood starts boiling, who gives him the right to speak to me like that. I stand up and walk to the door before I say something very insulting.

“Where are you going?" he asks standing up from his chair. I turned around to face him.

" To my office, clearly you have better things to do.”

"You so damn difficult " he whispered

" Excuse me?"

" You heard me" I want to throw the pot at his face that's standing in front of the wall.

" are You calling me difficult?.” he stands up and walks up to me.

" Yes, you are difficult " he answers standing right in front of me. My cheeks flushed as his dark eyes ripe through me once again, and I can't seem to get any words out. My chest is moving up and down. My heart feeling like it’s going to explode any second now. He keeps staring at me waiting for me to answer.

" I... I have to go" that's all I manage to say. His face held a grin, only inches away from mine, he turned around and walked back to his desk.

I stormed out again, for the 3rd time since I started working here. I have never felt so intimidated by anyone, why does he have such a hefty effect on me? The only thing he ever gave me was to not like him, and here I am crushing big on him and that's the last thing I want. I don't want to feel like this, what am I feeling? The thought of me and Griffin makes my stomach flatter and I quickly recover from my perv thoughts before Ig to my last class.

Great! Monica is standing in front of my desk.

" did Griffin tell you about the showcase? I think it would be awesome if I can do the last show, I already....."

“You're not doing the last show, please get into line to start warming up" I cut her short.

" Excuse me," she says her hands folded.

" I've been waiting since I started dancing to do the last show on a showcase you will not stop me, I will speak to Griffin.”

I walked closer to her, my face nearly touching hers, I had enough of this brat.

" Be my guess." She backed away. Her eyes clenching as I take out my anger on her.

" I thought so" I mumbled, turning to switch on the music.

For the rest of the class, Monica was quiet and the routine was working out perfectly.

" Thank you guys, I will see you tomorrow " I greeted them, and they left for the day. I grab my books and as I walk back to my office I can hear someone having a serious conversation in Griffin's office.

" She only started here 2 weeks ago, and she is not a student, how can you allow this?" Fantastic, dear Monica is running to daddy, or should I say, sugar daddy. She came out of his office, me still walking to my office.

" We will talk about it later," Griffin says to her, facing me.

Griffin left the office and I stayed longer to practice the last show for the showcase. I changed a few moves, Honestly, I think Griffin picked the routines. It has no balance and is quite boring. I made a quick call to Joe to tell her that I will come by to pick up the last 2 boxes. I still have 20 minutes left before the day is officially over, so I switch on the music and dance, And for the first time, I experience passion again. I love dancing, it makes me feel so alive and at the same time clears my mind.

" You must dance more like that" Griffin is standing with his back against the wall in the studio with his hands in his pocket.

" Sorry I didn't see you standing there.” he smiled. Why does he always do that? Sneak up on me.

I grab my bottle of water and take a big sip.

" Monica left already," I said sarcastically.

He turned the music up again,

" dance for me.”

" What?" I asked surprised.

" dance for me," he says again.

" stop fooling around Griffin.” I grab my bag and started walking to the door, but he grabbed me by my arm and pulled me back.

" let go of me.” My breathing way too hard.

" Why?" he says, his face inches away from mine.

" What are you doing, Griffin?" I'm mesmerized by his dark brown eyes, my breathing still heavy, and his increase. I can smell the liquor on his lips as he comes closer to kiss me.

" Stop it, Griffin," I beg, my voice soft.

" Why?" he grabs me by the waist and pulls me up against his chest. I don't know how much longer I can resist him. My mind is telling me to smack him, but my heart and body tell me to kiss him. I've been longing for this feeling since the day at the dorm, but I cannot shake the feeling he is using me.

" kiss me," he says with his eyes shut still holding me by my waist pulled up against him.

“We can't," I say to him my breathing still not back to normal. I feel like passing out with all the passion hanging over us.

" please" he begged and for the first time, I can see how desperate he is, for what reason I don't understand. All I know is I want to kiss him, and before my mind could catch up with my emotions, Griffin crushed his lips on me. I don't think this time, I let him kiss me, his tongue making circles in my mouth while pressing his body against mine. I can feel him getting hard, but I will not stop, I will go back to being responsible and hating him tomorrow. He pulls my shirt up and his hands make their way up to my upper back and I started moaning.

" f**k what are you doing to me?" He lets out and kisses me again. This is the second time he curses in front of me and I must admit, it's sexy coming from him. How far will this go?

Griffin's phone buzzed in his pocket, he pulls it out with his hand still holding me with his other.

" I will be there in half an hour," he answers still holding me. I can hear a woman's voice in the speaker.

" hurry up.” I realized it's Monica's voice as he stares into my eyes. I removed myself from his grip, my face red, I feel humiliated. I stumble back to the door while Griffin placed his phone back in his pocket looking at me confused.

" What's wrong?" he asks.

" Nothing I have to go, Josh is picking me up"

his eyes turned from concern to anger in seconds.

" Okay, " he responds. What the hell just happened? Did he actually think that he can come here, use me and go to Monica? What game is he playing! I cannot believe I fell for it again. I practically ran to the front door, tears gushing out of my eyes, my emotions all over the place. I sent a quick text to Joe telling her I won't make it, by the time I left the building Josh was waiting for me already.

He opened the door for me while I walked up to his car.

" Hey beautiful " He smiles and I'm shocked by the sound of beautiful, but it doesn't seem to bother him. He hugged me and I stepped into the car. he closed the door. I looked up to see Griffin standing on the 3rd-floor staring at us. He looks angry and hurt, but I don't care. He had no right to use me like that.

" You okay?" Josh asks the moment he gets into the car

" yes thank you" I answered my eyes looking out the window.

" Good, hope you're hungry?" he asks while starting the ignition.

I nod and place my hands on my legs.

We drove in silence to the restaurant. I'm pretty sure he knows something happened. He kept looking at me with a frown on his face, waiting for me to tell him why I cried.

" We're here" he announced. I look out the window taking in the surroundings around me, not thinking about Griffin for a moment. The restaurant is small, not many people are dining here. Josh open the door for me and I thanked him. He smiled and led the way in.

" Table for 2," he asks the waiter. The waiter nodded and we went inside. I can see why not many people dine here, it's very intimate and romantic.

" Can I get a scotch and for the lady?" Josh looked at me waiting for me to answer. " I, yes, can I get s*x on the beach?" Why would I order that? I thought by myself. Josh looked at me like I need to change my mind, but I stick to my decision, and the waitress nods.

" Are you sure you want that drink? It's quite strong" I feel kind of annoyed by his question. I know it's strong I had a few of them and that's where Griffin and myself started fooling around, or he fooled around. " Are you sure you okay? Did something happen? I saw Griffin looking out the window when we left the office" he asked concerned.

" Yes everything is perfect, we argued about the showcase, nothing serious.” I lied to him. He smiled and looked at the menu.

" So what’s good here?" I ask trying to change the subject.

"The curry mutton is good,” he answered looking at the menu. Our drinks came, and we ordered our food,

“do you want another drink, maybe some wine?" Josh asked me, but I declined the wine and ordered another s*x on the beach. He is so comprehensive, other than Griffin, he would've ordered me s*x on the beach without me asking. Okay, Mia, stop it, he is using you, my self-consciousness reminds me. We finished our dinner and Josh drove me back to my apartment.

" thank you for tonight it was lovely.” he smiled and came in for a hug, for a second there I thought he was going to kiss me.

" Thank you for coming, we should do it again.” I hugged him back before I unlocked the door and went inside the apartment. I removed my shoes and let out a big sigh. I am beyond tired. I check my phone to see if Joe replied but nothing, only a few missed calls from Griffin and 2 texts. I open the first text.

" Why did you run out on me?" seriously he is actually asking me that question.

I opened the second text " Hope you enjoyed your date with Josh. Don't be late for work tomorrow.”

are you kidding me? I threw my phone on the bed, grab my pillow and scream as hard as I can. If I didn't know any better, I would say he’s jealous.

I lay down on my bed trying to make sense of what the hell happened tonight, but my mind keeps going back to Griffin using me, so I decided I am done playing his games. You decided that a while ago Mia and still you let him kiss you again, my conscience creeps in. I let go of the feeling and went to the bathroom to take a shower. This time it's not a quick shower, I stayed inside for at least an hour before I realized the water is cold.