Blurred Lines

Chapter 19

Loud music drifted up to the room and into the bathroom shaking the floor.

I sighed when I realised i'd have to leave the tub soon. I'm sure not showing up was not what Mallory meant by being 'fashionably late'.

The door slid open the same time I stood up. I glanced up to see Christian walk in,our gaze met and his jaw dropped his eyes widening. Kudos to him for not letting his eyes roam,I'm sure he must have been tempted.

"I...I'm...I'm so sorry,I didn't know you were in here" he stuttered -he freaking stuttered!- his eyes on me the whole time.

This whole situation was so funny and I would have laughed if not for the breast sized lump in my throat and my rapidly beating heart.

"It's okay Christian" I whispered avoiding eye contact "can you grab that for me?" I pointed to the towel I had neatly folded on the toilet seat earlier.

He glanced at it and nodding he took it. He took a step closer to me and opened the towel for me his eyes still on mine.

I took a tentative step out of the tub and stood still as he wrapped the towel around me.

My breath hitched when he made a knot and tucked it in the valley between my breast,his thumb and index finger brushing the sides of my breast.

His eyes darkened flickering from my eyes to my lips and back again "Ba mhaith liom a póg tú" he said in a horse voice.

(I want to kiss you)

I had no idea what he just said but it made heat pull down south "what does that mean?" I asked almost in a daze my eyes falling to his full pink lips.

Our eyes met,held.

He started leaning down towards me,my eyes fluttered close as I stretched on my toes to meet him halfway.

BANG! BANG!! BANG!!!

Suddenly Someone started banging on the bedroom door making us jump apart.

"Christian! Ava!,you guys better get your ass downstairs. Now!" Zoe yelled.

I rolled my eyes and heard Christian mutter "c*ck block" under his breath.

I pretended not to hear him and walked out of the bathroom leaving him to do his thing.

I was applying my lipstick when he walked out of the bathroom,so i ignored him.

When I was done with my make up I entered the walk-in closet and chose a dress Zoe already approved.

It was an ankle length white flowy dress. The bodice was designed with sheer lace and it had a built-in bra.

I put on the gold belt that came with the dress which goes around the waist and dabbed on a little perfume on my neck and sprayed a little in the air before walking through it.

The dress had a slit from ankle till the top of my thigh that exposed my leg whenever I walked.

I quickly did an updo braid with my hair and put on diamond studs. I put on my four inch heel and was ready to go.

I walked into the room to see Christian putting on his tie. I quickly walked to him,my heels clicking softly to help him with his tie.

Even with the heel my head barely reached his neck. He smiled at me when I swatted his hand away and helped him with his tie.

He lifted his nose in the air sniffing "you smell different" he said with a grin.

I gave him a little smile. There was no way in hell I was telling I wore the perfume for him.

When l was done with his tie I stepped back to appreciate my work. He also took the opportunity to let his eyes roam.

"You look...stunning" he said his voice filled with awe.

That's it my darling,feed my ego,feed my ego.

"Thank you"

"But there's something missing" he said and put his hand in his pocket to withdraw a long square Tiffany box.

He didn't.

He opened it to reveal a very beautiful elegant and simple necklace with a single diamond pendant.

I lifted my hand to cover my mouth,it was so beautiful.

And looked expensive.

I knew I shouldn't take it,I was prepared to shake my head. Just because we were dating doesn't mean I get to spend all his money. I already spent a ton yesterday and was starting to feel guilty.

As if he knew I would reject it he said "I wanted to buy something for you,please don't say no. Besides there's a no return policy so if you don't accept it it's just going to rot in my closet"

If it was something extravagant it would have been easier to reject but he knew me so well.

"May I?" He asked lifting the necklace in silent question.

I couldn't get my tongue to move so I just nodded mutely.

He walked behind me and placed it around my neck the clasp making a click sound.

He walked back to face me and nodded looking satisfied "That's better"

Raising on my toes I gave him a sound peck on his cheek "thank you,I love it"

He smirked at that "you love it so much I only get a peck on the cheek?,you can do better" he said tapping his lips.

I rolled my eyes at him as I moved past him to grab my clutch from the bedside table.

He immediately grabbed my hand "what the f**k are you wearing?"

So he finally noticed the slit.

I turned around resisting the urge to smirk at him,instead I blinked at him innocently "A dress,I thought you liked it"

He scowled at me "I did,before I noticed it has a booty high tear"

I rolled my eyes at him "Don't be dramatic Christian,it's barely high. And it’s a slit, not a tear"

He scowled harder crossing his arms "you're not going out in that"

Okay...

"Last I checked,you're not my dad"

He narrowed his eyes at me and i planted my hands firmly on my hips.

We had a staring contest for what seemed like hours,then finally he sighed throwing his hand up in defeat.

"Fine!. Jesus, you're so stubborn"

I smirked at him and went to get my clutch.

He was muttering incoherently beneath his breath showing he was definitely not happy about this.

I turned to face him to see him pouting. I walked to him and placed my hand lightly on his chest "you don't have to be jealous Christian,you know I'm yours" I told him seriously.

He stared at me for a few moments and smirked.

Oh no.

"Oh yeah?" The perverse creature asked.

Why did I have to open my big mouth.

I crossed my arms on my chest and glared at him "No"

"Really?"

"No!"

His smirk widened and he said "me thinks thou protest too much"

"Let's just go" I turned to leave but he grabbed my hand and turned me to face him.

He gave me peck on the lips grinning "God I lo..." He froze and my heart started pounding. "Like you" he finished but the word was already out there.

Was he going to say he loved me?,did he?. I know I love him.

Wait what?.

I stared at him and realised yes I do love him.

Somewhere between pretending and finally being together I had fallen for him.

"I like you too" I told him.

***

The party was already in full swing when we made our way downstairs.

My breath caught when we got to the great hall. It was filled with lots of people talking and laughing.

Waiters in black and white with bow ties walked around with trays filled with champagne and finger foods.

Christian's hand tightened around my waist when a few heads turned towards us.

He muttered something that suspiciously sounded like 'should have made her change,damn stubborn woman' under his breath.

Zoe breezed towards us in her short flowy blue dress with a grin "Glad that you two lovebirds could finally grace us with your presence"

I could literally feel Christian rolling his eyes behind me.

Don't ask me how I know.

"Don't just stand there" she continued "there are people to meet,foods to eat,champagnes to drink,let's mingle"

She grabbed my hand but wasn't able to pull me away from Christian as his hand tightened more around my waist.

She met his gaze and said "Geez,let the poor girl go Christian"

I looked up to see him clench his jaw.

Doesn't that hurt?

"She's not moving an inch from here unless it's to go change"

Zoe's jaw dropped as I rolled my eyes.

I thought we were over this.

Apparently not.

"What do you mean?,Ava looks amazing" Zoe glared at him.

"Yeah,and everyone here can see her legs"

Zoe's jaw dropped again and looked like she didn't know what to say. She kept opening her mouth and closing it like a fish.

Finally she burst out laughing "oh my God" she gasped out "you're too adorable Chris" she continued laughing "how I wish I could get this on camera"

She continued guffawing while people were starting to give us strange looks.

"What's so funny?" I asked her my brows furrowed in confusion.

"You don't get it?" She asked

If I did I wouldn't be asking would I?

"Nope" I said popping the p.

She took in a deep breath probably to hold in her laughter.

"Well,the thing is champ here" she pointed to Christian "has never been jealous before"

So?

"His exes have tried to get him jealous lots of time but he was always nonchalant and to see him now,jealous without you doing anything is hilarious"

Okay.

"It shows just how whipped he is,I never thought this day would come"

Christian made a sound behind me "stop talking about me like I'm invisible damn it"

Zoe was about to reply and judging from her expression it was going to be a sarcastic s**t but was cut off when Mallory joined us.

"Ava darling,you look absolutely gorgeous" she said grabbing me in a hug.

"Thanks Mallory,happy birthday"

"Thank you dear. Come,I want you to meet someone" she said pulling my hand.

Christian reluctantly let me go but was hot on our heels as Mallory dragged me away.

After weaving through the crowd and dodging waiters,Mallory finally stopped in front of an old lady that was trying to flag a waiter.

"Clara,this is who I was telling you about" Mallory said grabbing her attention.

She had black hair with streaks of silver that was immaculately drawn up in a bun.

She glanced at me scrutinising me from head to toe.

"Ava this is a very close childhood friend of mine Clara Jones,Clara this is Ava" Mallory said.

Clara smiled warmly at me and pulled me in a hug "nice to meet you dear"

I didn't know what to call her, Mallory didn't say if she was a miss or Mrs so i settled for saying "nice to meet you too m'am"

"Nonsense" she said pulling back "call me Clara and can I just say you look absolutely ravishing?"

I blushed at her warm compliment "thank you Clara"

She reminded me of Mallory,it's no wonder they were friends.

"I would like you to meet my children,they should be around your age,they are twins and rather spoilt I'll admit" Clara said looking around for them "Ah,there they are" she said pointing to two people talking to each other.

They were definitely not identical.

The girl was tall,like really tall and the red stilettos she was wearing was doing nothing to help my neck.

She wore a skintight red dress to match her heels. Her hair which was a rich chestnut colour was curly and fell in waves to her back almost reaching her waist.

The dress she wore reached mid thigh and had such a low cleavage her boobs were practically falling out.

Where did she think she was going?

She had baby doe blue eyes that were only shades darker than mine. Her pouty lips were also painted a deep red.

All in all she didn't look like she was going to somebody's 60th birthday. She looked like she was going to a club.

The guy on the other hand who although was the same height as the girl had a shiny blonde hair that was slicked back,green eyes that could look through your soul and pink lips.

He was wearing a black suit and a tie with green stripes probably to match his eyes.

They looked over at us then and Clara waved them over.

Once they were in front of us Clara introduced them "Ava,these are my children,Taylor..." She pointed to the girl who was staring at something behind me definitely not paying attention.

"And Jason" she pointed to the guy who gave me a flirtatious smile.

"Wonderful to meet you Ava"

Cue mental eye roll "nice to meet you too Jason"

I was forced to use his first name since Clara only introduced us with first names.

I had no way of knowing if her children's last name was also Jones.

"Hey baby,missed me?" Taylor said talking for the first time.

Baby??.

Who the hell does she think she's calling baby??.

"Don't call me that" Christian said behind me.

"You didn't mind before" she said with a wink.

I think I'm going to puke.

Taylor turned her attention to me when she saw Christian's arm around my waist.

She scrutinised me from head to toe and obviously decided I was not a threat when she smirked.

"You must be Ava"

No s**t Sherlock.

"How old are you?,thirteen?" She asked her brows creased in confusion.

I do not need this kind of negativity in my life.

"I need a drink" I said to nobody in particular.

"Is that legal?" She asked with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes not bothering to answer her even though she was right.

I'm going to be 18 in three weeks anyway so who cares?.

Rules are made to be broken.

The fact that I just thought that proved Neil was my bestfriend because it was something she would say.

By now Mallory and Clara already drifted off to the crowd leaving us to socialise.

I heard footsteps following me as I left them and made my way to the bar.

"Can I have a glass of water please?" I asked the waiter.

"Sure thing babe" he winked.

"Unless you want to loose your eye,I suggest not to do that again" a deep voice said behind me.

Now he was going to go all Neanderthal on me?. Awesome.

"Are you mad at me?" Christian asked as I took my waiter from the waiter.

I wasn't. Not really.

I mean I knew he had relationships before me,I just didn't like it being shoved in my face.

"No" I told him.

He put his hand around my waist and pressed his nose to my neck "I'm sorry I didn't warn you about her,it just didn't come up"

I sighed and turned to face him "it's ok,really,I'm not mad at you. I just had to leave before I spit in her face" I said with an eye roll.

He chuckled at that "for what's worth you don't look like a thirteen year old" his eyes roamed my body leaving a trail of heat where his gaze touched.

Just then the Dj's voice rang out from the speakers "this is for the couples out there" and Ed Sheeran's Classic 'thinking out loud' started playing.

Christian bowed slowly taking my hand in his "may I have this dance madam?"

I wrinkled my nose at him and looked at the makeshift stage "nobody is dancing" I told him.

"Doesn't matter" he said with a wink drawing me to the dance floor.

He pulled me close his hand tightening around my waist "you look absolutely ravishing" he said his lips brushing my ear shell.

Then he twirled me making me laugh in surprise,he also grinned and pulled me to him again.

"We have an audience" he whispered.

I looked around to see everyone had gotten quiet and was staring at us with interest.

I glanced at Christian with a mischievous grin "then let's give them a show"