The Lotus And The Billionaire

Chapter 20: Make It Up To You

I can remember everything so vividly, as if it just happened yesterday, as if Raven and I were still so young and carefree. Everything…still feels the same with this guy. Although I no longer like him romantically, the thrill somehow still remains in my veins.

As he smiled at me like he did years ago, I remembered how we both drove past the speed limit across the roads every night, how we would down bottles of alcohol for consecutive nights and smoke by the roadside…

Oh, my sweet college days…

“It’s nice to see you again,” I replied as I shook his hand, smiling back.

But of course, we have to be professional here at our workplace. We can save the catching up later, and besides, I can elicit quite a nice response from Alvarez if I save the fun for later.

Also…it’s like I can hear Vin huffing and puffing from behind me as he watches me interact with Raven Lopez. Oh, right. He still looks as dashing as before, but much more formal with a suit and tie. Hmm, he changed a bit…

“We’ll talk about the project once we’ve finished the introductions. Please tell me what job is assigned to you as well,” I told them as I guided them to the couch. Luckily, there was plenty of space for the entire team to sit in.

One by one, they introduced themselves, including Raven. I believe they’ve handed out the parts nicely as it compliments everything written on their resumes. The only problem is that they…might have thought everything through too much.

It’s not their problem as there are high expectations on this project. The real estate company run by the Alvarezes is known to produce infrastructures of high quality and such a unique style. They always go for something contemporary with a touch of anachronistic design.

However, the team’s design seemed to forfeit the idea of anachronistic touch, which Alvarez looked forward to. That was one of the points he brought during that conference. I totally agree because it suddenly felt a little too normal for a project under this company. Either way, they did a pretty decent job.

“Hmm…” I hummed in response after they introduced themselves. “We’ll do a brainstorming based on what Gray said.”

“Mrs. Alvarez, I know this is a personal question…” Keila, a member of the team, interrupted as she shyly raised her hand.

“Oh, you can just call me by my first name.”

She cleared her throat as she scooted closer to me. “Miss Sapphire, do you just call him by his first name when you’re together?”

I couldn’t answer the question because, of course, I call him by his surname, not his first name. We have the same surname now, but it serves as our little boundary in this relationship, so I can’t bring myself to stop it.

But I have to lie for the sake of our reputation. I can’t have them suspect us just because of a stupid endearment. And to be fair, Alvarez sometimes calls me those just to tease me. It counts…I think.

“We…sometimes use endearments, but not on a normal basis.”

It was a simple answer, but they looked like they were already daydreaming about Alvarez and his stupid endearments. I bet they’d be shocked if they heard it first-hand, considering they admire him in a different way. Ha! If only they knew how much of a scumbag that guy is!

They proceeded to ask me questions about how Alvarez is when it’s just us, but I bet even the employees here could answer that kind of question. That guy openly flirts with me whenever he gets the chance, and he literally doesn’t care about the people watching!

“Enough of that,” Raven interrupted as he shook his head. “Stop asking personal questions. Mrs. Alvarez might be uncomfortable.”

Sounds weird...

He was right, so I just nodded at the girls and proceeded to talk about the project. I felt bad about it, of course, but we have a lot of things to do, and we might not have enough time to get everything done!

Fortunately for me, they’re pretty good when it comes to cooperating with discussions and brainstorming, so I didn’t have any problems talking to them about the design. The budgeting was good enough, but several of the materials they proposed to use might not be suitable for the project, so I told them that we needed to make changes in that aspect.

Anyway, we finished before the time I was supposed to have lunch with Alvarez! I heaved a sigh of relief as I began to explain that I have to go before that guy comes barging in to get me.

Speaking of the devil, he opened the door just as we were wrapping things up!

“Hey,” he greeted me with a kiss on the cheek as his hand slid on my waist.

This asshole!

I cleared my throat and pretended I was used to it. “Thank you, guys. You can go and…uh, do your work. I’ll have lunch first,” I awkwardly told them as I glanced at Alvarez.

Obviously, he was trying to show off to Raven, who didn’t really care. See? We have both moved on from each other years ago, so I don’t know what they’re worried about!

“Thanks for your hard work. I hope my wife didn’t give you a hard time,” Alvarez told them with a fake smile plastered all over his face.

“Oh, no. Miss Sapphire was very nice!”

“That’s good to know. Now, we’ll be taking our leave,” he told them, and then turned to Vin. “Go take your break now.”

“I’m not your dog,” he whispered as he walked past us.

I had to purse my lips together so I wouldn’t laugh out loud in front of everyone. The thing is, if there was one thing Vin hated, it was taking orders from anyone other than my family. I’m pretty sure following Alvarez’s order wounded his ego pretty badly.

Alvarez’s hold on my waist tightened as we watched everyone leave my office. “Let’s go.”

“Yeah, but I’m not telling you what happened here,” I replied and followed after him.

“I wasn’t planning to make you explain, anyway.”

“Sure, whatever you say.”

Yet again, there’s this weird atmosphere between the two of us again. Oh, I can’t wait to get into his office so we can fight about something stupid again while we eat.

As we entered, I removed my shoes and jumped on the comfortable couch, not caring whether my legs showed too much as I got my food that was in a box.

“You’re wearing a skirt. Close your legs.”

“Who cares?”

Alvarez sighed and went back to the door to lock it. He looked so annoyed and hungry, and I was certain he’d strangle me to death if it was that easy. But he looks kind of hot like that.

“Diaz, stop testing my patience.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just eat, I know you’re just as hungry as I am.”

“I’d eat you out if you piss me off.”

I smiled sheepishly. “I don’t mind.”

Alvarez put his utensils down and threw his head back on the couch. He spared me one last glance as he covered his eyes with his arm. I don’t even know why he still chose to have lunch with me when he already knows I’m going to push his buttons.

He was suffering, that’s for sure. I could literally see his Adam’s apple moving up and down, his chest heaving. Now, that’s how you make an Alvarez lose his composure.

I didn’t care, though, so I just continued eating my lunch in peace. He can deal with it on his own while I spend my break here.

But it looked like he’d fallen asleep. I'd nearly finished my meal already and he was still like that. That’s why I scooted over so I could see if he really was sleeping or just trying to deal with his thoughts.

“Hey,” I called as I poked his cheek. “Big lummox–”

“Shut up.”

Oh, he wasn’t sleeping.

“What about your meal?”

“Screw it.”

I rolled my eyes and sat away from him. “Screw you.”

Something’s wrong with him these days. He’s barely trying to tease me, and he’s not as condescending as he was before. Is it because I’ve been messing with him too much for the past few days?

I grinned as I took a picture of him like that. Heh, this would make a pretty good memory! Unfortunately, I forgot to remove the shutter sound, and he heard it.

Oh, no.

I pretended to be taking pictures of myself when he looked at me, but he was obviously not having it. He stared at me with an impassive expression, waiting for me to speak for myself.

“What? You looked like you were having trouble, so–”

“Diaz.”

Not this again!

“What?!”

He sighed and placed his hand on his thigh. “Stop it.”

“Stop what?”

“Stop messing with me. You’re having too much fun torturing me.”

I pursed my lips and flashed a mischievous smile. “Sorry, you looked adorable like that, so…”

“f**k off…” he groaned, shaking his head in dismay.

“That’s why I’m saying I’ll try to make it up to you later. You’re being so testy.”

“You’ve got to realize that it’s your fault I’m like this.”

Now, I feel bad! I know he’s just doing this to turn the tables around, but I feel like I’ll fall into the trap anyway. This is just one of our petty little attempts at fighting for dominance, but he’d destroy me again if I let him win!

Alvarez sighed heavily as he covered his crotch with a pillow. Ah, right. I might have been abusing this advantage I have over him after finding out he was celibate for a while…

He locked the door, right…?

I stood up and walked towards the door to check if it was really locked, and when I made sure that it was, I went back to the couch…but this time, I was sitting on Alvarez’s lap.

He opened his eyes and looked at me, confused. “What now?”

My skirt immediately lifted up as I spread my legs, making Alvarez’s brows furrow. I swallowed the lump in my throat as I slipped my right hand in my thongs, the other landing on Alvarez’s chest.

“Diaz, what are you–”

I groaned as I nuzzled my face on his neck. “Mmph… Shut…up.”

“You i***t…” he muttered as he wrapped his arms around my waist…

I was moaning in his ear as I pushed and pulled my finger from my womanhood, and I could feel him shivering whenever I did! As my moans became louder, he grabbed my ass and pulled my hand away.

“What—!”

Alvarez took my fingers on his mouth as he licked it clean while looking at me with darkened eyes. “You’re having too much fun by yourself.”

My face was already flushed, but I swear I felt like my face turned into a tomato as he opened the zipper of his slacks and swiftly pulled it down along with his underwear. f**k, he’s too big…

“Can you ride me again?” he asked, amused.

“f**k you…” I replied, my voice cracking, as I tried to push it inside me in this position.

I almost went limp riding him last night…and this could be the last time I’ll ever do this. Oh, gosh. I was trembling as I did it, but it feels so good like that…

“God, you’re so– Ngh…sexy…” he whispered into my ear as he grabbed my ass and helped me out.

It felt so good I didn’t even realize I was screaming his first name. “Ah! Ngh… Gray–! f**k, too deep…”

My pace was too slow for him, and we both knew that. So in a span of seconds, he was already holding my ass up in the air as he slammed himself inside me, making me scream his name so loud!

“Shh, they might hear you…” he whispered as he lightly bit my ear.

“It’s all your… Hngh—!”

“My bad.” He chuckled into my ear as he crashed his lips against mine, muffling our moans. Thank goodness!

A few minutes into it, as he violently rammed himself onto me, I figured we were finally close. Alvarez’s groaning was turning me on so much, that I found myself reaching my climax as I sucked into his neck.

“f**k, you’re so good for me…” he muttered as he stood up and made me bend, his hands guiding mine into the wall. “Stay still, hmm?”

I was about to complain, but he pulled his d**k out of me, and made me close my legs as he thrusted back and forth. We were literally beside the door, and I was worried the people outside would hear me, so I covered my mouth with my hand. Unfortunately, I lost balance because I had just reached my climax.

“I told you to stay still.” He hissed into my ear and held both of my wrists up on the wall.

“They might hear— Hngh! Gray, ah!”

He breathed and groaned into my ear, making me shiver. But as I annoyed him with my endless complaints, he placed two fingers in my mouth to shut me up.

This is far too messy!

“f**k you…” I managed to say as he bit on my shoulder, finally feeling his release as I had mine a second time.

“I’ll clean you up, don’t worry…” he whispered as he planted soft kisses on my shoulder.

I could feel myself drifting off to dreamland, exhausted. “You…asshole.”

The last thing I heard before dozing off was his low-toned laugh…along with a few kisses on the forehead. What…was that?