Chapter 12.

**Narrator’s POV.**

When it got hard to breath, the couple pulled away from the long steamy kiss they were sharing, “Wow”, Alex had said while he gasped for air, bashfully, Tessa crawled off his leg and went back to her former position, he placed his arm over her shoulder, “That was amazing”,

“Thank you”, she replied in awe, still not believing that she had shared a kiss with Alex O’Connell, one of America’s most eligible bachelors. But even though she enjoyed the kiss a lot, she still felt a bit rotten, she had kissed him on their first date, what did it make her? A slut? A whore? A desperate wannabe that would open up for a guy like Alex?

No, she was not going to think like that, it was just a kiss. It was not like she had just given him or virginity or something- that would be extremely bad.

A few minutes later, they got to the estate and stopped where the car was before their date, “I wish we could go through the front”, he said, “But it is late and my father is an asshole”, she rolled her eyes- the news of Andrew O’Connell being an asshole was not new to her, she was one of his many victims in that department.

“It is fine. I have no problem with you stopping here, it is closer to the quarters and these heels are giving me blisters”, she rubbed her feet to solidify her statement. “Bye Alex, I will see you tomorrow”, she kissed his cheek and opened the door to the vehicle then came down.

She was about to close the door when it was pushed open again, Alex dropped down and went to the driver’s window, “Leave, I will make my way inside”, he instructed and the man was off,

“What are you up to?”, Tessa asked curiously with a smile etched on her plump lips. Without a word, he hooked his arms under her legs and carried her up like a bride, “Alex, what the hell?”, she let out a yelp in surprise,

“You said you were having blisters and as the wonderful boyfriend that I am, I would never let you walk if it would hurt you”, he smiled down at her then placed a small kiss on her pouty lips.

“I mean, where I am going to is just there”, she pointed at the building that was a few feet away from them, walking that distance would have done nothing to her already blistered up feet,

“Well, my queen deserves it all”, a small blush formed on her cheeks when he said this, he had just called her a queen- her father was the last person to ever give her a term of royalty by calling her ‘Princess’ every now and then.

He finally put her down once he got to the front of her door, “Thank you”, she said,

“I have another way you could thank me”, he grinned down at her short frame. She shook her head knowing exactly what he wanted, she went on her tiptoes, still shorter than him on heels and wrapped her hands around his neck. She placed a chaste kiss on his lips and went to his ear,

“Good night, Alex”, she said before opening the door and leaving him standing there. She rushed over to the window, making sure he actually had plans on leaving the front of her house and he did, after taking a deep breath and adjusting himself properly.

Once his silhouette retreated, she finally turned around, just to be scared out of her skin by her mother who had turned on the lamp light, “Jesus Christ, mother! I know you want me dead but scaring me shitless is a very petty way to do it”,

“Where the hell were you, dressed like that?”, her mother had purposely stayed up just too see when her no-good, problematic and troubled daughter would arrive.

Tessa let out a sigh and walked away from the window, “I thought I told you to mind your business when it comes to me?”,

“Yes, you said it, but I didn’t agree”, her mother raised her voice an octave louder, “And why the hell were you kissing Alex O’Connell, are you fucking crazy?”, she suddenly shot up from her seat,

“Om my God, Bethel, can you at least give me a bit of privacy? I mean, I don’t wait around to watch you screw the chief security officer, now do I?”, Tessa yelled as she kicked off her shoes and pulled off her earrings,

“Do not do anything that would cost me my job”, the older woman yelled back at her delinquent of a daughter,

“Whatever”, Tessa rolled her eyes as she picked her shoes off the floor. Tired of listening to her mother’s banter, she made a beeline for her room,

“Come back here young lady, I am not done talking to you”, she screeched loudly.

Tessa turned around just to make sure her next works suck in deep, “Oh, really? I though you were, considering the fact that you always start shit and never finish it”, she was talking about her marriage with her father. It still baffled her that her mother married a man that she claimed to love and still chose not to spend the rest of her life with him.

How was that done? How could you claim you love a person one day and the next, decide that the person was just not enough for you? Then you go running up the hill first chance you got because you saw a greater opportunity that did not include the person you loved.

It was wrong. She promised herself that she would be nothing like her mother, she would get married to a man, love and be with him for the rest of her life because that was how true love worked.

**Alex’s POV.**

How did she not realize what she was doing to me? Somehow, she had made my dick stand more than five times within six hours, I was tempted to pound into her each time but I knew she would not approve.

Damn it, since when had I cared about what a woman approves or doesn’t approve of? Fuck, this girl would be the end of me.

After letting Tessa leave me high and dry, I had gone into the main house through the back door which was luckily open- not that I knew if they usually closed it but I was surprised to see that they didn’t.

I was exhausted, today had taking a huge toll on my body and I just wanted some sleep- charging constantly was hard fucking work, believe it or not. Even though today was incredibly tiring, it was worth it. I finally had Tessa locked which was a very good thing and we also kissed; never in my twenty years of living had I been excited over kissing a girl before but Tessa somehow managed to keep me on my toes the whole time.

“What the fuck?”, I was in front of my door when somebody grabbed me by my collar and pushed me up against the wall, “Damn it!”, I swore when my back hit the hard surface.

“If you hurt her, I will hurt you”, that fucking voice, even though the hallway was pitch black, I could tell who that annoyingly stupid voice belonged to,

“Get the fuck off me you fucker”, I tried to struggle out of his hold but like it or not, I was not blessed with strength like my step-brothers.

“Hurt her and I hurt you”, he repeated making me confused,

“What the hell are you talking about, Gabriel?”,

“Hurt Tessa and I will hurt you”, he pulled on my collar harder making it difficult for me to breath,

“Why do you care? She is my girlfriend, not yours”, I smirked as something crossed my mind, “Unless, you like her”, his hold slackened on me telling me all I had to know,

“I don’t like her; I just cannot bare another girl wailing like a banshee in front of the house”, he said gruffly, trying to hide the truth.

“I won’t hurt her because I like her”, I admitted and finally pushed him off me,

“We would see about that”, he shoved me to the wall and went into his own room. So, he likes my girlfriend? I saw many ways that I could use this to spite him.