Chapter 1

Secret lovers

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Their bodies were tangled into one. Her hair was spread across his pillow as she stared meaningfully into his brown eyes. They were many things in his eyes, fear, pleasure and one would even say love. He tried not to breathe; he wanted to hold her gaze. He wanted this moment to be as meaningful for her as it was for him. Moving rhythmically over her body, the sound of her moans echoed in his ears. She closed her eyes and said "faster." Her cheeks were flushed and there were tiny tears in the corner of her eyes.

He increased his pace as she had asked him; she bit her lower lip then slowly opened her eyes. It looked like she was trying to suppress the moans or control her breathing, but she failed to do so. Her moans were louder. She crushed the sheets between her fingers and her hips failed to stay in place. She clenched her teeth then wrinkled her toes then took one deep breath then at the end of it all she muttered "Syaoran." And not long after than his turn came.

He moved off from on top of her, his body damped in sweat, his heart still racing uncontrollably, her scent was painted on him. He turned to look at her. She lifted her hands to her face. She was silent; it was as though she did not want him to see her face. Her reaction made him even more curious. He wrapped his hands around her and kissed her neck. She slid her hands from her face then sighed.

She averted her gaze to him and muttered "This is crazy."

His chin trembled as he took in her expression with his eyes. He cupped her jaw line with his hand then shot her a light smile "Are you okay…did I hurt you?"

She looked up at the ceiling "No…not really."

He moved his face over hers. Syaoran planted a delicate kiss on Sakura's cheek. He then cupped her face in his hands and kissed her lips. He closed his eyes and she did as well, as the kiss lingered he felt warm liquid on his hands. Tears.

He quickly broke the kiss "Why are you…are you crying?" he asked her. He was convinced that the worst thing a woman can do after sex is cry.

He moved from on top of her, she sat up, her eyes red and the tears uncontrollably falling from her eyes.

"I'm sorry." She sniffled then cried more.

Syaoran lay on his back, he ran his hands through his hair frustrated. He didn't know what to do.

"Did I hurt you?" he asked her once more.

Sakura shook her head "No."

"Then what is it? Why are you crying?" He sat up. He leaned against her then snuck his hands around her waist. He placed his chin of her shoulder.

"I…I really….care for you." He told her failing to tell her what was really in his heart. Afraid to have his heart broken, these words were safe.

"We shouldn't have done this, it was wrong and you know it." She said in a clear voice, the tears leaving her eyes. He released her from his hold and watched her hurtfully.

"You really think so?"

She nodded.

He thinks for a second, yes it was wrong but yet…it was right. He was soon to be married to someone else. It was unfair for his fiancé and what would the family think? He sighed.

"They don't have to know." He held her hand "it can be our little secret."

She averted her gaze to him, her eyes narrowed and she shook her head "No, that's just it, I don't want to be that person, the one who you slept with you on the night before your wedding, but I am. And it's not going to be like before, you will be a married man, think about it." She pulled the sheets over her naked chest now too embarrassed to have him see her body again.

"You're more than that and you know it." He said.

She shot him a sarcastic smile, "I'm the maids daughter, remember. You wouldn't even have met me if my mother never fell sick and I had to replace her temporarily." She hid her hand over her face and cried.

She got out of bed "Don't look at me." She told him.

He turned his head away and got a short lived jolt of arousal at the idea of her naked body. He thought about what they had done, and turned red.

She walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

He put on his boxers and walked to the door of the bathroom. He gawked then sighed then placed his hands on his waist, he didn't know what to do or say.

"What do you want me to do Sakura?"

A seconds pass and she replied "Don't marry her, I'm not asking you to be with me, I know it would be too much to ask for just don't marry her."

He said nothing; it was not too much to ask for. Sakura should be the woman he should be marrying, not that brat his parents picked out for him. He hovered to the bed. He picked up Sakura's clothing from the floor. Her black uniform, the only attire he had ever seen her in. He held it over his nose and gracefully took in the scent. He closed his eyes when suddenly the bathroom door opened and she was standing before him with a white towel wrapped around her body.

Showering did not have the effect she thought it would, she thought it would wash away all traces of him on her, the traces of lust, but she still had memories of the night before that were bound to stay with her eternally. She recalled how he pushed her against the wall and kissed her erratically. His lips crashed fiercely into hers as their tongues danced to a rhythm only they could hear. If the memories were not enough, her feelings for him were strong.

"I have to get dressed quickly before they come looking for you." She said now acting like everything was fine and simple.

"Right." He told her in an indifferent tone.

"So what are we going to call this?" she asked him.

He shifted his gaze to her "What do you mean?"

"What just happened; was it just sex?"

"No." he shook his head.

She put her uniform on.

He turned his head aside fearing that he might make her feel uncomfortable, but he wanted to hold her once more, to feel his heart beat against hers. He wanted to feel her warm breath on his skin and he needed to hear her silent moans.

She was expecting him to say more but he was silent. He had always been a quiet guy, unable to tell her how he felt. All she wanted in that moment was for him to tell her how he feels.

"This is my last day here." She said in a soft tone. "I don't think I'll be able to…" she held back her tears.

She rushed out the door.

As she made her way down the steps, she meet the man that is to be Syaoran's best man. He looked at her, his dark blue eyes fixate on her. Sakura turned her face away nervously, fearing he might know.

By now she knew the Li Family very well. On the outside they seemed like a perfect family, they were well known throughout Japan for their kindness and the orphanages they owned in almost every city. They were a wealthy family. Behind closed doors they were heartless people. The children were spoilt, the parents ranked themselves above anyone else, they mistreated the house staff and were controlling. Syaoran was the exception, kind, down to earth, but surprisingly he had been labeled the black sheep of the family.

"Hello." The best man Eriol greeted her.

Sakura bowed her head "Sir."

He eyed Sakura from top to bottom then he muttered "If you want your mother to still be employed, if you don't want you're family to suffer then you'll stay out of this. This is the most powerful family in the country, you think they are just going to accept you into the family with open arms, you're not even a fuck'n blue blood."

Tears glassed her eyes "What do you mean?" her lips trembled.

He withdrew his gaze and muttered "You know what I mean." He ran past her. Sakura nearly fells off the stairs. Her hands tremble and she tried to catch her breath.

…..

The door to his room opened, his heart lifted up when he thought it was Sakura, but it settled back in place when he saw Eriol.

Eriol closed the door behind him "You fucked the maid didn't you?"

Syaoran sighed then frowned "I did not fuck her…we made love."

"You sound pathetic. You just couldn't keep your hands off of her, she's very beautiful, I don't blame you for wanting to screw her, any man would want to."

Syaoran stood up, grabed the collar of Eriol's shirt, pushed Eriol against the wall then muttered angrily "Fuck you! You take that back, that's not what it is!" he grunted.

"Okay." Eriol laughed as though Syaoran was not hurting him.

"You are not my friend." Syaoran slowly released Eriol "You know how I feel about Kari, I do not love her."

"But you two have been engaged since you were little."

"I know that."

"You made a promise." Eriol said.

"So what! You don't know what it's been like growing up in this house with my parents. "

"Stop being such a pussy, life is not a fairytale. Put on your tux, the guest will be arriving in the garden real soon." Eriol said firmly "And take a shower, you stink."

Syaoran clenched his jaw then punched the wall. "shit!"

….

"Oh Sakura, you're here." One of the other maids told her approaching her from the kitchen door.

"The bride is in the guest house and they need you there to help out. Hurry up and stop strolling around the house."

Sakura walked to the guesthouse. The bride was standing in the middle of the room. The bridesmaids around her, panicking while Syaoran's mother embraced her.

"Oh Sakura, you're here." Yelan said. "I need you to sow a few sequins back on the dress. They keep falling off. I don't understand, this is supposed to be a designer gown."

"Yes madam." She replied respectfully.

The bride sat on a chair while Sakura patched up the brides dress. "Hurry up!" she said "I'm so nervous."

"We'll be waiting." Yelan left the room.

"Don't be nervous dear." One of the bridesmaids told her "You are marrying a Li after all."

"The more reason to be nervous." She said. Sakura could see that she was trembling.

"Come on Kari, you're family has been waiting for this forever."

"Yeah, I can't wait to get my hands on that hard cash." She said excited "And Syaoran is so handsome, I can't wait to get my hands on him too."

The bridesmaids laugh "Oh, you two haven't done anything past holding hands, right?"

Kari nodded "Yeah, so tonight will be special. I'll have to be coy though, he's so sure I'm a virgin."

"You can't fake being a virgin?" one of the bridesmaids said "Men know these things."

The bride frowned "I'll get him drunk, he won't know it if he's drunk."

"Why'd you have to go and sleep around? You should have saved yourself."

The bride said angrily "You didn't think I was going to wait till 20 to have sex, No way!"

Sakura's eyebrows shot up. She tried to finish the job quickly, she had to tell Syaoran. Accidently she pricked Kari with the needle, nothing serious but Kari jumped up and shouted "You stupid girl!"

Sakura took a step back and bowed "I'm sorry."

"Get out! I'm going to get you fired." the bride yelled at the top of her lungs.

Quickly Sakura left the room, she could hear them cursing at her but she was just happy to be out of there.

She snuck into Syaoran's bedroom but he was not there. She picked up a bouquet of flowers in order to create the impression that she was helping while her eyes look around for him. Then finally she opened his office. He was staring outside the window. A beam of sunlight brightened everything in the room. He had his hands in his pocket and remained frozen in spite of her entrance.

She placed the flowers on the table.

"Syaoran…" she said in a shy voice, her lips quivered and she held her hand shyly to her face.

He slowly turned around and saw her. A smile swept his lips and formed a dimple on the left side of his cheek. Sakura locked the door.

"She's not a virgin!" Sakura said it without thought, then for that long awkward second what she said seemed unimportant and she felt stupid. Her gaze dropped to her shoes.

He looked at her "I know."

He pulled out his hand and lifted her chin "Is this an excuse to see me again?"

"Don't get cocky." She told him turning her head away from him.

He chuckled; his eyes were teary as he watched her.

Then she looked at him "She's only marrying you for your money."

He nodded, appearing as though he was not listening to what she was saying.

"I know."

Her eyes filled up with tears and unexpectedly she wrapped her hands around his chest, almost causing him to lose his balance, then she rubbed her head against his jacket. She wiped her tears with the cloth of his jacket. "I'm sorry." She cried "I can't help it."

He snaked his hands around her narrow waist then parted from her.

"The truth is I love you." She told him clasping her fingers between his "So don't forget about me."

"Don't you hate me?" he asked her "I put you through so much."

She shook her head "Not a little…not at all." Her heart broke at the hesitant response to her true feelings for him. She turned her head away and bit her lip.

"From the moment I saw you, I kind of knew that you were the one." He smirked.

He strolled over to the book shelf "You are beautiful, kind and vibrate and we always have fun. I've never met anyone like that."

Sakura beamed at him nervously.

He sank his hands into his pocket then walked up to her "My family, they've never cared about me. The wealth just did something to them. But you…you do"

With the sun shinning brightly behind them he reached for her hand and pulled her into his arms "I love you Sakura."

He gazed into her eyes then enveloped her into a soft kiss. They hold the kiss and then Syaoran touches his brow against Sakura's "I can't do this…the wedding."

She shook her head and closed her eyes.

He gave her a quick yet tender kiss on the lips then whispered "Run away with me."

She gasped then smiled "Are you serious?"

He nodded "You don't have to take anything, just run away with me. We'll go to a place where no one knows us and start a new life together."

"Yes." She said with a playful pout. "I'd love that."

"Yes?"

"Yes." He carried her off her feet and spun her around in his arms.

Meanwhile in the garden, the guests wait for the groom. All them taking a minute to look at the time, they looked up at the sky but failed to appreciate the occasion for what it was truly not.

The skies turn dark and it start to rain. The guests pop out of their chairs and found shelter in the house.

Syaoran grabbed Sakura's hand. They entered his bedroom where he grabbed the keys to his car and his credit card. They start their way towards the steps when they heard the sound of people talking.

…..

To be continued

A/N the story will have two chapters and the next chapter should be up by Sunday so please keep a lookout and thanx for the reviews.