"hmm…" was the unintelligible response. Her cerulean eyes squinted down at the fine table cloth while twisting her lips in concentration, unaware how she was making the café owner uneasy with her scrutiny. The poor lad thought the two beautiful and elegant women, one of their regular customers, were very displeased with that piece of tapestry he had put on the tables today judging by their looks.
Aoi opened her mouth as if to say something again, but ended up with another hum. She's currently having a break at a café near their company right after getting a call from her friend. Shizuru had just told her what happened, and she gasped and clapped her hands from glee finding out the good news between her friend and the youngest Kruger, however, she is also torn between being happy for her friend or laugh for getting into a small predicament so soon.
"Umm…" she tried again, her face leaning close towards her fried sitting across the table "so… seduce her again?"
Shizuru only gave her a blank look.
"I mean, seriously, though. My understanding is that you don't want Natsuki-san to have the wrong idea, don't you?" Aoi suggested. Shizuru had told her about her clumsy mistake last night, ruining what could have been an even better evening.
"Of course not. That's why I'm really worried, Aoi"
"Then, there you go!"
Shizuru sighed as she leans back. "I tried that too, actually. but she dodges my advances, thinking it's just another tease. I fear that I might have offended her"
Awh… how cute! Aoi squealed mentally. Oh how she would like to laugh at how her friend looks like a trouble high school girl just because she acted stupid in front her secret love.
"Anyway, on another note, what do you plan to do about your family? How are you going to tell this to uncle and auntie?"
"I'm thinking about it too. But not now. I have things to settle first. I still need to talk to Yasuda."
Aoi hummed, leaning back on her seat. "Right. Are you going to be okay though? And how is Natsuki taking this?"
Shizuru gave a closed lip smile, running a finger on the rim of her cup in thought.
"I'll be fine. Natsuki is not rushing me as well. Despite everything that happened, and everything that I did, she's still very understanding."
She looked at Aoi, eyes brimming with emotional joy.
"She loves you…" Aoi concluded gently, smiling back at her friend. "So… she's the one then?"
"I still don't know why but I can't stand losing her to someone else, Aoi." Shizuru confessed, although her smile suddenly disappeared thinking back on how she still wants to murder that woman on Natsuki's lap and that Sei, was it? For bringing those hags on her girl's office. She snapped out of her killing intent when a hand was placed over her own on the table.
"I'm happy for you, Shiz… I wish you both happiness. Although I'm sad for Yasu-kun too, but again, my money is on Nat-kun this time." Aoi said, smiling at her friend. Suddenly a thought popped to her mind. "Wait. I have an idea!" She said, excited, fishing out her phone from her purse while she gestured for the check at the waiter. She called her secretary to cancel all her appointments for the entire day. While she was occupied talking over the phone, Shizuru took the opportunity to take care of the bill, giving her credit card to the waiter. Aoi then put the phone back to her purse after the call and looked animatedly at her friend.
"That was sly" she said, raising an auburn brow at her friend "anyway, let's give your puppy a surprise. Something she can never resists. Come on! Let's go before the sun sets. Oh, she'll be all over you tonight!"
Shizuru stood as Aoi did, though a little confused. She let her friend tug her arm while she takes back her card being handed back by the same waiter who was giving them words of gratitude.
"wait, where are we going?" she asked, giggling at her friend's childish behavior to go somewhere, apparently.
Aoi looked at her with playful eyes.
"We, my dear, are going shopping!"
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It was already dusk when Natsuki had finished checking the company reports and preparing counter measures to some issues, not just from the hotel she manages with Shizuru, but this time, most of them are from their family's other enterprises; recent benchmarkings, buy outs, competitive advantage, cost benefit analysis, and so on, that requires, specifically, her attention. Her head was aching when she closed her laptop. Her eyes felt sandy and she had to pinch the bridge of her nose and draw out a very deep long yawn. But when she opened her eyes to check the time, she bolted out of her seat, all drowsiness gone in an instant seeing she only have less than half an hour to prepare and pick Shizuru up to go the auction event for a cause that will be hosted by the Senous and Haradas publishing company.
She checked her wristwatch again, there's really no time to change. She frisked her clothes, dusting off imaginary dust, although she doesn't know what was the point of it. She was wearing a white GAP pure body V-neck tee tucking it haphazardly on federal blue skinnies that is slightly tattered on the right knee and its length ended just right above her ankles that shows a few inches of the pale skin before a pair of Cambrai suede derby shoes.
She clicked her tongue and pressed a number on the speaker phone, calling for the front desk to have her car ready. Her leather seat swiveled when she pulled her black Altuzarra notch-lapel single-breasted blazer hanging at its back, donning it as she rushes out of the office. Two of her men were already waiting to accompany her in going down through the elevator. She soon reached the front exit, only giving quick nods at of the greetings given by the employees as she passes by them until she reached the young valet outside who handed her car key. She wasted no time speeding off in the streets of Tokyo beating the red lights and only slowed down a few minutes later as she nears the familiar house. She got out of the car and pressed the buzz on the gate.
A blond head peeped thought the curtains and grinned when she saw who was at the gate. She rushed outside the door and did a fist bump with the guest in greeting.
"Natsuki!"
"Alyssa"
"Come in! Come in!" Alyssa ushered her in. "neechan's about done getting ready. Want something to drink?"
"Water is fine. Thanks."
"'kay. be right back" Alyssa said. Natsuki heard her call out her sister's name before disappearing inside the kitchen.
Just when Alyssa came back walking towards her with a glass of water, Natsuki heard clicking footsteps coming down the stairs. She accepted the offered drink with gratitude and tipped the glass to her lips only to freeze when her eyes looked up to see who it was. Her breath paused in her throat as her eyes refused to leave the divine creature descending the stairs as though watching it right out from a dream. Shizuru was wearing a Monique Lhuillier's beige colored halter gown with plunging neckline, the flow its exquisite fabric manifestly underlining the to-die-for well-endowed womanly curves. Her hair was down only with a few chestnut strands on both sides twirled and tied at the back where both ends meet.
Good god… Natsuki exhaled, awestruck and winded. Her green eyes unhurriedly take in every little inch of the living Aphrodite walking towards her.
Shizuru held in a triumphant smirk at the sight of her slack jawed girl. She got the reaction just as she wanted, thanks to her friend's help, or maybe conspiracy. Let's see how far you can hold it in, my Natsuki?
She leaned to peck the rosy cheek, giving not a care about her younger sister watching, who by the way, only rolled her blue eyes at her tricks. Shizuru could feel the young woman's breath leave as her body melted the moment her lips touched those slightly flushed cheek.
"Natsuki…" Shizuru greeted with an apologetic, yet sweet nonetheless, smile "I'm sorry, did you wait long?"
It took time a little time for the dark-haired girl to realize that Shizuru just asked her a question, so she later dumbly shook her head.
"Uh…" was Natsuki's very unintelligent stammer. She cleared her throat and drank the water Alyssa had offered earlier. She put the glass down finally managing to reign in the sudden weakness of her limbs. "I mean no. Umm, are you ready to go?"
Shizuru gave an affirmative and soon they were driving down the road after she gave a kiss goodbye to her only sister. The honey-haired woman was having a pleasant time gazing through the windshield as they drove by while Natsuki had to train her eyes on the road. The woman on her passenger seat was like a magnet for trouble, even for her own. Shizuru pretended an air of nonchalance, although she was mentally counting how many times those pair of emeralds had been stealing glances every now and then.
Oh, really now…
Just a block away before reaching the venue, Shizuru asked to stop the car remembering there was something she had to do before anything else.
"Is something wrong?" Natsuki asked just as she pulled over at the side of the street near an empty regional park.
Shizuru fiddles a thumb upon the small red box she'd been carrying before holding it up to her cute baffled driver.
"I know it's not that much, but I hope you'll like it" she uttered nervously "I know I'm late in giving this to you… but still, I want you to take it"
Although wondering what was making Shizuru suddenly look like a timid girl, Natsuki accepted the gift and opened it, only to have another surprise of the night. Inside was a gold rimmed Vacheron Constantin wrist watch. Its short and long arms are made out of gold, as well as the roman numbers indicating the time. The black leather straps are intricately stitched with wolf and snake design using the finest and thick silver thread.
Shizuru waited anxiously, biting her lip was she watch Natsuki's reaction.
"Do you like it?" she asked worriedly.
"Like it? Of course, I love it. But what's the occasion?"
Feeling relief seeing the pleased though confused look from Natsuki, Shizuru smiled helplessly.
"Your birthday of course. I'm sorry I missed it. And… ruined it." She trailed off, feeling awfully culpable at ruining what should have been Natsuki's day because of her stupid indecisions and carelessness. Not that she knew Yasuda would suddenly show up that day. Oh! How insensitive I had been! She thought in anguish. However, her growing self-blame was halted by a pair of soft lips kissing her distractedly.
"No… don't say such things, please." She glanced back at the item again, then back to pair of uncertain crimsons "I love it." Natsuki whispered, still hovering over Shizuru's face. She was carefully placing the box on the backseat when the other woman spoke again.
"Even though it's not that much? I actually wanted to give you the things I think you would certainly want like a new bike or a ca—"
Shizuru was halted again by a playful bite on her lip.
"Anything from you is worth more than any treasure I could find, Shizuru. Thank you. I'm really happy." Natsuki said, relaying her sincerity through the intensity in her eyes as she looks upon a pair of lovely crimsons, holding that gaze for a while before she dipped her lips again, only this time almost melting in a languid and meaningful kiss. She intended it to stop there since they still had to get somewhere, but the urge she had been purposely keeping in check had suddenly unleashed, bursting out like wildfire at the taste of this smoldering temptress. That pair of soft luscious red lips pressing against hers, reciprocating with a certain layer of repressed need. Natsuki had to lean one hand on the gearshift as she turns her waist in a more comfortable position, while her other hand was gently holding Shizuru's face. They eventually parted for air, faces a breath apart. Their half-lidded eyes were on where their lips had last been.
"By the way, have I told you how beautiful you are tonight?" Natsuki complimented breathlessly, her eyes admiring every part of the woman pinned on the seat, whose lips are still slightly panting, dazed and inebriated. Her eyes dropped to the exposed valley of Shizuru's chest, and then skipped down to another exposed smooth and heavenly ivory skin of a leg between the slits of the other woman's dress.
"You know… I think it's a bad idea to go to that auction after all" Natsuki groaned, ignoring the silent gasp of the other as her fingers run ghostly touch on the exposed hairless-as-a-statue thigh. "I would prefer to wire my bid and donations rather than go there and let anybody else eye you with naked lust in their eyes"
"Like you do right now?" Shizuru attempted to tease as she falls in and out of focus. But all thoughts of mischief disappeared when a pair of piercing dark green eyes looked up straight through her with such burning intensity that she felt powerless to be subjected under it.
"Yes. And I want to be the only exception." Deep husky voice demanded. "Hold still." She said in a demanding tone Shizuru hasn't heard before, gliding a finger in feathery touch from the outline of gorgeous passenger's jaw down to the plain before her breast. She shifted into a more comfortable position as she dipped down to where her finger had last touched, the air puffing out of her nose tickling the skin there, and she smiled in satisfaction to see tiny gooseflesh as she listens to the strong thudding of the heart nestled within. She gently kissed that spot, alternating between suckling, grazing her teeth, and simply kissing again around that spot and to both sides of the exposed cleavage. She could hear Shizuru's meek call for her name as fine nails claws on her arm while she softly caresses Shizuru's leg, exposing more of the skin as the slit of the gown slids even more high up her leg.
Shizuru was slowly drifting off from her sense of control and modesty. She has never seen this side of the biker before, so fierce and intimidating. Her breath hitched and came out in ragged exhale when the hand that was caressing her thigh were soon replaced with warm lips.
Natsuki was sensuously placing lingering kisses from her knees slothly moving up to her inner thighs. Shizuru had to strangle a moan each time those kisses lingers and suckles a sensitive spot. Her hands clutching on Natsuki's shoulders as if stopping the dark-haired woman, yet she couldn't find the strength to resolutely do it. So weak and lost was she in her senses that she had forgotten when had Natsuki had the time to swiftly adjust her seat. She looked down when she felt her left leg was slowly lifted and her face burned to see that pretty face between her legs paused just a puff away from the front of her apex.
"Na-Natsuki, wait…." She called between her breaths but it soon broke into loud stifled gasp that melted into a choked moan when Natsuki's straight aristocratic nose pressed and slithered against and within her folds through the thin fabric of her red lacy underwear. Her head thrown back and she bit back another moan when the tip of that nose tickled around where her tiny sensitive nub is. The nose soon was replaced by a set of teeth lightly grazing through the fabric, the scorching heat shooting up from her core through her veins. Her stomach coiled as the torturous motion down there kept on, drawing out a reflexive arch of her back, and for a moment, she felt there was no more escaping from this sweet torment. Her body is wavering, she's struggling for control now, even the honest tones of her voice no longer felt her own as her tiny spot of weakness is being tickled by the point of that nose.
But suddenly, Natsuki stopped and leaned back up, hovering back over Shizuru's flushed and dazed face watching her as she tries to catch her breath. Her heavy-lidded glossy eyes could see Natsuki's heated gaze upon her, looking so domineering as her pair of haughty eyes seemed to smile in satisfaction.
"Hungry eyes will be all over you once we get there. Now you shall be thinking only of me. I will give you more tonight if you do well to remember that." Natsuki said, her husky voice sounding so
arrogant.
"That was so mean!" Shizuru murmured, her nails digging in frustration through the sleeve covering Natsuki's lean and slender arms, whose owner only chuckled and kissed her lips lovingly.
"No. I simply want you mine, and mine alone." Natsuki whispered. She pecked Shizuru's lips before sitting back down on her seat, putting the seatbelts back on, and started her Aston. "By the way, can we go somewhere after tonight? There's something I want to show you"
Shizuru almost failed to ask where Natsuki plans to take her later because her mind is still trying to get back to her senses as she shifts more comfortably on her seat. Her brain is, actually, a little incoherent. Not to mention, somewhat frustrated! Who knew Natsuki can be such a bad tease.
"It's a surprise" said Natsuki, giving her an excited grin before turning the wheels to start heading to the auction venue.
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"Aldenbreg-sama" a lanky, quite old man called the master of the house' attention. Yasuda was adjusting his tie in front of a full-size mirror inside his spacious bedroom in his impressive Gregorian style mansion. He didn't even spare a glance at the butler knowing what he came for. "The lady is here. She's waiting inside your office"
"Good. I'll be downstairs"
Yasuda's butler bowed and closed the door, leaving his master to his ministrations. After being satisfied with his looks, Yasuda put on his suit and headed down to his office. A pale blond woman stood as he opened the door and stepped inside. He closed the door behind him and eyed the said woman. She had looked quite grown from what he had seen in the pictures. Well, she really got the looks, there was no denying it. That Kruger really have a good taste with women. Although he would still prefer to have his red-eyed fiancée back instead.
"Are you ready?" he asked, his tone strictly business "You already know what to do, right?"
"Yes" was her simple answer, making it hard for him to read her mind.
"Good. We should go. The auction has probably started by now. We better not be late for the after-event party. Just do your job right and we'll both get what we wanted" he said, opening the door again.
"You sound so certain. What makes you think this will work?"
His lips turned up ever so lightly, his shoulders straightened.
"Because a woman will always be a woman when in the arms of a man. Had it not been the same case with you before?"
He tried no smirk at the flash of irritation in her eyes. Still he gave a friendly smile, he still needs her help after all. "Don't worry. I will pay as much as you want when this is all done. But for now…" he held out his left hand towards the door and tipped his head. "you got a job to do. After you, Ms. Olivia"