Well here's chapter 23 :) I hope you guys like it! I worked really hard on it. I decided to bring Adrian's POV back into the story and introduce Noelle again! (Chapter 14). I hope you enjoy! Oh and PLEASE vote on the poll on my profile! I'd appreciate it SO MUCH! Everytime I put up a poll, you guys never vote on it. It makes me feel like you don't even care :/ But anyways, here's chapter 23. Enjoy! First POV in a while and this time it's for an entire chapter.

Adrian POV

It'd been 4 months since I've seen Rose. Well, any of them at the Court actually. In a drunken state, I'd came over to Rose and Dimitri's house and tried to have sex with her while Dimitri was gone. But he'd caught me and pretty much threw me out of the front door. I'd felt so bad aferwards that I'd put as much distance between me and the Court as I could. And what do you know..I'm back in the town I'd found that woman Noelle Price and her restaurant. What I was doing here, I don't know. But I wanted to see her again. Maybe she'll remember me. I hoped so. Now here I was, in my khakis and button down white shirt, standing in front of Noelle's Coffee. I took a few deep breaths and then I'd finally walked in, the bell on the door chimming. I sat at a table, hoping I'd spot Noelle. No luck yet. But I did find an older woman, maybe in her 40s, coming over to me.

"Hello sir. May I take your order?"

"A cup of coffee, please."

"Alright. I'll be back with your order."

"Thanks."

She nodded and walked away. I scanned the room again, looking for a young woman with dark brown hair and brown eyes. I was still looking around as the woman came back with my coffee.

"Here you go sir."

"Thanks. I have a question."

"Yes?"

"Is Miss Price here today?"

She had a look of confusion until she realized I was talking about the owner, Noelle.

"Oh! She's in the back working on paperwork. I'll tell her you're here once she's finished."

"Thank you. It's Adrian Ivashkov."

"Alright. She'll be with you when she's done."

"Thank you."

"No problem."

I slowly sipped my coffee, waiting for Noelle to be finished with her paperwork. Soon I was drumming on the table and tapping my foot, waiting. After being halfway done with my refill, I'd seen her standing in a doorway to what I guess was the office, talking to the older woman. Noelle's eyes looked over at me once before talking to the woman again. I waited patiently. Soon she started to walk over towards me. She slid into the seat across from me.

"We meet again Mr. Ivashkov. What brings you here?"

"Well I thought I might start telling you about me, since I didn't last time." A smile played at my lips.

She smiled. "Oh? I'd love to hear about you finally. So mysterious with your past with some ex girlfriend."

I laughed. "Well what would you like to know first?"

"Well how about your age?"

"Currently 22. How old are you?"

"21."

"So when we last met, you couldn't drink?"

She laughed. "No. Now I can."

"Next question."

"Where's your family at?"

"Well they live far away. I'm not close with them. How about yours?"

"Well all I have is my mother now, and she's the woman that waited on you."

"Well I can see where you'd gotten your looks."

She blushed. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. So what else do you do besides own a restaurant?"

"Well all I do really is play the piano in my free time."

"Do you write your own music?"

"Sometimes. They don't always turn out great."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well I can never finish them. I always get stuck."

"I'm sorry."

"So tell me more about this ex girlfriend that I look like."

"Well she's smart, strong, caring, almost the same eyes and hair as you. Not much to tell."

"How old is she?"

"Well she was 18 when we were dating. So we were 3 years apart."

"How old is the other guy?"

"25 now, but at the time he was 24."

She had her eyes wide and her mouth gaped open.

"Really?"

"Really. And now they're married and she's pregnant. Well they were married when we'd met the first time."

"I'm sorry. Have you spoke to her since we'd met?"

"A few times, but I'd messed up."

"How so?"

"I was drunk and I'd tried to have sex with her."

She looked at me surprised. "Really?"

"Really."

"Is that why you're back?"

"Mostly. I needed to get away from all of them."

"Even your family?"

"We've never gotten along, so yes. It doesn't bother me."

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

"Still that sucks."

"So how long do you work?"

"I can leave whenever. Why do you ask?"

"Well I thought we could leave and go somewhere else."

"Like your hotel room?"

I looked at her surprised.

"I know how guys like you work. You think you can get any girl and sleep with her."

She started to get up and I grabbed her arm before she could leave. She looked at me almost angry.

"I don't want to take you home and sleep with you. I want to take you somewhere to eat."

I couldn't believe what was coming out of my mouth. Did I really want to not have sex with this beautiful woman? Did I really want to JUST go on a date with her? After a couple of seconds I'd decided that I did. I like Noelle. She's sweet, but she's strong. Almost like Rose...

"You mean like a date?"

"If you'd like to.."

She smiled. "I'd love to. But can I go home and change into something more appropriate for a date?"

"Sure. I can run you by there and I'll wait in the car until you're ready."

"You don't want to come in?"

"I didn't want to be too forward."

She smirked. "You wouldn't be forward. It's only polite to invite my date in."

I grinned. "It's a date.

Once she'd spoken to her mother about leaving for a while, I was driving her over to her house. It was beautiful. It was a pretty beige color with white curtains in every window. The porch was white and there was some lawn furniture on it. The front door was eggshell white with a large window in it.

"Come on."

We were standing in the yard and she was holding my hand, guiding me to her front door. She unlocked the door and we walked into a small living room. It was a pastel blue with black furniture and a tv in the corner of the room.

"You can watch some tv while I go up to my room to change."

"Okay."

She'd let go of my hand and walked up the stairs across from the front door. I sat down on the couch and grabbed the remote, turning on the tv. I absentmindedly watched the news until I heard Noelle behind me walking down the stairs. I turned the tv off and turned around to look at her. And goddamn, was she beautiful. She had on a pair of black leggins, a red sweater dress over it with a black belt around her waist and a pair of plain red flats. She had a matching red clutch, red lipstick and her hair and makeup all done. She was breathtaking. She blushed while I was looking her up and down.

"You look beautiful Noelle."

She blushed. "Thank you Adrian."

"Ready to go?"

"Yes."

"Alright. I figured we could go to Olive Garden and have a nice lunch."

She smiled. "That's perfect."

When we'd gotten to the restaurant, it was only open a few hours and it wasn't all that busy. We were immediately seated and a few minutes later a man came over to take our order.

"Hello I'm Ian. I'll be your server this afternoon. What can I get you guys to drink?"

Before Noelle could speak up, I answered for the both of us. "Get us a nice bottle of wine please. White wine."

"Yes sir."

The waitor wrote down the wine and walked away to get the wine. Noelle looked at me with wide eyes.

"Do you know how expensive that is?"

"Yes. It's fine. I have enough for it."

"Are you sure Adrian? I'm fine with a Coke."

I grinned. "Yes, I'm sure. I don't want my date to be sipping on a Coke while we're at a nice restaurant like this."

She smiled. "Well alright."

In a few minutes Ian came back with 2 wine glasses and a bottle of wine.

"Is this good sir?"

"Yes, perfect. Thank you."

"Are you ready to order any food yet?"

"Not yet. We need a few."

"Alright," he said as he left.

I poured wine into each of our glasses and took a drink. Noelle took a drink and smiled at me.

"It tastes really good."

"Yeah it does. I like it."

"So do I."

"So do you want an appetizer?"

"Adrian, please don't spend so much on me."

"But I want to, Noelle. I know I hardly know you, but I like you. I want to spend money on you."

She blushed. "Really?"

"Yes, really."

"Well I like you too..." she was looking down at her napkin as she played with it.

I smiled. "Really?"

"Yes. You're great. You treat me great. I love it."

"Well then tell me what you want for an appetizer."

She smirked and looked at the menu. "How about some stuffed ravioli?"

"Sounds great," I smiled at her.

"Man am I stuffed."

We'd finished our meal, completely stuffed.

"I am too. As soon as I pay the bill we can leave. Do you want to wait or go to the car?"

"I'll wait for you."

"Okay," I smiled.

She smiled back and Ian came back with the bill.

"Here you guys go. You pay up front. Have a nice day."

"You too."

He cleared the table and left. I left a 20 on the table and we walked up to the front to pay the bill.

"Today was amazing Adrian," she smiled up at me.

I smiled back. "Yes it was. I'm glad you liked it."

"Do you think we could maybe go to your hotel room?"

I smirked. "Oh? I thought you didn't want to go because I'd seduce you?"

She smacked my arm. "Well I owe you after this amazing dinner."

"You don't owe me anything."

"Yes I do. You spent so much on me. It's the least I can do."

"Well if you insist..."

She laughed and I paid the bill, leading her outside to my car. By the time we were in my room, Noelle had her arms around me, kissing my lips deeply. I'd kissed her back deeply and picked her up, wrapping her legs around my waist and carrying her to my bed. I set her on my bed and we were kissing more, tearing each other's clothes off. I broke off the kiss and she started to kiss my neck.

"Do you really want to do this?"

"Of course! Don't you?"

"Yes, I just wanted to make sure," I smirked.

She let go of me long enough for me to grab a condom out of my drawer in my bedside table. Soon the condom was on and our bodies connected with each other. This is my first time actually making love to a woman.

I woke up a few hours later, Noelle in my arms. Her head on my chest. I smiled, remembering last night. It was amazing. But boy, did I get myself into a mess. What if Noelle didn't want to be in a relationship with me and we never spoke again? I don't think I could handle that, after Rose. Even though Rose and I hadn't had sex. She slowly started to stirr in my arms. I watched her, waiting for her to say something. She stretched and rubbed her eyes, looking up at me. A huge grin was plastered on her face.

"Goodmorning Mr. Ivashkov."

I couldn't help smiling back at her. "Goodmorning Miss. Price."

"Last night was great, Adrian. Thank you."

"You're welcome Noelle. I'm glad you liked it."

"So how exactly do you have a lot of money?"

"My parents are filthy rich."

"And they just give you money whenever you want?"

"If it keeps me out of trouble and quiet, yes."

"What do you mean by quiet?"

"My mom doesn't want me to be a disgrace to the family."

"Oh, I'm sorry. That must suck."

I pulled my shoulder up in a shrug. "I'm use to it. I don't really mind it now."

"So you're known for causing trouble?"

"Sometimes," I smirked.

"So you're a bad boy?"

"I can be, if you'd like."

"You are one. You're cocky, I can tell."

My smirk was still on my lips. "Well then I guess I am a bad boy."

"I like that."

"Oh? You do?"

"Yes, it's sort of a turn on." She blushed.

"Might be a problem with that."

"And why's that?"

"You have no idea what you're getting yourself into."

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