Earlier
Author's Pov
Noah rubbed his temples as he sighed letting his frustration out, he walked over to his study desk and soon reached for a cigarette immediately as lit it up with his slightly shaking fingers.
His eyes were firm and screamed only frustration.
He cursed under his breath as he closed his eyes while smoking few times to calm his tenseness.
He licked his lips in darkness as his one hand was on his firm waist, music was loud indicating the party was still going on.
His chest rose up and down as he took a long breath in and out remembering that he left the party for quite long now. His eyes then moved back to his study's couch only to find a very familiar woman sleeping peacefully there.
She was the reason of his frustration.
"Fuck this shit!" He rolled his eyes while approaching her with his slow steps, he squatted down to her level and then his eyes softened a bit.
"I refuse to believe that I once fell for such a heartless woman."
Slowly his lip line sadly curved upwards as he watched her before letting a airy chuckle out, he then covered her with a small duvet to protect herself from the cold. "Night beautiful!" He whispered as he then left the room.
He walked down the hallways of his big shinny mansion to his pool side again to attend his guests but his steps stopped in the mid way when he heard a loud feminine screaming.
He frowned as he looked at the direction of voice. It was coming from one of his guest rooms.
He didn't mind much at first as he thought it was one of his guests having fun until he heard another protesting screaming stopping his movements again. This time he kinda felt weird because the voices were quite familiar for his knowledge. "LEAVE ME! LET GO YOU ASSHOLE!"
The screams clearly indicated that someone was being forced. Something in him then flicked as he turned around and approached the door to check up, it's just his instincts said so.
He found the door locked.
He by then recognised the owner of voice as he tried to break into the room in no time only to see if his guess is right or not. The door flew opened by the force of his strength and the first thing he saw was his secretary trapped under his friend helplessly.
He was right!
His guts came in immediate actions as he instantly pulled his drunk friend off her and pushed him abruptly making him trip down harshly with a high pitch groan.
His cold eyes then went towards the another man who stood their witnessing everything, he punched his jaw in anger as he stumbled back feeling offended by his actions.
Present
"Come I'll drive you home!"
The ride back home was silent and deadly... so very gloomy.
No one uttered a single word, they both were sitting as far as they could avoiding every single contact with one another, mostly Tessa! The closed vehicle seemed to suffocate her very much. They both were breathing the same air and Tessa could smell her boss's strong smokey breath.
Her hand clenched her skirt as her eyes were blankly staring out of the window denying every chances to look at him.
Her rosy cheeks still had the traces of dry tears.
Her mind was full of tonight's event, her exposed tore blouse was fortunately covered now with her boss's expensive jacket which only added more disgust to her believe. As the green light changed to red, he pulled the brakes stopping the car.
The action made Tessa slightly flinch and Noah seemingly noticed her reaction from the corner of his eyes.
The tension rose.
She tried to distanced herself more from him clinging towards the door. He silently gulped by the sight of it but still didn't speak up.
Many things were going on inside Tessa's head.
He helped her... but he was also the one who caused all this!
She can never forget what his friends did to her. How nastily they both were touching her ignoring her screams. She can still feel their dirty hands roaming on her body making her more disgusted.
Whatever happened in his mansion was not a joke for her, though he did it while taking it easily but it was not funny at all.
All she could think about was her boss being responsible for it.
He kept on holding her in the weekend, he not only made her work the whole day but also forced her to attend his party and his guests.
She seemingly figured out that he used her as an entertaining tool for his friends to have fun. He made joke of her and crossed his limits.
He played nasty games with her and all of that happened just because she was a straightforward person.
What was her fault in all this?
Soon the vehicle reached the destination and she was already in front of her house. She wasn't really surprised of him knowing about her residence, he must have kept her on check.
Noah's eyes didn't move but stared ahead blankly.
Without waiting any other second Tessa's hand reached up to open the car door to get out of the vehicle. She didn't wanted to stay one more second with the man who schemed her so badly tonight.
Her face held no expressions, she still didn't speak a single word as she was still in slight moment of shock about what happened earlier and he too wasn't expecting anything in return even though his mind said otherwise.
He felt her getting out of the vehicle and slamming the door then entering inside her house. He scoffed at her behaviour in disbelief.
Taking a deep breath finally after she left, he closed his dark eyes in tiredness while rubbing it with his thumb and index finger.
Sure he wanted to teach her a lesson but not like this. He surely planned to humiliate her but not so seriously.
He thought his friends are only going to flirt with her, he never knew that they were going to take her to one of the rooms in his absence. He totally forgot about Tessa while he was busy dealing with her.
He wasn't expecting them to force her besides knowing her bold nature he assumed she would handle them in her way... he guessed the things wrong for his knowledge.
Luckily he heard her screams on his way out otherwise it would've been too late to regret.
He wasn't so harsh to go such extends just because of his ego. Surely, he hated her but he had his morals on his grip.
He clenched his fists on the steering wheel tightly as his eyes recalled her vulnerable state again.
She was broken, it was his first time seeing her that way. He wouldn't deny the fact that he felt a bit guilty for tonight's incident... he admitted that he went little overboard by getting his friends mess up with her but still apologetic vibes were nowhere near him.
He was not sorry.
'I saved her in time and also drove her home, shouldn't she at least thank me? Let thank alone the way she was avoiding me the whole ride seemed like I was the one who molested her.' He thought.
He scoffed eyeing her house.
All these things were just making him irritated. She was just too stubborn for his liking... way too stubborn!
He thought about all the scanerio while gritting his teeth. She can make one frustrated without even speaking anything? Wow!'
He drove to his mansion again without having any other thoughts in his mind. All the guests seemingly left at the time when he reached his mansion.
He went to his room and dropped his body on the mattress, his heavy weight sank on the silk bed as his mind wandered a bit. After returning back to Newyork his life seemed to change a lot. He adapted a lot to reach his father's expectations.
He is a boss now with tons responsibilities upon him.
He cannot fool around anymore, he had to watch himself properly as he also doesn't know when he will be recorded or discovered by people.
He was hidden almost all of his life, his life never mattered because no one disturbed his privacy before but now...
After becoming the President of his father's company he got so many eyes on him. Media and paparazzis were watching him up so closely. Of course he was serious for his work but he needs to be more serious.
He understood!
Seemingly whatever happened today... could've left a bad impact on his name if he didn't appeared on time. It would've ruined his future if something would've happened to Tessa tonight.
He would've been the one to be blamed.
He shook his thoughts off. Rubbing his face he felt the white bandage still wrapped around his palm. His eyes hardened a bit as he stared at the injury on his palm. Slowly he unwrapped the material revealing his dried wound on his palm. His hand still had his secretary's bite mark, it's almost healed now. He very slowly traced his fingers on the mark as his clenched his jaw painfully tightly...
He scoffed bitterly when her thought crossed his mind again. The lady wasn't leaving his mind for even a second.
Obviously that woman never knew that her bite marks existed on him.
She would never have any idea about what is the actual reason of her boss's bitterness for her.
To be honest, she was just something... Noah never witnessed before. Noah never saw any woman like her before... her foul attitude always choked his limits.
It intrigued him.
He always felt challenged whenever he thought about her.
Surely she was a gorgeous lady with gifted skills but that was not the thing which caught his attention at all.
Her attitude, her personality, her straightforwardness, her boldness irritated him to no limits. It was like an insult to him.
He just wanted to break her nerve so badly.
He wanted to her to surrender to him, not in any romantic or physical way. He just wanted to win over her. He urged to empower her. He wanted to see her vulnerable state for him.
Next Morning
"Good Morning Ms.Lopez!" People greeted her while bowing in respect. She bowed back to them as she entered inside the elevator quietly.
People's eyes noticed her plain vibe. She did not smile today like every other days, she used to be a very charming lady with full of positivity but today just seems too plain to them. They sensed her acting blank wearing no expressions.
Soon she dragged her steps out towards her cabin when the elevator opened. Dropping her stuffs on the desk, her mind was still blank.
She walked out of the cabin and went to the company's catering like every normal days to make her boss's appetisers... Her mind wasn't anymore rotating around yesterday's event, it's just she was tired to even think about anything.
She was figuring out how to face him again, she just wants to avoid him so badly. She wasn't ready to see him again and that was what bothering her right now.
As she was busy in mixing the rich caffeine in the boiling water another person added inside her space, she didn't bother to look at her as she was too busy in her thoughts.
"Hey, You good?" Asked her friend leaning on the counter with a curious frown. She felt her off like everyone else did!
Tessa nodded wearing no emotions. Yeni was intrigued by her this attitude as she leaned towards her more.
"What's up with you today?" She asked her raising a brow. The last time she remembered Tessa leaving the office after meeting the new boss. Ever since then she didn't saw her, hence Yeni assumed something definitely happened between them indeed but still she had no idea what was it exactly...
"It's nothing Yen!" Tessa denied her with a small smile as she mixed the whip cream in the coffee for the final touch.
Yeni wasn't buying her words.
She was surprised about the fact that the new boss didn't demote her yet.
It was impossible that the young boss didn't notice Tessa's revealing outfit that day and also didn't react to it. Yeni schemed her so perfectly, something must have happened between them for Tessa to be like this.
Obviously she wanted to drop her perfect image in front of the boss but what she wasn't expecting was her to behave so mindless.
"Hey! Is it about the new boss?" Yeni asked in a quite tone gaining Tessa's ear in instant. She stopped her actions immediately and stared ahead silently for some seconds without answering her.
This made Yeni feel fishy as she pressed on the matter more. "Did he said something?" She was curious to know about his reaction.
"He is an asshole!" Tessa replied with her sharp tongue sounding dangerous. The intensity her eyes held made Yeni's orbs sparkled. She turned Tessa's body to face her immediately.
"What happened?"