Almost an hour had passed and Leo kept moving from one corner of the hallway to another with his phone in one hand speaking fast while he gave instructions to Martin. That guy needed some punches or a smack on his head to make him think straight.
Drinking pelen caused him a loss of working hours, especially when Ash was also compromised. It had been an hour since both of them had disappeared behind the room. Leo hadn't bothered to check on them as he knew there was a time Ash and Zara used to have an understanding.
'You dickhead, ' swore Leo on the phone.
' I want a Croatian and German translator, who can translate both languages into English ,' he spoke again looking pissed off as hell.
' It's called Harvatski,' said a voice behind him.
He did not have to guess who it was. He could recognise her voice anywhere.
He cut the call and breathed out turning towards her. She stood there crossing her legs with folded hands.
'Ash, is okay. I took her to the waiting room where the all nighters rest.'
'She is sleeping at the moment,' she said.
She spoke in way as if something was bothering her about.
'Thanks,' was all he said.
'I have a friend here, she is a linguist.'
'She speaks Croatian, German and English fluently,' she spoke again.
She seemed sober and was waiting for him to say something.
'Is that so,' said Leo as he leaned in further towards her. Apparently the effects of Pelen had not worn off of him. Leo went towards her, diminishing the distance between them . He didn't know what came over him. He held her hand in his and started observing her fingers, there was a lot one could tell from an artist's fingers. She had long and dainty fingers with small cuts on her thumbs and at the edges. He could fit her hands in his and hide them completely.
She looked down to at them holding hands and looked up again and said,
'She is nice and very smart.'
'You would like her.'
He kept his gaze at her hands and finally spoke.
'I don't care how smart and nice she is, as long as she does the work right.'
'Ok, not nice then or smart' she said quickly while she went pink allover.
Suddenly he got nearer to her and gave a small smirk before he whispered into her ear,' I wonder if the mark that i left you with is as pink as you look right now.' That remark did its charm and for a minute she lost her balance and Leo steadied her.
'You should't have done that?' she said shyly.
'Why not?' he asked rasply.
'Because i.. i' she said, he noticed her breathing was getting heavy.
'I didn't realize when you bit me there,' she finally said.
'That wasn't a bite Zara, if you want i can show you the difference,' he whispered again into her ear. She said nothing, only her eyes grew large. For some reasons her reactions reminded him of an innocent baby lamb. Though a few hours ago in the meeting she was a dragon lady.
He did not hear any negation from her side and pulled her even closer towards him as he looked at both sides of the hallway. He saw no one around but he did not want to draw any attention to them. Not that he cared for his image, God knows how many times in school he was caught with girls in compromising situations but that never stopped him. Once he was caught right in action. He didn't care much then, but this was work space and it did bother him a little that he was finding it difficult to have his hands off her. He pulled her with him and quickly started walking in the opposite direction looking for a secluded place. Then he finally found a fire escape exit and thought this will do.
Before entering the fire exit he loosed his grip on her wrist, he looked into her brown eyes and then his eyes drifted to her lips which she moistened. She was panting and some of her hair had come undone around her face as he had taken long strides while he had pulled her away. He was a goner then and there, he slowly rubbed his thumb on her wrist and got an instant reaction from her. Her expression changed with a certain acknowledgement and her eyes seemed to go bigger, expectant for something and he knew what it was. There was this unspoken conversation which took place between them both.
But just to be more clear, he said slowly,
' There is no going back and i would want more and more after this.'
'Do you think you can handle it?' he asked again searching into her expression, trying to read her thoughts.
Fucking hell! It was hard to read her, she could be really closed off sometimes. He kept circling his thumb on her wrist and they stayed there like that for a few more seconds.
And then she finally spoke, ' I am short of time, but i have five minutes before Ms. Sudar starts looking for me.'
She looked up at him and gulped and was about to say more, and that was when Leo pulled her again pushing open the door of the fire exit.
'Lets not waste anymore time.'
He grabbed her by her shoulder and leaned towards the wall with his arms around her. He then nuzzled his nose near her ear, smelling her. She smelled fresh and he caught a whiff of roses. She stood there quietly in his embrace and then he spoke again into her ear.
'Shall we.'
He knew it was making her nervous but he was enjoying her nervousness, he felt like he was able to turn on some switches inside her which she wasn't aware of.
'Since we are short of time, why don't i clear your confusion about what constitutes a hickey and a bite.'
He felt her clinging onto his shirt and heard her exclaim 'Huh.'
He lightly caught her tied hair in his one hand and pulled her head backward, momentarily stopping to see her face. She was looking at him directly with a bit of fear in his eyes, he did not want to scare her so he lightly licked her in the neck and again looked at her. She had closed her eyes at such an encounter and when she opened them again Leo saw the desire in them for him. And then that was it, he pulled her closer and moved again, raining kisses on her neck along the nape and sucking her skin there. She was so soft and he felt her crumpling his shirt.
A kind of rawness took over him, he held her in place and started sucking her skin hard. He felt like he could devour her completely. He heard a soft moan escape from her . Soon his hands were on her waist, he could feel her curve and that was when he realised it was not enough. An angry growl of impatiency erupted from him, he wanted more but he knew he could not go fast. Leo did not want to show her this side of him, his desperation and irritability. He ended his wild attacks on her with a sudden stop and turned her away facing her back towards him and in the process opened her hair making them fall on the side where he had left trail of marks. His nerve was popping and he was a little embarrassed. He usually acted in control around people and for the first time he was losing his grounding. She stood quietly panting, and did not move. They both stood like that for a while when suddenly Zara's phone buzzed.
'I have to get going,' she said without turning towards him and remained still waiting for him to say something. He wasn't sure of her reaction and got worried that maybe he overdid it, but did not say anything. He watched her retreating from his grip. Yet he did not let her go and finally whispered, ' We will keep biting for the next time.'
He finally let her go and walked out of the door taking off his coat. The heat had reached till his face and his ears had turned red.