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Chapter 15: I Lost
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"I envy you... You've come so far from when we first met, and things seem to always work out for you." Selina softly said.
She was seated on the roof of a building, a nice looking two-story building, an exquisite sign was at its front spelling 'Cat's Rest.'
That was the name of Ian and the group's coffee, and in contrast to what one might assume, the group came up with the name just to make Barney mad, Mike was especially hellbent on picking that name.
Ian was seated next to her, carefully examining a dark red ring in his hands. It seemed to be made fully of some kind of gem, "A ruby, right? There are also some nice engravings within, I guess it's worth its price."
That was their newest harvest. It has been two months since their first job, and they have pretty much been doing a job every week.
Ian was mostly responsible for planning the heists with the information provided by Selina while she was responsible for the execution. He also acts when needed or if things got out of hand.
Annoyance was apparent on what was visible on Selina's face, he always seems to ignore her in situations like this.
To be fair, he was paying full attention to the antique in his hand, "Hmm, I don't like it very much, you can sell it."
This has been an ongoing ritual for him, deciding whether to keep the harvest and pay Selina her cut or let her sell it. It all depends on if it's worth joining his collection.
"As for what said, you should envy me because I somehow have better decision-making skills than you, how do you lose all your money every time? You must be cursed." And he finally responded to what she said.
Selina's not real cat ears started to twitch in annoyance, "What? It's not my fault, I'm just unlucky! Something unfortunate always happens whenever I become even a bit well off!"
Ian stared at her strangely for a second before responding in the calmest way possible, "Right, It's surely not your fault,"
"Sarcasm?! Like can you stop and give me some advice here?!! Please?" Selina was a bit desperate at this point, and she wouldn't have been if she didn't see the uninterrupted success of Ian.
She was used to everything not working out for her during her entire life, and she got used to it, but Ian seemed to have unintentionally awoken her from her terrible decision-making.
Ian moved his face closer to hers, looking into her gorgeous green eyes, "Your eyes are beautiful. Now that I think about it, I never got the see the face beneath the mask,"
Selina instantly moved her face backward, Ian could almost swear he saw what's apparent of her cheeks becoming flushed for a second, "P-please stop, I'd like to keep my identity a secret."
Ian frowned and stared at her for a while, his mind was overloading as he thought of what she was planning, "As I thought, you're acting weird. You've been acting weird for a while now, what are you planning?"
"W-weird how?" Selina asked, even she was unsure which made him look with an even stranger look.
"You've been keeping distance from me, and well, you've been quite timid, nothing like the bold and cool Catwoman I first met. Is this like your new plan to seduce me?"
Selina frowned and contemplated his words for a while, "You're... right. I haven't been myself recently?" She let out a small laugh... at herself, "I guess I'm having middle age crisis."
Ian picked up his cup of coffee, he almost forgot he brought it with him. He took a small sip before putting it back down, 'I forgot about it again until it got cold, I will definitely remember next time.'
He stood up then turned around and faced her, his face was serious, "First, tell me your real name. It's about time, right?"
She didn't hesitate much. He had put so much trust in her for the past two months that she started feeling bad for not telling him, "Selina... Selina Kyle."
A smile surfaced on Ian's handsome face, "What a lovely name, it suits you. Yout told me your name, so why is it a problem to let me see your face?" He asked with curiosity.
Selina was silent for a few seconds before she shook her head, "It's complicated, I'd rather not say."
"Ok?" Ian was a bit confused, so he went with the whatever rule and moved on, "Stand up and face me... Now I want you to seduce to give you the diamond. Do your thing, let the cat out."
Selina was also confused, "Why? I will be okay, I just have to think for a bit, and everything will be fine."
Ian let out a sigh before he approached her, stroked her forehead, seemingly scolding her as if she's still a kid, "That's called escaping the problem. I want you to be you and let the cat out right now, right here.
Only then will I tell you how to succeed and stop making terrible decisions. Also, I will encourage you further, the last time you tried to seduce me, you almost succeeded, I'm that weak, or you're that good."
Selina held her forehead and just stared at the smiling Ian who was waiting for her, she was seemingly stunned for a good ten seconds before she got her bearing back, "Then don't blame me,"
She said that, but she was still a bit nervous as she approached him. She had already realized that the nervousness isn't like her at all.
She started by stalling for a bit as she circled around him, trying to get her confidence back.
'I've never felt nervous when I was working with batman, so why am I now? Am I just afraid of getting close to him?'
She approached him from behind and hugged him while whispering in his ears, "Are you perhaps just using this as a cover but in reality, you miss my touch,"
Ian felt a hot breath tickling his ears, and felt the two gorgeous balls of softness on his back, he took a deep breath, 'Holy fuck man, you're not a virgin, calm yourself down, but damn if she isn't special...'
Selina clearly felt her effect on him as she got bolder, even more encouraged.
A mischievous smile surfaced on her face as the naughtiness in her spurted out. Her lips found themself sucking on his neck, finding enjoyment in that.
'Ok? I know I said I'm weak, but I'm actually losing... Well, whatever,' Ian just let things take their course, and just enjoyed the moment.
He's the kind of guy that if the world was gonna end tomorrow, and he has the key to save it, he'll just ignore it until the last few seconds, or he'll just forget about it.
Selina circled around him and stood before him, green eyes staring at his pale brown eyes, "Now I'm starting to wonder why I found you so difficult in the first place,"
She placed one of her arms around his neck, and she started caressing his cheek with the other hand. She spoke softly to his ears.
"Now imagine what would happen if we go further... The question is, how badly do you want that."
She gently caressed the side of his lips, and before he can say anything, she licked his cheek, too close to his lips, but she never reached them, just who can survive such temptation?
'Ok? That escalated quickly,' Ian wanted to believe that he can hold himself back, sadly he couldn't as he said, "That... was kinky, but I like it. Perhaps you forgot yourself in the process but I'm too weak to hold back."
His left arm was already around her waist and the other was on her neck as he pulled her face closer to his and went for the kiss.
However, this time it was a long sensual kiss, and Selina didn't resist not one bit, she allowed him to take control. Their tongues were in a battle not for domination but simply for pleasure and intimacy.
A good minute or two passed before they stopped as Ian said with a smile, "I guess I lost though I don't mind it... Welcome back."
Selina took a deep breath and a step back with that, she looked at him for a few seconds and softly said, "Glad to be back... Also, please don't misunderstand, I'm not interested in a relationship at all."
Ian nodded not surprised by that, "Yeah I figured out that much, my goal was just to build a friendship with but what can I say, you're too good to the point I ended up taking it one step further.
However, I believe you should have more trust in me now and I also feel like I can trust you a bit more... Now I can talk to you about a few of my plans, or our plans."
He then extended his hand waiting for her to take it which she did. A handshake of pure innocent friendship... Right.
She then started walking away leaving him with a few words, "Since I won, you'll have to tell me of your secrets, I also want to keep my hard-earned money in my pockets, but let's leave that for tomorrow."
She then started jumping from building to building like a cat, swift and silent. Her movement was almost inhuman... yet she didn't move far before she found herself lying on the roof of another building, seemingly exhausted.
Her cheeks, no, her entire face was flushed, her breathing was heavy, 'I... What are you doing to me? I am the one who... who lost...'