Chapter 151

151 Kindly Holding Back

Millie’s caretaker was there to take her off our hands when we arrived back at the mansion. After a rough night, I felt quite tired already and was looking forward to some rest. After saying my farewells to Millie, Adrian quickly offered to drive me back to my place.

“I’m going to send Elena back to her place now so be a good girl and stay with your nanny, ok?” Adrian asked as he patted the top of Millie’s head.

“Ok...” she replied obediently.

I watched as her nanny led her way in the direction of her room. Adrian led me to the car and we were on our way back to my place. I was really looking forward to a night of good sleep. Traffic was light and we arrived in almost no time at all at the usual intersection where he would let me off.

“Are you sure that you don’t want me to drive you all the way?” Adrian asked.

I did end up spending the night with him, but I still preferred to keep my place to myself...for now.

“I’ll be fine. You can let me off here,” I replied before smiling at him.

“I’m sorry, I must have been too rough on you last night,” he murmured apologetically.

I could feel the regret in his voice but I wasn’t sure if he was regretful for what he did last night or the fact that we couldn’t do it right now. I still had no idea if the rumors about him and the nurses were true or not, but I was sure now that this man’s sexual needs were in a league of their own.

.....

“Don’t worry too much about it,” I replied while maintaining my smile.

“I’ll let you know about the date for our trip to visit the orphanages, ok?” he told me.

“Yes, I’ll look forward to that,” I replied without hiding my excitement.

“Goodnight, Elena,” he whispered tenderly to me.

“Goodnight, Adrian,”

His green eyes captured and held mine and I felt like time stopped again all around us. Suddenly, I felt like I was stuck in our very own little world where there was no one else except Adrian and myself. Time moved slowly, as his hand moved to cup the side of my face and I closed my eyes in anticipation of his kiss. Soon, I felt his lips on mine and the warmth that filled the pit of my stomach made me moan into our kiss. He kissed me gently before the tip of his wet tongue probed my lips open.

“Mhmm...” I moaned softly as his tongue slipped between my lips and entered my mouth.

The warm wetness of his tongue against mine felt heavenly. His tongue seduced mine into a passionate dance as our kiss got deeper and wetter. I began kissing him back like I didn’t want this kiss of ours to ever end. By the time he broke our kiss, I was panting. I stared at him in slight surprise at the fact that he had stopped kissing me first. It usually wasn’t like this between us.

Was he holding back?

“You better go before I can no longer stop myself...” Adrian murmured in a sexy drawl.

“I’ll see you later,” I whispered before smiling at him.

I didn’t doubt his words even for a moment. If I had stayed just a moment longer, I would end up staying up all night with him again.

...

**A few days later**

“A charity concert?” I asked in pure surprise at this sudden development.

“Yes. Apparently, the CEO wants EROS to appear in some concerts for the sake of charity. I have no idea what’s gotten into him because he usually never does any of these things. You know, charity concerts are nothing but unnecessary expenses to him and the company doesn’t make money. The CEO doesn’t care much about public appearances because our artists sell awfully well already and all that...” Mark explained before he shook his head as if at a loss.

“So, EROS has to perform in some concerts, is that right?” I asked as I tried to understand.

It sounded like a good thing to me so I wasn’t sure why Mark seemed so disturbed by it. As for EROS, I doubted that things would be much different for him. It wasn’t going to be his first time performing live on stage, that’s for sure.

“Yes. EROS is going to hate it...” Mark mumbled.

“Why? Isn’t it supposed to be nice to perform for the sake of a good cause?” I asked in confusion.

“It’s nothing about that. EROS just hates fulfilling ad-hoc requests from the CEO especially if he feels that there’s a hidden agenda to it,” Mark whispered to me as his eyes darted here and there as if he was really scared that someone would overhear us.

“Hidden agenda?” I repeated his words questioningly.

What hidden agenda could the CEO have?

It was the first day since I returned to working with EROS after Justin had informed me of his request for me to go on tour with him. After thinking about it, I accepted the deal. However, this charity concert seemed to be different from the tour that EROS had in mind.

“I don’t know what hidden agenda the CEO has, so please don’t ask me. You can ask EROS what he thinks,” Mark said with a shrug.

“I’m not going to ask him anything,” I replied without hesitation.

Since suffering at that man’s hand, I didn’t want to know what he thought or what he was up to. The CEO can go hang himself for all that I cared.

“The thing is...” Mark began saying before he pressed his lips in a thin line and smiled at me.

A sinking feeling flooded the pit of my stomach as I started to see where this was going.

“I am not talking EROS into doing anything that...the CEO wants...” I replied firmly.

I almost called the CEO by unkind names right in front of Mark. Although I trusted him, he still worked for the CEO and this company. I didn’t want anyone to know about the thing that went down between the CEO, EROS, and myself. It wasn’t because I was ashamed of it because I wasn’t at fault, but I didn’t want it to cause any trouble for EROS.

–To be continued...