Chapter 8 Meet-up Gathering 2

• ALESSIA'S POV
• “Are you okay?” CeCe asked, her voice jotting me out of my thoughts.
• Hell, I wasn't okay at all, not when the devil himself was lurking around me.
• “ Yeah..yeah, I'm fine.” I took a sip from my wine, my legs coiling beneath me.
• I don't know what his gaze does to me, but it makes me melt even when I wasn't even touched.
• Nathaniel's gaze was on me and so was Cassius.
• I was between my college crush and the devil lurking in my life, but only his gaze burned me.
• “ Hey,” Nathaniel flashed me a cute smile as he sat beside me.
• I was so nervous that I felt my heart drumming against my ribcage.
• “ Hi,” I smiled nervously.
• My palms were already sweaty.
• “ It's been a while since we met. Hope you're good?” He asked and I nodded with a smile.
• Oh, how I wish to strike a conversation and talk like old days, but I couldn't, not when a certain eye was piercing me with his gaze.
• “ Yes, I am good. What about you?” I asked, flowing with the conversation.
• I was getting more and more comfortable around Nathaniel, maybe because I still have lingering feelings for him.
• “ I just got back to Italy. I left after we graduated from college. I went to Australia.” He replied, as he sipped from his wine.
• “ Wow, I heard Australia is cool. I would love to go there during vacation.”
• “ Oh, you will love it there. I live in Brisbane (Queensland). It's cool there.” Nathaniel said.
• He cracked a few jokes and I laughed heartily as I got even more comfortable with him, but my heart skips a beat when my eyes come in contact with that of Cassius.
• His gaze was burning and I could feel his blue eyes turning a shade darker.
• I gulped, and looked away.
• I wasn't going to let him ruin this school reunion with his devilish gaze.
• “ Hello everyone. It's boring without playing games, so, who is in?” CeCe climbed the table with a glass of wine in her hand.
• I've known CeCe to be a crazy rich heiress, but she gets even more crazy when she's drunk.
• “ Come down, CeCe.” I tapped her but she smirked at me.
• “ Let's play truth or dare. It will be fun!” She announced.
• “ Sure!” Our old classmates shouted in unison.
• Soon, the game started. I was still seated with Nathaniel by my side, while Cassius sat across me, his legs crossed on the other, and his gaze burning my body.
• “ I will start by spinning the bottle.” CeCe announced and spinned a bottle and it spinned towards me.
• My heart raced as I anticipated the question.
• “ Are you a virgin?” Rachel asked, trying to get on my nerves.
• Silence enveloped the room, but I cleared my throat and looked her directly in the eyes.
• “ Of course, I am a virgin. I'm not like some whore.” I replied, getting on her nerves, and hell! It worked, because she glared daggers at me.
• “ I will spin now.” CeCe spinned again and the bottle spinned towards Nathaniel.
• “ I will ask the question.” CeCe let out a mischievous smile. “ Who is your crush here?”
• I knew she asked that question intentionally.
• CeCe wanted me to know if Nathaniel has a crush on me or not.
• “ I don't have one currently, but I have someone I'm willing to spend my time with.” He said, glancing at me with a smile.
• “ Woah!”
• Everyone shouted, well, except for Rachel, Lucas and Cassius.
• I knew he was referring to me, and my heart raced at the thought.
• I have no idea what was going on with my head and my heart.
• My heart raced when Nathaniel looked at me, and when Cassius does, my heart drums ten times more than before.
• His gaze had the power to render me powerless and weak.
• “ I will spin.” I volunteered and took the bottle, spinning it on the table.
• The bottle spinned towards Cassius, and my gaze locked with his.
• He sat back like a dark Satan that he was.
• “ CeCe, ask the question.”
• I didn't trust myself, not when his gaze was burning my whole body.
• I might stutter and embarrass myself.
• “ Okay.” CeCe winked and turned towards Cassius, whose gaze never left mine.
• “ Cassius, are you here for a lady? And what about her do you like?”
• I turned sharply towards CeCe.
• I never expected her to ask such a question.
• “ Yes, I'm here for a particular Bunny, who is messing with me. And what I like about her,” he stopped and smirked. “ Her mouth. I like the way her mouth wraps around my cock.”
• “ Woah! What a badass! Who is she???”
• Everywhere turned into an uproar, but his gaze still remained on me.
• I was too embarrassed and flushed to continue looking at him, so I broke eye contact and looked away.
• “ Bastard.” I muffled under my breath.
• “ Nathaniel, I will be back, I need to use the restroom.” I said and excused myself.
• As I walked into the restroom, I saw Rachel walking after me.
• I ignored her and went about my business, until she cornered me.
• “ Bitch, that's what you're.” She said, her gaze burning with hatred.
• “ Aren't you a bitch. Well, thank you for picking up my trash.” I replied, a proud smirk dancing on my lips.
• “ And who is the trash?” She asked, her brows cocked.
• “ We both know, or do you want me to spell it out for you? Of course, Lucas is the trash, so thank you for picking up my trash.” I smiled and walked out of the restroom.
• As I made my way towards the VIP section, someone dragged me into a dark room and I almost screamed, but my mouth was covered.
• “ Who are you? Let me go!” I thrashed my hands and legs, hoping the person would let me be.
• “ I will only let you go, if you stop shouting.”
• That deep baritone voice that made my core throbbed, spoke up and I stopped thrashing around and struggling.
• “ What do you want from me?” I frowned, staring at his deep blue eyes in the dark.
• “ You're playing with fire, Bunny, and you know what fire does to people?” He whispered, trailing his fingers on my cheeks. “ It burns. Fire burns.”
• “ I warned you against calling my Bunny. I'm not your Bunny.” I said, my breath shallow.
• “ You love it. I know you do.” He smirked and bit my earlobes.
• “ What would you like as a punishment for ignoring me?” He asked, as his fingers trailed down to my lips, smearing the lipstick on my lips.
• “ What punishment? I don't remember committing any offence.” I replied, my voice filled with defiance.
• “ For ignoring me. You ignored me like I don't exist, and for that, you deserve punishment.”
• “ And what is the punishment?” I was curious and couldn't help but ask.
• “ I want to see your cum smeared against my fingers, or fucking you raw, that your cum smears around my cock.” He said, his hot breath fanning my face.
• “ Choose one of the two.”
• “ But I don't want to.” I was stubborn and adamant.
• I did want to have anything to do with him.
• “ Well, you leave me with no option, but to choose whichever I want.”