Page 40 of Wildest Desire

Chapter 18

Ethan

Lexi has spent the entire day in her room. I’m not sure if it was because she didn’t want to talk to me, or if it was because I’ve been busy with work. A soon as I end one call, the phone rings again with something else.

After Selena came in and said the name, Edward Cult, I knew my day was going to be shit. Today has been one dreadful thing after the other. First, Angie won’t stop calling. Now Edward seems to be back in the picture, and Lexi is hell-bent on the idea of leaving. Can nothing go right for me today?

“This better be good,” I tell Selena as I answer the phone.

“Sir, Emily is saying it’s important that you talk to a Mr. Cult. I’ve told her several times today that she needs to tell me what it’s about, so I can relay the message, but she won’t say anything to me,” she replies in one fast sentence, knowing very well I would have cut her off at some point.

“Well, maybe I have to find a PA that can get her to talk to them,” I say. I don’t want to see him, and if I do, there’s a big chance I might hit him.

“I’ll keep working on it, Mr. Knight.” Ending the call, I throw my phone on the table and look at my watch. Where the fuck has the day gone? It’s already four in the afternoon, and I haven’t seen Lexi all day.

I want to know what she's thinking. I want her to know that I want her here with me. I thought that if I gave her some time to think, she might finally say yes to it.

Walking over to the bedroom, I see she’s not there, then I hear noises coming from the other room. Walking over, I lean on the door frame and watch her looking through her things.

“What are you looking for?” I ask as the floor is covered in clothes.

“I bought this dress, and I wanted to wear it tonight. And the shoes you bought me, I can’t find them,” she says as she moves to the next box.

“Your shoes, and a few of your dresses are in the closet in my room. You have a lot of shoes,” I tell her. When everything was brought into the apartment, I couldn’t believe someone had that many shoes. She has more shoes than clothes.

“When I have as many shoes as Carrie from Sex and the City, then I'll be one happy woman.” She looks over at me with a smile.

“To get as many shoes as Carrie has, you might have to stay in one place,” I say. Pushing myself off the door frame, I slowly walk over to her. “You stay here, be with me, and tomorrow I'll get you a shoe closet so big you won’t be able to fill it.” Standing behind her with my front touching her back, I slowly trace my finger up her arm and over her shoulder. Moving her hair out of the way, I bring my lips to the side of her neck. “The moment I saw you,” I plant a kiss, “I wanted you. Not just for sex, but more. I’ve always wanted more.” She leans her body back into mine as I kiss down her neck, my hand moving over her waist.

“Ethan, I can’t. I just…”

“Lexi, I won’t let him hurt you. Believe me,” I whisper in her ear. She turns around, wrapping her arms around me, pressing her face into my chest. “I do believe you, I do. I’m scared that he will hurt you.” I can feel her tears through my t-shirt.

“Do you trust me? Do you believe I can keep us safe?” I feel her nodding against my body. “Then, Lexi Jackson, will you go on a date with me?” I ask her.

Pulling away from me she wipes away her tears. “I do like to dance.”

“So, my first date with you will be at a bar with your friends?” I ask her, ignoring the call from Selena.

“As you never actually paid me, I think we have been on enough dates, don’t you?” Lexi takes my phone as it rings again. “I suppose you’re right. Dancing it is, then.” Leaning down to kiss her, I take my phone out of her hand. “Selena, if you’re going to give me some fucked up news again, go ahead and hang up,” I say, following Lexi out of the room into my bedroom to the closet. I watch her smiling as she looks at her shoes. I still don’t understand why they make her so happy.

“Mr. Knight, I got a little information about Edward Cult. He wants to talk to you about a Miss Brown.”

“Fuck,” I shout down at the phone. Lexi looks at me and keeps her eyes locked with mine. I call my mom as soon as I end the call with Selena.

“Ethan, how—”

“Mother, no time to talk. Can you come over tomorrow? She and Edward have both been calling nonstop,” I tell her. I don’t have a chance to listen to her wanting to know what's happening in my life at the moment.

“I'll be over after breakfast. Maybe it’s time—”

“No, Mother. I’ll see you tomorrow,” I say. Ending the call, I look at Lexi still watching me. “Isn’t it funny that the people from our past just don’t get the message to fuck off?” I walk over to her. “Maybe with each other, we can finally tell them all to fuck off.”

“You tell me about your past people,” she says, putting her hands on my shoulders, “then I'll be more than happy to tell them to fuck off.” Grabbing her hips, I lift her up and she wraps her legs around my waist.

Taking the string of her dress, I pull it, letting the top of her dress fall, exposing her beautiful breasts. I press her against the wall. “I’ve waited a long time to get back inside you,” I whisper against her lips.

She starts laughing. “You might have to wait a little longer,” she tells me unwrapping her legs from me as my phone rings in my pocket.

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