Chapter 76 - Forbidden fruit (1/2)

I was sitting on Ruka's lap while he sat on the office chair that was seated in front of the table. Now that I think about it I felt really embarrassed that I cried for no reason. He knew only what Derek had told which didn't include about Memphis kissing me. He had some files to go through in his laptop which was on the table; I got up to only be pulled back in his lap.

”Where are you going?” he asked with an eyebrow raised at me.

”On the sofa?” I asked unsurely, ”It will be difficult if I sit here while you work.”

”I don't mind it, love. It'll be over in ten minutes,” he said as his arms went around both my side to reach the laptop. As he was taller than me my head reached only until his chin.

It was really quiet other than the sound of the keyboard as he worked and I sat there playing with my fingers. It actually felt warm sitting like this here, on his lap. I looked around the room and noticed the broken vases on the floor. How angry Ruka was that time to have broken the vases without touching it? Megan's friend had only attacked me with a dodgeball long ago and she was beaten for it. Memphis was going to be in heaps of trouble for what he did. Lying, forcing the king's mate for information and kissing.

Ruka definitely looked hotter when he was angry and jealous, was it wrong that I felt that way? Oh my god! I'm a sadist, aren't I? No no. It was my Ruka, so it was alright.

His eyes were on the screen as his long fingers hit the keyboard buttons in quickly. My eyes trailed up to his forearms to his upper arm and I remembered the time his hands touched me intimately and felt a faint smile on my lips, with my heart skipping a beat.

”Thinking naughty?” I heard Ruka's voice above me and found him closing the laptop.

Looking up, I found his eyes staring into my brown ones. He raised his hand to tuck my hair behind my ear and trailed his fingers with the length of my hair till the tip.

”Your hair has grown,” he stated and I nodded my hair, ”It looks rougher at the ends.”

”It's been a year since I got them cut,” I told him and he hummed at it, placing one of his hand on my back, ”Every time I go to a salon I come out almost in tears,” and it was true. They always cut more than what I tell them too.

”Let me trim it then once we reach home,” he said and it took me a second more to process what he said.

”You want to cut it?” I asked my eyes a little wide at what he said and saw him smile.

”Yes, my sweet Eve. Just trimming but if you allow me I could give you a whole new haircut,” he offered. Wow, Ruka could do that? ”Don't worry, I'll be careful and won't cut out much of it.”

”Alright,” I agreed.

He lent down to kiss my cheek to be interrupted by a knock on the door but that didn't stop him from kissing me. As he placed a small kiss on my cheek the door opened to reveal two men.

”Yes, Jeff,” Ruka said looking at one of them and I felt my lips twitch. Was he like Jeff the killer?

”Your Highness, the task that was given has been completed. He's being held in the underground for further interrogation,” he said and Ruka looked pleased with it, ”But during that time we found blood trails in the forest but there was nobody. We checked near the river but it stopped before that,” he informed.

”Fresh?” Ruka asked him, fresh what? Blood?

”No, Sir. Almost two days old,” the other man replied and Ruka stared at him deep thought. I saw the guy called Jeff look at me, his eyes darting from Ruka to me.

”Interesting,” I heard Ruka say, ”I'll get it checked by tonight. You are dismissed.”

They bowed their head and were leaving when Aiden came at the same time. He was chewing a gum and turned his head like an owl to see both Jeff and the other guy leave until the door behind him closed.

”Eve you are forgetting something,” Aiden said tapping his leg on the floor. I looked at him with my eyebrows furrowed and got up wondering what he was talking about.

”Forget what?” I asked him but Ruka replied.

”Your car is on the way, Aiden but you haven't taken the driving test yet,” Ruka said getting up to stand next to me, ”If you don't get your license by then hmm…Louis will take it,” he said with a twinkle in his eyes.

”You scheming bat,” Aiden muttered under his breath and Ruka chuckled.

Aiden was about to say something when his eyes turned as big as saucers, ”EARTHQUAKE!!” he screamed looking at the floor and I'm sure the whole school heard him. ”What happened here?!” he asked horrified. I felt Lizzy's rare dramatic effects were rubbing of him. Something dawned on his face later,

”Eve, I'll be riding with you in the car. Lizzy is going out,” he stretched the last word.

”Oh okay, I'll see you in the parking lot,” I said to which he nodded and went out. That's when I realized I missed two classes of mine.

”Don't wait for me tonight, love. I'll be late,” Ruka said taking hold of my hand as we walked towards the door at a slow pace and I felt my heart sink a little hearing it.

”Can I come with you?” I asked him hopefully and saw him frown a little.

”It might be midnight by the time we come home and you'll be missing sleep,” he said bringing up my hand to give it a tender kiss on the knuckles.

”Please,” I pleaded and he sighed.

”I want you to go home and sleep for now. I'll come home to pick you up in three hours,” he said and my face lit up with happiness.

”Yay!” I jumped into his arms.

When I went to the parking lot, I saw Aiden leaning on the hood of the car lazily. I had borrowed Andria's car today for school. Was it my imagination or did he look older compared to a week before? I headed towards the car and he stood straight, raising his hands in front of me. I grinned looking at him and shook my head.