Chapter 75
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"You're so hot." The sensuality in his voice sends alarm bells off in my head as I took cautiously a step back. My whole body went rigid as his crooked smile broadens and his eyes started to glisten with mischievousness.
With my wearily glare I glanced him up and down as I leaned away from him. "What are you planning?" I asked him accusingly.
He took a step in my direction and as if he sensed my urgency to ran away he lassoed his arm around my waist; pulling me against his sturdy chest.
I yelped and jerked my head back, glaring at him as anger swirled in my eyes.. "Mark I swear to God I-!"
"You're so alluring." My anger got cut off by Mark. His darkened eyes capturing mine and stroked with his thumb across my lips as he wet his own. Preparing them for something for which I wasn't prepared for mentally.
Red blossomed across my cheeks; overshadowing my pigmented freckles as I was stumped by his actions and words. Words that I wanted to say were taken from my mouth and I struggled to form a coherent sentence as if I was playing tongue twister.
Mark chuckles at my bewildered expression and strokes my cheek. "And adorable."
As if my tongue was paralyzed I stumbled over my words. "M-Mark…w-what-I-I!"
Mark threw back his head letting out a hearty laughter. "You sound like the engine of a car!"
I clamped my mouth shut as I felt the redness on my cheeks intensify, almost matching the color of my hair.
His laughter was infectious, bringing a soft smile onto my lips, but I promptly forced my lips to curve downwards and my eyebrows to match the action as I reminded myself of the fact that he was my stalker and a fucked-up person. I had to ignore the tickling feeling in my heart whenever I felt the vibration of his chest.
Glowering lowly at him I tried to wiggle myself free but Mark had me in a steel grip. 'Why did I even bother?' I sighed inwardly.
I pressed my hands against Mark's chest. I grunted as I tried to push myself as much as possible away from Mark as our compactness started to make me uncomfortable.
"Mark." I gritted, feeling the stinging pain of my bending back. Mark ceased his laughter and focused his stare back at me with a fixed tender smile.
"So what's the deal with the le-"
"I love your eyes."
My sentence was clipped short again by mark as he stared intensely in my eyes.
"Okay?" I drawled, my brow raised as I pushed his face away from me. "I know that you love my eyes, but we really have to talk about the le-"
"I want to kiss you." He hastily cut me off again.
'The hell?'
Pressing my lips into a thin line I narrowed my eyes at him. "Mark" I called my voice even but filled with chagrin at his annoying behavior. "If you think that by being an annoying flirtatious jerk you can change the subject and have me forget about the letter then you're an even stupider person than James."
Mark stilled; his pupils slightly shook as he turned his head away from me, grumbling something under his breath about him not being stupider than James.
I glared at him in disbelieve. "You seriously thought that?"
"Yes, but I also enjoyed your reactions." He grins as he wiggled his eyebrows at me.
I rolled with my eyes and groaned. "Mark…"
"Okay, fine I will tell you." He caved in, letting his head hung low dejectedly.
"Finally!" I exasperated as I threw my arms in the air.
"But on one condition" Mark added and I lowered my arms down with a frustrated groan. "Kiss me."
I felt the gears in my head come to an immediate halt, leaving me speechless.
"I am not kissing you Mark." I said resolute through gritted teeth.
He shrugs with an irritating grin plastered on his face. "Then I will not tell you shit."
"Fine then I'll just be on my merry way with the mysterious weirdo." I retorted.
Marks eyes darkens as anger flashed through his eyes. A rumble could be felt underneath my fingertips that were splayed on his chest as a growl tore through his throat. "Not if I lock you away in a place that not even sun rays will penetrate through."
His foreboding voice that was walking on a thin line of sanity set a shiver down my spine.
This bastard will really do it. He has done it once already.
But…
No matter how much my body was shaking right now I refused to stand down and just glared at Mark defiantly. "Oh yeah?" I scoffed amused. "Try it if you can. I will just call for help, since you gave me my phone back." I challenged, feeling the corner of my lips twitching in to a smirk.
Mark laughed and tutted with his tongue. "Oh kitten" He sang. "Did you already forget that you're living with your stalker who managed to hack your phone and put a tracking device on it?" He queried bemused.
He grabbed my chin and tilted it so that I would look him in the eyes. The thunder that was brewing behind those navy blue eyes whipped the smirk from my face and made me clamp my mouth shut. "I can easily jam your phone calls, kitten."
I frowned, shifting my eyes away. "You're such a dickwad." I grumbled disgruntledly, pouting my lips together.
Mark's expression softens and he lets out a low chuckle. "But I'm your dickwad."
I gave him a sideways glare, my eyes flickering to his lips before meeting his eyes again. "You're really not planning to tell me anything?" I questioned.
He shook his head. "Nope." He said, popping the p. Seeing how he refused to relent I let out a resigning sigh.
'Fuck it.'
"Okay, fine." I exasperated.
Confusion contoured Mark's expression. "Wha-"
Before he could further usher his words out that would tick me off I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in for a quick kiss. Just like the wind our lips connected and disconnected swiftly.
