I could no longer ignore the smell of food because, instead and tantalizing my taste buds, it made my stomach roll. I groaned softly as the build-up of stomach contents became unbearable and my eyes snapped open.

I sat up abruptly.

This was not my room!

"Shit!" I moaned as I raced out of the bed and dashed for the slightly opened bathroom door. I hunched over the toilet and gagged out everything in my stomach. I felt soft fingers pull my hair back from my face as I heaved for the second time until there was nothing else to remove then I slumped over the toilet. I had a terrible headache and my body felt hot and cold at the same time.

I shouldn't have taken the shots, I thought vehemently as I looked up at my hair savior.

When I saw Adrian's face, I wanted to pout and throw a tantrum like a kid. He must have thought I was the worst species of woman he had ever come across.

"I thought you took me home," I muttered with my voice hoarse and very un-sexy.

Adrian reached for the water glass on the bathroom counter and handed it to me. "At the state that you were, it was safer to have you here. You could have drowned in your own vomit if you were alone."

My face turned red as I gurgled and cleaned my mouth before spitting into the toilet. As I tried to get up, Adrian's arms hefted me from the floor and he flushed the toilet before taking me back to the big bed.

"We slept in the same bed?"

"It's not like you gave me much of a choice." He sat on the side of the bed as I crawled back up.

I noticed that he was already dressed up in a gray shirt and black pants. Was he going out?

"Here." He handed me two aspirins and some more water. I washed the tablets down my throat and rested back on the very comfortable and beckoning bed.

"Are you going out?" I asked him cuddling deeper into the sheets because I felt so lousy.

He nodded and turned to me. "I have a lunch date."

"I thought you said you never did public? Are there exceptions?" I narrowed my eyes at him. This must be a very good exception since he was all dressed up and smelled heavenly.

Should it have bothered me that there was someone out there who was allowed to be seen in public with Adrian? Maybe it should have but I didn't mind having him the way I did. I wasn't in the mood of doing relationships after how messy the last one was. This was fine for me right now.

"She is an exception." He answered as he slipped the cuff-links in their place and looked at me. "Are you okay with that?"

I gave him a shrug because I didn't see any reason not to be okay with it. "It's your life, pretty boy."

He bent down and placed a kiss on my lips. "You can stay here until in the evening. I will be back by five. Helena is at your disposal—so is Todd if you want to go home. Eat something and get some more rest." He got up and made his way towards his desk and chair where his jacket was before he fitted it on. It was a perfect fit for him.

As he stood in front of me looking utterly beautiful, I felt like I wanted to go to him, stand on my tippy toes and just kiss him again. His hungry eyes suddenly slashed towards me as he buttoned his jacket. His full lips pressed down in a tight line and his jaw clenched.

My mouth dried. I felt that the action was a promise for what was going to come that evening. I shifted nervously in sheets as he stalked to the door and disappeared without so much as a goodbye.

He lacked terribly when it came to manners, I thought with an air of irritation as I cuddled back in the bed.

I entered Wellie's house with big sunglasses over my eyes, a new outfit which consisted of a rose-colored tank top and black skinnies. I didn't make it far before Ivy attacked me and hugged my legs. The little girl always wanted me to carry her because I did a lot of babysitting when Wellie had night shifts or needed to go on a date with Lawrence. I picked up the two-year-old and carried her towards the kitchen where I knew Wellie would be.

Ivy took my big shades and wore them, revealing my depressing face to the public.

"Hello, Wellie." I slumped on one of the stools on the breakfast bar and placed Ivy on the counter in front of me before trying to fix the shades on her tiny head.

"Thea! I didn't even hear you enter." She turned to me in surprise and relief.

"Lawrence let me in. He is having a games day with the boys?" I cringed when I remembered how they looked at me as I passed the living room towards the kitchen, the little perverts.

"Yeah...I have been going out alone lately and he felt left out so he called his friends for the day." Wellie went back to preparing what looked like a late lunch. "You spent the night at fu—Fishboy's house?" She censored herself when she realized Ivy's virgin ears were up in alert.

"Did I call him that?" My eyes widened because I couldn't remember much from last night. When Wellie nodded I groaned softly and nodded. "Yep. I told him to take me home but he realized that I was too drunk for my own good so he took to his place to watch over me and make sure I didn't drown in my own vomit!" I chuckled bitterly at the last sentence.

"Awww." Wellie smiled. "He sounds like a really great guy. Great and rich if he can afford to get you a new outfit every day."

I smiled triumphantly. "Actually, he doesn't know I got this today." I straightened the skinnies over my thighs and knees.

Wellie laughed as she reached for a bottle of water from her fridge and handed it to me. "I have never seen you drink so much like the way you did last night. I couldn't tell you and Nicky apart. What the he—heavens happened?"

I rubbed the center of my forehead and sighed. "I think all the stress was getting to me and I just needed to release it. Right now, I am paying for it in kind." I groaned feeling the headache sneaking back.

Ivy began to wiggle on the counter, a sure sign that she no longer wanted to hear the grown-up shit that me and her mother were sharing. I placed her down and she ran off towards the living room where her father was.

"Anna called me this morning. She wanted us to do dinner tonight at her place before Carlen left. It's not every day that she and bae have time to host us." Wellie smiled fondly as if she was remembering something great about young love.

"Sorry, can't do. I have a date this evening." I took a large gulp of the water to try and drown the headache away.

"What?" Wellie's eyebrows snapped to her forehead. "You have very limited time now that you have accepted the job in Bakland but it seems to me you don't want to spend any time with us."

"It's not that, Wellie. Anna didn't even call me to tell me this and it is so sudden. I had this dinner date since last week. I can't cancel at the last minute."

Wellie placed her hands on her hips. "Anna called me and told me to pass on the information because she knew you would be here. She tried calling Nicky but her phone has been off since last night."

I hummed softly. These ladies were backing me up into a corner. If Adrian was doing the public thing, I would have dragged him across the city to have dinner with Anna and Carlen. They wanted me to choose sides.

I have always been a loyal friend. I was always there for my friends when they truly needed me but I was starting something with someone. Though it was not dating or any long-term commitment for that matter, I didn't want to start it with empty promises. Truth be told, I was looking forward to spending the night with Adrian.

"Anna will just have to forgive me. I can't do dinner tonight. I will call her and explain it to her." I sighed and rested my hands on the counter.

Wellie looked at me for the longest time before she shook her head softly. "I don't know if it is just me or if this fuckboy you are so proud of is side-tracking you from other things."

I rolled my eyes. I knew Wellie would finally say something like that. "I am allowed to have a life too, aren't I? It's not fair when you put it that way. It's fine when it is Anna and Carlen who are not available, or when you and Lawrence have to take a rain check but it is not okay for me because I am getting side-tracked?"

"That's not what I meant--"

"That's exactly what you meant. Everyone is so used to me being there that they don't even want me to have my own love life. Goodness, your friendship is on point!" I was quite annoyed at that moment and when I was like that I wanted to grind guilt into the person I was talking to and leave them no space to defend themselves.

"Thea, stop it," Wellie said in warning.

I swallowed more water and arched my eyebrow up. "Feeling a little guilty, Wellie?"

She frowned at me but she didn't say anything so I knew I had hit home. "Are you going to stay for lunch at least?"

I gave her a sweet smile and nodded. "Of course. I am so hungry I could eat an entire cow."

Wellie scrunched her forehead which made me laugh. No matter how upset I might get with them, they were still my friends...my family, and I loved all of them dearly.

"I have explained everything, Winchester. You know I don't do anything halfway so if it is too much for you to handle, I will find someone else...I always do." The deep thick voice that reminded me of hot wicked nights came through and I saw Adrian making his way towards his room.

I was cuddled on his plush sofa, passing time by watching some reality show but truth be told, I was anticipating his presence. My heart jerked in my ribs when he removed his tie and came towards the sitting room instead.

His eyes narrowed dangerously at me but his voice didn't falter as he continued talking on the phone.

"I don't give second chances, Winchester, and I don't do second best either. I work with what I have—the best," he said as he bent down to me slipping his hand under me and squeezing my butt softly. "Duncan can go to hell for all I care. In my line of work, I have seen the worst fuckers this industry can offer so believe me when I tell you Duncan is not the best choice right now."

I bit my lower lip as Adrian knelt down in front of me and urged me to sit up straight. His eyes were blazing hot with wicked thoughts that had me oozing with readiness. "I want the shortlist by tomorrow. I have just a week to go through it. Do your best."

He hung up and tossed his phone on the sofa before turning his entire attention to me. "Have you been waiting long?"

"No, I just came in." I lied. Actually, I had returned three hours ago and had enough time to see Helena clean up and finally leave. "Ahh! What are you doing?" I gasped when I felt his fingers slip into my jeans and skim over my panties. I was already sensitive so the slightest touch made my skin crawl deliciously.

"I want to eat you so badly, I do." He said as he unbuttoned my jeans and pushed them down my legs then hooked his thumbs on my thong and pulled it down too. He spread my legs and had me very flustered by the sudden eye invasion. "The first thing we do when we get to Bakland to see my doctor."

"I don't have any STIs if that's what you are implying." I was a little offended that he might think of something like that about me.

"It's not only about STIs," I heard the unzipping of his pants. "But other things as well. We both need to be healthy in order for this to work. I need you on the pill as soon as possible."

Adrian moved closer to me while he tore the condom packet with his teeth and rolled it on. I felt him pushing in me and I arched over, wanting to get as close to him as possible. Adrian didn't do romance even though he appeared romantic every now and then. He didn't do foreplay either. He went straight to what he wanted without even a warning!

He leaned forward and captured my lower lip between his teeth and tugged it lightly, making me move forward towards him. When I was close enough he kissed me hard, his tongue sweeping into my mouth and leaving my mind reeling out of control. Desire and pleasure thickened in my veins as he assaulted my lips with his teeth and tongue. He was a great kisser and he drove me to the brim of my sanity with his mastery in the art of kissing.

I kissed him back with the same fervor, giving him what he was giving me, all the while, I could feel him sinking into me slowly and slipping out, teasing me into hot devastation. I groaned as I wrung my arms around his shoulders and held him to me.

He grabbed my hands from his neck and pulled them away then trapped them up above me. "Stay put."

"But--" I panted as he slipped inside me again but he didn't reach all the way as he slipped out again. "Argh!"

While he held my hands in one of his, he slipped my tank top over my head and tied it around my wrists. He was getting kinky and this new side of pleasure was never explored in my previous relationships. I didn't know whether I was a freak in bed or just plain boring. Adrian was letting me explore all that and I was ready.

"Ahh!" I gasped when I felt his teeth and tongue on my stomach.

He released me from my bra restraint and as he rolled one nipple with his tongue, he looked up at me, his eyes hooded but dangerous.

"I don't want you to smoke again. If you want a stress-reliever, come to me and I will fuck you. I don't want you to stay too late in the clubs. I don't want you to drink too much to the point you pass out. Anyone could hurt you during that time."

I wanted to believe that Adrian was worried about me because he cared about me but who was I kidding? Adrian was only after the sex. It was common knowledge that alcohol and cigarettes were a big no-no when it came to sexual performance. "I can't do without a cigarette," I said and closed my eyes when I felt him push inside me.

"No, you can't do without my cock." He bent to me and rasped over my face. "Your face tells me everything I need to know."

"I—I...." I stammered senselessly struggling against my restraints because I wanted to touch him. I want to feel his hot skin underneath my fingers. Oh, it was so frustrating!

Without warning, Adrian jerked forward and surged inside me all the way to the hilt. The pain-pleasure sensations that ran through my body caused a ripple of goosebumps all over my skin! His thrusts were strong but they kept the same pace. The sofa moved back with every brutal thrust he did and I was delirious with pleasure. My toes curled inwards and I could feel the heat begin to streak from my inner thighs into my groin. Adrian felt amazingly good. His sex face was captivating. The way his eyes darkened dangerously, the way his teeth bit down his lower lip, and the way his glistening muscles coiled and retracted when he moved made me want him with everything I had.

"Adrian!" I cried as I peaked, my body still being assaulted by him with savage thrusts that were angled in the way that he could never miss my G-spot.

He slowed down and helped me on my shaky feet then removed the rest of my clothes before he went to sit on the sofa, his erection still thick, veined, and throbbing. I couldn't believe that my tiny body was able to take all that in. It was no wonder that first day I was aching all over!

"Come here." He guided me to a new position above him, straddling him while he greedily devoured my nipples. I couldn't take the pleasure anymore. He knew precisely where all my pleasure points were on my body and he worked on them as he slowly moved within me. His hands were clasped over my butt cheeks and he squeezed them with every thrust he did. His tongue and teeth were on my nipples causing havoc to my senses. I closed my eyes and arched back, letting him take me to cloud nine again. It was pure bliss to be in that state without a worry in the world. I only had him to think about because thanks to him I didn't have to lose my home and thanks to him I had a prospective job.

"Adrian, you're....going....ahh!" I moaned when his thrusts became harder and deeper.

"I am not someone you can brush off easily, Thea. I am someone to reckon with." He gritted his teeth as his hands tightened around my waist, holding me in place as he rolled his hips, grinding harder and deeper, teasing my G-spot to the point I was seeing stars. I felt tears in my eyes because the pleasure was too intense, too much for me to work with. I just...I just couldn't bear it anymore. "I want you to learn this, know that every time I am with you, you will be thinking of no one but me. I want you to crave me, Thea, like a drug. I want you addicted to me like the way I am addicted to you."

His last words drove me to the edge and I had my second orgasm, harder than even the first one. I crumpled in his arms like a wall of salt. My pants were loud and ragged and my voice was scratchy. I couldn't survive another round with him. He was too delicious for my own good!

Adrian laid me on the sofa even though I was slightly disoriented. "Ahhnn...." I had no idea what I wanted to say but it all evaporated with he bent my left leg and inserted himself in between, his lower body plastered with mine. He took my hand and placed a kiss on my knuckles then looked up at me and sighed. "When you look like this, Thea, you drive me to the edge of sanity with wanting you."

"What is it about me that makes you want me this badly?" I rasped, my voice box damaged thanks to his thorough ministrations.

"It's the way you look at me with your mysterious dark eyes. The way you are so naïve to the attention that men are giving you. The way you stand up for what you believe in. The way you are curious with your sexuality and you are willing to explore it."

Well, maybe that is the closest Adrian could come to being romantic and I wasn't much of a perfectionist so that was enough for me. "I can't say the same about you. I mean, we don't know anything about each other--" My body arched up when Adrian suddenly pushed into me again. A hoarse moan escaped my lips before I could stop it.

"And what is it that you want to know about me?" He asked as he started the slow grind again.

"What's your favorite color?" I breathed out long and loud.

"Blue." He answered.

Ooh, how much I wanted to roll my eyes at that but with his amazing skills inside me, I couldn't even remember how to. "How cliché."

I heard him chuckle and when I opened my eyes, he was grinning, his eyes devouring me just like the way he was grinding into me. He pushed my knee down and it settled below my breast. "You are quite flexible, Thea which will give you the advantage of several positions we are going to try in the future."

"I love yoga," I told him.

"What's your favorite position in yoga?" He suddenly pulled out and sat back watching me.

My eyes widened as I sat up. "You want me to show you right now?"

He nodded, quite expectant. "Yes."

I cleared my throat nervously as sat facing him and I crossed my legs together, the soles of my feet touching each other. "This is my favorite position because it helps me meditate in a calm manner."

"Do you wanna learn my favorite yoga position?" He arched his eyebrow up and something about his suggestion made me a whole lot nervous.

"You...do yoga?" I squeaked.

"No." He reached for me and released me from my position then turned me around and instructed me to bend over.

"Really?" I asked flatly.

I felt him come up behind me as he pushed my back lower until my body was seductively curved with my butt high in the air!

"This, I can work with." He said and it was the only warning I got from him before he surged deep into me all the way to the hilt.

I cried out loudly as he pumped harder and faster into me. Until that moment, only I had orgasmed but he hadn't yet. He thrust into me with a fervor I had never experienced. It was something very pleasurable but it bordered with a little pain. It was the sort of pain I could handle and the pain intensified my pleasure.

This position enabled him to go deeper and I felt him all the way into my lower stomach. He was thick and a good length.

Finally, I felt him tighten around me and I clasped him inside me, constricting my walls around him. He groaned and I felt him jerk as he climaxed. His ragged pants filled the room and he settled back on the sofa taking me with him.

I felt sweat run down my back and his hands tightened around my hips as he rode the last tremors of his climax.

"Open your legs." He whispered in my ear.

I obliged and his finger began teasing my clit.

"You didn't cum with me." He drawled, his voice sexily thick, enough to make tremors of pleasure ripple down my spine.

I licked my lips and sighed softly as I rested the back of my head on his shoulder. Adrian continued to tease me with his fingers until I was about to scream with pleasure. I didn't need him deeply embedded in me to make me cum.

As it was, his fingers were already carrying me to where I loved the most.

"Do you like it?" He asked me.

"Yeah," I answered, my voice hitched with the incoming orgasm.

My body shattered into pieces in his arms and there was the subtle ripping of foil near my ear. I was not even done riding the waves of ecstasy and he was already inside me again.

Goodness, he had stamina! I thought quietly as we continued into the night, exploring each other's bodies...