This is boring. Elysian should have taken me with him that would have been better than staying here alone...I mean I know Hector is downstairs but he is not going to provide me any entertainment.

And I am also not going to seduce him. Ever. That was just to rile up Elysian because I am not stupid enough to do anything like that with Hector besides I am not going to cheat on him also. Fake marriage or not.

If I have to chose between Elysian and Hector, I would always chose Elysian without any hesitation because he is such a cutie pie and I have started to trust him, on the other hand, Hector is so scary.

Elysian. My mouth automatically curved up into a smile on remembering him and a blush crawled up my neck and sequealing I fell backwards on the bed. Why am I acting like a teenager?

I slapped myself. Stop acting like you are in love with him. But he is so sweet and I can't help but being drawn to him.

I shouldn't let myself get so attached to him or else it will hurt when he will be leaving in the end. I can't afford to get my heart broken however at the same time it is so tempting.

My thoughts were interrupted when there was a knock on the door and knowing it must be Hector I rolled my eyes and called out, "What do you want?"

"I need to talk to you."

"But I don't "

"Farren. I want to talk to you." He repeated, this time in a more authoritative tone.

"I am busy. Come back later."

"It's about Elysian and it's important."

Okay, now I was interested. "What about him?"

"Can I come in?"

Yeah, no. Sighing, I got up and yanked opened the door and leaned against the doorframe. "What's your problem?"

"Stay away from my brother." He stated.

I scoffed. "Have you lost your mind? I live with him, how can I stay away from him? Go away now, shoo!"

He took a threatening step forward but I remained standing there unfazed. "Stop messing with him. He's just here to protect you, nothing else."

"Wow..." I acted like I was shocked. "I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me, Hector."

His usual calmness was disappearing and he was trying his best not to lash out on me. "This isn't a joke, Farren. This is something very serious, you are making Elysian fall for you."

Elysian fall for me? What?

My cheeks started to heat up. "I'm sure you are mistaken. No one's falling for anyone."

"He is fucking whipped by you, so stay away from him. I know how clingy you can get, you have always been like that. Always demanding attention and suddenly when my brother is here, giving you all his attention you start to cling to him begging for more."

Ouch. I can't believe I had a crush on this guy, I need to have a talk with my thirteen year old self.

I tried my best to not show him that I was effected by his words but in reality, they really hurt. Is that what he thinks? That I am clingy? Attention seeker?

"Go fuck yourself, Hector." And I slammed the door in his face and locked it as a tear rolled down my eyes.

He only came up with this idea. To make his brother my bodyguard, so what happened now?

If he knew I was clingy then he shouldn't have got us married.

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I was scrolling through my phone after having cried for some time so my nose and eyes were slightly red by now.

And I heard someone shouting downstairs and it sounded a lot like Elysian's voice so I was up on my feet in an instance and walked to the top of the staircase.

"...a difference. If this continues, I will have to replace you." Hector was saying to Elysian.

And Elysian growled. "You take her away from me and I will forget we even share the same blood."

Are they talking about me? What is Hector's problem here? And did Elysian just threaten his brother for me?

"Are you forgetting your purpose here? She's your client, Elysian, nothing else."

"She is my fucking wife! Don't call her my client ever again."

And butterflies erupted in my stomach on hearing him say that with so much possessiveness in his voice.

"You are turning pathetic."

Hector now needs to have a talk with my fist.

Before they could argue further, I called out. "Elysian?"

Their heads snapped to me and Elysian told Hector to leave before he walked towards me and I watched over his shoulder as Hector went inside the elevator, his eyes glaring into mine as the elevator doors slid closed.

"Um..." Elysian stood infront of me, his expressions a lot more gentler now. "How...was your check up?"

An unreadable emotion flashed across his face. "It was okay..."

"Oh...good..." I lowered my head. "...that's good..."

He placed his index finger under my chin and lifted it up, his eyes scrutinizing my face. "Were you crying?"

I chuckled nervously. "N-no...why would I cry?"

And Hector's words came flooding back to me and my eyes betrayed me as tears welled up.

His eyes narrowed. "Who hurt you?"

I shook my head but he cupped my cheeks with his palms. His voice dangerously low. "Farren. Was it Hector?"

I should have denied it but I ain't a good person and now I have a personal grudge against Hector, so I nodded.

"I fucking warned him." His hands left my face and he was already on his way to have a talk with Hector but I tugged at his suit jacket. "Elysian..."

"I'll be back, Farren--"

"No. Don't go, please." I wrapped my fingers around his forearm and rested my forehead on his bicep. "Please..."

"What did he do?"

"Let it be..."

"Farren." He warned.

"He...he said that I should stay...away from you...and that I am clingy and an attention seeker..."

His jaw clenched and he grabbed my arm and took me inside the bedroom and made me sit on the edge of the bed and much to my surprise, he kneeled down infront of me, holding both my hands together.

"You are not clingy, okay? And you are not an attention seeker either. Don't let him get inside your mind. You are stronger than that."

His fingers started to rub circles on my wrist and I had a hard time focusing. "Understood?" And I nodded.

I want to kiss him. Right now. Right here. My eyes flickered down to his soft, plum lips and my tongue darted out to lick mine.

I don't care about Hector or anyone else because in that moment I knew I was falling for him and I needed to feel his lips on mine.

He stood up and leaning down, pressed a kiss to my forehead making my heart skip a beat. "Okay. Don't cry now. You want some ice cream though?"

I chuckled softly. "You are willing to share your ice cream with me?"

He shrugged. "Few bites won't hurt."

I grinned. "Okay."

Later that night, we laid in our respective places on the bed but I just couldn't forget about how comfortable it was to sleep in his arms. How safe and at peace I felt.

I tilted my head to gaze at him and I found him staring at the ceiling, lost in his thoughts and he kinda seemed sad and my heart ached for him.

"Elysian?"

He blinked a number of times but didn't look at me. "Yes?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, Farren. I am okay." But he didn't look like that.

After much contemplation, I shifted closer to him and without giving it much thought, I placed my head on his chest and my arm around his body making his body go rigid.

It took him a few seconds to relax and when he did, he wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer and kissed my forehead. "Goodnight, Farren."

"Goodnight, Elysian." I whispered against his chest and with a small smile on my face, drifted off to sleep.

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"Goodmorning, baby. How are you feeling?" Zeke kissed my cheek leaning down as I was sitting in my seat at the office and grinned widely.

I glanced at Elysian who was sitting beside me, his eyes focused on the monitor but he had a death grip on the mouse.

"I'm okay, Zeke. Where's Nora?"

"She will be a little late." He answered.

"You sure everything is alright between you two?"

"Yes, of course. I'll see you later, baby." And he was on his way to his office not in the mood to continue the conversation about Nora anymore.

Sighing, I went back to doing my work but I couldn't help but wonder why Elysian didn't interrupt us, I mean...he always has a problem with Zeke, why not today?

And maybe I want to make him jealous...but he didn't react much.

I swiveled my chair closer to him and peeked on his monitor and saw him scrolling through Twitter.

"Do you have an Instagram account too?" I asked, suddenly very interested.

"No."

"Really? You don't have an Instagram account? It's 2022 for god's sake!"

"So?"

"You are boring. Give me your phone, I'll make an Insta account for you."

"No thanks." He continued scrolling through Twitter.

I gave him the most adorable puppy eyes and a cute pout and leaned closer so that I was blocking his monitor and he was forced to look at me.

He sighed. "Okay, fine." And he pulled out his phone and unlocking it, handed to me and I grinned in delight and started the process of making his Insta account.

So I made his Insta account and made him follow me and posted a picture of an ice cream that was in his gallery and wrote a funny bio for him and it was ready and he grumbled on seeing it.

"And now you gotta post a picture with me!"

"No way!" He snatched away his phone and was about to delete the whole account and I pouted sadly and on seeing the pout, he kept down his phone.

"I can't believe you wrote that for the bio. It's definitely not true."

"Oh, it is. You act like you are all tough but deep down you can melt as quickly as an ice cream." And I kissed his cheek. "You are cute, Elysian."

Despite the tint of pink on his cheek, he grumbled. "I am not cute."

"Sure. Whatever you say." And I went back to work.

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I watched Elysian returning from the washroom when his eyes fell on the man that just stepped out of the elevator and his eyes narrowed.

Is something wrong?

And Elysian was running towards me despite the weird looks everyone was giving him and he grabbed my hand and pulled me up on my feet.

"Act normal." He told me in a low voice and dragged me towards the janitor's closet where he pulled us inside and closed the door.

"What's going on?" I whispered.

The closet was extremely small so we had to stand close to each other, with our fronts pressed up. "He's the heir of the Italian mafia."

"But why is he here?"

"He is here for you. Hector told me that ever since they heard about how the Calathans are in a vulnerable position, they are on the move too, to maybe take over this family." He explained in a whisper.

"Oh..." I looked around the confined, dimly lit space we were in.

"Elysian?" Panic slithered its way in my voice.

"What's wrong?" He cupped my cheek and made me look at him.

"I'm kinda... claustrophobic..."

"Fuck." He cursed underneath his breath. "We can't leave just now... it's dangerous."

"I know...but..."

He grabbed both my shoulders. "You are okay, Farren. Nothing is going to happen to you."

Tears welled up in my eyes and I lowered my gaze.

He cupped both my cheeks. "Hey, look at me."

He lifted my chin and wiped away my tears with his thumb. "You are okay. I won't let anything happen to you."

I nodded because I knew he wouldn't but my phobia was on its full swing.

Seeing that I might go into a panic attack anytime, he leaned closer and caressed my cheek with his thumb. "Farren...you are okay...we will be out soon."

My fingers were trembling and I gripped his suit jacket with them.

He seemed to be internally panicking too and the next thing I knew was he bent down and pressed his lips against the base of my neck making me gasp.

All the thoughts about this confined space left my mind and the feel of his lips on my neck consumed my mind and my whole body.

He was breathing heavily and he trailed his lips upwards pressing them to my throat.

"Elysian." I almost moaned.

"Shh..." He whispered against my throat. And lips parted and he tenderly sinked his teeth on my throat and then soothed it with his tongue and I had to bite my lips to stop myself from making any noises.

I gripped his suit jacket even more tightly as heat pooled between my legs, his lips wreaking havoc on my neck.

I titled my neck giving him more access and he placed open mouthed kisses all over my neck, his arms around my waist.

I swear if this continues I am going to throw him on the floor and have my ways with him considering how my lust for him is spiralling out of control.

Okay, I can't control it anymore. I need to kiss him. I forced myself to take a step back and gripping his jacket, pulled his face closer to mine, his eyes looking darker than before and my lips brushed his just as the doorknob was turned.

We both snapped out of the trance and Elysian pushed me behind himself as the door was pushed opened and I peeked from behind to see a very confused looking janitor watching us.

Elysian's body visibly relaxed and that janitor gave us a suspicious look as Elysian pulled me out of there.

Outside, we accidentally made eye contact with each other, both of us cheeks red and we looked away immediately.

This...

Is going to be fucking awkward.