|16| dominos number

The only thing better

Then seeing your smile

Is being able to kiss it.

~unknown

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It may not be very noticeable to the human eye, but I don't like a lot of people, there's a difference between being nice just to be a good person and genuinely wanting to be nice to someone,

I don't usually show angry emotions because I'm not quite used to people caring for my feelings, but it's mostly because I don't want to be a bother or a pain in the ass,

But I couldn't ignore the people who were being rude to Henry behind his back,

God, I was so angry, my blood was boiling at the pure ignorance of the people at work, how they completely disregarded the possibility that there was a reason he dressed the way he did,

He deserves the same amount of respect as one does who wears a thousand-dollar suit, he deserves the kindness that any person should receive, and he deserves to be treated like everyone else in this building.

They don't get how much he went through, and laughing and saying he is homeless and that he works here out of pity is disrespectful,

I feel guilt rise in my stomach, maybe I shouldn't have tattled to Aaron, I have an unfair advantage with Him since I'm dating him,

And I can't help but feel like I used that in a way to make sure the people wouldn't say anything about Henry, granted I didn't expect Aaron to fire them but I should've known, but at least they got transferred so they still have jobs.

It's Tuesday which means lunch with Aaron and talking about the rooftop, he said we don't have to do it anymore because I have henry to help me but I still like getting lunch with Aaron

So we agreed to have just lunch from time to time instead

So after I get done with work I close my computer and head to henry to say goodbye

"Bye henry have a good day" I smile

"Bye Vanessa, you have a great day as well" he smiles hugging me

Henry already looks happier being able to be in a work environment and having a home

I will forever be thankful that Aaron helped change his life

After talking to henry for a little bit I lightly knock on Aaron's door twice

"Come in" I hear his voice and there's no grouchiness to it whatsoever and it immediately makes me smile

"Hi" I smile walking in and closing the door behind me

"Hi" he laughs

I can listen to that beautiful deep laugh of his all day long

"Are you ready to leave?" I ask

"Almost I just need to finish sending this email off" he nods

I nodded walking over to him

I straddle him putting arms around his neck and laying my head on his shoulder

"I will be here while you finish work," I say cuddling closer to him

I feel the vibrations of his laugh and it makes me smile against his shoulder

"I wouldn't mind if you were here all the time, makes work more enjoyable" he says kissing the top of my head before getting to work on his computer

About 15 minutes later I am woken up by kisses along my neck area

"That's one way to be woken up" I slowly open my eyes talking breathlessly from the attack on my neck

"And she's awake" he smirks

I roll my eyes at his sarcastic comment

"You know it took me like 5 minutes to wake you up" he continues to smirk

"Whatever" I mumble nuzzling myself in the crook of his neck

"You know for us to go to lunch you have to get up right?" He chuckles

"Sure do" I mumble into his neck

"How about you just order food to the office, that way I don't have to get up," I say sleepily

"Okay, what do you want to order?" He asks running his hand up and down my side

"Do you think that sandwich place does door dash?" I ask

"I'm pretty sure," he says

"You want the same thing as last time?" He asks

"You remember what I got?" I ask taking my head out of his neck to look at him

"Yeah" he shrugs

My heart warms at the fact he remembers

"Really?" I ask with a smile

"Italian cheese bread with turkey, tomatoes, lots of pickles, jalapeños, lettuce, olives, light mayo, and chipotle barbecue," he says leaving my jaw on the floor

"Wow you do remember" I whisper

He shakes his head with a hint of a smile "I pay attention sunshine"

"I really like you, you know that?" I whisper against his lips

He smiles "I really like you to"

My eyes go to his lips, he hasn't kissed me since that first time and I'm not sure why, he teases to much

Almost like he can read my mind I feel his warm, soft, inviting lips on mine

I play with the hair on the back of his head as we slowly kiss, he bites my bottom lip which causes me to gasp and give him access to add his tongue into the kiss, his tongue explores every inch of my mouth. And leaves my mind all fuzzy

After who knows how long we part for air, I'm breathing heavy I'm sure my lips look swollen and cheeks flushed

"You know the sandwiches could've been here by now" I tease against his lips

"Of course, you're thinking about food immediately after a kiss" he laughs picking the phone up

I smile kissing his cheek

After he orders, I play with his hair while his eyes are closed and he relaxes after finishing up work for the day

I notice his beautiful dark long eyelashes

How is it fair for guys to have such long nice lashes and I have to put 2 coats of mascara on to get them to look decent?

"How the heck are your lashes so perfect?" I huff

He smiles and opens his eyes "not sure maybe cus I don't have shit all over them?"

I frown "well I am sorry my lashes aren't perfect like yours are so I have to put on mascara to make them at least decent looking"

He caresses my face with his hand "well how about you take that weird shit off and I'll be the judge of that"

"I don't have makeup wipes with me, you big dummy"

"Well then don't wear any tomorrow" he shrugs

I shake my head

"And why is that" he raises a brow

"It makes me feel more confident and it doesn't make me look sleepy" I shrug

"Well I won't stop you from wearing and doing what you want but I think you would still look beautiful without it," he says gently kissing the tip of my nose

I smile "can I put mascara on you?"

"No thanks" he grunts

"Why not" I whine

"Not happening sunshine" he closes his eyes

"Please" I whisper against his lips

He pecks my lips and against them says "why do you want to do it so bad anyway?"

"Imagine how your eyes will pop with super dark mascara and they will be so long" I smile

"Didn't you say they were already long" he smirks raising a brow

"Yeah but they will be even longer" I pout

"and where do you plan on doing this? because there is no damn way you're doing it here where everyone can see" he raises a brow in question

That asshole...

He's so trying to do this so I invite him into my apartment, sneaky man...

"At my place, it's where all my makeup is anyway" I shrug

He hums against my lips "you could always bring your shit and come to my place"

Even better he's inviting me to his place? Well this is great

"Maybe" I whisper kissing him

There's a loud knock on the door which interrupts our kiss, Aaron groans in clear frustration

"I will get it," I say jumping out of his lap

He pulls me back "so you can pay? I don't think so"

Freaking dang it how did he know?

He opens the door and a gorgeous girl with curly black hair and a face full of freckles is standing there,

Gosh I wish I had freckles...

Her eyes rake his body and she smirks not even seeing me

"I'll give you the food for free if you give me your number" she smirks ogling him freely not noticing my presence

I quickly text him knowing his phone is in his pocket

I see him take it out of his pocket and a frown immediately forms on that beautiful face

Vanessa: say YES! That's free freaking food, I will slap you if you don't do it

my moon: wtf?

Vanessa: you can just block her later...duh

My moon: you're so weird I'm not giving another girl my number

I stand up

"Hi I'm his assistant and I can happily give you his number" I smile widely

"Cool!" She says biting her lip her gaze never straying from Aaron, it does slightly annoys me but I ignore it

I give her the number which was actually the number to a dominos pizza place...oops

She then leaves and now we have free food! Score

I do feel bad since I totally lied but serves her for being unprofessional and giving free food just cus someone is hot

"What the hell Vanessa," he says with a pissed-off look in his eyes

"You are aware most people get mad when other girls flirt with their guys right? They don't stupidly give his phone number to someone else" He looks so mad as he walks away from me, even with multiple feet between us his anger is so hot in the room

I laugh "true but you know what I would do if you did flirt with another girl?" I say walking over to him

"And what is that?" He raises his brow anger flaring in his eyes

"I would cut your heart out and leave your sorry ass" I smile

"Take it, it's yours" he smiles tilting his head as he plays with the ends of my hair curling it around his finger

"Hey, this is not me giving you permission to go and talk to other women you idiot," I say sternly grabbing his tie and yanking him to me, his eyes fill with lust at my action and he watches me closely

"My point is, is that my heart beats for you anyway so fill free to take it" he whispers hoarsely against my lips

I huff "why do you have to be cute when I'm annoyed at you?" I furrow my brows letting his tie go and crossing my arms over my chest

"You're annoyed? I'm the one who should be annoyed" he rolls his eyes locking the door

A raise a brow

"I'm not taking any chances of that girl coming back," he says in disgust

I laugh "you are aware I gave her the phone number to dominos right,?" I walk over to straddle him as he places the bag on the table and takes the sandwiches out

"Smart ass" he sighs as his hand rests on my thigh giving it a squeeze

"Duh" I grin kissing his cheek

"Wasn't aware you were a liar" he smirks leaning back in his chair

"I lie all the time," I say shrugging

"Yeah and I usually know when you are" he smirks running his finger over my cheek

"Oh whatever let's just eat" I kiss his cheek

"Don't do stupid shit like that again" he warns gripping my chin

"And what will happen if I do?" I whisper leaning into his touch

He thinks for a minute and smirks

"I will burn your frog from build a bear"

I gasp "you wouldn't"

"Try me, because I so will" he whispers in my ear

"Fine no giving girls dominos numbers for free food" I sigh giving him the attitude I know I shouldn't, the last thing I need to do when he's angry is be a smart ass...but what can I say I like playing with fire

"Vanessa..." he says massaging his temples

"I'm kidding I promise to get jealous next time a girl hits on you instead of trusting that you wouldn't try anything" I smirk

"I will throw your sandwich out" he warns

"Then I will leave and buy another" I huff

"You're not leaving" he shakes his head

"Am I now?" I say crossing my arms over my chest

"Definitely not, now promise to not give out or ask me to give my number to girls" he sternly says

"and I want you to trust that I wouldn't ever do stupid shit like cheat on you because I wouldn't" he sighs

I caress his face "I promise, and I do trust you" His hands snake around my waist pulling me closer,

He holds me and I still feel the anger radiating off of him "I want my sandwich now" I whisper after a bit

He shakes his head, I stand up and sit on his lap so I can eat it

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After we finish our food he drives me to my place

We talked while he drove with his hand drawing circles on my thigh and we decided that I'll grab my bag with my makeup in it and go over to his place

So when we get to my place I make him stay in the car while I run to my room, he did open the door for me after bickering back and forth and let me go myself

After getting it I run back to the car and get in and we drive to his place

After driving about 15 minutes we get to a huge building that I know is where only the wealthy live, I already know this man has a penthouse or some shit

He opens the door and takes my hand in his and leads me into the building

He leads us to the elevators and presses floor 80

My jaws on the floor "how many floors are in this building?" I ask

"Like 85" he shrugs as if that's no big deal

"Damn" I mumble

He hugs me from behind and starts trailing kisses down my neck

I close my eyes clearing my mind from any dirty thoughts and remind myself that I didn't come here to sleep with him, I haven't even talked to him about the rape and how I need to wait on the whole sex part for a while

"Aaron..." I warn

"What,?" he says and I can feel the smirk on my neck

"Stop that we're in a damn elevator, imagine the poor man who's looking at the security cameras in here," I whisper breathlessly

"Then he has a show, who cares Vanessa" he goes back to his attack on my neck

"I will slap you if you try any funny business, I came here for makeup," I say turning my head to kiss his cheek

"Still can't believe I agreed to this shit" he mumbles

I laugh "probably because you wanted me in your apartment"

"You're a good guesser" he smirks kissing my neck once more

After we exit the elevator he leads me to his door

I walk in and my jaw is on the floor

It's stunning in here

The interior has a nice dark aesthetic to it, there are dark blue accents here and there and a few plants

This man really loves dark blue and black...

The kitchen has a huge island and is for the most part black and white, he has dark couches and a couple of pictures of him and what I assume are his parents and a little girl

"Is this your parents?" I ask

"Yeah" he whispers hugging me from behind and placing his head on my shoulder

"Who is this little girl?" I ask

I feel him stiffen behind me

"My sister Avery " he whispers

"I didn't know that you have a sister, she looks just like you" I whisper smiling at the pictures

"Had," he says

I immediately stop breathing "what?" I whisper

"I had a sister but she passed away" he clears his throat, I can hear the guardedness in his voice

"I'm sorry for mentioning it" I whisper

"Not your fault, come on let's do your stupid mascara shit," he says leading me to what I assume is his room,

It's very dark and has a ginormous bed and there are windows all around two sides of the wall, the room has a dark aesthetic just like the rest of the house which is very comforting and cozy

I don't mention how Avery died because I don't want to upset him and I can tell he doesn't want to talk about it,

I grab the mascara and go towards his bed which he's sitting on, he grabs my hands and leads me onto his lap so I'm straddling him

"Is this shit gonna hurt?" he asks

I laugh "it shouldn't"

I grab his face and angle it up to get better access to his lashes I then gently coat them with mascara I put one more coat on and admire my work,

I look and his eyes look even more piercing blue than usual "I am officially jealous of your lashes" I sigh

"You look very pretty" I smile showing him in my hand mirror

"Totally pretty, now can we take it off?" he levels me with a blank expression

I grin and shake my head

He rolls me over so he's on top of me

I start laughing because I can't take him seriously with him having mascara on

He lowers his face to mine and says "take it off"

"I will after we take some pictures" I smile pecking his chin

"You and your damn pictures" he mumbles to himself as he gets up

"Hey where are you going" I jump on his back

He grunts from the unexpected impact, but quickly recovers and grabs my legs to support me

"To get a damn water" he huffs

"can you go up to that mirror?" I point to the big mirror at the end of his hallway that I can see from his room, it's actually really smart since he can see anyone who is going towards his room before they enter

"Fine" he walks over to it

I take my phone out of my pocket and take some pictures of us, I turn it to selfie mode so you can better see his lashes

"Smile Mr grumpy," I say grabbing his face closer to me

"No thanks" he grunts

I huff and take a few pictures, the man is so damn stubborn

After I make him go around his apartment for different lighting to take more pictures we head to his bathroom to take it off along with my makeup

I gently take the mascara on his lashes off "there see not so bad huh?" I smile kissing his closed eyelids

"Sure but I don't know how you wear it all day, I could feel it on my eyes'' he mutters

"Guess I'm used to it" I shrug turning to the bathroom sink

He hugs me from behind just watching in the mirror as I take all my makeup off

After I finish I feel a hot breath against my ear "I was right"

I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck "about what?" I ask confused

Against my lips, he gently smiles and says "that you're even more beautiful without makeup on"

My heart melts

"You're sweet," I say kissing his cheek

"You should probably take me home it's already 11," I tell him

He hums "or you can sleep here"

"I don't have pajamas with me," I say sighing

"Good thing I have clothes then," he raises a brow

"I didn't bring work clothes for tomorrow" I sigh once more, I'm not sure why I'm fighting his invitation

"Then I'll take you to your place earlier so you have time" he shrugs

"Fine since you're so persuasive" I roll my eyes

He walks to his closet and comes back with a big t-shirt "I doubt any of my pants will fit you" he says handing me the shirt

He's right he's like twice my size

"Can I take a shower?" I ask

He nods and shows me how to use it, after my shower, I change into his t-shirt and it goes down almost to my knees

I get out and see Aaron is in bed without a shirt on, I almost faint then and there, his hair is slightly wet so I'm guessing he used his other shower

"You look good with my clothes on" he smirks raking his eyes over my body

I feel my cheeks heat up as I climb in beside him, I cuddle close to his chest

"Goodnight my sunshine" he whispers in my hair

"Goodnight my moon," I say kissing his chest gently

I trace different shapes on his chest for a little then nuzzle close to him and soon fall asleep

------notes------

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! (Fun fact that sandwich order is what I always get at subway😭🧍🏼‍♀️)

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