THE BILLIONAIRE'S MISTRESS

Love is way out of the picture

ALLISON

My eyes widened at his statement, his voice held so much authority and it sounded so possessive, I felt butterflies in my tummy at the sound of it.

"Uhm..uhmm" Rubby coughed and I immediately jerked.

I forgot she was sitting right there and I was at my working place.

Matthew moved away from me and went to the edge of the counter. he picked up the same apron he had worn the previous day and put it on.

I raised my brows at him, clearly shocked that he was doing things he would usually argue about.

"What?" He asked when he noticed me staring at him. I shrugged and pretended I wasn't bothered by his change in behavior.

"Nothing," I said and turned around, placing my elbow on the counter to fully face Ruby who still stared at me like she saw a new person.

"What is it?" I asked her, though I had an idea why she stared at me that way.

"It's just...you never ......" She paused and looked behind me.

I followed her gaze and saw Matthew standing behind me with my butt to him.

He quickly came closer and rested his body on mine, his hands resting on the canter so his weight won't completely crush me.

"Matthew" I mumbled to his hearing.

"It's my working hours, what the hell are you doing?" I asked feeling his strong muscles at my back.

"I know pumpkin, I just can't help it, you see," he said behind me and I knew immediately that he was grinning.

"People are staring, Mr. Parker will freak if he sees us like this" I tried talking some sense into him.

I was feeling embarrassed with the way eyes turned to us and gave me a knowing smile like they knew exactly what was happening.

"Mr. Parker can f**k himself for all I care, those people you are worried about might even see us as a lovely couple who can't stay away from. each other" he said, pushing himself closer to me.

I gasp at the feel of his body behind me, it made me feel tingles all over.

"You have an amazing backside, it's so soft" he moved closer and whispered in my ears.

His breath on my skin made me want to close my eyes and imagine nasty things about him.

"What is wrong with you?" My inner voice scolded me.

I immediately shrugged away the feeling and push him away from me using my backside.

"Back to work Mr. Matthew," I said to him and turned to Ruby who still had that look on her face. Matthew smirked and walked away with a tray in his hands to attend to customers who were already filling up the place. I smiled at the effort he was putting into being an amazing P.a before paying my attention to Ruby.

"Have you suddenly gone dumb? What the hell is that look for?" I asked her when I realized she wasn't going to stop staring at me like there was something on my face.

"Cappuccino and a chocolate cake" Matthew's voice interrupted me.

He handed me an order and winked at me before turning back to the customers he had been attending to. My gaze followed him voluntarily and I watched keenly at the way he worked and interacted with the customers.

I smiled at his effort, he had started working like it was something he knew how to do so well, he would laugh and joke with the customers and take their orders while I and Ashley prepared the coffee.

"Whoever gave him that idea?"

Somehow we just did things the way he did them and it sort of made the work much easier.

I noticed he was so free with the customers, mostly girls, and would flirt with them for minutes before he would take their orders.

"Look at you drooling over him, the customer for that order is waiting impatiently for you" Ashley knocked me out of my trance and took the order from me rudely.

I glared at her behind as I watched her make efforts to prepare the coffee before I turned back to look at Matthew at where he stood. But my face met the confused face of Ruby once more.

She held my arms and pulled me along to follow her, I reluctantly agreed to follow her, it wasn't like I had many options, her grip on my arms was so strong, I was sure I wouldn't be able to pull away from her.

She pulled me out till we stopped just outside the coffee shop.

"What is happening here?" She asked placing her both hands at the side of her waist. I looked at her confused at what she was blabbing about.

"Don't give me that confused look, you know damn well what I'm talking about" she added when I didn't give her a reply.

"No I don't, what the hell are you saying?" I asked her showing my confusion.

"Matthew, what is going on between you and that guy?" She asked.

I chuckled at the question, it was funny to me, but somewhere in my heart of hearts, I also wanted an answer to that question.

"Seriously, you think it's funny huh?" She yelled.

"Of course it is, why would you think anything is happening between us," I said trying to hide the amusement and panic in my voice, I couldn't let her know I was slowly wanting Matthew just as he wanted me.

"I have seen the way you stare at him, you are totally into him and the way he holds you. You melt at his touch and I believe you are both more than what you seem" she added and I laughed, covering up my nervousness.

I remembered the kiss we had that morning and how his touch made me feel so.....

"I stare at him just as I would stare at any other hot guy out there. And I don't melt at his touch, you are reading useless meaning into things" I said adamantly and turned to the door trying to evade the question that was nagging at my heart.

I had been so angry at him, I wanted him far from me but once again he was back and this time I didn't like the way my body reacted to him. I didn't want my body to react the way they did and if Ruby could see through my pretense, then I was in a lot of trouble.

"Allison" she yelled my name, making a lot of people turn to us. I turned around and glared at her, she was making me look like a fool arguing with her outside the coffee shop.

"What? What?" I asked as I walked back to where I was standing so she wouldn't shout anymore.

"He is a Playboy Allison, he is f*****g rich as well. Don't let your heart get in the way Allison, I don't want you getting hurt" she said to me, concern written in her voice and eyes.

"Wait, what? You think I'm going to fall in love with him?" I asked her shocked that she would think that way. Yes, I was sexually attracted to him, but falling in love was way out of the picture.

But then again, she was seriously concerned about me and I could clearly understand why she was feeling so, she had seen me go through hell because of that word 'love'

I moved closer to her and placed my hands on her arms.

"Matthew only wants to have s*x with me and nothing more and I don't want to give him the satisfaction of even doing that. He is just going to be my p.a for the meantime, nothing much" I tried easing her discomfort and also my discomfort. Ways of staying away from Matthew were the next set of things I thought of. Two weeks would be a long one to always stay close to him. With the way things were going, I was getting really scared of being close to him.

"It has just been two days, and you both look so cozy and the way you both stare at each other. He is going to play you, he is going to hurt you and ....."

"No, I won't fall in love with him," I said aloud, interrupting her.

"Men are scum, they are nothing and I won't be giving my heart to anyone ever again," I said coldly remembering the hurt and pain that I had felt once before because I gave my heart to a scumbag. They were all same in every tiny aspect and I wasn't going to let any one of them ride me or hurt me ever again. Men deserved nothing especially my heart

I still remembered the hurt I had felt back then, I remembered what it felt like to be left behind, I knew what it was like to give your everything to a man and watch him throw you away.

I wasn't going to let him, or any other person hurt me ever again. I just wasn't going to allow them to hurt me.

Ruby stared at me concerned.

"You deserve to be happy, don't get me wrong," she said

"But Matthew in there isn't the guy, I'm scared for you Allison," she said, taking my hands in hers.

I smiled at her outburst. We had been friends for ages, she knew how broken I had been then and knew exactly how it changed me. She knew what I thought of men and how I treated them, I didn't understand why she would suddenly feel like I was going to fall in love with Matthew who I had known for less than 72 hours.

"Don't be worried about me. I should be the one worried about you" I smiled at her

"You went home without saying a word to be. You went with that Michael of a guy and only came to see me now" I turned the topic on her.

"That asshole" she hissed.

"But I got what I wanted to, I was busy with stuff, sorry," she said and I smiled at her.