Chapter 47 They Are Dating
When he came all the way to see her from Athana just because she wanted to see him, she knew that she loved him more than anything else in the world.
She was so moved that when he complained, she suddenly relented and said that word.
She was just trying to make him happy.
But the consequence of her suggestion was that as soon as they entered the door, Natalie exclaimed when he picked her up and slammed the door shut.
He walked into the living room, bent his knees against the edge of the sofa, and put her on the sofa.
The sofa in the small apartment could only accommodate one person. He stared at her with deep eyes from above.
Her nightdress was loose. When she leaned back, her suspenders slipped to one side and revealed her shoulders.
He stared at him like this. Natalie covered her chest with both hands, feeling nervous somehow.
She knew they were bound to do something intimate next. When a young couple had not seen each other for a long time, they tended to make out first.
He put his palm on the back of her neck, raised her face a little bit closer, and kissed her.
Every time they met, he would hug her and kiss her passionately for a long time, as if it was his way to express how much he missed her.
Natalie suddenly wondered how she should respond to show that she missed him too.
Being kissed by him, Natalie slipped her arms around his neck and tried to find the tip of his tongue.
Then she felt that his breath suddenly became heavier, and his kiss changed from light to heavy instantly.
The light from the chandelier in the living room was soft. It was quiet, and there were bursts of fragrance in the air. It was the herbal tea in the kitchen and it smelt great.
Their lips parted. Luke sank his fingers into her long hair and pressed against her forehead, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where did you learn all these tricks?"
"I don't know..." She panted softly and looked innocent. Her lips were so rosy.
Luke's dark eyes were filled with desire. He gently stroked her soft lips with his fingertips, and said in a low voice, "You don't know? But how could you know this?"
Natalie was stunned for a second before she realized what he meant. She said she could help him with her hands or... mouth downstairs just now.
He sounded jealous and possessive.
Her face was blushing with his warm breath. She was embarrassed, but she had to explain, "I just heard about it... but I had no experience."
Luke neither cared about Natalie's love history nor had a thing for virgins.
But when she said that she was inexperienced, he still felt surprised and happy. It was not for himself. He thought that since her ex-boyfriend didn't take advantage to her, she had never felt sad about it.
Luke brushed the hair from her cheek, "Who told you that?"
Natalie blinked and said nothing.
Apart from Mia, who else could it be? But she couldn't betray her best friend.
It was a sweltering summer night, and the air conditioner and fans were turned off. They were sweating on the sofa.
Natalie was tense. She couldn't do it here. Her sofa was white. In case of any traces were left... they couldn't be washed off.
"It's so hot... Aren't you feeling hot?" To avoid his warm breath, Natalie turned her face away, slid her arms from his neck, and covered her chest, as if nothing happened.
Luke stared at her red ears and was amused by her fake calm face. He let go of her neck and waist and left the sofa.
As soon he got up, Natalie sat up immediately and bowed her head to adjust her dress. When she looked up again, she saw her dog squatting in front of her. It seemed that the dog was looking at them since they made out...She felt so ashamed.
"Go take a shower." Natalie urged, flushing.
Luke didn't respond and just laughed.
Not knowing why he laughed, Natalie raised her eyes to look up at him. There was a trace of intimacy left in his eyes. When she glanced at him, she suddenly realized that she was urging him as if she couldn't wait to do something with him.
With him around, everything she said became ambiguous.
"Just go..." She lightly kicked his leather shoes.
Luke remained silent and walked to the bathroom with a smile.
Natalie knew well how fast a man took a bath. As soon as he entered the bathroom, she cut a pomegranate in the kitchen and prepared a cup of herbal tea.
When Luke came out of the bathroom, he saw her sitting at the dining table and peeling the pomegranate seriously. Her long hair was loosely tied up and her side profile was soft and cute.
The floor fan beside the table was blowing her broken hair on the temples.
He approached in slippers. Natalie looked up, and felt warm again... Probably because his clothes were dirty, he was only wearing trousers. He had just taken a shower, and his short hair was wet.
She could not help but fix her eyes on his abs, one, two, four... eight.
In the past, Mia had often shown her pictures of male stars' abs. But she wasn't very interested while Mia was screaming for these handsome guys.
But his abs made her excited.
Luke sat next to her, blocking the cool wind from the fan. When she felt warmer, she suddenly came back to her senses and asked him to drink the tea awkwardly.
Luke smiled and picked up the teacup obediently.
He lowered his head and drank the tea. When Natalie found his wet hair dripping water onto his pants, she put down the pomegranate, washed her hands, and came back with a dry towel. She dried his hair gently.
Natalie did it very carefully, and it stopped dripping. Just as she went to get the hairdryer, he suddenly held her waist and sat her on his lap.
"Stop drying my hair." Luke took the towel from her hand and threw it aside.
When she fell into his arms, she was dazed for a moment. But suddenly she didn't dare to move.
When did his voice become so hoarse...
Luke lowered his head to sniff her neck. She faintly felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, so she held his bare shoulders and reminded him in a low voice, "I'm... on my period."
"I know." He said in a low voice. His lips moved up, and she could feel his warm breath in her ear.
Sensing the change, Natalie guessed that he was starting. She blushed when he pulled her hand over and put it on the metal buckle of his belt.
"Could you?" His voice was hoarse. Natalie held her breath and bit her lips. She was too embarrassed to answer. Luke took her silence as acquiescence. He clasped her fingers and taught her how to unbuckle a man's belt.
The metal buckle opened with a click.
Natalie felt tense when her head was pressed down a little. Luke opened his mouth slightly and kissed her.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her dog squatting nearby and she came to her senses.
"Fourteen..." Natalie withdrew her hand, but she couldn't pull it back, so she could only continue it with his rhythm. She was so embarrassed that she lowered her head and didn't kiss him. Resting her head on his shoulder, she said, "Luke... Fourteen is..."
Luke didn't seem to have any time to take care of other things.
However, the dog turned its head and went to the kitchen.
There was the sound of the wind blowing from the fan as well as his gradually obvious panting. She could hear his voice mixed with depression and excitement.
The fan wasn't cooling enough, Natalie felt dizzier and dizzier.
After a long while, the sound of cicadas outside the window became lighter.
Natalie's face was still buried in his neck and her hand felt numb when she was accelerated by him.
"Baby..." He finally groaned.
At that time, Natalie woke up abruptly, as if a cigarette lighter was turned on and burst out a cluster of flames, and her palm felt burning hot.
The air conditioner was on in the bedroom, which was cool and comfortable. A small lamp by the bedside was quietly glowing with faint orange light.
Natalie was lying in the bed and listening to the sound of water splashing in the bathroom. She was still blushing and her heart was beating fast.
When she thought of what they had just done at the dining table, she felt a burning sensation in her right hand again.
But she had washed it...
Then the sound of the water running in the bathroom stopped, and she bit her lower lip, pulling the blanket over her head in embarrassment.
After a short while, half of the bed sank behind her. Knowing that he was lying down, she was still too shy to move.
Luke put his arms around her waist and gently hugged her from behind, "Are you asleep?"
At that time, his voice became clear and smooth again, and his tone was full of contentment and tenderness. With his soft touch behind her ear, she couldn't hold it any longer.
She turned around and hugged him without saying anything.
Her face was pressed against his chest. When Luke came in her hand, she looked so panicked, innocent, and touching.
Luke couldn't help laughing, "Why are you so shy?"
"Stop talking..." Natalie was too shy to raise her face and complained in a low voice.
Fortunately, he didn't ask her to use her mouth... Next time, she needed to think twice before she promised him anything.
Luke could probably guess what she was thinking. He smiled and kissed her face with closed eyes. He decided to leave her alone.
Natalie's body was so soft, and he wanted to sleep with her everyday.
Natalie was a shy girl. After that night, she looked even shyer with Luke for a few days.
But he seemed to like her this way very much. He often teased her on the phone until she protested and hung up.
But intimacy could heat a relationship. Natalie felt that they had fallen more deeply in love.
It was the hottest time of summer.
After a period of assessment, the hospital released a new round of layoffs, and Daisy was among them.
Maybe it was because of Luke's warning that Daisy never targeted Natalie again, and she walked away peacefully.
There was one more thing that left Natalie speechless.
That day at the bar, Duke took a picture of her and Luke when she was drunk. The picture of her being held in Luke's arms was somehow leaked.
Unsurprisingly, she made it to the trending topics again.
The group of fans who felt sad about Luke's rumored engagement to Sloane got excited.
In the backstage interview of the previous press conference, some reporters also recorded a video of Luke saying that he was going to answer his girlfriend's call, but they just didn't dare to release it because they were afraid of Luke.
But as soon as the photo came out, they all rushed to take advantage of the popularity of such big news.
Luke was often seen at Alcomara airport and in a neighborhood holding hands with a girl.
The paparazzi's candid photography skills were very good, and they knew where to hide to capture their faces.
So the news "Luke and his girlfriend are living together happily, and the marriage between the Benningtons and the Crosleys is not going to happen" became a trending topic for days.
"They are dating!"
"Let's wait for the official announcement!"
"The high-definition pictures of them are amazing! You're a perfect match! ! Get married quickly!"
"You can always trust their love!"
"Guys, look at the first picture! On her neck! ! Isn't a hickey?"
"Well, I know what happened…"
"Oh, I'm crazy!"
"He's looking at her so tenderly!"
...
In those days, Natalie became the center of attention at the hospital, and everyone looked at her.
It was hard to keep a low profile when it came to dating Luke. The whole world was paying attention to them, and she felt so much pressure.
She was forced to make a decision. She wondered whether she should go to Athana with him or not.
On the day they agreed to meet, Natalie walked out of the hospital after work. She planned to wait for Luke to come to pick her up, but there was a traffic jam in front of the hospital during the evening rush hour.
Natalie called Luke and said that word the road was jammed and she would go to the hotel nearby to wait for him.
At the entrance of the hospital, Natalie put her phone back in her bag and was about to cross the road to the hotel when she was blocked by a sports car.
The passenger door opened, and a brown-haired woman stepped out of the car in heels. She was wearing sunglasses and a fancy dress. With her brown curly hair combing on her back, she looked cold and glamorous.
"Miss Moore." The woman took off her sunglasses, and looked her up and down for a moment before she said calmly, "Are you free to have a chat?"
Intuition told her that the woman wasn't friendly.
But she still smiled, "Who are you?"
The woman said, "My name is Sloane Crosley and you should know me."
She did know the name.
Natalie was stunned for a short moment and then smiled politely, "Miss Crosley, I don't know you, so I don't think we need to talk. Goodbye."
"Do you think he will marry you?" Natalie turned around and took several steps when Sloane snorted coldly behind her. Natalie stopped.
"He is going to inherit the Bennington Group in the future, and the marriage with the Crosleys is the best choice for both sides' interests," Sloane got off the car, sauntered toward her, looked up at the hospital behind her, and then looked back at her, "Miss Moore, you're indeed beautiful. But no matter how beautiful you're, the future owner of the Bennington Group would never marry a doctor."
Natalie lowered her eyes and listened silently.
Sloane continued arrogantly, "The more high-profile you're now, the more unpleasant it will be when he gets bored with you. Miss Moore, why don't you leave him with dignity when you can?"
At this point, Natalie realized Sloane's purpose of visiting today.
Natalie raised her eyes to meet hers, and smiled, "Miss Crosley, why don't you talk to my boyfriend? I'll call him for you."
Natalie stopped listening to her and called him.
It was quickly answered, and Luke said softly, "I'm almost there. Where are you?"
Natalie said calmly, "Luke, I'm at the gate of my hospital. You have a few minutes to come here."
She hung up.
In heavy traffic, he couldn't arrive at the hospital in minutes.
But Luke showed up on time.
He parked the car at the hotel. He knew there was something wrong when she hung up. He ran over and saw her from a distance.
He went straight to Natalie, completely ignoring Sloane.
It was hot in the summer, and there was a little sweat on his forehead. He stood still in front of her, panting heavily. He tapped her on the head with a smile, "You are the only one who can make me run wild."