Damien"s stare was ablaze as he watched her grind her body against him. He had met bold women before but he only found them unappealing. "What is with this woman? Why am I so drawn to her?"
Katherine flipped her hair and swayed her hips from side to side, her a.s.s brus.h.i.+ng ever so slightly against him. "f.u.c.k," he cursed in his thoughts and planted his hands on her waist, wondering if she would slap them away.
However, she only leaned against him even more.
Amused, a mischievous smile formed on his lips. Her moves were so infectious that he started moving along with her, pressing their bodies as close as he possibly could while she sensually moved her left hand over his hand that was on her waist.
She tilted her head to the right and just as she did, Damien"s other hand swept her hair to the side and his nose and lips brushed against her left ear. She closed her eyes and swallowed as she realized how s.e.xy everything was at that moment, feeling his hot breath on her skin and hearing the way he released his breath as though he was trying to control himself — she was proud that she was causing him to react this way.
Tempted, Katherine turned around and met his fiery gaze. The two of them could feel it.
The woman whose name he did not know was so attractive. There was this inexplicable pull that he could not resist and the one thing that he wanted to do at that moment was to kiss her.
She placed her hands on his chest while his hands were still locked on her waist. She was loving it — she just couldn"t resist what her heart was telling her. Sliding her hand on his nape, she pulled him to her until her lips were on his ear and whispered, "The truth is... I haven"t kissed a stranger."
Damien pulled back. "Then why did you drink?"
Without blinking, he heard her say, "Because I"m going to kiss one tonight."
When he heard her words, pa.s.sion ignited within him and without second thoughts, he grabbed her hand and brought her outside where he found a flight of stairs going up to the second floor.
Katherine followed him with the same hurried pace. She was just as excited as he was, knowing what was about to happen and her heart hammered in her chest.
They reached a corner where it was quiet and Damien pulled her towards it. They interlaced their fingers as she marveled at the view in front of her.
"This is incredible. It"s beautiful," she said.
Damien, whose eyes never left her face when they arrived at the balcony muttered, "Mhmm… beautiful."
Katherine turned to face him and saw him removing his mask off his face. He turned towards her and stepped forward, making her step backward until her back touched the wall. The night was a little breezy but when Damien closed their gap, she was instantly warmed up.
Placing his left hand next to her head, he raised his other hand and reached behind her head, pulling the ribbon of her mask and removed it.
"What are you doing, Mr. Park?" she asked, her eyes fixed on his.
"I"m going to kiss you," he said as he inched closer until his face was leveled with hers.
"I thought you don"t kiss strangers?" Her lips remained parted after speaking, making it even harder for him to resist.
"And you just told me that you were going to kiss one tonight. You don"t expect me not to follow through after telling me that, do you?"
Damien waited for a signal that would mean it was okay for him to do so but she said something strange out of nowhere.
"Onyx…"
"What?"
"The name of this hotel… the black gemstone means sadness. In fact, in ancient China, no one would dare touch it because they believed that it brings bad dreams, bad luck, or bad energy." 1
He knitted his brows and asked, "And we"re talking about this now... why?"
A sweet smile appeared on her face as Katherine raised her hands to his collar, playing with it as she said, "I don"t know if you were listening to the owner giving his speech earlier but he said the opposite of what I just said."
Quickly, Damien recalled what Mr. Bergmann said in his speech. "Onyx absorbs and transforms negative energy…" he mumbled.
"That"s right." Katherine clutched his collar and pulled him closer until their lips were only inches apart. "You must have noticed how listless I was earlier… Mr. Park, I want you to absorb and transform all the negativity in me tonight."
"What are you saying?" He raised his hand and swept her hair away from her face before placing it on her nape, his thumb stroking her cheek.
"Be my onyx and kiss me."
"Baby, I can be anything you want me to be tonight. How badly do you want me to kiss you?" He almost growled, his lips were now an inch away from hers.
"I want you to kiss me like you have never kissed a stranger before… or any woman for that matter. Your five minutes starts now."
Damien lightly huffed. He tilted his head to the right just like how he wanted to for as long as he could remember, he crashed his lips to hers.
"Mmmm" A satisfying moan sounded from her.
Katherine glided her hands around his neck and pulled him closer. He pressed his body against her and she could clearly feel his arousal as their kiss grew deeper.
She parted her lips, giving him access. His tongue danced with hers softly and sensually just like how they danced back at the party downstairs.
Damien was a d.a.m.n good kisser. He was gentle as he softly caressed his lips on hers and would go playful as he gave her bottom lip a bite before soothing it with his tongue.
Then, his kisses became even more pa.s.sionate that they sent tingles down her spine… all the way to her toes. The way his hands roamed along her sides made her want to feel more of his touch.
Katherine could feel he was slightly hesitant — maybe because he didn"t want to scare her if he did too much, so she lowered her hands and grabbed his wrists before she brought his hands to her rear as though she was telling him that she was okay with it.
Giving him permission, Damien finally let go of his reluctance and squeezed her bottom, making both of them moan into each other"s mouths.
He deepened their kiss even more and it blew her away. His once gentle kisses turned intense and she was returning them with the same kind of fervent need as she clutched onto his suit for dear life, not being able to get enough of him.
No one kept track of time but it was surely more than five minutes already and Katherine started to feel dizzy — it was as if Damien sucked the air out of her while they kissed.
Realizing the need to breathe, they finally pulled back, their foreheads touched as they panted.
"Thank you…" she said, a gentle smile formed on her flushed face.
With a low and unhurried voice, he responded, "My pleasure."
"I have to go…"
He didn"t want to let her go but it seemed like he couldn"t stop her, so he just had to try asking again, "Can you tell me your name now?"
Katherine softly chuckled, "Well, if I tell you that... then we wouldn"t be strangers anymore." 1
A gust of cool wind brought Katherine back to the present. She gasped as she regained her senses and found herself in the actual balcony where they were that night, blinking her tears away that were pooling in her eyes the whole time that she was trying to recall the memory in her head. "Why… he didn"t tell me…" she murmured.
"Katherine!" she heard Damien calling her.
She had been gone for who knows how long and he was trying to look for her. Snapping out of her trance, she hurriedly alighted the stairs and started running.
Damien wasn"t where he was when she left him and Mr. Bergmann earlier. She turned her head from side to side, seemingly anxious that she couldn"t find him.
Her heart was kicking her ribcage when she heard him call her again.
"Katherine!"
She snapped her head to the right and found him standing tall with a smile on his face several meters away.
"There you are, I"ve been looking all over for you," he said.
Consumed by her strong emotions, Katherine started breathing heavily and tears streamed endlessly down her face. She could not believe she didn"t remember him. She had that beautiful memory with him and she only just remembered about it. How could he keep it all to himself? She jolted towards where he was.
Damien saw her running to him, her red dress flowing nicely as she did. "G.o.d, you"re so beautiful," he uttered just before she pounced on him.
He grunted when he caught her and only noticed that she was crying. "What happened?"
Katherine pulled back and quickly wiped her tears away. She gazed at him and gave him the sweetest smile as she said, "You"re my onyx."
Realizing what she meant, Damien exhaled a sigh of relief and nodded before he crashed his lips to hers. Chapter 136 - she was the "someone" who told him. Chapter 48 - Kitten