Taming Mr. Cold and Arrogant novel Chapter 8

Sophia's POV:

"You're late!"

My head snapped automatically as soon as I heard his voice. If it weren't for his cold gaze, I would appreciate his looks. Craig was right, this man standing in front of me is truly devilishly handsome and oozing with sex appeal. But of course, it's wrong to tell him, because I don't want him to feel like a king and a heartthrob. That would only boost his ego.

"As far as I remember, the party will start at three in the afternoon, but I checked the time and it's still ten minutes before three, so that means I'm not late. I'm actually ten minutes early for the party." I gave him my most charming smile despite the feeling I can't explain in my stomach.

"You really emphasized that you're ten minutes early, huh?" I gulped when his eyes landed on my cleavage.

"Because I am, and by the way, my eyes are here." I pointed my two eyes. "Don't look down on my cleavage because it won't help you."

I saw how he was taken aback at my bluntness, but it's better to show myself early. Let him adjust to my behavior and not just me adjusting with him, especially with his insults and judgements.

I walked past him towards the entrance but he grabbed my arm.

"Where are you going?" he asked with a scowl.

I rolled my eyes. "Where do you think I'm going? Of course inside, so we can start this party."

"Next time make sure you come thirty minutes early because my time is too precious to wait for you!" he said through gritted teeth while taking my hand. And my mouth dropped when he put it on his arm.

"And who told you to wait for me, Mr Kelley? I didn't tell you to waste your time waiting for me."

We started taking steps towards the entrance, but when he stopped walking, I was forced to stop too and looked up at him.

"You don't know what I can do with your sweet and smart mouth, Sophia."

Gosh! Why does my name sound so beautiful and sexy when he mentioned it? And for that reason, I asked the question which was supposed to be just inside my head.

"And what are you going to do with my sweet and smart mouth, Daniel? Are you going to kiss me?" I saw the look of surprise on his both eyes, and it's too late for me to take it back.

He smirked and his eyes looked down to my lips as he lifted his palm to my left jaw.

"I didn't know you're a mind reader, sweetheart."

My breath hitched when I heard what he called me. He slowly lowered his head until his face was only three inches from my face.

"What if I did, would you mind?" he asked in a different tone.

I can hear my racing heartbeat inside my chest. It's deafening that it numbed my ears and I didn't notice the people from the entrance who were now watching us. He didn't lose his eye contact with me as he lowered his face again. But before his lips touched mine, and before I lost my first kiss, we heard a familiar voice from the entrance.

"I'm sorry to disturb your sweet moment kids, but we are about to start the party. But don't worry, you can continue that inside." Mrs Kelley said and winked at us.

-'What was supposed to happen? Are we really going to kiss?'-

I can feel the color of my face turning into crimson red. I didn't know that Andrew and Mrs Kelley were watching us and now they are both grinning widely.

"Let's go." he grabbed my hand and put it back on his arm.

I didn't say anything I just let him drag me into the huge living room.

He introduced me first to some of his business associates with a smile and extra sweet gestures that even ants would be shy with his sweetness. I tried to calm myself during the whole time and smiled at anyone he introduced to me. But when it comes to his friend, he just told him my name and then he left me.

"Hi, I'm Jack." a man in his late twenties offered his hand in front of me.

"Sophia." I accepted it and gave him back his sweet smile.

"I'm sorry for my best friend's behavior, maybe he's just stressed with their company's problem," he said handing me a glass of wine he got from the waiter who offered him earlier.

I chuckled while accepting it from him.

"Stressed? I don't think so. I'm sure that even if he doesn't have such problems, his behavior wouldn't change, cold, arrogant and rude."

He shook his head and smiled at me with pure amusement written on both eyes.

"I like you." he suddenly blurted out.

My head snapped instantly at him. "What?"

"I mean... I like how you handle yourself in front of him."

"You mean how I managed to give him my snappy comments and called him arrogant and rude?"

He chuckled. "Yeah, and how you behave exactly the opposite of what other girls do in front of him."

"Hmm.. flirting?" I asked nodding.

"Seducing."

As soon as my ears caught what he said, I laughed out loud in the middle of more than fifty people gathered inside the venue.

"I would never do that Jack, even though he's the last man on earth, I would rather die than seduce him," I said rolling my eyes.

"Oh! I really like you, Sophia. You're different!"

We're both laughing when I saw Daniel standing near the entrance with Andrew. His eyes were throwing daggers at us, but I'm not sure if it's for me or if it's for his best friend. I decided to ignore him and turn my full attention to Jack. And I didn't know he'd already left Andrew alone and walked out of the venue.

"How long have you been friends?"

"Daniel and I?" He asked and I nodded. "Well, since college."

"Hmm... that's why you became best of friends."

"Yeah. We are actually four in our group. Me, Daniel, Ryan and Alex. You will meet them later because I'm sure they won't miss this event in Daniel's life."

"Even if it's fake?"

He looked at me directly. "Even if it's fake."

I just nodded.

"How about you, what do you do? I mean, are you working, studying or---"

"Working. I'm a dance instructor."