Page 139 of Forgotten Prejudice

“Why are you staring at me?” I asked.

“For no reason.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re such an odd person, Soren. Truly.”

He seemed surprised by my comment but also amused as he leaned closer. “How so? Isn’t it legitimate to want to stare at beautiful things?”

I pointed my finger at him. “Hold on with the compliments, Romeo. This isn’t a date. Just a pity meeting for sneaking out on you, that’s all.”

Soren’s sulk returned just in time for our dessert to arrive. Both cakes looked absolutely delicious, and licking my lips, I had no idea which one to try first. I decided to go for the classic cheesecake when my phone buzzed. Checking the screen, I saw Kai was calling me, again. I rolled my eyes and turned the phone to face the table.

“So you two had a fight?” Soren asked, studying me with curious eyes.

Snorting, I took a forkful of cake. “I am not going to talk with you about Kai,” I said between chewing.

“But you will sleep with me after you had a fight with him?”

I nearly choked on the chocolate cake I’d just taken a bite from. Coughing into a napkin, I then cleaned my lips. “What did I tell you just now?”

“That you won’t talk about Kai, but I asked about me and you. So technically, you can answer my question. You just don’t want to.”

And now I regretted my choice to come here today. At what point did I move from not meeting him outside the office to having cake with him in a trendy cafe? Maybe last night, when you came on his cock.

My cock seemed to enjoy the fresh memory as it suddenly grew harder in my pants. Feeling my cheeks turning red at the same time my arousal kicked in, I looked down at my plate and shoved more cake into my mouth.

“Easy there, Ashton, or you might choke,” Soren said nonchalantly, his words only making me feel hotter.

I reached for my water glass and finished it up in two long gulps, then wiped my mouth with the napkin he’d offered me.

“T-Thanks,” I muttered, voice hoarse. My body and mind couldn’t seem to cope today, and clearly, I was in no state to casually meet with Soren over tea. I needed to find an excuse to go home. Fast. Before I got another embarrassing boner in the middle of a busy restaurant with Soren sitting across the table. God, I felt like a teenager. Just then, my phone rang, snapping my attention. I half expected it to be Kai. I didn’t want to answer, but maybe if I did, it would give me a reason to jolt. To my pleasant surprise, it wasn’t Kai calling but Andrei.

“Hey, Andrei—”

“Chief!” he cut me off, out of breath. “You gotta come back home. Now. It’s an emergency.”

My heart stopped at the same time my blood ran cold.

“Hold on, Andrei, I can’t understand what you’re saying.” I covered my other ear to hear him better.

“The police are here.” There was so much noise in the background that I could hardly hear anything. “They’re searching the house.”

“What’s wrong?” Soren asked.

Panicked, I looked to meet his concerned eyes. “Andrei’s saying the police are in our house.” I told him the little I knew, but that was enough.

Without wasting a second, Soren paid the bill and got us to his car, then drove us so fast I feared we’d be pulled over. Thankfully, we weren’t.

“Don’t,” he said, placing his hand on mine and lowering it from my mouth. I hadn’t even noticed I was chewing on my nails. Soren was about to remove his hand from mine when I grabbed it. Somehow, having him touch me helped to calm down my raging nerves.

After what felt like forever, we finally reached my home. Soren hadn’t even parked the car, and I was already out of it, running toward the kids, who were standing outside by the front porch.

“Chief!” Jessie was the first to notice me, a smile of relief washing over his anxious face.

“Are you guys okay?” I panted once reaching them, my hands moving over their bodies to make sure no one was hurt.

“What’s going on here?” I heard Soren’s voice in the background and turned to see him talking to one of the policemen.

“We got an anonymous tip to search around the place,” the policeman said while pulling out the warrant, which Soren carefully checked over. My heart was beating fast, and I wanted to tell them the house had already been searched—twice—when a group of officers stepped out of the front door.