The Taste of Seduction

"It\'s always fun at night and not during the day time," she said aloud, talking to herself. "Where is Meredith when you need her? I need some fun in my life and I haven\'t heard from her for more than a year now!"

Sofia turned so she could lay on her back. She let out a bored sigh, blowing her bangs away from her cheek. She narrowed her eyes at the ceiling as she wondered what she could do while her best friend is away. She rarely goes out on her own. Everything\'s extra fun with Meredith.

She only shopped alone and watched TV shows from time to time after she does her work. With her even traveling alone from time to time as well, those are the only things that she does ever since Meredith left.

As Sofia was only laying on the sofa, he heard mumbles coming from her window, getting her attention. She stood up immediately as she heard a familiar voice, making her look out the window to see who it was.

She peered down from where she stood. She then saw Ace talking with one of their workers, Sofia arching a brow in curiosity as she was wondering why he is here at their place.

"What\'s he doing here?" she mumbled to herself, her eyes widening slightly when her worker left, leaving Ace alone standing by the garden. Sofia immediately opened the windows and let half of her body outside to call him out. "Hey! What are you doing here!?"

Ace looked at her from where he was. With him tilting his head to the side, he replied to her in an enough loud, deep voice so that she could hear him.

"You\'re going to fall."

Sofia rolled her eyes at him. "No, I won\'t--oh!!" she immediately held the window sill for balance, Ace shaking his head in disapproval as he already warned her about it.

"Stay there," he called out once more, Sofia already heading inside of the room to wait for him.

\'Why is he here?\' she thought, her brows creasing. \'Is it because of my father again?\'

After a few minutes, Ace already arrived. As he leaned on the opened door, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, greeting her.

"I told you you were about to fall," he started, Sofia scoffing.

"Shut up… I didn\'t. I regained my balance." Sofia then arched a brow at him and asked him a question. "Out on another errand for dad, whatever that is?"

Ace nodded, gesturing to her. "And what are you up to?"

"Being bored to death," Sofia answered in all honesty, rolling her eyes extremely to the point that anyone could see her might think her eyeballs might pop out at any moment. "I\'m so bored--I don\'t know what the hell I\'d do other than shopping, traveling, watching…"

"You\'re rich," Ace started, shrugging his shoulders as he now entered the room, no longer leaning on the door frame. "Find some new hobby."

"Like what?" Sofia asked, groaning. "Horseback riding? Painting? Writing? Ice skating?"

"Yeah, whatever works," Ace said, shrugging again. "Those may not be boring."

Sofia then started walking to and fro in the room. As their eyes met, she said something that made the man scoff as if she said something ridiculous.

"Entertain me."

"Am I a clown?"

"No," she answered, circling him as he whispered against his ear. "My toy."

Ace scoffed, making Sofia gasp as she didn\'t expect this to happen in under just a few seconds. He had his arm wrapped around her waist, dipping her down as if in a dance. Their eyes locked each other\'s, his breath fanning her lips as he spoke in just a few words, sending shivers down her spine.

"Remember… you are my toy as well."

They stared at each other for more than five seconds. As each second ticked by, however, the tension between them grew deeper and heavier. Before they even knew it, their lips crashed hungrily on each other.

Sofia\'s hands crawled its way up from his waist, up to his chest, then settled on his neck to pull him closer to her. Without warning, Ace invited his own tongue in her mouth, further exploring it as they continued sharing a fiery, passionate kiss.

"Mm…"

Sofia moaned against his lips. He couldn\'t help but smirk as he found her soft mewl of desire satisfying, their want for each other intensifying by the second.

As if no longer able to contain their desire and desperate to contain it, Ace pinned her against the wall behind them. She gapsed as she felt his lips on her neck\'s skin, suckling and leaving a small mark on her.

"Ace…" she moaned his name, her knees going weak on her. However, the moment she turned her head for his easier access, her eyes grew wider when she saw three (well, the younger one\'s eyes were covered) people watching them.

Meredith, her little brother Aaron, and Atlas were in the room since when!? Why didn\'t the maid tell them that she has company?!

"A-Ace," Sofia warned, her body stiffening immediately. "You have to stop."

Ace didn\'t stop as he thought she was playing hard to get. However, with a slightly heavy slap of her hand on his back, he stopped, his head snapping up to surprisingly see his brother Atlas, along with Meredith and a young boy whose eyes are covered.

"Oh, seriously, Meredith," Aaron exclaimed, brushing off his older sister\'s hands from his eyes. "I\'m old enough to see people kissing."

"Not to me, you\'re not," Meredith said, hitting the back of his little brother\'s head.

"Whew…" Atlas whistled, a smirk coming to his face as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "I guess a lot has happened in a year and we really need to catch up."

Ace and Sofia fixed their composure. With him walking out, Atlas couldn\'t help but chuckle, following his brother to talk to him.

"M-Meredith…" Sofia said, combing her messy hair with her hand. It seemed only a moment ago that she wondered where her best friend is, and here she is--seeing her in an awkward situation. "Since when have you been here?"