Page 119 of Tempting the President

When he was close to running, I shook my head, gasping, “Kel-lion!” He couldn’t be serious.

“Just be thankful I’m willing to wait until we reach the club.” Glancing at me over his shoulder, he asked seriously, “Unless you’re okay with the ATM center again?”

What. A. Choice.

I shook my head vehemently.

“Thought so.”

One hour and two quick consecutive orgasms later, Kellion and I were the last to make it to the meeting room of Afxisi’s officers.

“You’re late,” Helios Andreadis, seated at the head of the table, growled.

“Personal emergency,” Kellion said easily. “It won’t happen again.” He took his place at Helios’ right before pulling me down on his lap. I would have protested – if not for the fact that MJ was also seated on the President’s lap.

I glanced at her with equal parts of embarrassment and disgruntlement.Was this normal?

Her face flamed.Kinda.

The meeting proceeded smoothly, the officers only coming to a disagreement about one matter, which was who would be succeeding Helios.

“It has to be you, Kellion,” Yuri said in his usual mild tone. “You are the VP, after all.”

“Bullshit.” I could feel Kellion tensing, and I instinctively placed a hand on his chest, trying to soothe him. “You or Andreus would probably be better candidates—-”

Andreus was already shaking his head.

“Kellion.” At Helios’ interruption, Kellion fell silent, and the President’s voice was soft but firm when he said, “I trust I’m right when I say all of you understand why I’m choosing to step down as President.”

“Ne,” Yuri said, speaking on behalf of the other officers.

Helios turned to Kellion. “However, I also understand that my decision may have taken you by surprise, so I will be giving you until Friday to think it over. I trust, in the end, you will realize what everyone in this room already know. You areworthyof being the club’s next President.”

After that, Helios called the meeting to a close and Kellion and I were both silent as we made our way to his room. The moment we were alone, I said, “Kellion?”

“Mm?” Kellion had seated himself on the edge of his bed, his gorgeous face drawn.

I knelt down in front of him. “What’s...wrong?” I hated seeing him like this, but I hated the fact that I couldn’t think of a way to reach him even more. I was his girlfriend. I was in love with him. Shouldn’t I know how to make him happy?

He shook his head.

“Please...tell...me.” I hated how the words came out as a plea, almost like a confession that I didn’t know him as well as he knew me. It made me feel selfish, but it also made me realizehow little I knew him, how after all this time, Kellion was able to keep a part of him unreachable and hidden from me.

When he didn’t say anything, I whispered, “You know, right?”

“Know what, baby?”

I swallowed. “That I...think—-” I paused and shaking my head, I corrected myself, “—-that Iknowyou’ll...make...agreatPresident.”

His lips curved, just the slightest bit, but it was enough, like how the tiniest glimpse of a rainbow could make hope blossom.

“How do you know?”

The words were out before I could stop them.

“Because I...love...you,of course.”

A stricken look had crossed Kellion’s face at my words, and I couldn’t blame him. It really was yucky, having to say those words out loud, but for him, I was willing to say them over and over if I had to. Even if I died puking.