Noah kept on smoking. He smoked the whole pack. Carissa was getting anxious. She walked towards the balcony.

"Are you okay?" Her voice was soft and filled with concern.


His eyes were red. His aura was more terrifying than usual. Carissa became scared of him. She looked intimidated.

He came near her and hugged her tightly. Noah buried his face in the nook of her neck inhaling her rosy fragrance. It was very comforting.

At first Carissa was surprised by his sudden action but in the next second she hugged him back, patting his wide back.


"Why is life so unfair towards me?" He spoke as his lips brushed her fair neck.

Carissa inhaled a deep breath to compose herself. "Life is always like this. There are some sad moments so you can cherish happiness, similarly, there is hate so you can cherish love. If you are always happy then you will get used to it and the happiness will lose its worth."


He nodded as he comprehended her words. He held her face between his large palms and stared deeply in her eyes. "I want you to love me, Carissa." He paused as he was thinking about something very seriously, "I want to spend every moment of my life with you. You are the only one who makes my heart flutter even when you are just sitting without doing anything. I thought I loved her but it was not love".

Carissa understood what is he talking about? He must be in a relationship with a girl from before.

"What's with this sudden confession?" Her face was redder than her dress. He can feel the heat of her cheeks through his hands.

"It is not sudden. You know I am a rational type".

Yeah he is damn rational. He takes every step with care.

"Even though you are aware of my past, do you still like me?" She asked.

"It was past. Let it go. We can be present and future of each other. I don't have a wonderful past either."

"I need time Noah. I have never felt love before nor have I ever received it. I am unaware of its meaning". She was very serious.

"I understand". He ran his fingers in her hair to fix them. "Then I will let you feel it".

His eyes were filled with gentleness and warmth. The person in front of her was very different. He is overbearing in one second then in the next second he is very gentle and loveable.

He moved his hand from her hair to her lips. Carissa was wearing red lipstick. Her lips were very tempting. It was hard to resist them. He creased her lips with his thumb. "I want to kiss your lips, but I also don't want to ruin your beautiful lipstick."

He looked up in her eyes, "can I kiss somewhere else?"

Before Carissa could answer him he held her waist from one hand while with the other he held her neck. In the next moment his lips fell on her neck. At first he just kissed her then, he licked her neck and bit it.

"Noah". She called his name.

He stopped in his tracks and gazed intensely in her eyes making her feel more hot. "Why don't you call me Panther?". He spoke with a raised eyebrow. When she did not say anything he again started kissing her neck. Carissa bit her lower lip to stop sounds coming out of her mouth. She felt his lips curling up into a smile under a kiss. He left her when he had enough of her.

He looked at her to see if she was fine. Her hands were trembling slightly and her eyes were closed.

Noah held her hand in his, "Its okay. Nothing happened. You are fine". He was calming her down.

She opened her eyes slowly and found him staring at her. She immediately avoided his intense gaze. He smiled again while touching the part of her neck which he had tortured.

"Shall we go now?" She wanted to go away from him. Why was she getting shy in front of him? It was not her usual self.

"Are you sure?" He asked

"Yeah".

"Okay then."

He fixed his crooked tie and went to the party venue with her.

Laura saw Carissa and Noah, she came running towards them. "Hi Mr. President". Noah looked at her but did not reply. He glanced at Carissa, "You should enjoy yourself. I have to meet some people".

"You should go".

When Noah left them alone Laura asked, "Where have you been? I thought you were not coming".

Carissa immediately blushed as she remembered his sweet yet romantic gesture.

"Oh I was moving here and there". The girls were talking when Harrison came.

"Hi, what's up?" He asked as he passed her the glass of juice.

"Nothing special". Carissa spoke but she found that Harrison had gone pale. He was looking at her with shock.

"What are you looking at?" She felt uncomfortable.

Laura followed his gaze and a gasp came out of her mouth. Carissa looked at both of them speechlessly.

"Carissa I think I have to fix my makeup. Come to the restroom with me". Laura said near her ear. But Harrison heard her clearly.

"Okay". Laura held her hand to drag her to the restroom.

But before they could reach there someone stopped them. "We met again".

Carissa smiled awkwardly.

"We haven't introduced ourselves yet". She asked.

"I am Carissa…Carissa Zak".

"I am Mia. Nice to meet you." Mia smiled.

"How long have you been engaged with Noah?" A disdain flashed in her eyes.

On the other hand, Laura opened her mouth due to the shock. She immediately covered it with her hands.

Carissa did not like this Mia at all. Noah was looking so vexed after meeting her there is some deep connection between them. Carissa is normally very friendly but when she dislikes someone she does it with the core of her heart. She recognized the changes in her eyes.

Carissa smiled, "Why do I have to talk about my personal life with someone I just met a few minutes ago".

Mia looked at her with a raised eyebrow. But her eyes caught a mark below her ear. She clenched her fists very tightly. This time, Mia did not try to control her emotions and it was clear that she is very angry at her.

"I have to go. Excuse me". Carissa said, leaving her at the spot.

Laura followed her as they both went to the restroom. Laura forgot their purpose of coming here.

"Are you the fiancée of Mr. President?" she asked her with curiosity.

"No. I don't know why Noah said this".

"But still I think he likes you." Laura then looked at her neck, "Otherwise you would not have such marks".

"What marks?" Carissa looked at herself in the mirror. "Ahhhh……." She screamed.

Laura held her elbow and started jumping like a child, "What have you been doing? Tell me. Tell me".

"I am so embarrassed. That's why all of them were giving me weird looks. You should have told me earlier". Carissa slapped her hand.

"As soon as I saw it I dragged you here but that girl Mia came". Laura defended herself.

Carissa can guess the relationship between Noah and Mia was not simpler in the past and she has also seen the mark. A smile appeared on her face. It was best if she had seen it. A sense of satisfaction rose in her heart.

"I never thought Mr. President can be such a passionate person. Now hurry and hide it. Why are you making my single soul jealous?"

Laura gave her foundation to hide it. They were not able to perfectly hide it. Of course he had nibbled on her neck for such a long time it was not a light mark".

But they were not too visible.