Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 142: One-night-stand with me?

Chapter 142: One-night-stand with me?

’’Why should I? Whether you have or haven’t been with someone before doesn’t matters that much. It’s just your past, not your present or future or anything in between,’’ Maxm said, despite feeling a strange pressure building at the thought of her looking at someone so adorably, or flashing her brightly confident smile at that person, or peeking at them and teasing them.

The thought of Diana infecting some man with her sunflower energy or sweet-talking with them gave Maxim a strange itch to beat the hell out of something or someone.

It was weird. That feeling. So fleeting, weird, and unpredictable, and hence, he did not let his mind linger there for another moment.

’’So, it really does not bother you?" Diana’s eyes brightened.

Maxim shook his head honestly. She was just concerned about her virginity and whether she was a virgin or not was the least of his concerns, wasn’t it?

As long as those sneaky smiles weren’t spared on any worthless asshole. As long as she did not care for them. As long as she did not laugh at something they said. As long as... she did not let them kiss her the way she let him and—

Maxim forced himself to shut the direction of his thought, appalled at his strange thought process.

’’Not a bit?" she tried to gauge his reaction.

Maxim nodded.

’’Good then. I have a proposal,’’ Diana was really worried about his reaction but she was satisfied with how steady he seemed to be.

The look on her face told him she was not up to any good, ’’A proposal?" He still asked.

’’Exactly,’’ she grinned.

Maxim swallowed, ’’I think you should take a shower before going to bed....’’

’’It’s too late for that,’’ she grabbed his hand when he started stepping back.

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For once in his life, Maxim did not see her as an angel. The crafty look on her face, the evil smirk disguised as a ’good girl smile’, the gleaming green eyes, everything about her at that moment sent jarring danger alarms in his head.

’’So, Warner...’’ she dragged his palm to her lap and lowered her head to look at it.

His palm was so big compared to hers that it could fit two of hers probably.

She slowly drew circles on his palm with the tip of her index finger.

Maxim felt like something was slowly stroking his heart. He held his breath, waiting for her to speak. The longer she stayed silent, the louder his heart beat.

’’Take my virginity,’’ Diana said.

Maxim’s fingers twitched in her grasp like they were electroluted.

’’Don’t joke.’’

’’I have a bad sense of humor, apparently or not but whatever, do I look like I am joking?" she dropped his hand and wrapped her arms around his neck before tugging him closer and he let her.

He stepped closer to her like he was some stringless kite.

Her gaze met his as she enunciated each word for him to let it register in his head, ’’I want you to take all my firsts.’’

Maxim’s jaw dropped the moment those words left her mouth.

For a moment, he felt like he misheard her.

But the look on her face told him that he heard every word correctly.

’’Say something,’’ Diana peeked at him through her lashes.

’’So...’’ Maxim cleared his throat, ’’You are suggesting friends with benefits?"

’’Kind of but not necessarily,’’ she said.

’’And what is that supposed to mean?"

’’Dummy,’’ Diana almost sounded like she was chastising him if not for that soft and hesitant tone of hers that told him that she wanted to seal the deal and get over with this conversation quickly.

’’It means that the benefits part ends real quick. We are...’’ Diana licked her bottom lips, but her gaze remained confident, ’’We are doing it once.’’

’’You want a one-night stand with me?" Maxim frowned.

’’_" ’’Do you have to phrase it that way?" Why was he making her sound like some scoundrel?

Maxim did not say anything.

Diana pressed her index finger on his chest and poked it twice.

It felt good, hard under her touch so she absent-mindedly poked a few more times until he pushed her insolent hand away.

She coughed.

Diana tilted her head to the side, looking for the right words to express what she wanted, ’’We are both adults so the benefits part gets over when we want it to. And after that, we get back to being friends. Happily ever after for everyone.’’

Initially, she had wanted to avoid him so that she could snuff out this strange attraction she had. And secondly, she had felt like their friendship would be a gone case if he knew about the kind of thoughts that she was having for him.

But avoiding him only made her more uncomfortable. She was not used to being in the same space as him without meeting his gaze. It has been a little time since they met again after six years but she did not realize when she grew accustomed to fluttering around him day in and day out.

And her worries were partly dispelled when he kissed her. That pretty much meant that he had the same thoughts as her.

She tried to avoid him and clear her head but the moment she saw him, all her thoughts were wiped out and she felt the urge to get closer to him.

Maybe that was what physical attraction was supposed to be like.

So, she came up with this master plan.

Diana had no doubts that Maxim would accept it.

Her plan was so flawless.

Good grace, how could she be so intelligent without even trying?

’’No.’’

Diana’s nose which was almost up in the clouds staggered back to earth in an instant. Her lips parted, ’’No?" she looked at him in disbelief.

’’NO.’’

’’I heard it the first time, Warner. You don’t have to emphasize it for me.’’

’’Thought you were asking,’’ he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her down from the desk.

’’Did you just reject my proposal?" she asked, ignoring the butterflies that swarmed inside her stomach at his touch. His hand lingered on her waist for a moment before he dropped it.

’’Yes.’’

’’So, you won’t even consider it?" she stepped towards him but Maxim took three steps back as if she was some virus.

’’No.’’

Diana’s brows wiggled, ’’You...’’ Why was he acting like a saint who was being molested by her? Who was it who pinned her against the wall and kissed the life out of her?

’’Let us not escalate this any more than we already have,’’ Maxim calmly said, ’’Get changed in mom’s room and go to bed. The weather is not good. We can leave tomorrow.’’

He just turned around and left the room, pulling Diana down from the seventh heaven.

’’This...’’ she was thoroughly speechless.

He rejected her.

She was damn well rejected by the first man she confessed to.

Suddenly, her brows tugged together at a random thought. Did he do it because he had someone in his heart?

No, that’s not possible. If he did love someone, he would never have kissed her. Maxim was not that kind of messy person.

And secondly...

The knobs in her head started turning.

He wanted her just as much she wanted him or else he would have never kissed her. If yesterday was a mistake, today was not.

There was no denial or else he would not have picked her up and carried her to the study to continue.

Diana stroked her chin.

Then, what could be the reason?

Was he...

Her eyes widened.

Was he playing hard to get?

As she glanced at the man who slept beside Angel, with his head tucked inside the blankets, she found her guess to be more on point.

Then, if he was playing hard to get, wouldn’t she have to make some effort to get him?

That made sense.

Diana’s lips tugged up.

Bring it on, Maxim ’hard to get’ Warner. We will see who gets the last laugh.

Maxim who was suffocating himself inside the blanket sneezed twice.

Rubbing his nose, he forced his eyes to shut so as to not peek when he heard the sound of retreating footsteps in the room.

After some time, he removed the blanket from his face and glanced around the empty room, ignoring the rapid beating of his heart.

...

Although she was reluctant initially, in the end, Diana took a long warm shower in Hazel’s room.

If she caught a cold then it would be troublesome for Angel as well. She could not risk infecting the little girl.

After taking a shower, Diana stepped inside Hazel’s walk-in closet and looked at the bags of clothes lying everywhere on the floor.

When Hazel said that she could use her clothes if needed, Diana felt grateful but she never thought that she would really end up needing them.