My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

Cathy's favorite display at a wedding reception was where the groom kisses the bride program. Cathy would always smile heartfully to see the romantic scene in front of her. She often wondered how does it feel to kiss? Is it true that people say that kissing makes someone happy and... addicted?

She never held hands with the opposite gender, and Vincent was the first guy did intimate gesture toward her.

Although feeling curious, Cathy refused to do it herself and felt content by watching the live kissing act. She didn't want to do it in this life, nor would she let any other man touch her. She couldn't even imagine her lips touching other people's lips. Just thinking about it made her shudder and feel disgusted. She had no problem if she only saw the couple making out, but it mattered a lot if she did it.

One time a perverted customer tried to kiss her, which earned a hard slap from her. Being a low part-time in a no-name restaurant, Cathy often had a similar situation like this. Not a few tried to steal a kiss from her or look for opportunities to molest her. Even the manager also looked for a chance to touch her chest or tight.

Cathy couldn't let herself off guard and never rest inside the restroom as she never knew when the manager would 'attack' her when she was fast asleep.

Her hatred for a man rose and strengthened her decision not to fall in love with any man. She swore that she would never give her heart to the worthless man, and she would not let her heart thrilled over a man before ensuring her sisters' education.

Alas, her determination broken apart the minute she realized her feeling toward a man. She fell in love... and the man who filled her heart and mind was none other than Vincent. A handsome man, full of compassion, funny, and always succeed in making her laugh.

She did not know when, but Vincent managed to break in her closed heart and made her view toward men changed into the better one. That man also succeeded in making her want to rely on someone else, which lessened her burden.

And the most important is... that man was also fell in love with her and accept the way she is.

Vincent was the only man she allowed to hold her hand first. The only man she allowed to hug her and be by her side.

But... would she let this man took her first kiss? Even if she allowed it, wasn't it too fast? They just officially dated a few hours ago.

She tried to push Vincent's body away from her. Unfortunately, she wasn't strong enough to stop the man's movement who was getting closer and closer to her. She even didn't know if she was not strong enough or had no will to stop him.

Her heart was pounding with mixed feelings between anxiety, fear, and... excited?

Cathy gulped with great effort as she felt Vincent's breath on her nose. She couldn't look at the man's gaze any longer, so she simply closed her eyes.

Without realizing it, Cathy counted inside her heart fidgety. One second... two... three... four... five... and still nothing happened.

Then she realized she no longer felt the man's breath or the distinctive essence of lemon. In the end, Cathy ventured to open her eyes and became dumbstruck when she saw the man's smirk.

She saw Vincent already pulled away from her to his seat. He folded his two hands on the steering wheel while his undeniable handsome face rested on top of his hands, perfectly facing her.

Cathy couldn't stop thinking, how could that man make her heart go haywire like this? Especially at this time... the man's pose, that man's gaze, that wicked smirk...

Why the hell she felt like the man was teasing her?

"What are you expecting?" 

Cathy frowned when she noticed the man tried to hold back his laugh.

"Why do you look disappointed?" unlucky for her, Vincent did not stop his teasing.

"Hmph! I don't want to talk to you." Cathy put on a sullen face that Vincent found very adorable. To hide her face, which she was sure was reddening, Cathy shifted her position, so her shoulder was right next to the car door while her back was slightly facing the man.

"You're a hundred early to mess with me, pretty angel," said Vincent, ruffling her hair and getting back to running the car.

Cathy still didn't want to face him and preferred to see the sideways as if the view was more intriguing than the teasing-lover, yet a handsome man. Even when Vincent tapped Catherine's shoulder with his index finger to call out to her, Cathy refused to respond to him.

Vincent raised his hand to gently stroke Cathy's head, which Cathy repelled. Well, his name would not be Vincent if he gave up quickly.

"Cathy," Vincent called in a seductive tone Cathy never heard of. "If you continue like this, I don't want to take you home."

Cathy shuddered at the hair on her neck. Why did she feel that the last sentence was a warning? Why does this person's voice sound like he's threatening her and yet seducing her?

"Cathy," the seductive hoarse tone was heard once again, inviting a strange feeling inside her heart. She never knew that her name sounded so pleasant to the ears when Vincent called her.

Alright. If the man wanted to ease her furious feeling, he did well. Despite the fact that she was no longer feel annoyed, Cathy decided to stay indifferently.

Vincent picked her hand and grasped her small her into his large palms. Cathy gave a surrendering sigh knowing she would never win against her lover.

"Don't act too proud of yourself even though you could drive well. You should use both of your hands on the wheel," was the smooth way to break their hands apart, and she put his hand back on the wheel.

Vincent chuckled and stroked Cathy's head again as if he couldn't take his hand to himself if the girl were so close to him.

"Is there something wrong with my hair? Why are you often touching it?" Cathy apparently still hasn't recovered from her annoyance, so she said it with a sarcastic tone.

Vincent sighed, realizing that his girlfriend was still annoyed.

"If you're still cynical, I can't help but think you're disappointed that I didn't do something earlier."

"You... I..." Cathy was speechless to hear that, while the man only chuckled to see her dumbfounded expression.

On second thought, why should she be so irritated? Didn't that guy like to tease her before? No. His teasing right now was on a different level.

Was she annoyed by Vincent's joke or disappointed because...

"I'm not disappointed!" Cathy herself was surprised by her unexpected shout. She felt like having an egg on her face the minute she realized her childish manner. 

THIS IS NOT LIKE HER AT ALL!

"Aaaa, I don't know anymore." Cathy couldn't help but sulk on the corner.

Cathy covered her face with both hands, feeling embarrassed by her attitude. Meanwhile, Vincent just smiled, amused at her adorable behavior.

Vincent stroked the back of Cathy's hand, trying to coax the girl to pulled out her hand away from her face. After succeeding, Vincent did not release his grip on the girl's hand and interlocked their fingers, which Cathy did not repel this time.

Vincent opened a light conversation during the trip and stopped teasing the girl. Soon enough, Cathy's mood was brightened, and the two chatted casually.

Vincent didn't tease the girl because he didn't want his little girl to sulk and ignore him.

Cathy also informed that she would have a date with Kitty tomorrow afternoon, earning a frown on Vincent's forehead.

"Why do you seem to like her more than me?"

"Of course not. Kitty only has three hours free tomorrow before the concert in the evening. She would be traveling around for her tour the next day. Isn't she amazing? When we were still in high school, she achieved an award from..." and Cathy started blabbering at how proud she was at Kitty. Cathy was now like a mother-hen who was proud of her daughter and concerned about her well being.

"Cathy, I wonder who do you like the most between Morse and me. Which of us would you like to spend time with?"

This question sounded ridiculous to Cathy, but when else could she tease that man?

"..." Cathy purposely did not answer him and pretended to be clueless and avoided his question.

"Geez, you can't answer that?"

Cathy could no longer hold back her laughter, seeing Vincent's pouting lips. She actually laughed out loud to make Vincent startled.. In his heart, he was delighted to hear the laughter that seldom came out of Cathy's mouth, only for the moment he couldn't help but kept pretending to have a sullen face.