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Katrina sat at the chair in the park where she and Lucas had sat on Saturday night, It is Wednesday and still, Lucas wasn’t back, he had texted her that he would return by Tuesday but he hadn’t and today was almost done still no sight of him, almost all the guests have left only a few were still around and by tomorrow they would probably be gone, she looked at her phone expecting him to call.

There hasn’t been any other update from the news and she had called Jordan to find out what’s going on, he had said he didn’t know much but that all he knew was that, Lucas and the team were still in a meeting, that was Monday since she hadn’t gotten any other update.

If he doesn’t show up tomorrow she gonna get on a plane and go back to New York, she concluded.

“What are you doing sitting out here on your own, pretty lady?”

She heard his voice and she looked up, she saw him walking toward her and stood up, walking to him, he looked tired but still, he looked hot, for a moment she thought she was hallucinating.

“Lucas!”

She called.

“Yes? I went to our too first but you were not there, I asked the receptionist who told me you went for a walk, are you surprised to see me? I told you I will come back today.

“No, you said Tuesday, today is Wednesday and it’s past nine already,”

“Were you worried about me?”

“Of course, I was worried, the media carrying the news would only make it into an, even more, bigger issue, and also you weren’t taking my calls.

” But I texted you,”

“Yeah, as if a ‘Katrina, I won’t be able to make it back today, so let’s say I will be back either Tuesday or Wednesday, right after I saw the news, yeah very assuring,”

She said rolling her eyes at him, she had been so scared, but he was standing in front of her which means the issues must have been resolved.

“So, how did it go?

“We have found him, and he is going to pay for his deeds, turns out he gambles and had taken the company money to play his risk games, he lost each time, and the only reason he was caught this time, was because Director Derrick thought it was strange that a huge sum of money was taking out of the company’s account on a weekend when we weren’t buying anything, he had confronted Ben over the phone and dude had run to hide, everything is okay now, we are using funds from the hotel and we will back on our feet soon, in fact, we are doing okay, even our stocks are rising again,”

“Yeah, I saw that, thank God, I was so worried,”

“Let’s go inside, I am tired and haven’t slept properly since I left,”

“Okay, have you eaten? I could have the chef get you something,”

“Yes, I ate on the plane, I just need to bath and sleep, then I need a full update on how your meeting went down,”

He said as they walked towards their room, she collected his bags from him and went ahead of him to open the door to their room.

“So how did your meeting go?”

He asked as soon as they entered the room.

“I thought you said you will take a bath, and rest first?”

She asked dropping his bag and sitting on the sofa.

“I am much too eager to wait, just tell me,”

“Well, there is nothing much to tell, we all turned in our plan and he said he will make a decision and get back to us all by the end of the month,”

She revealed.

“Do you think we have a chance?”

“Yes, I think we do, he was particular about wanting to know if you are okay, I feel, I have a very strong feeling that you will get it, but don’t hope for much though, I am bad at fortune-telling,”

She replied and he burst out laughing, hearing him laugh ease her worries and she let out a breath of relief that she didn’t know she had been holding.

“I will believe you and hope for once your fortune-telling works out in my favor, but for real though I need to sleep, or I might drop off on my kneel any moment now,”

“Go take a bath then,”

She encouraged.

He went into the bathroom, she laid on the bed and fell asleep while waiting for him to be done.

She was woken by the touch of lips against hers, at first she didn’t remember where she was and thought maybe she was having one of those her numerous wet dreams featuring her boss, she melted against the lips surrendering to it, but it felt so real, the touch of lips, the hands moving over her body, the weight of the body on her, it all felt too real to be a dream, she opened her eyes, and they collided with Lucas’s.

“I am sorry I woke you, I promise I was sleeping but I don’t know how it happened but you kissed me and I couldn’t resist,”

He explained getting off her.

“Sorry,”

She apologized sitting up and moving towards the other end of the bed.

“No, I am the one who should be sorry, I shouldn’t have kissed you back when I knew you were sleeping,”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“But I liked it and want it,”

She replied biting her lips, as she turned to face him, showing him her hunger-filled face, she wanted him.

“Kat,”

He whispered, the look in his eyes suddenly intense.

“You said we will talk about it when you get back, I didn’t wanna rush you,”

“Kat, you know that I can’t offer you much right? If something happens between us, I can’t promise you anything,”

He replied even though it hurt her but she was glad that he is been honesty with her, she knew what she was getting into and she wanted it anyway, she wasn’t a child neither was she a teenager, she knew she would be able to handle the aftermath like an adult, at least she hoped so.

“I know, I know you don’t do commitment Lucas, I know, and I still want this, I hate regretting not doing something I want, and I want you,”

“Will you promise that whatever happens with us won’t ruin our work relationship, because I don’t want to lose you, Kat, you are one of the people I trust the most and it will hurt worse if we get involved and l lose you as my worker,”

“I promise,”

“We will treat the next three weeks as vacation and enjoy it to the fullest and go back to work after it and you won’t quit on me? Promise?”

He asked searching her eyes, he really didn’t want to lose her services as she didn’t want to lose him as her boss.

“I promise,”

She whispered even though, she didn’t believe herself but she would work hard to keep that promise, no matter what happens between them it won’t affect their work relationship.

He pushed her back to the bed and captured her lips in an intense nerve-wracking kiss.