Lily’s Pov.
I look at Ryan then at door then at him then again at door. Oh my goodness! What to do? Yes. I take Ryan by arm and drag him to living room. I make him wear his jacket back and push him to sit on chair. I run to my study table and pick up a file I brought home and give it to him.
“What happened?” He asks as he looks at me opening my hair to cover up my flushed cheeks.
“Your parents are here.” I say as I straighten his hairs too.
“But they said they would be here tomorrow. What are they doing here now?” He asks as he starts thinking.
“I don’t know. Just behave like you are here to talk about business and don’t look so relaxed and also my phone is broke that is why you are here. How do I look?” I ask him.
“Sexy as hell.” Ryan says with smirk and I roll my eyes at him as I go open the door.
But I come back to him and kiss him and smile. Then I wipe off the lipstick mark from his lips then take a look at the mirror one more time before opening the door.
“Richard. What a pleasant surprise! Come in.” I say as Richard first hugs me then starts to come in.
“Well I can’t wait to see you, so I came to meet you. Lily meet my wife, Heather. She wanted-” Richard says but two voices cut him.
“You both here?” Ryan says.
“Ryan you here?” His Mom says.
“What are you doing here, Ryan?” Richard asks as he looks at Ryan in shock and I see him ready to say something so I interrupt him.
“Please do come in. My phone broke and we have yet to discuss about the important meeting we have tomorrow. So-” I say but Ryan interrupts me.
“I just came to check in and ask for the file. But as she was making dinner she told me stay for it so we could discuss it.” Ryan says.
“Then why are wearing the apron?” Heather asks.
“Yes what are you doing wearing it?” Richard also asks. Damn. How could I forget about the most obvious thing?
“I was helping her finish making dinner sooner. So we can get back to business.” Ryan says as I see him trying to hide his smile and I glare at him covertly.
“Richard, please do come in first and Mrs. Anderson please have a seat.” I say as I push Richard in and close the door.
“This is not fair, Lily.” Ryan’s Mom says as she sits down and I see Ryan removing the apron and Richard whispering to him something.
“What is not fair, Mrs. Anderson?” I ask her.
“That you call Richard by name but you call me Mrs. Anderson. Call me Heather, dear.” Heather says and I nod.
“Okay. So I hope you all are staying for dinner?” I ask looking at Richard to distract him.
“No dear. We were here to just meet you then go for dinner.” Richard says.
“But why? Everything is ready. And there is enough for everyone. Please.” I say with cute pout as I know that if Richard leaves he would take Ryan with him.
“How can I deny my god daughter?” Richard says with a fatherly smile and the oven dings.
“Ziti is ready.” I say and turn to go for it.
“I will help you with arranging table.” Heather says as she follows me.
She looks really beautiful more than her photos. She has shoulder length wavy caramel blond hairs and blue eyes. So this where Ryan got his eyes. She still has maintained herself. No wonder Richard is crazy about her.
“Can you please look at this Dad?” Ryan distracts Richard with business while Heather lays down plate on my four chair dinning table.
I put the container consisting baked ziti on table along with soup, salad and sandwiches. I take out the wine from the fridge and look at it in confusion as I don’t know how to open it. I rarely have it especially bottle.
“Let me get that for you.” Ryan says as he asks for bottle and I give him with multi purpose device which also has wine opener.
“I want to ask something. Why did you made so many things for dinner?” Richard asks.
“I thought to treat myself and eat leftovers in the morning. But now that you all here it is better treat.” I say with smile as we all sit down and Ryan pours wine for us all.
Ryan purposely sits between his parents and opposite me so they don’t get suspicious especially Richard. I serve Heather first then Richard while Ryan self serves himself.
“I only helped with sandwiches.” Ryan say as he eats them.
“Then it must be extra cheesy. I have to run extra mile tomorrow.” Heather says with a grin as she pats Ryan’s cheek.
“Don’t worry I will help you burn some calorie.” Richard teases Heather and I blush at that.
“Dad!” Ryan exclaims.
We have dinner and Richard asks me many questions about if Ryan is a good boss, is he treating me good, am I having any problems. I give answer to every one of his questions.
Later for dessert, we all have slice of chocolate cake which I stored in fridge. Ryan smiles when I give him his plate and winks at me. We actually discuss our meeting for tomorrow as we have cake.
Soon the time for them to leave comes and I feel disappointed about not being able to tell Ryan about my feelings. As they start to leave Ryan secretly squeeze my hand and mouths the word ‘kiss you tomorrow’.
After they leave, I clean up the kitchen and store the rest of the things. I thought about having romantic dinner and it has gone right down the hills. I should have known if Richard is in town, he would come to check on me as soon as possible.
But I like when he visits me. I feel like my father has come to check on me as he is very concerned about my welfare. I am happy to know that I can relay on someone other than my brother.
I inform Lucas with telephone that my phone is broke so in case of emergency call me at this number. I shower and then change into night suit. As sleep takes me in its embrace, I promise myself to tell Ryan tomorrow that how much I like him.
I wake up next morning and get ready in white formal shirt and black skirt. I tie my hairs formally and get my bag to go. I have to write down things on my schedule.
I have to go to Vermont for first week to half of second week maybe. Then upto third week I have to go for Mia’s wedding then I have to line up my job interviews for fourth week. May is going to be busy month for sure.
I reach office and make Ryan’s coffee along with mine. Even though I take so much calories I don’t put on much weight because I walk a lot. I only use subway then walk from my apartment to sub then sub to office. Then again the same.
I look up at today’s schedule and some meeting preparation as I have my coffee. Ryan comes in front of me and I give him his coffee and he in exchange puts a new smartphone in front of me. I look at him as he takes coffee.
“What is this for?” I ask as I stand up.
“Your new phone. All ready for you to use.” Ryan says with proud smile.
“But you didn’t have to buy it. I was going to buy it myself in the evening. Please take it back.” I say as I give him the phone back.
“No. I may have bought it but it was your god father who insisted on it. And do you know if you don’t have your phone with you for a whole day how much damage it could do to our company.” Ryan says with serious look.
“But I can’t take it. I will use it for now then at evening you can take it back.” I say.
“No. What is the problem, Lily? You needed a new phone and I bought it for you. I spent an hour to find a good thing for you and instead of thanking me, you are just being… stubborn. You know what I have to go for meeting just email me my schedule. Bye.” Ryan says then leaves before I could stop him.
I look at the phone and it is of green color. He really found a phone matching to my eye color and I didn’t said thank you. How could you forget Lily that what you decided to do? When he will be back I will just say thank you and brighten his mood too.
I mail him the schedule and start setting up my new phone when an idea pops in my mind. After my phone is good to go, I click my picture with a wide smile and send him the pick with a thank you message.
When he doesn’t replies, I send another one with a cute pout and say sorry for being rude. Then the third one, one hand under my chin with sad face saying missing him. Then fourth one, with kissing expression on my face with a message saying that I want to kiss him when he comes back. And the last one with serious face with slight smile saying ‘I like you’.
I put down my phone after that and start working. I keep looking at the phone once in while to see if I got any text but he didn’t replied to anyone of my message. It is lunch time and I look at the messages I sent him and feel stupid sending those stupid photos.
I put my head on my arms as I whine internally for doing something like that. I scold myself. How could I try to be cute all of sudden? I am like that only with my family not others. Maybe I just wanted to try it with Ryan. He would either feel weird about it or laugh at it. I really want to bang my head.
“Lily.” I look up to see Richard and I try to stand up but he gestures me to stay seated, “What happened? Are you okay?”
“I am fine.” I say as I rub my forehead.
“You look stressed. Are you having headache?” He asks in concern.
“Yes a bit.” I say as I really am hurting my brain by thinking so many things.
“Where is Ryan?” He asks and I see Ryan coming to a stop when he sees his Dad.
“He was gone to see some sites but there he is.” I say as I point at him.
“Well there you are Ryan. Let’s have lunch. I want to talk to you about something. Did you had lunch, Lily?” Richard asks.
“No.” I say as I look at Ryan to see what he is thinking but he has blank look on his face.
“Then join us.” Richard says with smile.
“I can’t. I brought my packed lunch.” I politely refuse.
“Okay. Eat something and take medicine if your head is aching too much. Okay?” He says and finally Ryan looks at me with concern in his eyes.
“Okay.” I say and they leave. Ryan doesn’t looks back once. What do I conclude out of all this?
I heat up the sandwich I made with vegetables and cheese along with some leftover soup. I almost finish it when I get text from Ryan telling me to go in his office and take the stairs to the room which I have to yet to see.
I finish my lunch and have one blueberry muffin. I wash it down with water and go to his office with tab in one hand then take the stairs. He also sent me code to open it. I type in and enter only to be surprised.
It is a one big room with a fireplace and couch in front of it. A pool table and a bar on a side with stools. It has sitting area with floor to ceiling windows looking over the city. The whole room look luxurious with wooden floor and coffee brown decor.
As I look around, I hear click behind me and I turn around in the direction of the sound, to see Ryan standing there with his phone. He has loosened his tie and is laying his jacket over the couch. He walks slowly like a panther moving towards his prey.
“Your welcome and it is okay. The reply to your first two messages.” He says as he comes towards me and I nod as I take a step back.
“And you were missing me.” He asks and I nod again.
“Do you want to kiss me?” He says and I nod again as I finally get stopped and sit with a thud on a chair.
He puts his hands on either side of the arms of chair trapping me and asks as he comes closes to me, “Do you like me? And this time I want words. No nodding.”
I look him in the eyes and see fire there ready to envelope me in it. I gather my courage and say softly, “I like you.”
“I do too.” He says and before I could understand he kisses me intensely.
The kiss turn so passionate that I have to kick away my heels to turn my toes. He picks me up and sits on chair with me in his lap. Then he starts kissing my neck as he opens the first two top buttons my shirt.
I try to remember my surrounding but get distracted with his open mouth kisses. I tug at his hairs when he kisses at the top of my cleavage. It is going to fast for me but when he goes to open one more button his phone starts ringing and he comes back to his senses.
“I am sorry. I didn’t meant to do that.” He says as he puts a hand on his eyes then peeks up at me.
“It is fine. I liked it.” I say breathless as I blush and look away from him.
“Really?” He asks as he caress my leg which I didn’t even realised was there.
“Yes. But we should not do this again in office. It is risky.” I say with a shy smile.
“Fine. Let’s get going.” He says.
I get up from his lap with shaky legs as he attains the call. I button up my shirt and decide to wear jacket over it so it won’t look crumpled. Then I wear my heels and look at the nearby mirror to straighten my hairs.
We come out from separate ways and I start to behave like nothing happened. I inform Ryan that he can’t come to pick me up as Richard texted me that security camera are on again. We decide to have breakfast together as he would be busy at dinner too.
I still feel his lips on mine as I touch them. The warmth and taste of his tongue on mine. His hands on my body as it held me close to him. I feel just breathless thinking about that moment.
That night my dreams were filled with him. And in them he didn’t stop just there. I wake up in the middle of the night sweating at the dream I had.
I am in deep trouble. As I think that, I smile.