108. “Stay in the car if you don’t want me to get mad,” Richard hissed when Macy decided to get out and try shooting him since he had been standing there smoking for the past thirty or so minutes.
She didn’t understand why she cared so much about Richard but she did. She loathed the idea that she had made him angry.
Maybe I should go and try talking to him.
She had thought and that’s when he had asked her, not so politely, to get back.
But why is he so angry?
That was the question she couldn’t answer.
However, she didn’t understand why he got so mad. Wasn’t she okay?
Richard, on his hand, was seething. He didn’t understand why Macy would court danger. They had already agreed that they would face everything together but she had gone head first into danger without even telling him.
He crushed his sixth stick and then sighed heavily.
What was worse was that he couldn’t even get mad at her. This was the first time he felt this way about a woman. He didn’t understand it and all he knew was that he wanted her safe.
He wanted her to know that he would be there to love and protect her and he hated the fact that she still didn’t trust him enough to tell him when something like that happened.
He got back in the car and instead of starting it, he stayed put and ignored her.
Macy peeked at the side of his face and saw the set jaw and knew that he was still angry.
She thus decided to stay mum and wait it out.
After another five or so minutes, Richard sighed again and turned and looked at her.
“Macy, I am angry. I am disappointed in you.
I really…” he sighed again and looked at her face and held her gaze.
“You went into danger without thinking about yourself, Mel, me or our boy. You went into danger without thinking of what it would do to me and Mel if you got hurt.
Heck, did you even think of your grandmother?
What would have happened…
Damn it! I love you Macy. I haven’t even had time to show you how much and then…” she felt his voice break and hers broke too.
When she left the house after getting that call, she was double sure that she could take whoever it was that dared use her son to get to her and that was why she didn’t even think of calling him.
She also thought that he had been behind on his work and thought she should give him ample time to catch up.
Feeling guilty, she stretched her right hand and held his.
He looked at her hand and then up at her face and felt defeated. He didn’t know what he should do with her.
Maybe he should just tie her up and lock her up in a room where she would be able to get out.
“I am sorry. I know even saying this won’t make it better but you were busy. You had been with me for the past few days since the news broke out and haven’t been at work.
I thus didn’t want to bother you and I knew… I knew I could handle them… and… I am sorry,” she said with her voice getting softer and softer until he could barely hear her.
He sighed again as he looked at her and her beaten look made him feel deflated.
“What should I do with you?” He asked and pulled her to him.
He hugged her tightly and she felt as if her bones would break but she didn’t say anything as she let him do it.
She leaned into his shoulder and breathed him in and realised why he was so worried about her.
She loved him.
She realized that she really loved the man she was holding and the thought of losing him frightened her.
“I am sorry for frightening you. I promise I won’t do it again.
It’s just that I’ve been used to being alone for so long that I forget that I am no longer alone.
Sorry,” she said and hugged him tighter.
“Mmm, it’s okay. Just don’t do it again,” he said as he relished on the fact that she was okay. She wasn’t hurt.
“I won’t,” she said.
“You looked sexy beating them like that,” he said and that came out of nowhere and she swallowed.
If she had been drinking something, she would have choked on it.
He broke the hug and looked at her.
“Don’t do anything dangerous without me again. If you want to fight, tell me and I will accompany you.
I will even train you if you so want. Just don’t plunge into danger zones alone,” he said as he held her hands.
She squeezed his big palms and leaned in and took his mouth.
This took all the courage she had for she had never done it again.
Richard, on his hand, was taken by surprise but he liked the surprise.
He held her head by both temples and angled her face in a way that he would be able to reach her lips well.
He savaged her by biting, nibbling and sucking.
Macy had intended for it to be short and sweet but Richard had other plans.
His was savage, hot and hard.
He bit her lower lip at the edge with his canine leaving a visible hickey and she hissed but let him.
She could not deny that he was a good kisser and she loved it.
After a while, he let go and he smiled when he looked at his masterpiece. Her lips were red and swollen and the hickey was clearly visible and he was sure that it would start forming a scab after a few hours and everyone who saw her would be able to see his work done for and with love.
“I love you,” he said and he leaned in and pecked those beautiful lips.
Macy looked at him and wondered when she got so lucky. She knew she loved and …
“I love you too,” she said and Richard froze.
He knew she did, otherwise she wouldn’t have accepted his proposal.
He smiled at her and pecked her lips again.
“I am happy,” he said and cupped her cheek with his hand and she leaned into the heat.
“Let’s go home?” He asked and she smiled.
“Let’s go home,” she answered and he removed the hand that was cupping one side of her face and a disappointed ting ran down her body at the lose of the heat.
Richard leaned in and helped her buckle her seat though he really didn’t have to but she loved that he was so attentive to her.
He then buckled up his and ignited the vehicle.
They didn’t talk on the way back home but the atmosphere was homey and peacefully happy.
Macy wondered what she would do when they got to the villa.
Would he ask her to sleep in his room?
Would she feel awkward about it?
Was she ready to give herself to him?
Would he find it weird that she wasn’t pure?
How would she take it?
She didn’t even know if she was ready or not as she felt that they had moved really fast and she thought that they should have time to get to know each other well before taking that final step.
To Macy, sleeping with him would be the final step to giving herself fully to him.
That was just her and that was why she felt so violated and impure at the fact that she had slept with a stranger.
Oh, wait, he’s the stranger and so, even the fact that I am impure won’t matter that much because he was my first.
Macy thought and looked at him and their eyes met.
He is was holding the steering wheel and looked at her and then looked at the road with a knowing smile.
Macy didn’t know what was going on through his mind but she knew by the expression on his face that it was good.
Richard didn’t drive home.
He took her to his office and she gawked at that building.
She knew that The Armstrong Group was the biggest company in DC and she had seen the building in passing just that she hadn’t been inside.
She never thought that it would be that huge or so pristinely decorated.
“What are we doing here?” She asked as he opened the door for her in the private garage in the basement.
“I am yet to finish some things here and I want you with me,” he said and she wondered how to react to that.
She knew that he might have been afraid of the fact that she had gone off alone and she thus didn’t complain.
She followed him into the private elevator and sighed.
Was she ready for all this?
She wasn’t sure.