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“Seems the least we can do for poor Bill……I’ve had my people running him ragged for the past few days” he added with a twinkle in his eye
“Didn’t want him calling you all the time since you insisted on keeping that damn mobile”
She chuckled back
“Didn’t stop him trying though” she said
He looked at her in surprise
“You’ve talked with him”
Kira gave him a pained look
“Of course not… I promised I wouldn’t”
With a need to be honest with her he added
“I wanted to make him pay too”
Her raised eyebrows made him continue
“I thought you two where lovers”
She sighed
“Craig… Bill and Marissa Thomson are the closest things to parents I’ve ever had since my mum died. He has always been the father that I never had…. You really chose well when you decided to go after Bill”
Nodding slowly he added
“I saw the video of him leaving your room that first night. I saw him hugging you and I assumed that you had been…”
Kira sighed softly looking at him with those wonderful honest eyes
“When you appeared at my room I didn’t expect to see you…and there you were….three years later, you were suddenly in my room. I was upset and he stayed to make sure I was OK. He only did what any decent father would”
He moved around the desk to kiss her softly
“Maybe you’d better phone him now to let him know you’re OK”
She looked up at him in surprise
“But you said….”
He shook his head
“I hope we’ve put that all behind us now” his eyes were intense and pleading, and Kira groaned a long sensual sound and moving into his arms she purred
“How much time do we have before the plane comes?”
He smiled throatily, adding against her lips
“Enough”
Before picking her up and returning to the bedroom.
At 4 in the afternoon they found themselves taxiing away from the island that Kira had grown to love in such a short period of time. This time the return journey saw the two of them cuddled together laughing and joking so much a part of each other.
Craig had arranged for a stretch limo to pick them up before taking them to the Superior. Standing in the foyer Kira thought back to that first day that she had witnessed him walking through. So much had happened since that time and her heart was overflowing with happiness. Seeing her look he had understood what she was thinking and winked conspiratorially at her. As they had entered several managers had been waiting to meet him.
“Sir Mr Buchanan is in the bar waiting for you…”
“Sir I’ve rescheduled your meetings as you asked ….”
“Sir the contractors need to speak with you…”
She heard these and many more from different voices. Hearing his name she was glad to finally be able to see Bill. Craig had nodded barking out commands quickly and decisively to each person as they fired questions at him, all the time holding her close his hand gently guiding her through the crowded foyer. She had been impressed with his quick mind and ability to make decisions on the spot, and finally the voices all disappeared moving off with their orders to fill.
He sighed “God its hard being the boss” he laughed down at her as she looked back at him with a mocking sympathetic look
“Poor little multi-millionaire baby” she laughed as he chuckled back at her tickling her back causing her to jump forward with a giggle.
“That would be millionaire with a b” he said laughing as she scrunched up her nose at him
As they entered the bar Bill came rushing forward from the seat he had been occupying for over an hour as he waited impatiently for her to arrive
“Kira you OK” he asked looking warily at Craig
She flashed him a dazzling smile
“I’m great Bill” she had replied “Good week?”
Bill looked at her in bemusement. He had been imagining all kinds of terrible things all week, given how upset she had been in just a few moments of Craig’s company, but she was glowing, with total happiness shining out of her face. With relief a small smile lit his lips for the first time.
Craig stepped forward his hand outstretched
“It’s great to meet you Mr Thomson” he said smiling brightly
“I must apologise for my rudeness the last time we met” he added
Bill had shaken his hand with a firm grip, laughing off the apology with a quip
“Well I guess it’s good to be the king” he said a smile hovering on his mouth
Craig had chuckled liking Bill already
“My people tell me what a great job you’re doing” he said
With a look in his eye which said that he had understood what was going on Bill had added
“Yes, they seemed to be determined to keep me busy”
Kira dropped her head biting her lip to keep the giggle from escaping her mouth as Craig looked contritely back at him
“Yes, I must apologise for that too” he admitted looking at Kira with smiling eyes
“Not to worry” Bill said “We actually achieved rather a lot….. What about you Kira?” he asked innocently
With that Kira started to laugh her hands flying to her mouth to smother the sound
“Oh Bill, we’re so sorry……well Craig is anyway” she added as Craig nodded his head sheepishly beside her
Looking from one to the other a smile spread over Bills face
“Well no harm done” he said “and like I said we did actually get a lot done….tell you what, why don’t I buy you both a drink” he said with a twinkle in his eye
“Apparently I have a free tab” he said smiling at Craig
“Wonder who organised that”
Craig smiled back
“Seemed the least I could do” he said softly.
Bill noticed the way the two of them stood beside each other, their bodies instinctively moving closer to each other. For the two years that he had known her he had never seen her with a man. He had often despaired at the solitary life she seemed determined to live, never allowing any man, and there had been many who had tried, to get close to her. Now her whole being cried out happiness as the two of them stood so close together.
They moved to the bar, where they were instantly served as the bar staff had recognised Craig.
“Wow” Bill Thomson whispered “I should take you out drinking more often Craig”
He had laughed back and the two men had instantly relaxed in each others company.
Kira watched as the two talked about the new refurbishments. Bill and Kira both impressed with the amount of information he already had about their progress and plans. He had flashed her a smile
“And you think I never listen…”
As Kira had chuckled, scrunching up her nose playfully to him. As she excused herself to go to the bathroom Craig caught looks between the two, looks which he couldn’t understand. Bill had looked intently at her his gaze looking briefly at him and she had shaken her head slightly. Whatever was being said Bill had frowned. Craig wondered what that had been all about, not liking secrets, especially those from Kira.
As she disappeared from the bar Bills demeanour changed. No longer the laughing kindly man, he had straightened up and was looking at Craig with a severe look on his face
“OK son” he had said making Craig feel suddenly very young and slightly nervous and seeming to have completely forgotten that Craig was his boss. He had looked at him with surprise, but Bill seemed intent on saying more
“I don’t know what the hell went on this week, but Kira is like a daughter to me and nobody, and I mean nobody … not even you” he added silencing Craig who had opened his mouth to say something
“Is going to upset her…. Do I make myself clear?”
Craig clamped his mouth shut and nodded
“Now the only reason that you and I aren’t having this conversation outside is that she looks happy”
He ignored the younger mans surprised look and the fact that he was obviously very fit and at least 3 inches taller than him
“But let me make myself very clear Craig… that if you hurt her I will come after you… she deserves to be treated like the lady she is and I expect you to do just that.”
“Do I make myself very clear?”
Craig nodded, his eyes looking back at Bill with surprise, but also with a deep respect. There had been very few men who had ever stood up to him, and given that it was out of concern for Kira he suddenly felt very ashamed of what he had thought of Bill Thomson
Holding out his hand which Bill had taken they had shaken hands
“You have my word Bill that the last thing I ever want to do is hurt Kira”
With a nod the harsh look in his eyes had disappeared and once again he had begun laughing telling jokes which had Craig smiling. Craig however, was suddenly very aware that while Allan Rothman might be her biological father the man before him now was truly the man who cared for her like a real father. This was the scene which greeted Kira when she returned. She smiled at the two men who looked at each other with an understanding in their eyes.
