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Samantha figured out about our relationship without me telling her and has been giving me weird smiles since then. Maybe it’s my sudden cheerful mood that gave me away. Even the other staff have commented on how happy I look. Tristan has said nothing other than give me weird looks he thinks I don’t notice.
Bella finally comes out of the resort but is busy typing on her phone. She barely glances at me when she reaches me. I smile at her. Only Bella would pick a fight in a relationship that is only one week old.
“Are you going to just stare at me or open the door?” She gestures at the car doorand I oblige her, opening the car door with a mock bow. I drive out of the resort, letting Bella take her time with her phone. I knowit’san act to show that she is still angry and where I would normally find that annoying, it is beyond cute and I can’t stop smiling at how adorable she looks pouting at her phone.
“I was thinking we could get something fancy. There is this new restaurant a friend of mine just opened and I would love to check it out,” I finally break the silence. “You’ve been working so hard lately and I think you deserve a treat to calm you down.”
With Harry and Cecilia’s wedding just twodaysaway, she has been on her toes to make sure everything is perfect for the bride.
She scoffs. “I’ve been so busy, yet I still find time to callyou.”
Bella is angry because I forgot to call her last night. She had called to check on me and because I was swamped with work I hadpromisedto call her back when I was done but forgot. I was too tired and had gone straight to bed that night.
I had explained it all to her, and her reply was, “If you start forgetting to call me at the start of the relationship, how are you going to be in the future.”
Ihad been thrilled aboutthe fact that she saw afuturewith us and had not taken her anger seriously till she came to work today andsulked in her office all day. I do not appreciate people bringingtheir personal issues into the office environment, but it had been so cute watching her avoid me all day.
“How can I make it up to you?” I ask her,alreadyrunning out of options.
“Why don’t we order in?” she asks, and I quickly glance at her.Is she serious?
Since we started dating, Bella has refused to come over to my place and refused to let me sleep over too. Something about not wanting our relationship to be all about sex, seeing as it all started with sex. I just want to be as close to her as possible.
“My place or yours,” I say, not one to miss an opportunity.
She shrugs. “You choose.”
I head straight for my place.
“Fancy,” Bella says as I drive into my apartment complex’s car park. We take the elevator to the penthouse and Bella looks at me. “I didn’t know you stay in a penthouse.”
I shrug. “There is a lot you don’t know about me.” I drop my keys on the table and loose the knot of my tie. “But we are going to change that.” I walk up to her and pull her close to me by her waist. I lean down to kiss her when she places her hand between us.
“We haven’t ordered out and I need a bath. So please show me to your bathroom andwhileI bathe, I want you to orderChinese take-out. Maybe then I will consider forgiving you.”
I smile. “Whatever you say, ma’am.” I’ve got it bad. She could be cursing me out and I would still think she looks adorable. I lead her to the bathroom and place a shirt and pair of shorts on the bed for her. Then I do as she said and order Chinese take-out.
By the time she comes out of the bathroom, the food has arrived and I have a movie ready. Knowing howbullheaded Bella can be, I have accepted that I won’t be getting any action tonight. But just in case, I made sure the movie we are to watch is a romance story with enough sex scenes.
She steps out in my clothes and I am thrown back to our first night together.
She sits down beside me on the floor where I have laid out a blanket and I put my arms around her, bringingher close to me. She smells like me, I notice as I bury my face in her neck.
“I’m hungry,” she says, pulling away from me to grab the food.
“So, you choose food over me,” I joke with her and she gives me alook before slurping on noodles.
“Anytime, any day,” she says, with her mouth full.
I turn to the television and start the movie. It unfortunately does not have the desired effect because Bella dozes off barely fifteen minutes into the movie. And with no one to watch with me, I lose interest in the movie and turn it off. Icarry Bella to my room where I contentedly lay downwith her as she reacts to my touch and cuddles up to me.Life seems almost perfect now, like nothing could go wrong.
* * *
I wakeup the next day, giddy from having spent the night with her.Icall Samantha to tell her I might not be coming into work today, my not coming being heavily dependent on whether my starved ass gets any action today. I know that most of the preparation for the wedding has been finalized so it won’t harm anyone if Bella also takes the day off.
“Will Miss Ortiz also not be coming in today?” she asks and I can already see the smirk on her face.
“Seems like it. Something about the stress getting to her,” I reply and hear her scoff. Idecide to make her breakfast in bedfor a start. I am in the kitchen preparing pancakes because that is the only food where I can boastof myskilled expertise.
