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“Are you free this weekend Kat?”

He asked while they laid in bed together later that night, he had his arms around her and she was laying atop his chest, he liked having her close, three weeks, for three weeks he tried every possible means to keep her off, he went to the office less, went on some meetings without her, talked to her like he did before, but whatever he did, it just made him want her more until he couldn’t take it anymore, she didn’t make it easy for him either, coming into the office looking all sexy and beautiful, he had fought with himself until he saw no point in punishing himself and her when they both wanted each other and she knew what this was about.

“Yes sure, anything?”

“Yes, I want us to go out,”

“Oh,”

“Is that all you have to say? Oh?”

“Uh-huh, I don’t know what to say, are we celebrating something,”

“Yes we are and we both did it together, so yes we should celebrate together,”

He replied, he had gotten the mail earlier today, Reuben had decided in his favor and he was getting the estate, he wanted him and Kat to go check it out together and spend the weekend there.

“Oh, really? What are we celebrating?”

“We got it,”

“Got what? Stop acting mysterious I am not good at guessing,”

“I am not acting mysterious here, what deal did we both work on together?”

“Oh my God, are you for real? Congratulations,”

She said in excitement hugging him closer, “I don’t even know if I should say congratulations,”

She added.

“Why is that?”

“Well, I remember talking about paying over six hundred million for the said property, I still feel dizzy thinking about the price,”

“You are such a mood, the money is not that big,”

“Yeah, to you, you are a billionaire, after all, it’s will do nothing to your account, but me, I don’t even have a quarter of that to my name, God, did I come to this life to look at rich people?”

She exclaimed, dramatically throwing her hands in the air to make her point, she looked adorable, if only he had met Kat before he met Loren, oh but wait, Katrina already started working for him, why just why didn’t he look at her, how was he able to look past her for a six whole years, yet he couldn’t go one month without having her.

Katrina would make a good partner, unfortunately, he couldn’t be it for her, she was fun to be with, caring, and had a sense of humor that was admirable, she wasn’t demanding either, and she was super smart too, she had everything a man would look for in a woman and he felt bad for not being able to give her more, she deserved better but he just wasn’t the one to give her that, he hoped someday, someone who will treat her better will turn up even though the thought of such day made him sick.

“Should I fill your account up?”

He asked to distract himself from the part his thoughts were trading.

“What?”

“You said you didn’t have a quarter, I can make you a millionaire in seconds,”

She pulled off him, stood up from the bed, and looked at him with judging eyes, folding her hands on her chest.

“Show off, dude, I can make my own money, and I never said I wasn’t a millionaire, wanna see my account balance, I can buy you a nice house and car with it, and still have enough to last me five years or maybe the five but at least, I will have leftovers, I am not broke,”

She disclosed flipping her hair, with pride, he almost thought she was offended by what he had said but when she flipped her hair, then he knew she wasn’t.

“Wow, Miss millionaire, I am proud of you,”

He answered clapping.

“You better be, I worked my ass off for those, working with a grumpy boss, oh-ho, super stressful,”

“And who is this grumpy boss?”

“Who else but you,”

She replied rolling her eyes.

“I am not grumpy,”

“Says the one who threw a truant when a blind date showed up unexpectedly at a business trip,”

“That’s was straight up unprofessional,”

“I still don’t see how, all Nas did was come say Hi and you went all cracra with me,”

“He disrupted a meeting,”

He replied, thinking about that day now, he knew he overreacted, but he wasn’t going to tell her that, he just hadn’t liked how the dude has been looking at her, not to mention he disrupted a very important meeting.

“Which is right, but after that, I apologized but were still angry and didn’t talk to me for the rest of the trip, I say you are one grumpy man,”

“No, I am not, I just didn’t like you bring your love interest to business trips,”

“He wasn’t my love interest, it was just a one time date, he is not even my type,”

“Good to know that,”

“And besides, you brought a lot of your love interest with you when we went on business trips, I can count a handful of them,”

“I am the boss,”

“Still doesn’t mean it is professional,”

She replied, she wasn’t going to back out and he didn’t like the direction their conversation was going, not to mention they have an early morning meeting the next day.

“Can we just go to sleep already? We have work to do tomorrow, and the meeting will be long and very tiring,”

He said patting the bed, he didn’t want to talk about the past, he wanted to have a ‘them’ time.

“Trying to change the topic are we?”

“Yes,”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

He answered truthfully.

“Okay,”

She replied and got back on the bed with him.

“Katrina?”

“I thought you said we are sleeping,”

“Yeah, I just, I wanted to say.., I.., you know,”

He fumbled, he was an idiot, not being able to get out what he wanted to say to her.

“Just say it, Lucas,”

“I can’t offer you much,”

“You already said that before and I still choose to get into this,”

“I am sorry,”

“Why?”

“What?”

“Why are you sorry, are you scared that I will want more?”

“Kat,”

“For real though, I might end up wanting more, but right now, I am going to take this, let’s not worry about the days that are yet to come, I mean we never planned on continuing our affair after Arizona but here we are, so let’s not beat ourselves, if I want more I will let you know, and if you can’t give me that, I will work away smiling, I promise,”

She said, but he couldn’t believe her, she didn’t know what she was getting into or had already gotten into, he knew she wanted commitment, that’s exactly what women like her want, to settle down and be happy, not something temporary.

“It’s not an affair,”

“Aha, yeah, it’s a fling,”

“Kat,”

“You are thinking too hard, just go with the flow, and whatever we choose to call it is fine,”

She advised kissing him softly on the lips, before resting her head on his chest.

“I am sleepy,”

She said and before long he could hear her soft snores.

He stared at her, tracing his finger through her face, she was so beautiful, she had a scar at the right side of her check, maybe from a childhood accident, but it did nothing to reduce her beauty, she had long eyelashes, pointed nose, and heart-shaped lips, that look just as juicy as it tasted, lips that called for his attention, he traced his finger over it and let out a breath, he should just yield to her advice and go with the flow, but he couldn’t help but feel on the edge, this wasn’t just any woman, this was someone he trusted with his company, whatever she told Reuben on the day of the meeting he didn’t attend made a huge impact in how the final result came out, not only that, over the years, she had helped him a lot in various decision making that concerns the company, he didn’t want to lose her but he couldn’t love her either, his heart was stone death, thanks to Loren.

He knew he shouldn’t let the past ruin his future, but what if it happens again, what if he lets his guard down and he gets disappointed again, he gave Loren his all but he had not been enough for her, she had cheated on him, scammed him and almost pinned someone else’s kid on him, he had been so happy when Loren had told him she was pregnant and didn’t waste time to propose to her and the witch had accepted, even with his ring on her fingers she had still cheated on him, God, he hated how stupid and gullible he had been.

He had wanted what his parents and his older sister had but sadly, that wasn’t what fate wanted for him, he couldn’t give himself to another woman, not even if that woman is Katrina, he just couldn’t put himself through that risky part again, he knew Katrina wouldn’t do what Loren did to him but his heart just didn’t want to go through the emotional stress again, so he was just going to go on with this and no matter what, and hope that when this does end, the both of them can still work together….