Nothing is as it seems

Chapter 22

You look into his eyes and put your hand on the back of his neck. "And you're telling me the truth right now?" you ask him softly, looking into his eyes. "I look into your beautiful eyes and tell you that in these few days, all I had to think about was you". You slowly get closer to him "I am your secretary and Haz sister", "Forget about that for a moment and enjoy this moment", just as you were about to close the gap, Tom is called out. "That didn't just happen did it?", he puts his head in your neck and lightly kisses your neck. "Mr. Holland you need to accept your award now", "Tom, please just Tom when it's just us", you nod at him. "Mrs. Holland? We need to collect my award together one time", you have to grin slightly and you walk into the great hall.

Tom puts his warm hand on your back where there is no fabric of your dress. His touch gives you goosebumps all over your body. Someone hands you a glass of champagne, which you gratefully accept. Tom still has his hand on your back and strokes it with his thumb, which gives you more and more goose bumps. One of Tom's colleagues walks onto the stage and takes the microphone in his hand. For whatever reason, Tom suddenly tenses his stoner and looks ahead. "I have the pleasure of presenting the award to our famous Tom Holland. If I'm honest I don't even understand why," there was a sudden silence in the whole room until he suddenly starts laughing briefly. "That was a joke. Have you all lost your sense of humor?", "We are all adults already, which is not to be expected from you", Tom shouts loudly, making everyone laugh. "I have to admit Holland. I didn't think you had such a beautiful wife. At first I didn't believe that, that you actually have someone by your side and that's one of your lies. But wow, your wife is hot," Tom had to laugh slightly and looks briefly at you and walks forward. "You don't have to tell me my wife is hot. I know that all by myself. But I advise you to keep your hands off her, because otherwise she'll come off. Are we clear on that?", he walks, a little closer to the guy and gives him a dirty look.

"I thank you all for your work together and for your trust. This company really means a lot to me and I hope there will be many more successful years." He took his award and is cheered by his other colleagues. He puts the award in a box that will go to New York tomorrow and will be placed in a glass cabinet where the others were. While talking to Mia you notice Tom suddenly putting his hands around your waist. "Do you mind if I kidnap Y/n for a minute?" he asked Mia, who shakes her head with a grin. He takes your hand and pulls you out of the great hall. "Tom, what are you going to do?" you ask him but he says nothing and pulls you into another room where it's dark. "Well, if you want to kill me now, at least let me have another sip of my champagne", "God Y/N, what do you think of me? I don't want to kill you," he presses his cell phone and all of a sudden a lot of lights go on. You turn once to see everything.

"What is all this?" you ask Tom who comes closer to you and puts his hands on your hips, pulling you closer to him. "What does it look like to you?" you look up at him and can't get a word out. "Let's dance," he says. You put your hands on the back of his neck and rest your head against his chest. "I've always dreamed of something like this," you say as you simply enjoy the moment. "I've never had anything so romantic in my life," Tom kisses your hairline and takes your chin so you can look at him. "Most of my secretaries would have quit by now. You don't. You, despite what I said and-", "Self-absorbed," you bring out laughing. "Yeah, that too, but what I want to say is. You are special y/n and I want you to tell me no matter what happens our feelings always stay the same," you look at him and can't believe Tom just said that. "What are your feelings for me then," Tom smiles slightly and presses his lips to yours.

His one hand is on your cheek while, he holds you tightly with the other in a way that makes you feel like he doesn't want you to leave. Like he's afraid you'll run away and never come back. Your lips move in a slow rhythm, as if they were made to touch. After a few seconds, you pull away and look into each other's eyes. "That was beautiful," you say as Tom starts to smile, his hand still on your cheek. "Yes it was indeed," now it's you who smiles and hugs Tom. You take his hand and pull him back into the great hall. "Can you tell me what you are doing now?", Tom asks you and looks at you confused, because he thought that you would spend the whole evening, alone in this room. "This is your party, you can't be gone all the time," you answer him and are about to go in when he pulls you back and you stand very close to him. "But the reason why I'm not at this party, I like it a lot more," Tom starts kissing your neck, which makes you groan slightly. "Come on just a little bit. We can have so much fun," as you say the sentence Tom pushes you against the wall and starts kissing you. "I know where else we can have fun," he says now with a grin.

You can't help but smile a little, but then push him away from you slightly and put your fingers on his lips. He watches every movement of your finger. "Stop playing the player again now and treat yourself to this celebration," you walk past him and go to Mia who is already waiting for you on the dance floor. When she saw you she hands you a glass of red wine and starts dancing. You move your hips to the song and start dancing. When a hand touches your neck, you are a bit startled, but you know that Tom is the one standing behind you. No one else gives you such goosebumps every time he touches you. You get little flashbacks to the day Tom and you danced together at the club in New York. "Remember that club in New York?" you say to him as you continue to dance. "I remember that day very clearly," "The boy who danced with me. Why did he get kicked out anyway?", actually you thought Tom had no idea what happened to him, but you were wrong.

"You know baby, Possession didn't like that at all, dancing with you," you turn to him and see his smirk on his lips. "That was your club?" he nods and takes a sip of your wine. "You just kicked him out?" you ask, horrified, and he shrugs. "I just wanted to dance with this beautiful woman," he kisses your neck as you continue to dance. After an hour, you're still on the dance floor, about to take a sip of your wine. Someone bumps into you and you spill "shit", all over your dress, you go up in your suit to somehow get the stain off, but you don't get it. Since you are so focused on your dress, you don't notice Tom move your hair to the side and kiss your neck. "What happened?" you turn around and show him your stain. "Haz bought me this dress," Tom brushes your strand of hair back. "Do you want me to help you?", he asks you. "How-", but before you could talk further Tom kisses you. "Let me help you take off your dress".