Unadulterated Pleasure

7: Back to Work

~Hey Loves! Here you go. Enjoy!~

Dorian walked out of the conference room, making his way down the hall. He'd been in meetings all day but he'd known it was going to be that way when he finally went back to the office. Dorian had become too accustomed to working from home. Being able to just walk out and go do something in the house, or go see what Amara was doing. Even if he'd only been doing it for a couple of weeks. He'd never worked much from home before then. No more than a day when he did it.

However, Dorian couldn't run his business from home. With his company being the lands biggest energy supply company, and co-chairing the board of the lands second largest medical supply company. He needed to be in the office. It helped that the two companies shared a building. His company Slade Energy Solutions on one side, and his younger brother Azra's company Slade Medical Systems on the other.

Dorian made his way back to his office, and sat behind his desk. He pulled up his schedule on the tablet that lay there to see when his next meeting was. His brother had chosen the week Dorian would be back to be out of town, he was dealing with not only meetings he needed to be in and things that needed his attention for his company, but for Azra's as well.

His next meeting was in about forty-five minutes, and it was in the lab on the other side of the building. It seemed that Slade Medical Solutions' lab was in the process of coming up with a liquid bandage that immediately closed an injury depending on the severity of it. With all the advances in technology, he was positive they would be able to achieve it soon.

Dorian was looking through the rest of his day. Attempting to figure out when he'd have time to take lunch, or have it delivered to him, when his phone rang. Looking at the screen, he saw BéBé flash across it. Smiling to himself when her face popped up on the screen. Her cheeks were filled with air and she looked like a cute chipmunk. He wondered if she knew he could see her before he answered the video call.

Propping the phone up, Dorian answered it, leaning back in his chair. He sort of wished she'd hallo-called him, so he could see all of her, but figured she didn't know her phone had that feature.

"Hey, BéBé." He greeted with a smile.

"Hi, Dorian." Amara responded, after expelling the air from her cheeks. "How's work?"

"It's been busy. What have you been doing today?"

"I'm sorry. I'm not bothering you, am I?"

Dorian shook his head. "No, you aren't. You could never bother me."

That caused Amara to smile. "Oh, I've been practicing the piano, and Mom measured me for my dress today."

That piqued Dorian's interest. They hadn't yet set a date, or sent out announcements for invitations, because Dorian didn't want Amara being bombarded with unwanted attention. He knew that Amara was having difficulty picking out fabrics and the style of dress she wanted. She hadn't said anything to him about deciding on something.

"You've chosen what you want?" He questioned.

Amara nodded. "Sort of. I know the style I want, and the fabrics, but I don't know where to get one of them. Mom said she used it once to make a dress for someone at the shop, but she didn't know where it came from."

"If it was one of the fabric samples, then the fabric store should know where it came from." Dorian told her rubbing his chin.

"It...wasn't a fabric sample. I...I found it in your closet." Amara responded softly. "I'm sorry. I wasn't snooping. I didn't have anything else to do so when Eva brought the laundry in, I volunteered to put it away."