You and Me

Chapter 17

Back to Charlotte's POV

After I finished changing I opened the door to the bathroom where I could see Ivan working on a desk. I started brushing my hair. Ivan had asked his driver to get a few dress and shoe options, lotion, deodorant, hair things. He's just spoiling me at this point. I always carry around my most used makeup in my purse which is concealer, bronzer, blush, lip gloss and mascara. I did my everyday makeup and looked at the time, it was... 8:45am.

"Baby!" I shout and I see his image appear in the mirror. I was about to say something but then was distracted by the smug look on his face, "What?" I say and he starts to walk towards me and picks me up and sits me on the bathroom counter. "You called me baby" he says and presses a kiss on my cheek. "I did? I'm sorry... if you don't want me-" before I could finish my sentence he smashes our lips together and gives me a kiss. It was different than other times this time there was no hunger or impatience it was... Slow and careful. It was different.

"I don't want you to call me anything else... Why are you always worried about my thoughts?" he says and a couple of dark memories start to race through my mind but I push them away. " I don't know" I say and my phone starts to ring. I see it's my brother and I answer.

"Hey sorry I might be like 10 minutes late. I'm about to head out right now" I say looking at Ivan who's just smiling at me. "I was actually calling to see if I could cancel?" he says and I stop looking at Ivan. "Cancel?" I say confused. He never cancels on me unless he has..."i have a date and forgot to tell you" he says and I start to smile but quickly stop. "You have a date and you didn't tell me! You should feel ashamed of yourself Justin Carter" I say dramatically acting like I'm hurt. "Hahaha, I'm sorry I'll make it up to you I promise" he says and I just smile. "Shut up, go have fun with your date, it'll be more fun than hanging out with me, just... use protection Tin Tin the world doesn't need another you yet" I say slightly whispering to him causing him, Ivan and myself to laugh. Shit Ivan. "Who's that?" Justin says and I just look at Ivan who seems amused by this. I didn't want to tell my brother just yet but he'll know I'm lying so you know what... Fuck it, I'm gonna tell him. "I have a boyfriend Justin" I say and he gasps. "Now I'm hurt! Let me talk to him, I gotta make sure he's taking you seriously and isn't like the last one" he says. And Ivan looks over to me confused. "I uh- can't seem to hear you! Bye!" I say and hang up.

"What does he mean by the last one?" Ivan says, catching my attention. "I don't really want to talk about it...not yet, please?" I say and he nods. "C'mon let's go get something to eat after if you want I can drop you off at your apartment, I gotta go check how the construction is going at the company" Ivan says. Thank god that it's the weekend if not I probably wouldn't have shown up to work. "Can I go with you? I don't have anything to do today" I say, giving him my best puppy dog eyes. "Yes you can come, what do you want for breakfast?" he asks and I smile. "Starbucks?" I say and he chuckles and nods.

***Authors Note***

Seems Like Charlottes past is starting to make an emotional appearance.

What do you think she's hiding?

Uploaded 05/15/2022