- Charlotte Carter is a 23 year old young woman who is a Landscape Architect. She has been looking for a job lately and her best friend Waverly's friend Liam works at Lombardo Construction Company which is one of the best Construction Companies in t...
I decided to go with this brown colored knee length dress that has fluffy see through sleeves and see through heels. For my make up I decided to do a soft smokey eye and a dark nude lip. I want to impress my date tonight.
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***Charlotte's outfit***
It was 6:30 and I was getting ready to leave when Nick came in. "Ms. Carter, would you like me to accompany you?" he asked and I nodded. "No thank you Nick, I'll be fine" I said and he nodded. I turned around to see the girls all looking at me smiling and giggling and I raised my eyebrow at them.
"Yes?" I said smiling in confusion. "You are going to knock him off his feet" Wave said and I rolled my eyes and hugged them goodbye. I walked outside and it was a little bit chilly but not too much. It was the beginning of summer so at night it's still cool outside. I started to drive and arrived at the restaurant at 7:02 and parked the car and saw that Ivan was waiting for me with a smile. I inhaled and got out of the car.
"Nice car" he said smiling and I smirked at him and responded. "Figured I needed to reward myself and buy my dream car" I said walking up to him and he nodded. He looked me up and down like he was taking his time to memorize my image. "You look beautiful" he said and I looked away trying to hide my blushing cheeks. I looked at him and he was smirking at me. I guess he saw me blush again. "Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself Mr. Lombardo" I said and chuckled and led me inside the restaurant. It seemed like he rented the whole outside area for us. We sat down and I noticed he kept his gaze on me.
"What?" I asked, confused. "You're so beautiful" he said and I chuckled nervously. "Did I just see you get nervous? That's an emotion" he said and I looked at him a little more seriously and nodded. "Yeah well it seems like today I'm overwhelmed with many different emotions, some just decided to go against my will and show themselves" I said smirking and he chuckled. We ordered food and drinks.
"So let's talk about us" he said and I took a sip of my wine. "Ivan... there isn't an us" I said, sighing and he grabbed my hand. I felt the electricity through my whole body as soon as he touched my hand. "There is, you're just afraid to admit it," he said and I nodded. "Can you blame me?" I said and he nodded. "Ivan I spent the last year and a half fixing every mistake and flaw that I had and with that I had to repair a lot." I said and he exhaled and nodded. "I know" he said.
"What happened in the conference room a year and a half ago-" I started off before he interrupted me. "I am so sorry. I was angry and... jealous and I took it out on you and I shouldn't have" he said and I nodded. "Seeing you like that and then what happened with Camilla that same day, changed me in ways" I said, taking another sip of wine.
"I felt... like i was the problem" i admitted and he looked at me confused. "The problem? What do you mean?" he asked and I sighed. "I've only had two real relationships, Jackson and... you. Jackson well you know what happened and then with you what happened with Camilla well the common denominator in those two situations was me" I said and continued before he could say anything. "And I know you explained everything with what happened with Camilla but that only fixes some things Ivan, that doesn't change the pain I felt for so long" I said and he looked hurt. And I know that by the way he's looking at me it's evident I'm hurt as well. "I know, but if we try again from zero we could earn each others trust and be happy again." he said and I looked into his eyes for a while.
"It's hard to get the image of you in bed naked with Camilla out of my head... you said nothing happened but you were drunk how are you so sure?" I said to him letting go of his hand while taking a big sip of wine. "Because Camilla admitted it to me" he said and I looked at him wide eyed.
"She said that even when drunk, I wouldn't put a finger on her so she made it seem like I did" he said and my heart skipped a beat. "Ivan it's been a year and a half, we aren't the same people we used to be" I sighed and he reached for my hand again. "I know we aren't but something hasn't changed" he said and I looked at him confused. "What?" I asked him looking into his beautiful eyes. "The love we feel for each other" he said and I removed my hand from his and let out a sarcastic laugh.
"And how are you so sure I still love you?" I said and he looked at me intensely and responded. "Because the kind of love that we had doesn't just disappear" he said and I shook my head. "It didn't just disappear your right, it was lost, it fell apart taking me apart as well" I said and he nodded. "I can look into your eyes and... I can see that you aren't that cold heartless woman you pretend to be. I look at them and I can see the love I used to see every time I looked into them" he said, looking into my eyes. A tear slipped from my eye because of his words. I felt mixed emotions right now. "For a long time these eyes showed pain... For a long time these eyes were filled with tears of sadness." I said, wiping my tears away.
The waiter came with our food before Ivan could reply and I took this moment to compose myself. The waiter left our food and I thanked him. We ate for a little while in silence until Ivan spoke up.
"I want us to try again," he said, taking a sip of his wine. I looked at him trying to figure out if he's being genuine and honest. "I don't want to pick up where we left off... start from zero" I said and he smiled and nodded. "We need rules" I said, placing my fork down and combining my hands so my chin rested on them and he smirked at me and chuckled, "Rules?" he said and I nodded. "We are going to go slow. Work is work. And we have to win each other over and earn each other's trust" I said and he nodded, grinning from ear to ear. "I still don't trust you," I said, hiding my smile, while taking a bite of my food. "I plan on getting your trust back" he said and I chuckled. "Just a heads up. People who lose my trust don't get the chance to get it back, you are so don't blow it, because this is the last chance" I said and he nodded.
For the rest of the date we talked a little bit about our lives this past year and a half. I didn't let myself show too much emotion to him because I'm still afraid of getting hurt. But I think he understands that and respects it. We finished and we started to walk out of the restaurant slowly and he walked me to my car. He leaned in to kiss me and I pushed him slightly back and I looked at him.
"You earn my kisses not get them whenever you want" I said smirking and chuckled, "want to bet?" he said and I looked at him and he took that moment to kiss me. Instead of pulling away, it seems like my body didn't get the message because I was pulling him closer to me. Our kiss was rough and we both fought for dominance. I tugged on his bottom lip and he groaned and opened his mouth, I slipped my tongue into his mouth and our tongues danced. After we slowly pulled away our foreheads touched. "I've been wanting to do that the whole night" he said and I started to chuckle. I picked my head up and he leaned in and kissed my lips softly and gently. We looked at each other for a little bit taking in each others emotions from that kiss.
"What are you doing to me?" I whispered a tear slipping, he used his thumb to wipe my cheek. "Two months ago I was able to keep my emotions in check and control them, but now they fight against me" I said and he kissed my lips again and pulled away. "So are you my girlfriend again?" he asked, chuckling and I looked at him. "I don't know" I said and he chuckled. "You are," he said and I nodded. "I don't want to go fast," I said and he nodded. "I don't want to hide our relationship" he said and I nodded. "I don't want you to kiss me in front of our workers too often" I said and he sighed. "Why?" he said and I responded. "Because... I have their respect and it'll go away if I don't show I'm still the same person, they'll see our... relationship as a sign of weakness" I said and he nodded. "It's getting late and I have to go home and pack" I said and he looked at me confused and I responded. "I'm going on the retreat and I like to be prepared at least 48 hours before and there is... 42 hours to the retreat so I'm running behind" I said looking at the time smirking and he laughed.
"Good night" I said and he replied. "Good night" he said, kissing my cheek and I got in my car and drove away. On the way home I was thinking about tonight. Was it a good idea to trust him again? Why am I trusting him? You aren't trusting him, you're letting him earn your trust back. I love him and I'm scared because when you love someone like I love him, you begin to believe you can't live without him. I almost died without him and now that I glued myself back together he's back, I don't want him to break me again. Maybe he didn't do it on purpose but that doesn't change the pain I went through for months. Right he's just earning it back, some people are worth second chances.
