who we are (18+)

Chapter 4- what's the story, morning glory

The sun shines through the curtains. I groan. I suppose I gotta get up soon. I stand up and get dressed. I open the door and head downstairs. I opened the laptop that I was writing the book on. I open up my emails and email the publisher

Morning george

I wanted to email you to let you know that I have started a new manuscript for a new book. I'm sure you'll be overjoyed to hear this. I'd like to ask you to send me over a few braille copies of my older books. I've met someone who is blind and she would very much like to read my books again. Anyway I'll let you get on with your day. You know my home address so just send the books to me.

Yours sincerely

John white

I sent the email to my publisher. I then head to the kitchen when I hear Lucy shout "John could you come and help me quickly" . I head upstairs. "What's up?" I say as I open the door. "Oh god" I say , covering my eyes with my hand. "Oh shit sorry, i needed a hand with my bra" she says i walk over and help her put it on. "Anything else" I say next to her ear. I see goosebumps form on her body. "W-what's for breakfast?" she says. I chuckle "whatever you want" I say. She chuckles. "Waffles," she replies. I laugh. I leave her room and head downstairs and start to make some waffles.

I hear Lucy struggle down the stairs and she finds a chair in the kitchen "oh you actually made waffles" she says. I set the plate down in front of her. "Do you need a hand?" i ask her. She touches the table a bit till she finds the first waffle and then proceeds to hit herself in the face with the waffle. I can't help but chuckle. I gently grab her arm and guide her to food to her mouth "open wide" i say. She opens her mouth and bites down on the waffle. She finishes her waffles and she smiles at me "who would've thought the author is also a good cook" she says. I laugh. "Speaking of which, we should probably get back to the manuscript for my book" I say. I help her over to the living room and open the laptop and see a reply from george. I quickly open his email and see his reply

Morning john

That's brilliant news! Everyone at the office can't wait to see the new book and with regards to the braille copies i'll get them sent right away they should be with you tomorrow. Anyway i'll let you get back to your manuscript

Many thanks

George green

I smile. It'll be a nice little surprise for lucy. "You haven't started yet" she says. She's pouting at me. "Sorry i was reading an email" i say. I open the document and start to type.

Chapter 2

I woke up at 10am. I head down the stairs of the inn and look out the window. "Holy shit" I whisper. There's snow right to the top of the window frame. "Guess the conference won't be going ahead anytime soon" a female voice says behind me. I turned around and saw Anna standing on the stairs. I chuckle "yeah you're probably right given we can't get out of this inn. It's probably the same all over the city, ''I say. I head towards the dining room and start to pick up breakfast items from the buffet. I sort myself out with a coffee and sit at the table I was sitting at last night. I stare out of the window till Anna sits down with me. "So what's a guy like you doing going to an accounting conference?" She asks me. I laugh. It's a good question. I don't look like your regular accountant and that's about right. "Well I'm an accountant for an organisation that caters to society's elite or at least that's the shit they tell us when we interview for the job. Reality it's basically financial advice for the mega rich cunts who want to avoid as much tax as possible" i say. Anna looks surprised. "Shit that's actually a thing. I thought it was just a myth" she says. I shake my head. I notice she's wearing a subtle amount of makeup. Her long brown hair is tied back in a ponytail. "I wish it was a myth. It's a shitty job doing shitty things for shitty people but enough about me how does a girl like you end up being a guest speaker at an accounting conference?" I asked her. She chuckles "well I'm the head of an international investigation bureau for dodgy taxes and dodgy accounting" she says. I can feel my face go white. "Don't worry James I don't arrest the pretty ones," she says with a chuckle. I can feel my cheeks start to burn.

"That is the cheesiest thing I've ever heard in a romance story," Lucy says. I burst out laughing. "Well Lucy, I only share the early versions of my books with the pretty ones," I say with a smile. I watch as her cheeks turn red. I chuckle watching her try to regain her composure. "Wow you really flipped that on me fair play" she says. I chuckle before going back to the book.

She bursts out laughing as I sit there burning up. "That's the cheesiest thing I've ever heard but it worked so fair play" I say. We keep talking all morning even after breakfast is cleared away. It hits midday when we actually look at our watches "shit I best go and phone the conference people" anna says. She gets up and heads back to her room. I pull out my own phone and phone my boss. "James. What's up? The snow hasn't fucked you to much has it" he says. I tell him about how I'm snowed in at the inn and about how there's a finance bureau agent in the same building. My boss instructs them to tell them very little about my job. I keep thinking to myself why the fuck do I care. It's a shit job "oh Jordon I'd like to let you know I quit. I'll give you my notes for the conference then I'm done working for you" I can hear the static on the other side of the phone. "Ok" he says. He hangs up and I go back to my room and get my laptop out of my bag. There's a knock at my door. "James, is this your room," a female voice says. I go over to my door and open it. It's anna. "I wanna know would you be willing to tell me everything about the work your company has you do" she says. I chuckle "it's funny you should ask me. I just got off the phone with my boss. He told me not to talk to anyone from the bureau but I just quit, ''I say. I see her eyes shine for a second "see here's the thing I only give out information like this to the pretty ones" i say. She chuckles "touché" she says she goes to turn around "I dunno where your going I was about to tell you everything" I say she blushes for a second before regaining her composure "okay you had me going for a second" she says I let her inside and show her the laptop. "Everything you'd need is on there" I say gesturing to the laptop.