Never Meant To Love You

Giving Into You

Miranda finished her shift at 7am and headed home. She was hungry but also very sleepy so she opted to just take a shower and go to bed. When Miranda woke up she stretched and turned over to see that it was 3:30pm.

There was a knock on Miranda's door so she slowly got up to answer it. She grabbed her robe off the back of her bedroom door before walking through the living room to answer the door. When she opened the door Ben stood there with a bouquet of pink and red roses.

"You already gave me flowers yesterday," Miranda said.

"Well then you can sit these in a different room. And if I had your cell number I wouldn't have to show up like this," Ben said and Miranda pursed her lips and rolled her eyes.

"Can I come in Dr. Miranda Bailey," Ben asked giving her those eyes that seemed to not lie even though she knew there was something about him.

Miranda pulled her robe together some more before stepping aside to let him in.

"Did I wake you up?" Ben asked walking into her kitchen and sitting the flowers on the counter.

"No I had just woken up a few minutes before you knocked."

"So I've made plans for lunch and I can have my housekeeper come by and clean whatever you want cleaned. But from the looks of it you're a pretty neat person."

Miranda just looked at him perplexed. He was so authoritative and commanding but not in a mean way. She usually was the one like that but for some reason she submitted to him effortlessly.

"Okay, I just need to go shower and get dressed. Umm you can have a seat in the living room or stay in here," Miranda said walking away.

Miranda walked back into her bedroom and stood in the middle of the floor. She took a deep breath and ran her hands through her hair before going to take a shower. Miranda dried off and moisturized her skin before putting on a black bra and lace panties. She pulled out her favorite jeans and paired it with a purple blouse and black ankle boots. Miranda quickly curled her hair and did her makeup before walking out into the living room.

Miranda was surprised to see a caramel skinned, middle aged woman standing in the living room talking to Ben.

"Oh Miranda, this is Esther and she cleans my house for me weekly. So I figured you could tell her what you want cleaned and she would do it for you," Ben said.

"Hi Esther, I'm not use to anyone else cleaning my house," Miranda said hesitantly.

"Don't worry Miranda I won't rearrange anything I will just be cleaning and if there are things you don't want bothered just tell me."

"I keep it fairly clean but things can be freshened up and I have laundry that needs to be done," Miranda explained.

"Okay well Ben was telling me about what he has planned so you two go enjoy and I will make sure to lock up when I'm done," Esther smiled.

Ben lead Miranda out of the apartment and she just watched him as they walked down to his car. This time he was driving a jet black mustang.

"No security to keep an eye on us?" Miranda asked jokingly once they were in the car.

"No, I can protect us but they're a phone call away," Ben said seriously.

Miranda's eyes widen when she realized he wasn't joking. "Okay, so where are we going Mr. Dangerous and Mysterious," Miranda chuckled.

Ben's jaw clenched but he didn't want to react and make her feel even more weird about him. His family put him in a lot of situations where he had to be secretive and do things to protect himself. And he was trying to be as far away from that as possible without disowning his family. Then his dad goes and asks him to run the very thing he was trying to escape. And of course a woman like Miranda would notice instead of just thinking that he was full of himself for having body guards like the women he use to entertain would.