Labyrinth

Chapter 20

CHLOE'S POV

"Bye!" I waved goodbye as I walked out of the café.

As I was putting my earphones in, I spotted a familiar car.

"Hey?" I knocked on the window.

"How are you, darling?" Thomas grins with the window down now, revealing his slightly creased suit fitting snug to his body and his hair slightly disheveled. He mustn't have changed yet.

"I'm fine, thanks. What are you doing?" I ask, still unsure as to why he's here.

"Waiting for you." He doesn't elaborate any further.

I walk around and get in the car, "Where are we going?" I peck him on the cheek.

"I thought I could take you out for a bit." Thomas places a hand on my thigh and drives off.

"I'll need to get changed first, though." I tell him.

"We'll stop by your place then."

The rest of the drive is a comfortable silence between us, only broken by the soft indie music playing in the background.

"I'll be five minutes but you can come in, if you like." I offer to him.

"Sure." He steps out of the car and takes my hand as I lead the way to my flat.

"What should I wear?" I ask as we step through my door.

"Whatever you are comfortable in; we're not going anywhere too fancy." Thomas tells me as he sits down on the sofa.

"Would you like some water or something for now?" I offer.

"I'm fine, thank you, darling. You can just get ready." He shakes me off.

I walk into my room and head towards my wardrobe. It's still cold but I want to wear comfier clothes so I choose some blue wash straight-legged jeans and a verdant green hoodie, that fits me perfectly. I keep my 'C' necklace on, like always, and I know exactly which shoes I'll wear. My white Lacostes.

"I'm ready when you are." I say, grabbing a tote bag that was hanging on a wall.

"You look beautiful, Chloe." Thomas has made his way to me and places his hand on my waist, turning me around to face him.

"You look pretty cute, too." I smile as he lowers his face to mine.

"Oh, I'm cute now, am I?" He teases.

"Yeah." He tilts his head slightly and inches closer.

"Yeah?" He whispers.

As I go to repeat myself, he captures my lips in a passionate kiss. Our tongues dance but, as his hand slowly creeps towards my throat, I let him fully take over, pushing me into the wall behind.

We finally break the kiss, "I think I'm ready now." He smirks.

"Tease." I mutter.

"I only tease you." He heads to put his jacket back on.

"And that's meant to make it better?" I laugh, putting my shoes on.

"Yeah." He shrugs.

I can't stop smiling. I just head to the door and hold it open for him.

Once I'd made sure that I locked my door and had everything on me, we got into the car and he took me to the mystery location.

"Where are we going, by the way?" I ask, around five minutes into the journey.

"Somewhere I think you'll like." One of his hands moves from the steering wheel onto my thigh.