FALLING FOR MR CEO

Chapter Five: **The Exchange**(UNEDITED)

Harris' POV

Immediately we left my parents mansion,we drove straight to my penthouse back in town.max slept through out the ride.we arrive at noon.my driver stopped the car in front of my garage waiting for us to get down so that he could park properly.

"Hy buddy wake up we are home".he streched while yawning.he rubbed his eyes before he looked up at me.

"im sorry uncle.i fell asleep because the ride to you place was so faaaarr and im so hungry..."he said while streching his hand.i laughed at the gesture as we grabbed his bags and worked into my pent house..it had a state of the arts appliances,security gadgets,a large swimming pool,a theatre room,a man cave with a large screen tv proudly mounted on the wall.there was also a tennis table in the middle of the room for me and my guys.the kitchen was well furnished with high tech cooking wares even though i hardly cooked in there.in total,i had five bedrooms with the master bedroom excluded of course.i had so much space,that i didnt know what to do with them.sometimes i wondered why i got such a huge place and everytime the same answer pops into my head 'Because you can afford it son'..you cant argue with that now can you?..
My house help usually comes twice a week to keep the house clean and restock my fridge but she couldn't come today because she had a family emergency.i looked around because i didnt find max where he stood before.i guess i got carried away by my thoughts.

"max where are you" i called out as i moved around searching for him.

"im in here uncle".i followed the sound of his voice and found him eyeing my man cave.well what do you know.this kid has got eyes for good stuff.

"here you are..do u like what you see?".i asked feeling proud.

"yes uncle i do.everything in here is really nice but my daddy's tv is much bigger"..well,way to kill a man's pride.

"i bet it is..lets go and i'll show you to your room and when you are settled in,we'll go grab some thing to eat.how does that sound".

"ok uncle".he said as he waited for me to lead the way.

"and one more thing max,how about you call me harris from now on.we dont want people thinking am old now do we?"

"alright uncle...i mean alright harris".he said with a cute smile.

"Thats better".I took him to the room directly opposite mine and we unparked his stuff together.when we were done,i changed into something more casual seeing as i wont be going back to work for the rest of the day.we got into the car and we were on our way to a small resturant called 'Grab a bite' when my phone started ringing.i looked at the caller ID and saw that it was my best friend and business partner Jerry .O. Brian.We have been friends since we were kids.i remember the first time he came to my parents mansion with his parents.i was playing alone because my senior brother refused to play with me and this scrawny kid with big glasses and big ears came to me and asked me if he could join me.ever since then,we became like brothers..we tease and make fun of each other no matter where we are.i remember i keep a picture of him dressed as a girl when we were playing truth or dare.i threaten to show it to his girlfriend whenever he refuses to do something for me..its funny how time changes people.we were once little kids goofing around and today,we are young successful billioniares and dont forget handsome too.

"Hey man..whatsup.."i said once i picked the call.

"nothing much on my end..man i heard what happened.am so sori..why dont you come to that resturant close to square times so we can talk.i hear they make the best lobsters in town.

"max and i are on our way to 'grab a bite' but i guess we can meet up with you".

"wait your with max? how come".he asked in surprise.

"i'll explain everything when we get there.see you in 10"..i said before hanging up.i changed my G P S to my new location and we got there in no time.i parked my suv at a corner and i stepped down.i helped max unblock his seat belt before heading into the resturant.jerry spotted us as we were about entering the resturant so he walked briskly in our direction.

"hy man.im glad you could make it..little fellow,you look really good".he said and he bent down to hug max.

"thank you sir jerry."max said with a smile.

"Mr jerry? now i feel old..ok lets go inside before they give our table away"..he and i both laughed because that was never going to happen.we walked into the resturant and i froze at the sight in front of me.she turned around searching someone or something before are eyes landed on mine.the brunnet looked awfully familiar and the incident that happened on the road flashed in my memory.i quickly came up with an excuse to escape the impending danger.

"Jerry something just came up.i got to run".i said hurriedly but before i knew it,she was walking to where i stood frozen.

"oh shit! this is not going to end well".i murmured quitely..she was in front of me in no time.she looked hot when she was angry i thought..i was about to say hi when my head suddenly jerked forcefully to the left.it was so fast i didnt see it coming.for a girl,she hit's pretty hard.i thought to myself.

"i guess i deserved that" i said while rubbing my abused cheek.

"that is for spilling coffee on me and not having the decency to apologise.

i snorted" to be fair,you didnt look properly before crossing the road.like i said before,you are lucky u didnt get run over"

"you arrogant je..."she didnt get the chance to finish that sentence before she was interrupted by max..during our friendly exchange of words i completely forgot he was behind me and by the look on the lady's face,she didnt see him either.

"miss bridget, why do you look upset and why did you hit uncle harris"max asked looking curious.

"max? what are you doing here"she asked with eyes as wild as saucers

"i came to eat with uncle and his friend.uncle said they make good lobsters even though i dont know what that is".he said with a small smile

she looked at me and back at max before saying"thats good..i didnt see you in class today"

"thats true..grandpa didnt let me come.he said he wanted me to rest".i finally spoke up because i needed some answers.

"ok hold on..max how do you know this lady?"

"uncle she is my music teacher and we are getting married soon"max said while smiling

"is that so".i asked with amusement in my eyes

"yes uncle she said so.right miss bridget".

"that depends on if i see you in class on monday..do we have a deal?"max nooded his head vigoriously in the affirmative and they shook on it..i guess he really wants to get married.Jerry had been quite through out the exchange but he finally spoke up.

"guys,this is nice and all but if we dont move to our table,we will be kicked out.for real this time"jerry stated as a matter of fact.

"i'll leave you guyz to eat..it was nice seeing you again max.Mr Jerry".

"you can join us if you'ld like"jerry suggested

"thanks for the offer but im with a friend and besides i dont think i'ld be able to keep anything down with so much negative energy around me".she said that last sentence while looking at me

"Ouch! dont be like that love"i said with a smirk.she hoofed as she turned around and headed back to her table.we also did the same.we got to our table,ordered our food and while eating i told jerry about how i met the lady.

"man thats wicked.your lucky you only got a slap..your unbelievable."

"i wasn't thinking straight that day.but hey i learnt my lesson"

"ya..the hard way...you've been starring at her ever since she slapped you.Do you fancy her"
I just smiled but continued eating.we talked about the company,max's hobbies and every other thing we could think about.it was a nice lunch in general.we parted ways after our saying our goodbyes..when max and i arrived the pent house my house help was in the kitchen making cookies..i guess the family crisis had been resolved.ever since i told her about max she has been over joyed.i left max in the kitchen as i headed to my study to get some work done but every now and then,my mind would drift to the lady who lately fills my thoughts.the woman who knew how to leave an impression.