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Chapter Fifteen

Monday morning in the office - Damien comes to a decision - and an unsuitable outfit spells trouble ...

*Damien*

I was stuck in the office all day today. Mr Weston and David had organised a meeting with a potential new client for me this morning, and then I was conducting a round of second interviews in the afternoon, mainly seeing some of the candidates that I should have met last week instead of driving around trying to find Kim!

I was already on my third cup of coffee. The clients, a Mr and Mrs Farringdon were, apparently, running late. It was great that the Weston's, and particularly David, were giving me this opportunity, and were trusting me to bring new clients and contracts on board, but to be honest, I would rather be out working. On a shift, on location. With the boys. Getting my hands dirty rather than drumming my fingers on this board room table.

I had thought that I might struggle to bring David round to my way of thinking, but looking back I think that that was probably because Kate had told me that I might struggle to bring David round to my way of thinking. She mentioned it more than once, actually. In fact, she had seemed really quite concerned that we wouldn't get on. At all. However, I think that we have developed a mutual respect and have realised that we can work to each other's strengths. David and I are okay and, although I'm moaning about a boring old admin day today, I am actually more than happy with my lot here. My new life.

Speaking of which, my girls were out shopping today. My girls? Listen to me! Who'd have thought I'd be saying something like that? I've been back from LA, what, not even six months and I've already managed to get myself a little family. They're not technically my family of course, but right now, they are as near as damn it. And they're the closest thing that I've had to a family for a very long time. I can't even begin to tell you how worried I was when I got that call last week from Kate to say that Kim was missing. I went straight into protective father mode ... a mode that I never even knew I had! If I had got my hands on that Callum, well ... luckily for him he never got to find out what might have happened. What the hell did he think he was playing at, messing with my family?

And things seemed to have settled down a bit with Kate as well. We've still not been out for that drink, and that is entirely my fault. I know damn well that she won't bring it up again, that she is waiting for me to ask her, to organise it. And that's fair enough, I was the one that came along all guns blazing and then bottled it and never mentioned it again. But do you know what, I might ask her this week. Maybe we could ask her mum and dad to look after Kim for the evening. I really don't know what happens to me when I'm with that woman. I already feel like we've been through all the ups and downs of a relationship, without even being in one!

It had all started because she was so fucking hot. Remember when she turned up at my apartment, all sexy in too short a skirt, with a load of paperwork that she hadn't even read? I knew she was there to do her job, but I couldn't help but flirt outrageously with her and try to see how far I could push her. It had taken me a little while to remember where I had seen her before. You know when you vaguely recognise someone but it just won't click into place? When I suddenly realised that she was the girl from that karaoke bar I knew that I could have some serious fun because I already knew that she fancied me. I had had to disappear that night because I was already entertaining a young lady who had conveniently chosen that moment to go and powder her nose, but I wasn't about to let Kate get away a second time.

Dinner at Gigi's had been my first opportunity, but of course that had got a bit out of hand. I admit that I was trying to get her a bit tipsy, but I must have overdone the topping up of the red wine. I wasn't too keen on the spewing all over the floor, I must say, but that night she had been so beautiful and yet so vulnerable. I'd just had to look after her.