Close To You - Camren

Chapter Eighteen

The short holiday break having ended, today was Camila and Lauren's first day back at work. Camila was excited for the new year, but Lauren wasn't.

A new year meant new investors, and most of the new investors were people she didn't want to do business with.

A new year also meant an extremely busy work load for her. She loved her job and wouldn't ever change it, but the start of the year was always hectic.

"Hey, baby." Camila called out to a sluggish looking Lauren who was heading into the kitchen.

Camila was making them oatmeal with a mix of berries, which was one of Lauren's favourite breakfast meals.

"Morning." Lauren grumbled sleepily. She was normally a morning person, but today, she didn't want to get out of bed.

"No 'good morning'? You okay?" Camila frowned.

"Yeah." Lauren sighed. "I'm just a little hesitant about going back to work. It's okay though, I'll adjust once I'm there."

"You'll do great, and if you need to call me whenever, make sure you do." Camila said, walking over to give Lauren a hug.

"I will." Lauren smiled into Camila's neck.

"Good." Camila said, going back to preparing their breakfast.

"Hey, I think you're forgetting something." Lauren pouted, pointing to her lips.

"Oh, sorry." Camila laughed. She quickly moved over to kiss Lauren, roughly.

"Is that enough?" She asked, leaning back to see Lauren's eyes still closed.

"No. Gimme mor-" Lauren started, but was cut off by Camila's lips pressing against her own again.

This happened every morning.

A simple peck always turned into a heated kissing session, but they both didn't complain. It definitely woke them up a little bit more.

Camila wrapped her arms around Lauren's neck and slid her tongue effortlessly into Lauren's slightly parted mouth. Lauren's tongue met her own and they both sighed pleasurably.

Lauren had her arms wrapped tightly around Camila's back, pulling her in closer. One of her hands slid it's way down to Camila's ass and Lauren was surprised to feel no underwear, which meant Camila was wearing a thong, again.

She smirked against Camila's lips before grabbing the bare flesh of her ass roughly and waited to hear Camila's moan.

Once Lauren's favourite sound was heard, she hit Camila's ass gently and leaned back, breaking their kiss.

"I would love to kiss you all day, but I really don't wanna be late." Lauren said regretfully, leaning over to kiss Camila's pouting lips quickly.

"Quit your job so we can stay together forever and ever." Camila grinned, almost being serious.

"One day, baby."

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It was around midday when Lauren groaned after signing the last document, of a very large stack of papers.

It had only been a few hours but work was already gruelling.

What happened to enjoying her job, Lauren wondered.

She pulled out her phone to text her girlfriend and admired her background screen of a selfie they had taken together, when Keana walked into the office.

She was highly stressed as well from the number of orders and requests their company was getting.

"Lauren, I need a favour." Keana said, causing Lauren to put her phone down frustratedly.

"What's up, Ke?" Lauren asked, hoping the favour would be something small.

"We just got a very large check from one of the investors. He's coming tomorrow, along with the other investors for the board meeting. But, he wants us to throw a party...So, do you think you could handle getting everything set up?" Keana sighed, leaning against Lauren's desk.

"Tomorrow? That's such short notice!" Lauren replied and Keana winced at Lauren's tone.

"Yes, I know, but it's a lot of money. Lo, it could help us move forward." Keana stated sadly.

"I just need you to run to these stores and put our orders in. I'll get a banquet hall and start inviting people." Keana said, handing Lauren a list of different florists and food stores.

It was one hell of an afternoon for Lauren.

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Her phone died halfway through her trip, so she couldn't text Camila. She ended up finishing around 8pm, when she finally returned to her apartment and plopped down on the couch.

She was extremely tired, frustrated and cranky.

She just wanted to sleep.

That's when she felt a weight on her lap and arms around her neck.

"Hi, Laur." Camila said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey." Lauren replied quietly, leaning her head back on the couch and closing her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Camila asked concernedly, adjusting herself on Lauren's lap who was quite uncomfortable and irritable at the moment.

"Just some shit at work. Can you get off of me?" Lauren asked through gritted teeth, but Camila didn't budge.

In fact, she snuggled into Lauren more.

"No, I want to cuddle." Camila whined cutely, trying to cheer Lauren up.

However, that seemed to anger her even more.

"Camila, not right now, please." Lauren replied, trying her best to keep calm.

"Will you just tell me what's wrong, please?" Camila asked gently.

"Will you just get the fuck off of me!?" Lauren retorted, before pushing Camila off of herself and onto the couch beside her.

She didn't want to hurt her girlfriend, but it was too late.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Camila shouted, standing up to stare Lauren down.

"I've been running around all fucking day for this shitty party that I wasn't even told about until this morning!" Lauren shouted back.

She watched as Camila looked down at her feet briefly and crossed her arms.

"How is any of that my fault? I only wanted to cuddle you to try and make you feel better." Camila said, a tear escaping her eyes after Lauren yelled at her for the first time.

Lauren's face immediately softened.

"Oh, baby-" She said, standing up to caress Camila's cheek.

Camila flinched at first but then leaned into her touch.

Lauren grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I'm so, so sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. I've been so busy today and I was extremely frustrated. I didn't mean to take it out on you, Camzi." Lauren explained and Camila could only nod.

"It's okay. I know you work hard and I missed you all day, that's why I cuddled you straight away." Camila said before connecting their lips.

"I know, and I missed you too. Why don't we cuddle and watch a movie?" Lauren asked and Camila nodded happily.

Lauren sat down and pulled Camila back on her lap, wrapping a blanket over their bodies.

This time, she hugged Camila tightly from behind and kissed her neck softly before choosing a movie to watch.

That made Camila smile. She was so in love with the green-eyed girl.