Hide My Love

Surprise

"I need you to stop following around 'lover boy'. You have customers to serve to, you stupid skank. Now, I have somebody to show you. I think he's a keeper, so don't scare him away." She demands, stepping towards the door and calling out a name that I wasn't paying attention to.

   "This, Athena, is Mike." She nods towards the tall structure.

I immediately recognize him from the night before, and the terrifying situation he put me under. I quickly get up and glare between my mother and Mike. Nevertheless, he looked as surprised as I.

   "What? What's going on between you two? Just say hi to each other and we can be on our way," Mary snarks, shoving past us to the kitchen to get a beer.

I continue looking into his eyes as my own begin to water. I quickly look down at the ground to avoid further eye contact. He steps towards me and raises his hand. Flinching, I step back and turn my face to embrace the hit. Instead, I'm met with two laughs.

    "I was just trying to shake your hand," he chuckles
," looks as if you've been hit a lot." He continues, laughing.

I escape by running up the steps to change into shorts and a worn shirt with some old converse. Afterwards, I slam the front door behind me as I make my way out to walk the streets and think everything through.

It seems as if, time goes by quicker when your deep in thought. But, per usual, I'm interrupted by a honk and a car pulling up next to me. To my suprise, however, it's Peter, sporting his cheeky grin. I walk up to the rolled down window, and rest my elbows on the window.

"Well hello there officer, what seems to be the problem," I smile as he unbuckles his seat belt and opens the door to tower over me, letting his finger hold on to the loops on each side of his khakis.

"It seems as if I can't get you off my mind. I'm going to have to arrest you for that, sweetheart."

"Oh will you now?" I tease, pulling a little on his tie.

"Considering you do unimaginable things to me without your recollection, leads me to force you into my cop car," he plays along, leading me to the passenger seat.

I plop into the leather seat and buckle my seatbelt. Soon, Peter gets back into the car and drives towards the city. Looking over at him, I notice he is still grinning while he rubs the armrest between us vigorously.

"Are you okay?" I question, taking in his nervous persona.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine dear, I just have a surprise for you."

Nevertheless, he continues rubbing the arm rest, furthering my annoyance. I grab his hand and pull it into my lap. As moments pass, I notice he begins to shift his fingers to try and interlock with my own. I allow this action and moments later, he raises our hands and kisses the back of my hand with his plump lips.

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After watching a cliche rom-com, we exit the movie theatre and head towards his Range Rover. As we stroll down the city streets, he receives a call, but ignores it.

    "Aren't you going to get that?" I question, nodding towards the lit up screen providing more light for the darkness outside.

    "I suppose I should," he chuckles, as he answers.

After a couple of minutes of him saying "okay" and "sure" over and over again, he informs me that Bridget would like for us to come over for dinner and for some "delighting" news.

    "What do you think she means by 'delighting' news?" I ask, glancing up at Peter.

    "My guess is as good as yours, darling."

Once inside the car and headed to the Simms house, he reaches over and holds my small hand with his large, warm one. I can't help but to peek over at his gorgeous face and blush.

"So, I was wondering, my dear Athena, if you would like to transfer over to my firm and become my secretary?" Peter mentions, quickly looking over at me, seeking a reaction.

"Mhmm, it depends. How much will I be making per hour? How many hours? What would my job consist of? Would I need any special degrees? What about -"

"You would be making approximately $30 dollars per hour. You would be working 8 hours for 5 days a week. No special degrees, I just need you."

I think about the benefits and the negatives about this position. Nevertheless, the positive outweighs the odds.

"Of course!" I screech, bring his hand up to my own lips and planting a kiss on his knuckles.

"We just need to keep our relationship on the down-low. Its improper to date my employees," he sighs.

"So, we are official?" I inquire.

He nods his head while biting his bottom lip. "I suppose we are."

A million thoughts race through my mind, but I attempt to push them away and enjoy this moment in my life.

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I place my napkin on my now empty plate and sigh. "That was a lovely meal Bridget, thank you."

"Oh, deary, it's no problem. I just love having both you and Peter around. Such positive vibes radiate off of you two. I can see a beautiful future the both of you!" She responds, grinning widely.

"So, you said you had news to share with us. What is it? A new career opportunity?" Peter beams joyfully.

I notice Bridget glances at Alex and smile while rubbing his hand. "We're expecting."

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I'm extremely sorry for the crappy Chapter, it will get better. Ive just been having readers block and extremely busy lately. The next last couple of chapters will be so much better.