The Assistant

CHAPTER 9: Another 'Family' Dinner.....

《BELLE》

I am making out with my boss. And wait, did he just say we are a real couple? OMG, what is going on? I have to be dreaming. This kind of stuff doesn't happen in real life. Right?

After kissing and slowly him pulling his head back a little bit and us just looking at each other, I couldn't help myself from feeling what I was feeling.

I could tell by how he looked at me when he said what he said and just now, by the way he kissed me. It felt real. It felt genuine.

"Are you serious about what you said?" I asked him.

"Of course. It's not all an act. It hasn't been since before we left and in fact, I was hoping that being here away from the city and the people that I could try and find the courage to tell you and show you, that I want to be with you. I mean, I'm not even sure where this came from. But I do know that I really do want to be with you and just try us out. Despite the rules of the office in dating employees." He says the last thing with a smile and a small chuckle.

I smile at his remark before answering, still with concern.

"But you aren't a relationship kind of a guy. You never have been. And also....I'm....I'm not your type." I hesitated saying.

"Look, I know that I haven't had the best record with my intimate relationships or encounters with women, but I do know that there is something about you that I love. It's not that you do things for me either and wait in me day and night. I just....I just like who I am around you. I feel like I can be my true self. And as far as my type goes, well, you're right, you aren't my type. Or at least the type I thought was. You are beautiful. Your curves are sexy and you are just, beautiful." He tells me.

I look at him surprised and not able to find any words to say back to him.

"But...." was all I could start saying until he interrupted me and stopped me.

"But nothing. Just one chance, that is all I'm asking." He says.

Now I'm not sure how or why but, I believe him. So I end up agreeing to give us a shot.

"Okay." I tell him.

"You won't regret it. I promise." He tells me as he gently caresses the side of my cheek slowly before leaning in to kiss me again and then he takes my hand and we start heading out of the bedroom and downstairs when he says before we open the bedroom door, "Now let's go make your sister and her husband jealous." He tells me with a wink and a smile. Or one of his infamous sexy smiles, I call it.

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We ended up going to a Steakhouse that we have been going to for years and is our favorite place as well as also, one of the fanciest places around here.

After taking a seat, with James sitting down next to me and my sister and Rob are sitting across from us while both my parents are at the ends of the table and then my brother to the left of James and I.

I try hard to avoid Monica and Rob as they both begin making out while she's looking out the corner of her eye at me and James to make sure we are watching. Which I just roll my eyes. I swear, she is pathetic and sad.

After we ordered our drinks and food, that's when my dad had broken the awkward silence moment that I hadn't realized we were having until he said something.

"So, Rob?! How's work?" He asks Rob.

"It's good. Thanks. Things are a little bit slow right now but, it is after all the holidays." He says to my dad.

"I hear ya on that one." My dad replies.

"Guys, can we please not discuss work related things at dinner?" My mom says to them.

"Yeah. Instead we should talk about Belle and her rich boyfriend James." Monica says with a smirk.

I just glare at her for being such a bitch and coming at him like that.

"Yes. I would like to know also. And why you didn't tell me before." My mom says.

In which that was great. Here we went again. Monica getting mom all wound up.

"We just started dating actually. So there was nothing to say at the time." I reply.

I noticed Monica rolling her eyes as if she wasn't believing what I said. Though I didn't care.

For the rest of the dinner Monica continued to be annoyingly over affectionate with Rob and the funniest part wasn't so much that me and James were doing a better job at being genuinely affectionate with another, but the fact that Rob seemed to not be so interested in what she was doing towards the end. Almost like it was too much.

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Once we were finished with dinner, we didn't stay much longer at the restaurant. Seeing as to how mom had been really tired and wanted to begin getting things ready for Christmas, between the baking, finishing wrapping gifts, etc, starting tomorrow.

As soon as we got back to the house and we all said goodnight, me and James decided that we would watch a movie downstairs before going to bed.

Though as soon as we mentioned it, Monica and Rob both said they would join us.

I didn't want them to, however, I was beginning to think that maybe James was enjoying this whole making her jealous thing seriously. As he told them they could join us along with giving me a wink and smile.

James and I sat down on one couch, while Monica and Rob sat down on the couch that was to the left of us and began watching 'Kingsmen, The Golden Circle.'

Though it didn't take too long into the start of the movie before Monica and Rob began making out with each other and she began moaning.

Then right as I looked at James, something happened. The moment we looked in each other's eyes something started to come over the both of us. And the next thing I knew, we began making out with one another and then I ended up on my back, with him on top of me, still on the couch and we were so into it and focused on each other that I began to softly moan as I felt one of his hands gently rub up and down the side of my arm and then waist and then we heard Monica interrupt us.

"Ugh. Get a room!" She says disgustingly frustrated and jealous, clearly, that she gets up and storms off towards their bedroom, with Rob looking at us, and smiling while getting up and following Monica back to the bedroom. Though he said goodnight to us before heading towards the bedroom.

I guess.....We won! Me and James, 2 points and Monica and Rob with 0, still.

Next chapter will be posted soon! :)

The one after next, when it's back to Belle's POV, both her and Rob will talk about what happened a little bit. And will also be the first time they will have really spoken to each other since he came.