The Best Man's Speech

Bonus: Coincidental Run

✵ Guys, this is a bonus chapter. Do enjoy it. This is the last chapter in the book. I will be hoping to see you guys in the other stories. Thank you for reading this. KLeo. xx ✵ 

✵ JAMES ✵

I walked to the dressing room door, wanting to barge in and talk to Lyra while she changed her clothes. I wanted to tell her about the meetings we had scheduled and also about the fact that my old nemesis decided to drop by. I wanted to tell her all of it. Instead, I waited outside the door and knocked on it. The sound of mumbling voices on the other side died down for a few seconds.

"Lyra, hurry up. I can't miss this deal because you decided to take hours to put your clothes back on." I announced, after knocking. In response, I could hear the sound of more than one person chucking inside the changing room.

I narrowed my eyebrows, trying to work out who was in there but before I could, the door flung open and I watched Meia walk out the door. At first I was curious as to why she was in there but considering the number of open slits that Lyra's dress had, I am not surprised that she was in there helping her.

I continued to watch the two women as they walked past me until my attention was focused solely on Lyra who had cockily spoken to me, "Whatever. Get dressed playboy. You don't want to be late to your meeting, now do you?"

I watched the devilish smirk rise on her face before I spoke, "Don't turn this around me or I'll have to punish you." I smugly smiled as I slid myself into my jacket. I had emphasised the phrase 'punish you'  to let her know that it wassexually tainted. I smirked as she gasped, I probably left her thinking about the millions of ways that I could punish her.

I placed my hand on her back before leading her towards our way out of the dramatic reality show, but before we could leave, Meia started to talk. Both Lyra and I spun around on our feet to look at her. "I hope you did leave a seat for the sixth bridesmaid, Julie is in japan now..." She announced. I stopped listening when she mentioned Julie's name, a part of me was angry, while the other part was rather anxious. But it couldn't have been the same Julie. Mine was a snaking bitch, there was no way she would get close to Lyra and her family... unless she wanted something from them.

I erased the thought from my head when I turned to face Lyra who was looking at her sister like she was confused or in denial. Before she could say anything, I pulled her out of the room. I lead her to my car and waited for her to be seated before starting the car engine and driving off to the location of my next meeting.

I wanted to clear my mind out and I didn't want to have to deal with the fact that Lyra's mother was too busy glaring at the both of us for being so intimately and physically close to each other. But as far as I was concerned, what we had between us was strictly professional.

Ha! Strictly professional my ass. I can't deny the fact that I had been watching Lyra throughout the time that she has been working for me. I couldn't deny the fact that I have been attracted to her and that I initiated the first move which lead to a steamy makeout session in my work desk. Despite her non-existent attempts to seduce me, I managed to fall for her. Maybe it was the way she smiled or the way she would talk to me, like she was submissive to me yet had the guts to crack occasional jokes with me.

I have had twice a dozen secretaries and personal assistants working for me, but none managed to get anywhere near the same value that she had to me. They would all flaunt their assets in my face, thinking they were doing it discreetly. The only way I could get them to stop was to hook up with them and then lie to them about a promotion under another company... one that was looking for an employee. These girls really were stupid, they would all believe me and take on the task of working for a company that was in dire help in their stocks, thinking they actually got promoted.

Before Lyra, there was only one other PA of mine that didn't go through that. What I had with her was and is strictly professional. It wasn't because she was unattractive or anything, she is really pretty. The difference was me. I respected her and admired how hard she would work for me. Isabelle was her name. She worked for me 20 months ago. She was confrontational when it came to me... within her first week of approaching me, she addressed the rumours of me sleeping around with all my previous PA's and made it sound like the stories were false... which made me respect her and admire her personality for that. She also made it clear that she was only there for work and had a boyfriend. I don't blame her for announcing her relationship status to me. I mean I would announce mine if I was in one, if my boss was known to sleep around with people... as a defence to stay out of it.

The thought of the truth behind Lyra's employment involves Isabelle. It was a favour that bought me close to Michael and made me grateful for the fact that he was looking out for his baby twin sister - as he liked to call her. Lyra was 18 when her brother came to me. He had taken over his father's company and there was a board meeting regarding that, and I was invited. I was asked to watch over him as his father did until he graduated from the education system. He came to me after the meeting, not about him, but regarding his sister. He wanted her to work for me, to replace Isabelle while she worked for him. I agreed since I knew his sister before she knew me... thanks to her father who loves to brag about her to everyone. But since, the deal was until they both graduated, I got to keep Isabelle on me for two and a half years... without getting so close to her.