Dancing With You

Chapter 4 (Ryan)

Saturday, May 25th . . .

From the moment I met Anastasia, there was nothing I could do to keep my mind off of her. I needed her, I wanted to be able to show her off and tell everyone she was mine. I wasn't nervous about her not wanting to be with me, because even if she said no, I wouldn't rest until she was mine. She couldn't be anyone else's. I woke up that morning looking up at my reflection on the mirror that was on the ceiling. There was only one thing missing, and it was her. All of a sudden, my doorbell rang and I got up from my bed. I headed down the stairs and over to the door. I opened the door and there was Monica. One of the worst things about living in one of your hotels is that you never rest.

"Yes, Monica?" I said as she walked in.

"Are you really not working today? Because you always work" she said. I could sense a tone of anxiety in her voice.

"No, I'm not"

"But there's so much work to be done" she continued.

"I think you could handle it... If you need anything, ask Chase or his assistant" I said as I guided her back to the door.

"But..."

"Monica, relax, the world isn't going to end because I'm not working for one day. Take this as a chill day, go"

"You seem chill enough for all of us" she said.

"I am chill. Now get back to work" I said

"...Yes, Mr. Kennedy" then she left and I closed the door.

I headed over to the kitchen and started making breakfast. I was counting the minutes until I got to see Anastasia again. My gorgeous, Anastasia. I was shocked to know she was the young girl I'd met when I went to her birthday party 5 years ago, but she wasn't that girl anymore. She was a woman, a beautiful woman, that could make any man do what she wanted just by batting her eyelashes.

As I snapped out of my thoughts, my doorbell rang again. It looked like I wasn't going to be left alone today. I headed over to the door and opened it and in walked Chase. "Are you sick, mate? Why aren't you working?" he asked.

"I have other plans, and I expect on them being my main focus" I said.

"Really? You met a girl, didn't you?" he smiled and I couldn't help but smile back, we were talking about Anastasia.

"Yea"

"Who is she? How did she do it?" he asked.

"She bumped into me" I said

"That's it?"

"Yea. That's all I'm telling you" then I headed back to the kitchen to finish making my sandwich.

"Why can't you tell me more? I want to meet this girl who got you missing work just because she bumped into you" Chase continued.

"You'll meet her eventually, but right now I want her all to myself" I said.

"Of course, I gotta run, because I don't let women come between me and my money" I looked at him and shook my head. I couldn't believe he thought like that. Money was everything to him but to me, it was just something I had an abundance of. I cared more about my family and friends and less about socializing with celebrities. "What?" he said

"Nothing" then he left my penthouse.

After I finished eating breakfast, I headed to get ready for the gym. I never missed a workout and I wasn't going to start now.

11: 45 am . . .

When it was finally time for Lunch, I got dressed in a white dress shirt and navy colored pants, then headed down to the garage to get my car. I looked at my Rolex to check the time. When I got into my car, I drove out of the garage and headed to Anastasia's apartment. On my way there I thought about what I would say to her to convince her this was right, for us to be together. Once I got to her building, I pulled up to the curb. She was already waiting for me.