One Week Away

Chapter 15

What is that blinding light? Why is my body so sore? Last night's memories come flooding in. Oh right. I just had the most amazing sex of my life last night and I drifted off afterwards. I sneak out of Christian's hold and head for the bathroom feeling a little unsteady. I finish up and check my phone. 8:30 AM. I slept for 10 hours?? I see a text from Mitchell. "Hey babe. Just checking in. Hope you and Nelly are okay. Talk to you soon." I shoot him a quick text back. "Sorry I fell asleep early last night. We are good. Hope you are too!"

I put my phone down and decide to go make breakfast. Nelly stays in bed cuddled up with Christian and I swear she loves him more than me. After rummaging around the kitchen I decide to make French toast. A few minutes later I see a sleepy Christian coming down the stairs with a sleepy puppy not too far behind. He freezes when he sees me. A big grin takes over his face as he walks over and gives me a kiss "I could get used to this sight?" "What sight? Me naked cooking you breakfast?" "Yes that is exactly the one." I laugh. "I will have to remember that." He smiles and takes Nelly outside.

We finish up breakfast and the rest of our day goes by playing with Nelly and enjoying each other's company.

After settling down on the couch for a little bit watching TV he looks over to me "Let's go out tonight." "What like on a date?" "Yes on a date. I can swing you by your place to grab some dress clothes." I get a big smile on my face. "Okay. I would love to."

Christian goes upstairs and gets dressed. When he comes back down he is dressed in a charcoal gray suit causing my mouth to start to water. My reaction causes him to chuckle. "You look so hot in that suit." He smirks. "Thank you baby." He kisses me on the forehead. "Now get up and let's go get you dressed."

We drive over to my house and I grab the mail before heading inside. Christian waits downstairs in the den while I go and put on a long dress and makeup. I curl my hair and head downstairs. His eyes trail down my body and back up again. "Wow Adrianna. You look stunning." I blush "Thank you." I walk over to where he is standing and am lifted off of the ground by two strong arms. Two soft lips press onto mine before the urgency picks up and turns into a steamy makeout session.

Finally I pull back "We are never going to make it to the restaurant if you keep kissing me like that." He smirks "You're right. Let's go."

We head to a nice restaurant about 20 minutes away. The place is beautiful. It has low lighting with red drapery. I look around at all of the happy couples enjoying each other's company. We head to the hostess "Reservations?" "Yes we have a reservation for two under Davis." "Yes right this way please." She leads us to a table. Christian pulls out my chair as I take a seat. He takes a seat across from me.

We order wine and food while enjoying each other's company. I head to the bathroom and run into Jane from work. "Jane hi. Fancy meeting you here." "Hi Adrianna. How are you?" "Good just enjoying a night out." "Mhmm and how is Christian?" I blush and try to hide it as she speaks again. "It will be our secret. Just know I am rooting for you two." I blush again "Thank you Jane. See you on Monday." She smiles and walks off. Gosh what was I thinking? Going in public expecting people not to notice us. This was certainly too romantic of a setting to be a work meeting.

I head back to the table a little less relaxed than before. Christian can sense my tension as he grabs my hand across the table "What's wrong?" "Nothing I just ran into Jane in the bathroom." He frowns "Oh I see." "Yeah but she said she will keep our secret." He pulls his band back "That's good." I can see the sadness in his face. I knew this moment would come.

Christian pays our tab and we get in the car. "Thanks for dinner. It was delicious and I loved spending time with you." He grabs my hand interlocking our fingers and kisses the back of it. "I loved it too." The rest of the ride is silent. Each of us in deep thought.

We get back home and I grab a glass of wine to sit on the back porch with Nelly. She brings me her ball and I throw it a few times laughing as she runs it over with clumsiness. Christian joins us after a few minutes and stands behind me rubbing my shoulders. I let out an accidental moan and he bends down whispering in my ear "Don't start something you can't finish." Goosebumps spread down my body as I gulp. He is right. I am still sore from last night and in no position to do that again right now.

I suppress my moans as he continues massaging me. A few minutes later Nelly comes running over and plops down beside me signaling she is done for the night. Christian picks her up and carries her upstairs while I clean up my wine glass and turn off all of the lights. I head upstairs and get ready for bed.

I slide into bed and cuddle up next to this handsome man. He wraps his arms around me. My mind starts to wander thinking about how good he has been to me.. He has been in my life for so long and has always been there for me, staying patient and supportive. He treats me like a princess and I am pretty sure I am falling for him. Is it love? Could I love him fully given our current messed up situation? Would I ruin any chance of us working in the future if we continued this affair? I tense and he grips me tighter sensing my shift in body movement. "Don't think baby. Just relax." As he places a kiss to the back of my head. I instantly relax melting into his body and drift off to sleep.