[Sixteen]

|Chapter 16|

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𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋,

𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗍,

𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.

"Where do you want me to put your bags?" Emilian asks me.

"My bedroom is fine." I open the fridge and there's only water and a bit of juice left. My pantry is even worse because there's only a single box of stale cereal left. I'm almost certain this is Sara's fault.

Emilian walks toward me and pulls me towards him by my butt, "What's wrong love."

"I need to go to the store. Sara took all of my food and I'm sad."

He kisses me on the forehead, "I'll take you grocery shopping tomorrow."

"No, it's fine I'll go alone."

"That wasn't a question love."

I roll my eyes, "Fine. Don't you have a home to go to?"

"I don't want to leave you," he says sadly.

I smile, "Seb I'm going to see you tomorrow. And I'll allow you to hug me."

"Haha very funny," he picks me up and places me on the kitchen counter and I wrap my arms around his shoulders. He tries to move his hand under my dress but, I stop him.

"Baby you have to go. You have to wake up early tomorrow," I remind him.

"I know." He smiles and gazes into my eyes longingly.

I cover my face blushing, "Stopppp. You know I hate when you do that."

"Well I'm never going to stop staring at your beautiful face, so get used to it."

"Whatever Seb."

I peck his lips 3 times, then I hop down dragging him to the door. "Baby please go and get some rest, I'll see you in the morning."

"Alright, see you later," he hugs me and lets go heading to the elevator. I stand outside my door waving at him as the elevator door shuts.

I then close the door strolling to my bedroom and decide to facetime Sara. She answers quickly.

"Liv. Where the hell is my food?"

"That's a good question."

"I want my money by this weekend, don't play with me."

"Ok damn, I'll pay you back. But, since you're here, can you tell me about your boyfriend now?" Boyfriend.

"I just realized we never actually made it official."

"Girl if y'all are serious he better wife you up before someone snatch you up," she jokes.

"Oh my gosh," I laugh loudly. "I'm going to say that to him and see what he says."

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Me: Seb, when are you going to ask me to be your girlfriend 🙄because you're not the only man who wants me

Seb💕: Stop playing with me, love. I'll turn around right now and remind you that you're mine.

Me: Oh my gosh Seb please do not do that

I'm only joking

Seb💕: Alright love.

Me: stop texting and driving

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"This man is crazy."

"So are you going to tell me who he is orrr?"

"Fine. You know my boss who we were talking about the other day?"

"Yeah," she says confused but then she gasps. "Oh my gosh, ELARA," she shouts.

I giggle at her dramatics.

"Girl I taught you well," she wipes fake tears.

I laugh, "Can you stop omg."

"How has he been treating you, especially with how you hate being touched. How did you adjust to that."

"Well, he's been amazing actually. He listens to me and understands me which has been helping me get more comfortable with his obsession with touching me."

"Sis don't let that man go. The clingy ones are the best."

"I know, I know. I just wish that I was more affectionate because he's honestly so thoughtful, caring and I don't think I'm good enough for him," I tell her truthfully.

"Lara, just talk to him about this, I'm sure he'll let you know what he's feeling. Also, you can always find other ways to make him happy. You can cook for him, surprise him, buy him things he wants or needs and, guys love compliments."

"I haven't really complimented him yet because I thought guys didn't care about them."

"I can assure you that men love them, even if they deny it," she giggles.

"Liv if you were here right now, I'd kiss you all over your face. Thank you so much," I say genuinely.

I look over at the clock to see it's 10:30. "Liv I have to call it a night, it's getting late. I love you, kisses."

"I love you too, talk to you later. Muah!" she hangs up.

I get up and take my dress off so, that I'm left in my underwear. I say my nightly prayer and drift to sleep.

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This morning I feel well-rested and prepared for the unexpected. Emilian decided not to tell the employees that he was arriving because he thinks it will be less hectic but, I think otherwise.

I shower, do my full morning routine, and pick out a red ruffle dress that I think Emilian would love.

I pair it with black heels and a red leather handbag. I  then check my phone to see if he messaged me but, he didn't. He must be really busy.

On my way, I stop to buy us both breakfast because I know for sure he didn't eat anything. I stop at a local cafe that I would usually go to.

"Hello Mrs. Layton, how are you?" I bend down to hug the short old lady. She's the owner of the cafe and I absolutely adore her. Over the years, we've grown to have a really good friendship.

"Well hello, hunny. I haven't seen you in weeks. Where have you been?"

"I've just been out of the country for two weeks. How have you been?"

"I've been doing well, thank you. What can I get you?"

"Can I get my regular egg and cheese croissant with an orange juice?"

"Yes ma'am, and is that it for you today?"

"No, I would also like to have two sausage, egg, and cheese croissants with a large coffee. Two sugars and no cream please."

"Alright, give me a second," She walks to the back and 5 minutes later, she gives me my order saying, "I hope you and the special person enjoy!" she looks at me suspiciously smiling.

"I'm sure we will, have a great day!" I tell her exiting the cafe.

When I arrive to work, everything is more chaotic than I expected. The first thing I do is go to Isa.

As I approach her, a big smile appears on her face, "Oh my gosh Elara, your back. Thank God because everyone is finding it hard to adjust to the new boss. We barely could've followed his brother but, he's a bit more reasonable. But, on a lighter note, how was your trip?"

"It was better than I expected actually. I even got you a keychain I thought you would like," I quickly pull it from the side of my handbag, passing it to her.

"Awww, thank you," she looks around. "You should probably get going, I think the boss might need you."

"You're probably right, I'll talk to you later," I dismiss myself and head to the elevator.

When I get to our floor, about ten to twenty female employees are sitting in the waiting room for some odd reason.

"Um, why are you all up here? Shouldn't you be working?" I direct the question to everyone.

But, of course, Wren has to speak up, "Don't worry. I'm just here to personally welcome the new boss. Why are you here?" she tilts her head with an attitude.

I put on a fake smile, "I'm going to do my job, something which you should be doing." with that I walk down the hall to Emilian's office.

I open the door to see him deep into his computer and, he seems tense. "I thought I said I wanted nobody in my office," he shouts without looking up.

I lock the door behind me, "Well good morning to you too."

He looks at me apologetically, "I'm sorry love, good morning. What's this?"

I place the food on his desk. "I bought you breakfast because I know how you are, putting work before your health. And you can't be doing that all of the time baby."

I walk over to his side and he turns his chair to pull me between his legs. "You look handsome today," I tell him and he blushes. I notice he cleaned up his beard and trimmed it a little. I like it... a lot.

"Thank you, love. You look extremely gorgeous in this dress. I think red might be my new favorite color on you," he smirks.

"Thanks," I kiss his cheek and try to move from between his legs.

"You're real funny Elara. Give me a real kiss."

"That was a real kiss Emilian. Let me go so I can start working."

"Give me a real kiss and I'll release you."

I roll my eyes and bend down to peck his lips but he deepens it, causing me to gently push him away. "Behave Seb, and get back to work. What has you caught up anyway?"

"I'm typing these memos to send out and a few letters," he explains.

"Baby, that's my job, send it to me and eat your breakfast before it gets cold. I'm going to my office so, ring me if you need something."

I grab my food and finally arrive at my office. Oh, have I missed this place. Is it weird that I'm craving work?

I sit down in my extremely comfy chair and sigh. Time to get to work.

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