Chapter 18 talking deep into the night

At around ten in the evening, they had called it a night, with him leaving the two girls to their privacy while still reminding grace of her need to be there in the morning. Moving out of that house reluctantly he moved to his car packed just outside the apartment. His hands were sweaty, butterflies in his stomach, and was that shivering he felt. What the hell was going on. His own heartbeat stomach faster than when he worked out on his treading mill. It was a new feeling, but the biggest underlying factor was he wanted grace beneath him.

Grace just knew that a session of questions and answers would follow after Alex left because that was what had been happening for the last thirty minutes or so. Her friend had watched Alex saunter out of her house and with a barely concealed yelp, moved towards her as they sat on the couch.

“so umm, he is your boss? Come on what are you not telling me, that was pure blissful sex walking and sitting right here in your house”

Laughing at her friend's tactics, grace sat down and started answering the questioning period that followed. “Yes, he is my boss, and do not even talk, I think I have a major crush on him, think I am crazy.”

“No kidding if I was you, I think I’d be shagging him already, by the way why was he here I mean he’s your boss?”

“I don’t really know why but I think I liked him around, out of the office he seems so approachable, and yet I know that is just a front. Men like him don’t get attracted to people like me, besides one-man experience was enough to last me a lifetime.”

Speaking like this, grace had expected to feel the same pain that always came with thinking about her ex-boyfriend, but she felt kind of numb, maybe she was really moving on.

“Hey baby, what are you saying, I admit that nick was a mess in your life, but one man should not be the basis for rejecting every other man. You do know there are other good men out there, besides what happens to my dream of being your maid of honor. Looking at her, grace felt overwhelmed, anna really believed in this love thing but could this work for her. Taking a deep breath, they talked some more before they called it a night and went sleeping. That day they decided to sleep in her place, and before they slept grace took anna on a tour of the place.

Hearing her friend awes and ahs as they went through the place brought her a surge of pride before they eventually changed for sleep. Looking at the time, it was already 12;00 am and she knew that she would have trouble waking up but so what, she was glad that she had had a good time. Now what remained was taking a step a time and she knew she would get there. She felt hopeful that just maybe, her ambitions and dreams would become true.

Wednesday could not have come sooner for Alex than it had. That night he had kept turning and tossing, if asked why he could not pinpoint a reason exactly. After getting home, he had called home, and thankfully, his dad had been doing well, a cause to be happy. Then as he sat on his bed, he had programmed everything, this week would be a week of full-on seduction from Alex. He would make sure that grace knew he wanted her and she had no choice other than to accept.

Waking up, at first Alex had felt like a robot, but after a cold shower, he had started feeling like himself again. Buoyed with hope and excitement, he had walked out of his room, locking the door as though saying he wouldn’t return there that day. As he planned his day, he made to check his tie and Alex shirt on the elevator walls. He knew he looked spic and span. He entered his office and of course, grace was there, looking spic and span.

On his table lay a hot cup of coffee which he could smell even as he stepped into his office. On the other hand, grace looked spectacular, she really should shop more. She was dressed in a black pencil skirt that hugged her lower part of the body perfectly. She then put on a flowery top with splashes of bright colors and then topped it with a pink blazer. Her legs were clad in fashionable and comfortable black heels that elongated her already long legs, sending a picture of them wrapped around his waist. They would definitely lock at his back as he moved in out of her.

Still even as tall as she looked, he topped her. On her hand she held a planner, where she started briefing him on the day’s events as soon as he got in. looking at the fundraiser event, everything looked set to go. The kitchen had started training everyone around the praises and of course, only those who managed to learn how to make the food well would stand on the dais, the rest would help serve in the event.

“Umm sir, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford from the list offered their apologies for the fundraise but promised to offer their support on that day.” She said as she completed her talk. Sitting on his desk, Alex started by his day by taking a sip of the refreshing coffee. Afterward, he arranged things, giving off instructions to grace as time went by. Today, he had a board meeting where he would meet with all his partners, maybe meeting them as well as introducing the private investigator from his friend would make the culprit surrender, which would be easier.