I'm Admired But He Is Feared

Chapter Twenty

"If you were dying to meet me then you could have just come up to my office" I inform her.

They all suddenly start laughing including Sandra who sat across me.

"You were right Sandra, she's funny as well" The red head says.

"I wasn't trying to be funny" I tell her.

She swats her hand at me and leans forward on her elbows.

"Ever since you came here...there's one thing that's been going through all of our heads" She informs me.

Now she's caught my attention. I straighten in my seat and look her in the eyes.

"What's been going through your heads?"

"Well...you're admired by everyone and Mr Peace is feared" The words 'admired' and 'feared' seem to be the ones that stick in my head.

I'm admired but he is feared, is that what people are saying about me and Mr Peace?

"Oh em geee, he's like right behind us!" The girl that was standing by my other side squeals, I immediately look around to the entrance of the cafeteria to see Mr Peace walking in.

He strides into the room holding his normal authority and looks straight ahead. I immediately notice that the noise in the room as dulled down as everyone. He's like a masterpiece...everybody's afraid to break him and we can't break him.

That's what makes him fearless...: his attitude, personality and how he wants people to see him. I'm admired but he is feared.

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"So, what shall we make tonight?" I ask Gerry.

He gets up from the couch and begins to make his way over to me. He places his hands on either sides of my waist and brings me in closer to him making me smile.

"Let's go out for dinner" He informs me. My eyes widen at his request. It's been a year since the last time Gerry has ever taken me out for dinner. He laughs at my shocked face and places a hand on my cheek. "What happened?" He asks me.

"It's been a really long time since we've been out"

"Go get ready" He says without answering me.

I don't think twice and go to get changed.

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"Funny enough, I've actually been craving Indian" I tell him.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asks with sincere.

I look down at the table and start playing with the knife and fork that was in front of me. How am I supposed to tell you when we hardly got to spend time together I wanted to say to him.

"You were always so busy with your work" I say softly.

A small smile spreads on his face as he leans towards me from across the table.

"I'm sorry for acting the way I was for the last couple of days...things at the court has been stressful and stuff. My clients a real pain in the ass so dealing with his is so stressful" He admits.

I feel a frown form on my face from the information he is telling me. Gerry always tells me if there's a problem, why didn't he tell me about this?

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You always came back from work so tired so I didn't want to wear you out with my problems" He admits.

"I'm all ears Gerry, you know I am"

"Let's forget about work, I just want to talk about us" He surprises me by leaning forward all the way and placing a loving kiss on my lips.

I find myself returning it back as I curl my fingers in his hair enjoying the softness from it as it runs through my fingertips. We pull away after a couple of minutes as I feel my cheeks heat up. Gerry ives me a wink and looks through the menu.