Evanescent

19 | S W E E T

"So like.. what do you even do for work?" Rosa asked quietly as she walked alongside Noah as he made his way towards the buildings doors.

She had a watermelon lollipop between her soft lips and she pulled it out of her mouth with a soft pop every once and a while to talk. He had told her it was too early for a lollipop, but she insisted she have it as it would 'overpower the sadness she felt'.

"I run a business," he said vaugely as he texted his assistant. His assistants daughter had a major crush on him and would always make excuses to come by his job.

She rolled her eyes and swung the lollipop around. "What type of business?"

He continued to type urgently on his phone, trying to deter his assitant from bringing his daughter.

"Hey, Noah?" Rosa questioned as she pat his arm. When she didn't get his attention, she pouted and held onto his bicep. "Please daddy."

"Baby," he gasped, his slacks growing tight as he stopped and pulled her aside. "Not in public. I know we haven't gone over any rules yet. But calling me daddy in public is a bit weird for people. That's something special for between you and me."

She nodded quietly. "Can you please answer my question?"

"I run publishing. Getting new authors out there. Having covers made and pages printed. And I own a museum on the side."

Her eyes widened in surprise. She knew he had money. But he reallyyy had money. She'd expect someone like him to flaunt what he had - but he didn't. And she liked that. "That's nice. Can I see your museum one day?" 

"Sure you can," he smiled as he leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. He then  swept his hand over her bangs, fixing them so they lay evenly over her forehead.

She couldn't help but look up at him in admiration, his movements were so gentle and purposeful. His hands were so perfect, whatever he touched was blessed. And Rosa couldn't believe one of those things were her.

"What are you looking at little girl?" he teased and she blushed, shaking her head. "Lets go inside," he said softly.

Rosa nodded her head and looked up at the sky for a second, stopping there in the center of the road which quickly caught Noah's attention.

"What is it?" He asked as he looked up as well.

"It looks like it's gonna rain," Rosa commented before beginning to walk towards the building again. Noah, however, did not.

"I think i'm going to have to book you an eye appointment as well. The sky is bluer than a smurf babydoll, I-" he chuckled as she skipped back and grabbed his hand.

Rosa pushed her lollipop to the corner of her right cheek with her tongue and pointed to one single cloud off in the distance. "That's a rain cloud. The wind is blowing it this way. And more will follow."

Noah looked down at the girl in awe before he just ruffled her hair lightly and gave her a soft smile. "You're so smart."

"You're smarter," she replied back as she looked up at him

"But we're talking about you here. Come.." he said as he grabbed her hand gently and led her into the large building.

He nodded to the woman at the front desk who was smacking on gum and it seemed to be echoing around the wide lobby. She gave him a smile and popped her gum before looking back down at the computer in front of her.

Noah heard crunching from beside him and he looked down at Rosa, smiling when she stuck her tongue out at him. Just the lollipop stick was left.

"Is my tongue red?" She asked, biting down on her bottom lip when Noah continued to just admire her pretty little face.

"Mhm. And those soft lips of yours too," he said lowly, his grip on her hand tightening for a second.

Rosa looked away from him for a second and coughed lightly to compose herself. She stuttered around for something to say before just leaning into him and pressing her face into his strong bicep.

He chuckled softly as she held her face there on his arm even after they got into the elevators. He leaned over and pressed a lingering kiss to her forehead. "My sweet girl.."