With a lot of persuasion from Travis I finally managed to let Lucas be, it wasn't easy but I managed to give him the 'space' everyone says he needs, even Carl says so. What I don't understand is what EXACTLY, does he need space for, I'm his friend for heaven's sakes, he should talk to me. okay, fair enough, I haven't been the best friend since, ooh well, since I got married, I mean Travis is a handful but I can't blame it all on him, come to think of it, I've always burdened Luu with my troubles, since we were young. I haven't had his back in like, forever. *sigh* yeah, trophy for shitty friend goes out to me.
I’m jolted out of my train of thoughts by Lexy sitting next to me she doesn't look fine and neither does Matt.something is up and I'm going to find out, I have to be a good friend and find out, I did a shitty job with Lucas I'm not about to do that now, hell-to-the-no! For now, I'll let everything slide for now because I need to focus on my studies.
Throughout the whole day I didn't have any sort of contact with anyone, reason being my lectures were a drag, and everyone seemed to be swamped and occupied, yeah I won't lie, school is a lot, it's now six and I'm just getting out of my last class and I'm tired as hell, I just want a long bath and some sleep but I can't, it's not the weekend yet and I have studies to catch up on. I called an uber five minutes away' it said. If I'm this tired from just school work how the hell am I going to juggle both work and school? Yeah I'm as good as dead.
Before getting home I asked the driver to pass by KFC because I was craving their dunked wings *sigh* then McDonald's for their burgers. The uber dropped me off on the entrance of THE LOFTS, that's where we stay. I paid the driver and the butler opened for me
"Mrs de Luca" he greeted, you should have seen my face, I didn't know that they knew me, hell I am not never used the first floor before.
Getting home, I find soft music playing through the speakers, mmmh. Nice. I placed my bag, keys and the food on the kitchen table where Carl was with papers played out, hair messy and loose tie, he looked stressed
"hey" I greeted, he just acknowledges me with his head.
"Are you okay?" He's never like this something
"Mmmh" something is up with him, I stepped closer to him while removing my shoes, I reached for his laptop but he quickly shut it before I could read a single syllable
"okay" he grabbed all the papers and his laptop and walked out to the direction of his study. I'm definitely not doing this tonight.
I grabbed a bottle of wine and a glass, took my school work and walked to our room, I stripped down naked drinking straight from the bottle, I'm slowly turning into an alcoholic, if I'm not careful.
I ran myself a bubble Bath, got in and enjoyed me my little sanctuary.
I felt a presence next to me, I didn't need to open my eyes to know who it is.
"Scoot" he sounded tired and drained, I could hear it all from his tone. He got in and played my hair on his chest, took my fingers and played with them. That little gesture was enough to make me forgive him for the stunt he pulled earlier.im not going to pressure him into talking, he will tell me when he's ready. I've learnt to never force him to talk or I'll end up crying and that's not what I want today, or any other day.
"You look tired" Ladies and gentlemen, he talks.
"I feel tired" he's still playing with my fingers
"You should get some rest" his hands have resorted to my shoulders massaging me
"Mmmh"
"You really are tense babe, what's up"
"Nothing really, it's just school work and all"
"And all, what's all?"
"Hahahaha. No. Not today babe"
He chuckled softly “your boobs are firm"
"Carl! Stop it okay "
He sighed, “you right, I'll just use my hand " un-fucken-believable.
A fit of laughter erupted from Me:” yeah you do that" he joined me in laughing
"We should get out, the water is getting cold and that food won't eat itself"
He got out first and handed me a towel. I stood up and grabbed it, wrapped it around me and drained the water.
We walked out the bathroom to the bedroom with him trailing behind me with my wine bottle.
"You look tired too, you should get some sleep too"
How nice of him. He took the liberty of taking out clothes for tomorrow. I found his shirt on the couch, grabbed it and wore it. We settle on top of the bed with the food in-between us out. The moment I took a bit of the wings I had a foodgasm. I heard him chuckle but I won't entertain it.
In the morning I woke up with Carl's side of the bed empty and by the look of things he didn't sleep here. today I'm going to work. I have to start on the project with Travis and later on we have to start on my assignment. Today it was chilly but I felt like wearing a dress, but I put a coat on top, the coat was knee length and I added some ankle boot. I put my inamorata pendent on, grabbed my things and made my way out the door. I found Roy waiting for me on the foyer, he grabbed my bag and led me to the elevator.
Getting to the office building things were hectic, people running around like a crazy people. Roy was still next to me
"sir says you shouldn't wait up for him tonight" Ahh.just what I need to start my day.
"Okay thank you Roy"
We just got into our floor, he dropped my things in my cubicle when Tylor came to us, he looked serious
"he's calling you" he didn't need to say the name; I knew who he was talking about.
All eyes in the office were on us, I mean why won't they. Two of Carl’s bodyguards were with me.
He led me to the office when he opened the door. A mess is what I saw
"what the hell! Travis" he had bloodshot eyes, messy hair and papers all over
"Tylor what happened here" he just looked at me and sighed.
"Carl, babe!!" I ran to him and crunched down, I held his cheeks on my hands.
"Carl talk to me " I saw a lone tear coming out but I quickly caught it with my thumb before they saw it.
"Fuck!" He cussed out. He really was scaring me; I’ve never seen him like this before. I got my answer when the bathroom door creaked open.
"Oh! the wife is here. man up Travis will you"
You couldn't miss the sarcasm in the word "wife" and what the hell is she doing here, she was rubbing her hands and looked as elegant as ever
"mom" his tone was begging. What the hell is going on here
"Mirabelle" what the hell is she doing here?
"Isabella" you couldn't miss the venom in her mouth. This woman hates me, like she for real hates me "good that you are, sit down"
With a speed I don’t know comes from, Travis was by our side, in front of his mother and the smirk on her face was just pure evil. "Mother I beg of you don't do this here please"
She folded her arms and sat down “well you know what to do" then she stood up, took her bag and left. I stood frozen on my spot. What the he'll just happened?
"Aaag"Carl threw his laptop on the wall, I've never seen him like this ever. Ty took my hand and led me outside
"clearly getting you here was a bad idea*sigh* I'm sorry I'll sort it out"
"No wait..."
"I got it Bella, see you later."
I went to my cubicle, logged in on my computer to get my work done. I couldn't concentrate due to what transpired in the office. What was all that.
An hour before lunch we had to attend an emergency meeting, I was busy packing my stuff when Carl came to my desk and handed me a pile of files
"please look at this, I need you and only you to be in charge of it while I'm gone"
Ohkay, he placed his hand on my shoulder, took a deep breath and kissed my head. He's never done this at work before
"Uuhmmm-" he shut me up with a kiss, a full on kiss, at work.
“I love you" he whispered. W.w.what?
Someone jolt me out of this trance. Did he really say the L-word? Like really, really say it. Before I could ask him he kissed my forehead and walked back to his office.