Dating Mr. CEO - Chapter 26: Chapter 26

ELROY
My mood deflated when she mentioned his name, it wasn't like I cared about her personal shoot with Lucas, I mean, why would I care? Even before I agreed to start dating her for real, all because of grandma, she still hung out with Lucas, despite my warnings and reprimanding. She never listens.
I knew they had a connection, a connection we could never have, and not a day goes by that I bother myself about it. I simply didn't care.
So, why the hell did my mood deflate? Why was I feeling threatened by it, by him. It was Lucas, my employee, her friend.
I am the Elroy, the owner of Sparks and her boyfriend. I had an higher place in her life right? So why does it feel like there was something more between Lucas and Fay? Why do I feel like I should ask her to stop seeing him.
I felt like that, but I wasn't going to put action into it... She was free to do whatever she wanted to, it was her life, not mine. She was free to keep as many male friends as possible.
Lucas isn't just a male friend to her, he and Fay had a close relationship before the both of you started dating her. My mind reminded me.
I shouldn't care about it, neither should I show that I cared about it, it wasn't my business.
I tapped on the starring wheel, hoping to God that I get to that meeting on time... I wasn't one to condone lateness, imagine what would happen if I came in late to work. People would begin to wonder what kept me.
Everyone would start passing rumors after rumors, now imagine what would happen if I came in with Fay?
We'd never gone together before.
When her phone started ringing, I wanted to fight the urge to look over at her direction but I couldn't fight it. I stole a glance at her direction, then my eyes swept to the caller ID.
It was Lucas.
I glanced back at her again, wondering if she was going to pick it up, when she did, I looked away.
"Hi Luke." She said, her voice all cherry and smooth.
Last night had an effect on me, I was almost at the brink of stopping everything, hurting her feelings by just ending everything. Why? Because I was scared, I was scared of what I felt when I kissed her, her kisses made me sober, it cleared a large amount of alcohol in my system, bringing on this insane familiar feeling. It was familiar, but stronger, stronger than the familiar feeling and it scared me shitless.
I wanted to end it all, but the moment she made an attempt to take off my shirt, I lost all my senses and thoughts.
"I'm alright, how's your Mom?" She said to Lucas again.
After some seconds, she chuckled, revealing her dimples. "You know how she is." She said again. "How's your brother? Is he back yet?" She said, listening to his reply.
She was familiar with everyone in his family, almost like she knew him better than she knew me, the way she smiled from time to time, she'd never smiled at me like that.
You haven't done anything to make her smile... You're broken. Beyond repair. I shook my head off the thoughts.
I'd have to visit Google again, maybe search for things like, How to make your girlfriend smile.
I sighed.
"I'm on my way. Yeah, I'll be there very soon." She said, waited for his reply, then laughed."Stop it Lucas." She laughed again. "You know that's not true."
I fought the urge to groan, grab her phone and throw it out the window.
"Alright, I'll be there in no time." She said. "Bye."
I didn't say a word, the car was super silent and this time, it wasn't a comfortable silence. There were questions hanging in the air, from her side and mine, but I wasn't going to stoop to that level, I wouldn't want to be that boyfriend who was so concerned about who his girlfriend hanged out with, who called her and who doesn't. I was bigger than that, I had more class than that. It's her business and it remains her business.
"Can you stop by at Sparks? I'm late for my appointment with Lucas."
"Okay." I said.
We were almost at Sparks, I wasn't even going to drive by before, I wanted to make it on time for the meeting, I can change when I get to the office.
"It's okay to ask, you know." Fay blurted out.
I raised a brow, having no clue what she was aiming at.
"Pardon?"
"It's okay to ask." She said.
I glanced at her, noticing the small smile on her face.
"To ask? Ask about what?" I asked, already getting the hint.
Was she talking about Lucas? Hold on... Did she think I was like jealous or something?
"About Lucas. You're doing that mood switch thing again."
I let out a short laugh. "What mood switch thing?" I asked her.
"You know what I'm talking about, El." She pressed on.
I turned into a corner, entering my person garage, in my company.
Finally...
When I turned off the engine, I turned to her. "Why should I ask you about Lucas?"
"You look jealous." She pointed out.
"I'm not." I said. "Why should I be?"
She studied my face. "You should be."
"Do you like him?"
"He's just a friend, you don't have to worry about anything."
"I wasn't worried." I shrugged.
"Yeah, you weren't." I could still see the hint of a smile on her face. "I'll see you later?"
"Uh... I don't know- I'll be working late."
"Oh, okay. Bye then." She said.
She was about to pull open the car door when I blurted. "No goodbye kiss?"
She turned to me, her eyes had widened a little. "I don't think we're there yet."
I raised my brow. "Oh, I remember us crossing that bridge last night." I said, teasingly.
Her cheeks reddened. "Under the influence of alcohol, it doesn't count." She said.
"It counts to me. A lot." I wondered where that came from. I just felt like it was the right thing to say.
She stared at me for a second, then two more seconds, over to three more seconds, then she left the door handle, before I could comprehend her actions, she moved closer to me, pressing her lips to mine, kissing me softly.
Then it happened again. My heart shot up, working abnormally, the same way it did last night. Even stronger.
This wasn't healthy. Not one bit.
But it felt so good. But I wasn't going to admit it to myself, I wouldn't lean in. Not ever.
The last time I tried, it failed. There's a ninety nine percent chance of us failing.
Or is there?
She broke the kiss, smiling shyly. "See you later." She said finally leaving my car, shutting the door without force. She knew how I hated it when my door gets slammed. She knew how much I hated noise.
I couldn't move from that spot, my heart was so unsteady and I was scared that I might make it fall if I moved.
I didn't want this feeling, it wasn't even planned, it was almost as if my body had been waiting for this moment, it was almost as if my heart had played out this moment. The way it responded to Fay's kisses were unlike anything I'd ever seen before.
Damn it! I didn't sign out for this. No, this wasn't the plan...
I wasn't supposed to feel like this... It was just Fay, I had no physical attraction to her... did I? Damn it damn it!
You need to tone it down Roy. Protect yourself.
Yourself, that's all that matters.
I am all that matters.