Coffee

I screamed into a pillow as Damon chuckled while reading the headlines.

“Look at you little miss celebrity,” he mused.

“This is all your fault!” I pouted as I threw a pillow at him which he easily caught.

“You’ll get used to it don’t worry,” he winked.

“Besides they’ll get bored eventually and leave you alone,”

“Not if we keep seeing each other,” I frowned.

“C’mon it’ll give your ex boyfriend something to think about. He was totally jealous and I’m sure you liked the way it felt.”

Yes the thought of Michael being jealous made me feel a certain way. But I wasn’t going to admit that.

“I don’t think he was jealous. I think he’s really in love with Lana.”

“She doesn’t seem like a nice person,”

“No shit.” I rolled my eyes.

Damon plopped down on the bed beside me and pinned my hands above my head.

“Careful Arya. You better watch that mouth of yours.” He growled as pressed his leg between my legs.

A soft moan escaped my lips as he smirked.

“I want you to ride me like crazy right now,” he whispered in my ear and I released a shaky moan because of the way he sounded. He turned me on.

As I was about to take off my top, my phone rang.

“Aren’t you going to get that?” Damon asked and I shook my head no.

I climbed on top of him and straddled him.

“Fuck, you’re beautiful.” He raked his hand through my hair and I blushed.

Then my phone rang again ruining the moment.

Without checking the caller ID I answered.

“Hello,”

“Arya,” Michael’s calm voice greeted over the phone and I instantly froze.

“Oh! How can I help you?” I asked and Damon raised a brow. I mouthed to him that I was talking to Michael and he smirked.

“I was hoping you got my email earlier. I wanted to go over a few things with you concerning the acquisition of the company.”

“Yeah sure,”

“Can you meet me at Starbucks in 15?” He asked and I nodded.

“Arya?” He called and I realized that I nodded and he couldn’t see me.

“You were nodding right?” There was a playful tone in his voice.

“Yeah I was,” I blushed. What the fuck is wrong with me?

“Well I’ll see you in a bit,” I hung up before he could say anything.

“Sounds like you have a date,” Damon joked and I rolled my eyes.

“It’s a business meeting for your information.”

“Uh-huh, I hear you loud and clear,” Damon chuckled.

I quickly got dressed and grabbed my coat. After I called an Uber, I thought about meeting Michael. I knew it might be awkward but this was just business. I had to believe that all it was.

When I got picked up, I went to Starbucks to meet Damon. If I’m honest, I was nervous.

I stepped out of the car and went to meet Michael inside.

Taking a deep breath, I stepped into the building and immediately spotted him sitting at the table.

“Hey Michael,” I smiled as I took a seat opposite to him.

“Glad you can join me Arya. I ordered a beverage for you. I remembered how much you liked caramel Frappuccino.” He smiled and I nodded.

“It’s my favorite drink.”

“Yes I know. I use to get you that drink all the time.”

An awkward silence fell over us as I stared at the drink, a small smile playing on my lips.

“I’ve decided that I want to merge companies instead. We can form an entirely new company from this deal.”

“I thought you would have preferred an acquisition,” I raised a brow.

“I mulled it over last night and I’ve decided that it would be better to at least do a merger first.”

“Wow I’m surprised to hear that.”

“I thought about it and it seemed like the better option right now.”

“Thank you, that’s exactly what we were hoping for but it’s not the case anymore. The CEO of our company stepped down last night. I got his email this morning and he says that the acquisition is fine and he has no issues going through with it. All he wants to do is become a shareholder when your company takes over.”

“Oh, I see.” He thought for a moment.

“In that case I want you to be my personal advisor and the head lawyer of the chain of my companies as well.” He said and I almost spat out my drink.

“W-What?” He can’t be serious.

“That’s a great offer but I don’t know,” I confessed. Working with Michael is entirely a different story and I don’t even know how to feel about it. About him! Besides, I don’t want to let the company down. That position is huge.

“Are you doubting your abilities?”

“It’s not that, it’s just a lot in such a short time.”

“You’ve become so confident and you’ve clearly matured. Surely you can handle this. You’ve always doubted yourself but I’ll need you to trust and believe in yourself. Remember I use to tell you that you’re smart all the time and I’ve encouraged you to be better,” Michael said and my eyes widened.

“That’s up until you start degrading me and making me feel like I was stupid. How could you give someone confidence and then take it all away. That’s selfish,” I whispered and he turned his head.

“Arya I-

“I can do it!” I interjected before he could finish. I didn’t want to relive anything or make any moments between us.

“I accept the position you offered me. I’ll redo the contracts and email it to you. I’ll also like to keep this professional. Have a good day Mr. Stone.”