He watched as she danced from foot to foot, nervous and uncomfortable with the fact that she had sent Gabe to do.“Huh, I was… huh. She looked so helpless trying t explain why she had told him to whisk the chocolate.He wanted to pull her to him and hug her, a feeling that was so new to him that he wasn’t sure what to do about it. “Don’t worry, Alex. It’s no problem. It’s not as if you asked me to kill someone,” he said. “Although I can if you want me to.” He added, causing her to smile a little. “Okay then, but you have to know that I’m in control here in the kitchen,” she said, giving him a stern look. “So you either take it or you leave it.” He wanted to throw his head bad and laugh, seeing as what she said was so funny. Plus, the switch in her attitude just about made him want to crack up. She had been so nervous some few minutes ago, dancing from one foot to the other in an uncomfortable manner just because she had bossed him around, but now she was doing it so boldly. “I thi
After the encounter in the kitchen, Alex hadn’t seen much of Gabe for a couple of days but she knew that it wasn’t because he was avoiding her. She was glad that wasn’t the case. She hoped that things get even better between them, but before then, before whatever it was that would happen, she thought that it was better to tell her best friend about it. She had called her last night, but she couldn’t tell her on the phone. That wasn’t a phone conversation kind of talk, so she had told her that she needed to see her for something important, whenever she was available to see her, and Cara had asked them to meet in a coffee shop in town. Alex knew how busy Cara was and that was why she had made sure to tell her they should meet only when she was available. She was glad that she made time to meet her today. Cara own a pastry shop and made cakes for weddings sometimes so she was always so busy. She understood that, so she could never ask her to show up or make time if she was busy. Sigh
Cara nodded as she looked up at the young woman and said. "Thank you, Amy. We'll order something later. For now, can we get two cups of cappuccino?" She asked, and Amy nodded, and with a polite smile, she left. Cara turned back to her best friend. "Now, tell me. What's this about?" She asked.“It’s about Mr. Berkeley…” She started, but Cara interrupted her. “What? What’s going on? Is Gabe okay? Did something happen with you both?” she asked all the questions together. “Huh, well, everything is fine. I mean, something is going on, but it’s nothing you think. No one is hurt or anything like that.” She said. “The thing is..” she scratched the back of her head and continued. “Well, something happened between us, and I thought that I would tell you. You’re my best friend and you helped me get a job in Berkeley Moore. I thought I should let you know what’s going on.” Cara frowned in confusion as she stared at Alex. “You’re rambling, Alex. What happened exactly?” she asked. “Well, I’m ge
Meeting like this two days in a row wasn’t what Alex expected but Cara had called her this morning that she had news. When she had, she had hoped that it had something to do with what they discussed yesterday and the fact that there was a change in everything she told her. She had dressed as casually as she did yesterday, but she didn’t have to wait for Cara this time. As soon as she got to the restaurant, she saw Cara at a table already. She didn’t want her to think that she was angry about how they left things yesterday, even though she was a little, so she smiled. She had been thinking about it for the better part of the night and even when she woke up this morning. As she saw Cara smile back at her though, she didn’t have to fake her smile anymore because she couldn’t stay mad at her for a long time anyway. Back in college, they would always make up the same minute they had disagreed on something because of that. She sat down on the chair opposite Cara, and she could tell that
“Cara, I think I just found her.” The man, who Cara called Ethan said as he stared at her. Alex heard Cara chuckle as she thought of what he meant by that, but she didn’t have to wonder too much, because he soon explain himself. “I think I’ve just found the woman of my dreams.” He said. Looking at him from head to toe, Alex studied him. If she was being honest, he was handsome, just not as handsome as Gabe was. He was tall and had broad shoulders. He had a five o'clock stubble on his face and his pink lips were firm. He was wearing a white shirt with a pair of ash pant trousers. The top two shirt buttons were undone and she could see a hint of curly hair. From what she could see, she realized that it wasn’t that much, the chest hair. She pushed her eyes back up, just as he raised her hand in his into his mouth, and then he placed a soft kiss on the back of her hand. “It’s nice to meet you, Alex. Really nice!” Again, Cara chuckled. She had known Ethan for a while now. He was one o
Alex had no idea where he said he had traveled to but she pretended to hear him and she said. "That's nice, I guess..." But she didn't get to finish her statement because he interrupted her again. "I told my father to let him head the company there but they both refused. I guess he was scared that he wasn’t good enough and my brother think that our father would insist on doing it." He laughed. "But I just had to leave them both to do what they wanted.” Alex smiled and nodded, still pretending to listen to what he was saying. Granted that he talked about things that were happening, he was also talking about himself so much, so she wasn’t interested in listening when he did that. As if he had sensed her disinterest, he turned to her. "So, tell me, Alex. What are you thinking about?" He finally asked her something. It would be good to be the one talking about a change. “Or are you thinking about your boyfriend?” “Wow, that’s a nice way of asking whether or not I have a boyfriend.” S
He had one more meeting at a restaurant before he had to go home to his mate. He had been told by his secretary at the last minute, but thankfully, it was still late afternoon, and not evening, because he would have canceled it. He had not been able to concentrate properly throughout his meetings today, but it was coming to an end. After this, he was going home to Alex. Although, something wasn’t right with her and he could feel it, even though she didn’t say much to him. No, she didn’t even say anything, but he knew. Yesterday, when he had gotten home, she had welcomed him somehow, not as she normally would, and had even gone straight to her room after serving him dinner. He wasn’t sure what was going on, but maybe he would have to ask Cara. After all, she should know. She was her best friend. She had gone out to meet her yesterday as well, so if anyone should know, she was the one. He had been too busy today, but maybe after he got home, he would call her to find out. Sighing, he
He saw the man with them bend to kiss Alex on the cheek. It was on the cheek, but he didn’t care. She was his and no man should be touching her in any way, but him alone. He walked to them, and before his lips could touch her cheek, he yanked him off her and pulled him away from her completely. The man was huge and tall, so he was surprised to see himself being yanked like a paper slip. He looked shocked to even more that someone pulled him, so with a frown, he asked. “Who the hell are you?” He didn’t need to say anything, because Alex pushed back her chair, and then she said. “Gabe… I mean, Mr. Berkeley. What are you doing here?” she asked him. Cara was also surprised too, and she dropped her mouth open. She was not expecting this behavior from Gabe, and she was more surprised because she didn’t understand why he reacted that way. She was still frowning when Alex answered Ethan's question. “He’s my boss, Mr. Gabe Berkeley.” She said simply, and the expression on his face changed.