(Family ties)‘Hello there'. Grayson smiled as he walked into his closet, dropping his briefcase as he leaned closer to kiss Kathleen.‘Hello. How was work?'. She asked.‘Do you want to get married??' He asked all of a sudden almost making her choke on her spit, ‘I'm taking you to the altar'‘That's not funny'. She frownedHe chuckled softly, ‘It is. You don't want to marry me?'.’I barely know you'‘But you love me'‘Yeah', she smiled, ‘Yeah I love you'.‘I love you too', he sighed and kissed her, ‘How was your day today?'.She shrugged as she turned her chair around as they both left the closet, forgetting the pocketbook resting on her thighs, ‘The nurse gave me a good massage today, the drugs still make me feel shitty though....and oh—the bodyguard's name is Theo von Miller, like the actor. He's nice and handgsome'.‘Don't call another man handsome', he frowned taking off his tie, ‘I don't like that'.Her brows puckered, ‘You're jealous??'’I'm a man who doesn't like to share Kathy
(Joana)Connor McKnight stood frozen with his mouth wide agape with a pack of beer on one hand and a polythene bag of Chinese takeout on the other, ‘Uhhhh this...this is awkward'.‘Of course it is!', Grayson growled in annoyance, ‘Why the fuck would you come to my apartment without—'‘It's the start of a new month. We always have men's night at the start of a new month!'.‘Oh', Grayson pursed his lips, ‘Well you should've called. I have a guest can't you see??'Connor's eyes darted over to where Kathleen sat patiently, her cheeks were flushed and her hands behind her back nothing short of sheer embarrassment being caught in an uncompromising situation. He waved at her and she nodded with an awkward grin on her face which morphed into a grimace, he glanced over the wheelchair and the back to Kathleen, then at his best friend and gasped.‘Are you two... did I...did I come at a bad time?'.‘Yes you did'. Grayson replied harshly. Connor McKnight had a special place in his heart and for a
(Back to work)‘Hello babe'. Grayson muttered as he approached his girlfriend seated on the bench outside the hospital waiting patiently, he leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips and then handed her a bouquet of her flowers with a ‘Happy recovery' card.She flashed him a beautiful smile as she rose to her feet, being able to stand properly made her feel so alive again as sitting in a wheelchair for the duration of a full week made her somewhat miserable, she felt good, she was happy to round it all up...she was deeply in love with the man standing in front of her.‘Babe?', her brows arched, ‘We've been together for a week and now you're calling me babe??'.‘What do you want me to call you?'. He frowned deeply.‘Miss Turner'. She responded still wanting to ruffle his feathers.‘Fat chance', he tilted her chin upwards to kiss her again, ‘That's not happening.... only at the office of course'.She giggled as he placed a hand over her shoulders as they walked back to the car, he w
(Grocery shopping )Two hours later and Kathleen found herself at Marcos convenience store shopping for a tub of ice cream and lasagna sheets as she offered to cook her boss a meal, her hands skimmed over a bunch of bananas to check if it was overriped which was perfect to get a discount on even though she could afford it—it was a die hard habit she couldn't get rid of no matter how hard she tried.Grayson appeared out of nowhere with a boxes of prepackaged dumplings with excitement written all over his face, ‘Can you imagine this babe?? Who knew they made things like these??'.Her brows rose in amusement, ‘Uhh everybody??'.‘Seriously??', he was surprised to hear as he dumped all the boxes which had variety of flavours inside the cart, ‘I never knew packaged foods came like this'.She chuckled, ‘It's cause you've never had to eat them. These cost like a dollar, they helped me survive my college years'.His eyes widened acquiring this new piece of information that took him by storm, ‘
(Dating in the office)Kathleen woke up early the next morning with a happy disposition, usually she was grumpy just at the thought of having to catch the subway and deal with the drunk losers trying to get with her. She let out a yawn, slipping into her fuzzy duck slippers and proceeded for the bathroom take a bath.Ten minutes later she walked out with a robe and a towel wrapped around her head, ready to pick an outfit when she heard a knock on the door. A frown creased her brows as she went towards the front door and opened it to Mr Garrison, he looked different....thinner, his eyes looked red too and he smelled of somewhat booze.Her brows rose, ‘Can I help you?'.‘Are you moving out? your rent's due in a few days'. He asked.Dammit, she thought, she was so busy trying to recover from her attack that she forgot she was still house hunting, so she gulped hard, ‘I've got it all under control and will be moving out soon. Is there a problem?'.He cleared his throat and scratched the b
(Dating in the office part 2)‘Kathy!!!', Ophelia squealed as soon as she noticed her colleague walking into the employee's lounge, ‘Oh my God!'.‘I know', Kathleen murmured as she wrapped her arms around her, inhaling the beautiful smell of cocoa butter she missed so much, ‘I missed you O'.‘I missed you too what happened? Mr Hunter wouldn't let us know and said it was a family emergency or something'. Ophelia asked.Kathleen sighed deeply, ‘I got into an accident that's what. Got a broken rib and everything but I didn't want anyone to know'.‘Oh my'She shrugged, ‘I don't want to talk about it', and forced a smile, ‘So tell me...what did I miss'.‘Oh you're in for a long one', Ophelia pulled her to the table adjusting her braids as they both took a seat, ‘Harvey's getting married in two weeks to the tramp down the street'.‘The smoker??'‘Yes the smoker', Ophelia nodded, ‘It's a bad match but who am I to spare myself on some good cake?, Ted's still head over heels in love with the n
(The tape)Two hours later and Grayson was in the middle of helping his woman sort out her clothes, he never thought he would be in a woman's room rummaging through her drawers and sorting underwear—but he enjoyed it, he would do anything just to be close to her.Kathleen at the other side of the room had her cheeks flushed, watching him go through her drawers even though she adamantly refused. She nipped her bottom lip as he brought out a white skimpy lingerie that had matching stockings and a lacy brassier, it was a lewd gift from Jake Coleman her ex boyfriend—that slimy bastard, she thought, at the time she thought it was a nice valentine's day gift but it was just another way to fulfill his twisted sexual fantasies.Grayson on the other hand couldn't help but smirk, the thought of Kathleen wearing such a thing pumped adrenaline into his loins so hard that it made his mouth water, ‘Well.....this is... something'.She scratched the back of her head, ‘I'm not proud of it'.‘So you're
(The tape part 2)Grayson wasn't sure what it was but something was definitely wrong the moment he stepped into the building and started to hear murmurs from behind him. It was the usual office fashion to always make remarks whenever he walked past but this was different, he wasn't sure why but something had changed from the sly looks and the corner eyes he got walking into the elevator.Kathleen had her head buried and focused on a stack of documents when he approached her desk, she had a certain gloom to which he flipped of as maybe just being in a bad mood. So he left her alone, walked into his office and sat down, then he took one good look at her again only to notice the pen in her hands shaking tremendously.He frowned, this wasn't good, he pursed his lips and called her in to ask, ‘Is everything okay Miss Turner?'.Kathleen could feel the thumping in her heart increase by the minute, she placed both hands behind her back and forced a smile, ‘Y...yes sir...y...your tie looks goo
(The Final End)Two weeks later and Kathleen could be seen at the block's cookout organized by everyone in the apartment building to celebrate Nana Willow's birthday, she was ill and in her final days, and instead of spending it in the hospital she wanted to be around the people she loved and cared about.Plates started to pass around until it got to her, the smell of the best cheese steak sandwich from Devante's wafted into her nostrils and she could feel her mouth water just looking at it. Next to her sat Joana and her adorable twelve year old, Wallace was trying to find an excuse to play with the other kids whilst his mother was busy getting enamoured by Bobo, the dog walker from next block.‘So how's life treating you huh?', Mr Garrison asked as he took a seat next to her, ‘You know we miss you around here'.Her brows arched, ‘Come on...almost a year ago you wanted to throw me out on the streets. Don't play favors now that I've leased my apartment now'.‘Well that friend of yours
(Stay away from my son part 2)‘No??'‘No'‘What do you mean No?!'.Kathleen sighed deeply, this was like a movie, ‘Look here Mrs Hunter—I am not what you think I am, a golddigger. I love Grayson and considering how he was the one who chased me until I became his girlfriend I think you have an idea on what it is'.Evangeline pursed her lips as she placed a blank cheque on the table, she slid it over to Kathleen's side of the table, ‘That's a blank cheque right there.... anything you need... whatever you want...it could be a million dollars, name your price. Name your price and I'll give you what it takes just to stay away from my son'.Kathleen stared down at the cheque feeling almost insulted, the least Evangeline could do was be original and try something else that wasn't from the obvious plot of a movie, she chuckled softly, ‘You know this would've been the offer of a lifetime but why would I choose to take what you're offering, knowing fully well that your son can give me double?'
(Stay away from my son)Grayson was trying to get rid of his house hunger by having almost a gallon of fruit loops and milk, he was tired and now unemployed. It felt strange having breakfast all by himself by this time of the day, when he heard someone stomping towards him from behind and turned around to Kathleen, she wasn't happy, he smiled.‘Morning babe'.‘You told me everything's okay?!!'. She cried out.He shrugged, ‘Everything is okay. You're back from work early'.She winced, ‘Cut the crap Gray! Of course I'm back from work early cause I fucking got fired! I got a promotion and in a week I loose my fucking job all because my boyfriend couldn't give me a heads up about him losing his position!'.Her eyes were turning red by the minute, he pursed his lips losing his appetite immediately as his cereal turned soggy, ‘I'm sorry and yes—i stepped down as CEO'She gasped, 'Why would you do that?! I thought you loved your job more than anything Gray....more than me!'.He frowned deepl
(The New CEO)November 31st, 10pm to be exact, Grayson Hunter stepped down from his position as the CEO of Hunter's Group. He worked half of his life to be here, missed out on the fun of being a young man, never spent Christmas or his birthday with anyone, almost developed a eating disorder with his constant lack of a balance meal and all for what? all for his father to throw it away with some stupid marriage proposal.He didn't care, even if he worked his butt off to become the CEO he didn't care and he would do the same all over again—throw it all away if it meant he couldn't be with Kathleen. He was successful enough on his own, he had his own money which meant he didn't need his father's inheritance, he was rich enough to take care of himself and take care of his woman.He wasn't leaving Kathleen for anything, not even the job he loved most. A sniffle escaped him as he could feel the tears brimming in his eyes, ‘Take me somewhere else'. He instructed the driver in a icy tone.‘Sir
(Don't marry your assistant)It took a lot of contemplation but with enough pressure from Kathleen he finally managed to get into the car, dressed in a simple royal blue shirt with two buttons down and casual pants. Royal blue was his mother's least favorite color, she usually said the color reminded her of commoners in the most disdainfully way possible and he loved to piss her off.The drive lasted an hour before he got to his father's mansion. The Hunter family house, a sigh left his lips as he got out of the car, standing in front of the white mansion and feeling a dreaded sense of loneliness just looking at it. He hadn't been here in almost two years, he hated it, the two pillars that held the porch together up to the main door, the long bushes of carnellas that led up to the backyard which he was mildly allergic to but no one cared—he hated every single one of it, the stupid bright chandelier that once fell on his leg and his father had to tell him to act like a man and stop wai
(Wallace)Grayson frowned deeply seeing the list of potential candidates for the position of his new assistant—Incompetent they all were, unimpressive and most of all they weren't Kathleen. She'd done such a good job being his assistant that a replacement just felt like a let down, trying to fill up a void space.He flipped through the pages of each personal information when Theresa suddenly walked into his office with a stack of files, placing it on his table even though he didn't instruct her to. His brows arched as he looked up at her, ‘Pardon??'.‘These are the breakdowns you asked for sir'. She muttered in the most stoic way possible that it almost felt like a mocking sarcasm, ‘Unfortunately the assistant supervisor isn't here to bring these herself'.It subtly sounded like she was trying to insult his work ethic, and he knew Kathleen wasn't one to slack on the job, ‘It isn't the assistant's job. It's your job'.‘Sorry sir'. She nodded.He was already annoyed, he hated the blatan
(Babysitting Wallace)Grayson woke up the next morning before Kathleen to get ready for work. It was her day off which meant she had all the time in the world to rest, a smile crossed his lips as he walked out of the closet minutes later all dressed up after taking a shower to still see her clearly asleep with her curls sprawled over the pillow.He felt like a married man, she felt like his wife. He wanted their relationship to be like this forever, smirking as he adjusted the cufflinks on his sleeve. Kathleen rolled on and about the bed to the edge, he sat down and brushed a strand off her face before leaning down to kiss her cheek.Her eyes opened slowly, ‘Good morning'.‘Mmmh', he kissed her lips next, ‘I'll be back soon okay??'.‘I'll miss you'. She murmured still hazy.'I know', he replied kissing her again, ‘Don't forget you have your babysitting job today'.It finally clicked and she jerked up to her feet in a mode of panic, ‘Oh shit I forgot!! I need to go...oh it's not until
(The babysitter)Evangeline took a sip of champagne as Helena Watson joined her in the restaurant. A sharp brow lifted seeing as Helena had on the same faux coat as hers, she hated that, she hated duplicates of her and Helena Watson wasn't short of a dupe.‘Fancy seeing you here Eva', Helena drawled as she took a seat, ‘I haven't seen you in a while'.Evangeline frowned, ‘You've only met me once at The Le oud's art show. To what do I owe this meeting Helena? I was told it's beneficial'.‘It's about our kids', Helena delved straight into the point, ‘I'm proposing an arranged marriage'.Charming, Evangeline thought as she took another sip of her drink, ‘I'm listening....'*********Kathleen let out a moan as she felt his fingers in-between the walls of her special place. She playfully slapped his shoulder which made him laugh and finally back off as they were just having a wonderful time in the bathtub, her hair was wrapped up in a large bun with curly strands escaping at the front and
(Mommy issues Part 2)Kathleen wasn't sure how it happened but before she knew it she was on his bed, stark naked with his mouth on the side of her neck placing soft kisses.‘You were good today babe'. He whispered before kissing her so hard on the mouth that it took her breath away.She smiled as he broke away, ‘I'm never letting you do that again'.‘Do what??'.‘Seduce me', she stroked the undercut of his hair, ‘I'm worried about you Gray'.‘Can we not talk about me right now?', he kissed the corner of her mouth, ‘I feel like we should go another—' He was interrupted by the sudden ringing of his phone, ‘Ignore it'.He tried to kiss again and the phone wouldn't stop, she laughed softly pushing him away from her with gentleness, ‘You should answer that. I'm going to make coffee'.‘Stay', he demanded, ‘I'll be back in a minute'.She watched him leave not before he lightly tapped her buttocks in a playful manner, making a mental note to get her shots immediately to avoid conception. Gra