CH 7

BRYAN’S POV

I was really impressed by Laura's speech. I'm not gonna lie, she is a smart one. Everyone present in the meeting was really impressed by her presentation. Luckily for us we were able to finalise the deal, which I’m really grateful for.

The day ended on a good note as I drove straight to my house. I sent a mail to Laura informing her that we will be going for a business meeting outside the state and she should be prepared.

The next day, I requested my driver to go pick her up from her apartment.

As she got down from the car at the airport, I sucked in my breath.

She walked towards me, with a smile on her face, “Hi Mr. Bryan, trust you had a pleasant night.”

I nodded my head, as I led her towards my private jet. I noticed she was reluctant to come into my private jet. I stopped and looked back at her and said, “Come in now,” I gestured toward her, moving away from the entrance.

She shook her head, as she muttered under her breath, “I have a phobia for flying in the air,” if I didn’t listen attentively to what she was saying, I wouldn’t have heard what she said.

I chuckled and assures her, “Nothing is going to happen, besides, I am here to see you through that phrase till you are comfortable.” she looked at me with a doubting eyes before entering the plane.

As we settled into our seats, I noticed her gripping the armrests of her seat tightly. I reached out and gently placed my hand over hers, her hand was sweaty. “Laura, I promise you’ll be safe. Just try to relax.” I reassured her, and that seemed to relieve her a bit.

She nodded, as she took a deep breath. The plane was about to take off, I could see her tense up. I tried to distract her by talking about our last project meeting, sharing some of the impressive and funny moments from the previous meetings and making her laugh. Her laughter was like music to my ears, and I found myself wanting to make her laugh more.

Once we were comfortable in the air, I unbuckled my seatbelt and stood up. 

“You can also unbuckle your seatbelt,” I urged her, but she looked at me with a mix of emotion in her eyes, thinking if she should trust me or not.

“You can trust me, you are safe now. The ride to our destination is going to be smooth, except we experience a little galloping.” I assured her, and she gave a small nod as she also unbuckled her seatbelt.

One of the flight attendants walked up to us and asked, “ Hello sir and Ma. Would you like something to drink? Maybe some tea, wine or coffee?”

“Tea would be nice,” Laura answered, her voice still a bit shaky.

“A cup of tea will be fine for me too.”

Two cups of tea were brought back to our seats. As Laura sipped her tea, I noticed her starting to relax. We talked about our favourite books and movies, and I ended up  discovering we had a lot in common. Just like Mia, Mia and I had a lot of things in common. ‘I shouldn’t be comparing Mia and Laura together, Mia is my dead Ex fiance, while Laura is my personal assistant,’ I thought.

I was surprised at how easy it was to talk to her, and how much I enjoyed her company.

I could see Laura becoming more comfortable. She even started to look out the window, gushing about how beautiful the clouds were.

“It’s beautiful,” she whispered.

“Yes, it is,” I replied, but I wasn’t looking at the view outside. I was looking at her, I won’t lie, I was captivated by her presence.

When we finally landed, I was kinda disappointed that the flight was over because I know Laura will go back to being all professional. Since the day I snapped at her about her mentioning Mia’s name, she has been acting cold to me, and I really miss that friendly and funny side of her.

As we stepped out of the jet, I turned to her and said, “You did great, Laura. I’m really proud of you.” She smiled, a genuine smile that took my breath away. 

“Thank you, Mr. Bryan. I couldn’t have done it without you.” she said, and we were both led by my bodyguard into the car.

When we got to my villa, Laura stood outside the compound marvelled at the structure of the building.

“Laura, Laura,” I called, and she snapped out of her thoughts.

“Yes, Mr. Bryan,” she answered in a hurry, as she walked closer to me.

“This way,” I said, as she followed, still gawking at the building.

When we got to the living room, I asked one of my maid to show her to her room. Few hours later, I put on my swim clothes, picked up a towel and walked toward the pool not too far from Laura’s room.

After I swam back to the edge of the pool, I looked up and saw Laura staring at me, with a white towel around her body.

“Wow,” she muttered under her breath, as she also clapped her hand.

“Can you swim?” I asked.

“Yes, I can swim better than you can.” she answered boastfully, and I smirked. Is this lady under rating me, I thought,

“How about we make it a challenge?” she suggested, and I smiled.

“Challenge?? What sort of challenge? Whatever challenge it is, I’m in for it.” I commented, and she gave a smug smile. Whatever this girl is planning, it is not going to be good.

She began, “Ok, since you are in for the challenge, the challenge goes thus; we are going to swim two time in a row, the loser is going to give the winner five thousand dollars($5,000),”

“Deal or no deal?” she asked. 

“De…al.” I stammered, as I sucked on my breath. The pleasant sight before me leaves me speechless. There stood Laura in a sexy swimming piece, looking so sexy, I froze in the water as she swam to my direction. I shifted closer to her subconsciously, as I unconsciously placed my hands on her waist, a surge of electricity ran through my body, as I was lost staring into her forest green eyes.

She shifted from my touch, as I snapped back to earth.

“I’m sorry,” I apologised, and she smiled like nothing just happened.

“You can’t opt out of the game now, Mr. Bryan,” she said, as she pouted cutely, making me want to kiss those pink plump lips.

“Who says I was going to opt out,” I replied, and I chucked, making the air lighter and free of tension.

We moved back to the edge of the pool, as Laura counted’ “One, two, three, go.” We both dive into the pool, I got to the end of the pool during the first round and I waited for Laura, she didn’t notice I was at the end of the pool.

She dived as she aimed for the second round, as she swam to the extreme end of the pool, I swam behind her. As I raised my head out of the pool, I didn’t know Laura was standing right there. She and I were so close that our lips almost touched each other.

And I made an advance to kiss her.