All Chapters of The CEO: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I open the room door and look immediately at my dad, his pale skin hasn't changed. His hair is all gone unlike the last time I saw him, his eyes have this glow that they always have when he sees any of us, despite what f*ck-ups we are.I open the door wider and the little ones run inside all happy, "Grandpa!" Nina finds a way to climb onto the bed and hug her grandfather.Kat sighs rubbing her forehead, "ay, Nina." She scolds.Dad let's out a dry laugh, "don't worry about it Kitty Kat." He rasps laying a kiss on the three year old's forehead.I move to the side to my two other younger siblings, Lucia and Ian. Lucia is the youngest of all five of us, twelve years old.She doesn't stay with any of us but rather with a foster care family in Georgia, when our mother passed away she was seven years old and I was twenty two years old juggling multiple jobs.And around eight that's when dad realized he had cancer and he had to go o

I flop down on my bed, mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted. After I ordered an Uber for Jared who took his time telling me his address, I caught a cab for myself and on the ride home thought of what he did.I wasn't ready for that, after a wrong second or two of that I remember we pushed each other away almost like we realized what we were doing. It felt wrong, but I'd say I liked the feel of his lips on mine for only a second.Blame it on the tequila.Things were a bit awkward after that, a major part of me knows how wrong that felt. Almost like I was kissing Julio, the worst scenario that could happen.He's low-key my homie and that was wrong in so many ways, I just hope he doesn't remember anything seeing how drunk he was.I slip off my heels, fumble with the buttons of my shirt but give up after the third button and the skirt I just push down and let fall onto the floor.I slip under my comforter and close my eyes,

"Check, check, check and check." I look around and the almost finished gala decor.Mr Grey was right, today was a very busy day for me. Right now everything looks great, an hour before this officially starts the appetizers will be arriving and that's all that's left.Except for me, who is still is in her overalls because I didn't want to get dressy when all I'd be doing is running around like a lost dog.Like he read my mind, I recieve a call for my boss. "Outside." I look for Luke and hand him the clipboard to finish off whatever isn't ready and grab my bag before going outside.As always, he's leaning against the car, his phone in hand. "A little early don't you think?" I ask making him look up at me.His eyes go over my body, "Clearly not. We have a lot of work to do." He smirks when he gets a reaction out of me."Funny." I deadpan, he smiles once again making me smile then he opens the door for me.It's six thirty p.

I wipe the edge of my lips to rid my mouth of any remaining food, Nic stands up and comes to my side offering his hand."Would you care to dance Miss Clarkson?" He smiles winking, I laugh shaking my head and take his hand."I don't see why not Mr Rimini." I throw back, he returns the laugh and helps me up.He leads us to the area where there's more than enough space for most of us to dance, his hand rests just above my lower back and mine on his shoulder and our hands linked.We sway left and right to the music, "Did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight?" He asks after a few seconds.I look up for a second, "I don't think so. How can that be?" I ask just as he twirls me."I guess I was too speechless to even try and I apologise. You look absolutely beautiful Miss Clarkson." He changes his accent into a British one on the last statement.I laugh throwing my head back, "Dare I say the same about you Mr Rimini." I smile, he returns the smile pulling me

I freeze for a second, his arm around my waist tightens and his hand goes frok my cheek to th back of my neck, urging me forward, urging me to kiss him back.Here we go, highly inappropriate if you ask me but I'll let it continue until his cellphone rings or you break something.I ignore the voice in my head and focus more on his lips moving roughly against mine, I move my lips against his at a much slower pace but soon I return the same pace.By now the dress is halfway way to pooling around my legs, his hand leaves my neck and trails down every curve of my body.He takes a step back into his room, I shrug my dress down and jump over it following him in. He closes the door by pushing me against it, I hiss lowly in his mouth.His mouth leaves mine and starts leaving quick kisses along my jawline and neck, I moan when he sucks on the V of my collarbone, my hands move up his back feeling every pull of his muscles to his silky hair.