MORE THAN A SECRETARY

“Happy Birthday, Reuben,”

Lucas said in greeting as they arrived at the party.

“Thank you so much, I am so glad to have you all here,”

“Happy birthday sir,”

Katrina said and hugged Reuben who patted her back.

“Thanks, beautiful lady, am happy that a beautiful princess like you graced my birthday,” he said to her making her smile.

“Enjoy the party guys,”

Reuben said and wandered away towards the other guest, the party wasn’t yet in full mode, people were more like greeting each other, even the music was a low whisper, the cool evening breeze blew gently, Reuben’s party hall was more like an outdoor building with a roof and temporary walls that can be pulled up, it was currently up.

“The old man sure knows his words right, totally my kind of man,”

She said to him and he looked at her really well.

“What do you mean your kind of man? You like older men?”

“What? That’s not what I meant, I mean he knows how to give a compliment that makes people blush, sorry, he is older than my dad, I don’t date men my dad’s age,” she replied eyeing him and collecting a glass of wine from the waitress.

“You are angry? At what I said? I’m just asking because of the way you said it, I meant no harm,

“No, I am not angry, why will I be?”

“Good,”

“Hmm,”

“I didn’t like the thought of you with older men, I don’t like the thought of you with any man either,”

“What?”

She asked turning to him with shock written over her face, before he could answer, Pascal, came over to them.

“Lucas,”

“Pascal,”

“I see you brought your Secretary as your date?”

“Good evening,”

Katrina, greeted him, stretching out her hands for a handshake, but Pascal pulled her in for a hug.

“Women are not supposed to shake but give hugs,”

He said, Lucas had the urge to pull her off him, but he controlled himself, he meant what he told her, he hated the thought of other men with her, he wanted her for himself.

“She is not just my secretary, she is my girlfriend too,”

He said pulling her to him.

“You mean fiancee,”

Katrina added showing off her ring, with a big smile, he looked at her and she winked at him, the ring looked so good on her fingers and it fitted her perfectly, they would deal with the aftermath of this whole thing, because he didn’t think about this part, never thought about the effect it would have, like he never thought of other people knowing, this was getting bigger than he expected.

“Wow, congratulations, I never thought Lucas would ever commit, I only see him with those glamorous kinds of women who are not ready for commitment, this is new and commendable, you know I married my personal assistant and that was the best decision I have ever made,” He said with spark and admiration in his eyes, Lucas suddenly felt bad for being a prick, the man was obviously head over heel for his wife.

“That’s good to know, congratulations”

Kat said.

“I know right, and it such a shame that she can’t be here, you guys would have gotten along, but she is almost due and can’t travel, I hope we see each other in the city soon,”

“That would be nice,”

Kat said smiling at him.

“Yeah, you guys enjoy the party, Pascal said and walk off towards another couple.

“He is nicer than I thought, I feel ashamed for thinking he will be unfriendly based on how he looked,”

Kat said when he left.

“Don’t be ashamed, we have someone that we think wrongly about,”

“True, what matters is I don’t see him that way anymore, he might be tough during business but he can be friendly outside of that too, he keeps his business life and personal life separate, really nice,”

“I am the same,”

“No, you are not, you are strict either way,”

“That’s not true baby, I feel sad that you think that of me,”

He said, he truly meant it, he was nice outside business too.

“You are nice and friendly but that’s rare, I almost always see your strict side, the only time I see your nice side is when you interact with your family, remember when we had to babysit your sister’s kid or when we had to represent her mom and dad at the end of year party last year? Those are some of the rare times when Lucas drops his ruthless alpha male demo and pull off a nice sweet carefree man suit,”

She revealed, he didn’t know how to respond to that, she was speaking from her experience with him and he couldn’t defend himself.

The Mc for the ceremony called for attention and they all turned towards the front where the cake was placed, Reuben and his wife stood close to it, they were the definition of young in love, old in love, Lucas admired what they had, his parent had that too, but he didn’t think he would ever have that, because one thing is sure that he wasn’t cut out for love, he tried it once and it backfired.

“Okay, ladies and gentlemen we are gonna spell love and the celebrant with his beau will cut the cake and after that, we do a toast and then we can all party,”

The Mc said and everyone cheered.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

The cutting of the cake, toast and the couple’s dance took place, everyone was having fun, he looked at Katrina and she seemed to be having fun too, she turned to him at that moment and smiled brightly at him, he smiled back and pulled her to him.

“You enjoying the party?”

He asked over the music but she didn’t get what he said.

“Let’s go for a walk Kat,”

He said pulling her with him out of the party area and towards the fields.

“Are we already ditching the party? We practically just got here,”

“We have been here for a whole one hour or two, we said our greeting to the celebrant and he already cut his cake, did his toast and they already danced so what else is there?”

“Hmm, true, but I was having fun though,”

“Yeah, I saw that, do you wanna go back in there?”

“Nah, I like the touch of the cool evening breeze on my face,”

“See,”

He said as they walked hand in hand down the lane, the whole resort was covered in beautiful lights and decorations that even though it was night, it still looked like the start of dusk, the only time he experienced something like this is when he goes back home to Arizona, it always fun to watch the sunset with his family.

“I like it here in California,”

She said after a long comfortable silence.

“You will like it better in Arizona,”

“I know, I have been there with you a couple of times remember?”

“Yeah, come to think of it, you know almost everything about me but I barely know you, even though we have been together going to seven years now,”

He said realizing he knew not much about her.

“What do you wanna know?”

She asked as they made a stop and sat on the wooden chair at the park, she looked so beautiful with the night light shining down on her, how he was able to go six whole years with her looking like that and not fall for her remained a mystery to him, she looked just like the kind of woman he would fall for if he let himself, but love wasn’t for him.

“Where were you born?”

“New York, I have been a new yorker since birth,”

“Wow, that’s nice, a city girl,”

“Yup, it actually in my resume, if you check it out, there is a lot of info about me, I found it weird that so much was asked when we filled the resume,”

“That’s how it has always been, my dad liked to know every little detail about his employees, and it remained, sadly I am not that much into details like him so I skip those parts,”

“Bad child,”

“I agree,”

He said raising his hands in agreement, she burst out laughing, she had a nice laugh and became even more beautiful when she laughs.

“You are so beautiful,” he whispered stroking her face with his hands, he felt her breath quicken and the atmosphere around them shifting.

“I am gonna kiss you,”

He said looking at her expectantly, maybe expecting her to say no or something but she just nodded in agreement and he claimed her lips with his, his rough lips sliding and gliding over her soft lips, he urged her mouth open with his and she melted against him, opening for him as his tongue slide into her wet warm mouth, tracing her lips and tongue with his, her soft moan of pleasure heightening his want.

He pulled her even closer until she was practically on him, his hands on her waist, hers around him, kissing her with much want, she was there with him kissing him right back, the kiss grew heated by the minute and before long they were having a full make-out section on the Park, he wanted her so much, he knew she did too.

He pulled off her lips and kissed her on her nape, she tilted her head back to give him more room and he feasted on her nape, her soft moans of pleasure filling the night air.

“I want you,”

He whispered against her neck and she moaned in answer

“Let’s go to our room,”

He whispered kissing her again on her lips, she nodded and they both stood up and walked towards their room…