I stared at Ana and felt genuine sadness. She seemed like she was an amazing person and definitely not someone who deserved this. Any information that I ever collected on her confirmed as much. She became a paediatrician and genuinely seemed to love kids. She did a lot of charity work on the side, volunteered her spare time at a free clinic, and basically shit rainbows. Just the fact that Cole cheated on her made him a massive douchebag.
I considered her predicament and found myself unnaturally drawn to her well-being. I didn't know her that well. As well as I would know any of my employees wives. But she seemed to need the help and I was ready to provide that. The situation was definitely tricky as Cole made me a lot of money. But who could say no to a damsel in distress.
I walked into my room and grabbed her one of my tshirt and shorts. I walked back into the kitchen and handed her the clothing.
"Take these, go take a shower or bath. Try and relax while I get your clothing laundered. After that, i will take you shopping for a few things"
"Why? I'm fine" Ana immediately shook her head.
"No you're not fine and you'll need the clothes. If I'm caught up with this whole situation you
1. Caught your boyfriend cheating. But he doesn't know you know. Which leads to
2. He thinks you're still out of the country and has access to your accounts. So you can't exactly use your debit or credit to buy yourself anything that would show him you're actually in the city. And
3. If you're staying here for a few more days, you'll need some of your stuff to feel comfortable."
"Or you could just drive me back to my car where I have my Luggage containing all of those said things" she simply rolled her eyes in my direction.
"Too late" I said triumphantly "your car is back at the airport. I had my driver bring it there last night. If you're going to pull off whatever you're planning, you need to cover all your bases. And leaving your car at a restaurant within 10 miles of your house is not a way to be secretive"
She squinted her eyes into a glare but said nothing more. She silently took the clothing and made her way to the bedroom shutting the door behind her. I enjoyed the feeling of being right and smirked while I cleaned up the kitchen. I usually have hired help to cook and clean for me, but i sent them away this morning not wanting to look spoiled or unable to care for myself. I didn't know why I cared about her opinion, but I knew I wanted it to be a favourable one.
While she was in the bedroom I decided I was going to get a few things sorted and out of the way before they became a problem. One of those things being Kate.
During breakfast I remembered that Kate was scheduled to come over for lunch. We had an arrangement, one that was more beneficial to me than her, but it was one that she wanted and agreed to. I met Kate through a friend of a friend, and although she didn't immediately draw me in, she became someone I hooked up with on a regular basis. I wasn't one to sleep around, and dating on my schedule wasn't something I was interested in. Relationships complicate things and I liked my life uncomplicated. She was uncomplicated.
Kate would come for lunch or dinner, sometimes we would go out, most times we would stay in. She would take care of me in any way I wanted and I would return the favour. She was free to do whatever she wanted and could date outside of our arrangement. I would never stand in the way of her finding happiness and I often encouraged her to go out and meet other people. I even tried to set her up with people I knew but she always declined. I knew she wanted something more and believed that I would eventually change my mind and want that too. I made sure to remind her regularly that I wasn't interested in a strings attached "friendship".
I grabbed my phone and brought up her info.
M: something came up. Can't do lunch today. Will message later.
K: what came up? You're not one to cancel...
M: I was being vague for a reason. Because I don't need to give you one.
K: I already scheduled my day around this. I don't think you're being reasonable here. I don't like being stood up.
M: not standing you up when I'm shooting you a message. But if this is a problem for you, we should rethink this arrangement.
K: I didn't say it was a problem, It's just last minute and I don't like my time wasted.
M: consider your schedule free from now on. Take care Kate.
I put my phone down with a slight annoyance. I didn't care for the conversation as it just rubbed me the wrong way. I decided to put it out of my mind and focused on the other tasks at hand.
I called my driver and asked him to be on standby. I wasn't sure how long Ana would need to get ready and I still needed to launder her clothes.
I knocked on her door and waited for a response. When I didn't get one I slowly opened the door, and with my eyes shut, walked in. I called out her name and when I was convinced she wasn't standing there naked, I opened them. I saw that she folded her clothes and laid them on the bed and so I took them and left.
Figuring I had a bit of time I dialed my maid and asked her to grab the clothing. She was up in less then a minute and told me she would be back in an hour.
I had all my staff live in different apartments in the building. It was easy since, I owned it, and made more sense then having them all over the city. I paid them well and covered their lodging, but they were all on call 24/7. I wasn't demanding, not the slightest, and respected their down time. But stuff happens, and when it does, I don't want to be the only hands on deck.
I pulled out my lap top and began to go through some emails. I already informed my A/CEO of my absence today and she was more than capable to run the show. I wasn't expecting too many to read as she had someone looking through them already and assigning priority.
As I was skimming through some reports Ana finally emerged from the bedroom. She was wearing one of my T-shirt's and shorts, which were ridiculously big on her. She tied the waistband as tight as she could, but they were still sliding down. I couldn't help but laugh at her attempts to keep them up and she gave me the cutest pout.
"Clearly you didn't think this through" she whined.
"Maybe this is exactly what I intended" I laughed even harder as she reached for a pillow to throw in my direction. As she threw it, the shorts slid down to her knees and she screamed while hastily pulling them back up. She was well covered with my shirt so I didn't get to see anything. But I teased her anyways.
"I know you asked to come over Ana, but I'm not that kind of a guy. Do you think I'm that easy? Trying to seduce me?? Shame, shaaameee" I acted out my favourite scene from GOT.
Ana began to giggle and We both were close to tears when I heard my front door open. I looked over and saw Kate.