My lips parted in shock and I raised my eyebrows and shook my head as he tugged back to pull me along which I reluctantly complied. We got to the bar where he helped me onto one of the stools and walked around to one of the women in the kitchen "Hi Mama bear" he picked her up making her squeal and swung her around before setting her back to her feet and kissing her cheek "How is my favorite lady doing?"
She looked at him with a sheepish grin and said: Always better when you're home. I smiled at there exchange and leaned forward to introduce myself: Hi Mrs. Sinclair I'm Lilly, its so lovely to meet you. I was trying to make a good first impression but apparently I failed because her head went solemn and lowered as she turned away and Leo's face went dark as he gently placed his hand on her shoulder: Did I say something wrong? If I offended anyone I'm s… he raised his hand interrupting me: Lilly its okay, its just, Claire isn't my mother, she is like a mother to me but she is actually the housekeeper here. I wanted to apologize but before I could he continued: Actually Claire I was hoping you could, make us some or your famous lattes.
He directed me through the kitchen and out the back door where he brought me to a Gazebo with an outdoor table and chairs. Once seated it was quiet for while and started to feel a little uncomfortable which I felt I had caused from the situation in the kitchen. I broke the silence by leaning forwarded and blurting out: I'm sorry, for upsetting you… and Claire. You called her Mama and I assumed that y… He interrupted again his face was solemn: Claire sort of raised me, after my mother died Not what I was expecting but okay I was about 15 when some people broke into our house and attacked my father and I fought them off and even managed to kill two of them but they killed my mother right in front of us and some got away. My father has been sort of lost ever since then and so Claire stepped in, in a big way but she was my mothers best friend and so talking about her still causes Claire some distress.
As he told me the story, he didn't once look at me, as if looking at me would cause him to break. He looked down or out into the woods the whole time. When he finished and he looked at he his brows furrowed and he said: Oh, Lilly, I sorry I didn't mean to make you cry.
I felt like an asshole for crying when he was the one in pain. I looked down and blinked rapidly to get rid of the tears: I'm sorry, I didn't even know I was crying. In fact I don't know how you're not crying. If that happened to me I think I'd never stop crying.
He lifted my chin to look into my eyes catching me by surprise and smiled as he said: My mother wouldn't want me to waste my life on tears and pain. If something happened to me I wouldn't want you to either. The thought of anything happening to him made me sick to my stomach. I had no idea why he was so important to me when we hadn't even been on a date yet and without even meaning to I blurted out: Why do I care about you? His eyes widened and he let out a small part cough part laugh: Well then!
"No Leo, that's not what I meant to say, I… I'm sorry. What I meat to say is, I went on a few dates in high school and one in college but I had always been able to stay level headed and focused on my goals. But with you… I cant seem to get grounded." We sat staring into each others eyes for a while until Claire came out with our coffees, she set them down and gave a sweet smile to me. I was thankful she wasn't mad at me for earlier and I sent her an apologetic smile in return. I took the coffee and lifted the cup to my lips and took a sip of what I can only describe as heaven and moaned loudly after the hot liquid ran down my throat. I realized how loud it was when I looked up seeing Claire blush and Leo's mouth open and eyes huge and my face became hot and I am assuming red as a Chili pepper. I tried to play it off as if I meant to do it by just complimenting Claire for the amazing cup of coffee and asking what she put in it, to which she replied it was a family secret and winked as she walked away.
I could feel Leo watching me as I drank the coffee slowly to appreciate every last sip. However; he interrupted my cup of heaven by saying: Lilly, I feel the same way about you. I looked at him quizzically because a man like him had to have been with many woman at this point and there's no way he could feel the way I did, he was the sexiest man I'd ever seen and he's rich, not that I care about that but a lot of woman would. His face became serious and again he said: Lilly I do feel the same and for a good reason.
"How could you feel the same Leo, I don't even know what I feel, so how could you know what I feel when I don't even know what that is." I said with a mocking look.
"I promise you I do know what you feel" He looked at me now seemingly annoyed that I wouldn't believe him.
"Okay Mr. Psychic" Now with even more of a mocking and sarcastic tone smiling at him as he got even more agitated and stood up. He paced back and forth in front of me for a moment before dropping to his knees in front of me and grabbing my hips sending a shock through my stomach as he, pulled me slightly forward to be eye level to him and for me to listen to his words as he carefully spoke. Staring deeply into my eyes causing me to feel more uncomfortable then I ever have in my life but yet I could not look away as if he was putting me into a trance.
"I feel like my world has been tipped off its axis, as if nothing makes sense but when I am with you everything makes sense, which doesn't make sense at all, because we just met! Your scent drives me mad with desire but calms me at the same time. I feel like you're a stubborn pain in the ass but if anything were to happen to you" He stumbled and swallowed hard, his eyes started to well with tears making him somehow even sexier, if that is even possible. "If.. If you were to be taken from me, I think it would kill me. The thought of you hurting makes me sick to my stomach and even though it doesn't make any sense at all, you Lilly… You're my home and I cannot… I would not want to live without you." He stopped talking and just stared at me waiting for a reply Yeah that about sums it up but how can I say that to him I stared into his eyes knowing he wanted a reply but my fear of confirming his words outweighed my fear for what I did next. I gently cupped his face in my hands and lightly swept back to his ears, I leaned forward and put my lips to his, I pulled away to look into his eyes and he pulled me back, kissing me more aggressively than before.