Chapter 10: Chapter ten
(Oh God, this 20-minute ride is taking forever, this silence is suffocating)
[I shouldn't have kissed her, maybe I read the signs wrong, now there are red flags all over, hinting that this will too go down the drain, maybe avoiding her is best, but it is killing me]
Decha buzzed them into the building and they headed all the way to the top. (oh a simple complication, miscommunication leads to falling out, so many things that I wish you knew, so many walls that I can't break through!)"Ashely snap out of it are you coming or what?"
"Uh yes I am.. Boss" (gah Taylor Swift, stop being so relevant like all the time)
"Welcome to my humble abode" Ashley scanned the place "Humble? Are you kidding me! This is straight out of some movie! Your penthouse is beautiful Decha!" "Thank You Ms. Matthews I am glad you like it”. “OH please, I thought we were on a first-name basis, call me Ashley". Mr. Kesam smiled "Please make yourself at home, I will be back in a moment". Zeph sat on a recliner sofa near the glass walls looking out and making calls. Ashely stood to the far corner, also looking at him in peripheral vision. (I wonder what he thinks of last night, he went to his room instantly and now he is avoiding me like plague)
"Mr. Grey, Ashely, please follow me this way".
He leads them to a meeting room, “Unfortunately due to everything closing up I had to arrange this here instead of the office". Zeph cut in "No it's all good Mr. Kesam, please continue". The rest of the meeting carried on successfully and Food Zeus. Inc agreed to their terms and conditions. After the session was over, they both headed over to the elevator, the elevator dinged, Zeph cleared his throat, "Well you heard the man Ashely, get ready for some serious work coming your way because you got a lot to do". (well you being a pathetic idiot with a stick up his arse guess I would just immerse myself in work so I don't have to interact with you) "Noted Sir”. [Wow, I didn’t know I would have offended her this much with just a kiss]. At the gates they were stopped by security "I am sorry sir; citywide curfew is imposed so you cannot leave". Zeph started to argue with the guard "I have my stuff at the apartment, I cannot be holed up here, I am an American and I know my rights!". Guard deadpanned at him "This is not America! Now get out of my face before I beat the arrogant shit out of you". Ashely snickered behind him, "What’s so funny huh, you know this is all your fault, if I had not been up all night thinking about what wrong did, I do to you this would not have happened". Ashely had her jaw hanging "What?? How come this is my fault? Your narcissistic ass cannot pin everything on me!”
He walked back to the building, cursing under his breath "Didn’t take you for a prude Ashley”. “What the hell did you just say?" Mr. Kesam was approaching them and sensed something going on "I think I might be interrupting something, meet me in the lobby when you are done, I'll make myself scarce”. Zeph continued still not taking his eyes off of her "No no Mr. Kesam you are not intervening anything, we will be there in a sec"
"You better explain yourself Zephyr Grey otherwise I am resigning right here right NOW" Zeph had a little amusement in his eyes, ignored her question "You cannot leave you to have a two-year contract, perhaps you didn't read it carefully, plus everything is closed you can't go home, so you're stuck with me”. Mr. Kesam lead them to his penthouse, “Well due to the curfew, you cannot leave, so I already have made arrangements for you people to stay here, I have another place nearby, so I'll see you tomorrow, call the reception if you need anything, Mi Casa Su Casa!" he had a dark expression on his face as he left, one Ashely couldn't figure out (something about Decha feels off today, he is oddly okay with us occupying his house, but I cannot put my finger to it, or maybe I am thinking too much again) Zeph let out a sigh "Well I am happy that this worked out good we have an empty hotel to ourselves, there's a pool downstairs I'll go for a swim, you can swing by if you like or you can sit here and sulk, whatever suits you".
She sat on a couch, looking outside, "No thanks, I’ll pass".(what was Decha so grim about, he had an unreadable expression, I think he has some hidden motives). Zeph went out in the lift with a towel on his shoulder "Suit yourself ".