Chapter nine
He was back in 15 minutes," Back so soon?" "Zero traffic out there" his eyes grew softer "Plus I didn't want to leave you alone for long" he smirked and handed her the ice cream tub. She frowned "Oh no, it’s not what I asked for! This is vanilla" he grabbed two spoons "Kinda like our relationship ain't it?”. “Come again?" he snickered, "Nothing”. She took a spoon from him "You know I never get your innuendos, no ice cream for you" she ate a spoonful and she bolted for her room with the whole tub.
"Hey, that's not fair! I also want some", he grabbed a handful of her shirt from the back and lifted her from the waist "Zeph let go of me, or I will kick you in the shin"
Ice-cream fell to the floor, in a second Zephyr's foot slipped and they landed on the floor with a thud, with Ashley secured in his arms.
She swiftly turned around and held his face "Oh my God are you okay Zeph?" Zeph had his eyes closed, she nudged him a little. Oh, dear, God! I have done something bad I should call an ambo"."Aha Gotcha! Now I will have the whole tub"
She looked astonished and slapped his arm "You idiot you scared me to death!" He laughed heartily, so much that Ashely could feel it reverberate through the living room, "Look at your face!"
"Don't do that again, unless you have a death wish".
He flipped her over, pinning her to the ground, she could feel his warm minty breath on her cheeks. "Or what rookie?" He started tickling her "Or what huh? Or what" she laughed and squealed "stop Zeph! Oh! Stop it" He paused for a moment and looked her deep in the eyes. She saw his eyes growing darker, he moved closer to her lips, barely an inch away. [Zephyr what are you going to do, ugh I cannot do this any longer I am doing this, she's not protesting, she wants it too I can feel it]. His intuitions were on point as there was a change in the vibe of the room, he brushed his lower lip slightly on hers, felt her sigh he clasped his hands with hers kissed her lips, “mmmm I can taste the vanilla ice cream" he deepened the kiss and could almost feel her moan in his mouth. (oh my God are there fireworks going on somewhere? Is it new years or the fourth of July? Zephyr Grey is kissing me, my boss is kissing me oh no!). She sat up abruptly, looked at him, “What did we just do Zeph? Oh no this is wrong”. He sat silent, rubbed a hand over his face, "Ah I guess you're right" he didn't say anything else and went straight to his room. (Well here goes a good start, we just had started getting comfortable around each other) wearily she got up and trudged to her room for an early night.
She woke up to the sound of mixer whirring (guess I have to get used to it) the last night events dawned on her and she stopped in her tracks (brace yourself, Ashely, this is going to get super awkward from now on)
She hopped in for a shower and got dressed, went in for breakfast, and saw Zeph eating in silence staring into space. “No breakfast for me?"
"I thought you starved yourself in the morning" refusing to meet her eyes.
She sat in front of him, studying his face, “Come on Zeph talk to me, last night was.." he interrupted her "Last night was nothing and there is nothing to talk about, so gather your things we have to leave in five”. She got up "Okay boss, you got it".[Damnit.. this is so painful to watch her like this, but it is for the best we have a plan and we should stick to it]. They left for Decha's penthouse for the meeting, Ashley kept looking out of the window refusing to even look at him (from now on I keep this strictly professional. No matter how hard it is)