Love's deception

Chapter four

Christian’s pov:

I wake up to the sound of my personal assistant, Robert, knocking on the door. "Mr. Christian," he says. "It's time to start your day." I groan and roll over in bed. But Robert is persistent, and he won't take no for an answer.

“Yes,Robert,I’m up now”

I reluctantly get out of bed and walked to my walk-in closet to get dressed.I chose a comfortable workout outfit.

I grabbed a bottle of water and head downstairs to my personal gym.

“Robert”,I called.

“Yes sir”

“Please check on miss Johnson”

“Okay sir”he said and left

As I step onto the treadmill, I set the speed to a slow walk. I start to move my legs in rhythm with the machine, feeling the blood pumping through my body. I gradually increase the speed until I'm running at a moderate pace. I focus on my breathing, taking deep breaths and exhaling slowly. I can feel the sweat my forehead, but I keep going. I want to push myself, to feel the burn in my muscles.

I glance at the clock on the wall. I've been running for 15 minutes now.

“Sir,I think she’s still sleeping”,he said

Then I stopped running and roberts hands my white towel to me

I rubbed my towel against my forehead,wiping off all the sweat.I glanced at the clock above my gym

6:30 AM

“But sir,you let other girls sleep in the guest room,they never sleep in your room or on your bed,but she….”

“It’s fine Robert”,I said cutting Robert off

So I headed to my room to get shower and get ready for work.

As I opened the door,she was lying down there,her hair on her face

“Tatty get off the couch”,she said and rolled over to the other side

I smiled,”she’s cute”.

As I walked over to the bathroom,I took a quick shower washing off the sweat.

I stepped out of the shower with my white long towel on my shoulders,I sat on the sofa watching her

Then she woke up,holding her head and looking at the window

“Are you feeling better now?”I asked

And she turned and looked at me suprised

“Yeah,I’m okay,it’s just the headache”

Then she looked at her body and looked at me

“Did we,Did you…?”she asked confused

“Of course not,I wouldn’t do anything to you without your consent,trust me”I said

She stood up and started dressing up

“Please look away”

As she was about to leave,I told her that my driver was going to drive her home and she refused

“That’s strange,girls don’t usually say no to me,she’s really interesting “

But I persisted that she use my driver,which she agreed and walked out of the door.

I watched her from my window as she got into the car

I looked at my watch

7;45 Am

So I changed into one of my suit,cuffing the ends to my sleeves as I draped my jacket over my arm.I grabbed my coffee that Robert had made for me and made my way out of my apartment

Once I got out of my apartment,I found Robert already waiting for me

I got into the car

“Did Lucas drive miss Johnson home?”I asked

“Yes sir”,he spun the wheel as we turned into the streets of New York

“Apparently you don’t have any schedules today,is there any schedule you will like to fit in?”he asked

“Amelia”

“Sir??,I don’t quite get you”,he said

“Book a schedule with Amelia Johnson,ask her to dress in black,that’s all”I said

“Okay sir”

Robert pulled up to the front of the building and stepped out to open the door for me

“Thank you Robert,please don’t forget to schedule the meeting “

He bowed as I walked out into my building ignoring the my employees passing by me bowing their heads.

I walked into the elevator moving straight up to my office on the top floor of the building

I stepped up to the receptionist desk

“If miss Johnson arrives,let her come in”

“Yes sir”,she said

I opened the door to my office with my Face ID And walked in

I sat on my table looking outside the window,then I saw her

“Amelia Johnson”

“That was fast”

She was dressed in coloured blouse and a pair of jeans

She really interests me a lot,Maybe I was used to having girls constantly trying to talk themselves up to me and trying to get closer that I found her odd.

The door was pushed open and she walks in

“Mr Wood,did you send this message?”she said holding up her phone.

“Actually my assistant did since I don’t have your number,miss Amelia”I said acting cool

She stared at me in disbelief

“Are you ready to do the interview with me?”

“You’ve got it all wrong,I didn’t invite you here for an interview “

“Now,let me make something very clear to you Mr Wood,I am not interested in you,I don’t find you interesting and I can never find you interesting,I don’t appreciate you trying to tell me what to wear“she said

I felt a bit strange hearing those words.

“You clearly don’t want to help me with the interview and I don’t want to spend another minute with you in this office”,she said and turned to walk away

I grabbed her by her hands and pushed her to the wall and pressed my lips against hers.

She tried to pull away,I moved my hands to her waist pulling her even closer.I felt her surrendering to the moment.Then she pulled away

“I can’t do this”,she said

“I’m sorry,I know I shouldn’t have done that”I said

“I just can’t stop thinking about you,I want to get to know you better,can we start over?,I promise i will respect your boundaries”I said

She looked at me and didn’t say anything

“Amelia,can I have your number?”I asked

She hesitated and then nodded slowly and brought out her phone and gave it to me

I smiled and put in my number and then called myself

I handed her back her phone

“Do you want to go anywhere?”

My schedules are clear for today”I said

“Umm,No,I have work to do”,she said

“Let me drive you to your workplace”

“Umm or you can just take me home”she said

"Of course. I'll call the driver." I picked up the phone and spoke to my personal assistant, instructing him to send the car around to the front of the building.

“Let’s go”I said opening the door for her

Then, i walked over to the elevator and pressed the button. I stood next to Amelia in silence, both of us unsure of what to say. The elevator doors opened, and we stepped inside. The silence was almost deafening.

As the elevator went down , I turned to Amelia and said, "I know you probably don't want to hear this right now, but I'd like to follow you home. Just to make sure you get there safely."she was surprised by my request, but she nodded and said, "Okay."

The elevator stopped, and the doors opened. We stepped out into the lobby, and I led the way to the front of the building.

I could feel Amelia’s presence behind me. I led the way to the front of the building.

I opened the door to the waiting car, and I gestured for Amelia to get in first. She hesitated for a moment, but then she climbed inside. I followed her, closing the door behind me. The car pulled away from the sidewalk , and we sat in silence.

I reached out and took Amelia’s hand. She was startled by the gesture, and she quickly pulled her hand away. The car continued to move through the city, and as we got closer to Amelia’s apartment, I noticed that it was in a less well-off part of town. The car finally pulled up in front of her building, and I got out first, opening the door for her.

“Bye Amelia ”,I said

She just waved and I watched her walk into her building

Then we drove off.