His secretary

Chapter 20

Cain's POV

"I'm certain she's the one" I told Uncle Ben as I glanced over to Emma who casually laughed with mom and Nicky at the end of the pool.

"You know that this a big step you are taking. Son, marriage is not just a walk in the park it goes through ups and downs and only the toughest survive. Get to know each other first, understand your feelings for her better"

Uncle Ben always sounded like Yoda, but right now I couldn't wait to have Em a part of my world. Sure we had not established what we had going on, not after her smaller brother found us kissing passionately on the couch. I loved her and I know she did too.

Following Uncle Ben's words would be the best idea at the time, I needed to have time to spend with Em. Already I had to fire her as my secretary as professional codes dictate that romantic relationships between employees and employers were unexpected. Uncle Ben on the other hand being the mad genius he is, made Em his representative on the board giving her a chance to earn income and be close to me.

After Nicky showed Em all the dresses she had designed since tenth grade she went on to show her all the boyfriends she had since highschool. It made me cringe when Em thought of how good looking one of them was. It was getting late but the weather seemed terrible, upon mom's persuasion Emma decided to sleep over on condition that she slept in the guest room far across my room on the other wing of Power mansion.

Emma's POV

I was so scared. The house was so big and the guest room was unlike any other. The eerie darkness and the creepy branch that kept on hitting the window made it impossible for me to sleep, it only confirmed my worst fears that at any moment something would crawl out and grab me.

Tiptoeing to the other wing of the mansion I slowly unlocked the door to Cain's room and rushed in. Lightly loosening his grip on the covers I cocooned myself next to his warm body. Probably the wrong idea to sleep next to a shirtless man in the tiniest shorts ever.

His arm rested on my waist as he pulled me closer to him my back leaning against his muscular chest.

"What are you doing in my room, Em?"

He asked amidst the sleep that was gnawing on him. He looked cute his hair all messy;

"I was scared" That's all I got to say before he made me face him squarely.

Our eyes locked in darkness and he put on a smile;

"And you came to your knight in shining armor to protect you"

Look at that smug on his face. He loved to make everything about himself, and secretly I enjoyed it but don't tell him that.

"No, I came because only you have the silkiest sheets"

"Right. Wanna see how silkier they can get"

This was totally the worst idea ever. He trailed his fingers on my thighs his eyes never leaving mine not even for a second. His right hand landed on my cheek as he held me so lovingly. His lips crashed on mine and I could feel all my insides turning into mush. Then he went to trailing hot kisses down my neck down my cleavage. Realising that I had the tightest shirt on, his hands went to its fringe trying to get rid of it.

Amidst all this, I realized I wasn't ready. I don't think I would ever be. I can't deny that Cain was gentle and sweet in every way but when my mind figured out exactly what was going to unfold it unleashed a force that wanted to stop. Cole taught me a different way of making love, one that actually didn't involve pleasure but enjoying the pain of slowly burning my bare skin with a hot curling iron and sometimes a hot knife depending on how drunk he got.

"Cain I can't" I managed to say before he would take things further.

"Um... What?"

Those confused words actually made me feel bad about myself. I could sense that he felt rejected but that wasn't the case. I wanted to tell him about Cole but where was I to begin? He scooted to the other side of the bed creating some space between us and I felt like I should have said something.

No matter, tomorrow I would straighten out things between us. I would finally tell him about Cole.

I turned to the other side of the bed to find that he wasn't there. Apparently he had woken up so early without waiting for me to awake or giving me a morning kiss. Was I overreacting this early in the morning? After making sure that there was no chance of anyone seeing me come from Cain's room, I headed for the guestroom. Messages from mom and Ace were enough to remind that I was still not home especially Ace's messages;

Yo Em you still have a family

Where are you? Did that douche ship you to Australia?

Mom's worried about you. Come home soon.

Camly walking down the stairs that almost resembled those of Gujarati temples in India, I joined the Powers at the breakfast table informing them of my departure. Cain had set up everything starting from his driver driving me home as he was supposedly tending to work related issues.

Mrs Victoria Powers assured me that having Cain as my life partner was the best decision and that no matter how obnoxious her son was, only I could handle him. Nicole on the other hand offered me a one time gig of modelling at one of her fashion shows which I agreed I wasn't cut out for.

The drive all the way home was silent. No texts from Cain not a single one. That made me sulk and pretty sure the driver noted it too since he said,

"Can we make a quick stop?"

I nodded as he parked the car next to a nearby gym 'Pop dem muscles'

"Maam he's waiting for you in there"

Who, Cain? Getting out of the car and finally mastering the courage to open the gym doors I got in. There he was all sweaty releasing his frustrations on a punching bag. I went nearer to where he stood, the tension so overwhelming especially when a gym supposed to be loaded with a lot of muscular men has only the two of us.

I knew he had something to say to me, I could tell the anger written all over his face,

"Em. Tell me about Cole"