Tempting the Untouchable

Chapter 14

Raven

I woke up feeling eepy 'cause it's cold and the weather is rainy. This is a lazy day but it's not weekend so, I have no right to enjoy a lazy day.

The moment I opened my eyes, Raoul was not beside of me. I woke up alone in this bed. I sat on the bed carefully and heard the door knob of our bathroom opened. My eyes went to Raoul who's newly showered. He's wearing a white shirt, grey sweatpants and hair damp.

Well I'll be damned. Good morning, indeed.

"Good morning," his voice was husky.

"Mornin'." I replied, still sleepy. "Did you sleep?" I asked.

He nodded. "Barely." The side of his lip rose a bit.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't blame that on me. I slept fine." I bragged then I lay down on the bed again.

"Uh-huh, sure, darling. What do you want for breakfast?"

I ignored his question. "I'll drive going back."

"No. I'll drive."

"You don't have enough sleep!" I protested.

"Rave, I always sleep 2 or 3 hours then I'm off my day."

My eyes widened at that. "Are you fine? Are you a person?" I joked and he looked at me with sarcasm that I laughed at that.

"How many hours do you sleep?" He asked back.

"About 4 or 5!" I fought.

He clicked his tongue onto his mouth. "Okay, darling. Let's see who's going to win first by having 8 hours of sleep."

"Hah! I won already before it even started. Whenever it's my day off? I sleep tons. I sleep like a baby. I sleep 10 hours even." I raised all of my 10 fingers.

"Breakfast?" He asked again ignoring my statement.

"I want salad."

"What?" He chuckled and looked at me confusingly. "That's so fake." He accused.

"Hey!" I glared at him.

"You always order a takeout and you eat your chicken sandwich like twice a day then every morning at your office, you have a coffee and one unhealthy snack on your desk and now you're going to expect me to believe despite of what I saw that you eat salad?"

My lips parted at what he said. Unravaling my thoughts and my heart beats like confused on why is it not beating the normal way it should beats. Is he that observant of me or... is it just his attitude as a lawyer to be observant in every little thing? Oh...

I think that's it. It's because he's a lawyer that he's so used to pay attention to small details.

"Didn't notice that you used your lawyer tactics to me. So observant regarding such small details that not everyone notices in every day." I smirked lightly and he just looked at me in return. "I want a bacon and eggs with pancakes." I stated, honestly. "I don't want coffee because for sure they don't know how to make my coffee and please do believe I eat salad." I chuckled.

"You still want that salad?" He asked after a moment of silence.

"Nah. I want pancakes." My stomach grumbled at that.

He smirked at that. "I'll just go down to order. Their line is busy."

I raised a brow at that. "This hotel is a five-star isn't it? Why is it-"

"Shush." He shushed me! Then went out of the room.

Silence filled the room the moment he got out. I got up and showered quickly before he arrives. While blow-drying my hair his phone vibrated and couldn't help but to notice it.

My heart sank when I saw his lockscreen wallpaper is his ex? For sure she is the one he's talking about that he waits for. It was a back shot of the girl facing the eiffel tower.

My eyes never took off the phone even if the display turned off already. My attention just went away from that when Raoul entered the room with our food. I couldn't even smile at him because I'm feeling guilty that I feel this way. I agreed to this remember? I did and still know that we're just using each other.

Pretend.

"Here's your bacon and eggs with pancakes." He placed the food on our breakfast nook. "Here's your coffee." He raised the mug before placing it onto the table while I raised my brow in confusion. "I said I don't want their coffee." I stated.

"It's your coffee. Don't worry." He smiled a bit. "Taste it."

I went closer and sat down on our breakfast nook and tasted the coffee. I was surprised that it is indeed my coffee. "How?" I asked him.

"I specifically requested it so you can have your coffee."

"Such a romantic, Mr. Grey." I teased and put both of my palms on my chin while staring at him like I'm so in love.

"Shut it. I just thought you need your coffee for the day or else you'll be a monster. You, yourself is barely insufferable so what more if you don't take your morning coffee?"

"Hey! I'm not like that!" I glared at him and he just chuckled.

He just raised his brow at me, obviously not buying what I just said.

We came back to the company around noon and immediately proceeded to work like nothing happened. I mean... nothing really happened.

Raoul came into my office to inform me that he would be out for a while due to an emergency conference meeting regarding his company, so I excused him, of course. He also has his own firm while working under me.

I was just reviewing my files not until my phone buzzed and buzzed like there is some sort of PR Crisis. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my phone not until I almost dropped it from my hands because of the article I'm reading.

Raven Buenaventura and Raoul Grey ENGAGED

I typed as fast as I could.

Raven: WHAT THE f**k IS THIS RAO?

Raoul: Please wait for me and just stay inside your office.