True Untamed Love

Chapter Nineteen

Walking into her office Lena handed her papers and her messages for the day so far. One note stood out to her. She looked up and Lena.                                                                                                                                                                                  

“I have a meeting today with Mr. Johnson?” saying surprise because this was the first time she had heard this information.                                                                                                          

“Yes, he said he’ll be back in town to meet you today. Is that okay with you Lisa?”                                                                               

“Oh yes, honey that’s great. We need to take care of this matter as soon as possible”                                                                              

“Then why do you sound funny? Like you debating on the meeting or something” looking confused                                                   

“I’m good. Just got something on my mind that’s all” trying to sound fine. Hoping Lena would leave it alone and drop it.                                                                                                                                                                                

“You have all day before he comes Lisa. You don’t have but one other client coming in today. So you can go fix yourself up after that meeting” laughing as she walks to her desk. With Lisa on her tail.                                                                          

“Excuse me, but I’m not worried about that man, he’s a client and that’s it. Plus I look good on my worse day honey” walking back toward her office. Maybe she had fooled her then.                                                                                               

“The lies we tell ourselves to get through the day” Lena’s voice filled her office through the intercom                                                                                                                                                        

“Whatever! You can believe what you want” yelling out of her office                                                                                     

“We’ll see when he gets here then tough girl” Lena says as she sticks her head in the doorway with a big smile on her face                                                                                                                                                       

“Do some work” shooting a mean look at Lena. It didn’t faze her at all cause she laughed all the way to her desk and then laughed some more. Lisa needed to get herself together. If Lena caught on to the vibe between them then there was a problem. She needed to find away to stay only professional with him and still be a little friendly, but not that friendly. She had over five hours to figure out a way to hide their chemistry and not look like she’s hiding it. Her first meeting went well, but she wasn't worried about this one. That meeting was in a couple of hours.  She decided to leave the office for an hour and get some fresh air to clear her head. She went to the park not that far from her office and set at a bench to think. “He’s just a man. Hell a very sexy, gentle, and caring man” she thought to herself. She had to find away to shake this man off and she had less than an hour to do so. Then she started thinking about the fact that he hadn’t called her after the hotel. Thinking about it was making her mad a little to be honest.“Hell I’ve been through a lot and he’s just adding more issues in my life. I don’t need this" thinking about his bull crap. Saying as she stood up and headed to her car. She had made up her mind Markat Johnson was a man that would be problems and she had her owns.  The drive back to her office was peaceful. Her mind was now free of this man. She was she ready to meet him as her client and nothing more. Walking into her office she noticed that her next meeting was in twenty minutes. As she waited she made sure her makeup and hair were on period. She might not want him anymore, but her appearance was everything to her.

   Meanwhile Markat was dealing with his own nervousness. Rubbing his sweaty palms on his pants as he walked into the lobby of Grants Real Estate. He hadn’t realized he was nervous. He hadn’t seen Lisa since the night at the hotel and that had been over some weeks.                                                                                                                                                                                 

“Hi Mr. Johnson nice to see again and how is your day going?” asked Lena from behind her desk                                                                                                        

“It's going good and how is yours as well”                                                                                                                                              

“It's been good also. I'll’ll let Ms. Grant know you’re here. Is there anything I can get for you while you wait”                                                                                                                        

“Yes I’ll take a bottle of water if that’s okay”                                                                                                                       

“Okay! I’ll be right back with that for you” disappearing in the back heading to Lisa’s office. When she returned she had Lisa on her tail and she didn’t look happy about something. But Lena was smiling from ear to her as she hand the water to him.                                                                                                                                       

“Thank you so much” as he grabbed the bottle Lena was handing him                                                                             

“You’re very welcome” saying with the smile still on her face as she walked to her desk                                                                                                                           

“Hi Mr. Johnson how are you today” Lisa said as she extended her hand to lead him toward her office                                                                                                                    

“I’m well and yourself Lisa”                                                                                                                                                                            

“I’m good” saying as they walked into her office and she walked behind her desk.                                                              

“That good to hear” he heard his self say. He was trying to pick up on her vibe. If this meeting was just business or personal or was it both. But Lisa showed no signs that she was here to talk about them. They discussed the issue about the house. Then come up with the solution and their meeting was coming to end. Lisa was getting up to walk Markat out into the lobby when he touched her arm to get her attention. Shifting her body to turn, she became face to face with him. Looking in her eyes had him speechless. Breaking the stare Lisa looked out the window to catch her breath.                                                                                                                                                          

“Lisa I’m sorry I haven’t called or texted you since the hotel. I’ve been very busy traveling and with work I’ve had little time for anything”                                                                                                                                                

“You’re okay Markat, plus you don’t have to explain anything to me” saying while taking a couple steps back to give herself some room. She didn’t know if she was the only one, but it felt like all the air in the room had been sucked out. She couldn’t breathe and his voice was sending chills all over her body.                                                                                                                                                   

“But I do Lisa” stepping closer and touching her chin to make her look at him                                    

“Markat please don’t do this” looking into his eyes                                                                                                          

“Can I be honest with you” still holding her face in his hand. She nodded since her words wouldn’t come out.  “You’ve been on my mind since that day. I can’t get you out of my head. Then when I finally had the time to call I figured it was to later cause I had messed it up with you”                                                                                                                                                                       

“Then what are you doing now Markat. What you guessed since you're here why not try. See if I would be okay with you not calling. Well you good no harm done” walking away to the other side of the room. She was strong and wasn’t gonna give in that easily. She needed to be alone cause with him in her office she was slowly getting weaker and knew if he stayed any longer she would be regretting her actions soon.                                                                                                                                                            

“Thanks for coming this evening Markat and I’m glad we can still keep going with the process of buying the house. I will call the company first thing in the morning and let them know we still want the house” saying as she walks to open her office door to finally end the meeting.                                                                

“Lisa can we talk about this”                                                                                                                            

“Markat there is nothing to talk about. Like I said before we can’t have anything personal because you’re my client”                                                                                                                                                                                  

“So the kiss we shared, the time we spent together at the hotel means nothing to you. If you tell me you don’t feel the chemistry between us then I want say anything else about this to you”                                                                                 

“If it did mean anything to you then you would have called and tried to see if something was there weeks ago”                                                                                                                                                                                        

“I told you why Lisa and I’m very sorry I made you feel like I didn’t want to see you”                                                                                                                             

“I forgive you Markat, but we can’t take this anywhere. I’m sorry I can’t just break my number one rule”                                                                                                                                                                  

“So you not saying you don’t feel it, but that you choose to fight instead of seeing where it takes us. Well Ms. Grant I’ll show you that we can make this work. Even if I have to wait till the closing of the house, but I hope you want make me wait. If you change your mind you have my number. Have a nice day sweetheart” walking out of her office leaving her to watch him go. How had she got herself into something like this? She was still hurting from the death of her ex and now Markat. She wasn’t really to let another man into her life not even if he could make her feel things with just looking at her. Her body and mind were saying why not give it a try, but her heart was saying we can’t take another heartbreak. Sitting at her desk looking at the door that Markat had just walked out of was tearing her apart. It was something about that man that drove her crazy. It wasn’t lust cause she wanted more than s*x or was it lust?                

Lena knocked on the door to see if Lisa was okay. She always walked her clients to the lobby and Mr. Johnson didn’t look happy walking out the building either. Pulling herself together she said come in, she already knew what Lena wanted.                                                                                                                                                                 

“Is everything okay”                                                                                                                                                        

“Yes Lena it is” saying trying to acted like she was looking over some paperwork                                                                                                                                                       

“You know you can talk to me right” walking to the chair sitting in front of Lisa’s desk.                                                                                                                             

“I know Lena, I know. I’m just confused right now and I need time to think”                                                              “Ok I get it. Call me if you need me. Also you don’t have any more meeting for the rest of the week” getting up going toward the door                                                                                                                     

“Thanks Lena and can you hold the rest of my calls for today” finally looking up at Lena                                                                                          

“Okay and Lisa. If it hurts not being with him then what will it hurt to at least be with him. It’s just a rule and sometimes rules can be broken. I’m just saying” exiting the office.  As Lisa sits at her desk thinking about what Lena had just said. She needed someone to talk to, but Lena wouldn’t understand. Then there was Erica who didn’t care for Markat after the hotel situation. No she needed someone who would listen and not judge, but also tell her the truth. She needed her dad. Being the daddy’s girl that she was, just a talk with him would make everything okay. She made her call and less than an hour she was heading to her parents house. The thirty minutes drive give her was time to get her thoughts together before talking to her father. Pulling into the parent’s long driveway always brought back so many memories of her childhood. Being the only child of Brandon and Pamela Grants. Lisa was spoil and got everything she could dream of. As she walked to the door it swung open as her mother walked out with her arms opened wide.                                                                                                                                                                                

“Hi momma” walking into her embrace                                                                                                                            

“How’s my baby been doing” holding Lisa as they walked into the house toward the kitchen. Her father was chopping up onions.                                                                                                                                                        

“Hi daddy” walking to hug him                                                                                                                                            

“How’s my angel been doing” returning the hug then back to chopping                                                                                    

“Dinner will be done soon, why don’t you help your mom set the table while I finish up in here”                                                                                                     

“Yes sir” was all Lisa said and headed in the dining area to help. Setting the table for dinner was a routine in her parents’ house since she was a child. After the table was set they ate dinner and chatted a little while they enjoyed their wine with dinner. Then Lisa cleared the table after dinner and helped with the cleaning up.                                                                                                                                                          

“Dinner was great as always dad”                                                                                                                                 

“Thanks sweetheart. Once you called about coming over I figured why not cook your favorite”                                                                                                          

“Yes gravy smothered  pork chops and rice are one of my favorite meals you cooked when I was growing up and till this day I love it thanks for cooking it”                                                                                                                   

“Anything for my princess, so tell me what’s on your mind. You were a little quiet during dinner. Is everything okay”                                                                                                                                                                

“I’m okay dad. I just have a little guy problem”                                                                                                                   

“Do I need to come up to the office and straight someone out for you”                                                                                                                  

“OH  NO DADDY!! Not that kind of problem” laughing as she sits in the chair next to her father                                                                                                                       

“Then talk to your old man”                                                                                                                                            

“Okay you know about Aaron and how things went with us. Then his death”                                                                       

“Yes, but what does this have to do with another guy” looking at his daughter with a puzzled look. Lisa explains and then tells her father everything about Markat. When she finally leaves her parents’ house hours later Lisa felt better about her situation. Talking to her father eased alot of her worries. She kind of knew how to deal with Markat now.    

-Markat-

Markat was in deep thought as he sat on the couch at the spot. The fellows were talking, but Markat hadn’t heard a thing.                                                                                                                                                                            

“Yo Kat you heard me” Zoe snapping his finger in front to snap him out of his daze                                                                                                    

“What’s up Zoe” looking at everyone                                                                                                                            

“Have you heard a word I’ve said brah? Where the hell you at”                                                                                                           

“What y'all say? I was just thinking about something”                                                                                                                                  

“Look like you was daydreaming to me” Zoe said                                                                                                                                           

“I’m good what y'all say”                                                                                                                                                        

“s**t really. Just the rundown for the week”                                                                                                                        

“That’s whats up. That means everything is going smoothly”                                                                                                         

“YEP” Saying Twon                                                                                                                                                               

“We on our s**t boss” Ant bragging                                                                                                                                                                    

“Aight then that’s what I like to hear. I'm out!” getting up and making an exit for the door. He had a lot of business to take care of for the next couple of days. Markat had his things packed and was heading home to get ready to leave. Once home he went down his list of things he need done, then he was out the door. “Since Ms. Lisa wants to play hard to get, I have something for her” looking at his list and smiling. He might have a busy schedule, but Lisa would be part of that schedule. Now off to New York for another meeting.