The Perfect Gentleman

Two dozen roses

Luna

I woke up in the morning feeling surprisingly well rested. I was even up before my alarm with in itself was extremely rare. I was still getting accustomed to being away from Micah, it was so strange not having my little Prince around. As I missed our call last night I made sure to give him a quick call before heading in the shower. I had texted his dad the evening before to let them both know that I’d be getting in too late to call Micah before bed. After talking to Micah for about ten minutes I hopped into the shower and got dressed for work. The outfit for today: a navy blue power suit with a knee length pencil skirt and some strappy heels that make my legs look like they go on for days.

I got to the office in record time, I stopped in the break room to grab a cup of coffee before heading into my office. I stop in my tracks as I walk through the door. On top of my desk is the most beautiful bouquet of roses that I’ve ever seen, they must be at least 24. They are blood red and long stemmed. I can’t help bending slightly to smell them. They smell just as good as they look. I get settled in my chair and admire my roses as I sip my coffee. I notice a note in the side and I grab it.

‘Thinking of you sweet Luna, looking forward to being with you soon.’ Signed ‘Samael’

I can’t stop the small smile that plays on my lips. He really does seem like sweet guy, too bad I can’t get involved. I need to focus on getting this job done then maybe…

The rest of the day is pretty uneventful, I head home, shower, talk to Micah and then climp into bed. I decide to watch a movie in bed so I grab a glass of wine and turn one of my favorites on. Halfway into the movie my phone rings and look at it not recognizing the number. I decide to answer it anyway and the voice on the other end makes my heart do a tiny backflip.

‘Hello Luna, it’s Samael’

‘Ah.. Hi amm how are you?’ I reply weakly.

‘Luna I was calling to ask if you’d join me for dinner tomorrow night? I know this Italian place that would be perfect.’

My heart skips a beat, he’s calling to ask me on a date. First flowers and now this, it’s soo incredibly sweet but, you know I can’t so, it’s is what it is.

‘I’m sorry Samael but I really don’t think that would be appropriate what with us working together. I’m going to have to decline, I hope you understand.’ I finally say.

I hear him sigh on the other line. His voice doesn’t dip tho. He says he understands and we hang up shortly after. I finish my movie and head to sleep with images of Samael domineering my dreams.

The next morning there are chocolates on my desk waiting for me. The note is simply this time.

‘For my sweet Luna.’ Signed ’S’

Im a sucker for chocolate so I open them up and pop one in my mouth, immediately moaning in pleasure. So good OH MY GOSH. I munch on those all morning while I work. Around lunch time I hear a slight murmuring in the office, I had my purse on my shoulder already so I headed out to see the cause of the alarm and to my surprise it Samael. He’s striding right towards me, all six feet of him in a grey suit that melded to his body in perfection, he’d paired it with a lilac inside shirt this time, now I understood the fuss. He looked incredible. He’s right in front of me now and I feel all eyes on us.

‘Hi Luna, I was coming to check in on the campaign but it looks as though you are headed out for lunch, please allow me escort you.’ He says and offers me a charming smile along with his arm.

He put me on the spot and in front of an audience and right after I turned his first date down. Very sneaky Samael. His arm is outstretched for a few moments too long already. I want to say no but I can’t think of an adequate way to do it in front of everyone, after all he’s now made it seem as though it’s business related. I smile and accept his offer graciously but I don’t take his arm. I walk to the elevator and push the call button. I glance over my shoulder to see that he is following.

We walk to the cafe a few blocks over. It’s beautifully warm outside with a light breeze. I inhale deeply and relax my shoulders. Inside we head to a table and look over the menus. When the waitress comes over he orders a burger and fries and I get the chicken alfredo. Samael turns to me and asks me about my day. We talk about his, then we talk about what we are working on, we talk about likes and dislikes and I realize that I’m unintentionally getting to know him. Our waitress walks over with our food and we dive in, once more eating in companionable silence and thoroughly enjoying our food. I sipped on a strawberry daiquiri since I had to go back to work afterwards. He paid the bill when we were finished and walked me back to work. Outside the building he gave me a peck on my cheek and wished me a good evening.

Obviously I simply floated through the rest of the day. Went home regular routine, shower, food, Micah, movie then bed.

It seems like the rest of the week kinda flew by. The morning after he ambushed me at work another gift was waiting for me in my office and again Samael showed up at lunchtime, insisting on escorting me. We walked to the same cafe, we talked about different things this time and I couldn’t help enjoying getting to know him and the fact that he was making it so easy. Most guys you had to beg them to let you in or shower you with this kind of attention.

On Friday instead of just showing up he calls to arrange a time for lunch, he says he has a busy morning and is leaving early for a business trip. Surprising myself and probably him too I agree to lunch. We meet at our usual cafe at 1pm. He tells me about his business trip, he won’t be back until Tuesday, he’ll be in and out of meetings but he promises to be available to be via text. He said we will have lunch together on Wednesday, after he is back and settled. I smile and enjoy my meal and wonder what I should do this weekend. Maybe I should call up Macy.

‘Hello’ Macy answers on the first ring.

‘Hey Girl!’