Billionaire's Love Interest

The Kiss

Michael's POV

I was sitting in the Garden patiently waiting for Miss Snoopy Controller to come down. I waited alone as I looked at the garden and recalled memories of the things she had thought me.

I texted Madam Joan to help keep Mara busy. She was a little bit bossy and it was annoying the hell out of me. I was struggling to hold it together. I did not think I was going to be able to get it together, and I was just going to ruin everything when all I wanted to do is just apologize and make friends with the pretty lady.

As I waited I brought out the tools I was going to use, I was not planning on doing everything, just basically trim them and water it, I had already asked  someone to weed it out before hand so from there I would take on the rest of the managing routine, until it was back to its former glory.

I was already excited about it.  To be honest I was more excited about having Malem around me, I did not know her all so well but Mara seemed to be very comfortable in her presence so maybe she had good vibes with her. But then thinking about it Mara is free around me and I am not exactly very nice to her always. She can be extremely creepy, she stares at me a lot, then she gets confused a lot, she seems to be day dreaming most of the time but at least she seems like good company. We might be friends.

But if she  kept up the attitude she had when Missy Snoopy Controller was around, I might keep snapping at her every now and then. But baby steps mikey baby steps.

I heard foot steps approaching, I tensed up, how could Mara be back so soon? Madam Joan I am disappointed in you . I thought as a frown formed on my fore head. But as I perceived her lovely scent I knew exactly who it was. Now do not think I am creepy for knowing how she scents and No I am not a were wolf. Ever since she moved in to my side of the mansion, her scent has just been lingering around and I did not know I would be saying it, but I like it , I like scenting her. I like knowing she is close by. Weird right, for someone I just met yesterday. Could it be that? No no it can't be.

She sat beside me , at least she was not standing in front of me stumping her feet in annoyance.

I had to look at her twice, I asked her to change and she came back looking sexy as hell. Damn I would really need to control my self if we were going to have a good time together. Cause all I wanted to do was take off those clothes and suckle on those round perky titties . I quickly brought my head out of the gutter before it was toi late and I get a boner.

"So, basically, I'm just trimming and reshaping the flowers , then we will water them, can you water flowers" I said to her,

" Oh yeah, I thought we would be weeding and stuff cause I saw lots of weed earlier,  but I can see now that it has been cleared" she said as laughed out nervously.

" Oh no, don't worry about that, I will never make a pretty lady weed" I said as I gave her that stare, and she sucked her lower lip and I could not help but to stare at it and she noticed as her eyes dropped to mine,

Okayyyy, speaking about weirdness and s****l tension. I quickly diverted my eyes from her lips when I realized I was staring. And she cleared her throat before she spoke up. What a way of clearing the s****l Tension huh.

" Yeah, I would not agree to weed either, so where do we start from" She said, sounding almost excited as she stood up from the bench and waited for me to do the same.

I stood up and picked up two secateurs and then I handed one over to her.

" You know how to use it yeah?" I asked hoping she would say no, so I would have an opportunity to touch her hands.

" Yes I do" she replied confidently

" No way, you do not mean it" I said in disbelief

Then she laughed it off before she replied me.

" Actually learned when  I went to boarding school during my junior year, so during weekends we had sanitations, every first Saturday of a month. We would all come together and do this stuff, they usually divided us into different groups that clean different parts of the school, and I so happened to join those who were assigned to trim the trees" she explained to me.

" That sounds hectic, don't they have workers that so stuff like that " I asked curiously.

" Yeah they did, but we did it once in a while just to learn. It was important to them that we learnt all this menial jobs you can never tell were you would find yourself in a few years so just know and gather as much skills as you can and hey I am using one of them today so it was worth it" she said cheerfully, so weird. I mean who is ever excited to learn and know about such things. The girls in my high school will probably take the week off to avoid such hard labor.

" I am still impressed regardless and yes you are making a lot of sense, let me show you the pattern we will be making for this particular type, it's called the Juniperus scopulorum or more commonly the 'Moonglow'. I still don't understand why my mum planted this in our garden but the tall full trees makes it easier to hid in here. You know no one will know where you are and you can have your peace and quiet" I said to her as I demonstrated the pattern my mum usually followed when pruning.

" now I know where you will be if I ever need to find you" she replied with a smile, revealing her deep beautiful dimples and then she winked at me.

" I can always share with you" I answered back with my weird grin. Then we continued to Prune in silence, until we were done with the trees then we went to the flowers, I did not even have to demonstrate it to her, she knew how to, she was even better at it than I was. She did it so carefully, just like how my mum did it. She even gave me new tips on how to improve it. I noted those down at the back of my mind.

" Do you have a rake and wheel barrow" she asked me when we were having a water break

" Yeah ,why. You want one" I asked amused .

" Yeah, so we could clear up the pruned out branches and throw them away" she said casually

" You will want to do that" I asked still amused, why will she want to do that? Wasn't she full of surprises and other sexy attractive perky stuff. Yes ,yes she was.

" Yeah why not, we are here now so let us just do it. and besides I am having fun doing it. I did not realize I was a flower person until today" she said the former to me , and the latter more to herself and in surprise.

" Okay Sure I will get them right away" I said as i stood up and headed to the garden store where all the tools were kept. I pulled out two rakes and disposable bins were we could back up all the dirt.

She was so eager to work and it really did impress me. Most girls will not appreciate getting dirty or sweaty but she did not mind it one bit.

I can't believe I was nervous about this, it was a good idea inviting her to this place. I can just imagine how weird things would have been if Mara was here. Maybe she would have chilled out also. Now I was feeling a bit guilty for asking Madam Joan to keep her busy.

We soon cleaned up the place and disposed of the dirt, and we both stood admiring our work.

" You are a good working partner" I said to her with a sheepish grin on my face.

" You are also a good working partner" she replied with a cheeky grin on her face.

" You are like an extra pair of male hands" i complimented then realized it sounded very round when I said it. She had a confused facial expression which then turned into a frown .

" Whhattt" she dragged and laughed, before she continued " What does that mean" she said as she raised a brow at me.

"What I meant is that you are as hard working as a man, and you are pretty fast too " I tried to explain in the most cute nicest way. Then she smiled proudly, whewww!!! I released the breathe I was holding that was a close one.

" Thank You, I will take that as a compliment" she smiled even wider

"_Let's water the plants and call it a day" I said as I stood up, then she stood up and stretched her body.

I connected the pipes to the tap and allowed water to flow from the taps. And we started watering the plants.

She mistakenly poured water on me , then I turned to look at her with a semi frown on my face

" Oops, sorry, it was a mistake, I did not mean to" she said mischievously as she faced the other side and watered the plants.

So little Miss Snoopy controlling pants is also a mischievous one huh. I smirked at the knowledge of that. I have always liked me a pretty mischievous lady.

"_ok It's fine, no problem"I said curtly as I turned to my side, she kept turning to look at me, I am pretty sure she was guilty and checking to be sure I did not return the favour.

So I returned the favour. But of course not immediately, I waited until her guards were down and she was convinced I would not revenge before I executed my revenge.

I poured water from her hair, down her body until she was completely wet and screaming.

"_ I am going to get you for this" she swore as she ran towards me with the pipe in her hand aim at me. And I also ran for my dear life. She eventually caught up with me and returned the favour. We kept playing like that and laughing until she slipped.

She screamed and I ran to catch her before her head could hit the ground. The ground was slippery and wet because of the water wasted so I slipped and we both fell to the floor, with me being beneath and she landed on top of me.

We laughed about it.

" This is so romance novels Cliche" she said as she tried to get off me but failed as she fell back on my body

"_Yeah it so is, the guy will now tuck the loose strands of her hair behind her ear" I agreed as I contributed

" Yesss, that is so right it always happens" then we both laughed about it. Then she continued

" then she will look up into his eye until the keep leaning forward until they kiss" she completed

"Yeah, they always end up kissing" I agreed. As she tried to get off me again and she slipped back on top of me and i gripped her waist protectively. Her vest had slid up a bit so I was touching her bare skin.

She looked up at me and sucked on her lower lip, f**k!! What was she doing, she was turning me on. I could feel her hard n*****s press against my chest. So I decided to make the whole situation a romantic cliche.

I used my fingers to brush up lose strands of her hair, then she looked up at me and smiled, she then let her eyes drop to my lips and mine dropped to hers.

We both leaned towards each other and we met in the middle. Then we joined our fore head and rubbed against each other cutely.

" We should not be doing this" I whispered against her lips giving her a final decision to back out before it was too late. I secretly hoped she would take it but...

" But we will, tell me you have not felt something between us, since the first time we saw each other, as scary as that was for me" she whispered back as she closed her eyes. And chuckled at the latter part of her words.

" I will not deny it there is something, I have felt it too but.." I replied but was cut off as she placed a finger over my lips as I tried to make an objection to this taboo.

" Then we should not fight it, let's explore it, let us just live for this moment" she whispered to me and before I could reply or object to what she said , I felt her warm lips on mine and I let every other thought go. I wanted to enjoy this.

I moved my lips against hers taking charge of the kiss , I sucked on her lower lip, as i traced my fingers up and down her back. I wanted to slid lower and feel and touch her ass, but it seemed like she wanted to take things slow so I pulled it together.

We are kissing like crazy. Like our lives depend on it, it felt surreal but at the same time so pleasure. I slip in my  tongue in to her mouth to deepen the kiss and explore more , It was  gentle but demanding, and it is  nothing like I have ever experienced, I mean I have had my fair share of kisses from high school and even in college. Every one wanted to kiss the Billionaire's Son. So they never really meant much.

Now I suddenly understand why people describe kissing as melting because every square inch of my body dissolves into hers . My fingers grip her hair, pulling her closer to me, I wanted more but I was struggling to stay in my boundaries until she showed me she wanted more . My veins throb and my heart explodes. I have never wanted anyone like this before and it felt f*****g amazing. It felt like it was my first kiss mind blowing, heart throbbing, stomach jumping, lips shivering and most common of them all nerve wrecking.

I mean I am enjoying the kiss, but is she enjoying it too as much as I am, are we just playing a part. I was becoming more nervous so I gently broke the kiss apart. We both took in deep breathes then I held her face up to see her facial expression. She then smiled at me, I kissed her fore head to show her that it also meant a lot to me.

I did not know what to say at the moment, and I didn't want to say anything to ruin the moment so I just kept quiet and waited to hear if she had anything to say. She did not, she wrapped her arms around me and placed her head on my chest.

I guess it meant a lot to her too, that was her own love language. We stayed like that in silence then she whispered something, but I did not hear because I was lost in thought and I was very much distracted

" Huh" I asked lowly

" I said Kiss me" she repeated then she looked at me and smiled mischievously

I gave no reply in words, but in action. I leaned towards her, tilted my head to the side as I pressed my lips to her cheek and pecked her.

" Noo" she complained sounding like a child

" you asked for a kiss you got one" I teased her , as I gently used my finger to trace down her spine , she arched her back a bit in reflex, I brushed my thumb against her lips lightly,then she licked it, that light touch sent shivers through my nerves, shivers that could make my whole body tremble, i sucked on my lip as I watched her then she held my thumb in between her lips and sucked in it gently as she looked me in the eye, that was so darn attractive and sexy.

I pulled her up to sit on top of me, I gently dug my fingers through her hair, her curly hair it felt soft and silky.

",So beautiful" I whispered as I looked at her face, to be sure that everything was real. Her hands gently trailed ddown from my jaw , down my neck then to me chest, then she slowly cupped my cheeks in her hand as she leaned lower towards me, my hands went to her hips to hold her still. My were slightly parted, ready to welcome her in, ready to receive her.

Then we heard foot steps approaching,

" Where are you guys, Malem" the voice called out. s**t, we quickly parted from each other

" That must be Mara" Malem said as she adjusted her vest.

"Yeah " I agreed

" we are over here" Malem shouted, as   she got off the floor

"Where" mara shouted back

" Just keep walking in, " I told her as I walked towards the sound of her voice.

" We will be right back" I said to Malem as I went forward.

**

" hey " I said to mara as soon as I saw her

" Nice work you guys did here, I'm sure you did most of it you strong guy" she complimented, and spoilt it with her latter words. I refrained from rolling my eyes are her

" Yeah, Thank you" i said politely, " actually Nene equally put in a lot of effort and she even gave me extra tips on gardening" I said as I gave Malem back them glory.

" yeah I'm sure she did" she said dismissively. As I led her into the garden where Malem was.

"_How was the grocery shopping" Malem asked politely

" It was actually more interesting than I thought, she let me pick stuff myself , can you believe it, she is just a very nice woman" mara replied excitedly

" That's cool so did you bring any Saraba for us" she asked

And both Mara and I frowned our faces and looked at each other with confused glances. What is going on here?

"Saraba?" We both asked simultaneously.

" Oh my Bad, I usually find it hard to put aside my normal slangs when talking to you guys" she laughed then apologized

" actually Saraba means goodies, like gifts you bring for loved ones when they come back home mostly something edible, like popcorn or cake or sweets and candies. Stuffs like that" she explained with passion

" oh okay, what a funny name for treats, but sorry I did not get you any Saraba but when next I get a chance I will pick some saraba for you" mara replied.

Fun Fact: Saraba is a word from the Hausa tribe of Nigeria. It is a word most used by the northerners in Nigeria.

"Okay thank you ahead of my saraba" she replied with a playful wink

" Why are the both of you soaking wet and dirty" Mara blurted out with a frown and questioning gaze on her face as she looked back and forth between us.

Malem and I Both looked at each other then back at Mara . Then we both nodded to ourselves.

"what happened" she  asked once more, " I am standing right here guys and I can see how you both are looking, you are not exactly invisible  " she said as she stood in between us as she faced me

Malem quickly rose her pipe and pointed it at Mara's direction and poured water on her as she laughed out loud.

"Whattt, my hairrrr" Mara complained as she laughed ,and turned to face Malem trying to drag the pipe from her hand.

I quickly picked up my pipe and poured water on Malem.

" Bloody hell, I thought we were on the same team Mike" she groaned as she used her hands to demonstrate her displease.

" We are , we are all supposed to have fuu..." I was cut off when water was also splashed into my face from the pipe that Nene held. We kept interchanging whose turn it was to get washed. Mara ran after Nene to hold her pipe. Then she slipped and I ran to hold her Before her head hit the stone that was just below us.

"that was close" I breathed out in relief. It I did not hold her on time we may have started thinking of the closest hospital

"Yeah" then she pecked my lips as I helped her stand straight,

I was surprised, I was not expecting that the first thing I did was to look up at Malem, who looked pissed at hell. I hoped he understood it was not my fault.

" I will have to go and change it is getting cold" she said and immediately left us to the privacy of the garden.

" s**t" I muttered under my breathe.

Mara was still oblivious to what was happening and I was a bit grateful.

" What was that for" I asked weirdly

"You saved me so I kissed you" She said happily,

"don't do that again" I said under my breathe as I rubbed my neck nervously.

"What" she asked like she did not hear me properly

" Nothing, we should pack up and go inside, it's getting cold" I said as I released her and picked up the pipes and placed them to flow into the plants.

" Ok, is there anything I can do to help out " she asked behind me

" Nope, just follow behind me" I said as I walked towards the tap to off it.

Then I picked up the rakes and other tools used ans returned them back to the store. Then I locked it up.

" let's go inside" I said to Mara that was sitted on the bench waiting for me to finish up.

" I will be going back to the maids quarters to bath and change my clothes" she said sounding a bit embarrassed. I ignored it so it would not make thw situation much more weirder

" ok, let me walk you back" I offered politely to her.

" No you should not do that, your Dad can sack me for that, I should not even be here," she said in panic as she suddenly zoomed off. What was wrong with her now?

I wanted to go after her but then I remembered that Malem left a bit upset so I had to go and explain things to her.

I quickly headed into the house and marched up to Malem's room.