Dahlia
He brought his face closer and I froze,then he stepped back.
"It looked like you needed help" He said and I nodded.
"Thanks"I managed to say and then walked out of the kitchen.
"You need help with anything else,looks like you've already done everything else" I said looking around.
"Yeah,I have"
"So I guess I should probably leave then" I said a bit dissapointed.
"You want a tour of the place?" He asked and I turned around excited.
"I thought you'd never ask" I replied and he chuckled,then he gestured for me to come with him and he took me round the house,the study,the three bedrooms and the dining room,the house was pretty modest, considering how rich he was but it was also very beautiful,when we were done with the tour,he took me back to the dining and I sat down.
"Do you want wine?" He asked and I nodded.Then he left and returned with two glass cups and a bottle of wine. Then he filled both cups and sat opposite me. I took a sip of the wine and smiled.
"Oh my God, it's so good, what's it called?"
"I literally have no idea" He replied and we both chuckled.This was nice. It was the first time we actually had a normal proper conversation.
" Tell me about yourself" He suddenly said out of nowhere and I giggled.
"Why so suddenly?"
"I'm curious,I should get to know my secretary properly right?" He said and I nodded.
"That's understandable but there isn't much to know about me,I'm pretty boring,but I have my sister,you've met her and then there's Jason who I absolutely love and then there's the restaurant and then there's the firm,my first ever true job, it's amazing,I love it. I guess I have you to thank you for that" I replied smiling,but he wasn't smiling. In fact he seemed annoyed.
"Who's Jason to you?" He asked in sort of like an accusatory manner which was weird,but I answered him anyway since I liked talking about Jason
"Oh...a close friend,he's basically being with me all my life,he's literally family. When I had no one else and I was scared that I was going to break...Jason was there for me. And it's truly heart warming you know. Having someone be there for you and give you a shoulder to cry on. Only two people have ever done that,I...." I quickly covered my mouth when I realized I had been talking so much.
"I'm sorry...am I talking too much?" I asked and he shook his head.
"It's fine,I'm listening, who's the other person that was there for you?" He asked genuinely curious and a smile found its way to my face when I remembered the guy from the bus.
"It's crazy,I don't even know the guy,but about 10 years ago,I was going through a lot and I got on a bus and I started crying like ugly crying..." I started and chuckled, Michael was smiling now, I continued "And this stranger pulled me closer to him and let me cry on his shoulder and then he gave me his face cap so other people wouldn't see me cry, it was an amazing thing and I don't think anyone else could do that for a stranger" I finished still fully smiling.
"I'm sorry that you had a reason to cry at all" Jason replied and my heart melted.
"Thank you" I replied,then I remembered something.
"Actually....this is it,this is the cap, it's the only face cap I have,I have treasured it ever since" I said quickly taking off the facecap and giving it to him,he ran his hand over the face cap, a soft look on his face.
"I'm glad" He replied smiling. I took back the face cap and put it on again. I couldn't believe that I just said all of that to him,I guess I just hadn't found anyone who wanted to listen or even gave me the time of day. I cleared my throat.
"So now that I have completely bared my heart and soul to you, it's your turn Mr Lancaster...tell me about yourself." I said
"I'm a boring guy"He said smiling and rested his head on the chair,the gesture made me subconsciously smile
"That's not good enough" I replied feigning annoyance
"Okay well.... there's my parents.I don't like them very much,a lot of story behind that,I don't want to get into it, there's the firm,then I have my friends..and then there's..... actually that's all,see? Really boring" He replied and took a sip of his wine.
"No relationships?" I asked and he raised an eyebrow.
"The one I want I cannot get" He replied nonchalantly and I tilted my head jokingly.
"Hmmn...cryptic, your friend doesn't want a relationship yet?" I asked and he looked at me confused.
"You know...the one that comes to visit,Anna"I replied and he scoffed.
"Anna is just a friend" He replied and I nodded slowly.
"Sure..."
"No,I mean it,I really don't like her like that" He insisted
"Okay...chill,I was just kidding"
"What about you?"
"What about me?"
"Your jason,the one you love?" He asked mockinly and I rolled my eyes.
"Like I said before...Jay's like family" I replied and he scoffed.
"Really? And you've never had feelings for Jay?"He asked and I actually tried to think about it,then I shook my head.
"Nope,not at all,he's too important to be tied to plain feelings like that" I said and he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah yeah Jay's great" He muttered and tried to pour more wine into his cup,but it had finished,he looked up at me.
"That was the last one" He said with pursed lips
"It's getting late,I should be going anyway" I replied smiling and he narrowed his gaze
"I can get more wine,I'm sure there's a wine place nearby" He replied and got up.
"It's cool,you can treat me to all the wine next time" I replied and he nodded.
"At least let me drive you home or walk you" He said again and I shook my head.
"No it's really okay" I replied and he sighed.
"Fine,I guess I'll see you tomorrow then" He said and I nodded then turned to walked towards the door,he followed,I turned around when I got to the door.
"Bye now"
"Thanks for coming,you don't know how much this means to me" He said quietly and I smiled.
"You're welcome" I replied and left.
He was really starting to warm up to me.