2. My eyes float over the room, taking it in.
3. It's much larger than the ones I'm used to.
4. This guestroom is almost the size of my old apartment.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. I see packets of black tea as a welcome gift, like those they give you in a hotel
2. I wonder if she remembers that it's my favorite drink.
4. The thought makes me smile. But no, it would be silly for her to remember something so ridiculous, from so long ago.
5. Kir settles on the sofa of her giant living room.
6. Her breathing remains deep and steady...
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. While my own heart thumps like a hammer, causing my chest to heave.
2. The truth is I have no idea what I'm doing here.
3. If I'm honest it's because this woman has some magnetic pull over me.
5. I'm totally and completely unable to give her up, despite my intentions to stay away.
6. And for some strange reason, I feel the slightest bit guilty that I'd walked out on our agreement before fulfilling my obligation.
7. She didn't get all the things she paid for and that little detail is something I cannot easily forget.
1. I know if she pulled me into her arms
2. And kissed me..
3. I'd be unable to resist...
4. And I find my gaze fluttering between her lips and her eyes as I wait for her to speak.
1. Finally, she does.
2. "You told me you want to discuss about work, didn't you?"
3. Yeah.. But... I just nod
4. "Then I want you to stay."
5. "We need to lay out some ground rules."
1. I'm not sure I like the sound of that, because I assume what she really means is that it's time to lay out kir's rules.
2. But what did I really expect?
3. That I'd have some sort of bargaining power here?
4. My leverage disappeared when I signed on that contarct that day.
5. I know it, and she knows it.
6. Then again, we both want something from the other
7. Which I suppose puts us on sort of even footing?
8. Except... Not really. She has the billions and I just have me.
9. "Please, by all means, continue."
1. "Rule one as I mentioned before, you have to stay here, I mean live here."
2. "Living away from home and being independent for the first time."
3. I remember the conversation well.
4. It was one of the first times we sat down to a dinner prepared by her chef in the quiet dining room.
5. I spoke too freely, bared too much of myself.
1. But something in me likes that she remembers it with such detail.
2. Not that I'm surprised, kir exercises such authority over every facet of her life...
3. Of course she remembers
4. "And I think you know that I liked having you here."
5. "Plus, you can't take the train every morning to go to work, right?"
1. "Also it's easier for song mi to call you to the agency if she needs you."
2. "I got this."
3. "Second rule..."
4. "There's no reason we can't remain friends."