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Chapter 30 (1051)
ALEXA’S POV
“I didn’t know you were home,” Mr. Brown walks in the living room and looks between me and Nolan.
“Well, sir, I was thinking of spending my day-off here as my brother is out of town…”
He gives a nod before speaking again,
“I don’t have my employees coming here to spend their day-off as I don’t intend the mansion to be a vacantion house,” Mr. Brown chuckles making me flustered.
“But I would like to ask if you’d like to join us out?” Mr. Brown asks, looking at Nolan knowingly.
“I’m going to pass on that, father… I am actually quite tired.” Before Mr. Brown could even reply from his protest, Nolan walks off without another word.
Mr. Brown turns to smile softly at me.
“I apologize on behalf of him, I’ll leave him be, I just wanted to check if he’s alright.” I said apologetically with a small sigh and shake of my head.
Mr. Brown gives me a tight nod before going clearing his throat.
“Then that leaves the two of us,” I blush at the thought and opened my mouth to talk.
“Like a date?” His eyes widen at my question and see his cheeks turn red.
“Like friends,” After saying those words, he clears his throat and grabs his keys.
“Ready to go?”
“Uh yeah,” He opens the door and walks past me heading out towards his car.
We climb inside in complete silence until he started driving towards the city. My mind was racing with questions as why would Mr. Brown proceed with the evening with me instead of forcing his son to come along?
“How was your day? You’ve been gone since this morning, I thought you spent it well with your brother,” Mr. Brown asked, not taking his eyes off the road.
I stayed quiet as I took in his question before answering,
“It was nice, just windowshopping and relaxing.”
My eyes widen at the realization that I forgot my things at the bar with Sherby. Jesus Christ, alot has happened.
“Are you alright? Is something wrong?” he looked at me worriedly, feeling me tense up in my seat.
“I forgot my stuff at the bar. God, I am so stupid.” I put my face on both my palms as I sighed under frustration.
“Oh it’s alright, we can drive by there and keep it in the car while we’re out,” He suggested, smiling softly at me.
“Are you sure?” I glance over at him worriedly.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
“Yeah, what bar did you leave your stuff?” As he swerves the car to the side to turn, I gave him the directions until we had arrived.
The bouncer outside looked at me weirdly before giving my the ecobags that had my thrifted clothes before I could even give him the tab.
“Is this a hotel?” Mr. Brown sarcastically asks, making me laugh as we hop back inside the car.
“So where to?” I asked as I buckled in the seat.
“Anywhere,” Mr. Brown gives me a smile before driving off again.
***
After an hour or two we arrived at a restaurant I couldn’t recognize due to its location. It must be new judging from how extravagant it was decorated but it still wasn’t very memorable and expensive. The smell of freshly cooked food filled the air and I could already imagine myself getting a big plate of pasta and sauce and drinking some sweet tea while I ate, enjoying the view from the balcony.
“This restaurant isn’t bad,” I say turning to face him as we walked into the restaurant.
“This is a bathhouse,” He replies with a chuckle, causing my cheeks to heat up.
After paying for our drinks, we made our way to the locker area where we seperated to change. I blushed at the thought that I’d be sitting inside a sauna with my boss, odddly enough he isn’t complaining.
“That’s quite pretty,” I complimented the halls filled with flowers leading to the sauna room.
“Thanks, I try to have a variety of everything when I can,” He says sincerely before I realized what he just said.
“Wait, you own-”
“I invest on it, I designed the building but I’m not the owner,” He chuckles as we take seats opposite each other and sit down. We were having fun chatting about life as usual and laughing together.
However when he asked about our relationship, all I did was freeze as the question made itself known inside my head.
Shit, what do I tell him? I mean, he is my boss but he has no idea what my life with Cody is so what’s stopping me from lying to him?
Yet I couldn’t help but think of why he would ask such question, let alone inviting me to go here with him. I wonder what it would feel like to have him as a partner. He is handsome, kind and caring… and also really protective. That’s just one of the many qualities a man needs. What am I supposed to do? How do I bring it up without being straight forward?
“Alexa, are you okay?” Mr. Brown asked with a concerned tone.
“Oh yeah, I’m fine. Sorry. You were saying?”
“It seems like you’re having trouble with your answer because everytime I open my mouth, you’re not responding back.”
Fuck… he’s right. How can I possibly answer his question if I don’t even know my feelings. Maybe I should start acting cool? Act more like I’m attracted to him when I’m not?
“I just need to think… You know, my past relationship wasn’t exactly colorful,” I lied to him. I know how much this is bothering him. If anything, he shouldn’t be the one worrying about his company.
“You’re such a liar, Alexa,” He chuckled humorlessly. I nervously laughed at his remark before keeping quiet.
“Look, I know that you have a lot of secrets about yourself and it’s probably eating you up to be honest with me but that doesn’t mean that you need to hide them anymore. Just take your time to tell me, I won’t judge you,” He explained with a small smile.
“I guess I can give you a few minutes then I’ll tell you everything… But please, don’t be mad at me or even fire me,” I pleaded as I gave him a weak pleading look.