Lucien's POV
"That's no way to treat your new boss, Lana." I said. That was the only way to get her to stop in her tracks.
Fuck it just kept getting worse and worse. What the hell was that? On the good side, it worked because she stopped walking and turned to face me but the look on her face made my stomach hurt because she looked so shocked and partly disgusted.
Or I could be simply imagining these expressions but there was no mistake about the latter reaction, she was clearly disgusted and something about that made my skin crawl. I wanted to grab her and shake her softly while explaining that I was not a pervert just because she caught me in the restroom with a woman.
For fucks sake why is she making this harder than it already is but for now she seemed interested I should say something.
She asked me what I meant and though this was not the initial path I wanted to toe I just had to play along.
"It simply means I'm the new owner of the Three Pigeons. That was the entire reason I was at Gonzalo's office today but I'm not here to talk about that."
She looked shocked and that was a much preferable expression than the one she gave me a while ago. But I had to keep going no matter how the words came out.
"Lana I know that you saw me the other day I'm talking about the restroom incident and I do not know what ideas you have in your head about me but I can assure you that I'm not here to make you uncomfortable or anything I just really felt like I should have done something but I didn't."
I probably should not have mentioned this either but it is clearly too late now. It felt like my mind and the voices inside my head were all waiting for me to say something just so they could start screaming the "I told you so" mantra and the way her face fell I could tell she was about to unleash an unending emotional talk about morality and all that so I braced myself for the worst and I wasn't wrong.
"Did you really think that was supposed to change anything? Why are you apologizing to me? Why are you even here and what made you think you could just come and claim the Three Pigeons so casually? I do not give a flying fuck about what you were doing in the restroom or with whom you were doing it with I do not even know who you are and why we are having this conversation in the first place.
"For someone caught in such a compromising situation shouldn't you even avoid having any form of communication or altercation with me especially on the topic or did you think that by somehow showing up here at my workplace it would make me afraid? Or is it because I look like a frail female I would qualify for the females you'd want to sleep with?
"Are you done now miss Lana Hart?" And I could tell that she was pissed by the way I casually returned the energy but I had to go on because I needed to get my point across regardless of her feelings at this moment I have never had so many thoughts rushing into my head until now and especially not with a woman but she was different I could tell.
"I did not come here to go over anything in fact I came here to make you an offer but from the looks of things that might have to wait."
"I know the situation your mom is in and I assure you that I understand why you would be angry at me or anyone for that matter but I thought I should inform you that you will not be working the extra jobs you are currently doing right now and you will not have to be going home when you close late from work too."
"Who gave you the right to decide that for me?" The expression on her face felt familiar almost like it was the same feeling I was going through at this very moment.
"Lana I'm not your enemy indeed you have a point with your arguments but fighting the reality of things does not change the fact that things have changed and the only way to get through this is by adjusting to the changes.
"I'm not here to remove anyone from their position or anything I simply want to help out the people who work here and that includes you but because we've already had an encounter prior to this moment I felt it was necessary to talk to you personally.
"I hope you do not assume that I feel ashamed about what you saw the other day if that is the reaction you were hoping to see then I'm sorry to disappoint you miss Hart but I just cannot feel ashamed of a moment I clearly enjoyed and if anything you were the one who walked in on me in my private moment and while I do hold some form of accountability considering it was the restroom you too have to face the truth that you were eavesdropping on a moment you should have never been aware of in the first place." As unbelievable as it sounds women to me were more than sexual objects and it just did not feel right hearing her demean another woman like herself.
With that final note I just knew it got to her and she could see where my logic came from. She looked so tired and I wanted to reach out and hold her so badly but she probably would push me away in this state she is in. Her face turned really pale and before I could say anything I could tell that she was about to pass out and I immediately reached for her in time.
She was lying in my arms and I carried her upstairs to the room where I was supposed to be staying at the Three Pigeons. I could tell from her pulse that she was still conscious she probably needs to eat something soon.
I carried her to my bed and laid her there. I quickly found a towel and a basin and put some water in it. I soaked the towel in the basin of water and touched it to her crown. I kept doing that until her temperature was low enough but I could not help staring at her her features were so unique.
Her lips were very seductive and all I could do was stare a few minutes later she opened her eyes hazily and closed them momentarily but before I could say anything her eyes flew open so fast and her next reaction was not what I expected she rose from the bed so quickly her face locked with mine and before I could pull away her lips brushed against mine so brazenly and our faces were so close to each other.
She immediately pulled away and I kept staring at her. It was almost impossible to conceal the effect that simple action had on me.
I could feel myself getting a boner and though I badly wanted to be a gentleman my thoughts were severely messed up and I did not even know what would happen next. I tried pulling away for a moment to get more clarity on what exactly was going on I badly needed to get away from her but the effect of that action had left a haunting effect on my lips and from the look in her eyes I could tell that she felt something too.
"I carry you all the way to my room and this is the first thing you do when you open your eyes?" That was the only reply I could muster in that moment. Her eyes grew wide and I could tell her consciousness had fully returned but it still had that yearning I knew it would not be a misinterpretation at all if I reached out and kissed her lips Fuck it is taking everything in me not to do just that if not more This was not my initial plan at all.
"What do you mean by your room?" I think that was what she said because for some reason my mind had slowly slipped away from whatever was happening at the moment and before I could fully process what I was doing I reached for her with the same hunger I saw in her eyes probably if not more and grabbed her face and immediately our lips touched I knew she was as hungry as I was.