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I gave Chad another phone call when I accepted their request. I had thought deep about it and it made no sense for me to drive back to the hospital especially considering how far it was from my house.

"Hi, sorry, are you still with Chad?" I called through the phone when his mother picked up.

"I am, dear, are you on your way yet?" She wondered, probably thinking about why I had called back so soon.

"No, no." I shook my head. "In fact, I called to... let me speak to Chad please."

"Okay." She said and I heard a few strides in the background before she put me on the phone with Chad.

"Hey, okay, first, nothing gives you the right to call my mother when you feel like it." He began. Rude much?

I rolled my eyes at him and heaved a sigh.

"Look, I'm not calling your mom for any special reason whatsoever. I wanted to talk to you." I scoffed. He thought he had the whole power in his hands and that he could do just as he pleased.

"What do you want?" He eased his tone and I couldn't help but smirk. Here my hot boss was, talking as calm as a sucking child.

I did not just think he was hot.

"I don't want anything special from you." I shrugged, "about your request, I don't think I can make it. For one, the road was blocked and the traffic was heavy. I only own a bicycle." I made sure to emphasize the word only.

"And it's too far for me to keep going back and forth, if there is anything you want me to do for you, just go ahead and say it now. I'm listening." I said.

"Wow." He sounded surprised with my tone of speaking but I couldn't care less.

"Okay then." He began and I thought that was just an angry version of him speaking to me. "I'll talk over the phone. I'm getting discharged today..." he started to say but I cut him short.

"What? Why? It's too soon, you were so hurt and..."

"Listen." He said sharply yet in a gentle manner. It was so ironical, I couldn't help but obey. "As per my request, they said I could go home but there is just one problem, and that has to do with me. They wanted to send a nurse to my house with me and that works too but I need you there for as long as I'd be unable to go to work. I want you to be responsible for my emails and other work activities, on my behalf."

"So, like a temporary boss but working from your home?" I pulled my lips into a smirk. "Why won't you let me work from the office?" I wondered.

"You really want me to answer that question?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes at him, "it's fine. Is that all you wanted me to come over for? You must really think of me as jobless. Alright, alright , Stamps and papers isn't until a week anyway."

"What's that?" He was curious to know.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." I simply said. "I will be there."

I ended the phone call and wondered what went on in Chad's head all day long.

*

By the time I got to Chad's place, it was almost completely dark. I had no idea why I left home but my feet seemed to be in control, curious to know how he was doing.

I was guided by a few security men to the living room. His mom had left and so one of them had made a call to him and he asked that I was brought to his bedroom.

I knocked gently on the door and I couldn't hide my disappointment when a feminine voice called, "come in."

I wanted us to be alone and I had no idea why. I turned the door knob and walked into his bedroom. It was just like the last time I'd been there, with a few modifications. It looked like an entire apartment.

There was a television on the wall opposite the bed. There was a huge space with four couches around it. It looked like a small living room was attached to the bedroom.

The red night lights had taken their dominancy and the light effect played with my eyesight, making everything appear a little red. I noticed the woman standing beside Chad was a nurse.

I sighed in relief and closed the door behind me. She was feeding him some sort of medicine and he sat on the bed, his back against the headboard while she fed him like a child.

"Are you okay?" She wondered.

"Nikki, I didn't think you would come by tonight. It's late, are you going to head back home?" Chad moved away from her a little and stared blankly at me.

"I..." I trailed off, my hand against the back of my neck. I had no excuse for my action now that I thought about it. "I just wanted to..."

"Could you excuse us for a second?" He turned to look at the nurse.

"Sure. I'll be leaving in," the blonde nurse in her working uniform turned her wrist and looked into her wristwatch, "five minutes anyway. That is when my shift ends. I'll just round up now. You have your list of dos and don'ts, I'll be back tomorrow to see how you're doing." She concluded with a friendly smile. She picked a handbag that was resting on the small, glass, center table and clung it around her wrist before leaving the room.

"Okay, I know I'm supposed to be working here, starting tomorrow I think, but I was just curious to know how you were doing... why are you standing to your feet? I'm pretty sure you should rest all night long." I palmed my face, "God, I'm such an idiot for coming here."

Chad didn't stop walking. He came to stand in front of me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Why do you look so nervous?"

"I'm..." I took steps away from him, gulping as he moved closer to me.

"Okay, now that you know I'm doing well, do you want to go back home?" He raised one eyebrow at me.

I found my back had come in contact with a wall and before he pinned me there, I turned around and made my way to the bed, almost tripping over air. "Y..ye..yeah?" I lied. I didn't want to go back. In fact, I wanted to spend the entire day here with Chad if it was possible.

I stood by the bed while he put his hands on his waist and came closer. How did he not see that this was inconvenient for me?

Chad closed the distance between us completely and I squealed, attempting to move backwards but I fell flat on my back against the bed. Chad settled on top of me carefully and kept both hands beside my head.

"What are you doing?" There was barely an inch between his face and mine and I feared that if I moved, I would kiss him.

"Do you really want to go home?" I felt his mint breath against my eyes and closed them reflexively.

"I d..don't." I said absent mindedly. "I'm sorry, I mean, yes, yes, I want to go home. You are so close." I had to tell him in case he didn't know what he was doing.

"So?" He brushed his fingers against my cheek. My eyes closed on their own accord and I heard a small moan like gasp escape my lips.

Chad's laughter brought my eyes open and I stared blankly at him. He hopped off me and may on his back, his head against his satin pillowcase and his hand on this belly while his laughter filled the room.

I'd adore the sound of his laugh if he wasn't getting on my nerves with it.

"What's so funny?" I frowned. My cheeks flushed a bright red in embarrassment.

"What did you think I was going to do?" He raised one eyebrow at me, a smirk playing on my lips. "You should have seen your face."

I frowned and reached across to slap his chest a little. "You're an asshole, what is wrong with you? How can a sick man act so annoying? You were never this nice when I was working with you."

That wiped the smirk off his face and he sat upright. "Was?"

"Oh well." I shrugged. "Let's not talk about that right now." I decided not to ruin the mood of things and he nodded in agreement.

"Fine, let's get you a place to sleep." He said, standing to his feet and holding my hands to help me up.

"Is work really that important that you didn't want to stay in hospital?" I asked him.

"Maybe it is, maybe I just wanted a reason for you to come by?" He mumbled but I caught every single word he said.

"Huh?"

"Nothing." He shrugged, leading me through the hallway of bedrooms.

He stopped in front of a door just two rooms away from where his bedroom was. "You'll sleep here." He said and opened the door, revealing a small room with a simple design. There was a bed positioned in the centre of the room. The headboard, bed and sheets were all black. A small window, giving me the view of his small garden was outside and the wooden floor was all that complimented it. There was door by the left wall, which I assumed was the bathroom.

"And this is my bedroom?" I wondered. "Yes, of course." I added in response to my own question.

"Okay, alright then." He shrugged, "I have no idea what you need but if you want, there's food and you can change into one of my shorts, I don't know." He didn't sound like someone who had a female visitor that often even though I was certain Rebecca must come by all the time.

"Don't worry, I'm good." I said and he nodded, turning to leave. "But bring me a shirt." I stopped his footsteps.

I wanted to be in one even though I had my pyjamas beneath my outfit. I wanted to know what it was like to sleep in Chad's shirt.

"Okay." He turned to leave a second time but I called him back again.

"Chad?"

"Yeah?"

"What's with your mom? Does she know who I really am?" I folded my arms across my chest.

"We will have that discussion tomorrow, don't worry about it."

"Okay." I nodded, deciding not to push things too far.

He left and returned with a shirt a few minutes later. It was black one and I knew it would stop mid thigh.

"Good night Nikki." He said with an actual smile.

"Good night." I called back when he left and I couldn't help how I felt like I was married to him at the moment.

"Okay this is weird." I muttered to myself.

I reached for the flip by was by the bed and killed the lights, changing into his shirt in the dark.

The room felt foreign, but a good type of foreign.

I slipped into the blankets, a sense of relief making shiver with my back against the soft bed. I closed my eyes, thinking about today's event.

The door sound startled me and I snapped my eyes open, wondering what was going on. The lights were still off but I could tell the body figure belonged to Chad.

"Chad?" I sat up in bed, moving the blanket away from me. He was coming closer and I furrowed my eyebrows at him.

"What are you..." I tried to sat when he knelt on the bed but I couldn't finish that sentence because Chad cupped my cheeks in an aggressive manner and took my upper lip in his mouth, sucking like his life depended on it.



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