The Unexpected Glow

Two Months Later

"So, how was the honeymoon, Mr. Kacy Lillard?"

Leon teased, wiggling his brows.

"I swear he enjoyed every moment," Adam added. "Look at the way the guy is glowing."

Kacy rolled his eyes. Of course his two childhood idiots friends were here to annoy him.

"I wasn't smiling. And you fools go and get married so you can stop disturbing me."

"But it was sweet, right? Because your glow is not normal," Leon continued.

Kacy glared. "Is that your way of apologizing for missing my wedding, fools?"

"We're sorry," Adam sighed dramatically. "You know we would never miss your wedding for anything."

"But you did," Kacy shot back. "And that doesn't change anything."

"Bro, we said sorry, And we just want to meet the hottie you married," Adam grinned, nudging Leon. "Since someone didn't let us see her."

"Ohhh… he's quiet," Leon mocked.

"Mr. Newly Groom is speechless when it comes to his wife," Adam added.

Kacy's jaw tightened. "Get the hell out of my office before I throw both of you out."

"You can't do more than a dead rat," Adam fired back.

A file flew toward his forehead. Adam dodged it and burst out laughing while Leon face-palmed.

"Lucky dodge," Kacy growled. "If not, Lilian would've taunted you endlessly."

"Of course you'll compromise. She's your kid sister," Adam smirked.

"And she's your girlfriend," Kacy muttered.

Their childish back-and-forth continued until Leon finally snapped.

"Oh, shut up, both of you!"

The room fell silent.

"So," Adam asked again, leaning forward, "how was the honeymoon?"

Kacy smirked slightly. "Cool."

"Just cool?" Leon drawled.

"What do you idiots want to know?"

"Well…" Adam started demonstrating with Leon. "…how good is she when she's giving you hard"

Kacy threw a stapler at him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Stop riding Leon's lap before I record it and send it to Miss Annoyance."

"Don't! She'll kill me!" Adam yelped, quickly pulling away from Leon.

Leon only laughed. "Anything to annoy Kacy, I'm in."

Kacy shook his head. "You two are insane. And yes… she's good at it."

Both men SCREAMED like overgrown children.

"That's what we wanted to hear!"

Kacy reached for the phone. "I'm calling security."

But before he could, they both jumped onto his lap, hugging him dramatically and rocking him side to side.

"GET OFF ME!" Kacy yelled, both annoyed and laughing.

Leon leaned close, faking a moan. "Ride us, baby…"

"EW! Get off, idiots!"

"Pretend we're Ivana," Adam moaned loudly, "She'd be screaming AHHHH! KACY! GOD, I'M GETTING CLOSE".

"FINAL WARNING!" Kacy shouted, face red.

They froze.

And then

The door opened.

Ivana stood there shocked staring at them speechless

Adam and Leon IMMEDIATELY jumped off Kacy like guilty children.

Kacy face-palmed. Great. Perfect timing. And to make it worse, just looking at his wife standing there gave him a painful, inconvenient boner.

Ivana swallowed hard. "I'm… sorry. If I interrupted something… I should leave."

"No Ivana, Jesus... FUCK it's NOT what you think," Kacy blurted, glaring at his friends before walking toward her.

Ivana forced a shaky smile. "What do you think I'm thinking?"

"Awww, her voice is so sweet," Adam whispered, earning a deadly glare from Kacy.

"Well…" Kacy started, "…I don't know what you're thinking unless you say it."

"But" .

"Miss...," Adam cut in, "I'm Adam Smith."

"Leon Blackwell," Leon added.

Ivana's eyes widened. "The sole owners of Emerald Fragrance Mall?! Wow… it's nice meeting you both."

She shook their hands repeatedly. They all smiled awkwardly while Kacy raised a brow at the unnecessary shaking.

Adam cleared his throat. "About what you saw… we were only mocking him. We're not gay. Or his baby mamas. Or his side chicks."

"You mean riding h..i.... right…?" she stuttered.

Kacy smirked.

"Riding me?" he finished, stepping closer and lifting her chin.

Ivana instantly blushed, and he slipped his finger against her lips. When she gasped, the finger slipped lightly inside her mouth.

Leon gasped. "Oh, that's HOT."

Camera click.

Both jerked back, flustered.

"Kacy, get a room!" Adam groaned. "Stop oppressing us single birds! We are singlet!"

"You wouldn't want Miss Annoyance to hear you," Kacy teased.

"Well, I am not a singlet! fuck you, Adam," Leon spat.

Adam only yawned, but both men smirked when Kacy gently pulled his wife closer to the sofa, brushing his lips against the strands of her hair and whispering something that made her blush instantly.

"So suddenly we're invisible and only your wife exists?" Leon complained.

"Yeah," Kacy replied without even looking at them. His eyes stayed glued to Ivana's face, waiting for her reaction. When she blushed again, he smirked while she pressed her fingers together nervously.

"If you bite that cute little pink lip of yours again, I'm going to kiss you," he warned softly.

Blushing harder, Ivana covered her face with her palm while Kacy chuckled, staring at his shy, beautiful wife with open admiration.

"You didn't tell us your name, Miss…?"

"Why ask her? You can ask me," Kacy cut in.

Adam rolled his eyes. "Well, you didn't introduce us to her. You let us do the introduction, so tell us why we should listen to whatever rubbish you want to say."

Ivana watched him shrug lazily before rolling his eyes again when his phone rang. He answered it and walked away.

Wow. So he was actually calm around his friends… and he didn't even argue when they mocked him endlessly.

"You're surprised, right?" Leon asked.

"Uh…," she blinked back to reality. "Sorry. I zoned out."

"Lost in thought?"

"Yeah, kind of… so you were saying?"

"You're surprised he's calm with us but not with others?"

"Yeah," she admitted.

"HEY, MORON!" Adams voice boomed suddenly. "Duty calls! Gotta go. Leon, get your fat ass off that chair let's go!"

"Uh-huh," Leon muttered, standing slowly.

"Suddenly Miss Annoyance needs you?"

That deep, rich voice of Kacy's echoed from his office.

"Shut the fuck up, Kacy," he yelled. "And don't forget to treat our wife well or I'll kill you."

Ivana shivered involuntarily at the sound of his voice. It amazed her how simply hearing him speak could send a warm rush through her.

Adam nodded seriously at her. "If he tries to bully you, tell us. We'll deal with his lowly ass, Miss…?"

"Ivana Moore. And copy that," she replied with a small smile.

Leon grinned. "Nice name. We are at your service, Mrs. Ivana Lillard."

They both bowed dramatically, making her laugh.

"Just call her Ivana, fools!" Kacy shouted from inside. "She doesn't like formality."

They ignored him.

Kacy continued his call. "Schedule the meeting early… and yes, I was talking to those idiots, Lilian."

"Shit," Adam hissed. "I'm coming, baby! Don't believe anything Kacy said to you!"

"Oh, she already has," Kacy said, smirking as he put the phone on loudspeaker.

Lilian laughed. "Oh, really, boyfriend? Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid… if you show up here this minute."

Then her tone softened.

"Hey, Ivy. I've missed you already. When are you coming to visit?"

Ivana rolled her eyes and forced a smile. "Soon, Lily."

Jeez. This brother and sister could never stop calling her Ivy.

"Bye, our wife!" Adam yelled loudly.

"And see you soon, my love," he added sweetly to Lilian.

She only hissed through the phone.

Call Disconnected.

"You really need to sort yourself out, Adam,"

Leon sighed.

Then he turned to Ivana.

"And back to you, sister-in-law… nice meeting you. And please keep giving him really good".

He stuck his tongue out in a teasing demonstration.

"He's glowing."

"Fuck you, Leon!" Kacy yelled. "And get the hell out of my office!"

"We're already going, bro."

"See you in hell, buddies," Kacy muttered, giving them both a knuckle bump.

"You too, Kace," they said in unison before walking out

They stared at each other awkwardly.

Ivana spoke first. "You… really get along with them."

"Yeah." He sipped his coffee.

"Okay…" She swallowed hard. "Am I boring you?"

Kacy slowly put the mug down,Walked to her.

Lifted her.

And flipped her onto his lap on the sofa.

Then, softly, he kissed her and leaned away.

"No, pretty. And why would you think that?"

"Your eyes looked bored."

"I was. But not because of you."

He stroked her lip.

"I wanted to kiss you. But if I do, I'll end up fucking you. And only kissing you would be boring."

She blushed. "Oh…"

"So why are you here, pretty?"

"Oh your lunch." She pulled out the lunchbox. "You skipped breakfast."

He smiled. Took it.

Leaned in to kiss her.

Then his phone rang.

He glared at the caller.

"It might be important," she whispered, suppressing a laugh.

"Fine." He placed her gently on the sofa and stood up.

Before leaving, he turned back to her side.

"You shouldn't wait, pretty. I'm going to be busy."

He smirked.

"And thanks for the lunch. I'll repay you tonight… like this."

He held up his hands, fingers splayed to illustrate the concept".

A rosy tint crept up her cheeks, and he only shook his head with a quiet laugh as her breath quickened on its own

He leaned in, his voice barely above a whisper against her ear.

"Think about me tonight… I'll be waiting."

With that, he pulled away and walked off, leaving her standing there, lost in the rush of her own thoughts

It had been only two months since the honeymoon. She had tried slowly to be friends with him. She didn't know when it happened or how.

She just knew the truth:

She had fallen for him.

Badly.

But she was scared because this marriage had started as an arrangement. And even though Kacy cared for her, touched her gently, protected her, pampered her, and treated her like his woman…

She didn't know if it was love or just infatuation

And she didn't know how to tell him that she was already in love with him.