Nero looked at the clock for the 10th time. 'It's already 9. She starts her shift by 8 o clock. Then where is she? She promised to bring my coffee didn't she? Did she forgot?' he thought. Smithy noticed that Nero is distracted.  "Do you have somewhere to be? If so, then we can postpone this meeting for some other day" he asked Nero polietly. Nero shook his head. But he is anxious. "Call that coffee place and tell them to send a coffee with one their employees named Chloe" Nero instructed Smithy. Smithy nodded his head. His suspecion about something going on between his boss and Chloe became true. "Adam, send a coffee with Chloe" Smithy told the cafe owner. Adam frowned. "She didn't come today. I will send with someone else" Adam offered. Smithy looked at Nero. "Ah, he is saying that she didn't come today. Do you want someone else to bring coffee?" Smithy repeated Adams words, knowing

Chloe began to run blindly. She is determined to run away from her kidnapers and father.  She is dizzy and stumbled more than a dozen times already. She is not even running fast. But she is trying her level best to escape from them. She doesn't want her father to determine her fate for money. So with out having the knowledge of where she is and where she is going, she blindly ran towards the woods. The trees in the woods are thick and she would have a chance to hide there. She would be easily get caught in the open. With that plan in mind, she ran deeper in to the woods, untill her breathing became laboured and her lungs began to burn. She stumbled and feel down on the ground. She twisted her leg and cried out with pain. "Ahh...."  But she immediately covered her mouth, so that she wouldn't alert her kidnapers, whom she is sure would be searching for her now. Tears of pain are now streaming down her cheeks. He

The next morning, Chloe woke up feeling much better than last night. The sun rays peeking from behind the curtains is telling her that she slept late.  Everything from the last 24 hours began to catch up to her and her entire frame began to get tensed. "Relax" she heard Nero whispering in her ear. She relaxed instantly.  Belatedly she noticed that Nero is spooning her from behind. One of his arm is protectively wrapped around her waist and she is resting her head on his other shoulder. She turned in his hold and he let her. Then she hugged him as tightly as she could. Nero is surprised by this gesture, but he returned the hug and kissed her on her head. Chloe remembered everything that happened yesterday since the moment she was tricked and kidnapped by her father and then her escape attempt. She remember how she ended up in that forest as constant panic of being captured by her kidnapers gripped her heart lik

Chloe changed in to another boxers of his, as the previous one was ruined. They enjoyed their lunch with small talk. Chloe relaxed the moment she saw Nero, so now she is not on edge constantly. Nero changed from his suit and is now wearing his track shorts with out a shirt. Matteo was told to call him only if it's important. So he too began to relax. After lunch, they sat in the living room. Chloe was watching tv, and he began to work on his laptop. Slowly her eyes began to get heavy, so she laid down on the couch to take a nap. But she is plaugued by bad dreams. She dreamt that she is running away from her kidnapers and this time instead of Nero, they found her. When they were forcefully injecting her the drug they were talking about in the warehouse, she woke up gasping for breath. "No" she cried with horror. When Nero looked at her disheveled state, he understood that she must have had a dream. He placed his laptop a

"Do you think I am a charity case, Nero? I know you are rich. But I don't want your money. You can keep it. If you feel embarrassed that I am working in a cafe, then we should stop this. I will work, and I am capable enough to earn for myself" she snapped at him. Nero expected this. She is stubborn as hell, so he knows she will not agree easily. But looking at her like that yesterday made him realize that, if it comes to her safety, there is no way he would compromise. She tried to move away from him again. But he is not letting her go. Their position is too intimate for this talk. She is literally lying on him, with her shirt polled around her waist and one of his arms is currently wrapped around her waist and the other one is on her butt. Her t-shirt slipped from her shoulders and now she can feel that it's showing a lot of cleavage.  Why he wants to have this conversation in this position is beyond her. But she is too angry with this bossy man