Chapter 26

Chapter 26

April

I woke up the next morning clutched in Jordan's arms. The time on the wall gave me a rude awakening. I tried to break free from his embrace to no avail and felt his grip tighten around me.

"It's almost seven Jordan. I need to get ready for work." I groaned.

"Five more minutes" He whispered into the back of my ear. His voice, raspy. 

I looked around my room in silence and when the five minutes elapsed, I slapped him on his arm softly. 

"I really have to get dressed now" 

"Good morning to you too tease, " he said sarcastically and I chuckled.

"Good morning" I smiled, breaking free from his embrace. 

I dashed into the bathroom for a quick shower and came out quickly to dress up. Jordan was still asleep.

"Hey Jordan, wake up, it's late already." I tapped him on his feet as I firmly straightened the folds on my dress. 

"I'll go later. I'll drive you and come back here to sleep more. If that's okay with you?" He barely opened his eyes which gave his exhaustion away. 

"It's totally fine and you don't even have to drop me. I'll drive myself." I fixed my hair and reached for my bag. 

"No" he suddenly stood up "I am going to drive my girlfriend to work and drop her home every day"

"At that rate, you'll neglect your work"

"Lucky for me I pay people enormously well to keep it up and running even in my absence because you know what babe?" 

"What?"

"I want to stay here for the next few days"

"What?!" My mouth agape in awe. I withheld the laughter that wanted to burst out of me when his eyes bugged out his head. "What i meant was.." I kissed his forehead as my body squealed in excitement. "I would love that" 

He stroked my palm gently and lovingly. 

"Call in sick. Tell them you caught the flu" he suggested.

"As much as I would love to do that I am not a CEO like you so I don't have people to work for me." I let out a giggle before rising to my feet. "I'll see you in the evening" 

"Let's go," he said and when I didn't budge he added "I meant it when I said I'll drop you off. It's the least I can do for letting me stay here" he joked and I smiled and drooled at his sincerity. 

"Fine". 

I tried to keep my focus on work all through the day but I didn't succeed. How can I keep my shit together when I'm so excited about Jordan staying over for a couple of days. When it was almost time to leave, I received a text from him saying he was waiting for me in the car downstairs and something else caught my eyes. A news alert from the site I read from with the headline 'New york's elite, Jordan Crossfire seen with Mystery Lady at the wee hours of the morning'. I clicked on it to see a picture of when he held the car door for me to enter this morning before driving me to work. 

I really needed to tell my mother about him before the media does that for me. I called her on the phone immediately I hopped on the elevator.

"Hey mom" 

"How's my daughter doing?" 

"Fine. I have to tell you something mum" 

"Thank God you called because I have good news too" she couldn't help but let out a shriek of excitement.  "Matthew and I will be getting married" she squealed.

"Wow, mum that's great news. You've used the Denver name long enough"

I am so happy that my mum has finally gone past my dad and ready to be married to Matthews officially even though it took years for that to happen, I am thrilled to know it came to pass eventually.

She chuckled. " how about you? What did you want to say?" 

"More like show" I paused "How about dinner at my place tomorrow. Come with Mathew, Mariah, and King. There's someone I want you all to meet" 

"We'll be there April."

"See you then. Bye mum"  I hung up launching into the lobby and greeted Jackson on my way out through the double doors.  

The ride back home with Jordan was thrilling and when I told him about the article he didn't waste a second to call whoever he calls to take care of it. But I didn't want the articles to disappear any longer. Seeing them gave me some sort of ownership and once I introduce him to my family tomorrow night, the tabloid can release twenty articles about us and I won't care. 

I got into my room and noticed he installed a huge plasma on the wall.

"For nights we just want to cuddle in bed and watch Netflix. Figured it was appropriate. Sorry I didn't tell you beforehand. Wanted to surprise you" 

"Jordan, I love it and you. That was so thoughtful" I stood on my toes and leaned forward to kiss him. 

He rested his hands on the small of my back and then suddenly lifted me up to rest my thighs on his waist thus slightly ripping my tight gown. 

"Looks like you have a knack for ruining my wears" 

He bit my lips softly in protest and I tickled him until he dropped me on the floor and let me go. 

We had dinner in bed and watched a couple of shows before we both slept off. 

******

"They're here!" I announced after seeing my family get off the car through the window curtain. 

"How do I look?" Jordan straightened his tie. 

"You really didn't have to wear a suit Jordan" 

"I want to make a good impression" he exhaled deeply.

"You always do that without even trying. You're a natural" I kissed him deeply. "Just don't talk about dead cats and world war II. " I teased and he threw his head back, laughing. "I love you Jordan" 

"I love you too tease" the doorbell alarm broke into our little moment.