Volcano

Ivy wore the necessary gears and equipment for her rock climbing adventure, Niel and Jacob left to fetch snacks and she was tired of waiting so she decided to try it out on her own.

She carefully placed a foot on a rock and extended her hand to another, she tried to reach out to a rock to gain her balance but she slipped. Her eyes automatically closed in fear and she braced herself to say hi to the ground.

A strong arm wrapped itself around her small waist and she gasped, she tilted her head to see a tall muscular figure staring at her through a pair of dark shades. Her cheeks reddened when she realized that it was him even if he was dressed like a criminal - he wore black pants, a black leather jacket over a black t-shirt and to top his scary outfit he paired it all with dark shades. Which made Ivy wonder if black and grey were the only colors in his wardrobe.

"You should learn to check if you're properly geared up,are you hurt?"he asked while looking around her body if she obtained any injury or scratch. She nodded in disapproval and he dropped her down.

" Hey! You there!" He called, pointing at one of the workers in charge of the wall climbing category. The guy was lost in a conversation he was having with a female co-worker, he heard Ian's voice when he called him the second time and ran to answer him.

"You're fired," he snapped and Ivy's eyes widened and she used her left palm to cover her face in embarrassment. Was his screw lose or did he think that he was the boss of everything? She learned about the truth when the man knelt down publicly to plead but Ian wasn't giving him a listening ear. He didn't know that she was the boss' girlfriend, he had no idea she decided to go without properly adjusting the equipment plus he had never witness Ian act this way because of one of his ladies.

Ivy held Ian's hand and motioned the boy to get up, Ian quickly read the meaning of what she was trying to say and looked at the boy with a frown.

"Get up and if anything like this repeats itself again, I'll make sure you'll never work anywhere on this planet again, am I understood?" He questioned in an authoritative tone and the guy expressed his gratitude while standing up.

" Take this nonsense off her body!"He ordered and Ivy took off everything while her face was decorated with a frown.

She picked up a few things and left with the man dressed in black. Ian looked at her and noticed she was stealing the eyes of many male mortals in the park. He couldn't blame them she was wearing a pair of baggy ripped jeans and a crop top. He needed to mark his territory as soon as possible, so, he took off his jacket and placed it on her.

"Wear this,"

"Why?" She queried via her, pushing it away.

"What did we say about stuff like this?"

" Well, I don't want to wear it. I'm more comfortable this way, " She explained and he blinked twice, her confidence was like an erupting volcano but this squabble seemed to be heated.

"Come on, it'll look cooler," he cajoled.

"No, if I was one of your model girlfriends and I supposedly went for a bikini shot at the beach, why are you going to do?" She questioned and stared at him intensely - waiting for his reply.

The atmosphere suddenly became hot and uncomfortable for him, she wasn't far from the truth maybe Niel told her about his numerous failed relationships. He didn't understand why he was always pissed when guys looked at her with hunger and thirst in their eyes but it was the way she was before he met her, he couldn't change her code of dressing because of his inbuilt jealousy.

He wore his jacket back, placed his hands in his pockets and they sat on a park bench.

"I won't try to change you, if you want to wear anything you're comfortable with, go ahead," he said in a very calm tone and she used her hand as a manual fan, his words triggered her happy hormones and she couldn't quit smiling and blushing in response.

They sat like that for a couple of minutes before Ivy broke the silence.

"Where's Nathan and Jacob?"she typed.

"Enjoying other activities...when did you start calling Niel,Nathan?"

" Are you related to the owner of this place? " She typed, ignoring his previous question.

" Yeah, I mean.. I know myself, "he bragged, brazenly and she smacked his shoulder.

"What?" He asked, placing his hand on the area she hit.

"You never mentioned that when we brought it up,"

" Okay, let's take this as an example; Jacob says let's go to the park downtown and I suddenly say, you mean the one I own.. does it make any sense? "He asked and she forgot what to type next.

" I brought this a year ago, I wanted a water park at first but I purchased one of those in Atlanta... specifically for an orphanage I used to sponsor. I found out that it was orphanage but an illegal building were trafficked kids were kept for sex trade and many other despicable things . So, I and aunt got the owner arrested, he's currently serving his jail term and each kid are back home to their parents,"

"People can be rotten,I heard about something like that. Thank you for helping them out or did you do it because of your mom?"

" Nah, I love little guys... they're one of the few people who aren't scared of me or hate me and putting smiles on their cute little faces is a lot more important, " he said and she used her hand to roughly play with his hair.

" What was that for? "

"You have feelings, it's a good thing so you deserve a pat, " she typed, giggling and he smirked.

" Ivy! "