Under His Protection

Laura gasped at his word, ” You don’t mean that…”

He smiled devilishly in her direction, but the sadness in his eyes were visible, ” You don’t have any idea how I imagine you in my bed as I make you mine, but I know that is not going to happen”

“What made you say that?”

Michael smiled wretchedly touching her cheek tenderly with his finger, ” Iam far beneath your level Laura, what will people think when they learn that you are in a relationship with your bodyguard?”

Temper flared inside her at his ridiculous reasoning, ” why the hell would you care about their opinion”

“Then there is your father and your strict mischievous mother” he supplied gentle kisses on her hand affectionately, ” I don’t want them to accuse me of courting their daughter under the guise of acting as her bodyguard, iam fully aware that your father wants a man from a good and wealthy family for you”

Laura rolled her eyes at him, ” well, my father can stuck his nose somewhere else, I have told him already before to stop meddling with my life, iam no longer a kid”

“It wasn’t really my intention to steal a kiss from you, even the first one. But I couldn’t resis to the devil inside me, the last thing I expected when I whisk you away from that Aiden was to kiss you again because the temptation was too strong to resist”

Laura raised an eyebrow, a small smile crept through her lip ” Why Michael? Don’t tell me you are jealous about Aiden?

“Damn right, Iam” he replied sneaking his strong arms around her waist as he drew her closer to his body, Laura saw his eyes held hellfire in their depth, she shiver not for far but with excitement.

“Iam jealous of him and also of japhet who sniff after you always in NYC, iam jealous of all the men who courted you in the past, iam a very jealous man Laura and I want you all to myself”

Laura encircled her arm around his neck as her heart warmed at his word, of this was a dream she would never wake up, ” I belong to you from the start you cold hearted man, even with your dire attitude towards me, iam still attracted to you like a moth to a flame”

Michael kissed her sweetly on the lip, ” I will not let you take back your word again, those words sealed your fate Mi Lady”

“I won’t” she promised, he was about to kiss her again when he stopped abruptly, he placed a distance between them and looked around.

Laura stared at him questiongly.

“I feel that someone was watching us just now”

“Ugh! my head hurts like hell” Laura heard her mother grunted as soon as she entered the dining room for her breakfast, ” the coffee isn’t strong enough to keep me awake this morning”

“Good morning Mom” she greeted sanguinely as she place the linen napkin on her lap, she smiled and thanked the housekeeper who poured her a cup of coffee.

“Where is everyone? Why are you all alone having breakfast?” Laura asked.

Trisha eyed her daughter briefly before sipping her coffee again, ” Oh your fathrt already had his breakfast, he left me here nursing my second cup of coffee while mavey is still sleeping, I think as for Aiden he will not rise until lunch, that one is not a morning person”

“Oh” Laura nodded, she heard her mother sighed deeply shaking her head, ” please remind me in the future not to host a party anymore”.

Laura rolled her eyes, still sipping her coffee.

“I stayed till the last hour, making sure the last guest leave”

“I must say mother, iam happy that you decided to hold your party here In the estate, its been a while you held it here”

“Yeah, you are right” Trisha reflected, finally having the courage to place back her cup on the saucer plate, ” Iam glad that you made it to the party, and iam Happy I celebrated it here also. I know your father was quite happy even though he doesn’t admit it”

Laura nodded, she was glad that her parents were slowly rebuilding their relationship, for years she knew he tried to hide his fatherly love making her mother think he hated and abadon them, thank God they made peace and their love since then till now had always been heaven on earth.

“You know how to throw a party mum, last night was a blast”

Trisha smiled devilishly under her sleepy eyes in Laura’s direction, ” Iam glad you enjoyed last night”

Laura stated at he mother for a moment, she think there was an underlying meaning in her word but she waved it off thinking she probably had been reading too much to her word since she did something reckless with Michael.

She glanced around while eating her sandwich, come to think of it she haven’t seen him yet, where is he? Are they back to ignoring each other again after last night? She thought they had already established that they were going to accept whatever they have.

“You know….” She heard her mother infront of her with a dry tone, “… I will not be surprised when your head suddenly detach from your neck with your left and right look, are you looking for….”

“No! Iam not looking for Michael” she blurted out quickly, Laura mentally cursed herself when she saw the satisfaction In the depth of Trisha eyes, her mother sat back on the chair and this moment it looks like she is finally awake, thanks to Laura’s loosed tongue.

Trisha eyed her daughter for few seconds, ” Iam not talking about him dear, I thought you were looking for your father”

“Iam not looking for anyone in particular” Laura replied trying to save her pride, her mother stayee at her intently with a mischievous smirk trying to decipher her soul with her intense gaze, Trisha shifted her sitting position, ” is that so Laura?” She asked, after a long silence, ” even if you are not looking for the poor guy, I might as well inform you about his whereabouts since he is currently working for you”

“Mom, iam not interested. Truthfully.” She informed her mother.

Trisha rested her chin in the palm of her hand and watched her daughter with a knowing smile, ” please don’t get jealous since your father whisk your bodyguard away for a bromance, Jadua probably miss his former bodyguard that is why”

Laura eyed her mother dryly, ” Like I said earlier mom, iam not interested”

Her mother shrugged nonchalantly, ” either way, iam just informing you Incase you miss your bod…. father”

Laura knew when her mother was poking fun at her, she sipped her coffee and wiped her mouth with the napkin on her lap, ” You know what mother? As much as I would want to chat with you, the more I need to go to the market to get fabrics I would bring back to New York with me”

“You are going alone?” Trisha asked, with wide eyes as she saw Laura standing from the chair, ” why don’t you bring Michael with you?”

“He went out with father right? We are not even sure when they will come back, I only have today to shop for the materials because tomorrow I need to fly back to NYC”

Her mother made a face, ” At least let me wake Aiden he can help you with your purchase”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Laura shook her head immediately, ” there is no need for that mother, iam okay going alone and I don’t want to be a nuisance to your vistor who is on Vacation here, I will see you later, kiss Mavey for me”

“Laura wait!…”

She didn’t wait for her mother reply as she marched out of the dining, thankfully she had already picked the key to her rangerover in her pocket, so she went immediately for the entrance door. On her way to the garage she was about to open her car door when she saw her father and Michael.