"Are you sure you'll be fine? I can still drive you there myself."

It was the umpteenth time today. I had only an hour before my flight and she was already giving me a headache. "Oh,Ana. I will be fine. Besides,Nick will be taking me. So stop worrying." I said reaching for my bag. "And you swear you guys are not dating?" She said with a teasing laugh and a raised brow.

I flushed.

"Like I have told you a million times already,we are not dating." I said with a frown,that I quickly covered with a smile as the door bell rang. I wish we were, I thought to myself. I wished he would consider me his girlfriend and c a l l me his girlfriend. But then again,whatvstopped me from initiating the next step? All I had to do was ask him if I could call him my boyfriend as soon as I got back.

Well if I had enough guts to do it. Which I don't.

"Bye. I promise I'll be back before you even notice I was gone." I said giving her a tight hug. Turning on my heel,I walked to the car where Nick had just placed in the last of my bags in the boot. A gray jaguar and he seemed to be the one driving. No chauffeurs as far as I could see.

"I didn't know you could drive." I teased as he drove away from a waving Ana. I would miss that girl. "I can do many things." He said,a smile lacking any trace of humor on his face. "I will show you sometime." He added,smiling

seductively. "I can't wait." I said sarcastically,looking at him as he concentrated on the road. "Careful with your words. There will get you in trouble." The same humorless smile on that beautiful face of his that I could not stop looking at. "I'll take my chances." I pryed my eyesvawwy from him tivthe road. But I had to admit,it was fun playing with him. He had done it to me a number of time. He held the steering wheel so tight his knuckles turned white.

"Don't break it. I still have to catch my flight." I placed my hand cautiously above his. The excitement that came from that simply touch sent shivers running up and down my spine. The thought of this man -or any man like him- ever seeking interest in me seemed so far away. But yet,there he was infront of me,driving me to the airport. I was not the kind of women he liked. Thick thighs,tinny waist,flat tummy and big chest,an hour glass body. I didn't fit in any of that. I neither had any thick thighs nor big chest not to talk about an hour glass body. I didn't look like that model I had seen him talking to. She was tall,blonde and had beautiful skin. She represented all the models. She had everything I didn't. Long legs,perfect butt and beautiful face even if it was because of the make-up. She still looked beautiful.

"A penny for your thoughts? You seem to be concentrating on something." I sighed. He was filled with so much concern and love and softness every time he talked to me. While I on the other hand was filled with doubt. I wondered if I should be talking to him when I was talking to him. I wondered why he had chosen me when there were so many beautiful women out there. Women like Elizabeth. Although I didn't like the woman and hated her with a passion,she was beautiful. She had it all,the hips,thighs. The whole package. But damn that woman was annoying. She had her way of bringing the worst in me.

"It's nothing serious. Just scrutinizing a patients' case that I had been working on." I shrugged my shoulders. "Come to think about it,you never told me way you actually got suspended from work." He said turning his head to look at me for a second before looking back at the road. That also reminded me of why I never told him. He would go and on about how wrong they were and how precious they didn't know I was. It was kind of comforting to hear him say that.

I told in a deep breath and started telling him the whole story,well it was more of a brief of the story. "A patient came needing emergence attention. She was in labour,had high blood pressure which had sky rocketed when they reached the hospital. Well she had been in an accident. A car incident. Anyway,I performed the procedure,saved the baby's life at the expense of the mother and the family had planned to sue me and the hospital if I didn't get punished." I heaved a sigh at the image of the infant in an incubator came to mind. Tears threatening to fall out as the image of her crying in my arms with the dead body of the mother still on the operation table. From what I was told the OB/GYN present during that surgery,did her best to rule in my favour but it was never meant to be. I had to be punished for doing what I thought was right.

"That was unfair but you'll be back in no time. Two months is nothing." He said with a nervous laugh. "Yeah,maybe you're right." I said with a frown on my face. He was trying to cheer me up and I had to give it to him,he had managed to make me smile. Seeing him smile make my day. It was the best thing I could ever ask for,Seeing him smile.

The ride to the airport was short,thirty minutes short and my flight left in thirty minutes. I had about twenty minute with him. "So...when will you be back?" He sounded awkward and I'm sure I was worse. "At the end of the suspension." I sat down on one of the many metal chairs that always made my butt cold from seating on them. He took in a deep breath. "What's wrong?" I asked,voice laced with concern. "I will miss you terribly." He said honestly meeting my eyes. His were soft and filled with worry and concern and like always I found myself drowning in them. They countered his body corvere with hard muscle. Well the t

Upper part that I had laid eyes on. My mind stopped functioning as I looked at him. He was the most magnificent man I had ever laid my eyes on.

My castle on testosterone.

"Scarlett." He grumbled.

"You should really stop looking at me like That and touching me like that."

I blinked a few time.

Fuck.

I had not even noticed when my hand went to touch his chest that was now covered in a thing layer of cloth that made his shirt. A button-up that was was not very buttoned up as it should have been. It showed his bear skin. The skin that I had been craving to taste even since I saw it.

I withdraw my hand reluctantly. "You should button up your shirt." I mumbled under my breath. He laughed in a low tone. "Why,is it bad? Does it make you uncomfortable?" His fingers under my chin as he lifted it so I could face him. "It's not that. I-It's j-just that..." I found the urge to swallow as the word I was searching for didn't come. "Jealous? You are jealous at all the woman looking." He teased,eyes locked on mine as I tried to get away. My head snapped to my right then to my left. He was right. Woman were literally standing and oogling at his,completely blocking my existence. I could have sworn I say a drool trip from one of them. I was not necessarily that jealous at first but then flipped at the side of those women. I was definitely jealous.

How dare they look at my man like that? Like some fuck toy. He was mine and only mine to look at. So they could take their lustful eyes elsewhere.

The level on possessiveness was above me. I was never originally that possessive or possessive at all. But the castle before me brought with many things. Most if which were my first along with him or at least he had said.

"I am not jealous. I was...uh...nevermind."

His chest rumbled as a growl escaped from his throat. It was the same as the one I had heard at the house. That one scared the shit out of me while this one made me feel all kinds of things with his body that close to mine. It felt like heaven on earth.

He pulled me to him. Making me crash hard into his chest as his arms cared me into a hug. His arms around my waist as he lifted me up,his head on the crock of my neck and my hands around his neck to gain a little balance and head on his neck. We stayed like that,with my legs around his waist,for a good while. I mentally thanked the heaven that I had worn jeans instead of a dress.

"I highly suggest you put me down before I change my mind about going." I whispered I to his ear. He released a grunt bit eventually put me down. I pulled my shirt and jacket down as I composed myself.

"I will not touch you without your written consent. Do you have an e-mail account were your going?" He asked lifting my face. I nodded into his hand. "Is it the same as the one you are currently using?" I nodded.

What the hell did an e-mail address have to do with this?

"I will sent you a link that contains all there is for you to know. You will look at it and we'll discuss the details when you get back." He said just in as the gate number got called out. I nodded. My curiosity had peeked.

What was the contract about and what did it have to do with him touching me? It's not like he had never touched me before. He had touched me on the most vulnerable places on my body. Not once but twice so why did it matter so much?

"I will look into it. Bye,see you later, I mean talk to you later. I love you." I said pulling the bags behind me. I wanted to just shrink. Why did I say that? It was not that it was not true. I did love him and with my whole soul but did I really have to say that? No. I stiffly turned to look back at the man I had just told I love. He was smiling widely,show casing his perfectly white and beautiful set of teeth.

"I love you more."

Those four words made me the most happiest woman to ever exist. It felt like I had instantly grew wings and I wanted to fly away with him not fly all the way to Africa.

I smiled widely. He had no idea how happy that made me feel. I turned on it heel and ran into him. I jumped on him,wrapping my feet around his waist for airport. His hand slipped under my butt and held me in place as we kissed. A kiss filled with desperation and passion. I wanting desperately to devour his mouth with my tongue but like the first time we had kissed that passionately,his took control and devoured my mouth. I was gasping for air at the end. My lips sore and heart filled with so much love it became hard to contain it.

The last call from the gate came. "I have to go now. I will call you once tye plane lands in New York." I said regretfully.

"New York?"

"Yeah,I have to get a few thing before going back home." I shouted through the crowds. It felt awful everytime i had to leave but this time it took the cake. I had felt like that. Like a part of me was being ripped out. Like my heart and soul yearned to be close to him. I now wanted to stay but the disappointment in my Syria's eyes,my little sister,would haunt me for days if not months. She was so excited when she heard I was coming. As happy as any teenager could be hearing that their big sister that had gone months without visiting was coming. ....

"I'll see you soon and call me once you land both in New York and Cape town. I wanna know it you arrived safe. Bye." He said as I walked through the gate. I would be coming back in no time. I would get to see him again in a matter of a few weeks. It was nothing like he had said.

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The turtle neck and jacket were just not doing it for me. It was freezing in there or was I the only one cold to death.

The flight from New York to Cape Town took hours. I slept and woke up,send messages to my family and Nick and Ana along with the girls. Slept again and woke up again but this time we were almost there.

"How many hours before we land?" I asked a passing flight attendant. "An hour miss. Do you want anything to drink?" He looked to be in my age group. With a uniform that looked way better on him than it would on me. "Water,would do. Thank you sir." I watched him walk away and return with the water I had asked for.

One downside of drinking too much water is going to the toilet to pee every 10 minutes.

"Have you arrived? I'll be landing soon." I send it to my mother.

Almost there. Look for two people holding a bunch of balloons. That's us.

Glad to know you haven't changed a bit.

I laughed at them mentally. The thought of them in a crowd of people holding balloons seemed kind of crazy. But that was how my family was. Crazy. I contemplated on wether to take out my laptop on not to take it out. It would mean a lot of work. I would have to ask the person seating next to me to move and possibly help me take take out the bag. I decided on not using it and instead took put my phone.

The first e-mail from was from Nick and it had an attachment to it. I added him to my VIPs. He was one of the five people there. My mom,Ana,The hospital board if directors and dad.

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From:

Below that was an attachment,one that I did not open. I would so it later. I had a lot of time on my hands to do it.

To:

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From:

We had not talked in a day and more than twelve hours. It was torture. I had gotten so uses to him being around that even a day apart caused my heary to ache.

The planed landed a few minutes after I sent the email. He did not reply,maybe he was in a meeting or something.

I got to the arrivals and there they were,mother and Sofia,holding a bunch of brightly colored balloons. They looked ridiculous to say the least but they were happy and that made me happy. Sofia kept her eyes on her phone the entire drive to the house. She filled every now and then earning my and mother attention.

"I swear her life depends on that phone of hers." Mother exclaimed as we got through the door. She was still the same Adriana that I knew. The same mother that had raised me to become the woman I was. And she did that hand in hand with father,Jason. He was pretty tall in night,just over 6ft9 while mother was a little shorter,5ft6. The same as I and not only that,we shared a few interests in life. She wanted to become a successful woman before meeting the man of her dreams and she did. Like her,I did what I had always wanted. Do medicine and become the best surgeon. I did and all and found a man I think I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

"What have you bought for me?" Sofia shuffled through the bags. "Nothing." I said snatching a bag from her clutches. She frowned but quickly recovered. "I will find out soon enough." She said and sent a toothy grin my way. "We'll see about that." I said as she walked out swaying her hips. I unpacked a few bags and left only one. It contained mostly the things I had bought for them.

"Father." I said encaging him in a water tight hug. "And I never get a hip like that" whined mother playfully. We laughed as I released him from his near death. "I missed you baby girl." He said cupping my face. He was the most loving man and father I had seen. He was there for me after all my breakups. They were all there for me when I needed them the most. But Sofia didn't know what was going on around her. Did not understand why I was crying that much. She was just thirteen.

"And I missed you." I gave him another hug. "So what you guys been doing all this time?" I sat on the sofa facing the kitchen mother sat opposite me as father and little sister sat on one. "Oh nothing special just this and that. You know how it is. What have you been doing?" Answered mother shrugging her shoulders. "Nothing much." I also shrugged my shoulders. "Stop interrogating the girl. She came here for a break and you pester her with questions." Father defended. I smiled at him. He always rescued me from mom but no one could ever rescue me from him apart from mom. "Thanks." I mouthed to father. "So what are you planning on doing tomorrow? We could go to the mall if you want or go and look in that bag that you didn't open." She said with a smile. A sheepish smile. "You've went through my bags,haven't you? You will never change." Her smile widened.

"Dinner will be ready in a sec." Mother said standing up and went to the kitchen. "Learned from the best." She shrugged one shoulder. I scoffed as dad chuckled.

"That was a meal I had been craving for months. " I said wiping my mouth with a napkin. "I can't take all the credit. Your father helped out." Mother said blushing. Dad held her hand on the table and just when I thought they were done being inlove,they both leaned in and kissed.

"Get a room."