Hi my loves! I've missed you all and i've missed writing but I'm back and ready to rumbleeeee!!

PLEASE NOTE: the text in italics is spoken in Greek but I don't want to mess it up by using google translate so I'll type it in English but they're speaking in Greek but you know what I mean...just imagine I guess...

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Chapter 5:

Katherine POV

After receiving the email about Monday's meeting, I got an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach, maybe he does remember and wasn't as drunk as I was or...no, no Kat, just keep telling yourself he doesn't remember, he would've called me out by now, surely.

This meeting takes place at one of the most expensive restaurants in the city and because I had just come from a very early skype call meeting, but the time I arrived, it was 10 minutes after the starting time but I messaged one of my colleagues to let him know. I thought I could just slip in and go unnoticed but when do things ever go the way you planned? As I entered, my coat was taken and I stared in awe at the chandeliers and got a slight flashback of the fancy chandeliers in the club and my heart started beating fast in my chest with nerves. Let's just hope he doesn't remember...

As I enter I was about to take the closest seat when I hear that voice

"Miss Ellis" everyone stops to look at me and all I can do is give a sheepish smile.

"Mr Drakos, my apologies for being late, I had a meeting"

He gestures to the seat on this left "Please, Miss Ellis, take a seat" is he for real? I hated being the center of attention in situations like this. A waiter pulls out my seat and I thank him, sitting down and immediately drinking some water, when luckily the woman next to him asks him a question and soon after the starter which I can barely get down as I am hyper aware of Mr Drakos next to me, he starts addressing the whole table, greeting everyone and asking if anyone had questions when someone at the other end asked him about Greece

"Mr Drakos, what is it like in Greece? I imagine it must be absolutely beautiful, I've never been" he flashes his pearly-whites at the employee and starts explaining what Greece is like when suddenly he asks if any of us have been to Greece, not lifting my hand or making any move to indicate that I have, he turns to look at me "Miss Ellis, have you not been to Greece?" I sigh and nod "Yes, I have sir"

"Holiday or business?" are these questions not a bit personal for this meeting?

"Holiday, sir"

"And how was it?"

"It was good, sir" one of my coworkers boo me "Oh, come on Kat, surely you met a handsome Greek God on your trip, no?" I choke on my wine and those Aqua eyes staring at me is just too much

"Excuse me" I almost run from the table and make my way to the bathroom, splashing some cold water over my face. Pep talking myself, I look in the mirror

"Katherine Ellis, get your shit together honey, who cares if he remembers, just act as if you don't and hopefully he'll leave you alone" I take one last deep breathe and head back to the table, luckily a blonde who is not even part of our team, has now occupied my seat and I scoot in at the other end of the table far away from Mr Aqua eyes. For the rest of the evening, we drink and eat and at the end of the night, Mr Drakos exits with the blonde on his arm as we all head home. I knew his type was model-thin...

The next two weeks were hell, we had gotten a new client who we assumed was a mafia family and we were working over-time and oftentimes during our lunch breaks; we would literally work and eat at the same time. It was Friday night and I could see my team has had about enough as half of them were yawing and could barely keep their eyes open. I look up at the clock, seven pm.

"Alright everyone, that's enough for this week, go home and rest. Enjoy your weekends, I'll see you on Monday" they all looked at me with 'are you sure?' looks as I didn't shut my laptop off, clearly intending to work further. "Yes, go go please" I literally had to almost shove them out of the office, but eventually I heard the elevator button ding as they went down.

About an hour later I had gotten a nice chunk of work done when I grabbed my coffee cup and headed to the kitchen. As I am about to turn from the kettle after finally stirring my coffee, I turn and scream as I thought I was alone but suddenly there was a person behind me and my coffee spills all over their clothes "Shit! I'm so sorry, I didn't-" I grab a cloth and start wiping the persons suit when a hand grabs mine

"Miss Ellis, stop" I look up and immediately lower my head in apology

"Mr Drakos, sir, I'm so sorry, I should've looked before-"

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it now Miss Ellis, luckily I always have a change of clothing in my office" he starts removing his tie

"I'll pay for the dry cleaning or a new suit sir" I wince knowing full well that my whole salary would not be enough for that suit and so does he as he laughs and places his hand under my chin, lifting it to meet his eyes

"I don't want your money" I stare into those pools "I will however require your time, instead" I furrow my brow at him, confused

"Work, tomorrow. A new client" I am about to protest as tomorrow is Saturday but he stops me

"In return for...the damage" he raises an eyebrow and smirks as he knows I cannot refute that.

The next day I show up at the firm with workout clothes on, so a pair of tights and an old t-shirt, no make-up and my hair shoved into a bun as I was instructed to dress comfortably as if I was going to exercise. When I arrived, Mr Drakos was waiting outside of the building looking oh so fine in his basketball shorts, a t-shirt and a jacket over it with some sunglasses, but his hair was still neatly slicked back.

"Good Morning Sir"

"Miss Ellis, climb in" we drive for about an hour before we arrive at a farm. I slowly climb out and two massive dogs charge towards us. So afraid of dogs, I cower behind him and unconsciously grab his arm, when he pets the dogs; they sniff me and then run off again. He turns and looks down at my hand with a raised eyebrow and I let go when an older woman walks towards us. He steps forward as she hugs him tightly "My baby! Apollo! You've gotten so thin, look at you! How have you been?" she checks him all over and pats his cheeks as he laughs and looks at her with so much love. They speak in Greek, too fast for me to catch enough words, when she finally spots me and in a heavy accent says "Apo, who is this? You've never come here with girl before, is she girlfriend?"

I shake my head so hard I swear I gave myself a headache, I reach out my hand and walk closer towards her "No, no, no ma'am, we're not.... I work with Mr. Drakos at the firm. I'm Katherine, Kat." she looks at my hand but grabs me in for a hug instead. "Hi honey, I'm Apo's aunt"

"Pleasure to meet you Ms Drakos" she laughs and pats me on the back "honey, please call me Iris" she looks me up and down and says something to Mr Drakos "she looks different to those women I see on your arm in the magazines, son...I like it" she winks at Apollo and I look at them as if to say 'please translate' and she grabs my arm and walks towards the house with Apollo in tow. As we enter the house, everything is wooden and absolutely gorgeous. We walk towards the kitchen and when we enter I see an older man and a teenage girl sitting at the table talking. They look towards us as we enter and Iris introduces the man John as her partner and the girl introduces herself as Penelope. She then shoves me to a chair and places a plate in front of me, starting to pile up the food when Mr Drakos enters the kitchen carrying two large bags and Penelope jumps from her seat "Apollo!" she jumps into his arms and he lifts her, kissing her head "Hey, Pen"

Iris motions for them to sit down and they all start eating, Mr Drakos asking Penelope how her trip was and she explains how she's been helping their aunt around the farm. Mr Drakos and John start talking about how the farm is doing and if everything is still fine with the land, so I start listening as here is where the law comes in. He asks my opinion on a few things, but generally everything seems in order. Everyone is done eating and John and Iris excuse themselves as they have work to do on the farm "Thank you for a wonderful meal Ms Dra- Iris" she smiles at me "Anytime hun, hopefully we see you soon!" I know Iris said to leave the dishes but I gather them and start washing them while Mr Drakos and Penelope head upstairs and after a few minutes I hear them come down and Penelope walks towards me, helping me place the last few cups away.

"Miss Ellis-" Penelope has a smile on her face

"Please, call me Katherine, no, Kat" I put the cloth away and face her, Mr Drakos placing bags at the door

"Would you like to see the farm? Maybe milk a cow, ride a horse?"

"Penelope, are you sure that's okay? Don't we need to ask Iris?"

Mr Drakos stands at the kitchen entrance "Pen, we need to leave soon and-"

She gives him puppy dog eyes that even I want to ask him if we have time, damn she's good

"Please brother...Apo, please we'll be done within an hour I promise" he gives one look at those eyes and sighs

"Fine, but be careful and look after Miss Ellis" I look at him hearing those words and we make eye contact for a brief moment until Penelope grabs my hand and we go outside towards the barn

"I promise! I've been here for 3 months now Apo, I've got this!" I smile at her enthusiasm and because I've never been on a farm so close to the animals before so I was rather excited. Penelope hands me some work boots and some food for the animals. We feed the pigs, and even milk the cows. We chat non-stop – Penelope, or rather Pen as she insist I call her is in her final year of high school this year and because her father wants to groom her for the family law business, she is going to stay with Apollo for her final year of school, a new school at that as well but luckily she seems excited, although her smile faltered when I asked her if she wanted to become a lawyer, but we'll keep that conversation for another day as she looks at her watch and gasps, taking the buckets from my hands and placing them at the entrance of the barn. As we walk further, we get closer to the horses. Three are competition horses, two are for casual riding and there are two smaller ponies for kids to pet and ride when they visit the farm. She opens the gate and motions for me to walk inside, wow these horses are majestic and you can clearly see they are well maintained and trained.

"Would you like to ride a little?" I shake my head "No, that's okay, I think I might be too heavy for the horse anyway...wouldn't want to hurt them" she pulls one of the horses closer to me

"Kat! That's a bunch of nonsense, you'll be fine, they're strong and I'll be here guiding them the whole time...come on! When will you ever get to ride a horse again?" she does have a point...against my better judgment, I nod and she prepares the horse. The sky is getting a bit grey so we better hurry before it rains...

Pen walks towards me with a majestic brown coloured horse and she motions for me to pat the horse and as I do I get more excited about riding the horse. She explains how to climb up and with a little effort, I mount the horse.

"Are you sure I'm not too heavy Pen? I'm a bit worried..." she doesn't answer but instead says to hold on and she leads the horse around the gate. At first I feel weird but looking at the farm from the top of the horse, I feel relaxed and admire the view when Iris shouts for Penelope "Pen, It's getting late and the weather is not good!" she rushes towards us and as Penelope heads back to where we started, a sudden rumble of thunder is heard and at first the horse is a little shaken "calm down, Peggie" Penelope is rubbing the horse but the thunder gets worse and there's no way for me to climb down as the horse is too freaked out and won't stand still. Another vicious strike of thunder rumbles and shakes the ground and the horse is absolutely freaked out at this point where Pen loses the grip and control of the horse and she starts jumping back and forth, wanting out of the gate and I try to stay on when I'm suddenly thrown on the ground as I cannot hold on and I think the shock hit me harder than the impact as all I heard are screaming voices and Iris calling "Apollo!" as he rushes towards the pen, Iris inspects my body, patting my legs and arms, Penelope is freaking out crying calling my name and just as Mr Drakos reaches us, lifts the top half of my body in his arms and calls "Ms Ellis! Ms Ellis!..." holding my face, trying to get my eyes to remain open but my body suddenly feels tired and my eyes start to drift close...