Chapter 403: Rendevous.


    In another ten minutes, everyone was up on the rooftop. Some light music was ying, some of them were around the bar and others were around the pool.


    "I feel like Rachel and Alex look more like siblings than we do," Jenmented as she sipped on Lucas'' drink. She was now standing between Lucas'' legs and leaning against him as she had found herself trapped there. How it happened, she really did not remember, nor did she care.


    "Mmmh," Leanna agreed as she looked at the two women sitting side by side at the edge of the pool, with their legs dipped into the water.


    Both of them had blonde hair and blue eyes, even though Alex''s hair was much longer. The two of them were catching up with each other because Brian ran off somewhere with Jason.


    Leanna watched the two women while holding a ss of juice in her hand. Ethan was also holding a whiskey ss next to her. For once he was not all over the ce trying to make Leannafortable. She felt tired just by looking at him run around. There were maids at home, but he would insist on doing things himself. Now that he was sitting down, she felt more at ease.


    On the other side of the pool, there was an interesting scene ying out. Michael had sat on a lounge chair that was next to James.


    He had an excellent view of Alex from that spot, so he sat without thinking. James turned his head when he noticed movements on his peripheral, he turned to look at him.


    He saw the dark-haired young man he had seen earlier. Lucas had told him he was interning at thepany and that his name was Michael. James studied him and then followed his gaze and noticed that he had been watching Alex. His expression changed from curious to amused as he looked at him.


    "You like her?" James asked as he leaned back on the lounge chair. Michael, who had paid no attention to his surroundings, was almost startled into dropping his ss. When he looked at who spoke to him, he saw that it was Lucas'' brother.


    "Pardon?" he responded, and James turned his head again. His grey eyes looked at his ck ones. Michael only thought that his eyes were simr to the big boss and that he was a bit too attractive. He hadn''t had the chance to meet the people in Lucas'' social circle, and today was the first time.


    Jason and Ethan were easy to talk to, David was busypensating his girlfriend, so he hadn''t talked to him after dinner.


    He had seen Brian briefly, the man that was fully tattooed and carried an alienated aura, but unfortunately, he didn''t have the chance to talk to him.


    Nathan was very handsome, but for some reason, he really did not feel like talking to him. It was only now that he had the opportunity to meet James.


    "Do you like her?" James repeated and saw the boy''s ears turn red. It had been a while since he had interacted with someone so young.


    Even with the artists in hispany, they wouldn''t dare speak casually with him, and anything they would say of their own initiative was limited to greeting him and answering his questions. Anyints or problems they faced would be brought to him by their managers. It was quite interesting to watch.


    Michael looked at Alex who wasughing at something Rachel said and looked away, only for his eyes to meet James''. He felt like he did not even need to answer the question just from how James was looking at him with a knowing look.


    "Are you too scared to tell her?" James asked him with a chuckle. The age gap between the two of them was ten years. When was thest time he felt so nervous about a girl?


    "If I thought she would take me seriously, I would have told her," Michael said and took a sip of his drink.


    "Hm?" James responded in question.


    "Her young brother is the same age as I am, she keepsparing me to him," heined.


    "Ah, just tell her. At least she will stop thinking of you as a younger brother," James said as he shrugged his shoulders. Has he dated older women? He has, and it was an interesting experience.


    Unlike Lucas, who was only two years younger than Jen, he has dated two women, one who was eight years older and the other was seven years his senior. It was because he was interested in them and just boldly went for it.


    Looking at Alex, he guessed that she was probably the same age as Lucas, and although Michael was young, he was not too young. The only thing he did not enjoy about dating older women was that they would mom him, even with his character, and that would put him off.


    The few interactions he has had with Alex at the wedding showed that she was clear about what she wanted, while Michael was still at an age where he was unsure with himself. James figured that it was just puppy love and he would get over it, eventually.


    "I won''t, at least not now. It''ll be a sure failure if I do it now," Michael said to James. He had thought about it, and if James had been able to gather Alex''s character after meeting her a few times, Michael knew so much more since they worked together. Such impulsiveness would make her think he is joking or going through a phase.


    "Then what will you do?" James asked curiously.


    "I''ll tell her once I''m in a position where she will take me seriously," Michael answered and looked at James. James looked at him for a beat andughed. He wondered where Lucas found this boy because he was seriously thinking of stealing him into his ownpany.


    "If you''ll still be interested in her, and if she is still single?" James asked him and Michael realised the loophole in that n. James saw that he was thinking really hard about it and suddenly missed his own girlfriend.


    He stood up from the lounge chair he was sitting in and patted Michael''s shoulder. Only because he restrained the urge to ruffle his hair.


    "You better be quick then, I''m rooting for you," James said and walked to the pool. Michael watched the tall man go to the pool and fell deep in thought.


    James spotted his redhead in the hot tub at the far end of the pool and walked toward the area. He shrugged off the light shirt he was wearing and climbed up and into the tub.


    Laura opened her eyes when she heard movement next to her only to be met with James with his bare upper body, and the stunning tattoo on his side standing out even with the dim lighting in the area. Her mouth turned dry as he got closer to her.


    "Why are you hiding here?" James asked as he sat next to her, putting an arm behind her.


    "I was just testing the tub, I was thinking of getting one for my ce," Laura answered and looked up at him. James looked around them and saw that there was no one close to them, and they were all too busy socializing to notice them.


    "Hmm, I missed you," James said, and Laura felt a hand on her thigh before she pulled to straddle hisp. She was barely dressed, and so was he. What was he nning to do?


    It wasn''t just this pair that had stolen away for a rendezvous in the dark. Nancy was currently leaning weakly against David as he whispered an apology to her.


    Why was he apologizing? It was because he was too busy at work, and even though he still made time to see Nancy, she was worried that he was overworking himself.


    "Why are you apologizing to me?" Nancy asked him with a frown on her face. David used his fingers to smoothen the frown on her forehead with a smile on his face.


    "Cause I made you worry," he answered and looked at her slightly swollen lips once more. He was not wearing his sses, so she received the full impact of being stared at by his amber eyes. Seeing that she had be dazed, David leaned forward and kissed her again.


    Nancy felt her heart race, and she grabbed the sides of his shirt. The two of them were downstairs in the empty garden. Nancy was hidden between David and the tree, so she was worry-free. Besides, everyone was having fun on the terrace.


    She was wearing a knitted beach cover-up that didn''t really cover up much, so David could slip a hand under the hem of the dress, his fingers caressing the back of her thigh.


    His other hand had pulled down one side of the bikini top through one of therge holes of the knitted material. His index finger casually yed with it as his other hand squeezed her bottom. David suddenly stopped his actions as he realised he was getting carried away and buried his face in her neck.


    "Am I forgiven?" he asked her, and he got smacked on the shoulder.


    "Do you think I was thinking about your forgiveness?" Nancy asked him, her expression losing its severity because of the swollen lips and her blushing cheeks. Davidughed when he heard this and pulled away to look at her. When he saw her nipple peeking through the dress, his eyes darkened and he corrected her clothing.


    "We should go back, they are going to miss us," David said after making sure that she looked like she did in the beginning.


    "You owe me," Nancy said to him, and heughed while nodding in agreement. He did not n to renege either.


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