Under His Protection

“Going somewhere?” It was Michael who asked.

Laura nodded, trying to look cool and composed since her father was there, she avoided his gaze as she opened the car door, “Yes iam going to town to buy some fabrics”

“You are going without me?” Michael asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice which she didn’t understand.

Laura nodded staring at his slight annoyed face, “Trisha told me that my father took you somewhere, so I assume that you will not be back until later in the evening. Michael eyed her for a moment, from the look on his face he was probably preventing himself from scolding her since they were in the company of her father.

“I will drive you”

“But….” She was lost for words, Laura glare at her father who remained silent until now, he was just staring at them with unreadable eyes.

“Let him drive you Laura” Jadua finally spoke, ” Don’t you dare go anywhere without Michael, remember why we hired him again”

Laura rolled her eyes, she knew she was defeated, reluctantly she tossed the key to Michael who caught it Midway. Due to her irritation to both of them, she rode on the passenger side instead of the back seat, too late before she even realize her mistake Michael was already beside her and navigated the car on the driveway.

“You seems upset for unknown reason” Laura commented once they left the estate, she clearly don’t understand the way Michael thinks, Frankly speaking.

“Iam not upset” he said, in a clip time.

She faces him while his gaze was fixed on the road ahead of them, ” who will not be upset when you plan to go to town without me?”

Laura took a deep breath, ” I already told you…”

“I know” Michael said in a much calm manner, he surprised her when he took her hand and interwine with his, ” It is just that I don’t like the idea of you going somewhere I can’t see or protect you, Laura you are the most precious thing to me, you know that right?”

“Michael….”

He smiled tenderly in her direction, ” it is a good thing your car is automatic, so I can hold hand with you like this’

Laura could not help the heat nor the butterflies that flutter in her stomach with his words.

” Why don’t you tell me that you plan to buy fabrics today? You could have told me last night”

Laura sighed deeply looking at their linked hands, she never thought they would be like this, ” It was a last minute decision, I couldn’t take the interrogation from my mother during breakfast, that is why I decided to hit town, you’ve had your breakfast already?

“It is you that I want to eat for breakfast” he glanced back at her scrothing eyes while giving the back of her hand a kiss.

“Michael….” Laura tried to look horrified, ” be serious will you!”

“Iam completely serious princess, but if I have you for breakfast, your father will have my head for lunch in an instant, so I will settle for whatever we have for now” he said with mockery in his voice.

She studied him for a minute, ” Do you regret being involve with me?”

They way he smiled melt her heart, she always knew she was attracted to him despite avoiding herself from falling for his charm, ” No, I know from the start that sooner or later I will give in to temptation to be with you, how about you did you regret it?”

“No!” She said fiercely, ” you must probably know by now that iam really attracted to you from the start even though you are not giving me second look before”

Michael grinned rakishly in her direction, ” who said iam not looking at you? Ignoring you is different from not looking at you when I know that everyone is watching, iam always aware of what you wear, the way you smile and among others”

Laura heart danced with glee at his word, who knew that he had been doing thesame thing as her in the past, silently watching him when she thought no one was looking, ” I wish I knew this before”

” I tried my best to hide this feeling I have for you by giving you a cold shoulder since I knew I won’t stand a chance from your wealthy suitors, but that night I gave into temptation and kiss you in the garage again I didn’t mind the consequences if your father had saw us and kill me for taking advantage of his daughter”

“I would not let my dad kill you, if he does I will tell my mother every antics he has done when they were apart even to the extent of masturbating with her picture in his room”

Michael surprised her when he burst out laughing heartily, ” that is good to hear, now about this trip of yours do you really need to buy fabrics now or we can postpone the shopping until later in the day”

She shrugged casually, ” like I said it was only a last minute decision, Yeah…. Why? Do you have other plans in mind?”

He nodded and gave her a boyish grin, Laura had never seen this side of Michael before and she must admit that she really liked it, ” I want to take you out on a date”

“A date?” She squeaked.

The grin was still in his face, ” Yes, since we are dating now, but I need to remind you this is the first time I will go on a date with a wealthy princess, so expect nothing fancy”

She slapped his shoulder playfully, ” are you kidding me? I won’t trade this for the world Michael”.

“Careful now my princess” he warned sweetly, his eyes held unholy light in their depth, ” I might still eat you for breakfast”

They finally arrived town, Michael parked the car at the side of the street and before she could manage to remove her seat belt Michael was already opening the door for her, Laura smiled sweetly at him, ” You really do have quick reflexes mister”

He returned the smile with a mischievous one on his handsome face, “It is part of the job description princess”

She took his offered hand and slid out of the car with ease, she was expecting him to let go of her hand as soon as they were standing on the pavement but she was mistaken, Michael was still holding her hand like he had no intention of letting it go, Laura eyed their hand locked together it was as if their hands fitted each other perfectly well.

“So what is the plan now?” She asked the handsome man standing beside her.

Michael looked down at her, everyone could tell he is few inches taller than her even when she was quite tall for an average woman, no wonder she became a top model In no time, ” A nice stroll in town would be a good start”

“Then what are we waiting for?” She asked brightly.

He touched her cheek gently with is free hand while smiling wistfully in her eyes, Laura felt like he also could not believe they would end up this way, even she herself thought in her life time that she and Michael would never be like this.

“You are really beautiful since the first day, since that time I could not take my eyes off you Laura”

Her heart just melted at his word, she never thought that this stoic man could say such word to her, she nestled her cheek even more to his warm palm, ” I feel thesame Michael, I thought I only have one sided feeling”

“How can I let my feeling show when you are above my level?’ he said almost bitterly, ” What would people say that you are having a relationship with your father’s bodyguard?”

Laura scowled at him, so that was the reason why he never pursued her in the past, ” Who cares what people would say about us?”

“I do Laura, I do”

She eyed him for a moment, he must be feeling unsecured because he thought he was not good enough for her since she came from a very wealthy and influential family, if she had come from an ordinary family it would have been different, ” Enough of the last decision we made, enough of worrying about what others would say, let’s just enjoy what we have now”

He smiled brightly in her direction, ” You are right princess, for now let’s enjoy what we have now, I have always dream of doing this with you”

Michael fished out his sunglass from the breast pocket of his shirt and wore it before leading the way on the busy street, he was really devastatingly handsome when his eyes were obscured with a pair of sunglasses.

Laura happened to glance at their reflection on the glass window of a car parked at the side of the road, she stopped walking looking at them, she could not help but to smile. It feels like they were really like any other person dating, her heart skipped happily in her chest when Micheal turned his head to look at the direction where her eyes was fixed, he gave her his breathtaking smile.

“Do you want to come inside?”

“Wait a little Michael” she replied, gazing at their reflection for quite some time, ” okay let’s go”.

They continued to walk around, talking and laughing, pointing out things that caught their attention, he never for once let go off her hand, Laura saw her favourite icecream parlour at the corner of the street.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Wait! I will just buy icecream” she removed her hand from his and walked into the icecream shop, after few minutes she came out feeling sad as she went back to where Michael was standing, waiting patiently for her with her favourite icecream flavour in his hand, her eyes lit up when she saw him handing it out, ” How did you get that? They just told me this flavor had finished”

He smiled at her, ” I have my way sweetheart”

She licked the chocolate before offering him some, ” you want?”

He shook his head immediately,” thank you, but I don’t like anything sweet”

She made a face, ” oh such a shame, since I like something sweet, I will eat it”

She held the icereamwas and was about to walk again to continue their sightseeing when he surprised her by guiding the hand she use in holding her icecream to her mouth forcing her to take a mouthful of the frozen dessert.

“Hey!” She protested when it smear on her lip, before Laura knew what was happening, he lowered his head and licked the smudge icecream on her lip with his tongue.

His eyes held unholy light in their depth when she looked at him with shock written on her face.

“The icecream taste much sweeter in your lip, the kind of sweetness I wouldn’t mind eating over and over again”