Wanting Lana

FOURTEEN

Lana

I knew I fucked up

The look he gave me before he left the empty room broke my heart

I knew I shouldn't have called the intimacy we shared a mistake but I was scared

Giving into my forbidden want of Atlas might turn around and bite me in the ass

And what about Ezra??

He was a really nice guy and I was comfortable with him, Atlas on the other hand made me so nervous and giddy, he is unhealthy for me

I always thought that the reason I looked up to him was because of the way he handled himself and work but recently I found that it might not be the only reason

I liked him more than I thought I did and I had been able to push back my mini crush on him with reasons like him being my boss and being younger

That didn't stop him though because he chased after me

I ran out of his house yesterday because of I realized just how much power he had over my body.. if the call hadn't come, I was so sure that I would have given myself to him and to me who had the best of control over myself, It was scary

But I had gone too far and hurt his feelings and I didn't know how to make up for it

When I went into his office to hand him the document he asked for, he completely ignored me and took the file from me

No subtle brushing of his finger against mine or that cute smile he always gave me

I felt like crying but instead I turned around and left his office.

The rest of the day flew by and whenever Atlas needed something he called for Justin instead of me

Justin had met me during lunch and asked if I and 'the boss' had an argument but I had denied his very accurate assumption

Then he went on to ask if I knew why all of a sudden Atlas called his attention more than mine and I had told him that I would be leaving in a week and so maybe Atlas wanted him to get better acquainted with the job

Justin was a smart guy and probably knew something more was up but hesitantly took my answer for it

Atlas left the office before I did without so much as a glance of me and it hurt

The remainder of my evening was spent packing for the trip tomorrow and debating on how to apologize to Atlas

All night I kept glancing at my phone hopefully but he never texted.

With the phone still in hand, I dozed off feeling like a terribly person

****

The flight had been terribly awkward

We had flown first class and so we both had our separate seats, Atlas kept himself busy working on his laptop and the only thing we had said to each other all morning was our greetings

Having him not talk to me sincerely felt depressing

Another thing I hadn't noticed through the years was that I had unknowingly loved the little conversations we had apart from work

We got to Italy in the evening and it was a very long and tiring flight

By the time we were out of the airport, there was a car waiting for us already

"Sir Knight" a middle aged man greeted Atlas with an accent

Atlas gave him a small smile "how are you Angelo? It's been a while" he said to the man

Wait, they knew each other?

"I've been fine, who is the beautiful lady with you?" Angelo asked him sending me a flirty smile

They not only knew each other but talked like they were friends .. Humm

Atlas took a slight glance at me before turning back to Angelo

"This is Miss Lana, she's my assistant" he said

Angelo's gaze turned to me and with a smile he took my hands in his

My eyes widened at his his forward action

"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Lana" he said then slowly brought my hands to his lips but before he could place a kiss on it, Atlas took my hands away from Angelo's

"I would love if you refrain from seducing my assistant Angelo" Atlas told him sternly

Angelo chuckled, raising his hands in surrender

"Your wish is my command Sir" Angelo said playfully

That had Atlas rolling his eyes before getting into the car and I followed after him

Throughout the ride, they chatted about different things and it convinced me that they were really good friends regardless of the age gap and difference in character

From their conversation I learnt three things

1. This wasn't Atlas's first time in Italy
2. Angelo helps manage most of Atlas properties in Italy
3. We were going to be staying in one of those properties for the amount of days we would be here

Twenty minutes later we drove into what I assumed was a cottage but this wasn't your regular cottage.. the building was exquisite as well as elegant

Once Angelo dropped us off, he left after telling us that he would send a car over for Atlas by tomorrow and that the refrigerator was filled

I awkwardly followed Atlas who was with our bags into the house not knowing what more to do

He suddenly stopped at a door in the hallway upstairs

"This is going to be your room during our stay here" he muttered, then opened the door to reveal a well furnished room with a king sized bed

It was absolutely beautiful

I looked up at him to find him already looking at me. But as soon as our eyes met, he looked away

"Thank you" I said softly, still looking at him

He turned his eyes back to mine with a look I couldn't describe then he looked away again

"You are welcome. If you get hungry, you can help yourself to the fridge and don't forget to sleep early, we have an early day tomorrow" he said and left the room

I stared at his back wanting to chase after him so that we could go back to how we were

But as he said, I was too much of a coward to do so

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