32 32 - Dinner Tonight?

Charles' POV

Ellery stood there on the other side of the dining room, fidgeting, not being sure of what she needed to do at the moment. If I said I wasn't enjoying her expression, I would be lying. She had put on a silk robe before coming down, but I secretly wished she hadn't.

I took a sip of coffee and put the mug down. I looked up at my mother amusingly. My mother sat before me with her arms crossed and with an entertained face, challenging my own. My mom and I were the same in that way. It's what I like about us.

"I thought you said you weren't sleeping with her." She said, breaking the silence between us, yet keeping the volume to a minimum.

"I'm not. Trust me, mom. I guess we just have different definitions of sleeping together."

"I expect better from you Charles. You know that. Don't tell me you left Annalise for a chef."

"Don't be absurd, mother. Annalise had no substance. You don't expect me to be with her for the rest of my life do you?" I replied. "I am not sleeping with my private chef. Believe me, I'm not." Trying so hard not to voice my thought out of how much I really wanted to do that.

"So, I believe that you have a date to bring to our family dinner tonight if I'm not wrong." Mom said distractedly, staring at her perfectly manicured hand.

"I am not dating her either, but I believe that you know that already. I would come, but you know how busy I am. I have so much going on and I can't ignore my responsibilities." I lied.

"Please Charles, I am your mother. You don't really expect me to believe that do you?" She laughed a delicate and womanly laugh. "Both Andrew and Krystal are coming tonight, so I expect the same of you." She said before turning around and walking away, not letting me have the final say.

Mother nodded to Ellery as she walked away towards the doors. Ellery meekly said her goodbyes but looked as if she was going to faint from all of the anxiety.

As Mom walked out the door with her escort trailing behind her, I made my way towards Ellery.

"What happened?" She asked. "Did you get into trouble? Did I get into trouble? Am I getting fired? What did she say?"

"Calm down, one question at a time. I think that I am old enough to be making my own decisions. Do you honestly think that I still get into trouble with my mother?"

"I don't know! Tell me what happened!" She bursts.

"I don't know," I leaned close into her, getting a slight scent from her perfume "what happened?"

Ellery froze a second before she resumed to her normal state again. "Be serious!"

"It's nothing." I took a few steps back, "she just asked us to have dinner tonight."

"Wait, what? That's all?" She said excitedly, as if it was the most amazing thing I've ever said. "Wait, dinner? Like the three of us?"

"Somewhat. Along with my dad, brother, my brother's girlfriend, and my sister."

"Your entire family?" She yelled. "No! I'm not going!"

"You kind of don't have a choice."

"You can't force me to go."

"Well, just know that, if you don't go, you'll have to find a new place to live and a new job by the end of the week." This is getting fun. No harm in a little bit of teasing.

"Give me some time. I need to think about it."

"What's there to think about? Eat, talk, and go home. Done. Deal."

"I'm not even dating you. Why do I have to go?" Ellery ran her hand through her hair and blew a hot breath. A strand of hair was astray and I wanted to fix it so badly. I did not know why I found that so attractive. Just simple things that she does. Why did it seem so attractive when she does it?

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I didn't know what took control of me, but the next thing I knew, Ellery's back was against the wall and I was breathing hot and heavy breaths. "The only trouble you're getting in...is with me," I ran my hand through her hair before my lips landed onto her soft rosy plump ones and took control of it. She was reluctant at first, but after a second, her lips submitted to mine, bringing out a soft moan from her. Every nerve ignited, even the ones I never knew existed. To finally taste what was forbidden, was so satisfying. She brought out the things I never knew I had in me.

Breaking away in loss of breaths, our foreheads touched each other, and I wrapped my arms around her body. "So...dinner tonight?" I laughed softly.