3 protecting

After about twenty minutes I was ready and ran back to Enzo, who was still standing in the living room.

I rolled my eyes.

"You could have sat down too." , I said and looked seriously into his eyes.

"I'm your bodyguard, I shouldn't even have come in." He wanted to defend himself.

I just laughed and stepped closer to him.

"I'm glad that you are the one who is allowed to come closest to my body. It doesn't matter whether you wait for me in front of the door or in my living room. And you know that.", I put my hands on his chest and watched attentively his reaction to my words.

"Actually, I'm not allowed to come this close to you. But we have long exceeded this limit. ", he told me in a calm tone, which caused a shiver to roll down my spine.

In spite of the fact that I did not want to forego his presence for even a second, I detached my body from his, both of which had long been pressed together.

I but also recognized how his eyes were getting darker again through my withdrawal.

"Shall we go?" I asked to distract us both.

He looked me up and down until his features tightened even more.

"Don't you think that this dress is a bit too tight?" He asked with a mocking undertone.

I knew better, because he just didn't want the many other men to see me like that.

But I didn't let it show and acted as if I just disagreed.

"No, I think it's perfect. Otherwise I wouldn't have chosen it for the gala." his eyes looked pissed off into my shining eyes.

He's my bodyguard, I fucking gotta realize that!

However, I wasn't in the mood to finish my little game right now. He had to at least make it through the gala to resist me.

Anger wasn't the only thing I recognized in his eyes, I also saw that lust in them.

It turned me on and so I knew that my plan would work.

"I think you'd better change. You must have a lot of dresses. " he assumed and took a step towards me.

"No, I'm not going to change now. We have no more time. Let's go!" I threw at him and walked to the door, while I put a cardigan over my shoulders.

With a deep growl, he followed me to the gray Rolls Royce that was already waiting for us in the underground car park.

As soon as I got into the back of the car, I had to suppress an annoyed groan when I saw my father, who greeted me with a warning look.

"Mr. Stark should have made sure that you got down here on time and I've already told you to hurry!" He hissed angrily at me.

"Enzo has nothing to do with it!" Was all I said and then looked out the window as we already drove through downtown.

My father just snorted angrily again, but then also stayed silent.

Suddenly I noticed that there were only four people in this car.

Casey, drove us through the crowded streets of LA and Enzo sat tensed next to him.

"Where's Charles?" , I wanted to know immediately.

"He's already there, Vera. However, Taylor will be there today too, so your bodyguards will keep more distance from you. " my father now calmly explained the matter.

I rolled my eyes when I heard that name. Even though I held Taylor in high esteem as a friend, my father was just too convinced that I had serious feelings for him.

"You should go out to eat something again. You haven't seen each other in that long. ", He said when he looked at me directly this time.

"Only if he asks me about it Dad." I replied, looking away.

"He will. He misses you." he said proudly, smiling.

I didn't reply, because if he'd missed me, he'd have messaged me, wouldn't he?

For the rest of the journey no more words were exchanged and we finally stopped in front of the luxurious skyscraper.