Ruka took in the way the man’s eyes glimmered in amusement and anticipation even though he was outwardly threatening her. Is he hoping that I’d forget about it by then so that he’d have an excuse to fool around?
Images of Ren doing those intense push ups earlier flashed through her mind. She blushed, and her heart thumped wildly in her chest. She found her head often filled with random, dirty thoughts of Ren ever since they got together officially.
After breakfast, she received another call from her mother, pressing her to come home. Probably too embarrassed that I’m holed up at Ren’s place, Ruka assumed with a coy smile. She couldn’t imagine how her parents might react if they ever found out about her relationship with Ren.
Then, she packed up the gift she received last night. When she glanced at the time, she couldn’t help lamenting over how quickly the day flew by. It was nearly 11.00AM, and she hated that she could not spend more time alone with Ren.
Why can’t time just go by slower? When she saw the maid coming over with a tea cup on a tray, she quickly offered, “Here. Allow me!”
The maid smiled and passed Ruka the tray. Thereafter, Ruka turned to head into the study where Ren was. She knocked on the door, and the man replied from the other side, “Come in.”
When she heard his gravelly voice, Ruka pushed the door open. Ren was going through documents, and when he looked up to see that she had brought him tea, a small smile tugged on his lips. “You must be thirsty! Have some tea,” she said as she set the tray down in front of him.
He put his documents aside and picked up the teacup, then took a ginger sip. Following that, he stretched out an arm and pulled Ruka onto his lap. She nuzzled into his embrace and buried her head in the crook of his shoulder, letting the comfortable silence wash over her.
“Can’t bear to leave me, huh?” Ren teased, patting her shoulder gently. No longer shy around him, Ruka nodded glumly and hummed in response.
“Just give me a text when you miss me, and I’ll be right over,” he promised quietly.
She straightened up and decided to leave him to his work. “Work hard. Don’t let me distract you. I’ll have Elijah drop me off.”
“I can do that,” Ren insisted as he wanted to drop her home personally.
She quickly shook her head. “No, your fleet of cars draws far too much attention.”
“Fine then. I’ll have lunch with you after this.” With that, Ren signed his name on the document with a flourish. At the sight of this, Ruka’s eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed a piece of blank paper as she said to him, “I’d like an autograph, please.”
She looked at him like he was her favorite celebrity. Smiling, he took the pen and signed his name on the paper. She stared at his elegant autograph and laughed,
saying, “I promise I’ll treasure this always.” She thought she might be the very first fan to have the vice president’s signature on a non-work document!
Let me enjoy this moment, she thought happily as she left the study with his precious signature in hand.
When lunchtime rolled around, the maids had prepared a feast, but Ruka was not hungry. She found herself thinking about how hard it would be for them to meet again if she were to leave this time.
“Eat up. You can’t go home looking all scrawny, or your parents would file for abuse,” Ren chided good-naturedly as he heaped food onto her plate. Ruka sputtered and said, “Don’t worry about it. I bet they’re more concerned that I might be a nuisance to you here.”
His smile deepened. She was by no means a nuisance unless he counted the times he had to take cold showers because of her presence here. If anything, she was the reason he had caught a cold after all these years of being relatively healthy.
