Mommy...Can you Win Daddy's Love again?

Steven knocked on the door and pulled out the keys to his room. The hotel had a great view of the beach. He would have realized that he had a view of the beach, but his mind was a million miles away at the moment.

He took a few more steps and looked at the door. It was the connecting door to the adjacent room. He opened it and stepped in. He saw Ruby in the room who was unpacking her stuff from the luggage bag.

She was startled to see him walk in. She put her suitcase down on the bed and looked up at him. He was still wearing his suit. Steven smiled at her

"Hey sorry. I thought it was balcony attached to my room" he said rubbing his nape with his palm. Ruby took a deep breath, grabbed her suitcase, and put a smile on her face.

" It's fine," she replied hiding her awkwardness.

" Okay. Getting ready fast. We have to go to meet the client " he said and walked to his room closing the adjacent door between their rooms.

She sighed in relief and locked the door. Rubbing her forehead she moved to her luggage bag and took a white blouse and grey skirt from it to wear. She took a shower and wore the dress. Rubbing her eyes she touched her hair with her palm and took out her hairpins. Taking off her hair and letting it flow down her back she took out her golden earrings and put them on her ears. She took her white high heels and put them on her feet.

Rubbing her lips she checked her makeup and groomed herself. She was ready to go. She took a few steps towards the door and stopped there. 

Without knocking on the door, she opened the door and entered his room as she heard his phone was ringing continuously. At the same time, Steven came out hurriedly from the bathroom on hearing his mobile ring. He was only wrapped in a white towel and was shirtless. 

They both dumped and fell on the bed accidentally as both anted to attend the call. She landed on him and her lips pressed on his chest giving her lipstick marks over there.

Ruby was still breathing heavily, her eyes still closed and her hair all over the bed as if the wind blew it. Steven was finding it hard to breathe as he was getting aroused due to the lips of Ruby on his chest. He pulled her on top of him and put his hands on her waist to move her closer to him. She opened her eyes and saw the state he was in. 

She put her hands on his chest and moved back.

" I am sorry," she said looking down at her hands. 

Steven gulped as he heard his mobile ringing again. He was still not able to take his hands off of her waist. Ruby swallowed as she felt the softness of Steven's barrel chest. He moved his hands towards his mobile and attended to the call still laying on the bed. Ruby looked at him while he was busy incall and her eyes widened in shock. She started to panic due to the closeness of his body to hers.

" Oh my God! What am I doing?" she thought.

She quickly stood up from him as she found her lip marks on his chest. She felt shy and walked out of the room without turning her head. She couldn't believe what she had done.

"Why did I do all that?" she asked herself.

A few minutes later, Ruby could hear his voice. She was filled with shame to be caught in such a state by Steven. 

" Ruby. Shall we go?" He asked to break the awkward silence between them. 

" Yes." She replied and was still in a spin as she was feeling guilty for what she did.

Steven grabbed his keys and wallet and walked out of the room. He locked the door and walked towards the elevator. He had to think of his next move and how to handle the situation. 

Ruby followed him silently. He took the restaurant to have pizza because they only had breakfast in the morning. She was feeling nervous to look at his face after that incident. The waiter served the pizza and left but she was not eating. She sat quietly fiddling her fingers.

" Ruby!" Steven said softly. He looked at her and frowned. He took the plate of pizza and put it on the table.

" Don't like to eat pizza. Shall I order any other for you?" He asked her.

They sat quietly for a minute until Ruby picked the plate and took a bite of the pizza. Steven took a bite of his pizza and sipped the drink he had ordered. 

She was feeling so shy to look at his face. Steven watched her silently for a long period as he ate his pizza. He finished his drink and put down the glass.

" What are you thinking?" He asked her. 

She kept on looking down as she was feeling shy. Frankly, she could not answer him truthfully. He was looking at her intensely. 

" I am….feeling ...awkward to face you…." She stammered.

" Ruby...it's okay. It was unexpected. If you were like that then how can we work together? Let's go, we are getting late for a meeting " he said, placing his palm on her knuckles.

She raised her head and looked into his eyes. He squeezed her hand and smiled looking at her.

" Shall we go? " He asked her.

She nodded her head shyly and started with him to the Mr.Wrightson company. They started in the cab to the company. 

The discussion between them went well. The president of the company agreed to sign the deal with them. Steven was so glad to get the deal which was prestigious to their company. 

" Mr. Brown, we can sign the deal in three days. I will inform you once the documents are ready" The client said.

" Thank you…" Steven replied and they came out of the cabin.

" Congrats …" Ruby said with a smile.

Once they reached the hotel, he informed his father of the deal over the phone. He changed into shorts and a T-shirt. He was so happy and enjoying whiskey-watching TV.

On the other side, Ruby was feeling bored and sat on the balcony watching the Seaview at sunset. Feeling bored, she slept in the room. 

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