Arthit's POV

After an interesting, and rather scary breakfast, Kongpob ushered me to leave for work. Sonya hugged and kissed Kongpob goodbye, and she nodded to me when we left the house. Thak didn't seem to be surprised by her presence, and if he was, he gave nothing away. We quickly got into the car, and drove off with Luke tailing as usual. I looked out the window pondering all my recent life choices.

Everything is happening way too fast. I can't believe I just met his mother. I'm still a little shaky from the encounter. I really can't tell whether she accepts me or not. All I know is that she is very intimidating with her piercing eyes, and her cold voice. I can see where Kongpob gets his professional persona.

I've never had to meet Chet's family, and I never had the desire to either. Maybe it's because my family would never want to meet him, so it was just fair that we didn't meet each other's family. He would go visit them during holidays, but he never once mentioned wanting me to meet them. But I was okay with that. One less thing for me to worry about.

With Kongpob, everything is so different. He says he is a private person, but I almost feel like he is an open book for me. He says and does whatever he feels, and has no fear of any consequences. He introduced me as his boyfriend to his mother with no reservations. He walks around holding my hand without batting an eye. He carries himself like he owns the world. I wonder what it would be like to be Kongpob for a day.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

I turned around to face him, and before I can even say anything, his lips were already on mine. My body naturally responds to him like second nature. His soft lips gently pressed against mine a few times before his moist tongue seeked entrance into my mouth. I tilted my head, and leaned closer to deepen our kiss. I could feel the heat rise up to my cheeks as my whole body starts to feel the warmth growing within. I softly moaned into our shared breath. He smiled against my lips, and slowly pulled away, leaving me breathless and wanting more.

"I was just thinking about us." I said with my eyes still closed.

"I like the sound of US." Kongpob smiled bright and warmly when I opened my eyes to meet his.

My heart skips a beat every time I see this smile of his. I reached my hand to cup his cheek, and give him a peck that was mostly for me as I still wanted more.

"Did my mother scare you?" Kongpob asked with a little grin.

"Maybe. Do you think she accepts me?" I can't really tell. Can he?

"It takes time for my mother to warm up to new people. And unfortunately, she usually doesn't make time for anyone. She runs several companies as well, so she is quite busy. If she wasn't so furious with me for leaving without telling her, she wouldn't have stopped by this morning."

"How did she find out you were gone? I thought you said Thak was covering for you, and Luke was diverted."

"Well, Nina called my mother saying I haven't visited her two weeks in a row. And that's really why she is so mad."

"Wow, your family actually keep tabs on you? Here, I thought you were a loner. So, why doesn't your mother and Nina like each other?"

Kongpob chuckled.

"I live alone, and spend most of my time working. But I'm actually really close with my family. I talk to my mother at least once a week, and I see Nina weekly as well. If my mother wasn't so busy herself, she would probably make me go home for dinner every night too.

I try to see my grandmother from both my mother's sides at least once every other month. As for my mother and Nina's tiff, it goes way back when I was a baby. When my biological mother passed, I was only one year old. My father was young, and too busy to take care of me on his own. So my birth mother's family wanted to take me home as I was what's left of my mother. They also felt that my father was so young, that he was bound to remarry. And they were afraid that I wouldn't be treated right. Nina was only five years old at the time, and she really wanted me to go home with her as she was lonely with a house full of only adults.

My stepmother was the nurse that took care of my mother when she was sick, so she knew me from the day I was born. She became good friends with my birth mother. And when my birth mother passed away, she took care of me when my father couldn't manage. My mother still says she only married my father because of me. Nina resents my mother because she kept me from living with her. Nina used to come over every weekend to play with me with my grandparents, and would cry trying to take me home with her at the end of the day." Kongpob sighed.

"Wow, so you had women fighting over you since you were a baby."

"Is that what you got out of my story?" Kongpob raised an eyebrow at me.

"I'm kidding. But I'm glad you have family and people that love you." I said honestly.

Kongpob squeezed my hand, and pecked my temple. "You have me now."

He leaned back in his seat, and continued to gently run his thumb back and forth along my knuckles. He pulled out his phone with his other hand to check his emails.

I leaned my head on his shoulder. How does a person that's only been in my life for a few weeks suddenly become my all? I have no idea, but if I can feel like this everyday, then I'm willing to spend a lifetime to find out.

I pulled out my phone to do the same. I opened my personal email that I haven't checked in a while, and guess what I see. I have an email from Chet. I guess we are now on email basis. He has blocked me from all of his social media accounts, and refused to take my calls or answer any of my texts. All I wanted was to get the rest of my stuff, and Popeye. Now that I have Popeye, I guess the rest is not that important, but it would still be nice to get all my stuff.

I clicked on the email to see what the heck he wanted to say.

Arthit,

I'm sorry to inform you that Popeye had an accident. I was on my way to take him to the vet, and he jumped out of my arms. He ran straight into oncoming traffic, and got hit by a truck. He has already been cremated. So, you don't need to call me about Popeye anymore. May he Rest In Peace.

Sincerely,
Chet

My blood is boiling. That fucking asshole is not only lying, he is cursing death upon my dog. What the fuck did my dog ever do to him?

"Arthit, are you okay? I think you are about to crush your phone. What's wrong?" Kongpob draws my attention away from my phone.

I frowned and gritted my teeth. I can't believe what that heartless conniving bastard wrote to me. It's simply unbelievable.

I showed Kongpob the email.

"So, care to tell me how you managed to get Popeye back? Don't tell me you bought him from Chet. That asshole does not deserve a single cent."

Kongpob looked up at me mirroring my anger.

"Of course I wouldn't let him get away with trying to sell Popeye. I tricked him into handing over Popeye for free."

"How?" I asked curiously because there's no way that asshole would suddenly become charitable.

"I will show you what he bargained for in a few weeks. It's a surprise." Kongpob had on a mischievous grin.

I don't know what Kongpob has got cooking up his sleeves, but I'm intrigued. His naughty grin also made him look really hot. I tossed my phone aside, and pulled on his tie to kiss him the way I wanted to. He immediately responded with his hand pulling on the back of my nape to hold me in place. We continued our open mouth kisses with slurping sounds and soft moans, sharing our breaths and exchanging saliva. Tilting our heads this way and that, trying to get better access.

Ngk Ngk Ngk

A knocking noise was coming from behind me. I pulled apart from Kongpob, and looked around. For a second, I had completely forgotten that we were in a car, and now it was at a complete stop.

Kongpob looked at me, and smiled. I looked away a little embarrassed that I got carried away. We both straightened ourselves pulling our jackets down that had ridden up.

"Are you sure you don't want to just ride all the way to the office with me? It's really hot today." Kongpob asked with concern written all over his face.

"Uhm, no that's okay. I will be fine. I will see you tonight. Okay?"

"Okay, I will be waiting." Kongpob acquiesced.

I pecked him on the cheek before getting out of the car. I am so happy at the moment. The only thing that can make it even better is the look on John's ugly face when I get in the office. I have an awesome billionaire boyfriend, a cute dog, and a double bonus coming. Nothing can ruin the moment. Nothing.

Five minutes later.....

Thunder roared, and all the sudden I was running under a waterfall. I was completely soaked from head to toe. The office was only a block away, but I'm completely drenched. I reached inside the building along with other fellow unfortunate souls trying to dry our wet shoes on the rugs in front of the entrance.

I turned around to look up at the sky, 'why do you hate me?' And then a loud thunder roared again. Fine! You win! I hurried to get to the elevator, and just as I was about to get in one, someone grabbed me by the arm and held me back. I turned to see Luke next to me.

"Arthit, please use the elevator on the far right." Luke said as he extended his open hand showing the way.

"Okay." I quietly followed looking around trying to make sure I wasn't drawing any attention. The elevator on the far right was exclusive for only keycard holders, and my guess would be that the holder would be none other than Kongpob.

Luke flashed a card at the elevator panel, and the door opened revealing Kongpob standing against the back of the elevator. When the heck did he put his glasses on?