Kiara's POV:

After our night out last night, I do feel a little relieved. Even if it pissed me off, Dean was still defending Nadine, I could also see on his face how he was hoping for me to forgive him. And the way we were craving each other last night again, was unbelievable.

Looking into his eyes now during breakfast, I feal more at ease than I did yesterday. Dean made me breakfast in bed and I know he's trying. Nadine can pack up, as long as I have him at my side.

"So you're even eating unhealthy food because of me? I'm a really bad influence on you, aren't I? Watch out those perfect ripped abs will be jello soon." Teasing him, has become one of my favourite hobbys.

"Not with the amount of workout I'm getting at the moment. I need energy to keep it up", he winks at me. "At the moment I'm doing more workout with you than in the gym."

Well he probably ain't lying about that and thinking about how easily he hoists me up in the air, is damn hot. I never thought sex could be that amazing, but with Dean I want to try every possible position. Drowning deep into my thoughts, I don't catch Dean staring at me.

"Fuck Kar, stop looking like that."

"Like what?", I ask a little irritated.

"It's that, fuck me, look", he states while dampening his lips. Something he always does when something turns him on.

"You started talking about our WORKOUT", I try to defend myself. Which makes me think about how he might look during workout in the gym, the way his body glistens from sweat, his well defined muscles flexing and his shorts hanging dangerously low on his hips. Damn I definitely need to watch him someday, if only he wouldn't do it that early in the morning. Apparently he used to mainly do it after work, but now, he spends the time with me. Although I wouldn't mind if he spends his time together with me in the gym. Perhaps I could be his workout after me watching his sexy ass during workout. Sure wouldn't mind that.

Today he's already been in the gym, had a shower and done breakfast while I was fast asleep. Why does he have to be such a morning person?

I hear him groan frustrated and see him burrying his face in the cushion. "You're making this damn hard on me Kar. You know we have to be early today it's the headboard meeting at 8:15."

It's only when he looks up, I realize the bed sheets have slipped down a little leaving me only in my lingerie. Due to it already being so warm at the moment and Dean's body radiates so much heat, we usually sleep naked, which sometimes causes other heat to rise during the night too.

As soon as I've drank my macchiato, I get ready. Dean's eyes light up once he sees me in my new light blue dress. Ever since Dean has mentioned it, light blue and red have become my favourite colours to wear. And when he looks at me like this, I feel as if I'm the prettiest and most sexy woman on earth to him, which feels amazing.

Excited to be allowed to drive Dean's Aston Martin, I can't wait to head out of the door. And I'm stunned as soon as I get to see the car for real. Next I'll make him handover those Dodge keys to me. No matter what or how, but I'm going to get that key. Until moments ago I hadn't realized, Dean keeps his keys, besides from the Porsche and the Corsa, in a safe in his office.

"You look like you're ready to have an orgasm any moment."

"Nope, not with this one. The Dodge might do it though. Well and that Lambo, the roaring.....damn", I exclaim, causing Dean to laugh. "The Aston Martin is just a sweet, deep love giving me some chills."

"Jesus, now I'm jealous of my cars. Keep talking like that and I won't let you near them anymore."

"Ha, now I know your secret, you can't keep me away from them", teasing him is so much fun.

His arm snakes around me, pulling me hard against him. "If I have to, I'll destroy them, I'm not willing to share your love, orgasms or whatever with anyone or anything", he breathes against my lips, before kissing me fierce.

"And I'll learn to hate or at least ignore them, if that's the way I can protect them", I chuckle.

The drive to the office is definitely fun and makes me forget about the person who is waiting there for me. After dumping our stuff in our offices, Gina quickly hands us some papers for the board meeting.

Walking to the meeting room, Dean turns a little amused to me. "Do you know, that Gina has stopped stuttering so much when I'm near her, since she knows about us?"

"What?"

"Honestly, it's like her brains failed when ever I was close, it's been like that right from the start. Well that happens to a lot of the girls, except with you. But now it's become better."

"Maybe you're not so moody anymore. Perhaps you were simply intimidating her instead of being a sexual attraction. Not everyone wants to drop their panties at you." Let's get his huge ego a notch down.

"Hmmm the magazines say different."

"You told me not to believe all the crap the magazines write", damn it's hard to keep a straight face.

Well that's until Nadine walks into the meeting room, then my face actually drops. And on Brent's face I can see for sure, he wasn't aware of this either. A questioning look is upon his face, but before he can even ask Nadine starts speaking.

"Good morning Dean, I've brought you your favourite coffee. Kara", a nod in my direction and here comes that fake smile of hers again I'd like to smack off her face. Well and then there's her hand on his arm again. Call me Kara once more and I might just finally lose it bitch.

I raise an eyebrow at Dean, but he simply thanks her with a smile back. Are we going back to ground zero? Well I get he's trying to get on with her, if they have to work together. Wait no, he put me through hell at the beginning although we had to work together. And he promised me he wouldn't let her touch him.

Dean makes me sit next to him, which doesn't seem quite appropriate to me, to sit next to the CEO until I see Nadine taking the seat on the other side of him. What the fuck?

"What is she doing here? It's a headboard meeting", she utters fairly loudly while hinting towards me.

"She? My name is KIARA and I'm creative DIRECTOR. Which puts me in charge of the whole creative department. It's expected that I report about our development in presenting the company and the different kinds of campagnes." Well until now I've done most of it myself and had little contact to the department as it's in build up. But that's my position and no marketing strategy of this company goes out without me. "But tell me what are you doing here? What are you in charge of which you might have to report about today?", not hiding my annoyance anymore.

"It's ok Kiara, Nadine is here because I need her here", Dean answers qualmly. "Chill, Honey", he whispers to me.

Oh so here we go again, Nadine first. Seriously, chill? I'm supposed to chill? If it wasn't for the headboard, both of them would find out what it means if I don't chill. If he tells me to chill, he could have at least said something to her too. I push his hand away which was resting on my thigh. Within seconds it's back and I glare at him pushing it away more forceful.

"Dean, would you explain to me, why Nadine is part of this BOARD meeting today?", at least someone with some common sense, I think to myself while smiling slightly at Brent.

"It's because of the business and her father requested it."

"My office after the meeting", Brent demands in a tone giving me chills down the spine. I don't think that is going to go pleasant.

It not being pleasant sounds perfect to me right now.

All through the meeting I can feel Nadine glaring at me. Once it's my turn to give my report to the headboard and some new ideas, I think she is ready to kill me. All eyes are on me, listening to what I have to say, while no one is paying attention towards her.

In the middle of my presentation, she gets up to lean across the table for more coffee, blocking off the sight in my direction. Not to mention there would have been a can next to her. Much to the pleasure of all males here, her dress rides up, drawing all attention to those long legs but more so to her ass on full display. Or the other side gets to see her tits.

I know how the game works, I use it during the races, a place where most girls show their assetts even if not driving. But honestly in a huge classy business company like this, in front of the headboard? The thing that annoys me most though, is that Dean's eyes linger on her too, scanning her up and down.

"Nadine take a seat and don't disturb the presentation any further, or Dean will have to go through his without you", Brent's strict voice suddenly booms through the room, causing her to nearly jump.

Dean realizes I caught him and gulps as his eyes dart from her to me.

While Dean holds his presentation, I understand even less why Nadine had to be here as she doesn't say a single word. Once the meeting is over, I rush out of the room. Dean's about to follow me, when Brent grabs hold of his son.

"Office, now", is all I hear, before I'm out of reach.

As soon as I reach Gina, I tell her I won't be in my office most of the day. There will be two new people starting today in our marketing department and I would like to take the chance to get to know them and the other two and talk about the way I would like us to work together. While I'm actually in charge of all the projects, they do all the small things, like making sure the things I work out get sent to the right places or get printed and so on.

This gives me the chance to really take my place as director and at the same time I get away from Dean and Nadine for a while as it's three floors down.

The team is really great, we're all about the same age. There is one woman and three guys, for a moment I was worried they would act weird because of me being with Dean, but they aren't. For a short while I simply enjoy my work and forget about the Nadine drama. We talk and work through a lot, set up a decent structur, as until now the old creative director had never done that. Which will make things easier for me in the future too. At 6pm they all head home and I head back up to my office.

Of course I had to walk into Nadine. "Hey Kara, how was your day?"

"Oh come on, drop your fake smiles and politness. Save it for someone who believes your shit. Call me Kara once more and your fake ass will really get to know me. I know too well you know my name."

"You listen to me Darling, I get what I want and when I want it. You're just an annoying toy which is in my way. And you better get out of my way before things get really nasty. You're a useless nothing and always will be. Honestly I don't even know what he's liking on you. That fat ass? Sure not. You saw how he eyed me today. Back off or I'll ruin you", all fakeness has disappeared out of her face, here comes her true ugly side.

"I don't take threats from spoiled bitches. You're not the first person to try and ruin me, you're going to fail like all of them. So try me and I will put you into your place. Believe me you don't want to mess with me."

"You'll lose, because you never had a chance to start with", are her last words before heading to Dean's office.

Another one and a half hours later Dean comes walking into my office. "Wanna go home?", his voice sounds off.

"Sure."

"Nadine told me you threatend her, you shouldn't do that", anger lacing his tone.

"Oh Miss super sexy super model, probably didn't mention she threatend me first, right? Or do you care at all? As you seem to have already chosen a side."

"I don't care what she said. Nadine is spoiled and not the person you should mess with. You'll leave that in future, do you hear me?"

"Well fuck you Dean! Thanks for a back up from my boyfriend. Thanks for asking me what she said. Thanks for caring. Oh yea and don't believe I forgot how you were eyeing her this morning. You want her, then go ahead. But I'm sure as hell not going to put up with her threatening me and putting me down. Things which you don't even care about. Even Brad didn't stoop so low to let others put me down", my throat hurts from screaming at him.

Within seconds I'm pinned against my desk. Dean's angry voice, deep and dark. "Don't you dare compare me to that guy. And don't dare say I don't care about you. There's no one in this world I care about more."

I try to shove him away, but he wont budge. "Let the fuck go of me."

"I'm never going to let you go, Kiara. Keep that in mind." I give it another try but Dean just growls angry. "Stop constantly fighting me!"

"I'll stop, when you start fighting on my side when it comes down to Nadine."

"I'm trying, ok? I told Nadine to be kind to you."

"Oh you told her to be kind to me, well that's great. Well at least she can be fake ass kind, especially when you're around. You're not even interested in what she said to me."

"Knowing you, you provoked it in the first place. So no, what ever it was, it was said in a heated moment", Dean states.

"What because I told her to leave her fake smiles and politness?"

"Wake up Kar, this is a hard business and if you can't deal with fake people, you're wrong in this place. You need to learn to get your act together instead of ruining business things because of your hormones."

"My fucking what?", is he serious?

"You heard me. Just because you're jealous you're risking my business."

"Wow, comes from the guy who is close to smacking anyone, who takes a closer look at me. What was that with my lunch break with Logan? Who was the jealous one there? Who smashed my ex's face?", in the meantime hot tears of anger are streaming down my face.

"That was different, you had no business to do with them."

"You always talk about business with Nadine, no one even knows what kind of business that's supposed to be. No one has really seen her working, she simply hangs around you. And you keep every detail to yourself and keep on defending that bitch."

"I'm the fucking CEO, I don't need you or anyone into all of my business aspects. So deal with it, or leave it."

"Fine", he relaxes for a second until I blow. "I'll leave it."

"What do you mean?", this is the scary Dean hovering over me, who will blow up any business partner who's messing with him.

"I'm done with all the secrets. You're right you're the CEO and I can't expect you to share everything with me. But this business issue is binding your ex to you. The ex who has no piece of respect for me. And I don't need to have people treating me like shit anymore. I fought all my life to get out of it, I'm not dropping into it again. So if my option is, to either deal with it, or leave it. You're not giving me any other option but to leave it."

"With leave it, I didn't mean us Kar", his hands are trembling and I see the shock on his face. "I just said it, but I didn't mean us. How often do I need to tell you, I want you and only you."

"Well actions prove more than words. And your actions at the moment don't show me how important I really am to you. So excuse me, if I don't know what to believe anymore, since Nadine re-appeared. Look maybe you two aren't done yet, I don't know. You protect her when ever you can, while you won't protect me once from her. Perhaps you should clear your mind about that", I feel hollow and defeated right now and my voice is just as hollow. Jesus three days with this woman seems to have drained me out enough for months.

"I don't need to fucking clear my mind, I know what I want and that's you. Please Kar, don't let her ruin this."

Dean goes down on his knees and begs me to hold on, all anger has left his eyes and all that is left is fear. "I promise to try and make things better with Nadine, just don't give up on me this fast. Give me some time to sort things out."

Seeing him like this nearly breaks me. And perhaps he's right, we rushed into this relationship and perhaps we just need time to adjust to each other. It wouldn't be fair giving up on him this fast. Besides I'm too deep in with him already. If only he wasn't constantly siding with his ex. Even if it probably would be best to walk out this door now and stand my ground, I can't, not after seeing him begging like this.

"Let's just go home, I'm exhausted", I sigh instead.

"Kar?"

"Hmh?"

"Let's go on holiday in two or three weeks time. Just some time for us. Somewhere we can relax from all this shit. It's summer and I'm sure it would do us some good", his arms wrap around me again.

"I can't a..."

"Don't dare use the money excuse. I have a couple of own houses anyway. The only question is, will you come with me?"

Sighing I lean into his embrace, both of us relaxing a little immediately. Perhaps it's a good idea and exactly what we need right now. "Ok, I'll come with you."

"Thanks", Dean whispers only inches away from my lips before he crashes them down on me.

A/N: So what do you think about the whole, Nadine/ Kiara / Dean situation?

Just a very short note today again. Oh it's been one month today, I started writing this book yay.

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