After getting a little too lost in the moment the two adults snapped back into reality to realize that they had almost fallen asleep on each other.
But 'thankfully' both of them pulled away quickly and ended their physical contact.

"I'm sorry sir I-"
"No It's fine." He sighed, sounding more than exhausted, the designer was also frustrated since everything that happened seemed to be so unfortunate.
Every second came with a new obstacle and at this point Gabriel had gotten tired of it.
So without wasting a second longer pulled himself together:
"Nathalie to be honest, right now I don't care if the press sees you with me, can we just go home already...please?"

The young woman almost couldn't believe that her boss used the word "please", he must've really wanted to escape this hell hole if he begged her in such a way.

"I-if you want to sir." Still a little startled from his words she nodded and so Gabriel quickly transformed into Hawk Moth.
Then with the blink of an eye they were out of there.

...

It took about 30 minutes of jumping on rooftops to get home, but when they finally made it to the mansion Gabriel was happier than ever.
He hopped into his room through an open window and placed Nathalie down on to her feet. But since the young woman got carried in her superior's arms for 30 minutes she had almost fallen asleep, and standing wasn't the easiest. Still she tried, and after supporting herself by holding tightly onto the bed frame the assistant managed to stand.

Meanwhile that Hawk Moth transformed back into his real self (Gabriel) and fell right onto his bed.
He let out an exhausted sigh before almost falling asleep, but all of a sudden the designer remembered Nathalie, who was still awkwardly standing in front of the bed.

"Aren't you gonna sleep?" He asked to which the young woman was unsure what to answer.
"I-umm, yes b-but, where?"
"Here.".
"I-in y-your bed?" She questioned still unsure as if she hadn't heard him the first time.
"Yes Nathalie. In this same bed I'm lying in right now."
"O-oh a-alright."
She blushed heavily to the sound of her boss's voice sound a little bit demanding, but maybe it was just her imagination playing games.

Anyways the assistant took the other side of the bed which was free and she lied down there.

Nathalie tried so hard not to get close to him, that she accidentally lost her balance and was about to fall, but of course Gabriel came to her rescue.
After hearing her little muffled scream he quickly reached out with both of his hands to hug her tight around her waist.
So like that the designer pulled the young woman back, close up against him.

Suddenly Nathalie's breathing became uneasy and she stiffened for a moment to which Gabriel whispered
"I'm sorry." in hopes of calming her down.
But it didn't help.
Instead the assistant still remained in the same awkward position she was in before, the only difference that this time she was uncontrollably blushing.

"Nathalie?" The designer asked to which he still didn't get a proper answer just a little squeak which sounded like a noise a child's toy would make, therefore Gabriel giggled a little.
"Nathalie are you alright?" He now chuckled seeing his assistant face get redder and redder.
"I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine." She repeated continuously which only worsened her situation by making the grey haired man laugh more.
"Oh god, you're funny when you're nervous. I like it." He began "But I'm also sorry, I know that I'm making you anxious right now which must feel horrible plus these past days I've really pressured you with work so if you want to-...you can resign."
"Pardon?" Nathalie almost gasped to the sound of that. But thankfully she managed to hold herself back from further embarrassing herself by just staying quiet and waiting for her boss to answer.
"Well you know...we did...we did something."
"Y-yes, s-so?"
"S-so...I-...Nathalie I didn't mean it!" He spat now for real earning a gasp from the young woman "I know I very sweetly made love to you a couple nights ago but-...fuck I-...I wasn't thinking right when I did that...it was all a dumb mistake!"
"O-oh..."
"Forgive me. I know I sound harsh and probably even ridiculous but I only want us to be work partners."
"Well then...in that case I'd like to take a longer holiday than usual."
"O-of course, you get as much time as you need."  Gabriel smiled as he now let go of Nathalie and scooted back to his side of the bed leaving the assistant all by herself on the cold mattress.
She didn't even bother to pull the blanket over her, no, she just laid there freezing and on the very verge of tears.

...

The night went by quick and Nathalie woke up first.
She quietly got out of bed only to make her way downstairs to get some coffee.
And although she tried to be very quiet in order to not disturb anyone who was still sleeping the sound of the coffee machine completely ruined her plans.
It started with the most horrific sound causing it to echo all around the Agreste Mansion and wake up Gabriel himself.

Now once he was also downstairs in the kitchen he saw Nathalie at the dining table sipping on her coffee while working on some scheduling.

The grey haired man slid over to the coffee machine acting as if he was ignoring her, but he was actually secretly looking over her shoulder seeing the things she was doing on her tablet.
Everything seemed innocent until he realized this schedule wasn't for him or Adrien, but for Nathalie. This was her plan of things she would do on her vacation. And although this shouldn't have upset him, when the designer saw an unfamiliar guy name he immediately began thinking on who that might be.
Her secret lover?
Her boyfriend he never knew about?
He was so lost in thinking about this he couldn't even see his coffee mug overflowing, but once Gabriel felt the burning hot liquid on his hand he snapped back into reality to see the huge mess in front of him.

To be continued-