Hello people! I hadn't realized I was already on the fourth chapter of this story…meh…so here it is! Read and REVIEW, REVIEW! pLeAsE! See! I even typed it awkwardly so you can be intrigued! Did it work? I know it did! …I know it did *eye twitches*

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"Oh you're here!" said Zoe sheepishly as she saw Takuya in the living room. "You scared me!"

"Sorry, I didn't have much to do at work today," he explained and motioned for her to sit next to him. "How was you're day?"

"Great, I guess, if you consider math to be great," she said as she chuckled.

"Yeah…no," said Takuya shaking his head.

"Hey, remember that tomorrow we have the gathering at my boss' house" she said. Then added incredulously,"Did you remember?"

"Oh! …uh, yeah…okay no, sorry…" Takuya said as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

"That's okay, but it's early in the afternoon, so we'll leave at about 1 pm. You know, I guess being a rich boss means that you have to live as far away as possible from your job in a humongous house…I wish I had that much money…"

"Don't we all?"

"Eh…if you already have it, you want more…"

"Yeah. When is the party?" asked Takuya curiously.

"At two, and we are in charge of the salad." Then Zoe added shyly, "you know, having 'K' as a last name…" Then she got up and went to their room.

"Yeah, 'K' for 'Kanbara'" added Takuya haughtily.

-At the party-uh gathering…

"Ring the bell!" whispered Zoe loudly.

"I would, but where is it?" said Takuya, frustrated. "And why are you whispering?"

"Uh, because…I don't know just ring the damn bell!" she said a little louder this time.

As Zoe had planned, they had left the apartment at 1 pm. But because Takuya was driving and he thought he could outsmart the directions their GPS was providing, they had arrived 40 minutes late.

At the moment, Zoe was holding a big bowl of salad, so she would gladly ring the bell. But…

"Where is it?"

"To your left," she said matter-of-factly.

Finally after about 5 minutes, but like an eternity for Zoe, Takuya finally found the doorbell.

"Here we go!" said Takuya, feeling accomplished.

"Finally!"

After a few seconds that the bell was finally rung, there was an answer. An older woman, probably late 50's or early 60's was there to greet them. "Oh hello! How nice of you to come!" she said with a warm smile. She had hair that was almost completely grey, with beautiful aquamarine blue eyes and a fair complexion .

"Oh, hello Mrs. Moore! It's very nice to see you too. This is my husband Takuya," said Zoe shyly.

"Oh, I know! I saw the pictures my husband took of your wedding. It's very nice to finally meet you, but please come in," she added and motioned for them to enter. "And I'll take the salad, I'll be right back to escort you to the party."

Mrs. Moore took the bowl from Zoe's grasp and left the couple in the entrance. They were awestruck as they saw the inside of the house. The inside was far bigger than what it seemed. It seemed as thought the whole house had cherry wood for the flooring, which was giving a ridiculously wonderful glow. There were different paintings that decorated the amber-colored walls. Right in front of them, were the most incredible butterfly stairs they had seen. From the bottom you could look up the stairs and see that they connected three floors, including the one the couple was in. Possibly far more beautiful than the first floor.

Takuya was the first to break the silence. "So they are this rich?" he whispered.

"Apparently, and I've heard they have a pretty neat collection of cars," she said, gawking at her surroundings.

Takuya's eyes grew wide and he decided to drop the subject.

A few moments later, Mrs. Moore came back. "Alright, please follow me to the living room."

Upon entering the living room, Takuya noticed that there were a lot of men in the party. "Why are there so many guys?" he asked in a low voice.

"Well, unfortunately, not many women decide to follow engineering as a job, so most of the people who make up the field are men. Hence, most of the people hired are men," she explained, waving to some of her colleagues.

"So there are a lot of guys in your office?" he asked, his eyes darkening a bit.

"Uh, yeah, but more women are being hired. Most of the men who are working with me are getting slightly old and senile, meaning early retirement, thus hiring more women," she chuckled a little.

"Oh," answered Takuya, his eyes returning to normal.

"Bryan, here is Zoe and her husband," said Mrs. Moore speaking to a man as old as she was. He however, had dark brown eyes, which for an older man, is a surprise.

"Oh, Zoe, thank you for coming, why did you take so long?" he asked handing the couple a glass of wine.

"Um…we had an…inconvenience in the way, but it was taken care of," she answered, glaring slightly at Takuya who was looking around. "Do you remember Takuya?"

"Of course I do," he said, "very nice fellow, how are you?" Mr. Moore and Takuya shook hands.

"Alright, sir, you have a very nice house," he said as he again looked around the room.

"Thank you Takuya, but I'm just glad that one of my best people I here! You know why we are gathering right?" asked Mr. Moore.

"No, actually I don't know….why?" she asked innocently.

Mr. Moore placed his arm around Zoe's shoulder in a fatherly manner and shook her, catching her off guard. "Because our defense system has been approved by the government! Because you're brilliant mind with the help of others put together a great model to protect the country, it was good enough to be approved by the government! Cheers!" said Mr. Moore loudly for everyone to hear.

Zoe was still in the grasp of Mr. Moore. She had been wildly shaken as Mr. Moore was explaining the reason of their gathering. She had become a little dazed to her surroundings because he had shaken her stronger than what it seemed.

"Cheers!" came the voice of everyone in the room.

Takuya was glaring daggers at the way Mr. Moore was holding Zoe. Although he was only placing his arm around her shoulders, and she was being vehemently shaken to make her lose her balance, his eyes had darkened.

Zoe's hair had gone slightly disheveled and at the moment Mr. Moore let her go, she began to straighten her hair out. She placed her glass down and went towards Takuya. "Does my hair look okay?" she asked.

"Yes," he answered coldly.

Zoe stopped fixing her hair and looked at Takuya. She noticed his sudden change of mood. "Are you okay?"

Takuya, who had now realized Zoe was there, blinked, registered what had been asked, and said in a calmer tone, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine."

"Okay…" she told him, although she still felt a little worried for what had just happened.

Mr. Moore came to the couple and said, "Zoe is one of the greatest assets to our company. We are all vey grateful for having you here."

"Oh, Mr. Moore, it's not just me, it's everyone. We all work together to make this company work," said Zoe honestly.

"How sweet of her, she's being so modest! Cheers!" said Mr. Moore and raised his glass again.

Zoe, not being so great in front of crowds as blushing profusely. She was not expecting this at all.

"What a bastard, just because she made him richer…bastard…it's not a big deal she put numbers together…" thought Takuya. He had one hand in his pocket, in which he had it made it into a fist. The other he used to hold his glass.

"I can't believe he's doing this…" whispered Zoe to Takuya. She had gone to his side, fearing people would come up to her. At least Takuya was there to make her feel better.

"Yeah, he must like you a lot; you're work must be really good," he said nonchalantly.

"I don't know, but I'm so embarrassed!" he said folding her arm around Takuya's arm with the hand in his pocket.

Mr. Moore was still cheering and asking people to fill up their glasses.

-Later that night

"I'll drive," offered Takuya as the couple was approaching their car.

"Okay, but can you follow what the GPS tells you?" she asked exasperated.

"Alright, alright, I'm tired anyway, so I might as well," he said, giving up.

"Congratulations Zoe! What a great job you have done!" said a colleague as she and her husband were too waling to their car.

"Oh, thanks, that was…different…" she said smiling.

"Yeah, but you deserve it," encouraged the woman. "Where's Sophie?"

"She had to go out of town," answered Zoe. "I guess I'll see you later! Bye!"

"Bye! See you at work!" said the woman and left.

Takuya and Zoe started driving, this time, Takuya actually followed the directions the GPS was giving him. The car ride was awfully quiet.

Zoe took notice. "Hey, are you okay? You have been very quiet the whole day. Is there something bothering you?"

"No, just tired," he answered and made a left.

"Okay," she answered and dropped the subject. She was still a little unsettled by Takuya's answer, but pushed it side, for she too was tired

Okay, so this was chapter four! Sorry if there are a few awkwardly worded sentences or whatever. Usually during the summer my English becomes a little awkward because I barely speak it. I mostly speak in Spanish. Sometimes I feel I speak in an accent. It's really weird. But please remember to review! Go Review! REVIEW!

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