"Back again for more" I said surprised that he would try his luck again so soon.
"I respect the fact that you don't want to sleep with me , but I would like the chance to get to know you though" He explained "Plus, it's a bit lonely in my room with no one to talk to"
"Where is the rest of the team" I asked curious.
"I think that Ros and Clark went out" Christian said "Matt is sleeping"
"I see" I said "Are they an item?"
"I'm not sure" Christian replied "If they are I don't know about it because they seem to keep things professional for the most part"
"what did you have in mind?" I asked changing the subject back us "I would definitely have to change either way"
"I agree" He laughed analyzing my pj's "I'm not sure, give me a second to think"
"Come in" I said opening the door "I will change quickly"
I grabbed some clothes and headed to the bathroom to change, while Christian sat on the edge of my bed waiting.
"Do you like escape rooms?" Christian called to me.
"I've never been to one, I have always wanted to try them out" I answered "They have those in Moscow?"
"Yes they do and they are very popular" he said "Ready yet?"
"Lead the way" I said coming out of the bathroom.
I followed Christian out of the hotel, we stood in front of the building waiting for a taxi. We laughed and chatted together as we waited. Christian was well spoken and very interesting. When the Taxi pulled up in front of the hotel, I asked the taxi driver to take us the the nearest escape room. He said he knew just the place. Christian and I shuffled into the back seat. I loved Christian's company. He was closer to a regular guy than I thought and it was refreshing. I could tell that Christian enjoyed my company as well.
"How is it that you don't have a girlfriend?" I asked with curiosity.
"I spend most of my time at work with a bunch of middle aged business men. The young girls that do work for me, such as my secretary for example spend a majority of her time working at her desk. Most of my interactions are business related. The business trips I usually go on, i am usually with one or all of the team members that you have already met. They are all married, except for Clark and Ros." He explained "I don't demand that female employees come into my office and bend over the desk. Give me some credit."
"That' makes sense, I'm just surprised that you don't have girls throwing themselves at you" I responded.
"The women in my age group that work in the office don't do that because they probably want to keep their jobs. Ana, I'm sure that you would not throw yourself at your boss either. It's too risky especially with social media" Christian said
"That actually makes a lot of sense, I just never thought of it that way before" I admitted.
"I could ask you the same thing, why are you single? Your beautiful, talented, and funny. Why are there no men throwing themselves at you?" Christian asked.
"I go to nursing school with mostly women, then I work in the file room that also has mostly female students running it. I haven't really had time to look" I explained.
"So we are both victims of circumstance" He stated "Yesterday, I took a risk because I felt the worse that could happen was that you would say no"
"How could a say no to a handsome gentleman that offers to take me out to dinner when I'm hungry" I smiled.
"I can be pretty convincing" Christian admitted. "as per your request, we are just two people getting to know each other"
"even though I'm an employee of your?" I asked.
"even though you are an employee" He agreed "A part time employee that will mostly quit as soon as she is done school"
"That's true" I answered.
"I can also leave you alone and keep all interactions about work too. Your Choice Mrs. Steele" He said
"I don't want that Christian. I like you and i would love to see where this goes" i said. he smiled at my response
"We're here" He said with excitement as he threw the taxi driver some money.
We got out of the taxi and walked up to the building. Christian hurried in front of me to open the door of the building. We walked in to see small waiting area and a front kiosk with a Russian girl in her 20's behind it.
"Can I help you" She asked in Russian
"What kind of escape rooms do you have open" I responded back in Russian
"I have a few different ones open right now, Do you want actors or not" She asked
I looked back at Christian who was patiently waiting for me to tell him what was going on. I wonder what Christian wants.
"Christian, do you want actors in the room or no?" I asked, curious about his response.
"No Actors, Ana. I don't want anyone jumping out and pulling my leg while I'm trying to figure out the puzzle" He said stating his opinion
"OK then, no actors" I said to the girl across the counter
"I have a Sherlock Holmes one or a Ghost busters themed one. The Sherlock Holmes one is slightly easier. I'm not sure if you have ever done one of these before." She said
"I'll take the Sherlock Holmes room, it's our first time" she said coming from behind the Kiosk and escorting us to the room.
She explained the room to us. How long we had to solve it, how to ask for clues and how to stop the game if we didn't want to finish it. After she was done. I turned to Christian and explained everything that she had said in English. Then she opened the door to the room closing it behind us. When we were alone Christian started looking through desk drawers and cabinets.
"I heard you say Ghostbusters, is there a Ghostbusters" He asked
"There is but it was harder than this one so I chose this one" I said explaining my decision.
"Ana, I went to MIT. Problem solving is what I'm good at" He said with confidence "I designed all the software for Grey Enterprises, this should be a walk in the park."
"Wow, Christian that's incredible" I said impressed "I thought maybe you had help"
"I did" Christian said "I had help with the business aspects of things. I learned business later on"
I'm a Tech guy, Ana" Christian said "I come up with most of the software innovations and ideas, i pay people to do stuff like accounting"
"Accounting sounds very boring anyway" I responded
"I agree totally, this is why i pay other people to do it" He said "Now let's solve this murder in record time"
"With you here i totally think it's possible" I said
"I can't do it without you Ana" He said looking back at me after opening another cupboard.
We worked together on finding the clues and putting all the pieces together. Christian really had a mind for solving problems. We worked well together, i read the clues and threw out ideas and Christian put everything together. The room was supposed to take 45 mins to solve but Christian's sharp abilities to solve riddle and find clues proved to serve us well. We solved the murder in 30 mins. When he came out of the room. The girl at the Kiosk ushered us over to a corner where our picture was taken. He wrapped his hand around my waist and pulled me close. I wrapped my arms around his muscular midsection. I heard a few snaps as she took the picture.
"That was pretty fast for your first time" The Russian girl at the Kiosk said
"It was all him" I said pointing to Christian.
"I'm impressed" she said "Would you like a copy of the picture?"
"Absolutely" I said "I want to remember this moment"
"Absolutely" I answered.