12

Unpleasant surprise

"Robin stop." Regina giggled. "You are ruining my make-up." Robin continued to kiss her, he didn't care about her lipstick, he just couldn't stop kissing her since she looked so breathtaking tonight. "You look just as beautiful without it." He tried to bring his hand up to her hair, not able to resist her dark curls. But Regina was quicker, she took his hand and brought it as far from her hair as possible. "Not my hair Locksley, I sat down for two hours to get it like this." Robin took his defeat and instead of her hair he brought his hand to her upper thigh, pulling her closer into the kiss.

"Mr. Locksley, you're up." The driver interrupted their little make out session. Regina quickly fixed her lipstick before she wiped the remaining make-up off Robin's face. "Ready?" She loves how he keeps checking on her no matter how many events like these they have attend. "I am."

The crowd that was waiting for them started to cheer, screaming their names. "I can't wait to dance with you tonight." Robin whispered near her ear. Making her smile before he took her hand in his.

"When are you getting married?" Someone yelled. "Will it be a public marriage?" Another person screamed. "Have you thought about children?" Regina looked at Robin, not sure if she should answer and if she should answer she wouldn't know what to say. "When we have answers you'll be the first to know." Robin moved his arm around her making Regina move closer to him, laying her hand on his torso.

They moved inside. "There are a lot of people I need to talk to tonight." Robin sighed before the entered the ballroom. "It's okay, I'll have you all night." She whispered seductive. "You're right." He kissed her cheek, moving up to her earlobe. "I always am." She gasped when he kissed her neck. "People are waiting for you." She whispered. He groaned frustrated. "I know." He sighed before he stopped kissing her neck. "I'll get us some drinks, and you are going to talk to all the important people out there, I'll find you." She quickly pecked his lips and moved inside, walking to the bar.

Robin watched her walk away, everyday he got amazed by her beauty, he is so addicted to her, not able to get enough of her kisses, her smiles, her laugh. He saw her look over her shoulder, biting her lip as she caught him staring at her. He licked his lips, making her laugh while she shook her head before he moved himself through the crowd.

The night went by smoothly, while Robin was being social with a lot of potential clients, Regina spend her time getting to know the wives of his future clients. They were nice, but boring. She mostly kept her eyes on Robin, watched him talk, watched him as he looked at her, as he smiled at her. She was falling for this man, and not just a little. In these few months he had become so important to her, she couldn't even imagine her life without him.

"Michelle?" Regina didn't noticed it in the first place, to caught up in the looks she was exchanging with her lover. But when she felt a hand on her shoulder she quickly turned around. "Michelle." She froze, she panicked inside, she wanted to turn around, but the hand on her shoulder kept her from doing that. "I'm sorry I'm.." She stuttered. "I thought I would never see you again." The man in front of her was clearly drunk. "God Michelle, I have missed you." He laid his other hand on her hip, pulling her closer. "I'm with someone." Regina whispered, afraid anyone would hear her. "I tried calling you." He said. "Well calling your pimp."

She couldn't breathe, she tried to look for Robin, but there were to many people surrounding her. "I'm not doing that anymore." Regina tried to stay calm, but her breathing already became uneven. "I'm sure you would make an exception for me." He stroked her cheek. "From what I remember you liked it just as much as I did." Just when Regina thought he was going to kiss her she felt an arm around her shoulder. "Richard, everything okay here?" She instantly relaxed as she heard his voice. She finally remembered the man, the last man she saw before she sighed a contract at Mal's agency. "I was just catching up with an old friend." He smiled, obviously knowing Robin. "Regina?" Robin asked, making sure she was okay too. "I want to go." She whispered. Robin looked at the man in front of him and then back at Regina. "Please." She added. "Have a good evening Richard." Robin said. "You to and I'm sorry, Michelle." He said, obviously calling her that on purpose.

Regina walked as fast as she could, longing for fresh air. "Regina?" Robin asked as he followed her, but she didn't answer. "Regina." He said again, grabbing her hand to turn her around, getting her to look at him. "I'm sorry." She said, her eyes filled with tears. "Michelle?" Robin asked, he didn't looked mad, just upset, confused. "It's my work name." She whispered, ashamed. It took a moment before Robin put one and one together. "With him?" Regina nodded, looking at the ground. "He was the last man I worked with before I went to Mal." She said. Again Robin took a moment to think.

"He hurt you, didn't he?" He could already see the answer in her eyes. "Bad drunk." Was all she answered. "I told him to stop but.." She saw how his eyes got darker, his body tensed. "Son of a bitch." He wanted to go back inside but Regina stopped him. "Robin please.." She tried to convince him. "Regina he hurt you." Robin pleaded, ready to punch the man in the face. "Yes he did, but I need you with me now." When he realized what she said, he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm with you."

Regina hated it when other people saw her weak, always trying to be strong. But seeing that man did more to her then she thought it would, he had hurt her, he had overstepped her boundaries. She pressed her face against his chest, tears leaving her eyes when she realized that she had never felt more safe than she did right now in this moment.

"I ruined your shirt." She said as she looked at him, her mascara all over his blouse. "I don't care." He said, stroking her cheek. "I know you still have to network inside, can I wait in the car? I don't wanna go inside anymore." She smiled, something she did quite often when she tried to hide her pain. "No, we're going home." He said. "No Robin, this is important for you." She argued. "You are important for me and besides that all I want to do there.." He winked at the building. "Is punch that man in the face, and I don't think Mary will thank me for that." He kissed her, not like before, this was different, he hadn't kissed her like this before. Not with passion or lust but.. with love. Robin felt it, but he wasn't surprised, he knew he was going to love her, he even may have loved her for a while now. But for Regina it was something she hadn't felt in a very long time, something she thought she would never feel again. She loved him, she fell in love with the man that hired her to be his fiancé, the man she was suppose to stay professional with.

"Come." He whispered, taking her hand before leading her to the car.

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"Regina?" Robin had prepared a bath for her when they came home, to relax her. But after an hour, when he wanted to check in on her the bath and bathroom were empty. He had walked back to his bedroom, empty. He moved to the hall and started to walk in the direction of her 'old' bedroom. He knocked but when there was no answer he walked inside. Finding her kneeled on the floor, surrounded by papers.

"What are you doing?" He said, smiling as he looked at her. She didn't respond, instead she continued to sort out the papers in front of her. Robin sat down on her bed. "Regina?" He said, starting to worry. She gathered some papers together and got up. She handed him one of the papers. He just raised an eyebrow and took it before he started to read.

It was the contract they had both sighed, the original not some copy, but the one they had both sighed before it all started. "I don't understand?" He said. "Is something wrong? Is it the money?" Regina smiled as she shook her head, taking the contract back from him. "I don't want it anymore." She said. "What do you mean? Do you want to go home?" He felt how he started to panic. "No Robin." She laughed. "I don't want to work for you anymore, I.." She bit her lip before she ripped the contract in two pieces. "I want you." She said as she let the two pieces fall to the ground. She quickly gathered the other papers in her hand. The cheques Mary handed her every week to pay her for her work, she hadn't used any of them yet. "Regina.." Robin warned her. But she had already ripped them a part. "I don't want your money Robin." She stood before him, taking his hands in hers. "I loved every minute here, with you, from the day I got here, being with you never felt like working." She took a deep breath before she continued.

"And I don't care about your house or the fancy parties we go to, I don't care about the expensive dresses you buy for me or the fame." She looked into his eyes, making sure this was the right think to say. "You can take all of that away and I would still be the happiest girl in the world because I have you standing next to me." She felt nerves coming over her, insecurities making her doubt the thing she was going to tell him. But the look in his eyes was enough for her.

"I love you Robin."