All the couple could feel was sparks flying in every direction, and the world was slowly disappearing around them, along with all of their worries, their troubles, and problems. The kiss made them both feel like none of that mattered.

The couple broke away, both despread for air as they rested their forehead's against each other. "I thought you can't kiss me," Beca said with a soft giggle.

Chloe laughed as she slapped Beca's arm. "You are annoying."

"I know," Beca said with a wink. "W-What happens now?" She asked nervously.

The redhead's smile fell as she stepped away from Beca. "Stacie is going to kill me if she finds out we kissed."

Beca frowned. "Why? What does the kiss have to do with her?"

"She likes you Beca, she told me to stay away from you but you kept pushing harder and getting closer to me! You guys almost kissed!" Chloe exclaimed.

The short brunette looked at Chloe with wide eyes. "We never almost kissed, I don't like Stacie in that way, Chloe. I had my eyes on you from the moment I saw you." She admitted shyly.

"R-Really? Then why were you annoying and blackmailing me all the time?" Chloe asked with a raised eyebrow.

Beca shrugged. "Because I wanted to stay beside you, I knew if you kicked me out I won't get a chance to know you, the real you."

"What do you want us to do now? Stacie can't know about this kiss Beca." Chloe said as she as she looked at Beca with fear in her eyes.

The brunette smiled and stepped in front of Chloe. "We can keep this between us, Stacie won't need to know Chloe." Chloe ran her hand through her hair with a sigh. "Chloe, please don't deny that you felt something." She said softly as she cupped Chloe's cheeks. "Please?"

The redhead wrapped her arms around Beca's neck. "No one will find out?"

"No one," Beca replied with a smile. "Can I kiss you again?" She asked shyly as she brushed her nose against the redhead's nose. When she felt Chloe nod, their lips touched again for the second time in the same night. Beca's lips were warm, her hands were wrapped around Chloe's waist as Chloe's hand's locked around the brunette's neck. When they broke apart for air, Chloe rested her forehead against Beca's and gathered some much-needed oxygen. The redhead saw Beca smirk and she couldn't help but smile back and sink into her hold.

"I'm sure you are tired," Beca started softly as she placed a kiss on Chloe's cheek. "How about we go to sleep? Tomorrow we have work."

Chloe sighed and nodded. "Okay, but please can you not send Alex home tomorrow? I don't want any problems with Stacie."

Beca frowned, "But Chloe, we aren't doing anything wrong."

"Stacie thinks we are, you don't see how she talks to me about you like you and Stacie are in a relationship," Chloe said in a sad voice.

"But we aren't Chloe, I already told you that I don't like her in that way, I never gave her signs to think that."

Chloe sighed. "Please, let me come back alone, I don't want to risk it."

Beca nodded, "Fine," She said while she huffed.

The redhead kissed her cheek. "Don't huff and puff, we'll figure something out."

"Okay," The short brunette said with a smile. "Let's walk back."

"N-No, not together. I'll go first and then you head to your room after a couple of minutes." Chloe suggested. "Maybe she's looking for you or waiting for me."

"Okay, I'll see you in the morning then?" Beca said as she removed her arms from Chloe's waist.

Chloe smiled and nodded. "Goodnight Beca." She said as she dropped a final kiss on the short brunette's lips and walked away.

"Night Chloe," Beca yelled after her, she then sat on the grass as she looked at the sky. I kissed Chloe... It felt so good to be in her arms. All I need now is to know what happened. She thought to herself as she sighed.

The next morning, Beca woke up and got dressed for the meeting with the other lawyer, she couldn't help but smile as she remembered Chloe's lips, her touch, and her smile, but on the other hand she also couldn't help but feel nervous about what papers could possibly be with the other lawyer. Sighing, she got into her car and drove to the cafe that they were supposed to meet at. Beca parked her car and made her way inside, the cafe was small and empty she was able to find the lawyer easily. "Good morning," She said as she approached the table. "I'm Beca Mitchell," She introduced herself as she took a seat.

"Ah, yes. Good morning Ms. Mitchell,"

"What would you like to drink?" Beca asked politely.

"Coffee is fine," The lawyer said with a smile.

Beca nodded and ordered two coffee and then looked at the man. "What can I do for you?" She asked the lawyer.

"First, I would like to apologize for the sudden meeting, here are the papers Mr. Larry left for you and asked me to give it to you personally." He said as he passed the envelope to Beca. "Of course I will tell you why he left them with me but after you read them."

The short brunette took a deep breath and opened the envelope to find a set of financial bonds, her eyes went wide as she, saw the name Charles Beale written on the paper. I don't understand anything. She thought as she looked back up again at the lawyer. "What are these?" She asked confused.

Chloe was in her office while John was helping her with some information about future plans for the company. "Almost 70% of our products are sold in the US, and the other 30% is exported to other countries, there was a plan we wanted to execute before Larry died and it was to expand our products because we have a high amount of demand and the factory is a bit small for it to contain that large amount of orders, so we thought we would expand the factory. If you want I can show you the plan we had." John explained to the redhead.

The redhead sighed, she wasn't interested in the company nor the products, the only reason she came to the company was to stay away from Beca but she wasn't that successful. "I don't want to see it," Chloe said as she shook her head.

"Okay," John said nodding, "Would you like to take a look at the financials of the factory?" He suggested again.

"No," Chloe stated softly, "I have a question for you John." When she saw John nod, she continued. "Am I useful around here?"

The manager was taken aback by the question, and before he could say a word, Beca cleared her throat. "Good morning." The short brunette said as she took a bite of the biscuit she had in her hand.

John stood up quickly. "Good morning Ms. Mitchell, how are you today?"

Beca smiled. "I'm good, are you busy?"

The manager shook his head. "I was just explaining a couple of stuff for Ms. Chloe."

"I wanted to talk to you about something," Beca said politely.

"Of course Ms. Mitchell," He then looked at Chloe. "Would you like anything else from me?" He asked with a smile.

Chloe shook her head and watched the manager leave. Beca walked closer to the redhead and smiled. "Sometimes he talks to you as if you are the boss, not him."

Beca laughed. "How are you today?" She asked as she walked further into Chloe's office.

"Didn't I tell you not to enter my office without permission?" Chloe asked with a playful smirk.

The short brunette shrugged. "Your assistant isn't at her desk."

"I'm busy now," The redhead said with a smile.

"Oh yeah? With what?" Beca asked with a smirk of her own.

"With work of course," She replied as she rolled her eyes at the short brunette.

"I know, but what work?" Beca asked again.

Chloe looked at her computer screen which was a solitaire game she had been playing since she arrived at the office. "I am doing the financial sheets for the factory."

Beca knew that the redhead wasn't doing anything work-related. "Yeah?" She asked then quickly turned the laptop screen towards her and saw what the redhead was actually doing, Chloe quickly reached for the screen and closed it. Beca laughed. "And a high score too."

"Why are you here? What do you want?" Chloe asked embarrassed.

"I wanted to invite you to the wine tasting today," Beca said with a smile.

Chloe smiled. "Too bad, I am already invited." She lied quickly, she wasn't invited but she wasn't going to let Beca know that.

"And your coming right?" The short brunette asked with a hopeful tone.

The redhead nodded. "Of course."

"Great, then I will see you there."

"Okay," Chloe said and then remembered she doesn't know where the wine tasting takes place. "Oh, where does it take place exactly?" She asked as she reopened her screen and typed in the password.

"In the parking," Beca said joking.

Chloe nodded. "Okay, thank you."

Beca laughed. "I was joking, there's a room for the wine tasting."

"I knew that," The redhead said with a smirk.

"Sure you did, I will let you continue to play- I'm sorry 'work'" She said as she left the office laughing and Chloe was rolling her eyes at her.

The short brunette made her way to John's office, she wanted some information about Charles Beale and since John has been working for a long time at the factory, she knew he will have some valuable information. She knocked the door and heard John's voice inviting her in. She opened the door and sat in one of the chairs that were in front of the old man's desk. "How's everything?" She asked as she looked at the man.

"Just like you asked Ms. Mitchell, Winn doesn't go near Ms. Chloe, and I was the one explained to her some stuff."

"And did you explain everything?"

John shook his head. "I tried."

"What do you mean?" Beca asked confused.

"She doesn't want to know about the factory, nor the sales or even the expansion. In other words, she is not interested in working, and she even asked me if there was any use for her here." John explained to the brunette.

"And what did you tell her?" Beca rushed out.

"I didn't say anything." The manager replied as he waited for Beca to speak up.

Beca nodded, "Now you know that Chloe's father used to work here." She started.

"Yes, of course, Charles Beale." He stated knowingly.

The short brunette nodded. "And what was his position in the company?" She asked carefully.

"He worked in the financial department,"

"And why did he leave?" Beca asked again.

John shrugged. "Without any reason, he submitted his resignation when Mr. Larry got married."

"And my uncle accepted it? Was there any problem between the two of them?"

"Yes, Mr. Larry accepted it without any problems, and as far as I know there were no arguments between them."

Beca nodded, "I'll ask you one more question," She said as she took a deep breath, "Was Charles Beale an honorable employee?"

The manager nodded without any hesitation. "Charles Beale was one of the most honorable employees in this company, everyone took him as an example. He was never late, he never neglected his job, and he never raised his voice on other people or disrespected them."

"Are you sure?"

"Of crouse, he was under my wing, it is true that he was a small employee but we all respected him."

"How was his relationship with my uncle?"

John sighed. "Your uncle didn't have direct contact with the employees, but when they met by coincidence Larry would respect him a lot, and he never complained about him."

"Is Charles Beale's file still in the factory?"

"Yes Ms. Mitchell, I have it here," John said as he opened the drawer and took searched for Charle's file when he found it he gave it to Beca.

The short brunette took the file and read what was written, she sighed and gave the file back to John. "Very well, what time are we doing the wine tasting?"

"At four."

"Good, I am going to have lunch with a friend and I'll be back in time," Beca said standing up, she thanked the manager and drove to see Jesse, she needed to tell him everything she found out. About fifteen minutes later, Beca and Jesse were sitting at a restaurant having lunch, Jesse took a sip of his drink as he listened to Beca tell him all about the financial bonds. "I don't understand this." The brunette man said as he sighed.

"I don't either, Jesse," Beca said as she rubbed her temples.

"Are you sure it's Chloe's father?" Jesse asked curiously.

Beca nodded, "Yes Jesse, Charles Beale he is Chloe's father. I asked John about him."

"And what did he tell you?" The brunette man asked back.

The short brunette sighed as she swallowed the food. "That he is a great employee, and everyone considered him a role model and that he was a good man."

"What if John is lying?" Jesse argued.

"Why would he Jesse? He doesn't have any reason to lie. When I saw the lawyer today, the last thing I expected was to get financial bonds and that contains Charles Beale's name on them. Do you know what that means?" Beca asked in desperation. She needed someone, anyone to help her understand.

Jesse nodded, "So Chloe's father is in debt with 52,000 dollars,"

"That is correct. Why would my uncle give 52,000$ for Chloe's father? I looked at his file, he used to earn a 1,000$." Beca said sighing. "I don't understand why my uncle would Charles Beale that amount knowing he has a low salary. Can you explain it to me?"

"I don't have an explanation," Jesse replied shrugging.

"I have only one explanation to all of this. I think that Charles Beale was taking money from the company for years, he was embezzling, and Larry made him sign on the financial bonds so he can return them."

Jesse shook his head. "Your uncle must have known that Charles won't be able to pay him back, why would he do that? And why did he go to another lawyer?"

"Larry didn't want Liam to know, that's what the other lawyer told me, he also was the one who arranged the contracts for his marriage and my uncle asked him to arrange papers that makes me by law the rightful owner to these papers, so legally I ask for the money from Charles Beale."

"What?!" The brunette man exclaimed. "Why would he do that?"

"To get him to pay, Jesse, imagine how much Larry hates Charles," Beca explained.

"And how much he hates Chloe for that matter," Jesse argued. "What did she do to him so he wants to hurt her this badly?"

"I don't know Jesse, my head is going to explode," Beca said as she ran her hand through her hair.

"After all, the result is the same, Chloe married him for the money, for 52,000$. It looks like she knew her father won't be able to pay the debt so she married him in exchange for her father not to go to jail." The brunette man reasoned.

"Fine, let's say your right and she married him for the money, why does she hate him this much? And why her father doesn't speak to her since eight years ago? Which is by the time she got married. Why? Something is going on."

"There's nothing wrong, didn't she offer you the house in exchange for the papers?"

Beca nodded, "A mansion that costs 300,000$ in exchange for financial bonds that are worth 52,000$!? Jesse doe doesn't make sense! And why would Larry ask a different lawyer to give them to me? Do you want to know why? Because he doesn't want Chloe to get them! Is this an act of a normal person!?"

"Beca, you are trying to convince yourself that Larry is at fault because you love Chloe."

"Chloe doesn't care about the money, I'm sure that she married my uncle because she didn't want her father to end up in jail. Jesse, she left her goals, dreams, future, and education so that she marry's him!"

"And she hates him to an extent where she goes out and celebrates his death day." Jesse reasoned. "Think Beca, why and how much does Larry hate Chloe to leave those papers in your hands."

Beca looked at her best friend and sighed. "I don't know." She said in a broken voice. "I don't know what to do with Chloe, or how to bring it up."

It was 3:55 PM when John peaked through Chloe's office door and saw her that she had her head in between her hands as she laid them on the desk. "Ms. Chloe?" He spoke softly in order not to startle the redhead.

Chloe's head shot up and looked at the man. "Okay, let's go." She said as she stood up from her place and followed the man, upon entering the room, she found Beca along with three other workers standing around the table, each having a glass of wine. Beca smiled at the redhead and as soon as she took her place in front of Beca, she quickly gulped the glass and poured another one.

"Tasting, Please," Beca stated as they all started to gently swirl their glass expect for Chloe for was swirling it fast. Then, all three workers including Beca, brought the glass gently to their nose as they took a sniff of the wine, and not knowing what to do, the redhead emptied the glass and poured another.

The short brunette and the other workers swirled the glass again and then took a small sip of the alcoholic drink. After tasting it, each one of them spoke their opinion.

"The taste is balanced." The first employee said.

The second employee then spoke. "It has a rich flavor."

"You can feel the smoothness of it." The third worker announced as Chloe looked at all three with confusion as not knowing what they are talking about.

John smiled as he looked at Beca, "The flavor takes you to a different world."

"I agree, it is amazing." The short brunette said as all of them looked at Chloe waiting for her opinion.

"It's nice," Chloe stated nervously causing Beca to stifle a laugh. Chloe saw the brunette shake her head so she decided to speak again. "Tasty." And when she recieved weird looks from everyone she looked at them as she bit her lip. "It's wine?" She spoke as she looked at Beca for help.

The short brunette smiled as she looked at the gentlemen, "You can take this to the lab," She stated as she watched the workers take the bottle and leave.

Chloe and Beca looked at each other with a smile forming on their lips, the short brunette made her way and stood close beside the redhead. "First of all, they don't taste the wine like you did." She said as she placed her hand on top of Chloe's which was holding the glass. "And second of thing, you don't hold the glass from the bowl, you hold it from the stem." She said softly, causing Chloe's face to turn making them very close. Chloe's heart was beating so fast, she is still not used to being close to someone.

Beca then showed Chloe how to hold the glass as she poured her a small amount of wine. She then put her hand again on top of Chloe's. "For you to taste wine, you need to use your five senses, first one is to see it." She said as she leaned the glass slightly for Chloe to see the color of the wine on a white wall. "See how dark it is?" When she saw Chloe smile and nod, she continued. "Second step is that you have to use your smelling sense," Beca said sweetly as she brought the glass to Chloe's nose who closed her eyes and took a sniff and leaned her back against Beca's shoulder.

"Third step, you have to swirl it so you can break the surface of the wine so you can let the aroma rise." The short brunette then instructed as she saw that Chloe was mesmerized by what she was doing. "And then you smell it again." She said as she brought it up to the redhead's nose. "Then you swirl it again and now you have to use the tasting sense." She then placed the glass in between Chloe's lips.

Beca noticed that Chloe's lips were spread in a wrong position. "No Chlo, you have to lift your upper lip so that a little bit of air can also enter." She whispered softly as she brought the glass again to Chloe's lips.

The redhead swallowed the gulp causing Beca to laugh. "You swallowed it didn't you?" She said as she buried her face in the crook of the redhead's neck and laughed again and Chloe to giggle. "Again." She said as she demonstrated how she should taste it. "You have to full your mouth with wine, feel it spreading across your mouth and then swallowed it."

Doing as she was told, Beca leaned in softly. "I liked the wine, did you like it?" She said as she brushed her nose across Chloe's neck.

"I like it," Chloe whispered softly as she turned to face the brunette making their lips touch, "You did all of this so you can kiss me, right?" She said in a whisper voice, Beca giggled and leaned in. As soon as Beca took Chloe's lips in a kiss, a voice was heard, the voice that Chloe feared the most.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?! THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE WORKING CHLOE?!"

A/N Thank you to everyone who left a review. Please keep reviewing, it makes me so happy to know that you guys are enjoying this story.