Chapter 7
The smell of fresh brewed coffee snapped Liz's eyes open. However, the bright sun shinning though the large windows snapped them shut once again.
"Oh God.. What did I do?" Liz asked herself under her breath. She couldn't believe how she acted in front of Red . Even worse, what she had done to him.
Just then she heard the hard rasp of Red's knuckles against the door. "Lizzie. Do you plan on sleeping the whole day away?" He said through the door.
"GO away." Lizzie mumbled.
Red quickly opened the door upon hearing she was awake. "Play hard , you wake up hard. I know all you feel like doing is going back to sleep, sweetheart, but we have unfinished business to attend to."
Liz moaned and grabbed her pillow and put it over her face. "Just go away. I'm not in the mood."
Red laughed and grabbed the pillow from her. "Lizzie. You have an hour. Get showered and changed , eat something and then we need to head downstairs. We have a meeting at noon."
Liz shook her head no, but knew that she needed to get up. She had forgotten about the meeting with the blacklister. Hopefully they had convinced him that he could trust them and reveal his plans. They needed to know his next target and where the bomb was.
Liz sat up, her hair tangled and a mess. "Fine! Just go." All of a sudden she realized she only had her bra and panties on and shut her eyes. "Now!"
Red smiled, turned and walked out of the room without a word. Liz then got up and walked to the bathroom. After taking a quick shower, she got dressed and put on her makeup. Looking at herself one more time in the mirror, she then headed towards the kitchen.
Red looked up from his seat behind the kitchen table, his legs crossed and a newspaper in hand. "Eat. It will make you feel better."
Liz shook her head. "I just want coffee."
"You can't be serious? After all the hard work that I did to make this delicious meal." Red said sarcastically as he eyed the plates of food he ordered from room service.
Liz walked over and poured herself a large cup of coffee and sat down next to Red. "Maybe a piece of toast, but that's it. I'm in no mood for food."
"Fine. Eat up. We are leaving in ten minutes." Red said as he glanced at his watch.
Liz sat there nibbling on her toast trying to avoid Red's stare. She felt embarrassed about last night. Even more embarrassed that he turned her down. At first she had wanted to only tease him and get answers. However, she hadn't expected how turned on he could make her. She had melted under his touch. She also hadn't expected him to be the one to put a stop to it. Of course it was typical Red, always having to be in charge.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
Liz's eyes shot up to Red's as he startled her out of her thoughts. "None of your business. I'm ready. Let's go."
Liz stood up and grabbed her coffee and they both walked to the elevator. Once inside, Red briefed her on what they were to say at the meeting. Hopefully they could get the info they needed and be done with everything. All Liz wanted to do was go home. She really needed some distance from Red, now more than ever. It irked her that he seemed so calm when inside herself her nerves were bouncing off each other. He acted like nothing had happened between them last night and that pissed her off even more.
"Let's just get this over with as soon as possible. No agreeing to dinner tonight or anything." Liz warned.
"Sure."
"I mean it Red. I miss my own bed."
Red chuckled. "If it was up to me , we would be on my plane right now Lizzie."
The elevator slid open and Liz led the way out as she said, "I seriously doubt that."
