"You're sure this will work?" Sophie was leaning behind him looking at the schematics of his plan.
Nate shrugged. "It should" He peeked behind her and noticed that it was already late afternoon. "We should start getting ready if we want to reach our reservation on time"
Sophie looked at him curiously. "What reservation?"
He smirked "The ones I've made for us for this evening. I might have organized something while I was waiting for you at the airport"
She turned her head round and kissed him on the cheek. "You are full of surprises"
"I try" He had enjoyed preparing everything that morning. He wasn't very good at the courting phase, it took him ten tries to finally have Maggie going out with him. Actually, he wasn't even good with the all relationship thing too, his divorce was certainly a result from it. Maybe it was because when he was a child he had never seen his father do something romantic for his mother. He definitely hadn't been a good example. He wanted this… thing with Sophie to work, even if that meant doing different that made him uncomfortable or acting differently.
"May I know where we're going?"
He got up from his chair and put their documents in order. "Nope, it's a surprise."
She put her hands on her hips and looked at him annoyed. "Can I at least know what I'm supposed to wear?"
"Dress formally. Oh, and you should also take something to cover yourself with, it might be chilly."
"That's all?"
He smirked. "That's all" He gave her a quick kiss and went to his room for a shower and to get dressed.
"Oh, that man" Sophie snorted.
Fortunately in her wardrobe she had a lot of variety of clothes. She loved shopping in Paris and even though a lot of things she took back to England, she always left something in the penthouse, she never knew when she might need them. After looking at her selection, she chose a blue summer evening dress with short sleeves. She had the perfect little jumper to go with it. She went to get ready in the bathroom. She wanted to take a long bath, but Nate said they had reservation so she opted for a quick shower. Nearly an hour later she was finally ready for their evening out, the last thing for her to put on was the jewelry. She put on some diamond earrings and a simple silver necklace. After checking herself for the last time at the mirror, she opened the bedroom door to see if Nate was ready. She found him leaning on the kitchen counter talking on the phone with someone.
"No Sam, I'm not going to Disney Paris, I'm here for work." He rolled his eyes but his voice was calm and patient with his son.
"We live near Disney Land, why would you want to come all the way down here to go to Disney Land Paris?"
Sophie chuckled and that's when Nate noticed her. His eyes grew bigger in size as he saw how good she looked. Well, at least now she got his attention.
"Sam, I have to go now." He tried to cut the conversation short. He looked at her apologetically as he son kept rambling on the phone "I'm sure Lucy didn't mean to steal your biscuits, but if she does again, you tell the teacher. "
Sophie walked closer to him and she put an arm around his waist while she listened to the faint voice of the boy on the phone. "Well if she kissed you she might not be so bad and girls don't have cooties no matter what Charlie says" Now Sophie laughed out loud and Nate glared at her hoping that Sam hadn't heard her.
"You be good to your mother and I will call you in two nights. Love you too, buddy" he finished the phone call.
"Cooties? Really?" She looked at him amused.
"Apparently a girl in his class has a little crush on him and she trying to get his attention" he smiled pulling her against him.
"She had trouble resisting to the Ford charm, too" she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"We're so difficult to resist" he teased her by bringing his lips close to hers but not really touching them.
"Hmm…." She closed the gap and kissed him sensually.
"Don't try to distract me, we have to go" he walked her towards the lift and they left the apartment.
After a twenty minutes' drive they arrived at their destination. Nate parked the car and then rushed to open the door for her and help her out of the car.
"Thanks" she smiled at him and looked around at where they were. She soon recognized the river Seine and one of the docks for the boats. "Bateaux Mouches?"
"I know, too corny?" He hoped she liked the idea. He wasn't really sure about it when he had thought about it.
"No," she put an ensuring hand on his chest. "Believe it or not, I've never had dinner on one of them"
"Okay, let's go then. The boat leaves at half past eight."
They quickly got on board and a waiter showed them to their reserved table.
"It isn't too cold, is it?" Nate asked her while pouring the wine in her glass.
"Not, it's a nice summer evening" she smiled.
The boat started slowly moving up the river while the chefs prepared the exclusive menu for the passengers. There was nothing more romantic than Paris at night. It truly was the city of love. Nate couldn't stop staring at Sophie while she admired the view. The lights gave her a nice aurora and her eyes were lit up from excitement. Soon the band started playing and he placed his hand on top of hers on laced his fingers with hers. She turned around and smiled at him. She didn't think she had ever been as happy and peaceful as she were in that moment. She gently kissed him and laid her head on his shoulder while they both looked outside.
The ride lasted two hours and a half and the boat took them back from where they had started.
Nate helped her get off the boat. "Do you want to take a small walk or are you ready to go back home?"
"We have a big day tomorrow, she should probably head back."
He nodded and they walked back to the car. The return drive had been in silence as well as they lift ride to the penthouse. They were both nervous. They knew they were probably going to finish what they had started that morning, but that had been in the heat of the moment now things were a bit uncomfortable.
"So," Sophie slowly put her handbag on the table and took her jumper off. "Do you want a drink?" she finally asked.
Nate was nervously shifting on his feet. "Sure"
She walked to her bar and poured two glass of scotch for the both of them.
He took it from her hands mumbling a thank you. Their fingers brushed and they both felt an eclectic rush. They kept drinking in silence, trying to avoid making eye contact.
"This is ridiculous" Sophie groaned. "We are two grown up adults, it shouldn't feel so awkward."
Nate sighed. "I know, but this morning was different. Now we're here and…" he rambled.
"Where's your phone?" she interrupted him.
"Huh?" he frowned.
"Your phone!" she put her hand out waiting for him to give his phone to her. Nate took it out of trousers' pocket and laid it on her extended hand.
She quickly turned it off and threw it on the couch. "Here, no interruptions this time. Now," she walked towards him, took his glass from his hand and laid it on the bar counter. "you Nathan Ford," she pushed him slowly towards her bedroom "are going to make love to me tonight" she nipped at his bottom lip "because I find you extremely attractive" she nipped his upper lip "and I don't know why, but I've fallen head over my heels in love with you" she pushed his jacket of his shoulders.
"Just so you know, it's been a long time for me" He tried to talk between her gentle assault "So you might want to keep your expectation low" he groaned when she kissed a particular sensitive spot behind his ear. "and by the way, I find you extremely attractive too. Your beauty is just so mesmerizing" he didn't know how he was able to make such a coherent speech. "and I definitely sure I love you too, even though it's unreasonable because we've only just met really and we shouldn't, what exactly do we know about each other… and…."
Sophie groaned frustrated. "Nate, just shut up and kiss me"
"Okay" he kissed her ardently and they both fell on top of the bed.
A/N I know, we're still in Paris... In the next chapter the morning after and finally the con! How will that go? At first I thought about changing the word love with care, because Nate is Nate and we know how he is about confessing his feelings. But he already told her he felt something for her in the hotel room, so I think this is a nice pace. Thanks everyone for reading this and for your amazing reviews. I hope this story is still interesting :)