By Malice Through Agony
Riley and Lucas walked into their rooms at 3:00 am. The New Year's Eve party tired the two and they were excited to go to bed, Riley walked into the bathroom and took of her earrings along with her makeup. She slipped into one of Lucas's long shirts and hopped on bed, Lucas watched his wife. His shirts always looked better on her. He took of his shirt and he put on some joggers, he cuddled with his wife and kissed her forehead.
Lucas and Riley were both eating breakfast the next day with their daughter when Lucas got a call, he walked towards the living room and Riley watched. She watched him let out a sigh and walked back to her.
"I have to go to a meeting tomorrow, but they want me to go today for a business retreat in the night." he sat down next to her and sipped his coffee. "I know we had something planned, but I can stay-"
"Lucas, it's fine." she caressed his cheek, sure she was a little disappointed but he had to work and she understood that. "Take a rain check?"
He smiled and kissed her hand. "Of course." he looked at Katherine, she had her mother's eyes with his hair. "Help me pack?"
"I always do."
After putting Katherine in her crib, Riley and Lucas prepared for his trip. She always made sure he added enough underwear and shirts because one time he did neither and he wore the same shirt for the whole three days.
"I'll be back tomorrow by eight in the night." he reassured as he put a shirt into his luggage.
"The keys are under the rock by the plant on the front door, don't forget."
"I never do." he kissed her and walked to his daughter's room with his luggage in his hand. "See you tomorrow," after placing a kiss on her forehead he walked out of their house.
The business retreat was held at a luxurious hotel with a swimming pool and a bar right next to it. Lucas wore a blue button down shirt with khaki jeans and gray Suede Leather Shoes. His friends sat at a lounge right by the pool on the other side of the bar and somehow the topic landed on lap dances.
"How 'bout you, Lucas? How much are you willing to pay?" Derek asked as he sipped his drink.
"I don't have to, I get one for free. Married remember?"
"Oh c'mon."
"Yeah. That reminds me I told her I would call her." he walked to a private area behind a large tree surrounded by bushes with his drink in his hands. He dialed her number, placed his drink on the table, and waited for her to answer his call.
"Hey, Lucas. How's the retreat?"
"Great actually, you both okay?"
"Yeah we're fine. I just fed Katherine another bottle and she's ready to go to sleep."
"Great, i'll be home tomorrow. Love you."
"Bye Lucas."
"Bummer," he heard a woman say. He quickly turned around and found Missy in a red dress that barely covered the amount of cleavage she showed. "You know if she doesn't say it back it's because she doesn't mean it."
"How did you know i'll be here?" Lucas asked trying to not get mad.
"I have my ways. Why'd you marry her in the first place?"
"That's none of your business. You weren't even invited, now get out of here before I get security."
"Security? Think they'll believe you?"
He walked away in hopes the security will deal with her crazy ass.
"Charlie Gardner, that's his name right? The man that raped your slut?"
He stopped in his tracks, rage ran through his body and at the moment he thought about hitting a woman for the first time in his life. His name disgusted him and he never thought he'd hear it again. But how did Missy find out? He didn't care about that, he just wanted her gone. He angrily walked back to her.
"You know it's funny how you call other women sluts when you can barely afford an outfit that covers you completely."
She laughed. "I've seen you stare Lucas. I don't blame you, who wouldn't?"
"How much do you want?"
"What do you mean?"
"How many George Washington's is it gonna take for you to get the hell away from me and my family?"
He saw Missy hesitate, as if she was thinking about it. "I'm not interested in your money, i'm interested in you." she ran a hand through the buttons on his shirt.
"There has to be something you want? Four thousand? Seven thousand?"
"Bribery isn't working, Lucas. Aren't you happy to see me?"
"I'm not happy to see you. What are you doing here?"
"You said you didn't want for us to jeopardize our jobs. That's why I quit so we can be together."
"Missy, i'm married."
She smiled. "I see what you're doing?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"You don't want to be the person to take charge. My bedroom 12:10?"
"You're crazy and you need help."
She walked over to him. "Help me Lucas. Help me out of this dress."
"There will never be an us, Missy. Get that idea into your crazy brain."
Her smile faded. "Seven Grand by tomorrow, or i'll do worse than just come onto you." She threatened and walked away.
Once she left Lucas sipped his drink which tasted a little different to him. He got a call and answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey, Lucas. Are you done for the day?"
"Nah, i'll be over there in a little while."
He hung up the phone and walked away, hoping after Lucas gave Missy the money she would leave.
Lucas made it to his room later that night tired. He hardly drank and he didn't know why he felt like he just ran four miles under thirty minutes. He layed on his bed and drifted into a sleep, remembering he had a meeting at 9:00 in the morning the next day.
UCLA/College/University/California
Months into college and Riley and Lucas friendship has grown stronger, they help each other study for tests, the do their homework together, they eat together, etc. He falls more in love with her everyday her smile, scent, laughs, and body are all assets Lucas admires about her. He knew she was 'seeing' Charlie, but that didn't stop him from flirting with her in the very nadir-est way. She seemed to smile around him and Lucas couldn't help, but feel angry and jealous. Charlie has everything Lucas wants at the moment, his life revolves around the brunette and she doesn't even know it.
His jealousy is nearly turning him into 'Texas Lucas' and he doesn't want Riley to see him that way, he turns that anger into motivation. Motivation, is what gets him to run that extra mile, it's what makes him want to win Riley back.
In class Lucas waited patiently for the teacher to give him back his test. Math was his least favorite subject but fortunately it was his princess' favorite. His test landed on the black side, every fiber in his body fought the will to not turn the paper over and face disappointment. But he did it anyways. The front side faced him and his mouth fell open, the number 93% was facing him.
A smile spread across his face, Riley stayed up with him till it was 2:00 in the morning helping him study. He told her many times that she should go to sleep, but she refused. He didn't regret it because that day he woke up and she was sleeping on his chest, her warmth made him want to kiss her and tell her he loved her deeply.
School ended and he ran to her dorm room, he wouldn't care if he was caught, he wouldn't care if a teacher caught him and got him in trouble he had to see his princess. He opened her door and found her reading a book, she was on her bed. He happily picked her up and spinned in circles, her laughter was music to his ears.
After he put her down he hugged her.
"What happened? Why are you so happy?" she asked as she fixed her hair.
"I passed! Riley, I passed." he hugged her again, lifting her inches off the ground. "Thank you."
She laughed as her feet landed on the soft carpet. "You're welcome."
"Are you doing anything today?"
"No, why?"
"Let's go out." he said. "We've been studying nonstop for weeks. I have some money, i'll pay."
"Lucas, you passed a math test. What makes you think you're paying?"
"I figured, i'd pay because you helped me. And I owe this to you."
She smiled. "You should go before a girl sees you in here and gets you in trouble, or worse...she might think i've having a relationship with you."
His heart ached for a second, why would she think that's a bad thing? "Why's that a bad thing?"
"I can get in some serious trouble if they say i'm having sex in a dorm room, I'll see you tonight."
"I'll pick you up at seven."
Lucas woke up to a phone call that vibrated on his pocket. He answered it and was glad he heard Riley's voice.
"Lucas did you withdraw seven grand from the bank account?"
He forgot he did that. He transferred the money into Missy's account the hour after she confronted him, he hoped she stayed true to her word. "Yeah, honey I did. How'd you find out?"
"The bank left a voicemail in your office."
He glanced at the clock on his nightstand and cursed in his head. "Hey, babe I have to go, i'll see you tomorrow."
Lucas hung up before he heard her respond. The clock read 9:30 and his meeting was already 30 minutes in. He quickly took a shower and dressed himself, he walked into the meeting room and found Joe, director of the meeting, speaking to other clients in a long table.
"Of course we here at Sam Truce have a couple of distinct advantages over the competition. Not the least, of which is the fact that we are privately held so we don't have to worry the transparency of public companies."
Lucas sat on his chair and faced Joe, knowing he was going to say something.
"Thought we were going to send a search party for you."
"Sorry, I overslept."
The meeting continued and Lucas wanted to go to his wife and child, his head ached and his stomach felt like it swallowed an elephant whole. He felt a man tap on his finger and whisper in his ear.
"Sir, you wife is here. She'd like to talk to you."
He got up from his seat and followed the man. He knew he shouldn't have hung up on Riley like that, it would lead to serious yelling. She was always so quick at things, it took him back to the memory of how she became his assistant.
Lucas and Riley entered the building where they will both be working, it wasn't Lucas's first day. He's been working there for three in a half years now and his boss decided to give Riley a job as an assistant of a current worker. Her hands were shaking and she looked like she just ate a animal and was ready to poop it out.
"Riley there's nothing to be worried about. The workers here are nice and they wouldn't make you work too much." They both entered the elevator.
"I'm just worried that I might mess up, or get the coffee wrong-"
He stopped her with a kiss, she seemed to get a hold of herself.
"You're not going to mess up." Lucas said as he held on to her waist.
She let out a deep breath. "Thank you."
The elevator doors opened. "I'll even walk you to his office."
Riley followed Lucas into the boss's office. He was going to tell her who she was going to work for, and she had a feeling he might not be so nice. Once they entered Lucas greeted the man with a handshake. "Carter this is my fiancee, Riley."
"Just the two people I wanted to see." he got up from his chair and walked up to Riley. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you. You're supposed to tell me who i'm working for, right?"
"Yes." he nodded.
"Who's that?" Riley asked as her heart beated louder than ever.
The man looked back at Lucas then at Riley. "Your fiancee Ms. Matthews."
Riley would rather have a strict boss than her fiancee. Carter left his office leaving Riley and Lucas alone, Lucas looked more happy than surprised. "Did you know about this?"
He nodded. "Yes. Yes I did."
She walked over to him. "You might be my boss at work, but i'm the boss in this relationship. Are we clear?"
"Yes ma'am."
Lucas followed the man into the lobby and pointed to a brunette. "Your wife." he left, leaving him with a brunette that looked slightly different. The woman turned around and Lucas found himself eye to eye with non other than Missy Bradford.
What happens next?
To the guest who requested I add the flashback of how Riley became Lucas's assistant: I hope that wasn't disappointing. Hope you toon in for more.
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