Chapter 4: Leaving Town

Candice scribbled notes on her legal pad as Josef explained the situation. He was not in a good mood and on a rampage. He was holding it together well but Candice had worked with him long enough to know the difference and people looking into him always set him off.

His receptionist buzzed that David was here and needed to speak with him. Josef told her to send him in and sat back. David walked in a moment later and saw Candice first giving her a smile. She'd been gone when he woke up and he had planned to see her after seeing if it was even a possibility to go help Ashton.

Candice stood up and tucked her pad under her arm, "I'll leave you boys to talk. Josef I'll get right on this."

Josef nodded his head in answer. Candice stopped briefly as she passed David and kissed his cheek. He squeezed her arm, "I'll come see you when I finish."

Once Candice had left and the door behind her closed David took the seat Candice had vacated. "Is there a new development I need to be aware of?"

Josef rubbed his temples, "Not at the moment." After a moment Josef lowered his hands, "So what can I do for you today?"

"Ashton called me last night. His office in San Francisco was broken into. After the events that happened here he lost a large part of his security detail. He's asked me to go help him. Update his system, hire and train men and such."

"And you are asking me what I think?"

David shook his head, "I'm asking if you'd mind. Everything here is running smoothly and Devon could handle things while I was gone and contact me if anything came up."

Josef shrugged, "Thank you for coming to me first. I don't care if you go and help your sire but if anything comes up and you're needed back here…"

"I'll be on a plane ASAP."

Josef grinned, "Have you asked Candice yet?"

"No she was gone when I woke up. I'll talk to her next."

Josef sat forward, "As much as I'd like to tell you she could join you as I'm sure was your intent right now is not a good time. One of the charities I contribute too has been linked to over seas arms deals. I need her here working on this."

"I understand." David meant it. He understood that was a major issue. If the authorities started looking too closely into Josef they might find out about the community. Everything was covered well but still there was always a chance that someone might over turn the right rock. Candice needed to shut this down quickly.

David stood up, "I'll leave you to it. I'll make sure Devon has everything under control before I leave. Thank you Josef."

David stood outside the door to Candice's office for a moment trying to find the best way to bring this up. He'd planned to win her over with a mini vacation but with her unable to go that messed up his plan. Honestly he didn't like leaving her.

Taking in a breath he knocked lightly on the door, "Come in."

Candice was looking up at him when he opened the door. He walked right over to her and leaned down and kissed her. When David pulled back Candice stood with him and walked over to the couch. "What's on your mind?"

David gave a small laugh at her knowing something was up. "I wanted to talk to you about something but you were gone when I got up."

"Yeah Josef's facing some legal trouble. Had to come in early to try and get ahead of the situation."

"He mentioned that." David took her hands in his and squeezed them. "Ashton called me last night. He had a proposition for me."

"Oh?" Candice tilted her head to the side slightly.

"Someone broke into his office. He hasn't recovered from the Mia incident and asked if I would be interested in coming to help him set up."

"To San Francisco?"

David nodded, "He hoped you could come as well but this…Josef said he wouldn't mind me taking a leave to go help but that he couldn't spare you."

Candice frowned slightly, "Bad timing."

Moving one of his hands to her lips he brushed them making her smile, "I'm going to turn him down. I'll offer to help from here. I'll tell him what he needs to do."

"No David. You should go," she says shaking her head. Seeing he's about to disagree she continues, "I'll be swamped with this as it is. I won't have much free time in the near future as it stands. This way you can help Ashton and I can focus on this and then when we're finished we can celebrate together."

David looked her in the eye as he asked, "Are you sure Can?"

She smiled. "I'm sure. I'll miss you but he needs you there and Josef needs me here. It won't be for too long though. Right?"

David pulled her lips to his and devoured her lips in a breath stealing kiss that sent sparks through her body. Drawing a moan from her David pulled back, "I'll miss you too baby. I don't know how long it will take but we'll talk every day and if you finish up before me you can come out and we can have that little vacation."

"I can't wait." The phone on Candice's desk began to ring and she sighed pulling from David. She answered the phone promptly and ended it just as quickly.

When Candice turned back around David was right behind her. "When are you leaving?"

David breathed in her scent and everything about her he loved so much. "Late tonight or early tomorrow, I guess. The sooner I get started the better."

She nodded, "I want to send you off with something to think about while we're apart."

"I guess I should leave you to do what you do then and make the plans. I'm anxiously awaiting my send off." David kissed her once more softly before heading out.

To Be Continued…

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