CEO's Dilemma

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

LUNA'S POV

I walk into the diner and I'm not surprised at all to see Asher setting the table for breakfast. Most at times he prepares my breakfast whenever I sleep over. Asher is an excellent cook.

He has on a pair of well ironed black trousers and a white shirt which has been properly tucked into the trousers. The sleeves of his shirt have been neatly rolled up to his elbow exposing the very expensive Rolex wrist watch on his left hand. His jet black hair has been well combed and today, jelled backwards and I take some time to examine his perfect facial features. He has got a well a chiseled jawline and high cheek bones. His brown eyes are deep and charming and his pink full lips aren't making things any better. They are dangerously succulent.

Asher is such a fine man and I am very proud of the fact that he is in love with me.

"You do know that staring is rude right?" He asks not even sparing me a glance. I shamefully tear my eyes off him and quietly walk over to the diner.

"Good morning" I mumble under my breath.

"Good morning Luna, how was your night?" He asks as he kisses my forehead.

"Not a good one at all, I kept having this wired cravings and I have done nothing but puked my lungs out since I woke up"

"Are you alright?, Do you have a fever?, Should we go see a doctor?" He panicked as he touches my forehead with his palm.

"No, I'm fine. I'm just hungry, like really hungry" I lament and he chuckles as he goes to the table and pulls out a seat for me.

"Eat as much as you can"

"Oh, I definitely will!" My mouth waters the moment my eyes land in the various variety of dishes before me. Porridge oat, scrambled eggs, tough yet and toppings, toast and a whole lot of fruits and fruit juice too. "This looks so healthy"

"Excellent breakfast choices for a pregnant woman" He says as he talks a plate and serves me some yoghurt and toppings. " I made this particular dish with so much love, I hope you enjoy it" He sets the plate of food before me and I can't help but blush.

I am never going to get use to this.

"Thank you" I whisper.

"You are most welcome wifey" He disappears into the kitchen and later comes back with a cup of steamy coffee in his hand and sits on the head seat.

"You're taking just coffee?"

"Yeah"

"Why is that?, There's so much food"

"I have got a court hearing today by ten am, food will do nothing but make me feel lazy and sleepy and my father would not like that"

"The famous Attorney Asher Damien Watson"

"That's me" He confirms proudly.

"This is so delicious" I say with a mouthful of yogurt and toppings.

"I'm glad you enjoy it" He flashes me a hot smile and I blush harder. He empties his cup of coffee and leaves the diner with the cup. He later comes and back and unfolds the sleeves of his shirt and when I see him struggling to put on his cufflinks, I get up from my seat to help him.

"Oh no, you don't have to"

"But I want to, you have made a lot of delicious dishes for me. The least I can do to thank you is to help you dress up properly for work" I insist as I take the cufflinks from him and put them on.

"Thank you"

"We are not done yet" I pick up his tie from the chair nearby and walk over to him. "So, what's your favorite tie knot?"

"The Winsdor knot"

"I thought as much" I carefully knot the tie and help him out in his tuxedo jacket. I carefully button up the jacket and trail my fingers up and down the perfectly ironed jacket.

The Noble Attorney.

"I think you are good to go"

"Thank you"

"For nothing" I place a gentle kiss on his left cheek and sit down to continue my breakfast.

"I will head back home the moment I'm done at the court"

"I will be waiting for you"

"See you soon" He kisses my hair and turns to walk out if the diner but as he gets to the door, he stops on his tracks and turns to look at me. "Luna" He calls.

"Yes Asher"

"Thank you for everything" He says with a sweet smile that gets me totally confused.

Why the hell is he thanking me?.

"For what exactly?" I ask confused.

"I love you" Then he walks away.

Just great!

My cell phone rings and the moment I see Ace's name on the caller ID, my heart starts racing faster than it should. I haven't heard from him for almost a day and now that he is calling, I just realized something.

I miss him.

I miss him dearly.

I press the green icon signaling accept and press the phone against my ear.

"Hello Ace"

"Luna" He calls with a raspy voice. "Good morning, how have you been?"

"Perfect and you?"

"Not bad honey, not bad at all. I'm sorry I didn't get to you earlier, I had a lot of things to clear up over here"

"It's fine Ace, I understand"

"Can we meet later today?, I really want us to talk. I miss you Luna and I feel like I will go crazy if another day goes by without me seeing you" He explains and my stupid heart starts summersaulting in my chest. All the feelings I'm trying to bury come back to life in me and I can feel the love I have for him take over me completely.

He misses me and he wants us to talk. That warms my heart a great deal.

"Ace I want to see you too but I'm scared. What if people see us together and another scandal emanates. I'm just ready for another charade just yet"

"Then I will come to you. Where are you right now?"

He asks and I pause.

The moment I tell him that I have moved in with Asher, he will throw a tantrum.

Hehe!

Nowadays, everything seems so difficult to explain to all the men in my life. Not leaving out my father.

"I'm at Asher's place"

"You spent another night there?" He asks aghast.

Told you he would throw a tantrum.

"Yes, I did. As a matter of fact, I have moved in with Asher and I will be staying with him until I have the baby"

"The hell Luna! I thought you had to live with Kyle"

"Change of plans. You wanted us to talk right? Come over here let's talk"

"No way! I'm not coming over to Asher's house!" He denies firmly.

"Then I guess you really don't want to see me"

"Luna don't, don't do this to me right now. I am dying to see you and you very well know that, but coming over to Asher's place feels like a different kind of wrong to me. So absurd!"

"There's nothing absurd about it. If you really want us to talk, come over here. If not, suit yourself" With that, I hang up and carelessly throw my phone on the table.

All the men in my life are against each other.

Asher doesn't want me to be with Seven. Seven doesn't want to lose me to Ace. Ace doesn't want me to be with neither Seven nor Asher and Asher doesn't want me to be with Ace either.

My brother, Kyle, doesn't want me to be with neither Asher nor Ace and Seven doesn't even exist to him. I'm just caught in the middle of all this charade and honestly, I don't know how to go about it.

It's extremely exhausting!