Chapter 1

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‘I don’t know how the girls have talked me in to this’ I think to myself as I stand alone at the bar of one of the local nightclubs. I had arranged a meal for some of my immediate staff as a good will gesture because they had worked so well throughout a busy period and we had left for the restaurant straight from the office. I am not a big drinker or party lover so I was hoping to have a quiet meal, a few laughs and then head home but somehow they managed to talk me into coming to this club and now I cant find anyone. They all seemed to spread out as soon as we came through the doors and I have walked around the whole club about 3 times feeling like a complete idiot.

“Can I buy you a drink?”

I hear a male voice ask pulling me out of the trance that I was in. I could feel someone standing very close to me, the music is loud so his face is close to my own and I can feel his warm breath on my face. My first thought is ‘mmm he smells good’.

I turn round to see the most adorable young man smiling at me, his hair brown and curly, his eyes a gorgeous shade of caramel brown, a prominent jaw line and his smile has to be the cutest thing I have seen, how could I say no to him?

“Yes, actually that would be nice”, I hear myself answer as I smile back at him, almost flirting which is very unlike me, it was like someone else was controlling my every move.

Normally when guys flirt with me I back off straight away, I find it hard to trust anyone but this guy is extremely cute so why not have a bit of fun for once. I guess I keep myself to myself a little to much but I have been hurt in the past and I really don’t want it to happen again so I shut everyone out.

“What would you like?” He asks as he turns to lean on the bar still smiling that adorable smile at me which by the way is very contagious, I couldn’t stop smiling back at him.

“A rosé wine would be nice, thank you.” I answer as I run my hand through my hair tucking it behind my ears.

He gets the bar mans attention and buys my wine and a beer for himself.

“Would you like to go and sit down somewhere a bit quieter?” He asks still smiling at me and placing his hand on the small of my back sending shivers all over me. ‘Why is he having this affect on me?’

I nod at him and we head through to another room in the club which is much quieter than where we were a moment ago. We find a seat on a soft leather couch which is set back a bit from a small dance floor with just a couple of people on it dancing slowly to some seductive music.

I was still dressed in my suit from work. It was a plain black suit, an ‘A’ line skirt, a deep red shirt, a black fitted suit jacket and relatively high heals which complimented the shape of my legs. My long naturally blonde hair was straight and left down, normally I would tie it back in a loose ponytail for work but I made an exception since we were going out.

My newly found friend was wearing a long sleeved beige top with his sleeves pulled up slightly revealing what looks like the start of a tattoo on his right arm. ‘I wonder what the tattoo is.’ It was fitted just enough to show that he looks to have a very nice body. He was also wearing light coloured jeans and training shoes.

‘This guy is hot stuff’

I sat slightly facing this gorgeous guy and he too sat slightly facing me with his left leg tucked up underneath him. His posture reminded me of a child but somehow he was still remained completely adorable.

“So… my name is Tyler.” He announces and I can now hear his strong Canadian accent.

“Hi Tyler, pleased to meet you, I am Gill.” I say as I extend my hand for him to shake.

He holds my hand firmly but still manages to be gentle his hands are large making my own look even smaller and he is still smiling at me, ‘I really love his smile’.

“Do I hear a Scottish accent?” He asks, looking extremely excited, his hand releasing mine and starts playing nervously with the label on his bottle.

“Yeah, I am Scottish, I moved to Pittsburgh about 10 months ago.”

“Why did you come to Pittsburgh when Scotland is meant to be such a gorgeous country?” He asks looking genuinely interested in my answer.

“Scotland is a beautiful country but I came here for my career, there were no prospects where I lived…”

We sat talking for a while, slowly the space between us getting smaller and smaller. The connection between us was amazing, we hit it off immediately and were talking like old friends.

“So TK, where are your friends tonight?” I ask as I continue to flirt with him.

“What did you just call me?” He replies with such a look of confusion on his face and a slight hint of annoyance in his voice, his cheeks turning a dark shade of red.

“Come on Tyler I have been in Pittsburgh long enough to know who the Penguins are, I am lucky enough to have a season ticket for the up and coming season and the company I work for is one of the biggest sponsors of the penguins.”

“Oh…” He answers suddenly backing away and diverting his eyes to the young loved up couple on the dance floor, his gorgeous smile quickly disappearing.

I shuffle towards him and put my hand on his face and force him to look at me.

‘I could spend forever looking into those eyes, they are filled with so much emotion and his skin is so soft.’

“Tyler, will you please look at me…

“I am not a puck bunny and I am not sitting here to see what I can get from you. I am sitting here because I like what I see and would like to get to know you better. I think there is a connection between us.

“Your money or celebrity status is nothing to me, you are who you are and I am who I am.

“I can imagine that I have probably made more money in the past year than you will in 10 years, my company has made record breaking profits before it has even finished its first year of trading or really gotten its feet off the ground.

“I like you TK, please don’t back off because I know that you are Tyler Kennedy.”

I looked straight into his eyes and could see that he was confused by what I had said.

“I am going to the bathroom, if you are here when I get back then hopefully we can work at getting to know each other better, if you are gone… then well good luck with everything.”

I went to the bathroom, washed my face and brushed my hair, I don’t wear make-up as I don’t believe in the stuff so I didn’t need to worry about re-applying after washing my face, I am who I am and if people don’t like that then tough.

I decided that if TK was gone then I would head home, I wasn’t even going to try and look for the girls again.

‘I really hope that TK is still there, there is something about that guy that has gotten under my skin.’ I think to myself as I leave the bathroom. I head back over to the couch to find that he is thankfully still where I left him.

“Hey gorgeous, I am glad you are still here, I was not sure if you would be.” I say to him as I sit back down beside him.

He slowly starts to smile again but continues to hide it, his eyes still filled with confusion.

“I am confused Gill… I think you need to explain some things to me.”

“What would you like to know?” I ask being completely prepared to be open about everything.

“Who are you for starters?”

“OK TK, I am Gill Robertson, the owner and sole director of Robertson Publishing. I own the big shiny building that is beside the Mellon with the blacked out windows. If you Google the company when you go home tonight you will find out whatever you want to. Any other questions you have I am happy to answer them.”

“I am sorry Gill I just find it hard to trust girls in case they are just after one thing, I don’t tend to have the same thought process as some of the other players, I can’t just use a girl to get what I want and I wouldn’t want anyone to do that to me.”

“I know the feeling TK, a lot of guys know how much money my company makes, they see that I have a fancy car, they read in the papers that I have a big house so they try to come on to me so that they can get my money etc. I am so wary. Somehow you have managed to get under my skin so I want to pursue it. It is not often I let myself like someone.”

As the night went on the space between us had decreased again, TK had put his arm round my shoulders and I had placed my hand on his thigh, I could feel under my touch that his muscles were strong. We talked some more about my company and we discussed hockey and everything else varying from favourite colour to most embarrassing moment.

Soon the space between our faces decreased too, we were looking deep into each others eyes as if trying to see if we were doing the right thing. As we got closer we both closed our eyes just before our lips touched. The kiss was soft, slow and passionate. It was perfection. The butterflies that lived in my stomach were dancing and my body tingled as he held me.

‘CLICK’

‘CLICK’

We both pulled away knowing exactly what we were hearing, resting our foreheads together we smiled, held each others hands and got up. Smiling at the cameras, we left the club together knowing that we would be in the papers in the morning and all over the internet in hours.