Randle's Princess by Melissa Gaye Perez Page B

her chin in his hand to bring her to look up at him.
    Then his mouth again met hers.  Lia actually found herself wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him back and enjoying the passion more than she ever had.
    Then a knock at the door stopped them.  Lia actually felt disappointed.
      “Dammit,” Randle mumbled out as he neared it.  “That must be James.  He was gathering up your things from your room.”  He opened it and reached out to take the bags from James.  He walked back over and threw her suitcase and purse on the bed.
    “Get dressed Princess.  We’re going home.”  Then he turned and again left her alone in the room.

Chapter 5
     
    The flight home from Vegas was rather quiet but uneventful.  A couple of weeks had passed now and Lia and Randle seemed to be getting their relationship back on track as he was finally easing up speaking to and treating her as he always had.  It was a beautiful Saturday morning now as Lia looked out her bedroom window and knew Randle would be home today.  She was hoping now she could talk him into taking her into town to do some shopping or maybe even a movie or something. 
    She dropped the curtain and now made her way down the staircase toward his office.  All was quiet and peaceful and she knew even Betsy had the day off today so felt her chances were good because surely she knew Randle wasn’t about to cook for them. 
    Not bothering to knock, Lia opened his office door and made her way inside.  Looking over she saw Randle sitting at his desk talking on the phone with someone as usual but he didn’t seem bothered by her sudden presence.  He only motioned with his fingers for her to come on in.  She made her way around to the back of the desk then made herself quite comfortable as she scooted up and sat on top of it just next to him, so close she was enjoying the smell of his cologne and admiring how handsome he actually was with his perfectly groomed brown hair, glowing blue eyes and clean shaven face.  And today he was actually dressed in blue jeans but still had his white dress shirt and suit jacket on as well.  It was rare for her see him wearing jeans but she found herself thinking he looked rather sexy in them now.
    “Fine, I’ll see you this afternoon then,” she heard him say as he finally ended the call.
    “Good morning Princess,” he greeted with a bright grin and seemed in a rather happy mood today.
    “Good morning, why are you all smiles today?” she then asked.
    “Oh I don’t know.  Do I really need a reason?” he chuckled up at her.
    “I guess not.  So how busy are you today?” she then asked.
    “Uh-oh.  Why do you ask?” he teased back.  “There’s usually trouble when you get bored.”
    “Oh come on.  I was just hoping the two of us could go into town today.  Spend some alone time together,” she replied finding herself almost flirting with him.
    “Maybe later.  I have a few calls to make and I’m expecting a visitor later this afternoon,” he answered as he began shuffling through some papers on his desk.
    “Well, at least you didn’t say no,” she responded with a little disappointment.  She knew now he’d probably get so involved with all his work the day would be over with by the time he finished it.  That’s usually what happened.
    “Oh come on Princess.  Don’t look so sad.  I’ll hurry the best I can just for you.  I promise,” he then tried to assure her as he stood up and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
    “But I really miss getting out with you.  Marc just isn’t the best company,” she persisted.
    Randle smiled at her sweet voice.  He could almost never say no to her.  “Ok, my visitor isn’t coming till later so I guess a couple of hours out and about won’t hurt a thing,” he finally gave in.
    She relaxed her hands on his shoulders and smiled back.  “So where too?  A movie maybe?”
    “That takes too long.  I need to be back here sooner than that so how about