Grace sat in the chair staring at Ethan as he sat at the edge of his desk. He was trying to get her to admit what she was afraid of, but was refusing to talk to him about it.

"What is it Grace? What on earth are you so afraid of? I'd really like to know, so I can understand you better... In my opinion, you deserve someone special in your life."

She felt anger building up inside her, she wasn't liking how he was talking to her, and gave him a dirty look "That's your opinion, I don't need you, and I don't need someone else in my life. I'm doing just fine on my own. Maybe it was a mistake for us? Maybe it wasn't, I don't know." she said, feeling confused.

"So, what you're saying is, you now regret it?"

She looked away from his stare, not wanting to look at him, unsure of how she felt. All she knew was, she enjoyed every minute with him. "No... I don't regret it." she said, quietly.

"What are you afraid of?" Ethan asked, while kneeling and grabbing a hold of her hands, trying to get her to look at him.

She looked at him, and felt her heart aching. In her heart she wanted him, but in her mind, she kept telling herself she couldn't have him "You deserve someone better than me. You're thirty-six, I'm fifty-five, I'm way too old for you."

"What the fuck does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Age is nothing but a fucking number, and I don't look at it that way. I could care less about that." Ethan felt hurt, and couldn't believe she brought up the age difference. He never looked at it that way, and wished she wouldn't either. He stood up, and walked towards the window. After talking with her, he wanted her now more than ever. "Maybe I'm what you need, can't you see that?"

"I have to go, I just wanted to tell you that." She stood up, and started walking towards the door. Ethan turned his head, saw her walking towards the door, and walked over to her, putting his hand on the door, not wanting her to leave. While holding the door, he used his other hand and caressed her cheek, while staring her in the eyes. "I don't believe anything you just said, but if you need to talk, you know where to find me."

"Please let me leave."

"Can I kiss you goodbye?" he asked, curling his finger under her chin, and tilting her head up.

When she didn't say anything, he leaned down, giving her a kiss. She pulled away, and turned her head "Please Ethan, let me go." she said, quietly.

He sighed, stepped away from the door, and watched her leave. At this point he didn't know what to do, or think. He sat back down at his desk, and continued finishing the work Antonio left him. He ended up staying until after ten at night, wanting to finish all the paperwork before he left.

On his way home, he decided he wanted to get drunk, and stopped at a bar. He looked around at all the girls inside, and not one of them interested him. He sat at the bar drinking shot, after shot, after shot, having no care in the world.

"Do you need us to call anyone?" The bartender asked, as Ethan leaned on the bar with a fist resting under his chin, and swirling the empty glass around, with only ice cubes inside, thinking about his situation.

He pulled his phone out of his pocket, and handed it to him "Call whoever, I don't care." The bartender looked at his phone, searched through his contacts, then looked under his ICE contacts, and noticed Antonio's name was listed as brother.

He called a couple times until Antonio answered, and explained to him what was going on. I'll be right there. Antonio said to him, before hanging up. The bartender handed Ethan's phone back, and gave him a glass of water. "Here drink this."

"I'll be back." Antonio said to Sadie, frustrated.

"Where are you going? It's after midnight."

"To pick Ethan up at the bar. The bartender just called, from Ethan's phone. I guess he's drunk, and not making any sense."

"I hope he's OK." Sadie said, worried.

"Go back to sleep, I'll bring his ass back here, and find out what's going on."

Antonio left to pick up Ethan, yawning along the way. He walked into the bar, and saw Ethan sitting at the bar trying to talk to the bartender. He walked over to Ethan, and sat down next to him, waiting to see if he noticed that he was there.

"What can I get you." The bartender asked.

Antonio waved his hand, letting him know he didn't need anything "I'm only here to pick him up."

"Oh, you must be Antonio, thanks for coming to get him."

Antonio placed his hand on Ethan's shoulder, pushing him a little "Ready to go?"

Ethan quickly turned his head, and smiled "Antonio, what are you doing here? I'll buy you a drink." he slurred, barley getting the words out of his mouth.

"Come on let's go, I think you've had enough."

Antonio helped him off his stool, and helped walk him out. Along his way out, he was bumping into tables, and chairs, and nearly fell over a chair when he turned his head to focus on a girl that was sitting by herself.

Antonio finally got him out of the bar, and into his SUV. While talking to Ethan, he had a hard time understanding him, but was able to get bits and pieces out of whatever he was trying to say. From what he understood, he heard the names Grace, Harlow, and Ilona. He had no clue what it all meant, and figured once he got him home, he would try to sober him up, so they could talk.

Getting him down the stairs, and onto the couch was a chore. Ethan looked at Antonio, and pulled on his shirt "Make me a drink." Ethan slurred.

"I think you've had enough to drink, and keep it down so you don't wake up Ilona."

"Ohhh, where's sleeping beauty at? I could wake her up by a kiss you know."

Argghh. Antonio groaned "Maybe get some sleep, and we'll talk about this tomorrow."

"I'm fine, really." Ethan says, leaning his head back against the couch.

"I take it, you're not going to work tomorrow."

"Everything is done, I stayed until after ten to finish it all up. I also talked to Mr. Thomas; he accepted the counter offer."

"Thank you, we'll talk about that tomorrow, I really need to get to bed. I have an important court case in the morning." Antonio grabbed Ethan a pillow, and blanket, and threw it at him "Get some sleep."

******

It was after one in the afternoon, Antonio finally finished with his morning court case, and headed back to the office. When he got back, he handed his secretary his clients file, and asked to file it under case closed. "We won the case." he says, smiling. He walked into his office, and sat down at his desk. He noticed he had a lot of messages, and a lot of phone calls to return, and began calling them back. While he was on the phone, Sadie walked in, smiling ear to ear.

She slowly, and seductively walked towards him, and sat on top of the desk in front of him, crossing her legs. He got off the phone, and leaned back in his chair. "What are you all smiley for?"

"I got a job." she said excitedly.

As much as he didn't like hear that, he congratulated her anyway. "I know you hate the idea of me working, but I was able to find a job, working only four hours per day, from 10:30-2:30."

"Doing what?"

"Waitressing again, I was looking for other jobs, but nothing seemed interesting, or they wouldn't work with the hours I wanted. I missed waitressing, and went back to the place where we met, and was hired on the spot."

"That's good, I'm happy that you're happy." he smiled.

He looked at her, saw the sparkles in her eyes, and noticed how she had new glow about her. This was the first, in a long time, that he saw her this happy.

The thought of her being this happy had him feeling aroused, and after winning his case this morning, he felt like having a little celebration. He placed his hands on her legs, and pushed himself up.

Cupping both sides of her face, and getting only inches away from her face, he smiled "Your smile turns me on, and I'm happy that you're happy." He gave her a kiss, and as she parted her lips, his tongue thrusted in, and kissed her with hunger. His one hand wrapped around her lower back, and pulled her closer against him, as his other hand slid through her hair, and cupping the back of her head. To get better access to her neck, he gently pulling her head back, and kissed all over, before making it back up to her lips, kissing her with passion.

The more they kissed, the more their desires were burning through each of their bodies. He started unbuttoning her top, and slid his hand inside, cupping her breast, and was blocked by her bra.

He quickly unsnapped her bra, and his mouth instantly wrapped around her breast sucking, and flicking his tongue on her hardened nipples. A moan escaped her mouth when his hand slid up between her legs, sliding her panties to the side, and sliding a couple fingers into her warm wetness.

Kicking the chair out of the way, he kneeled, and pulled her to the edge of his desk. He slid her panties off, then scooted her skirt all the up, and wrapped his mouth around her pussy, causing her to lean back, and rested her hands behind her, to hold herself up.

His tongue slid up and down her pussy, and circling her clit sensuously, that had her moaning, and her body twitching. His fingers made its way back inside her, thrusting them in and out, while continuing to satisfy her below.

His tongue became more demanding the more she squirmed, and jerked, and pulled his fingers out to thrust his tongue inside her, when her juices started releasing.

While her body was shaking, things were getting knocked over on the desk, and was unable to control herself. He stood up, undid his pants and dropped them to the ground. He laid her back onto the desk, and her legs immediately wrapped around his waist, when he leaned forward thrusting his cock inside her, hard, and deep. His thrusts were fast, and tried not making any more sounds than they already were.

His arm wrapped underneath her back, and lifted her while he thrusted, crashing his lips to hers, and trying to muffle both of their moans, and groans. Thrusting faster, and harder, his mouth left hers, and began kissing down her chin, sucking along her neck, and underneath her chin. Her hands slid up his head, and pulled onto his hair when she felt she was ready to orgasm. Her panting became louder, his grunting became louder, and pumped a couple hard, deep thrusts, and stopped when he got as deeply in as he could, releasing himself.

Their lips met again, kissing fast, hard, and hungrily. He pulled himself out, after making sure he was finished, not wanting to make a mess, and pulled his pants up quickly when there was a knock at the door.

Sadie quickly hopped off the desk, buttoned up her shirt, then slid her skirt down, before Antonio answered the door, Antonio cracked the door, and peeked his head out. "Give me five minutes, we have an issue were discussing right now." Sadie heard him say.

He closed the door, walked over to Sadie, and pulled her in for another kiss. "Ti amo." he says, while kissing her.

"Ti amo molto anche io." she said back to him, and smiling wide "I better let you get back to work, and so I can get back home. Ethan was still sleeping when I left earlier." she giggled.

"Good, he needed to sleep off whatever he had going on." Antonio sighed, running his fingers through his hair. It then dawned on him on how he answered the door. He felt he may have looked like he stuck his finger in a light socket, with all the hair pulling Sadie was doing to him, and chuckled at the thought.

"What's going on with Ethan?" Sadie asked.

"I don't know, I'll have a talk with him when I get home, he wasn't making any sense last night."

Antonio walked her out, and stopped by his secretary to see what she needed. She smirked at him when she noticed that his collar was sticking up, and stood up, fixing his collar "I won't say anything." she says, winking at him, and causing him to feel embarrassed.

His cheeks turned red, and chuckled "Thanks."

Later that night, after Antonio got home, he asked for everyone to stay upstairs while he went and had a talk with Ethan. He walked down the stairs, and saw Ethan still laying on the couch "You're still in the same spot that I left you in last night?" he barked.

"Don't start Antonio, my head is pounding."

"Serves you right, what was going on that you got like that?"

Ethan turned his head looking at Antonio, and giving him a look. He sat forward, and lowered his head "I have issues."

"You didn't have to tell me that, we already knew that." he joked.

"I mean, I have issues where I don't know what to do with Grace."

"Why now? I thought that you said everything will be fine?"

"I thought so too, until she came to visit me at work. She's upset that you know what happened between us, and now she told me to move on, that she would rather be alone. She also said that she doesn't need a man in her life. I asked her what she was afraid of, and she wouldn't tell me."

"Maybe it's best that you move on, Grace lived a rough life for a long time, you know that."

"I do know that, I told her that she deserved someone in her life, and that she deserves someone special, she didn't agree..."

"Sadie said she doesn't trust anybody, which I can understand why, but if she wants you to move on, then maybe you should. Besides, you told me yourself it was a onetime thing anyway."

"I know, but I still have those same feelings for her, I'm so confused. I also have the hots for your new nanny, but whatever... So, I went to the bar last night looking at the women there, and not one of them interested me."

"Well maybe that's because you're looking in all the wrong places."

"I went there to try and get everyone off my mind, tried to meet someone new, someone that I don't know, and that didn't work. I also went and asked for Harlow's advice, asking her to guide me in the right direction, and you know what she did?"

Antonio shook his head no, surprised to hear he went to ask her for advice. "She had a bird shit on my head." he chuckled.

Antonio sat in the chair directly across from Ethan, listening to him, and then looked at him with a serious look "Here's my advice... leave Grace alone, let her be for a little bit. You may have opened something up for her that she, herself might be confused about. Go on with your life like you have been, and give someone else a chance. If it works out, great, if it doesn't, move on to the next. If for some reason you, and Grace come to terms, and feel you two are meant to be together, then you figured out your future. There are some things that you must ask yourself... Grace for instance, you must think about, do you truly love her? Is it infatuation, lust, or is it the thought of being with an older woman that turns you on? Think about what you want in life... do you want a family, do you want to remain single, and play the field? That, you must decide for yourself, and find yourself along the way. Nobody can tell you who you want, or who to love. Just think about it, think of all your options, and what means the most to you."

Ethan sat there listening to Antonio, thinking he made a lot of sense, and felt he may be right "You're right, thanks for the talk."

"Just give yourself options, and go from there. Play the field, and you'll figure out who you want. The right person is there for you, and she's staring you right in your face, you just don't even know it. You need to open your eyes, and your heart, and to not think about what's in your pants. The right one is there for you, and once you know, you'll know it."

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