Part 41 - The House

Sitting on my chair behind my desk, working as I should, I get a text and feel my phone buzzing. I check it and see it's from Downey. He's asking me to go over to his office. Through a text. That's new. I leave my work in the middle and visit him. He's looking at his laptop's screen and immediately motions me to go close to him when he sees me. I gladly walk there and rest my hands on his back. He feels relaxed, which is nothing like what he's been feeling lately because of the divorce and the constant work he's doing.

"Take a look at this" he says pointing at the screen.

I turn my head to look at it and notice it's a house. I have to admit some confusion and shock went through my head. Is he looking for a house for him? For us? I really couldn't tell.

"I didn't know you were looking for a house" I say and take my eyes off the screen to look at him.

"I'm in your shoes for 3 weeks already, I think it's time for me to finally take my stuff into my new house since Susan is keeping the old one" he replies seriously.

I pass my hand through his hair and he slowly pulls my hand so I lean down. When I'm close enough for him to reach me he carefully places his hand on the back of my neck and pulls me in for a kiss. The kiss ends when he decides so by taking his hand off my neck and allowing me to stand again normally.

"Don't rush this, take as much time as you need. It's an important decision" I say.

"That's why I want your opinion on the matter. I have an appointment to see another house after work, will you join me? I've settled down to one of these two"

"Of course, I'd love to help you with that" I smile getting excited already.

"You have to look at this first, you know, in order to compare the two" he says sarcastically because I didn't actually take a look at the first house he wanted to show me.

"Oh right" I giggle and face palm myself.

"Come here" he says moving his chair a little bit backwards and then he pats his lap.

I nod and go in front of him without a second thought. I sit on his lap and face the screen. Looking at the pictures of the house I easily come to the fact that it's great. The architecture is similar to his old house which I believe was one of the reasons he picked it. His hands are on my thighs, slowly moving down towards my knees and back again. As much focused as I am on the screen he's focused on me. With his soft touch on my thighs, his upper body being close to my back and his lips leaving a few kisses on my neck and slightly open back.

"I think it's a very good choice" I comment on the house.

"It's indeed lovely" he doesn't even take his eyes off my back and proceeds with kissing my shoulder.

"Hey, concentrate on the house please" I say smiling playfully.

"Yeah, keep it in mind and I'll wait for your opinion on the other one as well to decide" he clears his throat and rests his head on my shoulder, next to mine.

"Sounds great" I nod.

"I'll find you after work, alright?" he asks and I turn to face him.

"Okay" I reply and we share another kiss before I leave.

The next remaining hours went by easily and before I even knew it he came by my office around 5:20pm. We wait for a while after work is over so that the other people working here don't see us together. We took our cars and I followed him closely as we drove to the other house he wanted to show me. On the outside it is much different than the other house and his previous one. It seems very modern with huge windows and I can tell the decoration inside is going to be equally beautiful.

"Oh my God" I gasp out of breath before we enter the house and he smiles at me.

He takes off his beautiful pair of sunglasses and looks at me smiling at my excitement. A woman greets us and welcomes us inside the house. I am more lost and overwhelmed than he is, probably because he's already seen it.

"I believe it's a perfect choice for you two" she finally says catching my attention.

I look at her and then at Downey. I don't know whether I should reply something about it or not. He seems calm and takes the lead to reply.

"It's just for me actually. She's here because her opinion matters the most" he says and looks at me slightly smiling.

"Alright, let me show you around then. First we have the kitchen, as you can see it has everything you might need and I'm sure you can picture yourself in here doing anything you can possibly desire" she says and I feel Downey looking at me smirking.

I blush knowing very well what went through his head and struggle not to chuckle in front of the poor woman who just wants to sell the house. We walk around the kitchen and I can indeed see myself doing plenty of things here on the shiny kitchen counters.

"The living room with the plasma TV and the incredibly confortable couches that you can test yourselves are perfect for a chill night in" she continues and we go ahead taking a seat on one of the couches.

"Wow" I say leaning back.

"It's nice, isn't it?" he asks me and I nod.

"We have the bathroom, the dinning room and the office here and then we can move upstairs for the rest of the house" the woman speaks again and Downey turns to look at her.

"Is it okay if we continue the tour by ourselves?" he asks politely showing her his charming smile.

"Of course, I'll be here if you need anything" she smiles back and leaves.

"I thought she'd never stop talking" he exhales desperately and leans back on the couch with me.

I laugh and move closer to him, wrapping my arms around his chest. He stretches his legs and puts them on top of the table in front of us.

"I don't think you're allowed to do that" I say and he shrugs.

"I'm this close to buying the house, I have to test it completely" he replies casually.

"Let's go see the rest of it" I say excitingly.

He stands up after me and together we say and comment the parts of the house freely. When we go to the office I rush over to the desk and take a seat before him.

"I'm sure you can see yourself drowning in work here and complaining about your colleagues and how badly they're doing their job" I say spinning around in the chair.

He grabs the chair stopping it when I face him and leans down in front of me.

"Not all of them are bad, there are a few exceptions" he says quietly.

"Like who?" I take a strand of my hair and playfully bite it.

"A couple of your colleagues but you are definitely the worst of them" he smirks and pulls me up by my hand.

"How dare you say that, Mr. Downey?" I ask acting hurt and surprised.

"Don't think I haven't noticed your work results getting worse, Ms. Beck" he grips my hips tightly.

"I promise to do better for you" I say seductively pulling his tie.

"I think you need a little push" he says looking straight at my lips and at the same time gluing his body to mine.

"What's on your mind, Mr. Downey?" I ask wrapping my arms around his neck.

He looks behind me for a second and back at me.

"This desk looks strong, eager to try it out?" he smirks.

"You're being very naughty, mister" I giggle.

He smiles deviously and quickly places me on top of the desk. He doesn't need much time to cause me to lean backwards while his lips are giving my neck a pleasurable time. My feet around his waist and his hands around my body. The only thing that could stop us was the thing that happened. The woman from earlier knocking on the door and giving us a judgmental look.

"A little respect for the furniture would be appreciated" she says clearing her throat.

I immediately jump from the desk and make sure every piece of clothing on me is well adjusted. Downey is doing the same, mainly readjusting his tie.

"Sorry about that, we were just going to take a look upstairs" he says.

"You don't mind me keeping an eye on you, do you? For security reasons" she asks raising an eyebrow.

"It's not like we're thieves or anything" he starts complaining but I pull his hand to show him he needs to stop.

"We understand" I smile and she motions us to go outside.

Downey sighs deeply but eventually follows us to the stairs.

"After you" he says and allows me to lead the way upstairs.

Of course the feeling of his eyes on me during these few seconds of me being in front of him was intense. The woman let some space between us and her as we were taking a look at the other rooms. When we reached the bedroom Downey pulled me in and we took the opportunity to look around for the few minutes we had alone. When the woman came inside she found us lying on the bed together. She didn't seem happy about it but didn't comment on it.

"We should be able to check the bed we're possibly about to spend so much time on, right?" Downey asks annoyed by the woman's look.

"Yes, just be careful with your feet" she says sternly.

We stand up and go to check the bathroom which is attached to the bedroom. She doesn't follow us thankfully so we have some privacy to comment about it.

"This bathtub must be so dreamy after a long day at work. Just imagine being in there with hot water and a glass of wine, maybe some music in the background and a book" I say lost in my imagination.

"What about us being in there enjoying a nice time with bubbles and that glass of wine you were talking about?" he asks hugging me from behind.

"That sounds good, too" I smile.

"Wanna try that?" he whispers in my ear and I turn around to face him.

"We can't get in the tub and fill it with water and bubbles now" I laugh silently.

"I know, but there's also this pretty cool shower over there" he says pointing at it.

I smile and he immediately gets the idea. He walks over to the shower pulling me by my hand and then gets inside it with me. I can't stop laughing, thankfully as silently as I can, so he proceeds with kissing me to stop me. It obviously works as I'm immediately lost by the feeling of his lips against mine. They're so rough, like they're living for this. He gets more and more taken by the situation with kissing me, pushing me harder against the shower walls and touching me that eventually he accidentally moves abruptly and the shower starts shooting water at us.

I scream by the sudden feeling of the cold water falling on me and Downey curses loudly. He turns it off and we find ourselves laughing about this while the woman is practically turning red.

"You are unbelievable! I haven't had any other clients as reckless and disrespectful as you!" she says angrily.

Downey stops laughing for a second and looks at me. He completely ignores the woman and leans down to ask me a question.

"Do you like the house?"

"Hell yes!"

He then turns back to the woman, with hair dripping and clothes wet.

"We'll take it" he says confidently and the woman stops her rambling to gasp.

She changes back to a more professional and friendly look and passes her hand through her hair.

"I'm very happy to hear that. I'll be waiting for you downstairs to talk about the necessary things before starting the paperwork" she says smiling.

We both nod and she leaves us alone in the shower, wet and happy. We look at each other smiling and giggle once more.

"You're crazy" I say shaking my head.

"Oh really?" he asks and turns on the water again for a few seconds making us both even more wet.

"Definitely" I reply and kiss him.

We carefully step out of the shower and leave our wet footprints behind as we go downstairs. He takes a few minutes to talk and sign some papers and then comes back to me.

"I can't wait for us to settle in here" he says exhaling deeply.

"You mean you can't wait for you to settle in here" I correct him with a confused look on my face.

"Yes, right" he shakes his head and wraps his arm around me.

I look at us, still dripping from our hair and clothes, then around the house and think of how many more things are about to happen in here and I guess by the look on his face that he's thinking about something similar.