#blessed

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. - Benjamin Franklin

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NOVA.

her eyes flickered over to his phone as he silenced it, slightly suspicious because it had been the third call in the short time they had been together. though, she voted against bringing it up, maybe it was just a colleague trying to meet him for coffee and well, she’d rather have him all to herself. “wow, the very busy and professional doctor khan changing up his plans for little old me? i’m flattered,” she smiled, a hand reaching over to grab one of his. “i’ve been good, better now that i’m here with you.”

red flags all over the place. sirens, flashing lights. dax was not supposed to get swept up in the phenom that was nova... he was enjoying his freedom. racking up frequent flyer miles and phone numbers he probably would never use. but them being in the same place at the same time had to be a sign right? serendipity? fate? one or the other. “that’s good to know, haven’t stopped thinking about you. and...” he glanced down at his watch. “we have seven hours, well no --” he did the math in his head. “five hours give or take, hopefully things happen on time. but never mind that, you have my undivided attention.”

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“i usually do one way flights,” he admitted sheepishly, silencing his ringing phone before putting his attention back on her. “but when i saw that you’d be in town i figured a seven hour layover is worth it if i get to see you for at least five seconds.” dax wants to cringe at his choice of words but they’re too honest for him to feel any shame. “how have you been since i saw you last?” she left quite the impression on the doctor. || @apcdyopsis

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“bratty tati is cute when it’s about getting a new purse or shoes. so i’m sorry you had to deal with that, daddy. i’ll try not to do it again.” she pouted for a moment before giggling and leaning in to kiss him for the first time all night. “you try being in a strapless, floor-length gown for more than a couple hours! i had to get out of it as soon as i stepped into the house! don’t you like my robe better though?” smiling, she began loosening his tie even more and gestured for him to go back into the kitchen so he could set her on the counter. “i didn’t think you were going to show, honestly. i was starting to get scared.” 

gael kissed her back eagerly, this was normal them, not all that weird tension from earlier.“ah, i will leave the gowns to you baby. i don’t have the shoulders for that at all.” laughing he went to the kitchen like she requested, setting her down on the counter. “i love it.” he was playing with the end of the short material, smoothing his hands over her thighs as he had a debate with himself. “that wasn’t my intention...” he whispered, “to scare you.” smoothing his hands over her hair he kissed her forehead. “i just had a lot on my mind or i would have been here sooner, i promise.”

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on the car ride back to her home, she took the chance to reflect on how childish she was being. he had a right to any and all possible concerns, and here tatiana was, throwing a fit for no damn reason honestly. she sighed once she got home, tossing her items aside as she collapsed onto her bed. hopefully, gael could look past this little slip of hers and she prayed that at any moment, he’d be knocking at her door. but the night passing with every moment and no knocks, she decided to at least get ready to go to bed. her dress lay now wrinkled up on the floor in the corner of her bedroom as she hopped into the shower, still upset with how the night had gone. she checked her phone every couple minutes after lazily throwing on a short robe, just in case she had missed a message from him in those two minutes. as she went out into the kitchen to put together some food (the food at the event had been so unsatisfying, it wasn’t even funny), she glanced over at her door, again in the hopes that he’d magically show up, and it was then that she heard knocks followed by his voice. she perked up and practically ran over to it, the door barely open when she was already jumping onto him and wrapping her arms around him tightly. “you really need to stop letting me be such a brat sometimes.”

surprised by the hug, gael laughed, returning the hug nonetheless. “usually bratty tati is cute... just not when it’s directed towards me.” he wasn’t sure if it was their first hiccup or fight since they started their arrangement but gael knew he wasn’t a fan of being on tatiana’s bad side. nor did he want to lose his job so what was the game plan? he always could figure out the next course of action when a client came bursting into his office crying about shoddy ponzi schemes leaving them borderline bankrupt but this affects him just as much as it does her. keeping her in his arms he walked inside, taking note of the short robe she was wearing and pinched her ass playfully. “didn’t take you long to get out of that dress huh?” he closed the door with his foot. 

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TATIANA;

she wasn’t used to people saying no to her, as much as she tried to deny being a spoiled brat. so him taking her hand made her pout instantly as she stared at him angrily. “no, i’m going home. i’m trying to get out in front of this and figure it out right now, but i guess just call me whenever YOU want to discuss it and whenever it’s convenient for you.” she pulled her hand away from him and clutched the bottom part of her dress so she wouldn’t have to worry about tripping on it as she went back to where all the people were and began her search for her father. after a couple minutes and no luck, she informed his assistant that she was leaving and hurried off to her car which was waiting to take her back to her home, with tears brimming in her eyes. she could have very well stayed, but she knew that seeing him at the event and not being able to talk to him or be around him much would make it agonizing for her. why was she so terrified of losing gael after this? their relationship from the beginning was supposed to be a fun, easygoing thing for both of them. but now, with such strange factors, she had no idea if they’d be able to continue seeing each other or if he’d even want to.

tatiana typically didn’t give gael a reason to say no. it was mutually beneficial, their situation and the only fear he initially had was maybe STDs or getting bored. it never crossed his mind their circles were actually that much intertwined like this. the last thing he wanted to do was make her angry, but they had to be smart about this. they both had a lot to lose. “tati...” he didn’t make any tries to stop her, watching her storm off. gael rubbed his face with both hands before laughing to himself in disbelief. he still couldn’t shake the fact that he had been hooking up with his boss’ daughter, let alone keeping her financially afloat for months when apparently she didn’t even need it. there was no use in chasing after her right away, she was having a temper tantrum and trying to reason with her would be useless until they both calmed down. he went back out and slipped back into business mode. networking and acting like he cared about race horses or saving the dolphins, whatever it was people talked about at these kinda things. there’s enough dom perignon in his bladder that he has to pee and decides to make his get away after he’s taken a leak, the event was dying down anyways. saying bye to the big wigs, promising those stanton guys a round of golf and drinks soon he found himself in his car. temple against the window as he watched the city fly by. “take me to her please,” he requested to his driver. undoing the top button, loosening the knot of his tie he took familiar steps to tatiana’s door. knocking tentatively he cleared his throat awkwardly, scuffing his shoes a little. “sweetheart? it’s me, open up.” 

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TATIANA;

“what are you confused about? maybe i can answer some of your questions,” she ran her tongue over her lower lip as she took a step closer to him and a finger trailed up his chest. what was it about him that made her lose control even after just having a moment with her dad and in the midst of a sticky situation between the two of them? it drove her insane but she just couldn’t help herself sometimes. “i know for a fact, you’re not going to find anything other than champagne here, so if you want, we can get out of here and go home. i can get naked for you and you can drink whatever you want.”

was she really? gael gaped in shock, now was not the time for -- “tatiana,” he mumbled. “stop.” he took her hand from his chest, holding it out of habit. “we can’t just leave.” he stage whispered before glancing around again. they couldn’t stay away from the event too long or what if someone caught on that they were both missing at the same time? he wasn’t sure she had the answers to his questions, both pretty shocked at how the truth came to light. leaving wouldn’t change anything. “let’s just get through the night and we will discuss this later? or whenever you have free time after breakfast?”

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TATIANA;

she couldn’t help but start to laugh, but quickly cut herself off when she noticed how serious he was. “gael,” she looked around, recognizing too many of her father’s business partners and quickly took his hand to tug him away from the crowd of people. she grabbed another glass as they walked and finally, when they got to a nearly empty corridor, she turned with a guilty look on her face. “okay, i should’ve told you the second that we met, that i’m your boss’s only child. but that wasn’t really on my mind at that moment, if you remember how that went down in the first place.” she took a large gulp of the drink before looking at him, lower lip in between her teeth. “please don’t be mad.”

he let himself get dragged away, glancing around paranoid someone would notice them taking off. once alone he crossed his arms against his chest as he listened to her apology with skepticism. her dad was... out of this world wealthy, not even rich, rich was temporary in gael’s mind -- wealth had a longer shelf life. why wasn’t she talking to older guys, letting them give her money and whatnot if she was boring on a stack on hundreds? gael frowned, she had a point, they were entirely too preoccupied with more interesting things to talk details like that. “i’m just confused,” he finally muttered. “not mad. just really confused and sober. i really don’t want to be sober but i’m sick of champagne at this point.” 

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TATIANA;

gael’s silence had her raising an eyebrow as her father placed a kiss on her forehead and she wrapped an arm around him. “running around, taking drinks from my employees? are you at least introducing yourself? so sorry, gael. this is my daughter, tatiana.” she smiled at gael, though she was screaming on the inside. she couldn’t say she didn’t see it coming though; they had met on one of her visits, but she would have never thought that he worked for her dad. there were multiple firms in the building and she just naturally assumed that gael worked for a different one. oh god, all of those late night …meetings in gael’s office. it was painful to think of how many times her father had been down the hall without either of them realizing. “dad, isn’t that one of your friends over there? i think he’s waving at you.” tatiana gestured over to an older man that had actually been trying to get her father’s attention. “oh, excuse me. don’t forget about brunch tomorrow with your mother and i. and nice to see you, gael. hope you enjoy your night." he gave him a pat on the back and as soon as he turned his back to leave, tatiana sighed and downed the rest of the champagne. "did you go mute or something?”

if gael could die on the spot he would have dropped dead right there. it was official, he couldn’t get a boner when called daddy anymore, not when she still called her dad that? or was the past two minutes a sick nightmare? and he couldn’t outwardly show the mania going on his head or he feared his boss -- tatiana’s DAD would think he was drunk or even worse, figure out all the nasty stuff they’ve done ten steps away from his office with one look into gael’s eyes and kill the man after firing him in front of everyone in the room. blinking rapidly he looked at tatiana dumbly, “hmm? i just had this out of body experience and the worst scenario played out before my eyes. that your dad...” he cut himself off just in time to snatch another drink from a passing waiter. he drank it too fast and coughed a little, patting himself on the chest. he couldn’t even say it out loud. “please say that was a sick joke,” the older male pleaded.

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TATIANA;

his question was valid, and it made more sense for him to be there instead of her. she laughed quietly and turned to face him as she took a sip from the glass. “my money has to come from somewhere, and not just from you.” right as she finished her sentence, she spotted her father heading towards them out of the corner of her eye and panicked for a moment. she quickly stepped away from gael and gave a short wave as the man came over to them. “hi daddy,” she said with a smile as she leaned up to kiss her dad’s cheek. “what are you doing with one of my best men, tati?” her eyes nearly popped out of her head, and she tightened her grip on her glass. “o-one of your best men? oh uh, i was just passing and he had an extra glass, so i asked for it.”

“ i -- “ okay, he wasn’t sure what she was trying to imply but the next staff meeting? he was going to glare the shit out of john, unless it was michael the software developer because if it was him? gael was going to make his life a living HELL. michael’s wife just had triplets, that fucking bastard. it all kind of went into slow motion after that. he stood up a little straighter at the sight of his boss, face hardening in disbelief. how could tatiana do this to gael? yeah... okay he was bad at texting back and his dog ate her heels once but he replaced those heels! he likes her a lot and for her to be flaunting her daddy like this... yes mr. windsor is... rich, successful, powerful, rich, the list goes on but he was also OLD. gael wasn’t getting senior citizen discounts from department stores but he didn't need discounts! he had money! he couldn’t even relish in the fact that he called him ‘one of his best men’ gael worked his ass off to get where he was and it was nice to be recognized for that but he was too busy seeing red, wishing he had something stronger than champagne. 

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TATIANA

tatiana let out a deep sigh for what felt like the fiftieth time that night as she maneuvered herself through the groups of people and went over to a pair of familiar looking girls. her father had brought her along for moral support, though he disappeared from her side fairly quickly, leaving tati to aimlessly walk throughout the venue. she was barely paying attention to what the other trust fund babies were going on about, when she felt an arm around her waist. turning her head quickly, her eyes widened before she caught herself and attempted to remain casual as she took the glass from him. she cast a glance at the other girls who had, luckily, barely noticed what was going on.·“thank you,” she murmured as she took a sip and let herself press back against him gently.·“it wasn’t that great, you didn’t miss out on much. what are you doing here though?”

okay so he wasn’t going to beat around the bush, as happy as he was to see her, the question was basically forcing itself out of his mouth. “why are you here?” he followed up with a small laugh, gael was good with numbers and knew there was a percentage that he would end up jealous from her answer -- he was pretty high up on the food chain but he still wasn’t the alpha wolf of the pack. water cooler talk about barely legal pretty little things is the norm in the office, granted those guys were also married and gael was not so he really wasn’t prepared. but maybe she wasn’t fucking john from risk management on the second floor and she was just a charitable girl.

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TATIANA

tatiana let out a deep sigh for what felt like the fiftieth time that night as she maneuvered herself through the groups of people and went over to a pair of familiar looking girls. her father had brought her along for moral support, though he disappeared from her side fairly quickly, leaving tati to aimlessly walk throughout the venue. she was barely paying attention to what the other trust fund babies were going on about, when she felt an arm around her waist. turning her head quickly, her eyes widened before she caught herself and attempted to remain casual as she took the glass from him. she cast a glance at the other girls who had, luckily, barely noticed what was going on.·“thank you,” she murmured as she took a sip and let herself press back against him gently.·“it wasn’t that great, you didn’t miss out on much. what are you doing here though?”

okay so he wasn’t going to beat around the bush, as happy as he was to see her, the question was basically forcing itself out of his mouth. “why are you here?” he followed up with a small laugh, gael was good with numbers and knew there was a percentage that he would end up jealous from her answer -- he was pretty high up on the food chain but he still wasn’t the alpha wolf of the pack. water cooler talk about barely legal pretty little things is the norm in the office, granted those guys were also married and gael was not so he really wasn’t prepared. but maybe she wasn’t fucking john from risk management on the second floor and she was just a charitable girl.

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another night, another gala. some foundation or nonprofit that gael’s boss donated to generously and expected his employees to represent the company. of course the khan in stanton&khan capital is nowhere to be found, mac is wandering around the building no doubt. gael has already spoken to edward and his bumbling idiot of a father. but stanton&khan is the least of gael’s worries as he scoops up a flute of champagne. he can recognize those elegant narrow shoulders in a crowded room any time. he lets his presence known by winding an arm around her middle from behind, presenting the glass for her to take. “we have to stop meeting like this,” he murmured into her ear. catching a whiff of her intoxicating scent, gael hums. “i can’t believe i missed your entrance.” he’s actually disappointed in himself. || @apcdyopsis

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she laughed quietly, hand slowing down and wrapping around the base so she could give one last teasing lick as well as wet kisses along the shaft, before she finally took him into her mouth. she groaned around his cock almost instantly, her eyes still staring up at him as she swirled her tongue around.

"there we go," he muttered in encouragement, he didn't take his eyes off of hers, gripping the back of her head lightly. "such a pretty mouth." he complimented in a groan.

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she ran her tongue over her lower lip right as his fingers passed it and she brought her other hand up so both would work at getting his belt off and pants unzipped. she finally looked away from him right as she pulled out his member and grinned. eyes flickering up to him once again, a hand wrapped around him and slowly began to pump him before she leaned in to gently run her tongue over the tip.

he let out an appreciative sound, taking his bottom lip between his teeth. cock filling up in her grasp, gael chuckled under his breath as he watched her with rapt interest. finger carding through her hair, he urged her a little to take more of him into her mouth.

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she smiled and ran her fingers through his hair, taking a moment to think about what to do first. with a quiet giggle, tatiana kissed his lips once more before dragging her lips down to his neck and slowly moving off his lap to rest on her knees in front of him. she looked up at him, still smiling as her hands trailed along his thighs.

gael was enjoying the view of tatiana on her knees, a place he liked her best. slouching a little in his chair, a hand reached out and smoothed along her hair before cupping her cheek. thumbing along her lips he put one of her hands on his thighs on his belt buckle.

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"hm?" she looked at him, eyes wide and innocent before she smiled and let her own hands play with the collar of his shirt. "do you have something specific in mind?"

"oh, i a lot of things," he answered. "but why don't you surprise me?" he suggested playfully before craning his head up to catch her lips in a kiss. "you know what i like."

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tatiana sighed, bringing a hand up to brush over his cheek as she shifted to sit on his lap and wrap her arms around him loosely. "i'm sorry to hear that, but you know i'm here to make you feel better whenever you need it! gotta keep daddy happy."

"yeah?" once she was in his lap he put his hands on her waist, "why don't you make daddy feel better right now?" he challenged. hands sliding down he toyed with the material of her skirt. "i could use a pick me up."