Amber's P.O.V.: 

"Amber...open your eyes." 

"Amber..."

I slowly opened my eyes when I heard his voice. 

He was holding my body as I was in his arms. 

"Was I dreaming again?" I asked, unsure if whatever happened was reality or just a dream like the kiss that I imagined yesterday. 

"No, you weren't. It all really did happen." he said with a smile that was the most charming smile I have ever seen.

He helped me stand properly but was still holding my waist and didn't seem to be in the mood of leaving anytime soon. 

He was looking at me with a smile. I couldn't look into his eyes so I looked down on the ground, blushing. 

He put his finger under my chin and lifted my face up. 

"Didn't I tell you not to faint when I kiss you?" he said, smiling. 

I couldn't hide my blush. 

"Uh...Sorry?" I said, unsure of what I was feeling exactly. 

"You don't need to be sorry. It's me who should say sorry for being such an asshole all this time." he said which made me chuckle. 

"I am sorry for hurting you, Amber." he said. Everytime he said my name, I could feel my heart skipped a beat. 

"Please forgive me. And let's start afresh." he said looking into my eyes, hopefully. 

"I forgive you, Chris...but...are you sure about this? I mean...about the relationship thing?" I asked, hesitantly. 

"Do you have any doubts about it?" he asked. 

"It's not like that...but I don't want to force you into anything. I just want you to know and respect my feelings. It's okay if you don't want to revert my feelings back. But just don't give me false hopes." I said, looking at my hands which were on his chest. 

"Amber..." he said as he lifted my face and made me look into his eyes. He leaned forward and placed a light kiss on my lips.

This handsome man will make me go crazy now. 

"I want us to happen. I was serious when I said that I need you. Please give me a chance." he said, looking into my eyes. 

"But, how will our relationship be like? And what will we name it? And, are you sure about us?" I asked the questions which were playing at the back of my head since the time he said, 'let's give 'us' a chance.'

"To be honest, I have never been in any relationship. Though my grandma have tried multiple times to set me up with women but nothing really happened. So, I am really new to all this. I don't know what our relationship would be like. Being in relationship might mean fulfilling each others needs and say empty words of love but for me, relationship means being with each other not only physically but emotionally as well. It means, loving each other so much that the whole world envies the love that the two people have. It means, supporting each other, respecting each other, knowing what your partner wants, knowing everything about each other and not having any secrets in between. Two people who are in a relationship should be faithful to each other. That's the most important thing. And yes, I am sure about us. I have never been more sure about anything as I am about us." he said and looked into my eyes, waiting for my reply. He was looking at me, expectantly.

"I am ready, Chris. I want to give 'us' a chance." I said after a long pause, looking in his eyes smiling. 

"Really?" he asked, as he cupped my face with his hands. I could see his face lit up. 

"Yes, Chris. Really! I promise, I will always be faithful to you. I will support you, respect you, care about you and keep no secrets from you. I want us to have a bond which has its foundation laid on trust and love." I said, looking into his eyes confidently. 

"And I promise, I will try to be the best partner as I could be. I will never let you regret your decision of giving me a chance." he said, genuinely.

My inner Goddess just did a somersault.  

His eyes were filled with raw emotions. That was enough for me to pinch myself and then pull him into a kiss. 

The kiss was real this time. He held my waist firmly and pulled me closer and we had the longest kiss that we've ever had and it was...awesome! He gently sucked my lower lip. I had my hands in his soft hair, pulling him for more.

I am surely losing my mind.

He intensified the kiss and the way he kissed me felt like he had an urgent need of it, as if he was asking me to make a promise to never let go. I didn't back out. 

At that moment I realized that I could do anything for this insanely beautiful man.

When we broke the kiss, he placed his forehead on mine. We both were panting, in need of air. I had my eyes closed. He stroked my cheek with his thumb, gently and smiled looking at my flushed face. 

I looked down, blushing. 

"You're beautiful, Amber." he said. 

"And I don't have words how to explain how eye pleasing you are." I said, blushing. 

He chuckled. 

It was a rare but beautiful sight.

"It's cold outside. Let's go inside now." he said as he put his hands at the back of my waist and took me inside the hall. 

"Oh, Mr. Collins, you're here. I was looking for you everywhere." Madeline said in her Swiss accent as soon as she saw us entering the hall. 

She then looked down at his hand which had snaked my waist. I could see how her expression changed. 

"I was out with my girl." Chris said looking at me. 

My girl? 

My girl! 

His girl!

I was having a mini celebration dance internally. 

And you celebrity girl, drool as much as you want but this walking Greek God is mine.

I placed my hand on his chest.

"You mean your assistant?" Madeline asked, trying to correct him. 

I will kill you, Maddy! Don't ruin my mood.

I glared at her and so did she. 

"No, Ms. Gilbert. I meant what I said. Now if you could excuse us, I would like to have a dance with this beautiful woman" he said looking at me with a smile taking my hand in his and kissing my knuckles.

I think the inner me is smiling and having a good nap right now because I hear no sound in my head.

Madeline's face was worth looking at.

"Sure!" she said, awkwardly and walked away from there.

"So, I am your girl now?" I asked him, teasingly. 

"Any doubt about that? Now you're mine. Only mine!" he said as he walked me to the dance floor. 

"No, sir!" I said.

"Don't call me sir. I absolutely hate it when you call me that." he said, winking at me which made me chuckle realizing that he just mimicked my lines with his own twist. 

He held both my hands and put them around his neck whereas he snaked his hands around my waist. 

We started dancing slowly on the song, 'All of me'.

"It feels so right to be in your arms." I said, as I laid my head on his chest. 

"I can't even tell you how badly I wanted to hold you like this." he said as he kissed my hair, inhaling my smell.

I smiled hearing his words. 

Amber don't sleep there. I reminded myself.

"Why were you always so distant and rude to me?" I asked as I lifted my head up and looked straight into his eyes. 

He gently stroked my cheek with his thumb and smiled. 

"Every secret has a right time to be revealed. I will tell you about it someday...someday is not tonight. Tonight is our night, Amber. Let's feel each and every moment of it." he said as he pulled me into his warm embrace. I could see people around us looking at us with mix of various emotions. Few were looking at us adoringly, whereas some were giving us envious look. But I didn't care anymore. I was in Chris' arm. And I don't want anything else. 

*****

We were in the car right now and were returning to the hotel.

"Why are you smiling, Amber?" Chris asked when he noticed that I have been grinning like a Cheshire cat since we left the party. 

"It's so funny. I mean, I was single when I entered the party and while I am exiting the party, I am in a relationship. We entered as a boss and an assistant and are exiting as a couple. This is surreal. It feels like a dream." I said, honestly. 

He pulled me towards him and put his arm around me.

"It's not a dream, Amber. It is reality. It is our reality." he said and kissed on my temple. 

I leaned more into his embrace and rested my face on his chest while he stroked his fingers over my bare arm.

"Chris..." I said

"Yes?" he asked, looking down at me.

"Should we go somewhere and eat?" I said, with a lot of hesitation.

"You're hungry? We just ate at the party, Amber." he said, slightly surprised by my question.

"We can go if you are really hungry." he added.

"Umm...no, leave it." I said, looking down at our hands which were intertwined with each other.

"Amber...what happened?" he asked when he noticed my sad face.

"Now when we will reach the hotel, you will go into your room and I will go to mine. We won't have much time to talk to each other, be with each other. I wanted to spend more time with you." I said, honestly.

He chuckled. 

"Seriously, Amber? You're worried about this?" he asked almost laughing. 

I nodded my head slowly. 

"We can do one thing." he said. 

"What?" I asked, excitedly. 

******

"This is...perfect, Chris." I said looking at the setup. 

After we reached the hotel he went towards the receptionist to talk about few things while he asked me to go to my room and get changed into something comfortable and warm.

I had no idea what he was planning. One of the female staff of the hotel came to take me with her somewhere. Chris had texted me to just follow her. So, I went with her. She brought me here and left. The terrace was huge. It took me a good five minutes to find where Chris was. 

Chris had already changed his clothes and was now wearing gray sweat pants with white t-shirt and a black woolen sweater over it. He looked so handsome! Can't believe that this fine piece of creation is mine. 

 He had prepared a bonfire. There was a small yet comfortable looking couch with woolen duvet on it. Fortunately, the whole set up was arranged under a small roof otherwise everything would have been ruined by the continuous snowfall. 

The whole place was decorated with small yellow fairylights. It was adding to the beauty of the whole setup. And the thing which made it perfect was him; Chris. He was like a cherry on top of the cake. 

Chris walked slowly towards me with a dashing smile on his handsome face. 

He came and stood in front of me and kissed my lips lightly. 

"Do you like it?" he asked. 

"Like it? I love it, Chris. Thanks for making an effort for me." I said, thankfully. 

"Anything to make you happy, Amber." he said, as he took my hand in his and kissed at the back of it. 

We then walked towards the couch by the bonfire and sat. Chris took out two wine glasses and a bottle of red wine from under the table which was placed at the side of the couch. He then poured wine for us and handed one to me. I took the glass from his hand with a smile on my face. 

He then covered both of us with the duvet.

God! Can this night be anymore magical? 

"Chris, thank you for this. It means a lot." I said. 

"I had to do this. Afterall, it's our first official date." he said.

"This is our first date?" I asked, blushing. 

"Yes, it is." he replied, pecking on my nose. 

"Are you sure that it's not my dream and everything that's happening is happening for real?" I asked raising my head and looking at him. 

He chuckled. 

"Want me to pinch you to prove that it's reality?" he asked, teasingly. 

"Yes, please!" I said. I was still unsure if I was dreaming or is it a reality. 

He moved his hand towards me to pinch me. I closed my eyes tightly because looking at his muscular hands, I knew his pinch would be really painful. I was waiting for the pinch when I felt his lips on mine. 

I slowly opened my eyes and found him kissing me. 

The kiss was beautiful. 

"Wow!" I said as we parted from the kiss. 

"Yeah!" he said as he pulled me closer and engulfed me into a warm hug. 

We stayed like that for almost which felt like an eternity. The silence was really comfortable. We were with each other and we were happy. 

"Amber..." he called my name, softly. 

"Yes." I said. 

"I am terminating the contract according to which you couldn't leave my company before the completion of three months." 

I looked at him with confused look on my face. 

"But, why?" I asked. 

"Because the reason for which I made that contract doesn't exist any longer." he said looking down at me 

"What do you mean?"

"I made that contract so that I could keep you with me but now, I don't need any contract papers to keep you by my side." he said, with a hint of smile on his face. 

"What?" I asked, in surprise. 

"Yes, Amber. You can call me crazy but that is what I thought was the right thing to do. I know I was a jerk to you in the elevator and I over reacted. As soon as you left the elevator that day, I felt guilty. I didn't want you to go. So, I decided to promote you and make you my personal assistant. I wanted you to be close to me. I was foolish enough to push you away from me when we were in the University. I didn't want to do that again. So, I intentionally put those clause according to which you had to be with me by my side for three months, no matter what." he explained. 

"Oh my god! Are you serious? I thought you did that because of your grandma and your step-mom." I said, in shock.

"No, I had already made the contract paper and sent them to the HR department when they came in my cabin that day." he explained.

"Can't believe this, Chris. If you knew that you too had feelings for me then why didn't you tell me? Why did you always act so rude to me?" I asked.

"I am sorry that I acted like that but you know, I am not good at these things. I was too stubborn to give in to my feelings and even more adamant to let you go away from me." he said and I could see a sense of regret on his face. 

"Chris, you have a lot of answering to do because I have a lot of questions in my head which I have been carrying since a long time." I said, folding my arms over my chest and gave him a warning look. 

He chuckled and raised his hands in surrender. 

"I am all yours, Amber. Ask all those questions which you have in that pretty head of yours." He said, smiling charmingly. 

Oh God he is all mine. Even his words send shiver down my spine.

And then my 20 questions with him started. I asked him the questions related to our college project to Mark to our first kiss in front of the washroom to the swapping of employees of his floor to everything I could think of. The answers which he gave were the exactly what I had in my mind. He answered each and every questions of mine honestly and with great patience. Though he left out one question unanswered. The answer to the question to why did he suddenly start acting so rude and distant with me from the day of his grandma's heart attack. He said that he needs to clear out few things before he could give me the answer to that question. I agreed to it. I was happy that we were finally together and finally I had the answers to each and every unanswered questions that I had in my mind. 

The bonfire was almost extinguished and also it was almost past mid night so we decided to call it a night and retire to our rooms. 

We came to our floor hands in hands. 

Who could have thought that Chris Collins could be this romantic? 

We were standing in front of our rooms right now. 

"Umm...so, let's call it a night then." I said, hesitantly. 

"Are you sure you don't want me to come inside with you?" he said with a smirk. 

"No, Mr. Collins." I said and giggled like a high school teenager.

I turned to open my door when I heard him calling my name. 

"Amber"

"Yes!" I said turning around, almost immediately. 

"Actually, my cousin texted me today. She wants me to visit her tomorrow and stay there for the night with her and her family. So, I want you to come along with me." he said, hesitantly, not sure about my answer. 

"Sure. I would love to, Chris." I said with a smile on my face. 

A smiled appeared on his face.

"Thanks!" he said. 

"Anything else?" I asked, looking at him expectantly. 

"Umm...no!" he said. 

"Then...I will go to my room now." I said, sadly. 

He could at least give me a goodnight kiss. 

Girl get a grip! Control your wild thoughts.

I was just about to turn the knob of the door of my room when I felt his strong hands snaking around my waist and suddenly I was pulled towards him and my back was crashed on his hard chest. 

I was taken by surprise when he turned me around and kissed me on my lips.

"Goodnight, Amber!" he said and then smiled at me. 

So Mr. Handsome pants is also a mind reader. How much I love you, Chris!

I blushed. 

"Goodnight, Chris." I said, pushing the loose strand of hair behind my ear. 

We then went into our respective rooms. 

Tonight was nothing less than a fairy tale for me.

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