Their End, My Beginning

*Ryder's POV

When I woke up which was at noon, I felt less hot than I felt in the morning making me know that I fell so sick to the state that I couldn't go to office. When I tried to get off my bed I felt dizzy that i sat on the bed and because of the huge headache I had I laid back down. It might be because of drinking iced alcohol in cold weather that I fell sick. If not for Neo I don't know what I would have done. I have fallen sick before also and I have gone to office then too. I remember the days I used to go to office with big headache. But still I went to office, it was mainly because I wanted to forget Kat, as it was, she who used to take care of me when I am sick, and the only way to forget her was to indulge in work, no matter if I was sick or not.

It was after a lot of protests that I finally agreed with Neo and Gab to not go to office and let my vice president Ryce and my assistant Cooper handle all the work. Ryce and Cooper are good at what they do though Cooper can be a bit bitchy. Hah who am I kidding, a LOT bitchy.

The interesting thing after falling sick was not the fact that I didn't go to office but I saw a beautiful dream of seeing Kat near me taking care of me and scolding me to take my medicines. With a smile on my face I tried to turn around as I felt somewhat better. Note the term tried. Because I felt something holding me down. When I looked down, I was surprised and shocked to see a lady on top of me. Surprised because after having sex with a woman I never let any woman stay around or at least sleep on the same bed as I am on. Shocked because, not only was a woman on top of me but she was clothed. And then it clicked me when an addicting scent hit me, that of Vanilla, Woody mixed with citrus. The scent that made me fall more in love. Just so you know, men's weakness can be a beautiful scent. My Kat's signature scent. Only she had this scent. Vanilla was from the body wash she uses and woody and citrus with some flower was from her perfume, it is one of my addiction other being her. I feel like this scent is made for her, it has 'Katherine' written all over it.

When I realized that what I saw was not a dream and that my Kat was with me, it had put a big smile on my face. But then all those embarrassing moments of me being a kid when I am sick comes rushing to my mind making me embarrassed which made me lean down to hide my face in her hair. Her hair too had a beautiful smell of vanilla which made me take a deep inhale. That stirred her, she was never a heavy sleeper.

She turned her head and kept her hand on my chest and kept her head on it, so as to face me with the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. Her smile has never failed to give me that giddy feeling, which I had missed for 3 years. No women I have been with can compete with her natural beauty. I may sound cliché at the moment but that is the least I care about when I have her in my arms.

"How are you feeing Ry?" she asked softly making me groan lowly because that was my turn on. I know she didn't mean to sound husky but her voice after waking up was soft and husky which always turned

me on.

She furrowed her eyebrows, obviously after hearing me groan and before she could ask me if something was wrong, I said, "I am fine. Actually, better because you are here in my arms." I said as I kept my face above her head so that I can keep my nose in her hair. I wish we could stay like this forever.

"Hmm." She said turning so that she could keep her head on my chest and one of her hand on my stomach.

"As much I love for us to lay like this, I think we should get up so that you can eat. Naina has come in with chicken soup when you were sleeping, which was like 10 min ago if I guess correctly. As you are sick it is good for you to have something liquid than solid." She said trying to get up but I tightened my hold on her.

"Ry you need to get up and before you protest let me tell you the thing you already know that none of your excuses can change my mind. That is making you get up especially when you are sick." She said reading my mind before I could protest. Like always.

"Kat, I need to-" before I could complete my sentence, she kept her index finger on my lips to shut me. With a serious face on she said,

"I know what you are going to say. We will talk after you have your soup and your tablet." And that last thing was enough to make me groan again which made her chuckle.

"Ry now get up before you throw tantrums again to not have your tablets." She said pushing my hands off her and pulling me to sit up.

I half-heartedly sat up and drank the soup which was hot as it was kept in the insulated container. After a lot of her protest and me staying strong on my decision even though I was slightly swayed by her cute annoyed face, I even made Kat eat food after calling Naina to bring her food.

As we were eating, we made small talks of how I got sick and how she was here. Thank god! that it was not Cooper but Kat here.

After we were done with our food, Kat called Naina and she took our plates while I and Kat washed our hands. After Kat had her alone time in bathroom I went in after she came out. And after I washed my face, I took the towel which was hung to the side of the sink and wiped my face getting rid of all the tiredness and looked in the mirror.

With a deep breathe I said to myself this was it and that now I have to talk to her and like I have already decided I am letting her have the choice of forgiving me or not. Though this was not how I wanted our talk to be, that is, in my bedroom with a sick me. It is either now or never. I thought of making her agree to have lunch with me and then at a fancy restaurant we will have 'the talk'. But now, I think I may never get a chance like I have now.

Again, taking in a deep breath and exhaling, I walked out of bathroom to see Kat on edge of the bed with her chin on her interlinked fingers and her elbows on her knees with a furrowed eyebrow, it looks as if she is in a deep thought. Okay here goes nothing...

I went and sat near her. I have never been this tensed before not even before signing a million-dollar contract. but now, here I am sitting near her trying to get the word out with a sweaty palm. Again, taking a deep breathe I said,

"Kat, we need to talk."000