Secured Sevenfold

Matt’s POV
“Shit, where is my jacket?” I muttered, going through my closet. “Damn it! Get a grip on yourself Sanders” I was more nervous than I should be, I knew this was important to Joe and then there was the little fact of us pretending to be married, which meant I could do practically everything I wanted with her tonight. We had decided not to tell the rest about our little scheme, to prevent them from going at it too much, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t there in my head, the whole fucking time.

I finally remembered my jacket was in my office and walked down the stairs, still buttoning up my shirt. I ran into my office, hurrying to get my jacket before Joe would come down, when Arin came walking out, my jacket in hand
“I thought you would need this” He handed me the jacket and I quickly put it on
“Yeah thanks, do you have an update on the computer thing?”
“Still looking into it, but I think they hacked the server, must have been at it for a while already, I almost found the hacker signature. But Matt, we won’t come any further if it is a master hacker, it will be highly likely we won’t be able to find him or her anyway” Arin’s face looked guilty, as if couldall of this was his fault.
“Don’t worry about it Arin, just see how far you get” I clapped his shoulder and walked back into the hallway.

I saw Jacky and Brian coming out of the kitchen with a bowl full of popcorn, laughing. Brian looked up at me “We are going to watch a movie” Why was he looking this guilty? What did he do now?
No time to think about it though “JOE! We have to go!” I yelled upstairs, while Johnny and Zack came out of the basement.
“Popcorn! Nice!” Zack grabbed a handful and stuffed his face
“Which movie are we watching?” Johnny asked
I looked at this mess, shook my head and sighed before calling for Joe again “JOE!”
“Don’t get your panties in a twist, I’m already here” her soft voice made my head snap up to the top of the staircase where she was standing and my breath stuck in my throat.

She was wearing a deep orange knee length dress, showing her long tanned legs, her shoulders were bare and her hair hung down one side. She descended the stairs, her hand on the railing. I couldn’t take my eyes of her and I wasn’t the only one, the others were staring too, until Jacky broke the spell.
“Guys, quit drooling over my sister, she is not a steak” Joe shot her an angry glare, but Jacky surprised us all by complimenting her sister “Joe, you look amazing, that guy would be crazy if he doesn’t give you the contract” and with that she left for the entertainment room, leading the four guys out of there like she had honey on her ass.
Joe stepped up close to me and for a moment we just stared at each other
“You look pretty handsome” she said softly, looking at my black dress shirt and suit.
“It’s nothing compared to you, you look amazing Joe, really”
She blushed and whispered a “thank you”.
I held my arm out to her and she hooked hers in “Time to go”.

Joe’s POV
Matt and I arrived at the restaurant and I had to admit, I was really nervous. I didn’t know how this evening would go and the man next to me wasn’t helping me at getting rid of my nervousness.
Not because he was acting badly, but because he was being a complete gentleman and he looked delicious in this business outfit.

Damn, I thought he was handsome in his dress shirt at our dinner in Hawaii, but right now, I would gladly take a bite out of him… what the hell am I thinking right now?
I needed to concentrate on my work, I had an important business deal to make in a couple of minutes.

“We are here... Are you ready?” Matt touched my hand and roused me from my disturbing thoughts.
“I.. yes... sure... Do you think... I mean we can handle that.. acting like... Never mind, it will be business talk most of the time, we will manage.” I changed my mind while talking but I saw the knowing smile on Matt’s face, the dimples giving me a nice shiver down my spine, damn him.
“We will do just fine, just go with it.” He opened the car door and went out, I breathed deeply in and out and was about to use my door handle, when the door opened and Matt held his hand out to help me out of the car.

I smiled at him and took his hand, he immediately intertwined our fingers and I had to suppress another shiver from the warm touch of his hand.
Why was my body reacting more and more to his touch and to his nice behavior towards me?
We walked into the restaurant and were guided to our table where I could see Bill and his wife already sitting at the table and when they saw us approach Bill got up with a big smile.
I put a smile on my face and had to put my business attitude on, I really had to make this deal tonight.
“Mr. Anderson, It’s so good to see you, thank you that you are taking some of your precious time for us to meet.” He grabbed my hand and shook his head.
“Ahhh please. This is a meeting where we will get to know each other, as business partners but also as persons. I am Bill and this is my beautiful wife Caren.” He motioned to the woman standing next to him and I had to swallow – get to know each other.. oh my.
“Oh, of course. I am Josephine and this is my.. husband Matthew.” I introduced Matt who had grin on his face, holding his hand out to Caren and kissed her knuckles in a very old fashioned way.
“You can call me Matt of course.” Matt shook hands with Bill and we sat down at the table.

After we ordered something to drink I got my bag and pulled out the contract “I think my assistant e-mailed you the updated version of the contract, of course we changed the parts, with your remarks and it should be to your-”
“Josephine, wait wait... Yes, your assistant did E-Mail me the contract and I saw all the changes, but this evening is not about that, this evening is about getting to know your business partner, because I think it’s as important to connect on a personal level as it is on a business one. And that’s why we are here, there is still enough time to talk business, but we are here in company of our lovely better halves right? So why not get to know each other a little better, instead of boring them with business?” Bill asked and I knew I had to try hard not to look panicked, I wasn’t good at this... not with a business partner like that... oh my... Matt and I didn’t talk about any details that we could share... this could only end horrible.

Jacky’s POV
“Why are we watching this movie again? I mean, I would rather watch something with a little more action in it” Johnny whined.
“Don’t complain, this movie is funny and has action in it, there is something for everyone to like” Brian replied calmly.
“And you are forgetting the most important thing” I added
Brian turned his head towards me, followed by the other three “And that would be?”
“Channing Tatum” I said calmly, watching Brian’s face fall, but the smiles on the other three just grew wider
“Are you fucking serious? I have to watch 21 Jump Street, only because of Channing Tatum?” Zack complained.
“Hell yeah, he can Channing over my Tatum anytime” I sat back and pulled my legs up, wrapping my arms around them as I stared at the tv, pretending to not hear their smart remarks.

“If I need to survive this I definitely need more beer” Johnny said as he got up, pulling Zack with him, forcing him to come and help.
Arin shot me and Brian a look and got up too “I…I…I will make some more popcorn”
I touched his hand for a second “Thank you Arin”
As soon as they were all out of the room, Brian was all over me
“Channing Tatum huh, can he do this?!” He let his hands wander under my shirt, as he softly nibbled on my earlobe and kissed his way down my jaw, ending in a very passionate and deep kiss.
I moaned and put my hands in his hair, I loved the feeling of his hair, I loved my hands in it and I definitely loved the little groans he was making now.

“You can’t even make popcorn Kid! I mean, we all know salt is better than sweet!” The sound of Zacky’s voice made me jump. I pushed Brian off and sat back down in my spot, trying to get into the same position as I was before, while Brian discretely rearranged his pants.
Arin and Zack came walking in, followed by Johnny.
“I found a lot of left over booze in the kitchen cabinet. Maybe we could do some shaking and stirring later on” Johnny’s eyes twinkled in excitement.
“Hell yeah! I can make a mean cocktail” I high fived Johnny as he sat down next to me “Now shut up and let me watch this movie”

I leaned back again, putting my hand in between Brian and me and it wasn’t long before I felt Brian’s hand on mine, softly squeezing it. This night was only getting better.

Joe’s POV
I looked at Matt with wide eyes, but he just laid his arm around my shoulders and kissed my temple in a very loving way and I saw Caren swoon.
“I will ask the first question, you two look sooo in love. Please tell us how you two got to know each other.” Caren asked and looked at Bill who nodded enthusiastic.
“Yes, that’s a lovely idea, honey.” Bill agreed and I was about to open my mouth to come up with any idea for our first meeting but Matt was faster.
“Will you allow me to tell that story? You know I love to tell this one...” Matt smirked at me and I could only nod.
“Sure... yes.” Oh my god, what was he doing?
“I can remember the day of our first meeting like it was yesterday. I went with a couple of my friends to a festival called Rock on the Range. It was raining badly and we were drenched, after one show was done I wanted to go to one of the booths to get a little dry. On my way I got distracted and saw this girl dancing in the rain, near the front stage. I couldn’t see her face, just her blonde hair was hanging down her back a little curly from the wetness, her outfit drenched, she was like a magnet pulling me to her. So I changed directions and went over to her, I wasn’t the only one watching her dancing, but I was the only brave enough to approach her. And when I saw her face..” Matt stopped and made a dramatically pause and I looked deeply into his eyes, as he had been doing the entire time while he was talking.

At first I wanted to interrupt him, a festival? Really? Dancing in the rain? But the more he talked, and the more intense the look in his eyes was becoming, the more I liked the idea of going to a concert with him, getting wet, dancing...
“When I saw her face I was under her spell right from that moment and knew I would never let her go again.” Matt finished and suddenly put his hand to my cheek, his thumb gently drawing circles there and then I saw him wink at me and suddenly his lips were on mine in a gentle kiss.

I was more than speechless, but when I regained my thinking again I looked at Bill and Caren, feeling embarrassed, but they looked so happy and Caren clapped in her hands
“Ohhh that was wonderful...” She sighed and I saw Matt lean back in his chair being all satisfied with himself.
“I never thought you would like something like that... I mean Rock music and festivals...” Bill looked at me and I could only shrug, I didn’t knew that either.
“Oh believe me Bill... there are many hidden sides to this woman that she is not sharing with the world... yet.” Matt said with a smirk and his arm was again around my shoulder and I put another smile to my face, he really knew an answer to all this questions, right?!

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