From My Best Friend.

Coffee?

It's a beautiful Monday morning and the sound of everyone getting ready in the morning was the usual all over the world, some unfortunately louder than others for those trying to sleep. Although these early morning sounds were what usually woke Kara up for work, she was too tired out of her mind to get out of bed alone. She laid there, on her back just gathering the strength to stand up to get ready. She groaned, tossing and turning on the bed with a mild hangover, she turned on her stomach to start her day off with a short prayer. Grabbing her phone, she lazily opened the nightstand and took out the anti-hangover drug she had, gulping it down her throat with the bottled water she had conveniently taken up to her room the night before. She grabbed her phone, kicking her bathroom door open in frustration as she sat on the toilet emptying her bladder.

She rubbed her eyes to clear her blurry morning vision, checking the time to realize it was only 7 am when she usually goes to her office anytime after 10 am. At the realization of how she had at least 3 hours before she had to even leave the house, she got off the toilet, a burst of energy filled her suddenly, and she took her speaker from the room down to the bathroom, and blasted music throughout the bathroom, not caring if it was reaching Katherine's room.

Strutting her natural long brown curls with minimal make-up with lined lips and lip gloss, a small button-down black top with cream cargo and white sneakers, ravishing even as simple as she looked, she mind noted.

"Gorgeous woman," she said to herself in the mirror, grabbing her phone to text Eden, the very first thing that came to her mind.

A man that age just met.

She decided to leave that out for today since he might be getting ready himself. She rubbed some perfumed oils onto her skin, put on her watch, necklace, earrings, and bracelet, spraying some more perfume before checking if she had taken everything she needed before she goes.

On her way downstairs, she heard sounds coming from the kitchen and she concluded that someone had either broken into the house, it was Gabriel, or Katherine's cat, because she was damn sure that Katherine would be too hungover to even stand for a nanosecond, talkless of go to the kitchen around 9 am.

She got to the kitchen and what she least expected to see was a dressed and lively Katherine with Gabriel making milkshakes and pancakes with eggs. She stared in awe, wondering how she has never seen Katherine hungover meanwhile Daniel looked like his dog died.

"Hi, lovely. How was your night?" Katherine asked, her voice a little hoarse from probably the partying last night. she strutted up to Kara, handing her a milkshake and shooting her a smile.

Kara gave her a confused stare with her straw in her mouth, "Aren't you meant to be hungover and still in bed?" she closed her eyes, taking in how good it was.

Katherine laughed and lowered her head shyly while Gabriel was flipping pancakes, miserably hungover, "I was just a little hungover but I threw up and now I'm much better. Plus I can't be caught lacking now, I'm going to be a wife!" she said as she showed the ring on her finger to Kara.

It was a very beautiful ring, definitely of Katherine's taste, only the best for her sweetheart best friend, she thought. Kara smiled, sitting down to watch Katherine smiling and blushing, as usual, acting like a child in a 25-year-old's body.

"Okay, latest Mrs. I have to check up on the boutique today and get a few things from the store. I will be back relatively early today but first, I want whatever our wife is cooking now," Kara said, making the room giggle. She sat back on the chair as Katherine served the three plates, sitting down right in the middle of Kara and Gabriel. Kara was glad she was getting the all-special Gabriel milkshake before work, it usually does wonders for her hangovers.

"I see you took a liking to my friend Eden yesterday," her heart thought at the thought of him, immediately shooting him a straight stare as he looked away, struggling to hold his laughter as he sipped on his milkshake. Coughing nearly choking on her drink, Kara cleaned her mouth with the napkin avoiding Katherine's obvious wondering gaze.

"Care to explain Ms. Taylor?" Katherine asked, chewing on her pancakes with a straight face and an eyebrow raised.

"Well of course, I was approached by a dashing young man yesterday by the name of Eden and he so happens to be Gabriel's childhood friend. He was stunning and nice. That's the only thing, no tea Mrs," Still avoiding everyone's eyes, she continued with her drink, hoping they don't ask any other questions, her heart fluttered just thinking about him.

Kara cleaned her mouth and washed her plate and hands before grabbing her phone and bag ready to go to the office.

"Goodbye, Sweetie," Katherine said. Kara shot her a warm smile and placed a small peck on her cheek, purposely leaving a print of her lined lips and lipgloss on her cheek, laughing as she left hearing Katherine's distant grumbles about how she just did her skincare or something along the lines of that.

~

Hours into checking endlessly on things at her boutique, she sees everything is in place, thanking her stars for good employees that make her life easier. She let out a sigh, leaning back on her chair.

She grabbed her phone to check the time, "f**k," she exclaimed, rushing out of her seat as It was already 3 pm and she still had to go to the store. She gathered all her things rather hurriedly, telling off her workers before making her way out of the building. She drove like a reckless teenager who just got their permit, so much so that even a reckless driver like Katherine got scared sometimes.

On getting to the mall, she parked in the parking lot, grabbed her purse, and strutted into the mall. She got a lot of fruits, vitamins, and a few clothes and jewelry she thought were too beautiful to just pass. She remembered it was high time she changed her underwear, she had been postponing it for weeks but what better time than when she was already there?

She grabbed a few sanitary pads and ordinary period panties, placing them in her basket as she came across the lingerie section, setting her gaze upon the most beautiful lingerie set that would have a man drooling at the sight. Although she sold all categories of clothes and could easily get these items by herself from her suppliers, she had never seen this exact piece ever before in all her years of dealing with clothes.

"Who knows?" she murmured to herself, placing the set in her basket thinking of what exactly would be the occasion to wear such. Not like she was expecting anything anytime soon but probably for the sake of future reasons or just to look sexy for herself.

You know, just in case.

Moving on aisle by aisle just looking around for anything that could catch her attention, she saw a young worker that might just be her age or a little older. They exchanged greetings and continued what they were doing. The particular aisle this lady was on was the bedroom toy section, how'll they have that in a mall, she asked herself. Kara's eyes wandered through the different shapes, sizes, and strengths, letting her curiosity take control. She had never gotten one before because she was married to a sexually boring man and was way too busy and frustrated in her marriage to think of m**********g anyway. She didn't think it was a bad idea to try one at least, she picked one that was quite small compared to the other monstrosities on the shelves.

"Good choice, that's a powerful one, I can testify of course. One of those bad boys in the bedroom and you'll be screaming," the worker gave her a little wink. Kara felt a small blush form across her face from embarrassment and quietly took her word for it, placing it into her shopping basket. Her heart was racing as she ticked her shopping list complete, realizing she'll have to deal with the glares from the cashier, but then again, who cares?

"Thank you," she said, she strutted out of the store with heavy bags in her hands, her arms ached as the tension went up to her shoulder, thanking her stars she didn't park her car too far.

"That's enough shopping for today please," she murmured to herself, slouching herself in her car seat trying to catch her breath after placing the bags at the back of the car.

She planned on going home after, checking her bag frantically, trying to see if everything was intact. She thought she was just paranoid but she actually forgot her charger, the charger she shared with Katherine. She groaned, dreading driving back to the office but she had to.

~

She parked, again, at her favorite parking spot, making her way up the stairs to the men's section, and saw some employees still there, which made sense, of course, because they don't close till their agreed time, agreed times to check out is 5 pm, some stay later.

She locked eyes with her manager, unable to give her a good smile because of how tired she is, "Good evening, Ms. Taylor. Did you leave anything behind?" Lovelyn asked.

"Hey, Lovelyn. I forgot my charger, did you see it by any chance?" Kara asked, looking around for anything out of place.

"Let me check around. You look exhausted, just sit, I'll look for it for you," Kara let out a sigh, relieved she had such a considerate manager.

"You are the best."

Kara stayed still on the waiting chair, letting her mind wander as she waited, she spotted a familiar face staring at her behind suites, suddenly snapping her out of her thoughts. The same dashing man from last night walked up to her with a small smile on his face. He was indeed quite tall and was even better looking in a navy blue suit and his clean sharp features. Now that it wasn't dark, his facial features were easier to see and he was extremely captivating, gorgeous if you may add. She smiled at him, trying to calm her fluttering core.

"Hello, Ms. I know, what kind of guy doesn't text or call throughout the day and just shows up out of nowhere? I am sorry, I have been busy with meetings since 6 am today,'' He scratched the back of his head, not able to look into her eyes as she noticed his cheeks turn crimson even through his dark skin.

She pretended to be upset about it. as she crashed her arms and gave him a stern look, earning a pitiful look from him

She giggled, "It's fine, Eden. I've mostly been busy today too, " Kara said.

"That's wonderful. Now that that's out of the way, there's a coffee shop across the street," he flashed her a smile, his dentition was perfect, "I was wondering if you could accompany me to get a slice of cake or anything of your choice at least," he said, the confidence and skeptic filled in his tone, his hands in his pocket waiting for her reply, with a gentle smile on his face.

"I don't mind. I could use a walk anyway," she said, trying not to sound desperate. She stood with a look of relief as she saw Lovelyn from afar, taking the charger from her with a wide smile.

"Thank you, Lovelyn. I'll be on my way now, take care," she smiled.

"I will, ma'am. Have a great rest of your day," Lovelyn smiled, acknowledging Eden with a simple greeting before leaving immediately.

"Shall we?" Eden stretched his arm for Kara's.

She felt her cheeks burn from within before linking her arm to his, "We shall, but I need to drop the charger in my car first."

Eden nodded and let go of her arm gesturing to the exit. Kara walked in front of him as they headed to the parking lot.

"Excuse me," Eden said as he walked away to where what seemed like his car and his driver were, she closed her car door before locking it again, wondering how many cars he had. It was a very quick sentence with the man in the car before Eden came back. He stretched his arm for hers and she took it, walking for about a minute to the coffee shop, hand-in-hand.

~

"Here you are, A slice of blueberry pie with green tea and a slice of pineapple pie with pineapple juice," their waiter interrupted their laughter and conversation.

"Thank you," they both said coincidentally.

"I think you look like fresh pineapple to our waiter," Kara said, trying to hold her laughter as she took a sip of her tea.

"Funny, it's not so bad though, for your information, this is an elite combination," he said, placing a piece of pie into his mouth, trying to keep a serious face which only made Kara laugh more.

"Okay okay. Tell me why you and Gabriel thought it was a good idea to almost eat an activated hair relaxer?" Kara, not believing what was even coming out of her mouth, almost choked on her piece from laughter.

"We were 9, it smelt good in a non-labeled container. It looked and smelt like ice cream to us then," probably realizing what he just said, he hid his face in his hands, absolutely mortified as Kara's laughter only increased, making her almost fall out of her chair, not at all embarrassed because somehow they were the only people in the shop.

"I don't even want to know anymore, Oh my God Eden," she said, tears from the laughter came rolling down her eyes, trying to calm her laughter with the green tea, noticing his majestic gaze on her.

He looked at her in complete awe, not taking his eyes off her, "You should laugh more, you look and sound even more angelic," Kara's cheeks burned up from the inside, looking down back at her tea, not being able to contain her smiles.

"Thank you, Eden. I hope I'm not disturbing any of your plans though?" she said, sipping from her tea.

Eden scratched the back of his head to avoid Kara's curious gaze, "I actually have a flight this afternoon but this won't disturb it," Kara stared at him, wide-eyed in disbelief, blinking at him with an unimpressed face, "relax, the meeting is at night anyway and the flight is anytime I want it to be," he raised his hands, letting out a sigh of capitulation as she relaxed her face.

"Immediately we are done with this, you are going to the airport. Thank your stars that it isn't too far from here," she said with a straight face as she continued with her pie, avoiding the very cheeky smile on Eden's face.

"Are you free this weekend?" Eden asked with his eyes fixed on his food.

She stared at him blankly, "I will check my schedule. I am a very busy woman, of course," Eden shot her a small smirk as he held his laughter, "Why are you laughing?" she asked, sitting up with a straight face and crossed arms.

"I know you're a busy woman. I don't even know why I'm laughing this much, please pardon me," he said as he calmed down, returning to his straight face apologetically.

Kara let out a deep sigh as she pursed her lips to get back to the last gulp of her tea, "Why did you ask though?" she asked, an eyebrow raised.

"I was wondering if I could treat you to dinner this weekend?" he nervously asked.

Kara raised an eyebrow, not believing her eyes as he looked tense or nervous, "A date?" she asked the obvious question, holding her laughter at Eden's reaction.

"Of course a date, Kara, " he mimicked as he took the last bite of his pie Kara was giggling her head off already, "I see you're having a lot of fun abusing me emotionally," Kara's laughter increased to full cackles, earning a stare from a staff. Eden sat there with pursed lips and his head down in his palms trying to not contact her laughter.

"Okay okay, I'm done now. I will actually check my schedule and get back to you," she said as she took the last bite of her pie, "you're late, let's go now. Cheque please," she said, the waiter walked towards them.

"The sir already paid, ma'am," the waiter said. Kara's cheeks reddened from embarrassment, nodding before the waiter left with the plates.

She saw how Eden was holding his laughter with a hand on his mouth, "Nice one. Let's go," Eden nodded, walking her to her car.

"I'm sorry I couldn't stay for longer. I enjoyed today with you, Kara."

She felt her flushed cheeks, "I enjoyed the day too. Thank you, Eden. Enjoy your flight and you better come back in one piece," she shot him a smirk, opening her car door.

Eden's furrowed his brows, "I don't know whether you're threatening me or wishing me well, but I'll take it regardless, thank you."

"You had no choice but to take it. You're welcome, now hurry along," Kara said, shooting him a small smirk.

"That's fine. At least you accepted the dinner invite. I look forward to it, Kara."

"I said I will check my schedule and get back to you," she placed a hand on her waist.

"Same thing," he said with an obnoxiously cheeky smile on his face staring right into her eyes. Kara, trying to avoid his direct eye contact, looked everywhere that wasn't his direction in between as they stood there in the middle of the parking lot, bare inches away from each other. Her heart raced with how close he was to her as if he was staring into her soul.

He raised her hand to his chin, placing a gentle peck on the back of it, her face lit up as he raised his head to look back at her, "You should get going, I don't want to waste much of your time," she said.

"One more thing before I go," he said, taking her into his arms. She had no idea why a simple hug felt so, sensual with him. Her heart raced as her head laid on his rock-hard chest, wrapping her hands around his waist, feeling his heartbeats become more steady with each lingering second.

"Drive safely," he said, placing his hands on her shoulder. He stretched out and opened Kara's door as he gestured for her to get into the car.

Her face, crimson as she sat back in her car and turned it on before looking back at Eden who was still standing there outside her door like he wanted to say something, "Safe journey, " she said, reciprocating the smile before Eden closed her door, setting her on her journey back home.

~

"I am home," she called out, locking the door behind her, and stepping into a dark, seemingly empty house. Either it was empty or Katherine had developed a love for scaring her in the dark. She turned on the lights to see an empty living room. Probably Katherine was taking a nap, she thought to herself, retiring to her room for the rest of the day.

She went downstairs, fresh out of the shower with clean pajamas, she opened her phone to see a text from Katherine, saying that she was going to be out of town for two weeks at least with Gabriel for an impromptu business trip and just to relax. She replied with "Take care of yourself, love you." and she got to arranging the things she got from the mall. She grabbed an apple and some berries she just got before going back to her room. She closed the door behind her, and sat on her bed with her laptop working, zoning out a couple of times with how tired she was.

She picks up her phone to see Eden's missed Facetime less than a few minutes ago. She let out a deep sigh before calling him back, and of course, he didn't take any time to pick up the phone. Looking as dashing as always still in a suit, he looked drained but he still looked mouth-watering good.

"Hello, Ms. Taylor. Home safe?" Eden said at the other end of the phone. She felt her core pulsate, hearing her name from his mouth with how deep it was when he was tired.

She adjusted herself on her bed with a smile on her face, "Yes Mr. Callister, I'm home now. How was the flight?"

"It was a short one, I am very tired only because I finished a meeting not too long ago. I have another soon but I decided it's best to call you first, I don't want to disturb your beauty sleep by midnight."

"What do you mean another meeting soon? It's almost 10 pm!" her eyes widened as she exclaimed. Eden chuckled weakly.

"A man like me never gets tired. If I get tired from just the work I did today I would have been a fruitless man," he smiled as he placed his hand over his forehead and closed his eyes, showing off his large arms most likely unintentionally.

"Headache?" she asked.

"A minor one. I will be fine once I sleep."

"If you say so, Eden," she said, scanning through her brain for something to ask or say, "Tell me something interesting I don't know."

He placed his hand on his chin, eyes on the ceiling thinking, "Well I speak Italian and French if that's any good."

Speechless and impressed, her eyes widened, "You're fluent?"

"I'm a citizen of Italy by naturalization. I was born here, my family and I stayed here for just 6 years and after that, spent most of my life in Italy then moved here three years ago when I finished my masters."

"You're a very impressive man if I must say, Eden."

He couldn't help but give her a wide smile, he shrugged, "Thank you, Kara. If you do not mind, I need to get ready for the meeting I told you I have. I will surely leave a message after because you would have probably slept off by the time it's over. By the way, you look dashing tonight."

"Okay, Eden. Goodnight then," she said as her cheeks turned crimson.

"Get some shut-eye, you had a long day. Goodnight, " Eden said.

"Goodnight, Eden. Good luck with your meeting, " Kara said as she ended the call.

She let out a deep sigh before placing her phone back to charge and just sat there in her pajamas with her legs crossed, and folded arms. It wasn't anything new, she would sometimes just sit in nothingness and think about anything in general in no particular order with zero context.

This time sat there thinking about nothing, just observing her room in boredom. The hairs on her arms stood, feeling a wave of concupiscence all over her causing a deep tense sensation, especially in between her legs. It was so sudden but yet she didn't think twice about it before giving in to the feeling from the night.

"f**k it, " she whispered to herself as she stood up to check if the door was locked properly.

Her fingers slowly caressed her already aroused skin as the room filled with her subtle moans, she reached for her nightstand and held high her new friend from the supermarket. She turned it on and placed it gently on her already hard n*****s through her short thin satin nightgown. Her back arched and her toes curled as the vibrations went through her, she touched herself gently to get herself started.

One hand gently fondled her breasts and the other led the toy down her body sending sweet vibrations she could feel in the deep corners of her spine. She let out a deeper moan as she curled her toes, spreading her legs even wider as it reached her already aching c******s, she teased herself a little by placing and then removing it which only made her more aroused and needy.

The vibrations were at a steady pace, her back arched and her toes curled as she climaxed with the toy against her slick folds, her soft moans hitting the walls of the room, she gripped her sheets for support. She had reached her peak several times, knowing she needed to stop sooner or later, but as she kept going making herself even more sensitive, the better it felt.

Her legs were spread wide, quivering with her eyes watery already trying to hold in the loudest moan that could wake the entire house up but she let it out anyway because she remembered no one was home, luckily. She orgasmed for the last time before turning it off and placing it back to charge, she could feel the sensitivity between her legs, quivering with each movement reminding her of what she had done.

"It works," she whispered to herself, walking to the bathroom to clean up. She let out several deep breaths to calm the adrenaline in her system before crashing back on the bed, drifting to dreamless slumber. She couldn't help but think about Eden as she orgasmed.