Love Over Everything

Naomi Browne sighed for the uncountable time as she rested her head against the headrest of the back passenger's seat.

Her chauffeur, Daniel took a glance at her through the front mirror. She replied him with a sad smile, signalling everything was okay.

Have you ever been forced to do something out of your own will? That was exactly what Naomi was going through right now. Since her breakup with Connor, her ex-boyfriend, Naomi had been nothing but a mess, Her whole life turned upside down. She didn't leave her apartment for two weeks and when she finally did, She only showed up at work then went straight back to her apartment.

Naomi declined all invitations to parties and outings from her friends and family, Her break up with Connor left her devastated. She thought he was the love of her life, the man She would spend the rest of her life with, the father of her future children but she was all wrong.

Connor broke up with her on their third year anniversary. He told her he didn't feel the chemistry between them again and that he was interested in someone else. He sincerely apologized to her.

She liked the fact that he came clean to her as she wouldn't like to end up with a man who felt nothing for her. But despite the fact that he came clean, the truth hurt like hell.

To recover from her break up, her parents thought it would be a good idea to send their daughter to represent them at a function in another state. Perhaps she would be able to mingle and meet someone else who would help her forget Connor.

Naomi was angry when her parents informed her that she would be representing them at a function in another state. Even though Naomi's parents were very rich, she never tagged along with them whenever they had functions to attend, It was either they went themselves or they sent her elder brother, Luis to represent them since he was the one in charge of the family company.

Unfortunately, Luis was on a business trip so Naomi had no choice but to represent her parents for this so-called function.

"Ma'am we are here." The chauffeur announced which brought her out of her thoughts. She didn't even realize they had gotten to the venue. Naomi just wanted the night to be over, get back into her parents jet the following morning and find her way back to her apartment.

"Thank you, Daniel, " She said to him after he opened the door and helped her come down from the car. "I'll call you when I'm ready to go so you'll come to pick me up." She told him and he nodded.

"Have a wonderful evening ma'am." He smiled at her before making his way to the driver's seat.

Naomi heaved a sigh as she walked towards the hall. The press were all over taking pictures. Even though she was used to it, she never liked or appreciated being the centre of attention.

Thankfully, she chose to dress elegantly, making it less obvious that she was just recovering from a heartbreak.

Linda, her best friend helped her pick her outfit which was a red sexy dress with matching heels, jewellery and clutch. Naomi was pretty good with makeup so she did her makeup herself.

As she walked into the hall, she did not fail to notice how big and beautifully decorated it was. Some people were seated on their tables making conversations while some were on their feet, trying to mingle. The waiters were also walking to and fro with trays of champagne. The function was full of the rich and elegant people, yet nobody looked familiar for Naomi to start a conversation with so she walked towards an empty table, took a seat and occupied herself by typing away on her phone.

"Hello Dear." A motherly voice interrupted her.

She looked up and saw a familiar face. "Mrs Smith?"

"Yes dear and I suppose you're Naomi Browne."

"Yes, I am." Naomi stood to her feet. She was about to give the woman a handshake but instead, Mrs Smith pulled her into a hug.

"The last time I saw you, you were just a little girl. Look at you now, you've grown into a beautiful woman." She said which made Naomi blush.

"Thank you, Mrs Smith." She replied shyly.

According to Naomi's mom, Mrs Smith was a close friend of hers, even though they only saw each other once a while, they still kept in touch.

"It's okay dear. You can call me Sarah or Mom." Naomi nodded with a smile.

Sarah Smith was in her late forties, average height with brown hair. Despite her age, she still looked flawless.

"I'm sorry my parents couldn't make it, they've been really busy with their new project." Naomi apologized sincerely on her parents' behalf even when she clearly knew her parents weren't busy. They could have been here instead of forcing her to come to represent them.

"It's okay my dear. I'm glad you're here. I will introduce you to my husband and my son later on. I hope you enjoy the function." Sarah smiled and pulled Naomi into a hug again. Then she left to greet the other guests.

Naomi reached for a glass of champagne from a waiter that was passing before she took a seat and continued occupying herself with her phone.

Shortly after, the event started in full swing, speeches were made, donations were given, food and drinks were served and after that, Naomi decided to go hang out in the bar area. She was tired of sitting among three couples who shared a table with her. They were all so lovey-dovey and she was getting sick of it.

When they saw she was leaving the table, She gave them a sad smile to their questioning look and headed to sit on a comfortable stool behind the bar counter. Unfortunately, she couldn't leave the function because she had to give a closing speech on behalf of her parents.

.....................

When Christopher realized he left his phone in his car, he went out of the hall to go pick it up. Coming back into the hall, He couldn't help but notice a very attractive woman. She was putting on a red dress which enhanced all her curves and a little bit of cleavage. Red was his favourite colour so her appearance turned him on even more. He watched her as she looked confused before making her way into the hall.

Throughout his interaction with other guests, his eyes never left her. What surprised him more was that he saw his mom make friendly conversations with her. He couldn't help but wonder why he had never met her since his Mom knew her.

Christopher thought she looked so cute when she acted uncomfortable around the couples who were slightly making out on her table.

"What's up with you Chris? You've been staring at her all day. Heck, I'm sure you weren't even listening to all I was saying." Andre, Christopher's best friend said.

"I don't know Andre, Something about her just captures my attention. She's so beautiful, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

Andre rolled his eyes at his best friend who was known to the most ruthless billionaire playboy. "You say this every time you meet a new girl and then after you get what you want, you leave her heartbroken, " Andre said, he was tired of Chris Playboy ways

"You have to believe me, Andre, There's really something about her that got me hooked, I've not been able to take my eyes off her since she walked in."

Andre rolled his eyes, "You've just indirectly confessed that you weren't listening to all what I've been saying."

Chris gave him a sad smile and said, "I'm sorry." Before Andre could say anything further, Christopher spoke. "She's now alone at the bar. I think this is my opportunity to get to know her." He said nervously and turned to face Andre. "Wish me luck."

"Best of luck, " Andre mumbled. Chris handed him his glass of wine and walked towards the bar area where the beautiful lady was seated.

"Hi" Christopher greeted her with a polite smile. Chris was definitely not used to approaching ladies because they were always all over him. His heart was beating hard against his chest as he spoke to her, something he had never experienced.

Naomi was bored as hell as she sat by the bar, She was tired of pressing her phone, She just wanted to go back to the hotel and lay on her bed but she couldn't leave yet.

A shiver ran down her spine when she heard a voice talk to her. The voice was masculine, thick and above all, sexy. She slowly turned her head to look at the owner of the voice and when she did, she couldn't stop herself from staring at him. He was drop-dead gorgeous; Tall, handsome with long eyelashes. Naomi couldn't help but admire his beautiful eyes also, it was the most beautiful she had ever seen.

Since her break up with Connor, She never brought herself to notice any guy but there was truly something about this one standing in front of her. His aura was making her feel things she had never felt before.

"Oh, Hii." She finally struggled to answer after drooling over him.

"Can I occupy this place?" He asked politely, pointing to the high chair beside her.

"Sure, no problem." She said in a rush after which she quickly took a sip of her wine to calm herself. She wondered why a sexy greek god was making conversation with her.

"You are a very beautiful woman. I haven't been able to take my eyes off you since you stepped out of the limousine. May I know your name please?"

Naomi tried to hide her blush. "I'm Naomi and you are?" She asked, making Chris look at her in surprise. He couldn't believe there was a soul that was unaware of his existence.

He chuckled, "You mean you don't know who I am?"

Naomi rolled her eyes at him. "If I know you, I wouldn't be asking for your name."

He smiled, showing his left dimple which made him look more handsome. "You can call me Ryan.

Naomi nodded. "So why did you expect me to know you? Are you popular or something?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Well, kind of." He shrugged, amused by the lady seated beside him.

"I'm usually not the type that is updated about who's famous or not so sorry you didn't see the reaction you were expecting."

"It's fine, I get to hang out with a gorgeous lady who treats me like a normal guy. I love it."

"You really know how to flatter a lady, Ryan." She smiled at him and then asked. "What do you do?"

"I run my father's company alongside the few clubs I own." She nodded in understanding. He was just like her brother, Luis, who runs his parents company alongside his business. No wonder he was quite popular.

"What about you?" He asked.

"I'm into Fashion. I'm a fashion consultant and sometimes a model. I'm currently working on building my fashion empire." She said and he nodded.

"I'd like to know more about you, Naomi." He said which caused her to look at him and she could see nothing but sincerity in his eyes.

Naomi gave him a sad smile and spoke. "There's nothing much about me, Ryan. My life is pretty boring and right now I'm trying to get back on track, I'm still recovering from my last break up."

Ryan placed his right hand on hers and gave it a light squeeze. She swallowed painfully as soon as his skin came in contact with hers. She noticed she had a funny feeling in the inside of her stomach. She had no idea why she was feeling that way.

"I'm so sorry." He said sincerely.

"It's fine." She replied and managed to untangle her hand from his. "I think I expected so much from my relationship with him but I guess he wasn't the one for me."

"You shouldn't feel sorry about it. It's his loss, he let go of a beautiful woman like you."

Naomi chuckled, "I'm just happy he came clean to me before going on to cheat on me. Enough of the boring talk about me. Tell me about you." She directed to Ryan.

"Well, my life is not that exciting either. I spend 80 percent of my time working and the other 20 with my family and having fun. I have a younger sister, Susan who is a pain in the ass." Then he looked at the crowd and said, "She should be somewhere around."

"So I assume your parents gave birth to two children." Ryan nodded.

"Same with me, but I'm the second and last born, I have an elder brother."

"It seems like you were forced to come here. I saw the way you looked bored as hell sitting among those couples on your table."

Naomi took a sip of her wine before she answered. "You're right. My parents forced me to come here with the hope that I will mingle and perhaps meet someone and I can't leave until I've given a closing speech on their behalf."

He smiled, "I'm happy you are here."

"So what about you? Are you in a relationship?" She asked randomly.

"No, I'm not. Actually, I'm not a relationship kind of guy."

She scoffed at his reply. She was tired of hearing men say that all over again. She looked at him curiously and asked "Why? Is it because you haven't found the right woman?"

"Maybe I just haven't found the woman that will make me rethink my decision about settling down and having a family of mine."

"I hope you find her soon."

"Yes and till then, my parents won't stop persuading me to settle down or try to hook me up with one of their friend's daughters." He said and Naomi chuckled.

"According to them, they are getting old and so am I so I need to give them grandchildren."

Naomi smiled, "I know how you feel. My brother is also under the same pressure. For that, I'm grateful I'm not the firstborn."

They made more conversations which cheered Naomi up. Soon enough, the whole event was coming to an end and Naomi was called upon to give the closing speech on behalf of her parents who were one of the sponsors of the event.

Ryan's eyes did not leave her body as Naomi gracefully made her way to the stage. She made her speech with full confidence and also made jokes in between. Everybody's eyes were just on her. Ryan did not fail to notice how other men were looking at her with lust in their eyes, It tells the extent of how beautiful Naomi was.

A round of applause was given to her when she was done. Ryan saw her stop to hug his parents, they talked for a while and then she came back to where she left Ryan.

"Did I do Well?" She asked excitedly as she took a seat beside him.

"Brilliantly Well." He smiled at her and she heaved a sigh of relief.

"I was nervous as hell. I'm not used to addressing a large number of people."

Naomi brought out her phone and scrolled through her contact, looking for her chauffeur's number. She was almost dialling him when Ryan stopped her by collecting her phone from her, he switched it off and then placed it in his jacket pocket.

Naomi tried to say something but words failed her.

"I know you were trying to call your chauffeur to come to take you home but I don't want you to go." He said sincerely.

"Why?" She challenged.

Instead of answering her, he moved closer to her and replied with a question, "Why don't you want to hang out with me? Or are you afraid of what I could do to you?"

Naomi hardly heard what he said. He was too close to her as he spoke. The way his breath fanned against her neck made her insides tingle. She was embarrassed as to the way her body was reacting to his presence. Never had she felt this way, not even with Connor, her ex.

She swallowed painfully before she asked again, slightly shuttering. "C..can y, you repeat what you said?"

Ryan smiled triumphantly. He was happy the attraction wasn't one-sided, he was fulfilled she felt the same way.

He rose to his feet, took her right hand and whispered to her. "Come with me."

Ryan said those words not with a commanding tone but with a persuasive voice and it was as if something took over Naomi as she heeded to his plea. She was meant to question him about where he was taking her but she simply did not.

Instead, She reached for her clutch, rose to her feet and connected her hand with Ryan's own. He smiled at her and led her out of the hall with his hand on the small of her back.

Series of thoughts were going through Naomi's head as she followed Ryan to God knows where. 'What if he's a killer or a kidnapper?' Her subconscious said to her. Naomi shook her head trying to erase the thought of him kidnapping her. Even within the short time she got to know him, She didn't think Ryan was capable of such.

They stopped in front of a white Bentley and Ryan opened the front passenger seat for her. Unconsciously, she muttered a small thank you and got in after which she fastened her seat belt.

Ryan shut the door and made his way to the driver's seat. He couldn't help but steal glances at Naomi as he drove. She was deep in her thoughts as she looked out through the window. Everything about her amused him. She was just different from the other women he had been with.

"I'm not a kidnapper, Naomi." He spoke, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"The function was getting boring so I thought of taking you to my apartment but it's okay if you don't want to come with me, I'll just pull over, give me your address and I'll take you home."

"N..no it's..I mean it's okay, Let's go to your apartment." She said almost immediately and Ryan smiled at her reply.

Naomi dropped her head on the headrest and heaved a sigh as she tried to convince herself that she just didn't make a bad decision. It may seem weird but something in her told her she could trust him. Besides, there was nothing she was going to do in her hotel room so she kind of anticipated spending the night with him. Maybe he would help her forget about Connor. Besides, it was just for a night and she would never see him again.

Ryan ushered Naomi into his apartment and then he followed suit, locking the door behind him.

It was a luxurious two-bedroom apartment suitable for bachelors, painted in it's finest colours and decorated with expensive furniture.

"You want anything? White wine?" He asked.

She replied with a nervous smile, "I'm fine."

He walked closer to her, wrapped his left arm around her waist and caressed her face with his right hand.

"The things you do to me, Naomi..." He whispered seductively. Naomi felt the tiny hairs at the back of her neck stand to attention. She closed her eyes, slightly parted her lips and she leaned into his touch.

He began trailing kisses from her ear lobe down to her neck. "I want you so bad Naomi." He whispered in between kisses. Naomi gave him more access to her neck as she enjoyed the pleasure he was giving her.

Ryan went back up to tease her earlobe and at the same time, he ran a hand over her right boob. He noticed her erect nipple through the fabric so he slowly caressed her nipple with his thumb which earned a moan from her.

"Do you want me too?" He asked seductively.

Naomi was on cloud nine. She could feel her panties getting wet, she was glad his left arm was still wrapped around her waist, if not she would have lost her balance because her legs were shaking. She couldn't even respond to his question, she nodded instead, confirming she wanted him. Ryan smiled and lifted her in a bridal style and made his way to his bedroom.

He closed his bedroom and made her stand to her feet. He closed the gap between them and undressed her, leaving her in nothing but her sexy red panties and bare boobs, She didn't put on any bra under her dress.

Ryan swallowed painfully as he stared at the half-naked gorgeous woman in front of him. His member instantly got hard at the mere sight of her breasts.

Naomi was truly endowed, She had curves in the right places, She was not too skinny or too fat, She was what Ryan would describe as perfect.

Ryan kissed her, his hands playing with her erect nipples at the same time. He loved the way she moaned. He was fulfilled that he was capable of giving her the pleasure she wanted.

He carried Naomi and gently placed her in the middle of his bed. He got down from the bed and removed all that he was putting on.

Naomi blushed as she took in the size of his length. He was huge and she couldn't wait to feel him inside of her.

Ryan made his way on top of her and placed kisses on her breasts. He took her right nipple in his warm mouth and played with her left one.

Naomi arched her back as she let out a moan, enjoying the pleasure he was giving her. No man had ever made her feel this way. Ryan continued to tease, suck and play with her tits. A few minutes later, he moved to the left nipple, to give it the same attention as he did to the right one.

Without wasting any more time, Ryan went ahead to remove her panties, he smiled when he felt how soaked it was, She was so ready for him.

Without any warning, his mouth made contact with her clit. Naomi swallowed painfully as she thought she was going to die of pleasure. Ryan teased her clit, sucked them, then teased her with his fingers. He prepared her by putting two fingers in her and he subsequently added an extra finger making it three. The pleasure was building up in her and when he noticed she was about to cum, he pulled out his finger.

He moved up and placed kisses around her ear lobe while Naomi tried to catch her breath. After that, her right hand reached for his cock. She felt him go still as soon as she wrapped her soft hand around it. She felt fulfilled that she had the same effect on him as he did on her.

Naomi was not sure what to do but she began stroking his cock and slightly caressing the tip in the process, Ryan growled and closed his eyes to enjoy the pleasure she was giving him which only encouraged her to stroke faster.

He knew if he didn't stop her he would cum all over her so he stopped her and guided his cock into her entrance. Before he entered her, he teased her with the tip of his member.

"I want you now...... please." Naomi managed to say. Her voice came out raspy, full of want, need and desire.

Ryan heeded to her demand and slowly entered her. He gave her time to adjust to his size and when she finally did, He made love to her, something he never did to the previous women he had been with. He started at a slow pace and finished at a fast pace, emptying his seeds inside of her.

Naomi and Ryan couldn't get enough of each other. An hour after the first round, they went for three more rounds. Ryan took his time to explore and worship her body, then he made passionate love to her.

After their final round, he saw how exhausted she was so he let her sleep. He pulled her naked body close to his, making her head rest on his chest and her legs tangled between his. He stroked her hair as she fell asleep.

Ryan truly liked her, This was the first time he was feeling this way towards a woman and he wanted to explore this feeling with her. He wanted to take her out on dates and spoil her with expensive vacations. He knew there was a strong attraction between them which he was ready to give in to.

Before sleep consumed him, he made up his mind to ask her out on her date when she wakes up and also tell her his first name was Christopher and not Ryan, his middle name. But he wouldn't mind if she insisted on calling him, Ryan.