Chapter 10 - She's Invited
1280 Words
Julie Harris
I am at my table, working on all the unfinished business I left during the Party of Sally. I filed a leave at the company for two days. My body was aching so much because I carried Xayne from the party to his home.
I did not expect that leaving my job for two days will give me a lot of headaches and a hard time. I need to revise, file, and recopy some papers. I think I will be skipping lunch for today to finish all the papers on my desk.
"Ms. Harris" I rolled my eyes when I heard the flirtatious voice of Sally. I think she was going to ask me about the party because I left without saying goodbye to her.
"Not now, Sally. I have a lot of work to do" I said ignoring her and keep focusing on finishing some papers.
I heard her heels knocking on the floor as she headed toward my table. I rolled my eyes. Why did I forget that Sally is a hardheaded girl? She will do what she wants. Even if I explained everything to her, she would not listen. Sally needs some beating.
"Are you sure not now?" She asked, hinting me something. "Okay, I will tell Xayne that you are busy?" She turned around to leave but I quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her from going.
Did I hear her right? She said something about Xayne.
I slowly turned my head to look at Sally. I wanted to find out if she is just joking but she has a serious face, waiting for me to say something. That serious face of Sally can be seen once in a blue moon, which means she is not joking around or teasing me.
"What did you say?" I asked again, trying to confirm that I really heard his name.
"I said that I will tell Xayne that you are but—" I did not let her finish her words. I immediately run to the elevator door to head to the lobby. "Wait! Julie" Sally tried to catch up with me, but I did not wait for her anymore because I am excited to see Xayne. The elevator door closed, and I click the ground floor button.
If Xayne was looking for me, then he was waiting in the lobby.
What is he doing here? Why did he want to see me? Did he need something? Maybe he wanted to talk about what happened at Sally's party. I think he is going to complain about me changing his suit to pajamas. Did I make him mad again?
Wait! My make-up! I looked at myself in the wallpaper mirror. The elevator wall of the company is made of a mirror. You can see everyone inside the elevator without turning your head around.
I forgot to look at myself in the mirror before I left my table to look if I still need to put on some lipstick and do some retouching. What if I look haggard? What if he got disappointed because of my looks?
Oh my! I have not done styling my hair before I leave the office.
Okay! Relaxed Julie! Calm down and take some fresh air. I said to myself.
"Excuse me, miss, are you okay?" I jolted when someone suddenly spoke beside me. I turned my head to see an old lady holding a cleaning tool.
Did I speak what is on my mind?
I got embarrassed because the old lady caught me talking to myself nervously. I smiled at her and shook my head.
"Y-yeah... I am okay, thank you for asking, mam" I said as I lowered my head to hide my face from embarrassment. I heard the old lady chuckled.
"Really? It looks like you are going to meet your boyfriend. You are nervously looking at yourself in the mirror. You do not have to worry because you are already beautiful even without make-up" She smiled back at me. The elevator's door opened, and she left me speechless.
I went outside the elevator when I reached the ground floor. I hurriedly looked for Xayne in the lobby, but I found nothing.
Where is he?
I tried to wait for Xayne for a few more minutes but he did not show himself. I got disappointed and decided to head back to my table. I think Sally made a fool out of me again. I should have not believed her from the beginning.
"Julie! Where the hell did you go?! I thought you wanted to see Xayne, why did you not wait for me to explain and finish my sentence? Have you gone crazy? You run away like someone was about to die. Xayne was waiting for you on the phone not at the lobby!" Sally bombarded me when I sat at my table. She was so angry that her face would turn red. She even slammed her hands at my table to express her anger.
"I-I thought h-he was here waiting at the lobby..." I uttered trying to sink in all the things that Sally have said. This is so embarrassing. I left my work without asking for permission because I was so excited to see Xayne. What have I done?
Sally took a long breath and then rolled her eyes at me. She sat at the vacant seat in front of my table and looked at me. I avoid having eye contact with her because I feel sorry for what I have done.
"Xayne said that he will come here during your lunch break. I gave him your number. He will call" Sally said. I raised my head and slowly showed her my broad smile.
Nervous, excited, and happy. That is what exactly I feel right now. Nervous because I do not know the reason why he wanted to see me. Excited because he is coming here to the office and I am going to have a chance to see him. Happy because we are going to talk.
I always wanted to talk with Xayne for a long time, to be with him and know more about him, but he always answered me short and straight to the point whenever I asked him some random questions. It is like he is not interested to talk to me at all.
I tried my best to focus on working with the papers on my table but the thought of Xayne coming here to the office bothered my mind. I cannot focus at all.
Oh Xayne, what are you doing to me? I sighed.
After several hours, I finished almost half of my work, and I completely forgot about Xayne. I did not notice my colleagues already taking their lunch.
"Busy?" I jolted when I heard a man's voice beside my left ear. His warm breath touched my skin that sends a shiver through my spine. I turned around to see who is that person. My eyes widen, my breathing stops, and my heart pounds like it was about to explode.
His face was so near to me that our noses were already touching each other, our lips were one inch apart and his scent infiltrate my nose. He is going to make my mind go crazy.
"X-xayne..." I uttered his name.
He slowly pulled his face away from me as he started to smile until I heard him chuckle.
"Want to have some lunch with me? My treat" He said smiling at me as he lends his hand in front of me.
My world almost stops because of what he just did. What is happening?
Is he really the Xayne I know?
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