Five awkward days passed in a blur with loads of work and meetings and barely enough time for them to talk. At dinner, the atmosphere between them was tense, even at work. It became so bad that some of the staff began to notice it, Leo approached her on the fifth day to ask what was wrong.
He came to her desk and sat on her table. She looked up from her computer at him.
“Hi there,” he said with a smile.
“Hi,” she answered back, turning her gaze back to her computer.
“Are you okay? You seem off”
“Yeah, I'm okay”
“Are you sure? There seems to be some kind of tension between you and the boss”
“We’re just… sorting out some stuff, we’ll be fine, but thanks for asking anyways”
He leaned forward and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear making her breath catch in her throat.
“I got you
