15 Days with You

Day 1

DAY ONE

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Cassidy grinned, and leaned back on her chair confidently while all I could do was stand there and feel so small.

"Well, well, well, Miss Harrison." Cassidy played with a pen and twirled it around her fingers. "I believe that this belongs to you," she said, pointing to the bouquet on her table.

My jaws clenched. "I don't know what you're talking about ma'am."

She laughed and stood up, taking the flowers with her. She then read the note.

"Sandra, you look so lovely today. Signed, Cassy," grinning, she walked up to me. "Now, it's either you're not Sandra, or I'm not Cassy. But I believe I tried to give you the flowers this morning."

I tried my hardest not to scowl. Scowling gives you wrinkles.

I can’t believe we’re at this again.

She stopped when she was about a foot from me.

"Are you not gonna take this?" then, she held out the flowers for me to take.

I was about to snatch it away when she withdrew her hand. "Not so fast," she said in a singsong tune. "You have to say 'can I have the flowers please?'" 

Then she grinned.

My face felt hot. I'm sure my blood pressure is starting to elevate. With a not-so-pleased face, I did what she told.

"Can I have the flowers please?" I said it in a soft, expressionless voice while looking at anywhere but her.

"Hmmmm... good, but I can't hear you very well. Can you repeat that?"

I turned to glare at her. She's enjoying this. A little too much, I think.

"Can I please have the flowers?" I said in a much firmer and louder voice.

"Of course, cupcake," she grinned and let me take the flowers from her. "And by the way, those faces that you make when you're angry are absolutely adorable."

I turned away, ready to march out of the door, when a hand clamped on my wrist.

"Please don't go."

Before turning around, I rolled my eyes.

"Ma'am, I don't see why I have to stay in this room any longer, considering that we don't have any work-related issues to talk about."

She let go of my wrist and returned to her desk.

"Oh, but I'm here to offer you a proposition."

My brows connected. This is something new, at least. "What proposition?"

"15 days."

She said while directly looking at my eyes. I've never seen those cerulean orbs stare at me in this intensity and seriousness before.

"What?"

"Date me for 15 days. After that I'll be completely out of your life."

Now her irritable, annoying face showed a smug expression --like she was challenging me or something. But me being myself, of course I just couldn't back down from a challenge.

"There has to be a catch in this." I muttered.

She smiled gently.

"No catch. Just date me for 15 days. We'll treat each other as girlfriends. Then, I'll stay out of your way after that. I'll be so good at staying away that you'll forget I even existed."

I raised an eyebrow at her. This offer actually sounds good. Too good. And then it crossed my mind that there would have to be… other things included to call this a proposition.

"Girlfriends? You mean like we have to kiss and... you know, have... s*x?"

She grinned mischievously. "Of course. Girlfriends do that, don't they?"

Why, that pervert!

"Miss Williams, your offer sounds good but I'm afraid I have to refuse. Good day."

Dating her for 15 days, I can tolerate. After all, Cassidy is pretty harmless. But being forced to be intimate with her is not something I’d be into. I’d report her to HR for inappropriate behavior, but establishing that this woman is my boss-- the big boss, the best thing they could probably do is send a memo. Worst case scenario? Cassidy fires me from my measly cubicle job and blacklists me. Not worth it.

I was again, about to turn away when she stopped me.

"Wait, maybe we can negotiate on that part. What do you have in mind?" She sounded desperate.

"No s*x, no kissing, no fondling, no touching!" I immediately stated as she just laughed.

"So we’ll just stare at each other for 15 days? Then, you just have to deal with me every single day."

"I'll report you to the police!"

Again, she chuckled richly. "The police works for me, honey." Dammit.

"Okay. No s*x, no fondling, no kissing." I negotiated. "How's that?"

Cassidy smirked. “How about no s*x? That's generous enough."

"No s*x and one kiss per day. Take it or leave it." I laid it down on her. Now, it's just about who's more desperate now.

She thought for a second, as if trying to work around our deal. I dismissed it, thinking that the rules I set were pretty clear. Then, a naughty smile came upon her lips. And before I can catch up to whatever she was thinking at the moment, she grinned.

"Okay. No s*x of any kind and guaranteed one kiss on the lips for every day. Deal," she held out hand for me to shake.

I looked at her hand as if it's a snake. "I still don't trust you."

She sighed and held up her hands in surrender. She walked up to her desk and picked up the phone.

"Daisy, I need you to send Mr. Bryan in as soon as possible. If he doesn't get here in five, he's fired. It’s urgent," she tapped her fingers on the desk as she listened for the reply. "Well I don't care," then, she put the phone down.

"Okay sweetie, let's wait for my lawyer to settle this down."

My jaws dropped. "A lawyer?!"

She nodded.

"Are you nuts?" I asked, completely blown away. I’d figured a lawyer was going to be involved sooner or later, but to draft an official, legally-binding contract? This is Cassidy Williams. She is someone who you just cannot outsmart. And someone who can buy a small country is she wants.

"Well, you said you don't trust me. So now, I'm sending in a lawyer."

True enough, a man in a suit came rushing in five minutes later. The poor man was sweating and breathing so hard.

"Mr. Bryan, I need your help. Please sit down on the chair." Cassidy gestured the small desk beside her own and then pushed a button on a remote control. Daisy came in a second later with a glass of cold water who she gave to the still huffing lawyer.

"Okay, now that you're here Mr. Bryan, I need you to make a legally binding contract."

"What for, Miss Williams?" Mr. Bryan opened his laptop and waited for it to boot up.

Cassidy smiled and walked towards me. "For Miss Harrison here and I. It must say that Miss Harrison will be my girlfriend and vice versa for 15 days under the specific terms that there will be no s*x, and I will have one kiss on the lips for every day."

Mr. Bryan looked dumbfounded. "I thought it was business related."

"Do I pay you to probe questions?" She threw him a pointed glare.

He immediately shrunk back on his seat. "No ma'am. Just clarifying." The lawyer muttered the last part. Then, he started to type away.

"Oh, and it also must say that at the end of our fifteen-day dating period, I must stay away from her at all costs. Failure to comply in our arrangement will result in immediate arrest for breach of contract. Unless both parties initiate to break the contract, of course."

I looked at Cassidy intently.

"What?" She smiled when she caught me looking at her. "I'm a serious and honest person."

"Miss Cassidy," Mr. Bryan interrupted us. "As your lawyer, I advise you not to make such inappropriate contracts. This young lady here works for you."

“David," she warned him, "as your boss, just do what I say." Mr. Bryan could just nod.

"And when will this arrangement start?" He asked.

Cassidy looked at me, as if asking.

"Today." I firmly stated. Better get over it fast, right?

Cassidy grinned. "My, my, my, aren't you very eager."

I could just roll my eyes.

After a while, Mr. Bryan printed out three copies of the documents. Cassidy and I read them, with me being extra cautious. I am not a very smart person, but I knew you have to read everything in contracts. Especially the fine print. Cassidy made a couple of revisions to the terms after consulting with me and I just nodded, in a bit of a daze. The final copies were finally done and about seven pages long. The lawyer handed them to us and told us to sign them. Cassidy handed me a pen and one of the documents while she signed the other.

This is it. After a year of torture, I am finally going to get rid of her. Well, after two weeks more.

I signed the document, with my name in neat, cursive form. I didn't bother to read the rest of the contents because it was redundant. I trust the lawyer.

Then, we swapped documents until we were done signing them all. I get to keep one copy, Cassidy keeps one, and then Mr. Bryan holds the last copy.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Bryan," Cassidy and I shook his hand and after that, he left the room looking as confused as he entered.

This is it. Now, I really have a girlfriend.

"So, buttercup, where were we?" she grinned and walked closer, with her hips swaying sexily side to side, forcing me to walk backwards until the cold wall stopped me. Putting both of her hands at the wall at either side of my head, she might as well trap me in a cage.

"Ah, yes. I was about to get my kiss for day one," she whispered, staring intently at my lips.

Curiously, my heart started to pound harder from the proximity. Hard enough to be able to hear the individual beating of it. And I could have sworn that I heard two hearts beating simultaneously.

Was it Cassidy's heart?

I didn't have time to ponder though, as soft lips came down on my own.

Cassidy kissed me hungrily, as if starved for a month. Every nook and cranny, every swell and jut, she made it her goal to memorize. Until her tongue snaked out to lightly caress my lips. It begged for entrance. Slowly, automatically, I opened my mouth little bit. And there it went, exploring the insides of my mouth like a newly-discovered cave. I tried to stifle a moan, but it came out anyways. Her tongue touched my own, and in few seconds more, our tongues were doing a dance of their own, sliding and gliding against each other. My knees started trembling.

And then, it dawned in me.

Cassidy and I are in a full makeout session with no one holding back.

No, this should not be like this!

I was able to wake up from the trance that Cassidy put me under, and I pushed her off me.

Bad move.

My knees gave out. If Cassidy hadn't caught me, I surely would've fallen on the floor. Now, standing very close to each other, we both were gasping for air and wearing very similar expressions on our face: disbelief.

Suddenly, she broke out in a dreamy grin.

"You're a great kisser."

If this is the kind of kiss that I get every day...

Oh god, help me make it though the next fourteen days.

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