Noor & Ali

The meeting!

I wasn't always in Team A, for a year and a half I was in team B with Ayan. We were two years apart in age and were great work partners. There was this chemistry we had when we worked almost made me believe I could marry him. But that quickly changed when I heard rumors he had a girlfriend he met online.

This little incident made me rethink knowing my coworkers private lives, atleast it will save me the embarrassment.

"Noor, Boss's office now!" Sara shouted as she walked past my cubicle with 3 other teammates.

I grabbed my IPad and Stanley cup and rushed behind them. Damn, it's 10 am already.

The company wasn't a big building but the interior of it was remarkable. Plenty of the doors and ceilings were made of glass and the floor was wooden, plants and creepers decoratedthe walls and pillars. The flowers chosen were all dark in colour giving dark academia vibes. There were two floors, the ground floor had a massive meeting room where all the teams would gather every 4 months. All workers sit in open cubicles at the center except for the team leaders who have their own offices right infront of the cubicles. Then we have the best cafeteria in the world at the other end of the ground floor, it has a comfy sitting place and everything you need to eat. The first floor is where the Boss's office is and with it are two storage rooms side by side.

Sara and the team use the elevator but i avoid it, dreading this meeting as I drag my feet up the stairs. I clear my throat and my mind, focus on the project notes, not his eyes. Make sure to not stare too long as we discuss and sit out of sight from him.

But who am I kidding, I reached his office to find the round table filled with only one seat vacant right next to my Boss. I internally screamed as I kept my poker face and walked to my place.

He didn't look up from his phone, I wasn't sure if everyone greeted him and so I didn't know what to say or do. I sat their waiting for the new intern as he set the presentation and materials.

His office was massive, almost the size of the meeting room downstairs, his desk was at the end of the room across from where we sat. It was called the 'small round table' but accommodated a group of 5.

Since today we had 6 people, there was barely any space between each chair and mine was attached to his, our thighs were inches apart. I felt tingles everytime he moved, I didn't dare put my hands on the table or move forward.

"Ms Noor, why don't you start the meeting and give us an overview and then I'll take over for the main aspects," Aunty Sara nodded towards the multimedia projector, as I got up to go my thigh brushed his and my body was on fire, gosh get a grip woman.

I composed myself and started the meeting, his eyes were fixed on me the whole time making my insides squirm but i had to remind myself we were Boss and employee right now and have been for 3 months since New year's.

Thankfully I didn't stutter and finished my part without shattering under his gaze, I walked back to my chair and noticed his sitting position changed. He was leaning back more so I took the chance and adjusted my chair a little closer to the table my hands atop it.

Suddenly I feel something next to my right foot, he moves his chair forward and now his entire leg from his thigh to his left feet is pressed against me. The heat in my body rises and my heart beat is growing louder and louder. I drop my hands on to my lap and cross my feet breaking contact from him.

A minute later I feel his hand on mine under the table, my eyes go wide but before my aunty looks at me I composed myself.

Why is he doing this? After 3 months of nothing, what's this now?

He starts to trace circles on my wrist making me dizzy, I could feel the calluses on his palm and after sometime I find myself relaxing against his touch.

No! No! This is sudden and unexplained, so we don't just go along with it!!