Chapter 10
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CHAPTER 10
Alena POV
As I stare at the passing cars and it feels like the longest drive of my life. I can’t look at him, because this felt ridiculous. How can one person make you feel so damn uncomfortable? He clears his throat.
“Choose a song.” he says and that's when I see him pointing at his phone between the seats.
“Why?” Why did my voice feel so scratchy? Get it together Alena. Stop being shy, he's just another human being that you might have kissed and obsessed over the last couple of years, but you have a boyfriend that you love very much and this guy could possibly be just another rich asshole.
“Because you're making me uncomfortable with your abnormal silence.” He says as I grab his phone.
“You're the one making me uncomfortable.” I joke and the corner of his mouth pulls up.
“54321.” He says and I quickly type in his password.
“Well…that’s original.” I state my eyes briefly scanning over his apps searching for his music icon.
I search for Mumford and Sons and then turn the music as loud as possible. We both stayed quiet and it felt like there was no pressure to even speak. It felt strange. It felt nice. I feel his eyes on me, but he looks away and just taps his fingers against the wheel with the beat of the song. We round the corner and his suit jacket lifts revealing a small tattoo on his left wrist.
“How long have you been working here?” he clears his throat as he says it and I realize he caught me staring.
“Four months.” I say not missing a beat and quickly look back out the window. “At what firm are you?”
Our building looms over us as we drive into the parking lot. He ignores my question, making me swallow hard. He goes to stop at the VIP parking and I immediately feel awkward.
“I don’t think we're allowed to stop here.” I warn and he just climbs out ignoring my question. Again! Well it's his car that's gonna get clamped so what the hell!
“Thank you for driving me,” I say and he nods and I awkwardly wait for him as he searches for something in his leather bag.
“Do you like your job?” he asks and I shrug.
“Most parts of it yes and you?”
“Most parts of it, yes.” He mimics me and I roll my eyes. When I see he’s almost done I start to walk towards the elevator. He comes up behind me and as we step inside I literally pray someone joins us. My prayers go unanswered.
The door slowly starts to close and I'm not even surprised when he pushes my floors button. He takes a step towards me and I take a step back. At this moment I never knew how much I actually hated these small elevators.
“Can you help me with my tie?” he asks and I bite my lip. So that's what he was doing. This tension is just in my head. Snap out of it Alena!
He takes another step closer. I slowly take his tie in my hands and my brow furrows. Why does this feel so personal? The question is stuck in my throat. His breath fans my forehead and I will myself not to look up at him. He suddenly rests his hand behind me on the mirror. Caging me right in. My fingers start to shake and he then brushes a hair on my forehead with the tips of his fingers and I close my eyes for a second at the softness of his touch. We both breathe hard and when the door dings we both jump. The ride usually feels ridiculously long. I finish up and pull it a little to taunt almost choking him.
“Perfect! Got to go!” I say and rush out and I don’t dare look back. I see Warren playing on his chair and when his eyes land on me I see his widen immediately. I keep walking until I’m in the janitor's closet. He locks the door behind him and I gulp the air realizing I forgot to breathe.
“Mini t**s, what's wrong?” He asks and gently hugs me. Why didn’t I just call him?
“You’ve read those couple of chapters of my book right?” I say and put my fists on my hips breathing hard and he looks at me like I’ve grown two heads.
“Of course and btw that one night stand sce…”
“Shushhh!” I say and hold my hand up. “He’s here, in this building right now, alive and breathing, real and right here!”
He just stares at me.
“WAIT!” He bursts dramatically and covers his mouth. Wow, his nails looked better than mine. Is that bubblegum pink? Fuckticals! Focus Alena!
“HE’S REAL?!” He shouts and covers his heart and then he turns on his heels charging for the door and my stomach drops.
“No s**t! Warren!” I don’t know what comes over me, but I tackle him and we go falling right out the door on the floor.
“You did not just tackle me!” Warren squeals and I quickly roll off of him and he huffs his bleach blond hair out of his eyes.
I slowly looked up and just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse.
Evander is standing with my boss and a couple of other people and they are all staring right at us.
“You know it takes me at least twenty minutes a day to style my hair and you ruined it in less than a second!” Warren says and then finally looks up at the people staring at us.
“Oh hello.” We say in union and wave awkwardly at our boss glaring at us.
Warren looks at me and hits his forehead. “It's not even 9 yet!”
“Are you all right?” Evander asks, his voice sounded so suspicious as his eyes darted between me and Warren. I quickly get to my feet struggling to pull down my skirt.
“Yes sir.” I say and quickly grab Warren's hand and just dart to the side pulling him behind me.
When we’re around the corner Warren pulls at my hand making me look at him.
“Did you just call him sir?!” he says laughing and I whack him with the back of my hand.
“That was him!”
‘No sh*t! He looks just like you described him in your book!” Warren says and his eyes widen.
“You forgot this.” Evander’s voice says behind me and I go rigid. Please please please. I really hope he didn’t just hear what Warren said.
I turn around and watch him holding my laptop bag. I nod and take it and he has the audacity to smile at me.
“We'll be discussing that later.” He says and points between me and Warren. My cheeks go scarlet and I want to throw up. NO!
“Ladies and gentleman if I could have your attention!” Karen our Boss says loudly and everyone stops typing at their desks.
“We have the honor of having the creators and builders of TRC enterprises here with us today, Mr Collins could you please take the stage.” She says and throws her neck scarf over her shoulder as she bats her fake eyelashes at him. Wait, did she just say well of course he would be my boss! How cliché!
“Thank you Kim it's so nice to be here, I just wish it was under better circumstances.” Evander says and his eyes dart to me and I quickly close my open mouth. This couldn't get any worse.
“I will be taking over from my father and unfortunately I have bad news.” He says, his eyes running over the staff.
“You’re all fired, you have till the end of this week to get out of my building.” his smile drops and then he turns on his heels and walks away.
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