"It's OK but we still have to head back." I said cleverly hiding the sadness in my voice. She must never find out I have feelings for her, if she did,she'd consider me a paedophile or a pervert.
"Well I just hope I'll see everyone again but let me just say a final goodbye before we leave." She requested.
"Sure." I agreed and she sprinted away and after about twenty minutes, she came back and we were ready to go. I drove us to the airport and we boarded our flight.
After a few hours,we landed in an airport in Bashkortostan. The driver came to pick us up and took us to the mansion.
"Wow! The house looks just the way I left it,I can't believe how long it's been." She said as she walked into the house and gazed at and touched everything like it was her first time.
"I can't wait to see my room, I wonder if it's still how I left it." She said and sprinted towards her bedroom.
I decided to take a rest, it had been a long and tiring day. "As I took of my tie and unbuttoned my shirt the door barged open and she came in.
" Oh I'm sorry Dimitri, it seems I haven't forfeited my bad habits. Somehow I still find it hard to knock on your door. "She said and apologized.
" It's OK."I said causally.
"So... Dimitri I just wanted to discuss something with you." She said and I nodded.
Harlequin's POV
"I want to start working immediately so I can be independent and have a good working experience." I said almost stuttering, it took alot of courage to say that.
"Sure, so the point is?" He said as he removed his shirt from his body and tossed it on the bed beside me.
I smiled as my gaze fell on his rock hard abs,I swear it's been so long and gosh,how great it would be to feel it. What is wrong with you Harley? Focus! He probably never notices and might be furious if he got to know you're thinking about him like that, my mind cautioned.
"Um...Harlequin are you OK?" He said snapping his fingers in front of me and bringing me back to reality.
"I've told you Dimitri, it's Harley now not Harlequin. My first name sounds so prehistoric." I reminded for the umpteenth time.
"Whatever, so what do you have in mind?" He asked me.
"Well I was thinking maybe you could introduce me to one of your business partners or maybe I could just go back to America accept that CEO's offer." I proffered
"There's no way I'm letting you go back there again unless it's important and I'm with you. You'll work for me." He finally dropped the bombshell.
"But..." I tried to protest but he cut me off. "You're working for me and that's final." He said with a note of finality.
"As what?" I asked, defeated. "As my secretary or should I say personal assistant." He said and I knew that I was done for.
I had been trying to avoid him because his handsome face,beautiful brown hair and amazing macho hunted my dreams but now I'm trapped.
Since he saved me five years ago, I've had this huge crush that I've tried so much to forget. I even tried having a boyfriend, Rocky but it just couldn't work out, I was in love with someone else.
And when he asked for sex,I decided to break up with him. What? Of course I'm still a virgin,what did you expect?
I'm not ready to lose it and when I am,it'll be to the one I love. I only told Dimitri all that so he wouldn't know I had feelings for him.
If he found out, what would he think of me? And considering the age difference, it feels a bit weird but I don't care,age is just a number.
I've been trying to hide it but now that we'll work together in the same office and meet again at home, it'll be hard but at least it's not impossible right?