"Miss Grey, have you seen the b... ohh wow!" The voice of Alex made me push away from Mr. King and I looked at her nervously as she stared wide eyed at the both of us, the shock clear on her face.
"It's not what it looks like" I said slowly approaching her and she just raised her hands up and shrugged before she ran out like her tail was on fire.
OH, this is bad.
I glared furiously at the culprit who was slowly making his way towards me.
"Don't you dare" I gritted out.
"I didn't do anything; we were both caught in the act so why are you making it seem like I did something bad" he whined.
"Aren't you scared; she could tell the others?"
"Why would I be scared, I'm the boss" he said shrugging and I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Well, I'm not and I'm the one that has to face them every day" I said angrily, he's so arrogant and annoying and handsome.
Argh!
"Calm down tiger, Miss Pearl isn't the type to gossip and if she does, we can just take her out" he said jokingly making me crack a smile.
I thought the plan was to avoid him, what am I doing?
"Are you so ashamed to be kissing me?" he asked jokingly but there was a serious tone I could detect, like he really wants to hear my answer.
"We shouldn't be doing that in the office" I said, it's not like I'm ashamed of kissing him, it's just that I don't know how to answer him without making him know that I liked it.
"OH, so we can do that somewhere else then."
"Can you stop?" I snapped glaring at him, and his smile faded as he noticed the serious look I carried.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, I just don't know where I stand with you right now which is making me so nervous, should I take you kissing me back as a sign that you want to pursue a relationship with me?" he asked leaving me speechless.
"We talked about this already" I said, why am I being so difficult?
"Then why did you kiss me back, you could have pushed me back...the first and the second time" he said, the way he's keeping his calm is so beyond me, I clearly wants this man, and he obviously wants me too so why won't I have him?
"I did that because I also kind of have a little bit of feeling for you" Lies!!! All lies, I like him so much, it's hard to push him away.
"Then why?" he asked smiling while trying to come closer to me, but I raised my hand stopping him.
"Maybe because you're engaged or because you're my boss" I said folding my hands together as I looked intently at him, waiting for him to react to the first thing I said.
"Where did you hear that?" he asked as his face went expressionless.
"Does it matter, are you or are you not engaged?" I asked holding my breath as I waited for his answer, one which he seems reluctant to answer.
"I'm not" he sighed avoiding eye contact, I don't believe him, he's showing me a big red flag with the way he's so nervous.
"Are you sure?" I asked again.
"I'm not engaged Roselle" he gritted out now staring right at me and I narrowed my eyes at him.
"But"
"But what Roselle, trying to find another excuse to not be with me" he interrupted me.
"That's not what I'm doing and stop calling my name like you named me" I defended.
"Then I'll ask you again ROSELLE, will you be my woman?" he asked, and my mouth dropped open, I wasn't expecting him to be so direct.
He looks so serious right now; all the earlier playfulness seems like it never happened.
"I'm scared" I said showing my vulnerability and his face softened.
"What is it you're scared of?" he asked.
"I just don't want to regret this Leonardo" I gave in as I glared at his smiling face, he obviously knew he won this.
"Is that a, yes?" he asked, and I nodded blushing making him laugh but everything went silent as I heard the last voice I expected to hear.
"So, this is why you've been ignoring my calls?" Noah asked as he stood at the doorway glaring at both of us.
"Noah"
"I came here, thinking that I probably ruined our friendship, just to see this" he said his face twisted in disgust and I felt really bad.
"It's not what you think honestly" I said, I wasn't ignoring his calls because of Leo, I just didn't know what to say to him, I should have just rejected him immediately.
"Well, what is this then, I didn't realize you were the type of girl to give yourself cheaply to your boss, you're just like the rest of them" he hissed out and it would be a lie if I said his words didn't hurt me, it felt like knives cutting through me and my eyes turned blurry as tears filled it. Leo walked up to him and punched him on the face, I screamed in panic as I went to hold him back.
It is a bad idea getting in-between a fight between two grown men, but I didn't, I just reacted but that was a dumb move as I got hit by Leo's elbow making me fall in the process. It felt like my breath was being knocked out of me and I hit the floor spraining my wrist, well at least that got their attention.
"What is wrong with you!" Leo yelled at me as he came to help me from the floor and I glared at him, I looked to Noah worriedly as I stared at his busted lip.
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
"Really! He seriously just insulted you" Leo yelled again looking at me like I'm mad.
"Come sit, you're injured" I said again totally ignoring the yelling man beside me, but Noah just stared at me with so much hurt filled gaze before walking out angrily.
"I'm hurt too but I guess you don't care."
"Well, if you actually thought with your brain and not your fist, you wouldn't be" I bit back angrily, I'm getting angry a lot since we moved to Italy which is unlike me, I didn't even get the time to mourn my sister properly.
"I'm not going to allow you get mad at me for something that wasn't my fault."
"I'm not mad at you, can you just leave for now I need to think" I said sighing.
"You are not going to change your mind, are you?" he said nervously making me look up at him as I sat down on my chair tiredly.
"About what?" I asked confused and when he just stared at me like I'm dump, I realized he's probably talking about me finally accepting my feelings for him.
"I'm not going to change my mind, but I assure you, if you don't leave now, I'll do more than changing my mind" I said but we both knew I was bluffing.
"Okay, I'll leave now" he said playfully as he kissed my forehead before leaving for his office.
'I hope I'm doing the right thing' I thought as I massaged my sprained wrist.