Heather
I was in my company and I heard about the headlines. Chris is in the headlines for a fight. Surely, this is a chance to bring him more down than he ever thought he could.
An evil idea came to my mind and I called Jason. He came inside.
“Yes, mam?”
“How about spreading a news? Can you ask our PR Department to do that straight away?”
“Yes, boss. What’s the news?”
I got up and went to him. He looked at me, quite confused. I smirked at him and he looked at me completely blank.
I went near him and kept my hand on his chest. “Still got no clue?”
He looked at me and went back. “Ah, this-- this is wrong, boss--”
“I make the rules”
“But--”
“Don’t deny it until there’s something else holding you back” I stared at him. He looked into my eyes. I know I said I will not make a move on him, but it seems like either he is too naive or too scared to make one.
He came back to his initial position and I smiled. “Looking at what you have always done for me, I guess there is no point in stopping us. Be my boyfriend”
He looked at me again, this time a hint of a smile on his face. “That’d be my honor, boss--”
“Boss? How about… Heath?”
He stared straight at me and sighed and laughed. “Whoa that would be so unprofessional”
“So this is professional?”
“Well… you are doing this for the business, so--”
“What?”
He looked at me. “Uh… what happened?”
“You think I am doing this for business? Damn you, I won’t go around someone for business! I am not that cheap!”
“So you… uh… like me? Genuinely?”
“Yes, Jason”
He looked down and smiled. I could see him blush a little. “Woah”
“So…”
“Okay, Heath” he smirked at me. “How about I lower the window panes?”
“As you like” I laughed.
He grinned and went to the windows and lowered the panes. Then he walked to me and touched my shoulder. “I can’t believe this”
“I know. I… uhm, tell me. Did you have no idea I liked you?”
“Nope,” he laughed. “Not even for a single second did I think this”
I sighed. “You are so dumb”
“Oh well, you are just humiliating your choice”
I smirked. “Smart, huh?”
“Right”
I laughed and pulled his face closer to mine. I kissed him and he kissed me back. He was so good at kissing and it felt great to be loved by him.
He was really passionate and I loved it.
He parted and picked me up and kept me on the table. He looked into my eyes and smiled. “This has to be the best thing that happened to me”
I smiled. “Me too”
He pulled me in another kiss and we kissed for a while before getting away. He wiped his lips and looked at me. Then he smiled.
“Yeah so, shall I spread the news yet, Mrs. Manes?”
“Oh you have already married me? Didn’t know that” I laughed. He is so funny and cute at the same time. “Yes, spread it, Mr. Manes”
“On it” he left the room and I turned the window panes upwards.
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Lara
I was sitting in front of Vincent Smith. I was of course scared because of him, but there was more to add to the story. I was gonna betray Ashley. I know how bad it is, but I don’t have a choice! Chris will hurt them if I don’t do this.
I just hope that he doesn’t believe me.
She sat beside him and fed him the cake. He was smiling but I knew, inside, he was dying to hear what I had to say.
“Can I talk with Lara for a minute, alone?” he spoke and all my attention went to them. My heart was beating so rapidly.
“Sure” Ashley replied. “then I am in the kitchen”
“Thanks babe”
She smiled at him and went to the kitchen. He looked at me.
“Yeah, tell me. What does she think?”
My heart was heavy, yet I knew there was no way out without hurting someone. I knew there was no way I could solve this or do this better.
“Uh… she thinks… that you are someone bad”
“Someone bad?”
“I-I mean… yeah”
“I thought we were past that. She trusts me--”
“Yeah she does. She does trust you with herself, but she believes you were worse than you ever told her. That you did things unforgivable”
“Can you give me an example?”
“Uh… I don’t know… maybe… like… rape?”
“WHAT” his eyes widened in surprise. It wasn’t that loud, but still it felt like I shivered. “She thinks that?”
“Yeah…”
He sighed. “Let me ask her--”
“NO wait--”
He looked at me. “What?”
“Look, she shared it with me. You can’t ask her! That’s wrong”
He looked down and sighed. “Uh…”
“It is okay if you don’t trust me. I mean, it is understandable. But I just wanted you to know because I think it is not true”
he sighed. “Of course it isn’t. I mean, I never thought… I gave her those vibes”
“Hm…”
I was feeling so guilty but I couldn’t do anything. This was the last and the first thing I was doing against her, I swear.
“okay” he spoke and sat down on his seat. We sat down in silence for some moments and then Ashley arrived.
“Done?” She raised her eyebrow. Vincent abruptly got up and my heartbeat raced again. What if he bailed me out?
“I-I will come later”
“But--”
“Please”
“Okay. Come fast”
“Hm” he started going. He looked at me once and then went out of the building.
Ashley looked at me. “What did you two talk about?”