One Little Mix Up_A Second Chance, Office Romance Page 6
“Beth, we need to talk.” I demanded.
“So, you’ve decided to talk to me again?” she said smugly.
“Knock it off, I want to talk to you. I’ve got something to say.” I said.
“Okay, what?” she sat back in her chair crossing her arms.
“Can we talk in private, in my office please?”
“I guess.” Beth relented and followed me to my office. “So what is it you have to say?”
I shut the door and locked it so we wouldn’t be disturbed. I learned my lesson the first time.
“First off, I wanted to say that I’m sorry. I had no right judging you on what you decide to do and the choices you make in your own life. Please forgive me.” I stated.
“Fine, anything else?” she asked impatiently.
“Yes, I wanted to talk to you about why I did what I did. Why I’ve done it repeatedly.”
“Okay, explain.” she said sitting on the edge of my desk facing me, still with her arms crossed.
“Beth, I like you.” I confessed.
“What?”
“I said I liked you. I have ever since I saw you the first day in front of the office building and I opened the doors for you. Do you remember that? Anyway, from the moment I first saw you, I thought you were breathtaking and I wanted to get to know you but I couldn’t at the time because you disappeared up the elevator and I had to meet with Vince and then when I saw you in the office…”
“Then why did you fool around with Nicole and all of the other women who seem to throw themselves at you. Seems like it’s just a bunch of foolish words from a foolish man.”
“I don’t know, Beth. Honestly. I guess a part of it was I never thought you and I would ever come to fruition and the other part of me was in denial about how I felt about you and what that meant. I haven’t had feelings for someone in years and the idea scared me. It still does. I’ve been single for so long.”
“I don’t know if I believe you and you’re under the assumption that the feeling is mutual.”
“It isn’t?”
“I don’t know.” she smiled.
“Stop messing with me, I’m serious. Do you want to go out with me or not.” I stalked over to her, wrapping my hands around her waist pulling her to me.
“I’ll think about it.”
“Seriously?” I asked.
“Yes, seriously.” she laughed. She was actually laughing at me!
“Forget it. Never mind. Last time I do something like this.” I let go of her swiftly.
“I’m kidding you dope. Don’t pout. You may be annoying but it didn’t occur to me until that moment when Luke walked into the room and hit on me that the reason why I stopped wanting to hang out with him and why you annoyed me so much was because I didn’t want to admit that I was attracted to you. To be honest, the only reason why I was close to giving in back there was I thought about you the whole time when he was doing those things to me.” Beth admitted.
“You think about me doing those things to you, huh?” I pulled her closer to where our lips barely touched.
“Maybe.”
“Maybe, you need a little convincing instead of dreaming about it.” I proposed.
“Only if you want to get caught again.” Beth giggled.
“I think you’re worth the risk, besides my Uncle Vince let my parents know how well I’ve been doing here and that I liked it here. It was enough to convince my parents that I’ve changed so they aren’t going to cut me off of my inheritance.” I said excitedly.
“Wait, does that mean that your quitting?”
“No way, I love it here too much. I finally found somewhere that I can settle down in and someone I can settle down with.”
“That’s not a bad plan.”
“Not at all, Beth. Not at all.”
****
“You look nervous.” I said to Trevor as he paced back and forth in the conference room. In about fifteen minutes, every department head in the company and staff member in Human Resources were going to sit and listen to Trevor and I present the ideas we have been working on for the past few weeks for the Employee Wellness Program.
“Do I?” he chuckled nervously.
“Yeah, I thought you always walk around here calm and confident.” I laughed. His nervousness was endearing.
His humanity and weaknesses were traits of his I’ve come to love. Don’t get me wrong, I loved his confidence and cockiness but the parts of his character where he showed the most vulnerability was what drew me to him.
“I am but you’re forgetting that this is the first presentation I have ever done.” he said gulping down a glass of water. “Shit, I’m so nervous I’m actually perspiring a little.”
“Relax.” I said rubbing his back.
Ever since Trevor confessed that he developed an attraction (more like feelings but he won’t admit that quite yet) towards me, we have been spending more and more time together. Sometimes ball games, dinners, movies and sometimes it’s just simple things like grabbing frozen yogurt and walking in the park or sitting at home with cold Chinese food and bickering. Either way, I loved it all.
When I told Nicole about what had transpired between Trevor and I, she was upset at first until he introduced her to his friend Ike and suddenly she didn’t care anymore. Ike seemed like the perfect for her. He was a little wild but a little down-to-earth, the perfect combination to keep up with her but strong enough to bring her back down.
“I’m trying to, but I can’t help it.”
“Think about it this way. This is just a presentation about ideas we came up with. This isn’t going to make or break anything because this is something Human Resources is responsible for. You do realize Vince put you in charge of this because he wanted you to learn something, work hard and take ownership of something you could be proud of and you’ve done all that right?” I suggested.
“Yeah, you’re right. I need to remember that and calm down.”
“We’ll be fine, don’t worry.” I kissed his cheek.
“Did you really mean it when you said that if we did well, you had a surprise for me at your house?” he asked suddenly.
“Yep, it’s pink and lacy and it’s waiting for you to do something about it.” I winked.
“Really?” he asked with wide eyes.
“Would I kid about something like that?”
“You’re right. You wouldn’t. In that case, we’ll be just fine.”
“Yes, we will be.”
It’s funny I started the year believing that life was a series of lucky moments and nothing was set in stone ahead of time and that if I wanted anything to happen for me I either had to go get it or it had to just happen to me.
The day Trevor and I went out on a date for the first time, an authentic date, I called Bridgette beforehand to tell her about him and how life had changed for me since the last time I spoke with her. Ever the hopeless romantic, Bridgette sincerely believed that Trevor and I were always meant to be together and that it didn’t happen sooner. She claimed that somewhere up there, Cupid’s book of love must have had a little mix-up.
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Robin Edwards was born in Lewiston, Maine. She writes Contemporary Fiction books as well as the occasional Clean Romance story all of which are written to get your heart pounding and your pulse beating. Her approach is to develop gotta love them and hate them characters and end the story happily ever after.
Her books are recommended for mature audiences, 18+ years of age who enjoy a unique choice of characters and situations with twists and turns that are diverse from the humdrum romance fiction.
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