The Office Affair

Chapter 19: Booty Call

I wanna start my week right so I need my daily dose of caffeine. I went to my favorite coffee shop and ordered five coffees, four of them for my team. My meeting with the client last week went well so my coworkers asked me to treat them. I have spare money so I was able to. But most of my income goes to my family since my Dad can't bear all the expenses. 

I guess, for now, coffee is the only thing I can afford to treat them. 

The talk I had with Mina and Justin yesterday kept me up all night. I don't know if Stijn will come in today but in the case where he shows up, I have to talk to him.

I already went through the conversation in my mind. If there is one thing that is useful from my overthinking, that is being prepared with scenarios that I come up with in my head. The only problem is if Stijn totally disagrees with everything that I say. I don't have any solution for that.

The first day of the week went by without a glitch. I am learning a lot about my work and my clients and I used my spare time to do research for my class tonight. Surprisingly, Stijn didn't come in for work so I was wondering what he does when he doesn't come to the office.

Should I text him? Would that make me look desperate? But what if he doesn't come to the office tomorrow and the following days? I guess it is better to know his working schedule so that I can have that talk because this couldn't wait any longer.

"Hey...you didn't come in for work today. When will you be at the office?" I texted him.

After a few minutes, I got a text back from him. "Miss me already?"

He is always full of himself but I shouldn't even be shocked right now.

"No. I just need to talk to you about something."

"It sounds serious. You can come to my apartment if you want. You know you are always welcome here."

"Just answer my question. When will you be back in the office?!!!"

I put a lot of exclamation marks to let him know that I'm a bit annoyed already.

"Calm your ass down. I'll be there this Friday. If you have work-related concerns, you can always report it to your team leader and she will take it from there."

Friday huh? I guess that gives me time to prepare for it. I didn't reply to his last text already because I'm a bit pissed that he will not be coming to the office for three more days. Not that I miss the guy. I just want this over with.

After a few minutes, I received another text that read "Seriously. You can come to my apartment anytime. I miss having someone in my bed."

Why does he sound lonely? Why should you even care, Colton? Leave the guy alone.

"If you're horny...you can always use your hand. Goodnight, boss."

I used the word boss just to piss him off. I received another text from him and that got me a little flustered. It reads "I'd rather jerk off to the picture of your gorgeous ass that you sent me. Goodnight babe."

***

The following day felt like I was in a rush all the time. I am clearly feeling the pressure of balancing my work and class already with all the reports that I am making. I'm just glad that Agatha and Nicole helped me as their thank you for the few times that I helped them. John still remained distant from me and I just didn't mind since he is generally fine outside of work when we hang out.

I've also caught up with Rado a few times this week because of the reports that we have in common. I still get the vibes that he likes me but he is coming off just like a friend that I can lean on. I sometimes wonder if we could have been good together because he really is a nice guy.