Enchanted

Chapter 3

Morning looked like usual. Quick shower, a bit of colouring powder, light-blue eyeshadow, a bit of mascara, hair tied up into a bun. Today I wore a grey pencil skirt, white shirt and a grey matching jacket with black high heeled Loboutins. Perfectly smart, Miss Smith, I smiled to myself in the mirror. Camile was dressing up while I made a coffee and toasts for both of us.

As we reached the reception, Ariana called me saying that Mr.Clarke left me a letter. I was annoyed and decided to read it in my office. On my desk was standing a bouquet of red rosed. What the hell is he doing? I sat down and opened the letter:  

Dear Emily, I hope you like the flowers I left you in your office. Looking forward to see you soon. E.Clarke

'Looking forward to see you soon'?! What does that supposed to mean? Okay, whatever. I opened the laptop and started finishing the first script. When I send it to David, Camie brought me my latte.

-'Thanks babes. Sit down, I have to talk to you'

-'Yeah, what's up? What was that letter about? I showed her the sheet made up of hard beige paper. She carefully studied the text with her eyes, after couple of seconds, she looked at me.

-'What do you think about this?' I asked.

-'I think he's interested in you Em, but I can't tell in what way. He seems to be a nice guy.' 

-'Aha, that's what you said about Thomas, didn't you. Remember what happened? We both know how it ended up'

-'I don;t know Emmie. It's your life, and your choice. I think you should give him a chance.'

-'You know that I'm still not well.'

 -'I know. But you have to get over it. He's not your stepfather'

 -'I know, I know. Thank You. For the coffee, and support. We'll talk later. I have to finish this work before lunch.'

-'Its Okay Emily. I have to finish some of the papers as well.' She stood up -'Are we going for lunch together? She asked

-'Yeah, sure.'

-'Laters '

-'Bye' She closed the door behind her. I finished my work, and sent off to David. I looked at the clock, still got 24 minutes, so I decided to open another document. I heard the knock on the door, and looked up. He was standing in the doorway, leaning against the doorframe. 

-'Good Morning Miss Smith' he smiled

-'Mr Clarke' I said, and looked back at the screen, pretending to be busy.

-'You look really nice today' I looked up.

-'Thank you Mr.Clarke' I said and came back to work.

-'Would you like to eat lunch with me?' he asked

-'I already have plans for lunch today' I still didn't look at him, but I could hear his footsteps.

-'Okay. What about dinner? I'll drive you home afterwards'

-'No, thank you.'

-'Could you stop ignoring me Emily?' He asked delicately, but sharply. I looked at him

-'I'm not ignoring you' 

-'You're playing some stupid game with me. It's not funny Emily'

-'Mr Clarke, I have work to do. Do you mind leaving my office?' I said sarcastically

-'I do'

-'It wasn't a question Mr Clarke' 

-'Oh,  Goodbye Emily.' He left.