no matter what decision your heart makes, I will be waiting for you...

Chapter 28

at quarter to 7 Tom knocks on my office door, I don't know exactly why he wants to leave 15 minutes early as we still have to wait for Harrison, but I don't have a problem with that either.
"you ready?" he asks, leafing through a folder full of papers while his shoulder leans against the door frame. I put my stuff in my handbag, nod and then approach him. I walked past him and made my way to the lift, but Tom stopped. He looked after me with a begging puppy dog look which I didn't see at first because I was too focused on the lift.
"Hey, can I at least get a kiss before we wait for Harrison?" his voice tones up as he throws his hands in the air. I smiled. We behave like a couple. But surely there is nothing more to it than sex for him. He needs this closeness, the affection and the love I give him. Without it, he would certainly be much grimmer. I, on the other hand, don't need affection, love or closeness, I just need him. His smile alone gives me butterflies in my stomach which are indescribable. So I went back, playfully rolling my eyes, still with the same smile on my face. He took my chin between his index finger and his thumb, lifting it. Then closed his eyes slowly and kissed me softly with passion. He didn't use his tongue like I expected, but instead he held the kiss for a few seconds as if he was enjoying it. When he pulled back, he looked at me for a second with this sparkle in his eye, but then put his hand on my lower back and led me to the lift. We drove down. As usual, a few of our colleagues were already in the lobby, while the others stood outside smoking a cigarette. I will never understand why some people smoke, maybe for relaxation... Of course, when the lift doors opened, Tom and I stood there like the main attraction. All eyes were on us, or rather on Tom's hand on my lower back. Because one of the rules in this building is that you can't start anything with your boss or with your secretary, because then she/he could get some kind of a special treatment. Complete bullshit in my opinion, but that was one of the reasons why I wasn't allowed to be Harrison's secretary, not because there could be something going on between us, eww no. But because I could get treated diffrent by him as his little sister. Not only were the eyes on Tom's hand, a few were also on me, but I didn't really notice. On the way out, however, I saw Markus with his group around him. Almost like in a high school where you walk through the school corridors and see all the different cliques. This time it's work and Markus with his work colleagues. Of course I'm the one who immediately catches his gaze, and so our eyes meet. While his colleagues were laughing about something, he looked at me with a mysterious look. He checked my outfit, saw what a tight shirt I was wearing, but what attracted his eyes more was also Tom's hand on my back. He began to stare at it in particular, also studying my eyes intently. He had a kind of look like he was trying to figure out what kind of relationship Tom and I have. The three seconds in which we held eye contact passed as if in slow motion, my steps became heavy, my gaze inexplicably softer with a trace of worry and my hands began to sweat like crazy. When Tom opened the door to the outside, I came back to reality and concentrated on the way again.
"God, they really can't keep their eyes in. Did you see the way they looked at you? Like you were the only female sex on the planet. Disgusting" he commented, which to be honest I didn't notice since my eyes were fixed on markus'. Not in an attractive or magical way tho. It was rather strange, as if he was trying to talk to me through thoughts but a wall was in the way. "If they look at you drooling like that again, I'll beat them up until they can't even move anymore" He threatened again. Surely they were all looking at me because of my shirt, it was no secret. Tom surely knew too, but didn't want to say anything, and if I'm honest, it was starting to press. It's so tight that I'm even afraid that my rolls of fat might show. I just nodded. We waited outside for Harrison for a few minutes, and once he came, we drove home. But there is one thing that has been bothering me all day, and now that the three of us were sitting in the car in silence, I think I can ask it.
"who is the boss?" Tom's eyes caught mine right through the rearview mirror as I said that.
"Where did you come up with the boss?" Asks harrison directly with a little laugh escaping his lips.
"He came into Tom's office when we were-" I start
"when Y/N was about to leave the office. Yep" Tom interrupts me, but also saves me or better said us at the same time.
"No way, you've met Roney??? the Roney???? and what do you think of him?" Haz asks. Roney? His name is roney?! Well, okayy. How was he... mhm... how was he, how was he, how was he? good question.
"yeah, nice" I replied shrugging my shoulders.
"Just nice? The guy is completely crazy, but in a cool way. Once he made a party in a strip club.... I knoww, crazzyyy rightt??" harrison tells me enthusiastically.
"Yep, and that even though he has a wife" Tom comments with a roll of the eyes.
"Oh don't be like that now. You enjoyed the night the most." I look in the rear view mirror to see Tom's face but he swallows and quickly looks back at the road.
"Anyways. I think he invited us to a party soon. Guess where it is?" Tom asks Harrison with a smirk on his lips. I am pretty sure he just changed the subject, but I quickly let that thought fade and wait for Harrison's answer.
"Las Vegas?" He replies.
"close, los angeles" Tom says with a proud smile. Well, the change of subject must have worked well, because shortly afterwards harrison goes crazy with excitement.
"that's so sickk !!!" I smile, wonder who may comes. "I just spoke to jenna on the phone, she can't make it today or tomorrow. But she can on Friday. Is that okay for you?"
"yeah from my side yes" I answer
"yh, should work for me too" Tom also agrees.
"Perfect, so Friday it is, I'll let jenna know and then it's time for a double date !!! Can't wait."