Lilly & Julian

Chapter 5: 'Come with me then.'

seriously, all these titles are sounding so sexual oh my god 😭😭💀💀 

PS: IM GOING TO DO A PROPER FACE REVEAL IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! 

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The scent of coffee and hazelnut invaded my senses and for the first time in fifty-five minutes, I broke my eye contact from my Macbook on my office desk.

I removed my specs and placed it beside my laptop. Julian leaned smirking against the desk and kept the coffee on the table. I hastily picked up the coffee and started drinking, relishing the taste of it not caring whether it could burn my tongue or not.

Julian raised his eyebrows at my almost starved behavior, "You're welcome."

Once I finished my coffee, I threw the cup in the trash-bin near my desk and Julian spoke again, "I heard from a little birdie that the meeting was rough."

I groaned and sagged against my chair, "Ugh, don't even talk about it. Mr. Lucas Adam thought it'd be funny to ask me and my team to change the layout and basically the whole illustration at the end even though we already discussed all this in the previous meeting."

He winced, "That's actually a bitchy move."

Only a person working in an advertising agency would know how much time it takes to create different ideas, present them to your clients and do as they wish. And this guy practically wanted us to start over again.

I shook my head exhausted, "Tell me about it. I did not spend last two weeks overtime for him to change the whole idea at the end. Honestly, I'd have strangled him then and there only if he wasn't my most important client."

"I'm glad boss didn't assign me this project now. On a side not, how long are you going to work? It's almost midnight now."

I squinted and checked the time on my Apple watch. It was indeed midnight.

"Fuck, it's so late already," I again sagged and groaned, "I don't want to go home."

"Why?" Julian frowned.

"The people living across my apartment are getting married apparently and are partying every night. I can't even get four hours of sleep. The landlord said it'll last for a few days only so I should bear with it and Han- Blake have gone to visit their families to tell them about the wedding."

"Come with me then."

My eyes widened, "Really? You won't mind?"

He nodded, "Yeah, of course. I mean you've been at my place multiple times what's the big deal now?"

"The big deal is that all those times I came over at yours only for our monthly dinners with Sam and Blake. But right now, it's just the two of us."

He straightened up, "So what? It's not like you're going to kill me in person or worse, have sex with me."

Wow okay, that stung.

"Asshole. I was waiting when you'll say something crappy," I muttered under my breath and started packing my stuff.

He just gave me a mischievous smile in return.

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I kneeled as soon as I stepped inside Julian's apartment which was almost the same size as mine but with vintage type furniture and picked up Taco, Julian's two months old white little pomeranian.

"I missed you, Taco! I might just eat him he's so cute," I cooed and motioned like I was going to bite him when I saw Julian looking at us with narrowed eyes.

"What?" I asked warily and went to sit on the couch, Taco still in my arms practically squishing.

"Firstly, why does he like you more than me? I mean I'm his dad, he lives with me for God's sake! And secondly, why do you have three bruises coming up on both of your arms?"

I chuckled to stall answering the second question, "To answer your first question, everyone loves me more than you even your own parents so suck it up!" I stuck my tongue out at him by the end of my sentence.

"Bitch," he muttered.

"Asshole," I retaliated.

"Brat,"

"Dick,"

"Witch,"

"Fucktard,"

"A what tard?" He brought wine and two glasses from the kitchen.

"Fuck-tard," I flipped him the bird for extra measure.

He poured the wine in the glasses and gave me one, "What even is that?"

I placed Taco on the floor and allowed him to roam around, "It means a stupid person."

"Well, it's a stupid word. Seriously, who makes a word for 'stupid' which is already a word?"

I stared at him blankly, "I lost two brain cells listening to that."

Julian rolled his eyes. "And what about the second thing?"

I took a big gulp of wine to avoid answering to it but it was inevitable.

"Tripped on air this morning because of lack of sleep. I am so fucking done with those neighbors."

He looked at me up and down as though evaluating whether I was lying or not.

"You're lying," he pressed his lips in a thin line.

"I am not lying," I lied.

And fortunately, he didn't ponder over it anymore.

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