Business over pleasure

Chapter 14

Veronica felt high above the clouds. She couldn't stop smiling from the very moment she woke up the next day to now with her typing away her work all she could do was just smile. She often caught herself making a typo error when she thought about him she would keep accidentally writing his name which would then make her snap out of it.

She couldn't let this go on any further, the distraction was already happening and for the life of her she was trying to prevent everything. 2 more weeks left just 2 more it sounded so easy but with a man like Ahmad Tate nothing was easy.

Just like he said more flowers did  come to her at work. At first she swooned and adored the tulips but then her boss came out and made her remember the exact reason she didn't want to do this. It was bad that he was already corrupting her mind but what made it worse was the fact that he was the CEO and used to be her ex boss. She hadn't slept with him but if people were to even find out a tiny smidge they would make every assumption unafraid to call her a slut.

When it was her lunch break her and Imani decided to go to a cafe. Imani has been excited to hear everything she was truly impatient she wanted to know everything and was trying to get them to rush over to the cafe. Once they arrived and were seated Imani didn't even bother picking up the menu she immediately said.

"Spill, tell me everything. You think I haven't been seeing you smile all morning what happened." She grinned at her friend showcasing her teeth acting jittery she really was excited.

"Calm down, how are you so hyper and we haven't even had anything to eat or drink." She laughed at her friend.

" Well, he took me to the theme park and Imani it was great it was like something out of a movie. We held each other's hands went on all the scary rides and took some fun pictures and then he won me a big bear it was so cute then I won him one but he had to help me." She grinned showing her the video of him and the one someone made of them.

"Wow Ronnie." Her friend looked at her with amazement.

"What."

"What? Do you hear yourself. Matter of fact do you see yourself you are practically shining and smiling and doing everything. You sound like a teenage girl and for once you are acting different this is good. Even the flowers he sent again made you smile." Imani said. She was happy for her friend the glee in her eyes was spreading all over.

"Yeah the flowers..." Veronica's smile slowly wilted

"What's wrong Ronnie?" She was concerned on how quick her emotions changed.

"What am I doing Imani? I can't see him again. I want to see him again but I just can't. He has been on my mind all day. I want to speak to him and forget all my responsibilities." She stressed rubbing her face.

"What's so wrong about that?" Imani was confused on what her friend was trying to say.

"Everything, everything is wrong. I have a job to do and he is becoming more and more of a distraction every time and as much as I'm enjoying his company I'm not willing to risk my job over it." Imani could only nod she thought Veronica was being stubborn but you could honestly see in her friends eyes the confusion and joy all in one. She didn't know whether to call her friend a workaholic she doesn't think that's the right term. She could see that her friend just wanted to be rewarded.

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3 missed calls and 5 unanswered messages from Ahmad. Is what she stared at as she looked at the notifications on her phone.

It's been 2 days after the date and Veronica decided she wasn't going to push this any further. She needed to get back on task and shut him out. Then only problem is that it was doing nothing more but making it worse. He still sent her flowers, 2 in fact one of them said talk to me and she almost called him up immediately.