Taken(H.S.)

Chapter 5

~Hazel Styles~

"And we are now....open!"

I flipped the sign from 'CLOSED' to 'OPEN'.

"Okay, ladies! Get to work!" I said, stalking into my office. "There's no one here," chuckled Gemma as she plopped into one of the chairs if front of my desk. "Yet," I corrected her.

I had been running my store, Stylz, for about 3 years now, and my employees were two of my close friends, Celeste and Gemma, Harry's sister. The store has been a big hit, earning many customers every day it was open.

Before Gemma could respond, the door chimed. I smiled. "Told you. Now get to work." I playfully demanded. She saluted me before marching out of my office.

 I pulled my laptop out of my bag and sat it on the desk. Before I could open it, Gemma screamed. I jumped out of my chair and rushed to the doorway.

"Big bro! I haven't seen you in forever! How is the baby?" she asked as she gave Harry a bone-crushing hug. I could tell by the discoloration in his face.

"He's g-great! And I'd also be great if you'd let me breathe!" he chuckled as Gemma continued to squeeze him. "Oh, sorry!" she chuckled as she let go, blushing.  "I'm just gonna be off now!" she said. scurrying off.  I chuckled as Harry walked over to me, his hands appearing to be full with Starbucks.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" I squealed as he leaned in to kiss me. I denied the kiss as I reached for the coffee tray and the takeout bag. "Hey! You take my Starbucks but not my kiss?" he pouted.  I gave him a quick peck on the cheek as I backed into my office and shut the door.

"Yes! Oh my god! I love you like...so much right now!" I gushed as I pulled out the breakfast sandwich and the peppermint hot chocolate. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now you want to give me smooches," he said as I peppered him with kisses while straddling his lap.

"Correct, because you bought me Starbucks and Starbucks equal lots of smooches," I said, my mouth already full of sausage and cheese. "You know, I really don't understand why girls love that place so much. I mean, its not like their menu has anything good on it," he scoffed while scrolling through his phone.

I stopped chewing and stared at him. "Okay then, its not like Nando's  has anything good to eat either," I shot back. He froze and dropped his phone in his lap. "Ooo! You said the wrong thing this time!" he said, leaping out of his chair and reaching across my desk. His hands quickly found my sides as he began to harshly tickle me.  "HARRY!" I screeched out. "Stop it! Stop it!" I laughed.  "Not until you take it back!" he said, continuing to harshly tickle me. I reached for my peppermint hot chocolate and poured it in his chocolate curls. He immediately froze. "Nando's is still a disgusting place, and therefore I will not  take it back."

"You see I would care about you saying that, but right now, I'm covered in chocolate and peppermint. And that's disgusting," he said, shaking his curls and splattering the mixture all over me.  "I hate you so much now, sooooo freaking much," I groaned.

"Yeah, now you do." he said, climbing from over me and helping me up. "Let's go get cleaned up."

We straightened up my office, as much as we could, and then headed out the office. "Whoa, what happened to you two? Did you have a little too much fun? Office sex?" Celeste said, smirking our way. "Things happened," Harry said, leading me out the door. She shook her head before ringing up an awaiting customer.

"Wait a second." I said, stopping outside the car. "Where is Preston?" I said, glaring at Harry across the hood. "Oh, yeah. I left him at home with me mum. She came over after you left this morning for work. I hope that's okay...with you," he said cautiously as we climbed into the car. "You left my baby with your mum? Are you bloody mad?!?!?" I shrieked. "It's fine, she knows what to do. I explained everything," he chuckled.