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𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝒻ℴ𝓊𝓇 | 𝒾'𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅𝓇ℴ𝒷𝓁ℯ𝓂， 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝓂ℯ

Anna's POV:
For fuck sake, Anna. You know day drinking is always a bad idea, no matter how depressed you are, but it seems as though whenever i go to repeat the action, i fail to remember the horrible outcome it will most likely have. I tumble out of bed groggily, not sure how my intoxicated body ended up back at my apartment, but thankful it did and i didn't end up in a lonely alleyway with dead bodies, scurrying mice and/or other species of rodents. I check my phone, the time reading 8:12am in bright, blinding lights, having a side effect on my aching head. "No work for me today, i don't think." i attempt to walk into my kitchen, to make some form of hangover-relieving drink, when the elevator dings abruptly, and all i can think to myself is 'please fuck off, whoever you are'... "Strange... i'm not expecting anyone..." i turn the corner, to find Sam stood there with a certain je ne sais quoi about herself. What could have possibly happened now? "Sam, how many times do i have to tell you? Piss off." i turn to leave the conversation, wanting nothing to do with her, especially while i have a pounding headache that can get gone. "No." i slowly return to the tête-à-tête, wondering why my command to be left alone was just... dismissed. "No? That's it now? Just no?" "I'm aware you might be hung over, tired, and most definitely not in the mood to speak to me, but just listen, please Anna... just listen to me."

It would have been rude to not offer her a drink, despite my angered feelings toward the woman. I place down a curtesy cup of coffee, knowing full well she didn't come here for my rather impeccable barista skills. "I've realised something... this is all my fault." the realisation has just dawned upon her now? It's as if our whole relationship was a blur to her, and maybe it was... however, part of me can't help but take some of the credit in creating this emotional relationship-rollercoaster of death, that has somehow landed us here. "Sam-" "Please Anna, just let me talk... i'm meant to be your boss, and i took advantage of you..." a sudden welt of annoyance bubbles like a cauldron inside of me, the reason unknown, however the fact that Sam thinks of me as a small, unable creature has something to do with it. "I'm not a fragile person, Sam. I was more than willing to drop to my knees for you. We had a safeword as well, that you put into practice." despite my words of attempted comfort, Sam only takes her head into her palms, groaning in a saddening sigh. I've never seen her so... genuinely sad. "I should have fought off my affections, i should have found a way around it. Anna... don't you see? I should have said no from the start... like any decent human being would do. I only came to say that... and that this is the last you'll see of me." i mentally stutter, confused at what the words dripping from Sam's mouth entail, a feeling of confusion stirring in the air... "Wh-what do you mean?" "I'm going back to California with Kelsey for a few weeks and hiring an Interim CEO... when i get back, i'll rotate my work hours so you won't have to see me, aside from at meetings. I can be professional and civil, as long as you can be." Sam stands to leave, inhaling a breath filled with regret and remorse, and holds her hand outstretched toward me, a gesture to call a truce. I look at it in disgust. "No." her brows crinkle together in concern. "N-no?" "No. I refuse to believe that this is the end for us." a shady look of upset swims across Sam's features, her attempt to make all of this heartbreak vanish from a simple conversation wiped away by the click of my fingers. "Anna, please just let me end this. We can both move on with our lives then, go our separate ways." i spring to my feet and cross over to her, grabbing her wrists and placing her hands on my ass, then allow my arms to snake around her torso, one of my free hands pulling on her hair to tip her head back in a gasp. "Anna!" she swallows at the tight restriction of her neck being pulled harshly. "We aren't over, Sam. Let me prove to you right here, right now that we're worth saving..." i have little to no idea where this sudden burst of energy has come from, but i know that i have let it linger within the pit of my belly for too long now... too fucking long... "Anna-" "If you still want nothing to do with me afterwards, that's perfectly fine... but if you're not worried about me showing you how amazing we could be together... go get in the fucking bedroom..." i growl directly into her ear, my next prey confirmed with such an eagerness my heart might burst with an unknown feeling. The position we've been in has been going on too long... and Sam hasn't ran out of the building, but she's not exactly following my order. "Well? What will it be, Ms Dalton?"