OFFICE ROMANCE. (BxB)

Chapter 17. DOES THE OFFER STILL STANDS?

" There's no work for you , I thought I'll be so bored alone here , I wanted someone to keep me company, and because you are the only person close to me in the whole group,, I thought I could ask you , but you were being stubborn so I used that excuse , I would never take your free time to make you work. Also.. I miss you , we haven't talked or seen each other like for a month?!"

The hell! What is wrong with him today talking like this ?

" Sure " I say not wanting to say much because honestly am speechless.

" You can do whatever you were planning to do with Miss. Cooper with me , if it was watching a movie or whatever it was, I know am not her but I can act."

" Okay, I can't take this anymore, what exactly are you upto?"

" Finally, It has gotten to you, now you wanna talk?" He asks smirking.

" Talk about what?" I ask.

"Why you are mad at me. Because if I were to guess , I would say it's because of the girl you saw me with yesterday, you were in a great mood when you barged in and suddenly you are mad at me , so am I right?"

" Why would you think that am mad at you because I saw you with a girl ?" I ask, almost nervously like am caught red handed.

" I don't know , you tell me , maybe because you are acting like that."

" I haven't been talking to you for like a month, so yesterday's incident has nothing to do with me not wanting to talk to you now , goodnight. "

"There's no good night yet , look brown eyes , I have an offer here , you want to hear about it?"

Brown eyes?!

" Sure , why not?" I answer sitting up on the bed.

"Okay , and once you listen to it , there's no refusing it."

" It depends, what is it?"

" I wanna make you my secretary, what do you think?" I look at him surprised  wondering what he's up to , why would he want me as his secretary.

"You are joking right? Incase you are forgetting, am the same Wilson you send away from your office because I distract you , now you wanna make me your secretary, is this the business matter you were talking about?" He nods almost innocently.  "Why on earth would Mr. CEO wanna make me his secretary"

" Why else ? To keep you close , "

"Am sorry , what?"

"Okay look, I've been thinking about your offer too and I think am in , I've made up my mind and decided that am in , I hope your offer still stands ," he says almost seriously now.

"What offer are you talking about?"

"Friendship offer , I thought about it and I think it's true , I like you around so I want to be your friend."

I stare at him blankly , he... he make me speechless. "What changed your mind?"

"Really now? Do you have to ask me those questions questions."

"If am gonna let you be in the circle of my friends , I have to know because I don't trust you at all." For a moment I see a flash of sadness on his face but it disappears almost immediately.

"When I say I want to be your friend , I mean , I real friend , not just a friend who is in the circle of your friends , I want us to be friends friends who can hang out all the time , be there for each other whenever we need each other , I don't want to be just one of your friends."  My o my .  I know he is playing tricks on me.

"You paying tricks , I hope you still remember that am the master in that area."  I tell him Just so he knows .

He suddenly starts talking like me , mimicking my voice and the words I use when I speak. "Dude, I've dropped my ego just to ask for friendship and you are still calling it , tricks?"

"Hahaha... Shut up! I don't talk like that"

"How did you know I was trying to talk like you?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"If it's obvious then you talk like that."

"Okay , I don't believe what you just said to me because you are a chameleon , you change all the time , you behave like this today , tomorrow you are someone else."

"I give you my word on this M.L "

"M.L?"

"Yeah , that's your knew nickname , you said friends give each other nicknames."

"What does it mean? I can't accept someone calling me something I don't know what it means ."

"You also call me something I don't know , H.H , tell me what it means and I'll tell you what M.L stands for ."

"No"

"Okay , I won't tell you either ." He says .

"I'll figure it out , am smart."

"I bet you will , so , friends?" He asks seriously.

"Yep, friends." I say somehow feeling really excited, like really really excited about it.

"And not just a friend but your real own friend , don't put me in the list with others."

"That depends with how you will behave." I say making him look at me blankly.

"How do you want me to behave." He finally asks.

"You know. That aside , now that we're friends , you wanna tell me about that..."

"I knew it has somehow been bothering you." He says his face lighting up .  Am just realising now that he is not as stuffy as I thought.

"It's not bothering me. You know what? Forget about it." I say pulling the duvet over me but he uncovers me , making me sit up.

" Her name is Meredith Amell , my parents have been forcing me to get a girlfriend and then marry soon but I never took it seriously, my mom thinks am so busy so she said she'll find me a girl herself, and when she brought her to me I agreed to date her because I had no other plans , not that I really love her that way. I broke up with her yesterday though. I don't want to waste her time."

"So she's not someone you are in love with?"

"Not really"

"You had no plans , so now do have them? I mean, why did you suddenly decide to break up with her?"

"Because you saw me with her and I knew you are gonna think she's my girlfriend and I love her ."

"What? What does that have to do with you brea..."

"Forget about it , you tell me , you have a girlfriend? Or someone in mind?" He asks , I should just say 'no I don't have someone in my mind , but it seems like when I say that , I would be lying , because someone seems to be in my mind but am not really sure who because I mess around with many people.

I find myself staring at him and him staring back at me in the eye , it drives chills down my spine , I realize I've never actually been here before .

"Forget about that , you tell me , do you ever drink?" I ask after coming back to conscious. I don't even know where that has come from , but seriously, there's this awkwardness that has been around us since we entered in here and alcohol could sweep it away , because sleep is no where around here.

" I really don't do alcohol but for you , am in." He answers.

" Then you freshen up , I'll order it."

"Sure" He answers disappearing in the bathroom.