enemies to lovers🖤❤️

3. Meeting the mean redhead

Charlotte
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as im playing outside with the childeren i notice a red haired women in reece's office. that must be the new deputy. *she's actually quite pretty* i think to myself. *no charlotte snap out of it you heard about her and she doesn't seem like a good person*. part of me wants to go speak to her. but if i do i just need an excuse too do so. after being in the garden i take the childeren back inside. one of the other staff members come into the room to cover me on my lunch break. i start to quickly think of an excuse to speak to her. when i thought of one i just walked in and seen her looking at files.
"𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞."
Im in quite of bit of shock. Her voice is so soft but then i realise something.
"𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞?"
"𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬"
"𝐨𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭"
"𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝"
"𝐞𝐫𝐦, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲.."
I start to stutter as she stares at me.
She notices im struggling to get my words out.
"𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝" i just simply nod as i walk out the office door. on the note it had her name. mia. what a pretty name.
when i get home i see an envolope on the kitchen counter.
"𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. -𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧"
i start to tremble as i didn't think he would actually go through with this. i start filling out the papers and put them in the post office the same evening. as i'm sat on my sofa close to sobbing watching bridgerton my phone pings.
"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫" its mia.
"𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐚"
"𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭?" my thumbs stsrt moving around my phone thinking about what to put.
"𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞"
"𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐢 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮."
i start to fluster as i stare at my phone. *charlotte snap back to reality she isn't the person you need. she's evil remember* i think to myself before i put okay.
i felt bad for the dry response but if it's needed it's needed.
the next day at work i walk into the office and marjorie's there talking shit about mia and how much of a bad person she is while autumn is agreeing with her.
"𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞?" marjorie says.
"𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞."
"𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲."
i simply say okay and start making my way over. i go into the office. to see what room i'm in. dreading to see mia after my dry response last night.
"𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞,𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞"
"𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧."
"𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥,𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦."
"𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲"
"𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞!"
I walk back towards her confused
"𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠"
i simply just nod and go into the baby room. paul had a leg injury and couldn't sit on the floor for circle time so i sat him down on a chair. a couple minutes later i hear someone enter the toddler room. it's mia.
"𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫?"
"𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲"
"𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞"
"𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧"
mia just continues to be a bitch about paul A CHILD. and she picks paul up and puts him on the floor exclaiming he will be fine. so i sit him on a new chair when she leaves and at this point i couldn't care less if she sees it. time eventually starts too go fast in its time for me to go home. except..
"𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞"
"𝐨𝐤" i walk in there wondering what she wants
"𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫."
"𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐚."
she looks confused as i walk out the office and walk out the building getting my spotify ready for my car journey home. the sound of sweater weather on repeat.

𝐌𝐢𝐚
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i was so confused as to why charlotte was being so rude. we had only just met. unless she heard about me...
i get home around an hour later and start watching tiktok. i have the temptation to message charlotte but i don't think i can. i think she hates me. i'm just gonna leave it for now.