"-I sent you some slides a couple hours ago, did you have a chance to look through them?" Zayn asked as he got seated next to Liam.
Liam went to Zayn's office once he was done with his work, and then the two decided that it was probably best to work in the conference room. Since it was bigger and would give them the space to work side by side.
Everyone else had already left to go back home, and it was just the two of them on the entire floor.
"No, sorry, I didn't get the time" Liam answered.
"That's okay, go through them now and let me know what you think. I know two weeks seems excessive to work on a single presentation but this is a very important meeting, so I want to be thorough in the preparation" Zayn stated.
"Noted, sir" Liam replied with a nod as he opened the slides that Zayn had emailed him.
Everyone in the ofice knew that Zayn was a workaholic. He also liked to get things done as promptly as possible, so if he was willing to spend two weeks preparing for one meeting- then it obviously was crucial.
Liam wouldn't describe himself as a very hard worker, he was more the type to perform averagely.
Just enough to cruise by without trouble. But with this presentation, he really wanted to give his best. Mainly because he wanted to impress Zayn.
"This graph here, which demographic does it represent?" Liam asked as he pointed at his laptop screen.
Zayn wore his black, thick rimmed reading glasses as he got up from his chair.
Liam had always found them super hot, enough for his breath to momentarily hitch. He stood behind Liam, before leaning down to look at the screen. His face was right beside Liam's, and if either one of them was to tilt their heads- then they would surely touch.
Liam's mind started racing almost instantly. Was this Zayn's way of flirting?
Showing that he was interested? Liam didn't want to misinterpret and make the first move. He didn't want to risk losing his job, so he continued looking at the screen as Zayn calmly explained the slide.
Liam tried to pay attention, but instead of Zayn's words, he could only focus on the depth of his voice. He had a slight accent too, which Liam figured.
Both of them were interrupted by Liam's phone vibrating. It was right next to his laptop, and the screen lit up with Harry's name and contact picture on the screen.
Harry was Liam's best friend, who he often carpooled with to and fro from work.
Liam cursed internally- he had totally
forgotten that Harry was supposed to come back from his vacation on sunday. He was in Italy for his honeymoon, and was starting work again from today. He didn't tell him about working overtime either.
"I have to take this," Liam muttered as his picked up the phone.
Zayn cleared his throat as he stood up straight, before sitting down on his own
chair next to Liam, pulling it away just a little bit farther than where it was earlier. An action that was missed by Liam.
"Hey, I'm leaving from work now so I'll pick you up in like ten minutes?" Harry said as Liam picked up.
"I'll be working overtime the next two weeks, so I'll just take the subway back home" Liam replied.
"Overtime? Two weeks? Why the fuck would you do that?" Harry asked.
"There's an important meeting coming up," Liam mumbled.
