Entanglement

19. the punishment

i blush at her statement but look away

i can see her scanning my appearance from my peripheral vision.

"anything else?" she spoke up landing her eyes at mine once i looked back at her

"what are you gonna do with me? what's my punishment?" i ask getting back to business

"what do you want your punishment to be?" she asks

"why are you asking me?"

"you want to be punished" she responds

"well i did leave the firm without permission, and you already punished my friends so i think it should be even"

"that was after the fact, i wasn't gonna punish anyone just scold you and tell you not to do it again, but apparently you needed emotional support? hm didn't think my absence did that much damage" she says smirking

"i wasn't that bad, i was just upset" i say rolling my eyes

"mr stone must have a liking to you to have the balls to talk to me like that" she says as her smirk fades away

"evan? no he's just a good friend"

"i think it's more then that promise" she says as her expression change to disgust.

"stop that" i say, noticing her face changing

"i'm just stating my observations" she says shrugging

"how does he like me when he's been trying to help me talk to you, that's what this whole thing is about"

"because he knows he can't have you like i can"
she says

"what? okay this isn't a competition"

"didn't say it was, he just seems really sure to make sure your happy" she spoke her last words before the company phone rings on her desk.

she opens the phone and shuts it down again

"anyway, don't say things you don't mean miss white, if you want me just tell me" she says after looking back up to me

my eyes widen

"you know i do. i just didn't want you to sleep with me and ghost me. you clearly ghosted me after i told you i didn't want to sleep with you right now"

"right now?" she says lifting her brows up

i suck my teeth

"i was gonna come back eventually, i wanted to see if you cared enough or noticed my absence" she says smirking

"that's toxic" i say with a disgusted look

she shrugs, "i got what i wanted, my questions were answered" she says in satisfaction

"you were the one that didn't care, since you stopped sending me food delivery's" i say clapping back

"check your account" she says

i frowned "why"

"since then i gave you a separate account for your food instead of me having to call for you"

"jokes on you, i didn't buy food with it" i say

"well your gonna have to, you can't take money out the account unless it's for food, you think i'm that stupid miss white?" she says smirking

"why would you- never mind" i say

she chuckles before she spoke

"there's 10 boxes of paper work for you to fill out and fax i want them done by next monday when your friends come back, that's your punishment, i'd start them now if i were you, i'll have someone bring them to your office one by one each day you finish." she says standing up and walks around her desk to reach me

"and next time you have a problem with me come to me regardless of any situation, i'd be more then happy to solve your problems" she says to my ear and looks down at me. "your dismissed" she says final

i glance one more time at her a few seconds and turn around walking towards the elevator, i know she's still staring me i feel the heat on my back.

i click the button until it opened and step in the elevator. i  press the first floor, i glance at christina and see her eyes on scan up on me until our eyes met before the elevator door closes.

i need to make a move on her before i lose her again, i'm dragging this temptation for too long, i just want there to be a good outcome. i don't want to have regrets.

i made it to the first floor and walked over to my office door, before i entered i looked over to evan's and claudia's offices and it was empty, i sighed at the sight of them not being present. i opened the door to my office walked in and shut it. i leaned my back against the closed door.

i felt at fault even tho it was their idea, they risked their job for me, i owe them a lot. it's gonna be a long week without them here.

-

it's friday and i haven't heard or seen christina since monday. i've gone though 7 boxes of paperwork already, i had 3 left to do. i've taken most of the paperwork home to do to finish it off there.

it wasn't fair, my friends get a break from here for a week, she calls that punishment? and i get towers of paperwork to do just for seeking emotional support she caused?

i looked over at the time it was 4pm i sighed in relief. one more hour.

i hear the company phone ring on my desk and i pick it up.

before i spoke i get interrupted. "are you busy tonight?" a familiar voice said through the other line.

"i am actually" i say sitting back on my chair sounding uninterested knowing who it was.

"with what and with whom?" she asks sounding defensive

"the mountain of paper work you thrown at me" i say flatly

"don't be mad about that, i did what i had to do"

"right but my fellow co workers can sleep in and have a blast at home?"

"i'm picking you up at your house at 8pm, wear something sexy." she says, ignoring my statement and the phone clicks off

i hate when she does that.

i just sat there with the phone still in my hand hearing the low beep sound in my ear.

i snapped out of my thoughts and put the phone down. is she taking me out?