Forbidden Fruit (gxg)

Part 15

From the moment I fell asleep that night until the moment I woke up the next morning, all I could think about were Kori's lips on mine.

Yeah, I need to do that again.

As I drove to work the next morning, fear suddenly crept in.

What if Kori is freaking out now that we kissed and she is going to go cold on me again?

I prepared myself to expect that once I got to work. It would break me if it happened...but it's better to prepare.

When I walked up to my desk, someone was waiting for me there.

Denae.

"Good morning, Ashley," Denae smiled at me, "How's it going?"

I set my bag down on my desk, "Good," I said, "How was your Thanksgiving?"

"Family drama, but doesn't everyone have that? I'm actually glad to be back at work," Denae smiled at me.

"Sorry to hear it," I said to Denae, wondering why she was at my desk, "I'm definitely familiar with family drama."

"Maybe we can talk about it sometime," Denae looked at me, "I noticed that you never added me on Instagram."

Seriously?

"I'm sorry," I said, "I don't use social media all that much. I'll add you now."

I pulled my phone out of my blazer pocket and brought up Instagram.

"My username is denaehilton97," Denae said, glancing down at my phone to see if I was following her.

I did, and Denae pulled her phone out and followed me back.

"Awesome," Denae smiled at me, "I've got to get back down to Accounting, but I'll see you around."

As Denae walked off, I noticed Kori walk into the department.

Denae walked past Kori and said politely, "Hello, Kori."

"Hi Denae," Kori said back to her, and glanced at me.

Kori then walked over to Lewis and started talking to him, and Grace then walked over to me.

"That's Denae from accounting who was just talking to you, right?" Grace asked me.

I nodded, "It was, yes."

"She's cute. I can tell she's into you by how she was looking at you," Grace smiled at me.

I chuckled nervously, "We're just going to be friends if anything. I don't mess around with co-workers."

I just mess around with my boss.

Grace nodded, "I respect that! It can get pretty messy."

I then noticed Kori start to walk away from Lewis, and she glanced back at Grace and I and waved.

I wonder if she wants me to come talk to her?

Grace and I waved back to Kori, and then Grace said, "I am so not in the mood for work today. Want to grab coffee and a sandwich with me on our lunch break?"

"Neither am I," I agreed, "And sure, sounds good."

About a half hour into working, I decided to get up to make some coffee in Kori's office.

I didn't actually care about the coffee.

I cared about seeing Kori.

I walked to Kori's office, and her door was closed. Once again, nerves kicked in about her possibly being cold to me.