Changing the CEO

Time

Rosalie's Point of View

Daniel kissed me.
"Sorry," he says. He is still close to me.
I am so upset and weird out. Luke was spying on me like a weirdo and his cousin just harassed me.
"It is fine. Can you leave please?" I ask.
I get Louie in my arms.
Daniel nods. "I didn't-"
"If I ever want you to kiss me or hold me I will tell you Daniel. Dont ever lay a hand on me," I say. I am full of nerves. He is so strong. I didn't know what to do. I don't want to ruin the plan as well.
"Of course," Daniel nods and leaves my place.
I quickly go to my room where Luke is sitting on my bed. I drop Louie into the bed.
"What the hell are you doing here? You scared me!"
"Why did you kiss him?" he asks. I roll my eyes. "You clearly were spying so you know well I didn't kiss him back."
He stands. "You let him press you against the wall Rose."
I scoff. "He is strong Luke! It happened so fast. I made it clear to him that I don't want him to do that."
Luke gets closer to me. "Sorry."
"Why were you even here?"
He shrugs. "I wanted to surprise you but not the way you think." He gets my hand. "Look, I know you don't like him. That's good. I just need you to be more assertive with him. Don't let him kiss you again," he says.
I look at him and he is dead serious. "I know and I won't let him."
He kisses my hand. "Okay. Let just forget this."
I get my hand back. "Yeah and you gotta leave sir."
He frowns. "But I wanted to stay."
I friendly push him to the door. "No sir. I need to rest."
He turns away. "But I want to have you again."
I smile. "I want you too but I really need to rest."
He sighs and nods. "Of course I will let you rest."
I hug him. "Night."
He doesn't hug me back but pets my hair. "Night."
***
Monday Morning
I am rushing to my PR job. I see Shayla running to her office space too.
"Hey girl!" she yells as she approaches me.
We get to my station. "Hey, busy day right?" I drop the stack of files to my desk.
She nods. "Yes! I hate clean days."
Today we all need to reorganize and close deals.
"Me too. This is my first one so I will be busy all day."
Shayla smirks. "So, how is Luke?"
I roll my eyes as I sit. "Good."
"I'll bet very damn good," she winks.
"Shut up! Get to work woman," I exclaim. Shayla leaves laughing to her desk.
As I'm doing my work, Daniel emails me.

Hey Rosalie,
I know today is not your work day at my office but I wanted to make sure my schedule is finished.
Hope you have a good day.
Can't wait to see you.

Sincerely,
Daniel Newman.

I sigh. I haven't forgotten his kiss. It is in my mind because I don't want him to kiss me. I don't want want him to like me. I don't want to hurt him.
I reply: Hi Mr. Daniel. Yes your schedule is done. I am sending you the schedule again just in case.
Bye.-Rose

My day is over. I am dead tired! There was a lot of paper work.
Shayla takes me home.
"You wanna have a good night out? You canceled on me remember?" she asks.
"Sure. How about Saturday?"
She smiles. "Sure and you can bring Mr. You Know Who too."
I chuckle. "Yeah sure buddy." I get out of the car and head to my place.
Louie says hello to me. He meows until I sit on the couch and pet him. He sits on my lap. I take off my sweater and leave my spaghetti strap shirt on.
I smile. "Oh Louie, today was so busy. I haven't even called Luke."
I get my phone and text him.

Hi. Hope you had a better day at work than me.
He doesn't reply. I put my phone on the couch.
I continue to pet Louie. His body is becoming skinnier and fragile. However, his energy is that of a kitten. I love him. He is the last thing I have of my dad.
"Meow," Louie jumps down and walks to the door.
The door bells is rung.
I quickly go to open it.
"Luke?" I say.
Oh shit.
"No it is Daniel," he frowns. He is holding a box of chocolates.
"Hey," I whisper.
"Why would Luke visit you?" he asks.
Darn. I sigh. What do I say?
"I will be leaving then if you're expecti-"
"He owns me a reference form," I quickly say. "I might get promoted at my other job but I need like a portfolio and I ask Luke for a recommendation letter."
Daniel nods. "Okay."
I look down. "Do you still want to come in?"
I open the door completely. He walks in.
Louie just walks away. I guess he is disappointed like me.
"I wanted to apologize properly for my misbehavior."
He hands me the box of chocolates. I take them. "Thank you. And remember nothing happened. It's fine."
He lightly smiles. "But I can't forget."
Oh gosh, no please no. It feels weird. It feels like in high school when you want the cute guy to ask you on a date but you know you're not pretty but at the end he asks you and you can't think. You feel happy yet confused on why he asked you knowing you're not beautiful. You feel butterflies but it makes your stomach hurt.
"Rosalie?" Daniel touches my arm. "Who hurt you?"
I look down at my fading bruises.
"Um, um, no one," I take my arm back.
Daniel is clearly upset. "You can tell me. I can help."
I chuckle. "No really, it is fine."
I walk to the kitchen. "You want something to drink?"
Daniel walks in. "Sure."
I give him some iced tea. He sips on it for a while. We are in silence.
"There is a project Nathan is working on. A new author is going to sign with us. I was gonna ask you if you can help him with the marketing campaign," Daniel says.
I nod. "I will like to but I need to check with my other boss."
"Sure just let me know by the end of the week,"
I nod. I want him to leave. This is so uncomfortable.
"I'll be leaving then,"
I look at him. "Okay. Cool."
He puts down the glass of tea and keeps looking down. "I-I didn't mean to make this uncomfortable."
"Really Daniel, it is fine."
"Okay," he nods. I walk him to the door. "You're a good man. Too good for me," I say.
"Sure," he says as he walks away.
I close the door. I feel so bad.
****
A month later.