My boyfriend's colleague

Chapter Eight

The next Monday, Mila woke up feeling tired. She looked at her alarm and sighed.

The day has come..

She dreaded this day. She stood up, went to the shower and after a quick hot bath- she came out and stared at her closet. Maybe a black skirt and light blue shirt will do. She had met Tony before- but never as her new boss.

She remembered Martin..
She blew away their Sunday diving session last minute because she got cold feet and started to anxiously question her life decisions.

I wonder what'll happen when we see each other at work.

Thinking back, they never talked about how they would act when they see each other at the compound. She grabbed her purse and left the house.

While she was on her way to work, a text message arrived.

Jay: Heard you'll be coming in to work with me today. See you! Can't wait :)

She rolled her eyes. Suddenly Jay seemed like an ass.

Why would he look forward to this day?

She replied, "See you :)"
She thought of Martin. Was she falling for him? Already?
What happened last week? Why did it happen?
She was always fascinated with Martin, but never enough to think of him this much.
Maybe her vulnerability did get to her that night. Suddenly these train of thoughts ran past her, and she arrived.

She got down the taxi, and walked to the office. The road was narrow. Unlike her office, this place was surrounded by beaches and sands. She walked down and saw Martin's office and across it- Jay's office. Tony was out- smoking. He saw her and waved. She approached him.

"Tony! How nice to see you again. I look forward to being useful in your office. I haven't tried working near a beach- it's amazing." She said.
"Mila!" He said as he hugged her. "Nice to see you again. I'm sure we'll all have fun. And you can stay beside Jay all the time!" He smiled.
Apparently, he doesn't know they broke up.
She heard footsteps and saw Jay walk towards them.

"Mila! Come in, come in" Jay said as he smiled.
She smiled, and nodded- when she heard the door across open. They all looked at the door to see Martin come out of it- wearing just a swim short- tight to the skin.
Mila's eyes went from his face to his toe.
Boy, was he sexy...

"Martin! Good morning. Going diving?" Tony asked.
Martin smiled and said, "Good morning.."
Their eyes met- and she looked down. Martin felt like she was avoiding him. She didn't even reply to his text message earlier.

"Gotta go, see you guys later!" Martin said, as he walked away towards the beach.
They all walked in, and Mila saw her desk arranged beside Jay. Tony actioned her to her desk, and she sat down and they all settled down.
She turned her computer on, and plugged in her flash drive. Ann, their secretary- approached her and asked, "Do you want anything? Coffee? Water? We have orange juice."
"No, thank you. I'll get one for myself later, thanks, Ann." Mila smiled back.

She reached for her phone in her purse- and saw that she had two unread messages. She opened and saw it was Martin.

Martin: Hey, good morning. See you later? Hope you're feeling better.

The next one said:
Martin: You look beautiful. Catch up later when you can. :)

She smiled, and Jay coughed beside her. She looked up and he asked, "Who's that?"
"Nobody. Why?" She asked. She felt a little guilty.
"Nothing! You were smiling." He replied.

She hastily put back her phone, and started to read the marketing pages and sites they have.
Beaches, scuba diving, and more water activities. It seemed fun- she needed to find out their most promising target people. Probably young adults?
She was so focused she didn't notice the time go by. It was already 11:00 am. She needed coffee. Two hours had already passed by.

She stood up and got a mug, and asked Ann:
"Where can I get coffee?"
"Oh, you can go across- they've got it. We haven't gotten everything here yet." She answered.
Mila walked out of the office and walked across when Martin called her from afar.
"Mila!" He called out. She turned around and saw Martin walk towards her- hair all wet and messy, a hot mess. She caught her breath.
"Hey..." she said awkwardly.
"How's your day so far?" He asked, smiling and grabbing a towel.
"I'm good, thanks. Uhh.." she stuttered.
"Uhh..? You can answer my texts.. ha, ha." He teased her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't see it. I saw it when I got here. And, thanks for asking. I don't know what got into me when I cancelled last minute." She said.
"It's fine. The day was long, and gloomy. You wouldn't have enjoyed it anyway. Let's do it another day- when it's sunny." He smiled.
"Yeah.. umm, can I get coffee?" She awkwardly asked. She couldn't believe that he SLEPT with this guy and things are so awkward.
"Come in.." he lead her in.
The office was clean, and almost everything was in a wooden tone. It was clean, and she saw the coffee maker.
"So, I can come here whenever I need coffee?" She asked while walking towards the machine.
"Yeah, anytime! I'm almost the only one who's always around." He answered. He was drying himself and looking for his clothes on a shelf.

"Thanks.. and umm.." she muttered.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Umm.." she didn't know what to say. She wanted to spend some time with him- maybe talk about the things that happened.
"Do you wanna talk about stuff? Maybe later?" She asked him, carefully.
He approached her, and held her hands. She was flustered, and blushed profusely.
He looked her in the eye- and said:
"Yeah.. we totally should. It seems like things have been bothering you.."
She stared at him, not knowing what to say when the door opened. It was Jay.

"What's happening?" He asked.
Martin quickly let her hands go, and said:
"Oh, nothing. Mila almost burned herself from the machine. I was seeing if anything had happened to her."
"Oh, Mila- are you okay?" Jay asked.
"Ye.. yeah, I'm fine." She answered.
"Come on, let me help you." He grabbed her mug and got the coffee for her.
"Here, come- let's go." Jay grabbed Mila by the waist. She had no choice but to follow him.

She looked carefully behind while walking and saw Martin stare at her a little sadly.