For The Love of Pomegranates

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    As soon as I entered our office, everyone started to stare at me. I just bowed my head while walking fast so that I could get into my cubicle.

"Well well well, someone had a good sleep" I heard Anita while I sat on my chair.

"What?" I asked and looked at her cubicle.

"You're blooming Nathalie, is it a good night sleep or something fantastic happened last night?" she smirked.

"Anita, can I not be in a good mood?" I scoffed.

"Ha! You were not always in a good mood, sometimes you do have an aura that the day's going to be not okay, but right now, darling, as if you have the greatest day even if it's not finish yet." 

"I don't know what you're talking about, I have no time for this chit chat, I got loads of work to do" I rolled my eyes as I started to open my computer.

"Okay Miss Sunshine" Anita sarcastically said.

"Whatever" I muttered under my breath, then I looked at my mirror.

"Right, I seem so different today" I sighed, is this because of last night? I blushed at the thought.

"Now why are you blushing?" Anita giggled.

"Anita! Stop okay? This is just make up, and why are you even checking up on me" I grunted.

"Hahaha. Okay okay I'll stop" she raised both of her hands as a sign of surrender. I sighed. 

I was about to start editing a wedding photo book when my phone ringed, my heart skipped a beat when I saw who the caller was. I gulped. Should I answer it? I bit my lower lip, closed my eyes, inhaled and exhaled five times. Okay here goes nothing, I grabbed my phone and slid the screen to answer the call.

"Hello?" 

"Eurydice, are you in your office already?" he asked.

"Yes, why?"

"Aww, I was about to ask you for brunch but you're already at work" he said disappointingly.

"Now you want me to be your brunch buddy?" I chuckled.

"Yeah, I think? So how about lunch?" 

"You should eat now, don't wait for lunch, don't wait for me okay? You might get sick, get your brunch now. Bye" I said. I talked so fast as fast as how my heart beat.

"Now you're smiling and laughing inside your cubicle, because of brunch?" Anita asked with her left eyebrow arched up.

"This is nothing" I put on my poker face.

"Your poker face won't work if your blush shouts bloody red" Anita teased. I just brushed her off then decided to distract myself by starting to do my job. Damn it Anthony.

Lunch time and I received a text from Charms that she's at the nearest cafe here in my office, so I decided to go to her, I'm still nervous because I know this isn't just a meet up to catch up with a friend but this is a meet up to interrogate me, remember when she said that I should be at my unit before midnight because she was there alone, I happened to forgot about it, because let's just say, I enjoyed last night so much. Good luck to me.

"Nathalie!" Charms shouted with a big smile on her face, okay, warning: when Charm does that she is really annoyed at you. So I hurriedly went to her booth so that this could finish early.

"Charm Hi" I greeted back.

"So" she leaned on the table with her hands on her chin, smirking like Ursula.