Attraction

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The last two weeks weren't going too good. I wipe my teary eyes and shut the laptop close, 'Ughh.. I hate everything." Nat raised her eyebrow and chuckled at my condition. "Stop laughing!" I groaned and changed into a lilac blouse and black jeans. I grab my bag and head towards the front door but am stopped by Salsa .

"Oh hi there baby!" I squat down and pet the small cute orange furry kitten as it meows repeatedly.

After my disastrous birthday, my mood was always down and depressing for not only me but also the people around me. I spent the later week with my family and had not gone to the office at all. My parents surprised me with this adorable kitten as a birthday gift. I had always wanted a kitten but my parents never allowed as they thought I was not responsible enough.

"I think you need to wash your face and not go looking like you cried the whole night." Nat said, crossing her arms against her chest and leaned on the wall. "But I did! Avengers Endgame and Game of Thrones and my personal life is making me a mess!" I remarked as I came out of the washroom, with a washed and clean face. I grabbed my heels, strapped them on and with a last kiss on my lovely Salsa I left and headed out.

I nervously sat on my chair and continued to ignore the stares of my fellow colleagues with whom I shared the floor.

"Guys stop staring I'm getting very creeped out now."

Niall shrugged, "A few of us know what happened so we are shocked to see you here. Are you okay?"

Was I okay? Yes. I was almost on the verge of resigning everyday, but this is the place I wanted to work since forever. Job hunting is a hassle, I was paid well and didn't want any personal reasons to affect my profession life. This was the first day back and it seemed going well.

"I am fine, chill out. Now Perrie can you please hand the file I was supposed to do yesterday?" I sent her a smile. She sighed and placed the file in front of me.

Evan exited the elevator and rushed over to me as soon as he spotted me. "Hey! How are you? I missed you as I had no source of entertainment with you gone."

I rolled my eyes, hugging him back, "Nice to know that I entertain you. By the way the pictures you took were amazing! "

We all headed back to our desks and continued with our work occasionally speaking now and then. At around lunch time my office phone rang and it was the secretary asking me to head up to the boss's office. I inhaled and exhaled heavily a couple of times and wiped my sweaty palms before heading over to his office.

"You called me?" I asked in a monotone manner.

"Emily.." Harry sighed and got up from his seat and walked in front of the desk. He began, "First of all I'm sorry for my behavior and I regret it."

He regretted telling that he liked me? I felt a jab in my heart.

He continued on " If you want you can leave but this company is happy to have you as a employee because yoy helped us with many deals and I will always be thankful to you for that."

I shook my head, "Uh.. I don't want to leave. Let us just leave what happened before, in the past."

Harry had a glint in his eyes and he smiled widely. "So are we friends again?" He curiously asked. I nodded giving him a weak smile. How could I say no?

"Great! So now that's out of the way I'm also sorry for assuming you liked me, that was rude. So I am thinking of moving on and so I need your help." He clasped his hands behind him and leaned on the desk. Did he really think I didn't like him? I was lying but now that he was ready to move on, my actual opinion should not matter. I didn't correct him instead pretended to be happy for him. "Yeah sure how can I help?"

Harry told me all about a girl named Jane. She was the daughter of Japanese multimillionaire and was apparently an absolute beauty. They were 'dating' but for publicity and he wanted to try to impress her. I tried my best to keep a smile on my face and not show how hurt I was and all I wanted to do was scream out loud and tell him the truth. But the way he spoke about her, made me take a step back.

"So do you want to grab lunch with us, if you have no plans?" He grabbed his phone and asked. "Today? Now..?"

He nodded, "Yeah.. I can like introduce you both to each other and you can talk to her and fish out details and help me out? I'll pay for the food." I was hesitant but there is no way I was going to say no to free food.

"Okay let's go!" I gave him a thumbs up and followed him to the lift. The secretary sent a flirty look and an annoyed one to me. Looks like she hasn't changed a bit. I gave her the finger and she gasped, sending me a stink eye.

"I called her and she said she was going to be a few minutes late. Let us find a seat and order." Harry said as he walked into the Italian restaurant, which was a couple of blocks away from our office. The place wasn't too flashy or high class but was comfortable and had a fun vibe.

We sat at a corner table. Harry slid into the seat opposite to me passing me a menu too. I skimmed through the options and ordered Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and mushrooms, Harry ordered Braised Chicken all'Arrabbiata along with a bread basket.

"So.. I heard you got a cat?" He asked after taking a sip of his water. "Yep I did. How did you know?" I furrowed my eyebrows. Harry shrugged with a shy smile, "I saw it on your recent Instagram post."

I felt like a giddy teenager whose crush just in a way confessed about stalking me. I nodded pretending to be chill and drank my water.

He sees my posts, he sees my posts!

"Do you actual even use your account?" I asked placing my chin on my palm. He looked offended, "Yes I do infact. I post rarely but I do scroll through my feed. by the way, you have an aesthetic feed." He used to post a lot of stories about different music and queer stuff.

There was a time where i would always check if he would see my Instagram story. Yes I'm weird.

I open my mouth to speak but I see Harry gazing at something behind me. I turned as Harry got up and gave a hug to a woman. She was indeed beautiful. "Hi, I am Jane, it is nice to meet you!" she said grabbing me into a hug too. Damn she was sweet and I don't think I could actually hate her.

"I am starving! Did you guys order? I am sorry for being late." She sat onto the seat beside me. I smiled and she ordered a Chopped Italian Salad and wine.

She was classy and I knew then there was no way I could compete with that! I could fall in love with her at this point.

Our food arrived and we ate with small talks. We ordered dessert next and waited for it to arrive.

"So Emily tell me more about yourself! We need to hang out more yeah? Anyways any lucky guy in your life?" Jane shimmied and wiggled her eyebrows. I made eye contact with Harry for a second before facing back her, "Umm.. yes and nope? I don't know it's lame.. but anyways enough talk about me! Tell me about you! Like what is something you want in a guy or what is your dream guy?" I asked. My goal of this lunch was to help Harry out nothing more, nothing else.

"It's silly and a secret! I like guys to figure me out." She winked. Harry excused himself and that left us both together. Her phone dinged and she read and sent a few messages and I tried to look away and took sips of my water.

"So you and Harry huh?"

I coughed as I choked on my water. "What..?"

"Oh.. nothing. It is just.." She sighed and grabbed my hand. I looked probably awkward and gave her a nod as a sign in moving on.

"It's just that I like Harry a lot. I thought you guys were together but you aren't right? So can you help me? I know it might be weird since you just met me but.. " Her smile was so beautiful and I just sent her a smile. What was with everyone asking me for help? Am I Cupid?

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