One Week Away

Chapter 9

The weekend goes by quickly and before I know it Monday morning has arrived. Mitchell and I spent yesterday at the park with Nelly and I ended up making dinner for the two of us. It felt like a normal day but in the back of my mind I knew I had to make a decision. I couldn't keep this secret forever but I just wasn't ready to uproot my life yet.

Waking up I was feeling giddy to go into work this morning. I tried to pretend I was excited about my new promotion but really, if I was being honest with myself, I was excited to see Christian.

We hadn't spoken since Saturday after he text me and I was already missing his beautiful face.

Going into my closet I picked out a navy blue form fitting dress. The dress wasn't revealing but hugged all my curves. I knew it would drive him wild. I slid on my black high heels, grabbed my purse then went downstairs to eat some breakfast. Upon entering the kitchen I found Mitchell pouring coffee into his to-go mug.

"Good morning" I smiled. "Good morning Adrianna. I have to run. I have an important meeting and I don't want to be late. I should be home by 6 if you want to go out to dinner tonight." "Sure Mitchell. Dinner sounds great." He gives me a kiss on the cheek and heads for the door grabbing his briefcase on the way out.

I let out a sigh and head over to the pantry to grab some bread and an avocado to make toast. After breakfast I let Nelly out and give her lots of love before heading to work.

Just like every other morning I arrive early to the office. I enjoy getting in before everyone else as it gives me a chance to grab some coffee and get organized for the day.

When I walk in I notice that the office looks different. My eyes scan the room trying to pick up on all the changes. The cubicles have been replaced with modern shared workspaces. The wall between my office and Christian's has been taken down to accommodate our new shared role. The conference room was now separated into three smaller rooms to accommodate smaller group projects.

I head into the kitchen happy to see that it was still the same. At least there was one thing in my life that wasn't changing. I turned on the coffee pot, making enough for everyone, and waited for it to brew. After it was complete I poured myself a cup and headed into our new office.

Our desks were placed on opposite sides of the room with a large table in the middle. I looked down at my desk where a picture of Mitchell and I was on display. I picked it up and put it in my desk drawer not sure how I would feel staring at him and blue eyes in the same room all day.

Taking in our new space I couldn't help but notice how much brighter the office was now that there were extra outside windows lighting up the room. There were still no windows between the office and the main area. I usually kept the door open to make me feel like I am a part of everything going on in the office, but it was nice that I could close it to drown out the noise when I really needed to get things done.

I hear a few people start trickling in with "oohs" and "ahhs" raving about the new updated space. I feel a presence walk through the door and look up to see blue eyes piercing into my soul. My stomach flutters and I feel a little flush take over my cheeks. He smiles as he enters the room. "Good morning Adrianna." "Good morning Christian." "Wow can't believe they combined our offices while we were gone." "I like it" I say as I look over to him with a wink. He laughs "I like it too. I get to watch you work all day." I smirk "No we have actual work to do. We can't stare at each other all day." He grins as he sits down at his desk.

The morning passes by quickly as we have quite a bit of work to catch up on from our week off. I look at the clock and notice that it is 11:55. Everyone would be leaving at noon for lunch but I was going to have to work through it if I wanted to get caught up. I push my chair back and stand up to head to the restroom. Walking around my desk I hear a loud sigh. "How do you expect me to get any work done when you come in looking like that?" I laugh noticing that he has just noticed my dress for the first time today. I blush and look over to him. "What's wrong Christian? It's not like I am showing any skin." I say teasingly. He stands up and moves closer to me. "You may not be showing any skin but that dress is so tight I can see every inch of you outlined perfectly."

Now I am really blushing. I laugh and turn to the door to head to the bathroom making sure to give him a show as I leave the room. I check my makeup before leaving the bathroom and head back to the office. I notice that it is now empty and everyone has left for lunch. I enter my office only to feel hands around my waist and lips crashing down onto mine. "Christian!" I squealed as I pulled away. "What are you doing?" "Shh everyone left for lunch and I have been waiting to do that all day." "Why didn't you go with them?" "I know we have a lot of work to catch up on and I didn't want to leave you by yourself."

I smile at him and place a gentle kiss to his lips. "I am going to go make up some sandwiches and I will be right back. I need you to read over a few contracts before I send them off."

I head to the kitchen to make Christian and I lunch with a huge grin on my face. I felt like a schoolgirl waiting to steal kisses with my crush after class. He had that effect on me.

Walking back into the office I notice the lights were off and there he was sitting at our little conference table with candles lit. I laughed as he got up to pull my chair out. "Thank you handsome." "Thank you for making lunch beautiful." So there we sat in the middle of our office eating sandwiches by the candlelight. It was sweet. He was sweet. After finishing I quickly blew out the candles so the burning smell would have enough time to dissipate before everyone got back from lunch.

I walked over to my desk to grab the contracts and came back to sit next to Christian to go over them. He placed his hand on my thigh as we scanned the pages together. "Everything looks good. I will scan them over to Beth for signatures." "Okay great" I replied staring into his eyes. He smiled and placed his lips to mine locking me into a deep kiss. Not breaking the kiss, I stand up while leaning over him and straddle his lap. My whole body was humming with him. I just couldn't get enough of this feeling. His strong arms slid around my waist moving up and down my back before sliding down low to squeeze my ass. I smirked and then we heard the elevator door open. I pushed off him and looked behind us. The doors were closed and locked but I figured we better stop this now before someone found us. I gave him one last peck to the lips before I got up and unlocked both doors.

The rest of the day was uneventful. We worked quietly throughout the rest of the afternoon causally glancing and smiling at each other every so often. When 5:00 rolled around my phone buzzed. I look down to see Mitchell's name and I know what this text is about to say. I read it anyways "Hey babe. I got caught up at work and I really need to stay and finish before I get behind on the week. Grab yourself something on the way home. I am just going to order takeout for everyone here. I will make it up to you tomorrow. Love you."

I sigh and roll my eyes as I grab my bags. Tears threatened to fall but I wouldn't let them. I refused to keep coming second in someone else's life. I look up and ask "Do you have dinner plans?" He smiled back at me "No I was just going to grab Chinese on the way home. Why?" "Mind if I join you?" A huge grin tugs at his lips "Not at all."