Rule #1: Don't fall in love

Part 8

F*cking Xavier, is Mr. York? I'm mentally beating myself for not putting all of this together sooner, I knew Katrina was being extra weird ever since our meeting. Xavier or should I say Mr. York stares me down with his piercing green eyes and has the nerve to smile at me. "I can tell by the look on your face that you're surprised. However, I can't seem to decipher whether you're pleasantly surprised or not" he says still smiling. I'm waiting for the ground to swallow me up whole but no such luck. "I would say that I'm just surprised" I didn't think it was possible but his smile grew and may I add he got even more attractive. I stood in silence for a moment, looking at is perfectly full lips while his smile began to drop. "Wait I thought your name was Xavier, Jack York owns this company" Xavier eyed me for a moment. "Only in business do I go by my first name, anywhere other than the office or important meetings I go by my middle name. Now that you know this as well I need you to go over the NDA that I get all employees and contractors sign. Once you have signed it please return it to Katrina." He hands me the envelope and I carefully pull out the contents and begin to read. "Please Mika, sit". Xavier gestures to one of the chairs in front of him.

I decided to go over the NDA while I was still in Xaviers office as I felt there was more to be said once I signed it. In my line of work NDAs are pretty mandatory but none as complex as his. When meeting Mr. York outside of the office, unless otherwise previously mentioned he shall only be referred to as Xavier. At no point shall the previously mentioned party refer to or attempt to associate Mr. York and Xavier as the same person. read one of the lines, I know this man values his privacy but this seems a bit extreme. I'm already here so may as well sign it. I sign and hand it back to Xavier. "So just to be clear, whenever we're working I have to refer to you as Mr. York and not Xavier?" I ask sheepishly. "For you Mika, you can call me Xavier, Mr. York, Jack, or handsome whichever you prefer" wait did he just say what I think he said, no he couldn't have. "Sorry?" I question. "You Tamika can call me anything you'd like" he replies while walking over to my side of his desk. "Ummm o..ok Mr. York" His eyes have completely captivated me, this is not good I need to get out of here and the hell away from this man. He sits on the desk in front of me and stretches out his long legs before crossing them and fold his hand in his lap. "Is there a problem little Mika? I hope there isn't I look forward to working together to expand my business". "As do I Mr. York, however I would prefer if you treat me the same as you treat every other employee that you have"He leans over and smooths curl out of my face "Mika we both know that you aren't like every other employee that I have hmm?".

*knock knock knock*

A knock on the door has me completely startled but I cannot take my eyes off of this man in front of me, taking a closer look at the angle of his jaw, the perfect point of his nose and did I mention those eyes, Lord help me. "Come in Katrina" Xavier responds to the knock, I realize that his hand is still on my face and we're in a bit of a compromising position so I quickly stand. This of course make it worse as I'm not pressed up against him. He lets out a low chuckle and moves away just as the door is opening. "Hey T, Mr. York you have a conference call in 10 minutes" she says with a smile. "Thank you Katrina, Mika here was just leaving" We shake hands and this man has the nerve to wink at me. I quickly scurry out of the room with Katrina hot on my tail.

"So, are you surprised or are you surprised?" Katrina asks with her award winning smile. "You could have given me a bit of a heads up, could you not tell that I have been avoiding your brother?" I ask while throwing my bag carrying the presentation over my shoulder. "See this is why I told that prick this would be difficult. I wanted to tell you T but even though I'm Xav's sister I had to sign an NDA as well and if he didn't see you as surprised as you were he would fire me on the spot." Now I see why Dick was calling Mr. York an @sshole, who would do that to their own sister. "I get it, I was just in my feelings for a second there" "YAY, lets have dinner tonight at my place. Please I promise I'll make this up to you" Katrina's basically jumping up and down with excitement while attempting to convince me. "I wish I could but I promised my friend I would go on a blind date tonight and I've already pushed it back once this week" I say sulking. I know this won't work, I have no intention of this date working but I promised Cynthia I would go on as many of these dates as she wanted as long as she got off my back after. Katrina has lost her previous enthusiasm and replies " well if you change your mind I'll be at home all night long, by my lonesome". With that we say our goodbyes and I head to my car.