Kathryn has found herself in a toxic relationship with a man who has manipulated her to believe that his controlling behavior is out of love for her. When he finally crosses the line she decides to leave him, which makes Jake spiral. He quickly goes...
The sound of my alarm going off startled me awake, I reached over and dismissed the alarm on my phone. I ran my fingers through Michael's hair, trying to wake him up slowly. With my other hand I slowly shook his arm a few times until I heard him grunt.
"We gotta get up" he only hugged me tighter than he had before
"lets not" his raspy voice escaped his lips
"Come on" I giggled, pushing him up a bit..only enough for me to be able to get out from under him "If you're not ready by the time I'm done I'm leaving without you" I walked over to the bedroom, grabbing my towels for me to shower. Today is hair washing day so I grabbed both towels.
I quickly got into the shower to wash my body and my hair, rubbing my favorite shampoo into my hair and scalp. The fruity scent has always been my go to. I finished up scrubbing my body and stepped out of the shower, drying myself off a bit before wrapping my body in the towel. I walked out of the bathroom and looked into the living room to see Michael still laying on the couch.
"Mikey get up" he opened his eyes slightly to look at me and grunted once more before tearing himself off of the couch
I laughed at him and turned into the bedroom to get ready for the day. It's Thursday which means the week is almost completely over, thank god. This week has been hectic, we'll see how today ends up.
I really didn't feel like going all out with my outfit today so I reached into my closet and grabbed my black pants with a black tank top, I grabbed my black and white checkered tweed blazer. I slipped into my clothes and then grabbed my tan heels to dress it up a bit more
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As I slipped my feet into my shoes I noticed my small pillow on the floor beside the bed; I hadn't realized it at first. I didnt remember it falling down, but I picked it up and tossed it on top of the bed knowing that I didn't have much time to hang out. I walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen, pouring myself a cup of coffee. Luckily Michael isn't on the couch anymore so hopefully he'll be ready to go soon
I took a sip of my coffee as I leaned on the counter, Michael walked out in a light blue dress shirt and navy blue dress pants. As he walked out he was putting his gold watch on his wrist, his hair was slicked to the side and his facial hair was nicely trimmed.
"Ready?" He asked
The car ride was peacefully silent, we haven't discussed what happened last night. I mean nothing crazy happened, we just made out, but it was really tempting. Jess's words kept playing in my head, she's right and I know she's right..the only thing holding me back is the danger I'm putting him in.
We arrived at the office and went about our normal routine, Michael went into his office and I sat at the front desk. I've tried my best to not allow all of the drama affect my work, I think I'm doing pretty good at it but I worry that at some point it will.
We have one meeting this morning, it was moved up last minute since the client couldn't make it in tomorrow for our normal meeting day. I had prepared everything before clocking out yesterday as usual so I know I'm ready. This meeting is supposed to take all morning so we'll see how it goes. Mr. Baker instructed me to walk anyone who shows up to the meeting into the conference room so all I have to do now is wait.
As usual I went through my emails and clearing them out while I waited for the members of the meeting to arrive. I try not to keep my email cluttered, I get weird anxiety from it...I know, I'm weird. I stopped looking at my screen when I heard the door open.
In came a handsome man, dressed in a light grey suit with a white dress shirt under and a red tie. He had light brown hair and beautiful hazel eyes, every feature on his body looked perfectly chiseled.
"Good morning" I smiled and spoke in my usual customer service voice "can I help you?" a smile appeared on his face as well as he approached the front desk
"Good morning" he replied "My name is Justin Owens, I have a meeting with Mr. Baker this morning"
"Oh perfect, let me show you to our conference room" I stood up from my seat "follow me" I smiled
"How long have you worked here miss.."
"Kathryn" I spoke up when I realized he was asking for my name, he nodded for me to continue "almost three years now" we approached the conference room door, I stood the left of the door frame for him to enter
"Weird.. I haven't seen you here before, and I'm sure I'd remember seeing you" he smirked as he looked me up and down, something about it made me feel uncomfortable
I cleared my throat and pushed my hair behind my ear, trying to think of how to get myself out of this situation. I mean don't get me wrong, he's handsome, but is giving me creepy vibes so its a no from me.
"Mister Owen's, I'm glad you made it" Michael walked up to us
thank god
he placed a hand on the small of my back, I know he did it to comfort me, and it worked. With his free hand he extended it out to greet Mr Owens. "Please take a seat, we will be in shortly" he continued before nodding at me, gesturing for me to go back to my desk
I know we aren't a 'thing' and he doesn't have to save me from awkward situations, but I'm so happy that he came to my rescue.
A few more business men came in for the meeting, I walked them over to the conference room as well, ignoring Mr Owens' stare. While I waited for the meeting to be over I prepared for the meetings for tomorrow and went about my normal routine. Making copies for people when needed, mailing things to our other branches and placing new mail on Mr Baker's desk.
Finally, 30 minutes to lunch time, the business men began to exit the conference room. Only god knows how they can sit there for so long, I would have needed at least 2 or 3 breaks in between. As some of the men walked past my desk I stood up, knowing I needed to go in the conference room and clean up from whatever they left behind.
I started making my way out from behind my desk, only stopping when Mr Owens..or Justin..was in front of me, startling me a bit since I was looking down prior to bumping in to him
"Hopefully this isn't too unprofessional of me, but can I take you out sometime?"
*nothing super interesting this chapter, but I tried adding a little cliff hanger at the end lol*
