Magnolia

Chapter one

Magnolia

I rushed up the stairs to the second floor of Bernard's, One of the most luxurious and high profile jewelry brands in the world. I was late, thanks to fucking Catie and her nonstop babbling about this guy who she was dating for a week.

Ah, I didn't even remember his name, because of her never-ending boyfriend list. I knew she was an actual definition of the word BITCH,
unlike me of course. My virgin fucking 23 years old. well, I hadn't been a virgin purposefully, It just never happened.

One of my 2 boyfriends turned out to be gay, I thought being with me helped him to find his true sexuality, I considered him fortunate to be with his deadly handsome boyfriend. 'what is it with being handsome and being gay?'

And other one cheated on me after 6 months of the relationship. I never found out the real reason for his cheating but Catie assured me the only reason was my doubts about being intimate with him, so seemingly, he became disappointed.

It wasn't my fault to take my time, I didn't want to be Virgin Mary, I just wanted my first time to be with the special one.

I checked my iPhone for the third time, no calls no messages from my mom. of course, she was having fun with her fifth husband on her extravagant honeymoon.
I rolled my eyes unconsciously, she was a complete weirdo.

I entered the main office and immediately from the corner of my eyes saw Jason staring at me from his desk, his door was always open because it had a perfect view of my office.so cliche.

I didn't pay attention to him and pretended not to notice and went straight to my office room and closed the door, I was not in a Jason-staring mood at all.
There was a note on my desk, "Bring the final edits of new collection before lunchtime, Bernard"

Oh, dear Bernard I know to bring the final edits because you've made me work like crazy to complete the designs.
And now he left a note himself. This old man had a nerve.

I went through the files to check every detail when I heard a knock on my door.
-come in.
The door opened and I lifted my head just to see the only person that could brighten my mood.

-G...Good..morning Lia.
Jason stuttered.
And here we go, Jason shined like a fucking sun in my dimly night. Great.

-Good morning Jason, do u want something?
He tilted his head to the side and looked at me with puppy eyes" I wanted to ask if you need any help with the designs,or..or...or"

I was annoyed and took a deep inhale. I didn't want to lose my self-control" or?"
He was trying hard to make eye contact with me" or ..or if you need coffee, I..I can get you one"

Just leave me alone Jason "no Jason, I don't need coffee." and with that, I lowered my head to show the conversation is over.
He waited for seconds and then sighed and turned to leave."close the door please"

He sighed again and slowly closed the door. when I first started my career I didn't have any problems with anyone. But as time passed Jason became the second shadow of me, always on my tail and staring at me with those soft brown eyes. As days went by he grew on me, he was tall and cute and I somehow managed to even like his annoying stuttering when he was trying to make a simple conversation with me.

He was very friendly and easy to talk with everyone and not stuttering even once but with me, everything was so different. After 3 months he finally dared to ask me on a date in a very fancy restaurant. Well, he didn't ask, he left a note for me, I didn't want to accept the offer but Catie encouraged me that maybe my special one in shining armor on a white horse could be Jason.

I was tired of being a virgin and I'd had some stupid hopes thanks to Catie.
Well, dinner was served in absolute silence, we didn't talk and he was practically avoiding any possible eye contact with me, and was breathing so heavily that I thought he was on the verge of having a heart attack.

He didn't even finish his food. And after an awkward two hours, I decided to do a favor for both of us and called it a night. My supposed special one with sweaty palms took my right hand and gave it a little squeeze without looking at me, and it was all about the so-called dinner date. The next morning when I walked into the office building everyone was gazing knowingly and some made it perfect with a crooked smile.

I was so confused.' what is their problem'
I entered the main office and I was shocked. For the first time, Jason's door was closed. I was relieved 'maybe last night was enough for him to think straight'

My relief didn't last long, Amy one of the friends at work took my arm and pushed me to her room, and before I could say anything she wiggled her eyebrows "Well How was last night you bitch?"

I was beyond confused "what about it?" How she could know about last night?
She laughed and put her hand on my shoulder "why didn't you mention your crush to Jason? Oh I know everything, don't look at me with that pretty dumb face. Jason told everything that you are his girlfriend and also he was kind enough to explain everything in detail, you know what I mean"
what details exactly she was talking about? Were there any details that I wasn't aware of?

My jaw was on the floor and for a second I thought I lost my talking ability. "Oh Lia, I know Jason is sweet and adorable, You have a complete right to have such a passionate feeling for him. well, I didn't tell him about your virginity by the way."

My whole body was on fire and I was just blinking, Amy was so oblivious that with each sentence I was becoming more furious "oh everyone was surprised, who would have thought Jason and you...together...Oh so sweet"

That was enough. Now I knew why everyone was acting weird today. It was Jason.All Jason. I thought I was going to have an intense allergy to all the Jasons. How could he do this to me? Me being his girlfriend?Jeez.

How could he act so childish and out of order? He didn't even ask me to be his girlfriend, hell we didn't even talk.

I stormed out and straight to that bastard's room. I didn't bother to knock. There he was, with a stupid smile on his face and a bouquet on his desk. He was looking right into my eyes for the first time, he stood up and took the bouquet in his hands and came towards me"Lia, sweetheart" Oh no stuttering.

Maybe in a different situation I would've found this romantic and I even noticed how attractive he was with that confident smile, but unfortunately, I was losing my mind at the moment and I was feeling a raging blood pressure in my veins that I was sure I could pop some veins.' why is he acting confused'

He made a big mistake and offered the bouquet and that was the motion that I needed. I took it and slammed it with my all strength to his face."How dare you, you pathetic" I barked, and without waiting for any responds I stormed out of the office.

From that memorable day, I hated the fact that there was a guy named Jason in my workplace. All the starings and stupid behaviors continued but I tried so hard to keep that stupid bastard as far as possible. I didn't give him a chance to explain his childish act.

Of course, Catie made fun of me and enjoyed my heated encounter and even suggested she could make him cum in front of Mr. Bernard, our boss, and by experience I knew she was capable of doing such crazy things, but I decided to leave the whole matter and never gave it a thought.

I checked the time, it was 11:26.
I stood up and smoothed my khaki pencil skirt and headed to Mr. Bernard's office.