Chapter 25
Harper.
Next day, Morning ….
“How is it getting another assistant going?!” I asked Collin, he gently pushed his chair backwards, got up to his feet and adjusted his tie.
“Uhmm, a lot of applicants has sent in their applications, would you like to join me for the interview tomorrow?” He asked, I shook my head immediately at his question.
“No, just go ahead and pick someone, I trust your judgement,” I said to him, his lips stretched into a smile and he nodded slowly, he picked up his tablet from the table and turned out to leave,
“The meeting would be starting soon, you should get ready,” Collin said and the very thought that had been nagging in my head and I have been struggling to push away came rushing back into my head.
For some reasons or should I say plenty reasons that I’m quite aware of, I could not seem to get Damon out of my head, as a matter of fact I could not sleep peacefully yesterday night.
His lips against mine would not stop appearing in my head, I could still taste him on my lips he tasted like a mixture of mint and Berry, his taste didn’t seem like something I’d forget in an hurry.
“Must I go?” I muttered under my breath, I watched as Collin suddenly stopped walking and turned to face me, his brows was
raised and his jaw hung low,
“Harper did you just whine?” He asked, I also did not realize when I did that. I rolled my eyes to the back of my head and reclined in my seat heavily.
“Wow! What a discovery, I didn’t know you had that ability,”
“Wait, you’re never hesitant to attend board meetings, don’t tell me it’s because of Damon,” he said propping forward as he leaned on the table resting on his palm.
“You know what Collin; I think it’s time for you to leave,” I said clearing my throat and sitting up on my chair, he chuckled lightly as he slowly let go of the table and placed his hands dramatically on his hips,
“Ohhh my God! It’s because of him!” He snickered almost mockingly still staring at me in amusement,
“Just yesterday you were reminding me of your stance on love, can you see that there’s actually that one person!” He said, I rolled my eyes to the back of my head at what he just said, obviously not! Love how?! How can I be falling in love with someone I just met. If I’m truly having feelings for him which I highly doubt it’s true then I deserve to lock myself up in a hut! Because tell me why I’m falling in love after everything that has happened to me because of Love.
“And when did I mention anything about love, “I muttered, he chuckled lightly, looking at me through his eyebrows his lips
curved downwards.
“Okay then, Enjoy!”
“You should prepare for your meeting now,” he said and with a small bow he turned around and walked out of my office.
Don’t even get me started on the love thingy, I cannot be in love, I should not be in love!
Few Hours Later….
“Hi, I’m happy we chose to sign this contract with you, I hope we work together and get to see each other more often” I heard Michelle chirp classlessly as she walked towards Damon.
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Chapter 25
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Since I walked in through the door when the meeting started, I could feel his eyes on me up until the meeting ended and I didn’t even turn for once to meet his eyes, I was too flustered to do that.
He kept directing questions to me, but my only saving grace was that Mom kept butting in, Atleast her lousiness was useful
for once.
I turned around to see him smile at her as they both walked out of the conference room side by side, I picked up my bag from the table and began to take slow strides out. The contract has been completed and signed and Mom and other important investors had stepped out earlier.
“By the way, my name is Michelle,” I heard her say to him, he had his usual smile on his face nodding slowly as she spoke him. For the first time I got irritated by his smile, what the heck was funny, why is he smiling at her like that? Does he find
her attractive too or what? I don’t understand!.
“You should see your face right now, are you jealous?” I heard Collin whisper behind me a little close to my ear, I cleared my throat immediately and made conscious attempt to change my facial expression into a straight one.
quickened my pace immediately leaving Collin behind me, the last thing I wanted right now was for him to actually rub it in my face that I might be falling in love with Damon and that I was actually jealous of him being with Michelle right now.
I walked past the both of them without acknowledging anyone of them, through the corner of my eyes I saw Michelle raise her lips in a sneer at me as I walked by, I simply held on to my bag tighter and walked away.
I stood infront of my Bookshelf right next to the door staring at it frustrated, I scoffed, my lips raised in an irritated sneer. The irritation I felt was like a persistent itch I couldn’t scratch. The fact that I was even annoyed, annoyed me further, because why the hell was I concerned about them.
“Where is it?” I muttered to myself, scanning the titles on the spines of the binders, the movers must have mixed up all my important file when they were moving my things and now I need to work on a supply, I can’t find the document.
As I reached for a particularly thick file on the top shelf, my elbow knocked into a stack of folders balanced on the edge. They tumbled to the floor in a flurry of papers, I groaned deeply in frustration.
“Great, just great,” I muttered, kneeling down to gather the scattered documents. As I tried to reassemble the pile, another binder slipped from the shelf, narrowly missing my head and adding to the mess. My annoyance grew instantly.
“Why did he have to smile at her like that?” I grumbled, shoving the papers back into the folders with more force than
necessary.
“She’s our enemy here, can’t he read the room?!”
In my frustration, I tugged at a file that seemed stuck. With a sudden jerk, it came loose, but my hands hit the shelve again causing several more items to fall off the shelves, scattering across the floor. I let out an exasperated sigh as the pain at the back of my hand coursed through my vein and I stood up from there.
“It’s definitely not me and these files today!” I muttered, just as I was about to walk away, the door to my office went open, I turned to see Damon walk in through the door. I let out a small unintentional hiss and turned away, before I could take a step
away, he reached out, grabbed my hands and pulled me into him.
My heart suddenly began to beat out of my chest, I felt his hands slowly wrap around my waist and I looked up into his eyes and swallowed hard suddenly loosing my ability to speak.
Shit!
