completely forgetting about the purpose of me coming over tonight, but I knew she planned this. She wouldn’t have looked the way that she did if she wasn’t planning on having sex. I cursed under my breath when I realized Jacob was right, but I was secretly happy at the same time.
The next morning before we had to go to work, we stopped by Starbucks. I opened the car door for Julia and we walked hand in hand with each other. When we were about to approach the door a woman bumped into Julia knocking down her purse.
“I’m sorry about that” I recognized her voice and once she stood up with Julia’s purse I understood why. I must have been the most unlucky man in the world because staring at us was Elizabeth. Is she stalking me? She looked at us in alarm and her eyes landed on our intertwined hands. I noticed a shift in the air around us and I started to feel a sense of dread.
“It’s okay” Julia said reaching for her purse. Elizabeth’s eyes met mine and I looked away uncomfortable. After a while of us standing there awkwardly, Elizabeth decided to break the silence.
“Enjoy the rest of your day.” She said walking passed us. Her shoulder bumped into mine and she paused. “See you at work, Michael” Even though what she said was something so simple, I knew that it would cause problems.
“I thought you said you didn’t know her?” Julia said as she turned around and faced me. Damn it! I hated how observant she was. “She was the woman who walked away from our table the other night.”
“I don’t remember” I said lamely. That was the first thing that came to my mind. Julia looked at me like I was stupid and her face suddenly appeared very angry.
“That’s her isn’t it? The woman you fucked?” I was shocked when Julia cursed, she hardly ever curses unless she is super pissed. I knew that if I continued to lie to her, I’d be digging a deeper grave.
“Yeah, I only said I didn’t know her because I didn’t want you to overthink things.”
“So lying was your solution?!” A couple of people slowed down to eavesdrop as they walked by. I looked around and grabbed her arm.
“People are watching us, let’s go inside and ta…” she snatched her hand away from me before I finished my statement.
“Go fuck yourself!” she yelled and walked in the other direction. I went to catch up with her, but a bus pulled up and a boat load of people practically ran off of it.
“Damn it! Watch out!” I screamed at the crowd that suddenly surrounded me. I tried to push my way through them, but the crowd was too thick. By the time I was able to break away from them, Julia was gone.
When I got to work I made my way straight to Elizabeth’s cubicle. Numerous people greeted me, but I walked right passed them without a second glance. When George took one look at my face, he moved aside letting me walk passed him without any question. Elizabeth was at her desk typing something on her laptop.
“Can I speak to you for a minute?” I said though my clenched teeth seething at her.
“Can it wait till later? I’m really trying to get this sent before nine.” I didn’t give a damn what she needed to do. I grabbed her arm and practically yanked her up from her seat.
“Now” She took one look at my face and nodded her head. A few of the early birds watched us in interest as we took the elevator up to the roof. Nathan glanced at me and I shook my head like I was saying “not now”. The roof was designated for smokers and thankfully nobody was up there this morning.
“What the hell are you doing?” I said once I closed the door behind us.
“I was doing my work before you manhandled me up here.”
“You know damn well that is not what I’m talking about!” I couldn’t hold back my feelings anymore. If I wasn’t a man, I would’ve slapped the hell out of her. “Why couldn’t you just give Julia her purse and leave? Why did
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