esitation. Not a hint o

cing look in my eyes, I asked, "Can you bear to give up ten percent?" His e

t that money is indeed an exc

uppressing all afternoon

hat about if it was Bianca, would you give her?" He

No

eal

ng I can give her

irm voice sounding above my head, "I will have John

e one of the bosses

lse is work

considerably under his assurance,

s eyebrow,

ha

u work

ooping over to whisper sweet nothing in my ear

flush and shot

n the surface, but occasionally letting slip rem

e looked at his watch, "I

ival, we have to go home for

r you in the

ldn't refuse him. With that

s a surprise f

he necklace, leaving me unsure whether

between me and Bianca, I

ty was piqued, and he wanted

u after work,

left a kiss on his li

ely calmed down and focu

time, the door of the off

ising my he

Sophia, did I

le and pleasa

of a bother."

ign drafts, I dislik

ard for a moment, yet she muste

recently found out that the position o

what belonged to you, so

Richard had alrea

ed as a Design Director for hundreds of ge

easygoing attitude

kes you uncomfortable, you can tell m

this ups

nd comfortably sat d

unhappy, please stay in

ng things up

shares come into my hands, she wou

rtment, at least I

t's

y emotional distress, talk to me

ir behind her ears and gently says, "After all, Richard sa

ny years, it doesn't matte

'm just overl

omet

n doesn't sit well with me

person to Richard, and she's

cks symbolically, walks in and hands the agreemen

ady signed. Sign and k

says and does

kay

efficiently sign my own name, hand back a copy to Jo

ent?" Bianca seems to have caught

alm and graceful demeanor is shattered

k, somewhat surprised, "Oh,

ing, I need to report

nores answering B

ke my lea

mixed in Bianca's eyes,

it's unnecessary to report such

the necklace, I can't quite e

to maintain a peaceful

elp but feel some

cident or this promotion, but whatever caused your resentment towards me

ested in these thin

k demeanor, my emoti

e pregnancy test I had dug out fro

s soon as I went downstairs -

king of his reaction, and the little life ins

eager to share this

rground parking lot, and I ea

re was leaning against the c

the scent of woody cologne uni

you been waiti

would, instead, he seemed somew

t in the c

e tell you what

ed hold

been at the office in the afternoon, appearing somewhat d

usly, "Richard, you're going to be..." " Richar

denly rolled down, cutting me

d direct eye contact with Bianca

in astonishment, hopi

, "Sophia, I sent my car for maintenance and since we're all heading

n't mind such a tri