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I just need to get work and throw myself in to that. That’s where I feel most comfortable and happiest as well. Once I get my head in the game then all of this will be a distant memory. I can put Gemma out of my mind and never think about it again. Never think about her again. I just want to go back to hating her where everything is comfortable. I don’t want to even consider her body because it’s too much for me.
But as I step in to the office, I immediately get a strange feeling like everything isn’t going to be normal. No one is acting like they normally do and there is a big hush floating through the air. It’s almost as if everyone saw me with Gemma last night and now it is big gossip. I don’t think that I have ever been the center of office gossip before and I really don’t want to be right now. Not at the worst time, when I’m feeling like shit… but I suppose that’s just how gossip works, isn’t it? It’s there to take people down when they are at their lowest ebb.
“Oh, boss.” Rebecca runs over to me as soon as she sees me, making me feel a little better. At least she is still talking to me and not acting like I have grown an extra head or something. “Last night went well then? You got some good publicity from that charity date. I told you it would go well.”
“Huh?” I narrow my eyes curiously at her wondering what I have clearly missed here.
“Online. The charity organizer posted some pictures of the two of you and it looks really good. You guys look like you had a lot of chemistry which is awesome. It definitely makes you seem more human.”
I open and close my mouth a couple of times, trying to think of a response, but I don’t have anything. Instead, I end up following her silently over to the computer to see what pictures she is talking about and I am immediately blown away. There are photographs of the charity sponsored events that have happened so far which all look really awesome… including the images of me and Gemma. Weirdly, despite the fact that I know we were arguing, I can see what people mean. It really does look like we have good chemistry. If I didn’t know the truth about us, then I could easily get sucked in to the fantasy that me and her could have something going on.
“Oh, right.” I don’t know what to say. I need to step away from this computer now. “I see.”
“So, did you have fun?” Rebecca wiggles her eyebrows at me. “It looks like you did.”
“It was… okay.” This isn’t supposed to be happening so soon. I should have time in between the night and the back lash from it to form where my head is at. It seems that I’m not getting that at all. “I have to get to work.”
I feel like my feet are barely touching the ground as I walk, like all eyes are upon me and I am floating because of that but not in a good way. Like it’s dreamlike but with a black cloud hanging over my head. I probably shouldn’t have come here, maybe I would be better being at home and away from the world, perhaps some time to think is exactly what I need, but it’s a bit late for that now. I am stuck here, and I need to act.
I get in to my office and try and answer some emails but in the end, I find myself drawn to the website with the pictures on it. I need to see it for myself and when I don’t have prying eyes surrounding me. Annoyingly. The pictures look even more intense when I am on my own and so do the comments underneath. It seems that everyone in business in this city is interested in this potential romance and what it might mean. People are even curious as to whether or not we will merge the companies which is ridiculous. As if that is even close to happening. Honestly. People are idiots. I almost want to type something back to everyone to let them know that they are way off track, but I know how gossip works enough to understand that is adding fuel to the fire. I don’t need that. The best thing that I can do is hold my head up high and ignore it until it all goes away.
“It will go away,” I reassure myself, even if the hang over is making it feel much more heightened than it actually is. “It will go and there will be nothing to worry about. Everything is going to be fine.”
