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I head back to my desk, and I’m not surprised at all to see that Levi is already in his own office. He smiles and jumps to his feet when he sees me, hurrying out to greet me.
“Morning,” he says, pulling me into his arms and dropping a kiss on my lips before I can react. “I missed you.”
“You sent me messages all weekend,” I remind him with a laugh.
“It’s not the same as being with you.”
I set my purse down on my desk, trying to hide my smile, and that’s when I spot the gorgeous bouquet on the corner of my desk.
“What are those for?” I whisper.
I’m not even sure why I’m whispering; it just comes out that way.
“For you. They look almost as beautiful as you do, and I just knew you needed to have them.”
My heart flips over in my chest, and I bite my bottom lip. This is what I’m talking about. How am I supposed to not fall for him when he says things like that?
“You didn’t have to do that,” I tell him quietly, and he smiles.
“I wanted to.”
“Well, thank you. They’re gorgeous.”
“You’re welcome,” he says, dropping another quick kiss on my lips.
He makes it seem so natural like we’ve been a couple for years instead of only meeting a week ago.
“I have a meeting, and need to run upstairs and check in with Theo and Adrien this morning. I’ll be back to take you out to lunch, though,” he tells me.
“Okay. Do you need me to do anything specific in the meantime?”
“No, just get caught up on emails and all of that from this weekend.”
“Got it, boss,” I tell him, and he smiles, squeezing my hand as he heads out to his meeting.
I take a seat at my desk, smiling as I admire the bouquet of roses and baby’s-breath. I’ll have to bring them home. I can’t wait to show them to Lila. Maybe they’ll brighten her day like they did mine.
We spent the weekend talking about him and weighing the pros and cons of getting closer to him. Lila is all in favor of me seeing where this goes. She wants me to be happy. The problem is that I need this job in order to keep her alive, and I really, really, want to keep her alive.
“Getting settled in here?” A girl asks and I look up to see her leaning against the wall that separates Levi and me from the rest of the office.
“Yep,” I say with a smile.
I still haven’t really met many people that work here. Levi likes to keep me all to himself. Maybe this is my chance to try to make some friends here.
“I’m sure you are,” the girl says snidely, and my stomach cramps.
“What? What do you mean?” I ask weakly.
“I think that you know,” she spits at me.
I swallow hard, and she glares at me as she takes a step closer to me.
“Just so you know, everyone here knows what you are. We all know you’re trying to sleep your way to the top.”
“Top of what?” I blurt out, and she grinds her teeth together as she stares at me with malice in her eyes.
“The last secretary thought that she could do the same thing. Look where that landed her,” she warns me, and I stifle a laugh.
