Page 3 of My Sweetest Obsession

I hop on the bus, and as we start to head towards our apartment, guilt starts to hit me. I should have told him right then and there that I wasn’t who he thought I was. This Flowers lady might have needed a job just as bad as I did, and I stole it from her. Not to mention that my resume probably wasn’t nearly as impressive as hers.

You’re doing this for Lila,I remind myself.

I just hope I can keep up the façade of being this Ms. Flowers long enough to save up enough money to save my best friend.

TWO

Levi

I had been boredout of my mind doing the interviews. Actually, I had been trying to solve a glitch with one of our new products while I listened to candidate after candidate drone on about their skills and past jobs. It all sounded exactly the same, and I’m sure that any one of them would have been a good hire, but none had really grabbed my attention.

Then she walked in.

As soon as I saw her, my heart felt like it had just shot up into my throat, and all I could do was stare as she stood across the conference table from me.

With one look, I knew that she couldn’t work here. She’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen, and this fast-paced, cutthroat business isn’t for her.

Still, I couldn’t let her go. When Adrien told her she was hired and her remarkable purple eyes lit up, I couldn’t tell her no and make that look disappear. I couldn’t be the one to hurt her.

Damn, those eyes.

I’ve never been very artistic, but seeing those eyes made me wish I was. I would paint nothing but them, trying to get the emotions hidden in them just right. I would write whole sonnets about those eyes and how having them on me makes me feel things that I’ve never felt before.

It’s a comforting feeling, like yearning. Almost like… love.

“Damn it. I should have thought this through. I can’t be pining for my assistant. I can’t hit on her or ask her out or anything when she’s working for me,” I grumble as I watch the elevator doors close and whisk my new assistant out of sight.

“Why not? I did, and it was the best decision I ever made,” Adrien says as he leans back in the office chair.

“What if something happens? She could sue me or something,” I point out.

“What are you planning on doing with her?” Adrien asks skeptically, and I roll my eyes.

“Normal things.”

“Okay, then, I don’t think you have anything to worry about. When she first walked in here, you guys just stared at each other for like a solid minute. There’s definitely something there between you, and I know she feels it too.”

“I didn’t even look at her resume,” I grumble, and Adrien laughs.

The resumes are a mess in front of me, and I pick up the first one.

Was this hers?

“It’s an assistant position, and your girl seemed more than qualified for that job,” he assures me, and I sigh as I set the resume on the pile.

“Maybe I should get Theo’s opinion on all of this,” I murmur, and Adrien barks out a laugh.

“Get Theo’s opinion on what? Dating? Winning over a woman? Because I can assure you that you don’t want his advice on either of those things. I mean, you’ve seen him with Clara, right?” He asks me, and I huff out a laugh.

“Yeah, I’ve seen him with Clara. I think his eye is still twitching from that damn chair she put in his office.”

“I know. I’m surprised that he’s kept it in there.”

“A bet’s a bet, I guess,” I say, and he nods. “I meant I should get his advice on dating a coworker. Someone who works for me. Maybe there’s some form I can have her sign that will protect me in case things go bad.”

Part of me wonders if this is way too premature. I just met this girl, barely spoke a handful of words to her, and already I’m imagining a life that revolves solely around her. That’s crazy.

Is it, though?My subconscious asks.

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