AUDREYHe says it without reservation, just like that. This has got to be a joke, how come I'm going to pretend to be his girlfriend? It's crazy.- What did he say?- What I hear clearly.- I'm not getting it.- I already told you, what I want is for her to be my provincial girlfriend.- If I understood that already, which is not that... - I shut up quickly.I didn't know how to process that whole thing, it had caught me off guard and even, but out that way.I think the one who is crazier than a goat, was he, who would think to ask a woman something like that? Well, anyone would say that it's something normal, but in this case it's not.Besides, he hadn't even asked for it, he was ordering it for me.- He questions, why you - I don't question him, I assure him as if he knew what I was going to ask.- What I wanted to say is that, I am simply an employee of the Crawford companies - I deflect the above and remind you of the very obvious — Do not wait for me to accept your... your, I do
AUDREYI tremble as I hear that fake confession. I have no idea where this is going, but I really don't want to think about it.I would have preferred if he had just fired me instead of asking me to do something so crazy. Just because he's my boss doesn't mean he can force me to accept his absurd proposal.The woman in front of us scrutinizes us like there's no tomorrow. If I knew her, I'd say she'd want to pounce on me and pull my hair until I'm bald."So, Sarah lied to me?" I ask cautiously. "Why would she do that?" I murmur to myself, but he still manages to hear it.Sarah? I think she's referring to Mr. Anthony's wife. Or maybe not. And if she doesn't accept this craziness, the entire building will come crashing down when she finds out her son has a fake relationship with his secretary.I'm scared. What have I gotten myself into? Or rather, what has this degenerate gotten me into?"It's not that she lied," he replies. "She just wasn't aware of our relationship yet. We haven't made
AUDREYI arrived at the company, and as soon as I take the first step inside the building, everyone's eyes are fixed on me while they murmur to each other.When did I become the center of attention?I continue walking and stop in front of the reception desk. I clear my throat to get Nelly's attention and make her look at me.She lifts her gaze, and as soon as she realizes it's me, she furrows both eyebrows."When were you supposed to tell me?" she questions, annoyed.I look at her strangely. "Tell me what?" I inquire, confused."Don't play innocent with me, I already know everything. Actually, the whole company knows now." She gives a disapproving gesture. "I only found out because my best friend kept it to herself."I still didn't understand what she was referring to. It was only then that I remembered everything that happened yesterday, after that woman arrived and my boss sent me to his office. Everything happened so fast that I haven't had time to digest anything."So, that's why
AUDREY"Wasn't it more appropriate for us to talk in the car, or we could have done it in your office?He doesn't respond. I'm surprised when his hand touches my lower back and pushes me into the restaurant.That's what he did; he brought me to a restaurant to discuss the pending matter. Again, we're exposing this fictitious relationship, or whatever it can be called.I know I shouldn't worry because I don't usually come to these types of places to have dinner, so I don't run the risk of running into someone I know, but he does.What if we bump into an acquaintance, or worse, one of his friends? I don't even want to imagine it."Your list already arrived in my email inbox," he speaks after we sit at the table he reserved. "I read it a little, and I didn't see many things that include your daily life.""That's because there aren't many," I assure him."How?" His eyes fixate on me. "Don't you have a life outside of work?" he asks, surprised.I had never felt embarrassed to admit it; usu
AUDREYI toss and turn in bed; I haven't been able to sleep at all because his words keep swirling around in my head every second.I don't know how much time passes, but eventually, I fall asleep, and tomorrow I'll have huge dark circles under my eyes.The next day, as I expected, exhaustion doesn't leave my body. I'm on the verge of falling asleep at my desk.The day passes slowly, at least that's how it feels, but I'm thankful that there's not much work to do. Next week, there will be a new meeting with investors and sales analysts, and everything is ready for that day.Like every workday, it's filled with paperwork, copying, and filing more paperwork, chatting with my friend during our lunch break, and then getting back to our tasks. This day and the following day go by without much fuss. The rumors among my colleagues seem to have quieted down a bit, maybe they've gotten distracted by something else.As for my boss, Daniel, I've only seen him in the mornings when he greets me with
AUDREYHis kiss is demanding and assured, just like he is. His lips control our kiss, leaving me breathless, and I can feel a strong sensation stirring inside me, and warmth invading that lower part between my legs.God, if his hands and mouth were to go there, I would lose all control...What is happening to me?I move my body when my mind clears a bit; it's not the right time or place. But what am I thinking? Nothing should happen between us; this is wrong.I gently pull away, interrupting our kiss, but keeping my hands on his shoulders as I recover from that fabulous kiss we just shared.I'm surprised to see that Daniel also seems a bit agitated by our kiss; his breath is as irregular as mine. As I regain all my senses, I feel myself falling into a state of confusion, unable to understand his spontaneity and his reaction after the kiss.Since I met him, I haven't seen much of him. Sometimes he seemed bold, while other times his seriousness irritated me.His composure at this moment
AUDREY"Don't be nervous," he whispers in my ear. "Trust yourself, you'll do fine."Do I look that obvious? And how can he be so sure?We approach what seems to be his parents. Both of them are engaged in a lively conversation with a group of three more people. One of them clears his throat, drawing Mr. Anthony's attention, and Mrs. Sarah notices it, turning towards us.An expression of astonishment appears on her face as her eyebrows raise; she looks at me for a few seconds before diverting her eyes to her son. Mrs. Sarah is very beautiful, with her silky blond hair, tall and slender. She might have had some work done on her face, but that doesn't take away from the natural charm she still exudes.Mr. Anthony ends his conversation and turns towards us. His expression is very different from his wife's.Nervousness runs through my body. What if they don't believe our charade? What if I mess everything up? I think Daniel senses my unease again as he wraps his arm around my waist, pullin
AUDREYOn Monday, everything goes back to normal. After the Saturday night event ended, Daniel took me back to my apartment. Neither of us mentioned anything about the kiss or anything else; we just said goodbye, and I got out of his car.In such a short time, I'm already tired of this. I shouldn't have played along; now I have no way out of the predicament my dear boss got me into."Do you have everything ready?" he asks without preamble when he arrives at the conference room. I nod. "Perfect, we'll start in less than five minutes."He announces that and then leaves down the hallway towards the reception. What changed in him? He seems different, distant. Now it's all business with Crawford.The meeting ends before eleven, almost time for lunch. I head to the small cafeteria on that floor and leave the tray with empty coffee cups. As I'm about to leave the room, suddenly I feel a body pressed against my back, trapping me between the counter and preventing my escape."But what..." My w
Six months later. It's been a few months since Daniel and I reconciled. We had sex several times that same night, of course not at my parents' house anymore. I'm taking her back home that same night. He asked me to live with him in his apartment, I told him that it was too early to take that step as well as to get married. I did not reject his marriage proposal, but I asked him for some time to get to know us more, and it's not that I have doubts about him, it's just that I don't want to skip the part of courtship and stop enjoying moments that we can experience while we are engaged. Like this moment right now, he's taking me to his parents' house for dinner. The truth is I've gotten used to it, I've started to tolerate his mother, she's not as nosy as before, because there's no complaint about his father, I've always liked that man. The moment he parks his car in the driveway of the big house, I make sure that there are several cars in the same place. "You didn't inform me that it
AUDREYHe dips his tongue inside my mouth, pushing and looking for mine. He is so passionate, I had wanted so much for him to kiss and touch me again like he is doing now. Every second that passes while he has me like this, stuck to him, my knees get weaker, my breathing gets short, while my body demands for more.We parted, panting, and let our foreheads rest against each other."Daniel, not here, my parents could arrive at any time. "I say with difficulty."I remember that your mother said that it would be late to come back" a mischievous smile lights up on her face.I sigh, longing, while also smiling."Seriously, they may come at some point. "I take control. I turn away from him a little, but longing for him more."I've been daydreaming, wishing to have you, as well as now and then make love to you" my eyebrows rise, but she smiled a little. "I fantasized a million times, leaning over my office desk or on the kitchen table of my house to fuck you hard; I've imagined you on top of
AUDREYMy mom and I are cooking dinner while a Whitney Houston song is playing on my music player. My mother is a fan of her music, I really like it too, because since I was a child I have been used to listening to it because of the woman who gave me life.I accept that I have been trying to focus on everything that my parents have offered me since I came home, but my mind always ends up somewhere else, far away from here, and that has had me very overwhelmed.Mom offered me to go out with her several times, she even called some old friends of mine from school to accompany me in case I didn't feel comfortable going out with my mother to a place that young people frequent, that's how she said. But the truth is, that was not the reason why I refused his invitation, but because I don't have the courage to even stick my head out.What a fun holiday, sarcasm is never lacking.If Nelly were with me right now, she would definitely be in some bar or some place she usually goes to every Friday
DANIEL"What does this mean? "I reply annoyed, but not with him, but with me for not having known earlier.But if she didn't tell me how would I know?I move my hand quickly over the mouse, opening files and going down and up to examine them again and again. I don't know how many times I've checked them already. I know what it means, but what I'm still not fully informed about is how this got into the hands of that asshole.I'm trying to steal Audrey's ideas. These files prove it. They all have her signature, they are designs and advertising ideas, with her watermark, but they are not noticeable, what if it is, is the way she details everything in each idea or information of each project. It is clear that these works are hers, she would recognize them from miles away."Jonathan Sand, he went to plant in my office, showing me his new plan of ideas for the advertising department" he makes in quotes with his fingers. It's clear that Fabian also noticed this guy's deception." I don't know
DANIELIt's been almost a month since she left and even though I've counted every day since that time, I didn't do anything to stop her, I just let her go and that's it. I received his resignation a few days after he left, I found out from Margarita when I returned from my trip, he had gone out to resolve the matter regarding the person who is behind the scandal. We haven't achieved anything yet, but Ben, and other lawyers, say that they will soon get to the root of everything.I hope so. I'm exhausted and without energy, I haven't even been able to sleep well since before our secret came out. Because my problem didn't start there, but when I saw those damn photos where she let that guy into her apartment, and the image of her in my mind when they were kissing in the nightclub where I found her that night."I've known you almost since we were kids, Daniel. You can't fool me. "finally articulates Henry, who had come to see me about the investigation and decided to spend a moment more t
AUDREY"What? "Exclaims Nelly extremely surprised. "Why are you going to do that? have you gone crazy in case?I am looking for the most appropriate words to explain to him, before he insults me and believes things that are not."Don't worry, it's part of the plan to unmask him and his girlfriend that."Plan? what are you talking about?" She cocks her head, looking confused.He definitely won't understand me if I don't give him the details. I sigh before I let everything out to her. She's my friend and I won't hide from her what I'm about to do before I leave."Tomorrow I will go to the company to get some things that I forgot, then I will go down to the advertising floor and look for the director of that department. "Nel looks at me with a raised eyebrow in questioning mode, still not fully understanding, I continue." I will give him what he wants, but without really giving him what he is.Well, the part about me going for something is a lie, but she doesn't have to know that, it doe
AUDREYThe sound of the doorbell ringing at my apartment takes me away from what I was doing to go and open. I don't know who's on the other side, I just open up thinking maybe it's Nelly, forgetting something.I open the door and I get an unpleasant surprise when I see this person standing in front of me. What the hell is he doing here?I'm about to close the door in her face, but she avoids it quickly and pushes her."Get the hell out of my house!" I yell at him."I'm not leaving here until I release what I've got in store," says the oxygenated witch "Jon's finally made up his mind, and he's let me tell you everything at once." We already got what we wanted, there's no reason to keep silent anymore" he shrugs his shoulders with an unimportant gesture.What, Jon what?I leave her, I don't do anything to close the door in her face again, I need to know at once what they want.I never imagined that Jonathan was entangled in some kind of mess with this witch. I knew what they had, but I
AUDREYI head down to the ground floor and make my way to the exit to leave the building. My steps echo against the shiny beige tile. Nelly catches up to me before I reach the double glass doors."Audrey," she follows my pace."Not now, Nelly," I respond without stopping.When I exit, I catch sight of Mr. Anthony's car parked at the entrance. I approach it when I also see him. He's not alone; a man accompanies him. Nonetheless, I close the distance to get to where he is."Sir," I call him, and he turns as soon as I mention him. "May I speak with you?" He glances at the man accompanying him. "It will only take a minute; I won't take up much of your time," I add with a brief smile. He signals with his hand for us to move away from his guest and other people.I know that man; well, I've seen him a few times coming to the company, although I have no direct contact with the partners, I know he's one of them, a very important one, and a friend of Mr. Anthony."What's going on, Audrey?" He a
AUDREYWe are alone now. What do I do, what do I say? Should I start talking and clarify things about Jon? I'm tired of that topic, but there are still many things to sort out.I sigh and gather my courage before speaking, but he beats me to it."Leave," he orders disdainfully. I furrow my eyebrows and shoot him a fierce look. He notices that I don't move and finally locks his eyes on me. "Didn't you hear?"He's behaving rudely and curt. I'm not here to endure any more dismissals and rudeness. I've had enough of the witches. Suddenly, I stand up, not taking my eyes off him."I thought we could reason with you, but I've just realized you're still the same jerk," I say, furious but not losing my composure too much.I turn sharply and start walking towards the door."It's all over, Miss Turner," I stop when I hear him, not turning, just standing there. "There's nothing left to fix, as my father indicated," he emphasizes the words. "There's nothing more to say. Now all that's left is to c