(Joana)Connor McKnight stood frozen with his mouth wide agape with a pack of beer on one hand and a polythene bag of Chinese takeout on the other, ‘Uhhhh this...this is awkward'.‘Of course it is!', Grayson growled in annoyance, ‘Why the fuck would you come to my apartment without—'‘It's the start of a new month. We always have men's night at the start of a new month!'.‘Oh', Grayson pursed his lips, ‘Well you should've called. I have a guest can't you see??'Connor's eyes darted over to where Kathleen sat patiently, her cheeks were flushed and her hands behind her back nothing short of sheer embarrassment being caught in an uncompromising situation. He waved at her and she nodded with an awkward grin on her face which morphed into a grimace, he glanced over the wheelchair and the back to Kathleen, then at his best friend and gasped.‘Are you two... did I...did I come at a bad time?'.‘Yes you did'. Grayson replied harshly. Connor McKnight had a special place in his heart and for a
(Back to work)‘Hello babe'. Grayson muttered as he approached his girlfriend seated on the bench outside the hospital waiting patiently, he leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips and then handed her a bouquet of her flowers with a ‘Happy recovery' card.She flashed him a beautiful smile as she rose to her feet, being able to stand properly made her feel so alive again as sitting in a wheelchair for the duration of a full week made her somewhat miserable, she felt good, she was happy to round it all up...she was deeply in love with the man standing in front of her.‘Babe?', her brows arched, ‘We've been together for a week and now you're calling me babe??'.‘What do you want me to call you?'. He frowned deeply.‘Miss Turner'. She responded still wanting to ruffle his feathers.‘Fat chance', he tilted her chin upwards to kiss her again, ‘That's not happening.... only at the office of course'.She giggled as he placed a hand over her shoulders as they walked back to the car, he w
(Grocery shopping )Two hours later and Kathleen found herself at Marcos convenience store shopping for a tub of ice cream and lasagna sheets as she offered to cook her boss a meal, her hands skimmed over a bunch of bananas to check if it was overriped which was perfect to get a discount on even though she could afford it—it was a die hard habit she couldn't get rid of no matter how hard she tried.Grayson appeared out of nowhere with a boxes of prepackaged dumplings with excitement written all over his face, ‘Can you imagine this babe?? Who knew they made things like these??'.Her brows rose in amusement, ‘Uhh everybody??'.‘Seriously??', he was surprised to hear as he dumped all the boxes which had variety of flavours inside the cart, ‘I never knew packaged foods came like this'.She chuckled, ‘It's cause you've never had to eat them. These cost like a dollar, they helped me survive my college years'.His eyes widened acquiring this new piece of information that took him by storm, ‘
(Dating in the office)Kathleen woke up early the next morning with a happy disposition, usually she was grumpy just at the thought of having to catch the subway and deal with the drunk losers trying to get with her. She let out a yawn, slipping into her fuzzy duck slippers and proceeded for the bathroom take a bath.Ten minutes later she walked out with a robe and a towel wrapped around her head, ready to pick an outfit when she heard a knock on the door. A frown creased her brows as she went towards the front door and opened it to Mr Garrison, he looked different....thinner, his eyes looked red too and he smelled of somewhat booze.Her brows rose, ‘Can I help you?'.‘Are you moving out? your rent's due in a few days'. He asked.Dammit, she thought, she was so busy trying to recover from her attack that she forgot she was still house hunting, so she gulped hard, ‘I've got it all under control and will be moving out soon. Is there a problem?'.He cleared his throat and scratched the b
(Dating in the office part 2)‘Kathy!!!', Ophelia squealed as soon as she noticed her colleague walking into the employee's lounge, ‘Oh my God!'.‘I know', Kathleen murmured as she wrapped her arms around her, inhaling the beautiful smell of cocoa butter she missed so much, ‘I missed you O'.‘I missed you too what happened? Mr Hunter wouldn't let us know and said it was a family emergency or something'. Ophelia asked.Kathleen sighed deeply, ‘I got into an accident that's what. Got a broken rib and everything but I didn't want anyone to know'.‘Oh my'She shrugged, ‘I don't want to talk about it', and forced a smile, ‘So tell me...what did I miss'.‘Oh you're in for a long one', Ophelia pulled her to the table adjusting her braids as they both took a seat, ‘Harvey's getting married in two weeks to the tramp down the street'.‘The smoker??'‘Yes the smoker', Ophelia nodded, ‘It's a bad match but who am I to spare myself on some good cake?, Ted's still head over heels in love with the n
(The tape)Two hours later and Grayson was in the middle of helping his woman sort out her clothes, he never thought he would be in a woman's room rummaging through her drawers and sorting underwear—but he enjoyed it, he would do anything just to be close to her.Kathleen at the other side of the room had her cheeks flushed, watching him go through her drawers even though she adamantly refused. She nipped her bottom lip as he brought out a white skimpy lingerie that had matching stockings and a lacy brassier, it was a lewd gift from Jake Coleman her ex boyfriend—that slimy bastard, she thought, at the time she thought it was a nice valentine's day gift but it was just another way to fulfill his twisted sexual fantasies.Grayson on the other hand couldn't help but smirk, the thought of Kathleen wearing such a thing pumped adrenaline into his loins so hard that it made his mouth water, ‘Well.....this is... something'.She scratched the back of her head, ‘I'm not proud of it'.‘So you're
(The tape part 2)Grayson wasn't sure what it was but something was definitely wrong the moment he stepped into the building and started to hear murmurs from behind him. It was the usual office fashion to always make remarks whenever he walked past but this was different, he wasn't sure why but something had changed from the sly looks and the corner eyes he got walking into the elevator.Kathleen had her head buried and focused on a stack of documents when he approached her desk, she had a certain gloom to which he flipped of as maybe just being in a bad mood. So he left her alone, walked into his office and sat down, then he took one good look at her again only to notice the pen in her hands shaking tremendously.He frowned, this wasn't good, he pursed his lips and called her in to ask, ‘Is everything okay Miss Turner?'.Kathleen could feel the thumping in her heart increase by the minute, she placed both hands behind her back and forced a smile, ‘Y...yes sir...y...your tie looks goo
(The tape Part 3)Charisse paced back and forth immediately after Grayson left, nibbling on her fingers as she pondered over what to do and then she turned to her mother, ‘He....he's not going to do anything is he??'.Helena rolled her eyes, ‘Oh please he's just mad. A man tends to make empty threats when he's mad, ignore him...you did what you had to do'.‘Mom this means I can't get him back can I??'. She blinked hard.Helena couldn't help but laugh at her daughter's delusions, ‘The goal wasn't to get him back daughter. The goal was to ruin his relationship with that assistant of his...it's all part of my grand plan. Just you wait..just wait and see, mommy's got this all under control'.********‘Everybody's out of control Kathy'. Ophelia whispered as she joined Kathleen in the employees lounge for lunch.Kathleen remained silent, there was a barrier between her and the other staffs who isolated her to the corner of the room. The moment she walked in there was absolute muteness, star