Chapter 5

• “Good god my head is pounding.” I press my hand to my forehead and blink my eyes open.
• Sprawled naked across my bed. All the windows in my apartment open. Whiskey on the nightstand and glass cup tipped over on the coffee table a few feet away.
• One thing about my apartment. Is the only room that’s private. Is the bathroom. Everything else is just one large room.
• My vibrator is on the bed next to me.
• I must have decided to take care of the ace between my legs I’ve been having for a while. Maybe just as long as I’ve been crushing on my boss.
• Three years.
• “Ugh.” Why me. Why could my boss be some hideous troll. Or just simply Not good loooking. Not my dad best friend. And Not completely unavailable!
• I fall back on the bed. Ignoring the fact that all the buildings surrounding me can completely see into my apartment and see me laying here naked. And that’s probably anywhere from twenty to even fifty apartments.
• But for some reason i really dont care.
• I finally push myself up and get dressed before I head to work.
• x.o.x.o
• I take a deep breath and start sorting through the hundreds of files on my desk that Linda so kindly just dumped on me and said and I quote ‘I don’t feel like dealing with this. Do it for me puta.’
• The first time she called me that I had to look it up because I knew it wasn’t a good name. The fact she calls me a slut bothers me. Because I don’t know why she does.
• But I keep sorting the files.
• “And these too. I’m leaving for lunch. Have them done when I get back!” Linda says dumping more files on my desk.
• I take a deep breath trying to ignore the ignornce of that woman and start sorting when I feel weird. Like someone’s watching me. I look up and everyone seems to be doing their own thing that is till my eyes land on Logan behind is his desk in his office. Through his window he’s glaring right at me. And like he was waiting for me. He lifts his hand and using his finger to direct me towards his direction.
• Great what did I do now.
• I push up and off my desk and knock on his door before walking in even though he asked me too. He’s sitting behind us big desk. Looking handsome like always. His scruffy beard has grown out a bit more. The salt and pepper that flows through it only makes him look more exquisite. There’s something about this man, that just. Draws you towards him. And though he may be about seventeen years my senior I couldn’t care less about the age gap.
• “Is there a reason why you’re doing Linda’s work?” It’s such an off question I have to rethink twice before I answer. I wouldn’t put it past anyone in the office to give two shits about the work I do. Extra.
• “She asked me to.” I say simply. I’m not quite sure how else to put it other than she doesn’t like her job and tells me to do it for her. I’ve been filing her paperwork for probably over two years now. And I’ve worked here for almost three years now.
• “And you just said yes?”
• “Yes.” No. She didn’t give me much of a choice in the matter.
• Logan makes a ‘hmmm’ sound before he makes a movement with his hand signaling me to leave.
• Annoying, but okay.
• I get it he doesn’t like me much but he could at least give some effort to not seem like a complete and total jerk sometimes. Or simply not such an ass--
• I don’t say anything and turn to leave. As I reach the door, his voice stops me.
• “Do your work and when Linda comes back please tell her I’d like to see her in my office.”
• My eyes go wide and I can’t stop my lips from running. “Please. Don’t. I can do the work it’s fine. I rather not make it look like I ratted her out I really dont like how it would make me look in the office.”
• His eyes find mine and there’s something in them I can’t quite put my finger on but it makes me worry.
• “You heard what I said Elli. I won’t repeat myself.” I gulp down my nerves and give him a quick nod before I leave and head back to my desk.