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[Hearts got involved]
GENRE: Office Romance
Written by; Racheal A.
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Chapter 6
Erik folded his arms and stared at her
“I…um”Kiara cleared her throat.
Erik sighed and stood, heading to the door.
Kiara tapped her forehead wondering how stupid she must have sounded.
He stopped walking when he noticed she wasn’t following him.
“Why are you still standing there?” He asked
“Um…”Kiara muttered,wondering why he just asked her that question “Oh, I’m supposed to follow you”She remembered and quickly walked to him.
He scoffed and bit his lower lip as he stared at her.
She had her head bowed.
He finally turned and walked out of his office.
Kiara followed behind.
“Good morning sir”The marketing team chorused immediately Erik entered.
He responded to their greeting.
“Shall we?”He asked sitting on the chair that had been specially set aside for him.
“I and my team members have spent the past week trying to figure out ways to get more buyers for our products and here is what we decided on sir”A man whom Kiara guessed must be the leader of the marketing team said.
The meeting ended at the scheduled time and the marketing team leader handed some documents to Kiara before letting her leave the office with Erik.
“Make three copies each of those documents and submit them on my desk”Erik said to her when they got to his office.
“Yes sir” She said and hurried out of his office to the photocopier to make the copies.
Erik sat in his chair and turned on his laptop but he soon looked up from it when he noticed Kiara was having problem in getting the photocopier to work.
He was seeing her through his glass doors.
“Hey”Ken walked to Kiara and said. “You seem like you need some help with the photocopier”He said
“Yeah”She nodded and chuckled awkwardly.
“Is this your first time using a photocopier?”He asked her
She nodded
“Here”He said and began showing her the buttons she was supposed to press in order to operate the photocopier.
She made three copies each of the documents like Erik asked her in less than a minute after Ken showed her how to operate the machine.
“Thanks”She smiled at him before going to drop the documents on Erik’s desk.
She turned to leave after dropping the documents but stopped when she heard Erik say the word ‘Wait’
She sighed before turning to face him.
She faked a smile.
“Is this your first time being an assistant?”He asked
She nodded.
“Well,I can assure you that you’re very terrible at it”
Her fake smile dropped.
“You seemed to have trouble operating the photocopier. I hope you won’t have trouble getting the coffee maker to work”He smirked
“I know how to work a coffee maker” Kiara said
“Make me a coffee”He said.
“Yes sir”She said
<1:00 PM>
Erik stood with his hands in his pocket,staring down at the road through the large window in his office.
He kept glancing at his watch repeatedly.
This wasn’t the first time his girlfriend would be late for their date and she was the one who usually insisted that they met in his office before leaving for their date.
“It’s one pm already. Shouldn’t he be leaving for his date?”Kiara asked Ken after checking the time on her phone.
“He will as soon as Miss Ivy arrives”Ken said
“Oh”Kiara said before continuing what she was doing.
Not long after,a slender lady walked in.
She was dressed in a tight fitted white dress which stopped right above her knees. Her silky auburn hair was packed in a ponytail and swayed behind her as she walked. She had gorgeous dark eyes which matched the color of her expensive heels and purse.
Her red and rounded shaped lips curved up into a beautiful smile,as a response to Ken’s greeting when she got to the door that led to Erik’s office
Her beautiful smile added to her gorgeousness.
Kiara bowed slightly and she also smiled at Kiara before entering Erik’s office.
“That’s Miss Ivy,Mr Erik’s girlfriend”Ken said to Kiara.
Erik turned when he heard footsteps approaching him.
He smiled when he saw Ivy.
Ivy kissed and hugged him when she got to him
“You’re not mad I came late,are you?”She pouted and stared up at him,her hands still wrapped around him.
“Of course not”He smiled at her. “You look really stunning”He said and she smiled
She broke the hug and sat on his desk.
“So,what do you have planned out for us today?” She asked
“A reservation has been made for us at a restaurant but it’s okay if you want us to go somewhere else”Erik said
“I’m fine with the restaurant”She nodded.
He smiled and held her hand.
“Let’s go”He said.
She stood and followed him out of his office.
“You got a new assistant?”Ivy asked and glanced at Kiara.
Erik nodded.
“Hi, I’m Ivy”Ivy walked to Kiara and said
Kiara stood
“I’m Kiara”
“Nice to meet you Kiara”Ivy smiled.
Kiara smiled also.
Ivy walked back to meet Erik and smiled at Ken and Kiara before leaving with Erik.
“She’s nice”Kiara said after they left
“Yeah”Ken nodded.
“Will he be returning to the office?”She asked
“Nope”
“Um…Since Mr Erik is not around,I can leave the office right? I’ll be right back”She smiled and stood
“Sure. Where are you going?”He asked
“Tech room”She carried her backpack.
Ken smiled as he watched her leave.
Kiara scanned the room with her eyes when she got in, trying to find the lady whose mug she broke the previous day.
She smiled and walked to her when she found her.
“Hi”She said to her
“Hey”The lady said
“You remember me right?”Kiara asked
“Of course. Pink backpack”She smiled, glancing at Kiara’s backpack.
Kiara chuckled.
“Um…I got you this”Kiara brought out a mug from her backpack. It had a red heart on it.
A smile appeared on her face as she took the mug from Kiara.
“You didn’t have to”
“I broke your favorite mug. It felt like the right thing to do”
“Thank you”She smiled.
Kiara smiled, seeing she loved the mug.
“I’m Emily by the way”She introduced,adjusting her glasses.
“I’m Kiara”
“So,Kiara,you don’t mind if I treat you to lunch tomorrow, do you?”She asked “As a token of my appreciation”
“Sure”Kiara nodded.
“I’ll see you tomorrow then”She smiled.
Kiara nodded with a smile before turning to leave.
She was about to get to the elevator when an hand grabbed her.
She turned to see Lex.
“I knew it was you”He smiled at her.
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Erik glanced at Ivy as and released a sigh as he turned, facing the car window.
They were still on their way to the restaurant and Ivy had been on her phone since they started the ride.
He was trying his best not to show that he was frustrated and wasn’t happy about the fact that she would rather enjoy pressing her phone than talk to him.
She suddenly got a phone call and he turned to look at her.
She ended the call after some seconds and he sighed knowing what she was about to say.
“I’m so sorry,I have to go”She said “it’s a work emergency”She said.
The driver halted the car.
“It’s fine”He faked a smile “Turn the car”He said to his driver
“It’s okay,I’ll take a taxi”She said “Bye”She pecked him and came out of his car before he could say another word.
He sighed.
This wasn’t the first time Ivy would bail out on their date and as much as he tried to hide it from her,he was really hurt about the lack of attention she was giving to him and her attitude towards their relationship.
He seemed to be the only one who cared about their relationship.
“Should we head home or head back to the company?”His driver asked.
“Let’s just head to the restaurant. We’re almost there, right?”He asked
His driver started the car and drove for a minute before taking a turn to a left opening.
They found themselves on a narrow road.
Erik arched his brow.
His driver suddenly stopped in front of a small building with a wooden doorway
“Why did you stop?”Erik asked.
“The GPS said to stop here sir”
Erik came out of the car and moved closer to the doorway.
A sign hung loosely above it.
It read ‘Royal Kitchen’.
The name of the restaurant where a reservation was made for him.
He scoffed not wanting to believe what he was thinking.
“Don’t tell me this is the restaurant where the reservation was made”He said, peeping through the door.
The restaurant was crowded and majority of the people there were either old or middle aged and the chairs and tables were made of wood.
His driver came out and read the sign
“It is sir” He said.
“Are you kidding me?”He said angrily,turning to face his driver”
He scoffed and bit his lower lip
“Who made the reservation?”He asked.
TBC…✍️