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Olivia
A few hours later I'm finally done. I had agreed to drinks with Helena and Sam at the local bar, The Corner, they left a few hours ago so I grab my coat, scarf and purse before walking over to the elevator. I have to be the last person here tonight. Usually there were people here until around midnight, but not today apparently. I push the button on the elevator, patiently waiting for it to arrive. I hear footsteps approaching, a small knot forms in my stomach, for no real reason really, but the lights in the office is dimmed and there was no one ells around, making me a bit nervous. I turn as the footsteps comes closer, and when I see who it is I can feel my heart skip a beat, Daniel Parker in all his glory walks around the corner, towards me. Why does his presence make me feel this way, I had to get a grip, he is married after all.
"Working late I see" he says stopping beside me. I glance down at his hand that was inches away from mine, seeing the gold ring. Is it only me that feels this intense spark or does he feel it as well.
"Yes, I had to get everything done, so you can have all of me tomorrow" I regret my words the second as they escape my lips, this man clouds my head, I can't even form a sentence right. I try to correct myself
"My hole attention I mean" I blush bright red and I can see from the corner of my eye that he is smirking, the elevator doors open and as we walk in, he answers.
"Good, because it's going to be a hard one" he chuckles, and I feel my face going even redder if that's possible. I look around the small space forcing myself not to look over at him. Was he making fun of me? If I would have to guess he was flirting, but he is married. He wouldn't do that? Or would he? Maybe he is like Nate, not really caring if he is in a relationship or not. I frown, its hard trying to figure out a man I don't understand. One minute he is a demanding asshole and the next minute he joked about a hard one? I decide to lock my eyes at the numbers on the top of the elevator doors not sure what to answer. After a few seconds of awkward silence, Daniel turns to look at me.
"You will have to meet me at The blue rose tomorrow morning instead" he states with the demanding tone in his voice. I move a bit irritated by the way he talked again, but I kept my mouth shut and answered politely.
"Ok, same time?"
"Yes" I just nod at him seeing that we are at the 32th floor. The elevator stopes and a few people come on. The both of us moves a bit backwards in the elevator, he is suddenly standing so close to me and the back of his hand is touching my hip, just barely, but the fireworks is going off inside me. You would believe I was at the brink of getting proposed to. I'm not sure if I should move or just play as if the fireworks exploding inside me isn't happening. But even if I wanted to move I'm not sure I could, so I just stand completely still. I swiftly looking up at him, he is looking forwards, I'm not sure if he even notices where his hand is. I let out a breath as we finally stop at the lobby, the people in front of us is moving and I force myself to do the same. Daniel follows beside me, the distance between us is suddenly massive. As we step out of the building, I look at him, we walked beside each other in silence, this is just awkward, hopefully he's not going to The Corner.
"See you tomorrow" he says before walking away and down the steps not waiting for me to answer, yet again... asshole! A man stands at the bottom of the steps next to a black BMW, and as Daniel approaches the man opens the door for him. I stand still looking in his direction until the car drives off before I close my coat and walk in the opposite direction to the steps on the left side of the building
Walking into The Corner I look around; the small bar is packed. There are usually a lot of people here around this time, but this is a lot more people than usual. I guess everyone needed to let out some steam tonight. I hear a faint voice shouting my name over all the buzzing, I turn to look where the voice is coming from, but all I can see is a group of tipsy man standing in a circle talking loudly. I slowly walk towards them to see if Helena and Sam are standing behind them. Then all of a sudden, I see a familiar hand shooting up in the air waving me over.
"Oh wow, you actually got here before 9" Sam laughed mocking me a bit as I reach the small table, they had managed to hold a seat for me. Sam is sweet, he knows me well and understands that I didn't mean to be late, but work is my priority.
"yeah, sorry." I say with an apologetic smile.
"I ordered a glass of white wine for you" Sam murmurs, smiling warmly at me. I take it and give him a look of appreciation. I know he has a thing for me, but I try to ignore it the best I can. Sometimes I think how much easier my life would be if I could reciprocate the feelings he has. He is nice, loyal, caring, funny and cute to look at, but not the man for me, and I know it. So, I always make sure to not send mixed signals towards him. I really care for him and I wouldn't jeopardize our friendship because of a stupid little crush.
"Thank you, next round is on me" I state before I take a sip. He even knows what wine I like. I quickly glance around the room, I see a lot of familiar faces, but I couldn't name half of them though. Apparently, everyone went here to relax after a long day of work, the only people that wasn't here were the happily married, the sober and of course, the bosses. This bar was fancy, but not that fancy. I bet Daniel Parker wouldn't be cough dead in here, it's not snobby enough for him. Imagining him walking in the door, his dark brown eyes scanning the room searching for me. I giggle at my own thought, shaking my head. He is probably home with his wife now anyway. The thought actually stung harder than I thought it would. I wonder who she is, how she looks, she's probably the opposite of me... I'm guessing she has a tall, slim, and model type body, like Helena. Not 5.5 with curves. The wife probably has long blond perfectly blown out hair as well. I feel myself getting jealous of this imaginary person I have made up in my head... "The wife" is undoubtedly perfect though, just looking at him, why wouldn't she be... the stupid, perfect, tall, blond haired wife! What the hell is wrong with me? I suddenly hear Helena mention Daniel's name, and my head snapped out of my idiotic thoughts and back to reality. I hadn't heard one other word of what she had been saying to me, my face showing the confusion. Helena laughs, probably understanding that my mind had been somewhere ells, so she asks again.
"What did you think about Daniel Parker?" I want to scream, hot as hell, but and asshole. But that would probably raise a lot of questions I don't want to answer, so I keep it politically correct.
"He seems ok, a bit harsh, but fine" I take another sip of my wine then added "So do everyone fear or respect him?"
"A little bit of both I guess, he is straight forward about how he wants everything to be, but mostly respected, I guess." Sam stated, and Helena added
"He has never lost a case before" She gushes amazed. I nod feeling shocked and impressed at the same time. At least that earns him the respect everyone has for him. I just wish he could be a bit nicer. Or maybe that's what attracted me to him? It's not unfamiliar to me that I would fall for the asshole. My high school boyfriend was Dick Pounder, yes that is his name, and if that didn't keep me away his friends used to call him Sick Dick. And sick he was, he never really hit me, but I couldn't even talk to another guy without a screaming match after. The last time we fought was at our graduation party. He had grabbed my arm, holding me so tight it left a bruise, and he raised his hand several times as if he was going to hit me. I knew then that if I stayed it wouldn't take long before I actually got hit. My next fling turned out to be seeing me and twenty other girls, and had no plans on committing to any of us, so that stopped before it even started. Then there was Nate, Nathaniel White jr. We dated all through college, he studied economics and business. Getting ready to go work for his father's investment company, White. He was my first and only love, in the beginning everything was so perfect, we had fun, went to parties, stayed home and watched movies, we talked about everything... or so I thought. After our first year together, things started going sour. He cheated on me several times and we fought constantly. But I stayed, for some reason I felt like he just needed to grow up and we would live happily ever after. But one day he told me he had fallen in love with Tanya, my best friend. It broke my heart even more than I can ever manage to explain. After a few days of locking myself in my room crying I decided I had to move on, so I applied for a bunch of jobs here in New York. When school ended, I packed up and moved, starting my new job and my new life. And now Daniel Fucking Parker had to come waltzing into my life. A handsome, cocky, overbearing, demanding, asshole, that could only mean one thing for me... trouble.
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