♡Dove♡

I was back home and had stuffed the suit into the washing machine.

I had pretty much done nothing but spend my money today and read that boring book.

But the files littered all around the table bugged me because I would have to work on them tomorrow as he had said I would be doing my actual duties then.

So he hadn't paid me yesterday...

I groaned as I rolled over the couch to check the time on my phone.

10:49pm

Paisley still wasn't home yet and I was getting worried, where could she have gone? I'm not so sure she might have even gone to work today.

I called her again but it just went to voicemail.

I was about to call the police when the door opened up and a drained Paisley walked in.

She had dark bags under her eyes and she moved like a zombie.

"Where-" I hadn't even gone to the second word when she cut me off with her hand in the hair.

"Don't! I am physically and mentally drained right now. I'm heading to bed" she said and walked right past me to the bedroom, I heard a thud right after, she definitely just fell on it.

I walked to the bedroom and fell asleep right after.

~~~
The Next Day

"Good morning Mr Gray" I greeted and walked to my desk to settle down.

I was feeling oddly refreshed today and had a burst of energy rushing through me, you could just say I was in a good mood.

"G'morning" he replied

After settling down, I picked up a bag which I had neatly folded his suit in and handed it to him.

"Your suit Mr Gray, cleaned and folded"

He looked up at me with a smirked, "what's got you all happy today?" He asked and smiled,

"You could say, today's one of my days" I said and hurried back to my desk "so what do I start with today?"

"You sort out my emails" he said and turned to me with a smirk, "they are a mess"

"Got that!" I picked up my laptop and went on with sorting emails.

An hour later, my fingers were aching and my neck was stiff, YET! There were still about a million more to go!

"I cannot let this ruin my positive energy" I say through gritted teeth, I had been saying that for what seemed like years now.

The intercom rang, something about some client.

I turned to him and he looked at me with that stupid but yet handsome smirk, it looked like he was enjoying this.

"Alright then sir" I ended the call

"Do I have my meetings scheduled for tomorrow Miss Brown?" He asked

"Oh... Right!" I hurriedly turned to the notes I had written of his schedule tomorrow on a file.

"Can I have it?" He asked and I picked it up and handed it to him then I turned on my heels.

I was still responding to emails when he walked over with some more files and dropped them on my table. They landed with a loud plop!

"You have to type these up and send them as emails" he said and my mouth fell in shock.

Oh Jesus Christ! Save me!

~~~

I didn't get a chance to properly sit down. It was either the intercom rang, I had more client to divert to his office, there were some reservations I had to book or there were new emails.

It was like I was running a marathon, always up on my feet doing this or that...

And I thought they had it easy.
I don't get paid enough for this... Well, I do but still!!

~~~

"It's time for my coffee Miss Brown" he said and I turned to glare at him while he only flashed me a smile, "what happened to 'not ruining my positive energy'?"

"It failed!" I said and got up to go get his coffee.

~~~

I just opened up the door when I bumped into him, AGAIN!! And the coffee stained his suit, AGAIN!!

Ughh, okay, soooo not one of my days

"Miss Brown!" He screamed, not really as angry as I expected him to be, "I guess you're gonna have this washed too?"

"Nope! You bumped into me, you're washing your suit yourself and if you need a spare, the one I washed is right there..." I threw the empty coffee cup into the bin "oh and if you want another cup then you're paying, without your credit card!" I walked to my desk "and the tip too! Along with my money!"

I was venting my anger while he looked at me with a smile, it was frustrating!

"Adorable" I heard him mumble.

"What?" I asked.

"You're adorable" he replied with a smug smile this time.

"I-I am not adorable... To you! I'm angry!!" My face was beet red and I was still trying to pretend I was still angry, I only had butterflies swirling in my stomach.

He walked towards me and lowered his head to meet mine, our foreheads were touching when he said, "you are the most adorable person I've seen in my life, Dove."

Okay, my face is practically bleeding now.

My stomach was on fire!

I looked directly into his eyes and smiled while biting my inner cheek.

"You can't flirt with me while I'm angry!" I pouted and he silently chuckled then his forehead left mine.

"Alright, I'll pay for the coffee and tip, along with your money and you'll wash my suit. Deal?" His eyes flashed with amusement.

"Deal!"

His eyes lingered on my body for a while making me break into a sweat, then he walked away. I was oddly disappointed, I didn't know what else I was expecting. I grumpily went to get him his coffee.

~~~
2 hours later...

"Have you phoned Mr Lawrence?"

"Yes"

"Done everything else?"

"Uh... Almost done"

"Drop them, let's go get something to eat" he said and got up, heading for the door.

"What?"

He turned to me, "have you had your break Miss Brown?"

"Uh... No?" Frankly, I had thought there wasn't a break and was about to talk about injustice when he had offered.

"Then get moving"

"With you?"

"Is that a problem?"

"No! No!" I said and got up then walked towards him and whispered, "but you're paying", it was barely audible, not at all even heard by me, but he chuckled and nodded.

~~~

He had chosen a restaurant a bit distant from the company.

"I'll have the same" I told the waiter and gave a friendly smile which he responded to until we both heard a deep growl from across us.

We turned to my boss who was currently glaring at the waiter with his eyes flickering between blue and grey.

The waiter scurried off, scared. All eyes were on us and some people looked terrified, others were mesmerized by the sight of him and I frowned, jealousy surging through me,

What is wrong with me?

I just found it amazing, why did I find it beautiful?! His voice is amazing.

"Your eyes are amazing" I commented, everything about you is amazing.

"What?"

"It like... Turns grey sometimes, it's beautiful. Mine's just plain brown"

He leaned in, "your eyes are beautiful, honestly"

I replied with a blush, "thanks"

The food arrived and I dug in. It was a female waitress this time, I found it funny.

"Has it been going on for a long time?" He asked.

"What?"

"The abuse?"

Well if the mood was all romance and butterflies, it sure had switched now.

"Well, since I was fourteen" I replied plainly, I didn't want the conversation to go on and he didn't push it.

"Why did you give me this job anyways? I mean, you had a perfect personal assistant and I'm sure others who had come for the job must have given a much better speech that I had... I mean... Lemonade stand? Not that convincing"

"Well, I was impressed."

"And I thought I was delusional." I said, rolling my eyes.

He chuckled, "tell me about yourself."

"Me?" I mumbled, I had some food stuffed in my mouth "well, there's not much to say in my opinion but I'm pretty sure others who know me would oppose... I'm 22, I'm a foodie but not a glutton, I like kdrama, BTS, and any other thing related to South Korea. I would say I'm a twelve-year-old stuck in a twenty-four-year-old body. I didn't complete college..." I paused and looked at him "I'm the breadwinner of my family and I have lots of friends. Seriously, I don't even remember some of their names. You know when you're randomly walking and someone just screams your name but you don't remember the person's name? Or face even? That happens to me a lot. Well, I love animals-" he interrupted.

"What's your favorite animal?" He asked

"Tigers. I just love them and I know some girls would be like ponies and bunnies but I love wild animals, I find them fascinating. What's yours?"

He looked disappointed, "wolves"

"Yeah, I like them too, especially their pups, they're cute"

He immediately beamed for some reason, "you like pups?"

"Yeah, who doesn't?"

"I met a wolf once, at a zoo. It was... Not really what I would call friendly"

"What would you say you would want to be?"

"A singer. I love singing"

Not that I have much of a voice in my opinion. Everyone tells me I sing beautifully but I set my standard high, like, the Celine Dion and Ariana Grande kinda voice but I don't think I would be singing like a bird in the nearest future.

"I'm the one who sings in the shower" I laughed at that but then came an unwanted memory "I haven't really exercised my voice for a long time"

When I had gotten beaten for singing. I hadn't sang since then.

"Well, I once wished to be a basketball player" he said

"Why didn't you go for it?"

"I had a lot of responsibilities. The company is a family business and I couldn't leave it behind, my pac-parents... My parents d-disagreed. I had to drop those dreams"

I was silent, I didn't really know what to say.

The lunch went on with us talking, I was doing most of the talking tho but he was listening.

I didn't feel nervous at all and this was the chance I got to really talk to someone. Paisley was always available for that but... I oddly felt much more comfortable with Lexus which was weird since I've only know him for a week.

But I felt this pull towards him that I couldn't describe.

A/N: I thought about adding a little more romance between the two. What do you think?

And I can't forget to wish you a happy new year!

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