Hello everyone!!!
so this is the next morning beginning from Maya's POV

Hope you ll like it...

Sorry for the late update...

i am dead from work.... i just sat on my desk.....

and in four and half hours i have to wake up again....

kill me now...

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Chapter 18

Maya woke up that morning and had a headache from hell. She was not drunk like somebody else she new… Let’s not start naming people… But she had slept so little. Each time she closed her eyes she kept seeing Nicolas flirting and kissing another woman. Sometimes that woman was blonde sometimes brunette and the rest of the times a redhead. So when the morning finally arrived, she was pissed as hell and her head was about to burst. She took a shower in hope of relieving some of her irritation, got dressed quickly and left for work. She wanted to be early today because after seeing Nicolas that drunk the previous night, she was not so sure if he would be in a condition to come to work this morning on time. She was a professional and even if he neglected his appointments she would be there to take care of them. If of course the clients were not women that came more to ogle Nicolas than to do business with him. That thought had her anger returning with a vengeance. This was turning out to be a complete nightmare. She should have followed Christy’s advice from last week and take a couple of days of now that Nicolas was back as a reward for working like a slave while he was away in Europe. Christy had brilliant ideas, why on earth Maya never listened to her.

By the time she entered her office she was fuming. The day did not look promising. She went to get a coffee. She needed caffeine after the night she had. When she entered the kitchen se met July.

“You are early” July said surprised “I thought that now that Nicolas was back you would stop coming earlier of your normal schedule”

“Yes I know. But I wanted to make sure I have everything ready for the morning appointments Nicolas has in case he does not come like yesterday”

“Naaah that was an onetime thing. He is always on time don’t worry. As a matter of fact he is already here. It is his coffee I am making.”

“Well that is for the best. I have a lot of things to do anyway” Maya said silently. She was afraid that she may have seemed a little bit too aggressive and she did not want to make July suspicious.

“You know you should look more after Maya and less about work. You are going to get gray hair soon.”

“That is why I pay so much money on my hairdresser honey, she winked at July that giggled at her comment.

“Don’t be funny with that kind of things Maya. I like you I would not want you to have a heart attack from stress at the age of 35.”

“Ok ok don’t worry. I will relax more. Let’s just pretend that today I came earlier to compensate for the time I lost when I had the flat tire”

“You did not have a lunch break and you left late that day. I say you compensated enough.”

“I just can’t win with you can I? Don’t worry I will not come early again unless Nicolas orders it. He is the boss. Him I am afraid I will have to obey…”

“Deal. I am going to his office. He sounded desperate for some coffee.” July said and left with Nicolas’s coffee.

“I just bet he does” Maya mumbled and made her own coffee.

She had only one sip of coffee when July came to her office.

“Hey Maya Nicolas wants you in his office in five with the Anderson’s file”

“Ok thanks July”

Maya got the file out of the pile of the ones she had managed to work on yesterday and headed to his office. She knocked on his door and entered as soon as he gave her permission.

“Good morning Nicolas” she said and she examined him. He seemed like he had a sleepless night but he looked much better than she expected. Apparently he handled hangovers better that she did.

“Good morning Maya. I am sorry I did not come back yesterday to continue our work. But we can win the lost time today. Our first appointment is today at eleven thirty so I am sure we will have some work done by then.”

“Of course” She said coolly. She just could not get pass the fact that yesterday he ditched her to get drunk for another woman. Of course she did not have the right to be pissed but she was nevertheless.

“Is everything ok? You seem a little bit distraught.” Nicolas asked her. He was afraid that she was mad at him for tricking her yesterday to check if she was telling the truth about not remembering their night together. <<Great more things to feel guilty about>> he thought.

“Of course everything is ok. We should start I brought the file you asked”

“Are you mad about yesterday? I would like to apologize. It seems I tend to do that a lot around you” he said sheepishly.

“It is ok. You are the boss! It is your right to come or not come to your office whenever you want”

“Wait you are mad because I did not come back to the office yesterday noon”

“I am not mad” Maya said but her eyes were throwing daggers at him

“I am sorry I did not call. I found some disturbing news about a member of my family and had to deal with it.” He lied. He was not going to tell her that he went around snooping at her past. She would quit on him faster than he could say disaster. He saw her relax her stance a little bit at his explanation.

“I hope it was nothing too serious. But, if you did not know what I was mad about what were you apologizing for?”

“So you accept you were mad?”

“Don’t play children’s games with me. Why were you apologizing?” She knew she was pushing maybe too far. He was her boss after all.

“I thought that you were mad I did not tell you right away yesterday that there was no way someone could have seen us leave together from the party” he said sheepishly once again.

At that the fire returned to Mayas eyes. “So you admit you did it on purpose? Well I hope you are proud of yourself you almost gave me a heart attack.” She was way of the limits of a professional relationship right now but she could not contain her ire.

“I said I was sorry. It is just that you did not seem that drunk and you made me feel as if I took advantage of you. I wanted to be sure. I was wrong and I apologize.”

“You did not take advantage of me. According to July nobody had realized how drunk I was.” She was blushing again. He loved the way she blushed. It reminded him of the pretty color all of her body took when she was aroused and on the brink of her orgasm. At that thought he instantly got hard. Thank god he was sitting behind his office desk or this meeting would have gotten more embarrassing.

“Look, let’s forget about what I have said and done this week. I am not very proud of my behavior. I was wrong to treat you like that. You have been valuable to me all this time I was gone and I was a total jerk. Please lets erase these past days and start over.”

“Ok” Maya said but she could not help but wonder if he meant that he also wanted to erase their night together. She did not remember it but it hurt to think that he wished he did not remember either. All her insecurities came back with a vengeance.

“Great! Now let’s get back to work shall we?” Nicolas said happily. He was relieved they had managed to resolve their misunderstanding. Now with her acting more normally he would have all the time he needed to explore the feelings he kept having about her and to act upon them accordingly.

They worked in harmony a quiet productively until their first appointment was there. Nicolas explained to her that he wanted to deal with some appointments together because he valued her opinion and he wanted to make sure their clients trusted her as much as they trusted him. That of course, made Maya feel proud of herself. All the work she had put on the past months was not a waste after all. She had gained her trust and that made her feel all worm and fuzzy inside.

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I know it was not too big but honestly it was the best i could do under the circumstances....

i was trying to finish it since yesterday

love you all!!!

XXX