~ I'm sorry this chapter is late but I was just stressed that week. But here's the next part, I hope you enjoy it ~

You cough a few more times and then get yourself together again. You look at Haz who is looking at you sternly. "No, he didn't touch me. We just talked a bit" you say to him and then look at your salad again to avoid this topic. Haz fortunately doesn't ask about it anymore and leaves this topic. After twenty minutes you are done and go outside to get some fresh air. "When do you want to go to Mom's?" you ask Haz, because you haven't talked about it yet. "Unfortunately, I don't know how I'm going to work next week. I have to talk it over with Tom and you are working for him now too and it's not so easy," he answers you and looks ahead. You notice a tear running down his cheek, which he quickly wipes away, hoping you didn't see it. You hug Haz and rest your head on his shoulder "Mom will be okay soon. She's strong." He looks at you and brushes your strand of hair behind your ear "just like you" You smile at him and look at the clock.

Since it's getting a little late you and Haz go back upstairs to your offices. Tom is sitting in his office talking on the phone. You take all the e-mails Tom has sent you and work on them. After three hours you finally have all the letters ready and just have to print them, but somehow the printer doesn't work as it should. You knock on Tom's door, but he is still busy with the phone call he is making. So you go to your computer and look for the number of the janitor. When you finally find it, you call it immediately.

You were expecting an older person, but a younger voice answers the phone. "Mr. Brown ArtLife, how can I help you?" He sounds very interesting, if you may say so, you think to yourself. You watch Tom work you over from his office. He has a good view of you through the glass wall. "Good afternoon, Y/N Osterfield. I have a problem with my printer and I need to print some very important letters" "If you would tell me your room, I will come right over" he now says to you and you kind of have to start smiling. "I'm sitting in room 20.2" "I'll be with you in 5 minutes" you thank him and hang up.

You look at the printer again yourself. You take out the paper and cut yourself in half. "Shit," you curse loudly and put the paper down. Tom looks at you and quickly puts the phone down and comes into your room. "Is everything okay?" he asks you kind of worried. "Oh, ehm. I just cut myself on the paper" you say a little shyly and look down at the floor, feeling a little embarrassed. Tom comes closer to you and looks at the cut on your finger. "Luckily it's not deep" He gets a band-aid and puts it around your finger. You watch his every move. He kisses the back of your hand and looks into your eyes. But just then there is a knock and the janitor comes in. As you guessed, he's a little younger, even younger than you. "Is there anything I can do to help?" Tom asked with a stern undertone, somewhat intimidating the janitor. "I called them. Hey I'm Y/N" you say nicely to him and offer your hand.

He shakes your hand and smiles at you "Hey, I'm Jayden" he introduces himself in a friendly manner. "Have they flirted enough now?" says Tom now mad and gives Jayden a nasty look. "Ehm, you meant you have problems with the printer?" he asks and just looks at you. Since Tom is staring at him and it seems to make him very uncomfortable and he has respect for Tom. He is, of course, his boss. "Yeah, I don't know what it is" Jayden goes to the printer and adjusts something on your printer. Tom is still looking angry. "Is there any problem Mr. Holland?" you ask curiously, continuing to look at Jayden who is totally focused on his work.

Tom comes closer to you and whispers in your ear "I don't like the way you look at him, darling", goosebumps form all over your body as Tom calls you darling. He sees it and has to smile. And before you could say anything, Jayden intervened. "So Y/N, I think everything should work now, if you would please give it a try?", you nod at him and go to your computer. You notice that eyes are on you. Tom's and Jayden's. "Don't keep looking at my secretary. She's a little too old for you" Tom says to Jayden, which you don't notice because you are so focused on the documents. "Yes of course sir" Jayden answers shyly. After you press print, everything finally works. "Thank you very much" you tell Jayden, who smiles at you. "If there are any more problems just call" Tom gives him a nasty look and Jaden quickly walks out of the room, as does Tom. Now you are alone in the room and you see that Tom has gotten really mad. You print out all the letters and sign once, then you knock on Tom's door and go in. He looks at what appear to be important drawings. "Mr. Holland?" you ask a little shyly, not knowing how he will react. "Mmm," he says, not even looking up at you. You put the letters in front of his eyes so he can see what you want from him. "I need your signatures for the letters, since they are not supposed to go out today, I ask you to sign them now". As he grabs a pen and starts to sign, you look at the plans and think you see a mistake in a calculation, but say nothing. Tom looks up at you and sees you looking at the calculation. "Is something wrong, Mrs. Osterfield?"
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