🌹R O S E🌹

🌹CHAPTER THIRTY - SEVEN🌹

Keeping myself focused on anything is harder to do than people think, I'm too tired to even think. MY Brian just doesn't want to do anything, and my body is the same story. The meeting was only half an hour, but to me, it felt like it was an hour or longer.

"I'm really concerned about you, you don't look so good" Alexander says, his voice is filled with worry and I really believe that he is concerned about me. But, I'm not giving into the tiredness, I need to stay awake. Besides, there are only about a few hours left of work.

And when I say few I mean nine or so hours. I mentally groan. I already know that today will be a long day and when I say long, I mean this will be the longest work day ever and I'm not looking forward to it, not one bit. "I'm fine, no need to worry yourself" I tell him.

Convincing him that I can work while I'm this tired is not an easy job, since he doesn't look that convinced, no matter what I do. "Remember, you can leave at any time" He reminds me, and for the tenth time this hour, there only has been one hour done of the work day and he keeps reminding me that I can leave.

Right now, I'm with him in his office, going over some paperwork. We could have done it in separate offices, but he insisted that I'd stay with him. So that he could keep an eye on me, which I think means that he just wants me to be in the same office as him, for some strange reason, then again everything about him is strange.

"I know. I know" I say as I roll my eyes. He needs to know that he doesn't have to keep on telling that sentence over and over again, it's already stuck in my mind. I let out a yawn as my eyes are threatening to close. I pinch my forearm, hard so that it will hurt.

Right now, that is the only thing that's keeping me awake. Even the paperwork that I usually enjoy doing is boring and hard, and I can't focus. My eyes have a hard time reading and I'm stuck on a one sentence for a couple of minutes, while normally I would be a few seconds with a sentence.

"The meeting with Mrs. And Mr. Jolly was not as successful as I had planned, even with your help, they did not agree to my terms. I want you to contact William and tell him that, he knows what to do" He says and I stand up and walk into my office.

The other woman, Ms. Trevor is still doing her job and I think she doesn't like me but my brain is too tired to care about that. I know that I just don't like her. I go over to my desk and sit down by the computer and turn it on as I haven't seen in my office, it hasn't been on all day.

I send a quick email to William, writing every word that Alexander told me to write to him. He has sent Alexander a few emails before and it is marked as emails that are important and above all. Alexander doesn't want to admit it, but he does care for his friend.

He isn't one to confess his feeling, he does it in his own way, which I haven't figured out yet. After I've finished with the email, I return to his office, not sparing a second glance at Ms. Trevor. I'm going to pretend that she isn't there, at least until my mood isn't this grumpy anymore.

That can only happen when I get some sleep, which will happen right after I get from work. I can't wait to open the door to my apartment, and throw myself on the bed and just sleep until morning, that's all I want at the moment, to sleep in my bed and on my pillow and under my covers.

"I have an idea for you" Alexander says when I return. "If it is me going home than you can keep your thoughts to yourself, I don't want to hear it" I tell as I sit down on the couch and continue with my paperwork, the paperwork that I'm taking forever to finish.

"It's not that, it's something else" He says, that does interest me and I look up from the paperwork and to his face. I can't read his faces expression, but my brain is too exhausted to even try, so I just give him a confused look. I adjust myself on the couch.

"I was thinking, since you're so tired and it looks like you didn't sleep last night, for reasons you refuse to tell me. That you can now sleep on the couch you sit on" He tells me and I give him an even bigger questionable look on my face. Why would he even suggest something like that?

"I'm not going to sleep at work if that is what you're implying. I can make it through the day and then when I'm home, I'll go to sleep and be as good as new tomorrow" I tell him, still he doesn't look that convinced at my words. "Fine. Have it your way. It was only an offer" He says, even if he doesn't like it that I didn't do it.

Who does he think I am? I don't sleep at work. I work at work, because that is what you're supposed to do, not sleeping and being lazy. I can handle this, even if I have to fight off the tiredness from my body to do that. I'm stubborn, that is what everyone tells me and stubborn I will be to do this.

His offer, however does sound really tempting to me and my body feels like it wants to take it, and go to sleep. But, i can fight it. I've finished one page of the paperwork, and that took about forty minutes to do one page. This will take forever and I don't have forever.

I sigh. "If I sleep, what would yo do without your secretary?" I ask, suddenly his face lights up. Clearly happy that I've thought about his offer and is actually considering it, because I am and I am thinking that I might have to go to sleep if I will be able to work something because at this rate, I will not be able to work at all.

He sends a smile my way. "Don't you worry about that. I only have paperwork to do today, not many meetings to go to and I will not be needing my secretary. That's why I gave you that offer in the first place" He tells me, the smile never leaves his face.

"Fine, I will take a short nap. But, please wake me up in an hour. I don't need that much of a sleep, only about an hour of sleep, not more. Deal?" I ask him with a serious tone, however it doesn't come out as serious as I thought it would and he only laughs at my attempt of being serious.

"I will wake you soon, don't worry. Just lie down and close your eyes before you close them while you're still sitting, which I can see is happening soon" He tells me. I giggle a bit before I lie down on the couch, my back facing him. It feels a bit weird to have my face, facing him and uncomfortable.

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"Rose, wake up, darling" A soft voice speaks as I'm broken away from the darkness. Slowly my eyes open and the first thing I see is Alexander's face. Have I ever mentioned that his face is so handsome? No, then I'm mentioning it now, he has a handsome face.

I sit up on the couch, and rub my eyes a bit to get used to the light. Then I open my eyes once again and I love looking at him now, why am I even thinking like this. "What time is it?" I ask. I feel so much energy in me, like I'm refreshed and new again.

He was right, it did do me good to sleep for about an hour. "Half past five in the evening" He says and I'm beyond shocked. "WHAT?!" I yell at him with confusion and shock and surprise. "I slept the whole day? How did this happen?" I ask him after I calm down a bit.

He nods his head and has a smirk on his face. "Yes, I had planned to wake you up sooner, but when I hear your adorable little snores and how relaxed you looked, I didn't have it in me to wake you" He tells me, but I have a feeling there's something behind his voice.

"This can never happen again, I will sleep every night to make sure of it" I tell him, the words came out of my mouth before I even have a chance to stop them. It looks like my brain is still asleep, and my mouth is wide awake and is saying anything that it can.

I stand up, almost stumbling but he holds on to me to make sure that I don't fall down. "I'm sure you will" He mutters. "What has been happening for the last few hours?" I ask him after I straighten myself, and gather myself. Fixing my clothes so they aren't wrinkly all over my body.

"Not much has happened. I did paperwork, William answered your email, and Ms. Trevor left earlier than she should have. Believe me, you did not miss that much" He says and chuckles. I didn't miss that much? Are you kidding me? I missed the whole day, that is not what I call that much.

"Well then, I really should go back home since work is already over" I tell him an attempt to leave. "Do you have to leave right away?" He asks, but deep in his voice is like this begging tone. I raise one of my eyebrows. "What did you have in mind?" I ask.

He smirks at me. "I have a lot in mind, but I don't believe you'd want that now. Though, I'm always up for it" He tells me. I make a disgusting look on my face. "Gross, just gross" I say as I stuck my young out of my mouth and make a hideous face.

I can't believe that he just said that to me. "All right, I was thinking we could eat dinner somewhere. And when I say somewhere, I mean at a restaurant that will be by my own choosing" He tells me. "Besides, you have no eaten anything all day" Alexander continues.

"Fine. I will take your offer. The latter. Never the first" I say and he chuckles. "Come on then, don't want the restaurant to be booked when we get there" He says when we exit the office. "Being booked when you're involved is something that never happens" I say and laugh to myself.

We go into the elevator, we seriously need to start take the stairs because I know for a fact that it will be the fasted way to get down as the elevator is always so slow when the two of us are together in it. "That is where you're correct" He tells me.

Going out of the elevator in the lobby, we walk out of the building and into his car. To the restaurant, I guess the same restaurant that he last took me, that he chose that is. He isn't driving one of his Lamborghini's this time, but this car is also a pretty one too. It's light blue, but I don't know what kind of car it really is, I just know that I do like it.