Under My Boss’ Table

I thought for a bit, completely chilled. The slap I gave Edward seemed to bring me back to my senses. “What did Alina mean there? Do you need to talk to him? Well I’ll hear what he will start composing for me now…”

I nodded for him to start. Edward sighed deeply…

“Anna herself annoyed me and tried to provoke me… Don’t look at me like that! If you ask her tomorrow, she will confirm it.” His eyes were so sincere that I already began to doubt my version. “She is already ashamed of what she has done. It all started when I appointed her a temporary project assistant. And she started giving me all kinds of… hints.”

Edward grimaced as if he had smelled something unpleasant.

“She was behaving strangely from time to time. She licked her lips and unbuttoned the top buttons of her blouse. I’m not going to fool you, she is really beautiful. Besides, you yourself are a sinner, you fell under her charm, unlike me.” He looked at me sternly, and I blushed when I remembered the kisses with Anna. “She confessed to me today. So while you were on vacation, she tried to kiss me. Do you remember how you tried to kiss me too?… I turned her down right away and your image, Elvira, appeared in my head. You were in front of me, and even the most beautiful woman on planet Earth, will not be by your side for nothing. I pushed Anna away.”

He was quiet for a while and I noticed how much he cared. His cheekbones contracted slightly.

“She decided this was not enough, she unbuttoned her blouse and showed me her breasts. And I told her that nothing would come out of it and that I really loved a woman. And I ordered her to hide her breasts from my eyes. She didn’t like it, she completely blushed, you should have seen her face!… She ran out of my office like a bullet! Then I was glad, I praised myself, I decided that she would not bother me. But she was not done. Today she waited all night for the moment when she could sit on my lap.”

Edward came closer to me and looked into my eyes sincerely, I didn’t answer, but I listened carefully and wanted to believe him. Basically the puzzle in my head was starting to take shape.

“She guessed you were going home at this time.” He continued. “God, I’ve never met a more persistent woman in my life! She was ready to sink me to the ground! Anna just got mad, she jumped on my table, grabbed my hands… I said: ‘don’t touch me!'”

Fire flashed in his eyes and I realized that he was now telling the plain truth.

“And suddenly she says to me: ‘You know, and I’m sleeping with your Elvira!’ Of course, I was simply stunned, and she took advantage of this moment. It all happened so fast… She pressed my hand against her… I didn’t know what to do, and then you walked in.” Edward looked at me guiltily.

I didn’t say anything, not knowing what to think. Not everything seemed very credible, and was it really true?

“Elvira.” Edward’s voice dropped back to a soft whisper. “I trust you. Why do you not trust me? How can we build a relationship on lack of trust?”

“Relationship?” I asked with surprise.

“What you heard.” Edward smirked and kissed my nose. “I intend not to let you go again. You have become very dear to me…”

He hugged me and I relaxed in his arms, albeit a little…

“Hey!” Alina yelled from the laptop. “I still don’t understand, is everything okay with you there??? Hey!!!”

Edward grimaced and turned his head.

“Where does that sound come from? Who?”

I laughed. Laughter left my chest freely, easily. Trust… It’s so difficult, but it’s so much easier with that. How could I accept this reality?

Edward and I spent the rest of the night talking to Alina. I spontaneously decided to introduce them, and he was right. They immediately found a common language, despite Alina giving him information that she knew everything. Edward accepted stoically, just looking at me reproachfully.

And it happened that he in the end stayed with me…

“Hi guys, I think it’s time to finish.” Alina announced. “I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of this already, ha ha!” Edward, it was nice meeting you, you are truly a sensual man.” With these words my boss looked at me significantly. “And then I go… Pokeda!”

Skype blinked and shut off.

“And what do you think of my sister?” I asked. “Didn’t she push you too hard?”

“No, she’s great.” Edward smiled with the tip of his lips, admiring me. Then he hugged me and carried me away, falling onto a soft sofa.

And we just lay there for a long, long time, staring at each other. He didn’t want to say anything, discuss anything, didn’t even want sex, oddly enough… We were just there.

“You don’t mind if I stay?” Edward ran his thumb across my cheek.

The touch was so gentle, trustworthy, caring and it didn’t fit the image of Edward at the beginning of our sexual relationship.

“Don’t worry.” I replied, giving up. “Edward… Where is the real you?”

“The real me is right in front of you.”

“I want to believe you, Edward.”

“Just believe. Let yourself go, Elvira. I am naked in front of your soul, I left Sofia, because I can’t live in two camps. I need you.”

I smiled and kissed him on the lips, so dear and irreplaceable.

So we fell asleep together.

In the morning we realized that we were late for work. It was a bit wild, in a hurry, we ran around the apartment from one side to the other, I was looking for a replacement toothbrush for Edward, and he cooked eggs for us with one hand, while with the other answered calls from work. But everything was so cozy! And so OURS…

A man had not lived in my apartment for a long time. Of course, I met the opposite sex, and with a gentleman I even went to a wedding, but I never felt AT HOME with each of them. And with Edward, I felt it. As if he had always lived here.

“That’s it, did you finish your coffee? We are still in time for the morning meeting.” He said quickly, heading quickly into the hallway. The situation was nervous, I smelled rushed, but still my mood could not be any better.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.