A Billionaire BWWM Romance 4: The Proposal by J A Fielding, Bwwm Romance Dot Com

Chapter 1
    When
Julie got to work on Tuesday morning, she felt a little groggy. Given
a chance, she would have wanted to go back home. There was nothing
more appealing than a lazy day in bed especially on that particular
day. She walked into her office with her coffee in hand sniffing
every so often. She had barely sat down when Dana poked her head
through her door.
    “ Morning,”
she greeted cheerfully. Julie looked up and grunted.
    “ Morning,”
Julie replied. Dana smiled and walked into the office.
    “ You
don’t look like you’re having a very good morning,”
Dana said as she walked towards Julie’s desk. Julie looked up
and pulled out a box of Kleenex from her bag before she pulled a
tissue. Dana frowned at her. “You are going back home,”
she demanded as she leaned back. Julie looked at her boss and shook
her head.
    “ I
have two meetings today,” she said in a lazy groggy voice.
    “ Well,
delegate that…better yet, let me do that for you. You need to
have some rest,” Dana said. Julie sneezed and then blew her
nose. “Scratch that, a lot of rest,” she added as she
looked at her. Julie lifted the cup to her lips, but she had barely
taken a sip when Dana pulled the cup away.
    “ What?”
Julie asked as she looked at her.
    “ You
know what? I’m taking you home,” she said helping Julie
to stand up. Julie looked at Dana and rolled her eyes.
    “ It’s
just a flu,” she groaned.
    “ I
know. I can’t risk the entire workforce just because you don’t
know when to take a break,” Dana said as she grabbed Julie’s
keys from the table. “Give me your phone,” she ordered.
The two were now making their way down the hallway to the elevator.
She handed her the phone.
    “ I’m
fine babe. It’s just the flu,” Julie argued, hoping that
Steven had heard her. Dana gave her a judgmental look and put her
hand up, then went on scare mongering on Steven. Anyone who listened
to Dana would have thought Julie had cancer or even something more
serious. When they got to the parking lot, Julie looked at her boss.
“I can drive myself home.”
    “ Are
you kidding me? You think I don’t know about the pill you
popped earlier?” Dana asked. Julie raised one eyebrow over the
other.
    “ I
have no idea what you’re talking about,” she said
innocently. Dana smiled.
    “ Everyone
knows about Marge’s magic flu pill. And we’ve all had
it,” she winked. Marge was the company secretary and probably
the oldest employee at the realty. She was always out to help and
when she saw Julie walking in sniffling a sneeze and blowing her nose
on a dozen Kleenex tissues, she had given her one of her flu
medication she always kept handy.
    “ You
have?” Julie asked.
    “ Girl,
you haven’t worked for me until you popped one of Marge’s
pills,” Dana said smiling. “And we all know how drowsy it
can make you. Matter of fact, I am guessing you are pretty darn
sleepy now.”
    “ My
head does feel kind of heavy,” Julie admitted as she rubbed her
temples. “But I only took that pill like ten minutes ago,”
she added as she got in the passenger seat of the car.
    “ I
know,” Dana said. “Sometimes I wonder if that stuff is
actually FDA approved,” she added. Julie wanted to smile but
she couldn’t.
    “ Tell
me when we get home,” she yawned before she rested her head on
the seat. Dana smiled at her and started the car before she drove to
Julie’s place. Julie didn’t even realize when they got
home. She could somehow feel herself being helped into bed by two
people, two people she couldn’t really make out. What she
didn’t know was that Steven was already at her place by the
time she and Dana got there. When Julie was all tucked in, Steven and
Dana walked out of the bedroom to the living room.
    “ All
she needs is some rest to sleep off Marge ‘magic’ pill,”
Dana explained as she sat down. Steven smiled and walked to the
kitchen. ‘
    “ Coffee?”
he offered as he held up two mugs.
    “