the early hours of the morning, she felt cleansed! Her apartment looked amazing! There were still books everywhere, but the papers had made the whole place look messy. The stacks of books definitely didn’t help, but with the ragged papers all sorted and filed away in the large storage bins or shredded and bagged up in a recycle bin, the place looked almost neat.
She curled up on her sofa, enjoying the newness of her environment. She didn’t realize when she’d fallen asleep, but her ringing cell phone wasn’t something she was going to ignore any longer. As soon as she moved to answer the phone, she knew that she hadn’t made it to her bed. The sofa was comfortable, but it definitely wasn’t a piece of furniture that one wanted to sleep on forever.
With a crick in her neck and some not so subtle pains in her back, she searched for her cell phone. The number on the small screen was the same as last night and she remembered how Gaston had come over simply because he hadn’t been able to find her.
“Hello?” she answered, pushing her hair out of her eyes.
“Where the hell ar e you?” Gaston demanded. No greeting, no good morning or apology for last night. Just the newest demand and in that arrogant tone that always irritated her.
“I would love to tell you that I’m sitting on a sandy beach with a mohito in my hand, but you probably know exactly where I am.” She let out a deep yawn, filling her lungs with much needed oxygen.
“And you couldn’t have picked up the phone to let me know that you weren’t coming into the lab today?”
“What are you talking about?” she mumbled, padding her way into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. Once again, she looked around and noticed how nice everything looked now that she’d cleaned up so much of the chaos.
Gaston’s sigh came through the phone and Elana pictured him running a frustrated hand through his thick, black hair. “I’m talking about the fact that it’s already eleven o’clock in the morning and you haven’t bothered to show up!”
Elana looked at the clock over her stove and gasped. “Oh no! I’m so sorry Gaston! I’ll get to the lab immediately,” she said, rushing about and pulling off her clothes so she could take a quick shower.
She heard him sigh again a moment before he called out her name. “Elana, just stay home today. You’ve been working three times the hours of everyone else and you need the break. I’m sorry to have woken you if you were finally getting some sleep. Just take the day off and rest.”
She looked down at the phone, wondering what was going on. “I don’t need to rest, Gaston. I can be at the lab in less than an hour.”
He chuckled at her insistence, a deep, rumbling sound that made her heartbeat increase. “No, you can’t, Elana. Just take the day off. You have to work tonight with all of these board members so just relax. Go out and get a manicure or whatever it is you women do to treat yourself and I’ll pick you up at six o’clock.” He was about to say goodbye when something occurred to him. “Elana, do you have something appropriate for tonight? Do you have a cocktail dress?”
Elana was still confused and she really didn’t want to spend the evening in his company. And what’s worse, she definitely didn’t want him to come back here tonight to pick her up. She didn’t want him even remotely close to her, much less back once again in her private space after what had happened last night in her kitchen. The man was just too big and too male for her tiny apartment and she was finding that she didn’t have any resistance when he touched her.
She ran a hand through her hair, wanting to avoid him coming back into her apartment. “Gaston, please just let me meet you at the event. There’s no need to drive all the way over here just to pick me up.”
“Elana, take the day off and relax. And don’t you dare be
She curled up on her sofa, enjoying the newness of her environment. She didn’t realize when she’d fallen asleep, but her ringing cell phone wasn’t something she was going to ignore any longer. As soon as she moved to answer the phone, she knew that she hadn’t made it to her bed. The sofa was comfortable, but it definitely wasn’t a piece of furniture that one wanted to sleep on forever.
With a crick in her neck and some not so subtle pains in her back, she searched for her cell phone. The number on the small screen was the same as last night and she remembered how Gaston had come over simply because he hadn’t been able to find her.
“Hello?” she answered, pushing her hair out of her eyes.
“Where the hell ar e you?” Gaston demanded. No greeting, no good morning or apology for last night. Just the newest demand and in that arrogant tone that always irritated her.
“I would love to tell you that I’m sitting on a sandy beach with a mohito in my hand, but you probably know exactly where I am.” She let out a deep yawn, filling her lungs with much needed oxygen.
“And you couldn’t have picked up the phone to let me know that you weren’t coming into the lab today?”
“What are you talking about?” she mumbled, padding her way into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. Once again, she looked around and noticed how nice everything looked now that she’d cleaned up so much of the chaos.
Gaston’s sigh came through the phone and Elana pictured him running a frustrated hand through his thick, black hair. “I’m talking about the fact that it’s already eleven o’clock in the morning and you haven’t bothered to show up!”
Elana looked at the clock over her stove and gasped. “Oh no! I’m so sorry Gaston! I’ll get to the lab immediately,” she said, rushing about and pulling off her clothes so she could take a quick shower.
She heard him sigh again a moment before he called out her name. “Elana, just stay home today. You’ve been working three times the hours of everyone else and you need the break. I’m sorry to have woken you if you were finally getting some sleep. Just take the day off and rest.”
She looked down at the phone, wondering what was going on. “I don’t need to rest, Gaston. I can be at the lab in less than an hour.”
He chuckled at her insistence, a deep, rumbling sound that made her heartbeat increase. “No, you can’t, Elana. Just take the day off. You have to work tonight with all of these board members so just relax. Go out and get a manicure or whatever it is you women do to treat yourself and I’ll pick you up at six o’clock.” He was about to say goodbye when something occurred to him. “Elana, do you have something appropriate for tonight? Do you have a cocktail dress?”
Elana was still confused and she really didn’t want to spend the evening in his company. And what’s worse, she definitely didn’t want him to come back here tonight to pick her up. She didn’t want him even remotely close to her, much less back once again in her private space after what had happened last night in her kitchen. The man was just too big and too male for her tiny apartment and she was finding that she didn’t have any resistance when he touched her.
She ran a hand through her hair, wanting to avoid him coming back into her apartment. “Gaston, please just let me meet you at the event. There’s no need to drive all the way over here just to pick me up.”
“Elana, take the day off and relax. And don’t you dare be
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