"I can't believe you actually convinced me into going with you"

"It sure took a while"

"Of course it'd take awhile, I mean, I'm not exactly crazy on the idea of being seen in public with you"

"And what's wrong with being seen in public with me?"

"Media"

"Sorry, can you repeat that?"

"Come to California with me"

"For work?"

"No, a date"

"Not a chance"

"I can convince you"

"I've made up my mind, it's a No"

"This is why I shouldn't ask because it'll always be a no,"

He sighed then smiled.

"But where's the fun if you say yes?"

He turned on the engine and started driving again like he didn't say anything out of character at all.

"Do you always chase after girls?"

"No, it's usually the other way around"

"What happened to the 'we're only going to be friends in this elevator' attitude?"

"Things change Juliana, people change, rules change, live with it"

"Yeah, just get me home, it's been a long day"

"Did you have fun with my mother today?"

"I did, she's not a manipulative egoist like somebody else I know"

He glanced at me then back at the road.

"I'm not that manipulative, am I?"

"Is that a trick question?"

"Okay maybe sometimes but I'm usually on the gentle side"

I don't usually see his gentle side.

"How far are you willing to go just to convince me?"

I asked out of the blue, I'm not a needy or demanding girl, I just want to be sure if he's serious.

"Are you asking for a price?"

Well there goes your miracle of a chance.

"I've been working for you for almost four months now and do you think that's something I'd ask for?!"

"It doesn't necessarily have to be money, I could get you whatever you want"

"I'm perfectly content with what I have Mr. Reid"

"Why are you so different? Other women would jump at the thought of spending money"

"And I'm the type to faint at the idea of spending money, but honestly, you don't know the first thing about me"

"I know a few things, for a start, you're generous, you don't help people for the sake of benefiting afterwards, you're intelligent, you think ahead when it comes to everything you do, calculating every possibility, your favorite color is beige-"

"Wait how do you know my favorite color? The rest were easy to see just from observation but that's personal"

"I see you wearing warm cozy colors half the time, beiges, browns, whites, navies, olives, they compliment your skin tone"

"You pay attention to everything I wear?" I looked at him astonished.

"It's difficult not to, considering we're so close to each other half the time"

I remained silent all the way back, but it wasn't a tense or awkward atmosphere, just pleasant.

We stopped in front of my apartment.

"Well this is goodbye, I'll see you tomorrow?"

I turned to leave but he held my wrist.

"Be prepared tomorrow because I'm either going to torture you with work or I'm going to try to convince you to come with me"

I held his jaw and leaned in.

"I'm eager to see you try"

I smirked when I saw his face, his mouth was wide open and so were his eyes.

Is that how I look when he does that to me?

I closed the car door and turned around making sure I add an extra sway to my step.

I've never felt so bold!

"I'm back!" I yelled when I got home.

"Finally! Details! I need details! Tch tch tch Bad bad Juliana, skipping work to go home with your boss, what would your mamá say?"

"My mamá doesn't need to know but I haven't done anything I need to hide"

"Yeah yeah but seriously what happened?"

"I just... got to know his mom"

"That can't be it, I'm sure something else happened, are you not telling me something?"

"Nothing happened, I'm not lying and how do you know if something happened?"

"I never said you were lying and when I have a feeling it's never wrong, my sixth sense is stronger than all five of yours combined, so tell me, what happened?"

I sighed, there really is no way I can hide something from Kate.

"He asked me out"

"A date?!"

"Yeah"

"Where?!"

"California"

"What? California? As in CALIFORNIA?!"

"The one and only"

"You said the man was rich but you never said he's rich enough to take you all across the states!"

"Can we just drop the subject? what were you up to today?

"Other than work and lazing around... nothing special"

"Then how about you spill about you and Vick?"

"There's nothing to spill, there's nothing between us and he made it pretty clear"

"Why don't you sound as normal as you're supposed to?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you want there to be something?"

She sighed.

"Well he encouraged the idea of there being something, but I guess I got the wrong message"

"Did you have your heart set?"

"No"

"Then that's what matters"

"You're great" she said as she threw her arms around me.

"I know," I said hugging her back.

"You wanna go out?" I asked.

She furrowed her eyebrows.

"Didn't you just come back?"

"So?"

"You're tired"

"I'm fine, where do you wanna go?"

She shrugged and went to change, I walked to the fridge and took out a bottle of water bottle and when I was opening it I felt a vibration in my pocket, I took my phone out to see a message from Paige.

"I got this message before I left, I think you should see it, check your inbox"

"Thanks, I owe you one"

I opened my email and there goes my supposedly relaxing evening.

I sighed, now I have to pick a dress because Mr. Reid is not going to give me a day off and will force me to go but before doing all that I need to call him.

I forwarded the email to Mr. Reid and swiped around and dialed his number.

It rang for a while until he answered.

"Hello" came his voice but it came out raspy.

"Hello sir, I called to inform you to check your email and then send me a list of things to do as there is going to be an afternoon event that might require you to say a speech"

"Stay punctual, I'll send it to you immediately, goodnight Juliana"

"Goodnight Sir"

I hung up just as Kate walked in.

"Who was that?"

"Mr, Reid"

"Did he call to make sure you got home safely?"

"He was the one that drove me home and no, I got an email that there'll be a afternoon charity event tomorrow that I need to prepare for"

"Julie, if you're tired it's fine, we can go out some other time"

"Listen we'll just go for a night time stroll with a some time hot beverage and we'll come home straight to bed, sound good?"

"Yeah"

"Did you have dinner by the way?"

"Yeah I did, we had some leftovers"

"Good"

And that's how our evening went, catching up a bit more in each other's lives and reminiscing fun college memories, she helped me pick out something for tomorrow and look through Mr. Reid's demands, which surprisingly weren't many, apparently he wanted to write his own speech and I gladly let him.

When we came we went straight to bed and I thought about Mr. Reid's 'request' of going to California with him.

Should I?

I'm an employee.

He's my employer.

Won't it look weird?

"Stop thinking and just go to sleep!"

I shouted out loud.

I guess you can't always get a good nights sleep...

I turned to the side and threw a pillow over my head and that's how I fell asleep.

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