Lena pov

"Don't bother. Just take two spoons and carry them to the living room" I say as I pour out the popcorn into a bowl.

I get inside the living room and the room is dimmed. Only actual light coming is from the tv. I put down the popcorn and sit next to Scarlett. Not too close though. I can't let anything happen.

The reason why I don't want to do anything with Scarlett is simple. I don't want to fall for her. Knowing myself she is the absolute epitome of what I want in a partner. She is the most gorgeous human I've met so far and I can't risk anything. Besides, she is my boss and she doesn't know anything about me. Not that it is any of her fault but still.

We play the film and I can feel her eyes on me. She glances at me while eating popcorn from time to time. Maybe she is curious about today. She must have realised I lied to her about the charity organization. I mean I didn't fully lie, my uncle does work for the organization. It's just not his company, but mine.

Scarlett's phone lights up and she picks it up almost immediately. I glance at her and she is writing something which looks like a text message. I turn my head back to the film. I like horror films a lot. It is very hard to scare me these days.

The exorcism scene starts and I can see Scarlett is a bit tensed next to me. She is eating ice cream while looking down. Maybe it is a scary scene? Then a jump scene pops out and she flinches. Why did she say she was okay with this if she was going to spend the majority of the film either eating or looking at me.

She looks tense so I reach out my hand and intertwine our fingers. She grabs it firmly and looks ahead. Throughout the film she doesn't let go of my hand. She sometimes squeezes it and rubs my hand with her thumb. I like the closeness even if we have a massive half empty bowl in between us. The film comes to an end and we're left sitting in the dark with our hands clasped together. She moves the bowl from the couch to the coffee table and sits right next to me. I go to stand up but she pushes me down.

"Please, just stay for a few minutes." she whispers.

I can feel her breath on my neck and her thighs touching mine. I am going crazy containing myself for this long.

"Ok, I'll stay" with that she comes even closer and leans her head on my shoulder with our hand in her lap. I can feel her skin on the back of my hand. We stay there sitting in our intimate silence with the credits of the movie playing in the background. I turn the tv off and all I can hear now is her breathing and my heartbeat in my ears.

She strokes my hand and I get goosebumps all over my body. Her touch drives me mad. I lean my head back making sure she doesn't hear my breathing. We are woken up from our trance with her phone notification. I look up at her and she does the same. Our lips are just centimeters apart. I can feel her breathing on my face and her eyes glued to mine. Her pupils are dilated and looking straight into mine. She leans in and I turn away. Looking away from her. I can't do this.

I untangle myself from her and excuse myself to go to the bathroom. I lock the door and splash my face with water. You're really screwed aren't you Lena. Why did you have to fall for your fucking boss? I calm myself and I gather my emotions. I go back acting like nothing happened. When I'm inside the living room I notice all the lights are on. Guess she turned them on and tidied everything up while I was away. I go to the kitchen to put the dishes into the dishwasher. I can't really give a damn right now.

She comes into the kitchen and just stands there not saying anything. I wanted to ask her if she was hungry because it is dinner time but she seemed sort of hurt I pulled away. Maybe she expected something else.

"If you need me I'm going to be in my room reading." I tell and and leave.

♤

She didn't come to my room at all last night. How do I know? I just woke up in my bed with a book on my chest. I check to see the time and it is 7 am. I get dressed and head out. A run would clear my head right now. I doubt that she's even up right now.

I take my time running and when I reach the park I take a breather. I do some squats and some pull ups on the bars outside. I do some push ups and crunches until I can feel my legs burning. I run back home and check the time, 8:30 not bad.

I take a shower and go to make us breakfast. I make some french toast and eggs. I also made myself a green smoothie to get some protein and nutrients. After last night I have to get something to wake me up severely.

She comes out and sits opposite of me. Muttering a quiet 'good morning'.

"Good morning, I made you coffee and there is maple syrup in the fridge if you want to put some one your toast." I say and put the coffee mug in front of her

"Thank you Lena, you're too kind." she says taking a bite.

I sit back down and dig into my eggs

"No problem Ms." I mutter back

She scoffs at that and continues eating her food. I finish my food and down my smoothie, almost throwing up, god I have broccoli.

"Can I use your shower after breakfast?" She asks

"Sure, go right ahead. I'm going to clean the kitchen anyways" She nods and finishes her food soon after.

The atmosphere in the room? Horrible. The tension? Defeating. Neither of us have said a word about what happened last night. Or what could have happened. Maybe she is embarrassed or even angry at me. After she leaves I clean everything up. I put the dishes away and I vacuum the carpet in the living room.

She comes out with her bag in hand all dressed up. She puts the bag down and takes her phone out of her back pocket.

"Hey, whats going on?" I ask

"I'm going to my mothers, I'm going to call and uber and stay there for the night." she tells me

"You don't have to do that. Stay here for as long as you want." I say

"This is inappropriate Lena. I can't stay at my employee's place." she says

That kind of hurt. Hearing her refer to me as just her employee broke my heart. But it is a good thing right? I can't get any closer to her.

"Let me get changed and I'll drive you. There is no need for that." I say and head to my room.

"You don't have to do that." she says

"But I want to. Stay here I'll be out in a few." I say and run to my bedroom. Okay think Lena. What to wear..

I pick out this simple outfit and put on some perfume. I get out and she is sitting on the couch waiting for me. I take her bag and she follows behind me. She is carrying the handbag I bought her. I feel my stomach flutter at that. She puts in her mothers house address and we head there. It's only 20 minutes away so it really wasn't a bother to drive her. To be honest with you I didn't want to put her in an uber because those things are never safe. You never know what kind of a creep can come pick you up.

We pull up to a gate. It is huge. Scarlett goes out to one of the houses and they open the gates for me to come inside. This place is bigger than Scarlett's. The front driveway is the size of a parking lot. It is huge. It reminds me of our family house back in England. We get out of the car and I take her bag.

"Mommy!" We hear coming towards us.

A little girl jumps into Scarlett's arms and she picks her up.

"My sweet little Rose, how are you?" She asks

"I'm good mommy, who are you?" she asks turning to me now.

"It is good to finally meet you." I hear from another direction. There I see Scarlett's mother approaching us.

"Lena Adams nice to meet you." I say offering my hand in for a handshake

"Melanie Sloan, you didn't mention she was british Scar" she says shaking my hand.

"Really?" I ask

"I'm just kidding that is the first thing she said right after your name" she laughs

"Rose this is my assistant, her name is Lena" Scarlett says turning my attention to her little angel.

"Nice to meet you sweetheart. I've heard a lot about you" I say

"Really?" her eyes light up.

"Yes, your mum talked about your love for princesses and she also told me you love Ariel the most." I say. The little girl gets shy and looks at her mum with the biggest smile.

"Let's get inside, how about tea Lena?" Melanie asks.

I look over at Scarlett and she isn't really paying attention.

"I shouldn't, enjoy your day. Maybe another time?" I say

"Alright, you owe me one." Melanie says laughing

I take out my hand for a handshake but she pulls me to her and hugs me instead. In my ear she whispers.

"Thank you for keeping my daughter safe."

Now I realize why she wanted to embrace me. I clear my throat. I am caught off guard by that, I wasn't expecting it at all.

Melaine and Rose go into the house and Scarlett and I are the only ones left. She clears her throat and speaks up.

"Thank you. I don't know how to repay you for what you've done for me."

"You're welcome and you don't have to." I smile at her.

"You left your handbag in the car wait" I say and reach to the back to get her my gift. When I look back I notice a gold chain around her neck. My necklace. I hand her the bag and take a deep breath before speaking again.

"When will I be seeing you tomorrow?" I ask fidgeting with my keys.

"10 am at my place, there is a team coming for my fitting. For the carpet."

"Alright, I'll see you then Ms."

With that her face falls and she nods turning around to walk away from me. She's definitely net happy about last night.

I got home faster than I enticipated. I have nothing to do so I decided I will clean the whole place. I started with the guest room. When I got inside I was overflown with her scent. She was here for a little over 24 hours and yet still managed to transform this room. I sit on the bed taking the pillow into my hands. I smell it and it is just like her. I lay down on the sheets and before I know it I start crying. Why am I like this. Is it so bad that someone like her wants to do something with me. Even if it was a one time thing I should have gone for it.

I'm glad the necklace stayed though. I don't think she noticed though. When she does she will want to give it back and I am not about to let that happen. She can have it for all I care. I just hope our relationship doesn't change because of last night.