Thursday Morning

"Can you at least tell me what you did."

"Nope"

"Why not?"

"Cause I fuckin said so"

"Well at least tell me what you said"

"Ummmmm, how about, also no"

"C' mon Tara, I need to know what you said or did so I can prepare myself"

Right now, I was trying to get Tara to tell me what the hell she went off and did yesterday. Of course, the damn girl wouldn't tell me squat.

"Relax, not like I killed somebody. Although I might, depends on what happens today" she said casually

"WHAT?! Kill someone, Tara what on earth did you do"

"Don't worry your pretty little head about it. Now go on, off to work or you're going to be late" She was right, if I didn't leave now my ass would definitely be late

"Sometimes, I hate you," I say walking out the door

"But you know you love me" she yelled back

Time for work, I'm so excited. Kill. Me. Now

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I walk into the building, everything seems normal. You've got you're fake bitches in one corner trying to come up with ways to get Carter, then you've got the busy-bodies, ones that actually want to do their damn job and the clients who will be meeting with Carter today.

I take the elevator up and realize that if I don't punch in soon, Carter will know that I'm late for sure. I rush out of the elevator and bump into someone, instantly falling to the ground.

"Shit, I'm so sorry," I say as I help him pick up the papers I made him drop

"It's fine, don't worry about. You should probably go punch in before Carter notices you're late, you got one minute to spare," he says with a smile

"Shit, you're right," I say getting up quickly, "I'm sorry again" I yelled running down the hall. I make it to my door, throwing it open and slamming it right behind me. I punch in with literally 10 seconds to spare. Then I hear a knock on my door.

"Hey, again," says the guy from the hallway "You dropped this," he says holding up my phone.

"Oh my goodness, thank you so much," I say running to him

"It's no problem. I'm Brad by the way" he says, holding his hand out for me to shake

"Stephanie, but everyone calls me Steph," I say taking his hand to shake

"So, you're the new P.A everyone is talking about," he says

"Yep, that's me," I say with jazz hands

"Interesting, I work in the I.T Department, so if you need any computer help, I'm your guy," he says with a smile.

"Good to know, I'll keep that in mind" I reply

"I should probably let you get back to work, maybe we could do lunch today?" he asks

I was about to reply, but Satan himself had to interrupt.

"She'll be spending her lunch with me. Now leave before I fire you" he says sternly to Brad. Brad gathers his things and runs out the door, obviously terrified that he might get fired.

I go to close the door, expecting Carter to be back in his office, but of course, the devil is still standing here.

"Do you need something, Mr. Mason?" I ask quietly

"I told you to call me Carter when we're alone" he reminds me

"Sorry. Do you need something Carter?" I say, emphasizing his first name while walking back to my desk

"Can we talk please?" he asks

"There's nothing to-"

"No Steph, just hear me out." he pleads

"Ok" I reply quietly, leaning back on my desk

"Look, I'm sorry for the way I acted towards you. I neglected your very existence unless it was a meeting, and if I did have to talk to you, I was rude and cold, and you didn't deserve that," he says walking towards me. "I'm sorry for the way I treated you after our kiss. but don't for one-second blame yourself. I was the one that kissed you. And I don't regret it." he says holding my face in his hands so I could look at him. "I like you Steph, you have no idea how hard it is for me to control myself when I'm around you when all I want to do is kiss the fuck out of you. Let-"

All of a sudden Brad comes running in

"Oh, shit, sorry I-I-I didn't mean to uh interrupt. But there's a-uh- chick here to see um- you Mr. Mason." All of a sudden, a woman wearing a fur coat walks in.

"Hey baby, miss me?'' she asks sweetly. Once again, my heart broke. He had someone, yet he kissed me and told me he regretted nothing. Was I just a toy to him? Did he really think I was just going to let him walk all over me?

"Go back to your girlfriend, looks like she needs you," I say pulling away from him

"She's not my girlfri-" he starts

"I'm his fiance" she cuts in

"EX-fiance," he says, emphasizing the ex part

"Ok, fair. I did call off our wedding, but that was only so we could both get some space because we needed it," she says

"No, you called off the wedding so you could go start you're own business, which is most likely failing, explaining why you're here," he says coldly

"True, my business wasn't going to plan, but that's not why I'm back. I miss you, baby, I know you miss me too" she says

I swear, it was like a soap opera happening right in front of me in my office. All they needed to do now was start singing.

"Oh don't give me that bullshit," Carter says coldly "As soon as you left, you went straight to my ex-best friend to bang him. Why don't you go crawl back to him instead."

"He wasn't going to leave his wife for me," she says sadly

"Oh boo hoo hoo. Cry me a fuckin river" Carter says fake crying a little bit. I'll be honest, it was very hard not to laugh at this point, but I didn't want my ass to get fired so I just let them be, plugging my headphones in and walking into Carter's office, sitting down and doing my work.

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Carter's P.O.V

I cannot believe the bitch had the nerve to walk back into this place. She was the reason why I was so hesitant with Steph. We were dating, since high school, I proposed and she, of course, said yes. But she cheated on me with 2 guys. I let it go after she said she would change. I stupidly believed her. Then she said we needed a break because it just wasn't working, and she wanted to start her own business. Fine by me. She took the ring I gave her and threw it in the ocean. It was over between us. Also fine by me, I didn't need her dragging me down and controlling my life anymore. I found out that she and my best mate were having a fling. Problem was my best mate was married, with 2 kids. So I said leave her, or I tell your wife. Of course, he left her straight away, because he knew his wife would be hell-bent if she found out. I haven't seen her for 2 years. And now, she interrupts me when I'm trying to get something accomplished. I swear women have bad timing.

"He wasn't going to leave his wife for me," she says

Well, no shit Sherlock. Doesn't take a scientist to figure that one out

"Boo hoo hoo. Cry me a fuckin river" I say to her.

We continued bickering back and forth until the room goes silent. Where the fuck is Steph? I could have sworn she was here a minute ago.

"Look, Anastasia, we are over. Nothing will be happening between us anymore. Now do me a favor?'' I say walking over to her

"Of course, anything," she says sweetly

"Get. The Fuck. Out. Of My. Office. Now. And Never. Come. Back" I roar. She hurriedly runs out of the office, and I'm greeted with a scared looking Brad. I then realize that I'm still in Steph's office. And I have no idea where the fuck she is.

"Your laptop sir," Brad says handing me my laptop

"Thanks. Do you by any chance know where Steph went?" I ask

"No sir," he says, rushing out of the office

I walk back to the office, and what do I see. Steph spinning around in my chair with her headphones in. She's such a child at times. All I could do was lean on the doorway and stare.

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Steph's P.O.V

I had finished all of my work and Carter and his ex-fiance were still arguing. I had nothing else to do, and it wasn't time for my lunch sadly. So what was my solution?

Spinning around in Carter's desk chair while listening to music. I got so lost in my music, that I didn't even realize that the devil himself was staring at me.

I continued to spin with my eyes closed when I felt the chair going faster and faster. Wait, why is the chair going faster and faster? I'm not even pushing the chair to spin. I open my eyes, a bad idea by the way, and see the silhouette of a man.

"Woah, woah,woah stop," I say

The chair instantly stops and I get up, which was also a bad idea. I was so disoriented that I almost fall down, but of course, whoever was spinning me steadies me.

And who was spinning me? Of course, Lucifer himself.

"Careful there," he says with a laugh and then sits in his chair.

"Sorry for spinning in your chair, I finished all of my work and got bored, and I couldn't exactly go back into my office," I say

"It's all good, you looked cute getting all lost in whatever song was playing," he says with a chuckle "Sit," he says patting his lap

"Like, um on you," I say confused

"No, on the floor. Yes on me silly" he says chuckling again

I hesitantly walk over to him, then get pulled down by Carter so that I was on top of him.

"So remember how I was in the middle of apologizing, but then my bitch ass ex-fiance had to walk in and ruin the moment?" he asks

"yea, I remember," I say giggling

"Well, what I meant what I said. I don't regret anything at all. Do you?"

I shake my head no

"Then let me take you out," he says

"Take me-me out. Like- like on a- on a date?" I stutter

"Yes, exactly like that. A date" he says smiling

"Ok, um when and where?" I ask, still not believing that this was happening

"Dress formally, I'll pick you up from Tara's at 7 sharp"

"Ok," I say smiling

"What?" he asks

"Nothing," I say still smiling

"Oh, one more thing," he says

"What," I say looking at him

He brings my lips closer to his and kisses me softly. He pulls away looking at me, and I grab his shirt collar bringing his lips back to mine. Then the door bursts wide open and in walks Brad.

"Ah shit. I did it again" says Brad

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~ G