His Obsession - Rose Marie Page 0,18

struts into my office. When she passes, I have to reel myself in to stop from pulling her into my arms. Once inside, I shut the door for us to have some privacy and round on her feeling self-conscious. The first thing I do is take in her full figure. My eyes greedily take in her form and I clear my throat, so I don’t let out the strangled groan I’m holding in. Why was she shining?

“Please have a seat Angel. What I have to say may be hard for you to hear” She remains still. Instead of allowing my stunned state to get the best of me, I walk over to the chair and pull it out for her. When she takes it a seat, I feel my heart start thumping in my chest.

“Mr. Sto-”

“Channing please.” She cut her eyes to me and put her hands in her lap.

“C-Channing if this has anything to do with what happened earlier, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking and I was just upset because all of my interviews canceled on me. Please don't fire me yet. I really need this job right now and-” unable to hold back at any longer I pull the chair and sit down, placing her on my lap. Ignoring her gasp of shock, I rub my head on her arm, wanting her scent on me. She smells so good.

“My Angel I just stopped you from walking out on me. What makes you think I'm about fire you?”

“Uhm…” I stop rubbing my head on her arm and look up at her.

“You think I'm that mean that I'd keep you here just to fire you in front of the office?” She made a face that proved she did, and it broke my heart.

“Well, you aren’t the nicest person I know. Sorry.”

“No apology necessary babylove. I’m the one who she be apologizing; I called you in here to do just that.” She scrunched up her face and wrinkled her nose at my use of a pet name. Too soon? “For over three years I have been a jerk to you and I'm sorry for that. To be honest the only reason I've been so mean to you is because of my attraction to you.”

“WHAT?” Before I lose my nerve, I tell her exactly how I’m feeling.

“I've been highly attracted to you from the moment you walked through the door for your interview. I didn't know how to say it to you because I’m shy and you… uhm I just really like you. So, I'm asking you now if you'd forgive me for my past behavior and honor me with a date?”

“Excuse me?”

“What part is confusing you?” I grab her hand kissing it. She pulls it from my hand and wipe the kiss off.

“Honestly…everything. You expect me to believe for three years you, the big bad CEO, Channing Stohurst was shy to approach me and tell me about a lil’ crush?”

“Yes.”

“Bullshit.”

“Well I assure you it’s the truth. I can understand why you don’t believe me but please give me a chance to prove it to you. Come over for dinner tonight at my place, I'll cook for you.” She looked ready to reject my invitation. “Please, say yes. I only suggest my house because I really want to show you have much you mean to me.” She opened her mouth, looking ready to decline but I hush her with a kiss. When I pull away, I stare her in the eyes. “I only want it to be at my house because I don’t want to share you.” There it was! Her eyes showed a flicker of emotion.

“I don't know. It's-”

“Give me a chance. Please” I interrupt. There's no way in hell I am going to let her reject me. Her eyes flare like they do when she's upset with me.

“And if I don't want to, which I don't, are you going to be a jerk and try to fire me?” God, I loved her.

“Let’s just calm down. I understand I've been difficult but I’m trying to remedy that. Can't you just give me chance to fix things? I really want to show you the inside of my heart.” Well not the full real side of me. I'll give her a twenty percent and see how that works. That’s the perfect amount of obsession. She looks conflicted and bites the inside of her cheek.

“I don't know Mr. Stohurst this doesn't sound lik-”

“You will be at my house at seven o'clock tonight. End of