The Marketing Team
Mandy
“I’m pregnant and Chris is the Father,” I half yelled, when I heard the shattering of cups on the ground, and when I turned my head to the door. Low and beyond Chris was standing beside the door with a shocked expression on his face…
“Chris,” the words left my mouth after watching him with stunted eyes for the past 10 seconds, deliberating in my mind if he heard us or not, and if the crashing of my coffee was just merely an accident.
“I’m so sorry,” his voice was stable, but one would barely not see his shaky hands. “I’ll clean this up right away,” frightened by his own confession. I could say I had never seen a man so scared by mere shattered pieces of glass on the floor.
“Send for the cleaners,” Malia chirped in, her voice in a low tone, but audibly enough for Chris to hear her words correctly.
“Yes, I’ll do that right away,” quickly said, and hastened to turn around, as if in a rush to leave our presence, when my words dropped him.
“Why are you here, anyways? Cause it was past my coffee time, and I thought you wanted to get me something to eat?” My eyes navigate through his face, scanning him, and taking into note every detail of his body language. I watched his chin lift up, his mouth open and was about to say a word, when instead he coughed a little, in an attempt to clear his throat.
” The social marketing team asks for you to come review their concept. They requested your presence, and knowing you’ve barely eaten, I thought coffee was a good way to start, before you head down to them,” as firm as his words sounded, with no alter display of nervousness, so was his body relax, which lead to me pushing the thought of him hearing our conversation to the side, but not completely disposing it.
“Next time, don’t assume things on my behalf. You confirm from me first, and please take a hint of the door and knock” I said authoritatively. “You may leave, and make sure to inform the social marketing team that I’ll be there shortly,” I dismissed him immediately.
“Oh, my f**King gosh,” Malia breathed out hastily the moment he left. “Did he hear us? You’re pregnant? And for him? Oh my gosh! How?” There were way too many questions at once, and right now she wasn’t asking the right questions, she only asked what she had answered too.
“Yes I have a baby, now what am I going to do with it? Those were the questions I needed to be answered with, but here she was still so stunned by my revelation to utter any more words,” I thought, rubbing my forehead slowly, when the cleaner walked in to clean the mess Chris made.
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I munched a few bites of the breakfast mom packed up for me, before heading to see the team. I know this review wasn’t only about promoting the company, it also had to be about boosting our social presence and getting the deal signed off with Mr. Thomas.
“Alright what do you have for me,” I spoke directly to the head of the department, and she moved forward immediately, giving me the iPad in her hands, while explaining in detail what her plans were for.
“Wow, these are actually good,” I commended and signaled for my assistant to give me my purse, who of course happened to be Chris. I looked at him, and he had this expressionless appearance on his face. I could hear little giggles from different angles, only to realize that they were all because of Chris, leading to me silently chuckling.
“Thank you, ma’am,” she did a little jump, showing her excitement at my approval.
“Okay, so is everyone ready, and when do you plan on shooting?” I questioned her, my voice calmer now. She responded by saying everything was in place and my approval was all she needed to start the shoot, making me commend her confidence in her job.
“Alright then, but I do have an issue with something,” I used my hands to indicate that she brought the device closer, so. I could explain better. “The part where I’m supposed to participate isn’t necessary,” I said.
” I know it seems like it, and you definitely don’t have the time for our little experiments, but you have a good social presence already, including you for the social is going to help, just a simple dress-up from our clothing line and makeup then you read some words, let us do the rest and shoot the video,” she was so convincing, giving me that persuading eyes. I looked around the room, noticing every eye on me, waiting for what I had to say, but instead, I simply nodded my head, when I heard Malia squeak.
“I’m going to participate too,” she giggled and came to stand beside me, while I looked at her weirdly wondering what had gotten into her.
“Just hear me out first,” she said, stopping me from voicing out. ” Since it has to do with clothing, and a bit of makeup, why don’t we do this, the trendy way, I mean romantically, as everyone would want to see it and send in the advertisement starring the CEO and her hot secretary,” she winked at the head of department who gasped and started nodding her head, in agreement to Malia idea.
My eyes landed on Chris, only to notice he was already staring at me with a goofy smile on his face leaving me astonished. What was his deal? And why did I feel he was excited about this idea?
“No, that’s not going to happen. We aren’t doing it, right Chris,” I called his name, giving an eye signal that he backed me up immediately and killed whatever ideas were running in Maliah’s head.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“I’m in. Let’s do this,” he smiled while the whole room echoed with the “yeah” displaying their delight in his response, making me hissed while glaring hard at Maliah.
“Start the shoot now,” I commanded in a voice that sent chills to everyone in the room, as silence took over, while they started the shoot. I stood still watching them do it correctly, before standing off to leave when Chris stood in front of me, blocking my path.
“What are you doing?” I asked, eyeing him, while he held his smile, ignoring the look I gave him, which was supposed to scare him off.
“Stopping you from ruining your deal with Mr. Thomas,” he said gently…
“And why do you care Chris, you just started working here, a few days ago,” I said and stood in a kimbo staring at him, with my chin tilted up a bit.
“Cause I care about you,” he said. I hissed and used the little strength I had to push him away from my sight, but instead, he caught my hand halfway, taking me by surprise as my body landed roughly on the wall.
“What the hell,” I half yelled, staring at my wrist where his hands rested when I noticed his face on my lips.
“Sorry,” he breathed out, affection coming through those words, making my knees weaken. I tried to struggle my way, but he smartly used his weight to rest a bit on me, while gazing at me like it was the very first time seeing me this close.
Our breath hit each other, and for that split seconds I felt carried by these emotions I couldn’t describe, the silence the feeling like it was only the two of us left in the room. The soul gazing, the neediness, the desire burning through our skin, and now the hotness all over my body, I felt it all. All of it at once, and I couldn’t explain what it meant or fathom what this man was doing to me. But immediately I was brought back to reality when I heard a loud scream, causing me to push him away with my hands resting on his chest, when I noticed everyone staring at me, and the camera pointing in my direction…
“What’s going on?”