I watch y/n as she gathers my papers into an unorganized messy pile and proceeds to stack them over each other, completely disregarding the condition of my papers.

"Calm down. You're ruining my papers" I hiss.

I don't normally react like this over lousy papers but i just got this job and I don't want to mess anything up. Y/n's father was correct when he told me that Brown doesn't usually hire just anyone. I need to do things right, this time.

I get up and grab my papers out of her grasp. I look at them and one of them is completely crumpled up. Not a good start Scarlett.

"I mean, look at this. Come on." I say gesturing towards the crumpled up paper.

She glances at it and redirects her vision on me "Sorry" she says offering a shy apologetic smile.

Why am I not angry? I should be, but for some reason I'm not. God it's her smile that does this to me. I can't think like this, it's wrong. I have a boyfriend. Why did I even accept her offer? too late now.

"Earth to Scarlett?" She says waving a hand in my face.

Oh god did I just zone out in front of her. How embarrassing. I look down as I feel my face start to heat up and continue fixing my papers into a neat stack. I shut my computer and carry everything.

I clear my throat "Where are we going?" I ask.

She furrows her brows in thought "I know this good burger place, let's go" she says demandingly.

I usually hate it when someone tells me what to do, but for some reason I don't hate it when y/n does it, which is odd. Anyways I'm not going to be that easy.

"Burgers really?" I ask at her childish request.

"Oh come on don't tell me you're a vegan or something" she asks curiously.

I laugh "I'm not a vegan y/n, but what if I was? what would you do?" I ask genuinely interested in her answer.

"I would walk out right now" she says sarcastically pointing to the exit.

I roll my eyes.

"I'm kidding, I would simply suggest another option" she says sincerely.

"Really?" I ask. Who knew she cared.

"I mean yeah, who am I to tell you what to eat?" She says.

I smile and walk towards the exit with her. Before I could walk out I feel y/n nudge me.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

She takes my papers and my computer into her grasp, safely securing them under her arm. She looks down on me and gets a little closer.

"Right now? absolutely nothing" she says softly.

She continues to walk while I'm frozen. Why am I feeling this? Come on Scarlett get your shit together.

She opens the door and looks back at me.

"Changed your mind?" She asks confidently as a smirk crosses her lips. I hate it when she sees the effect she has on me. Game on y/n, game on.

"Not yet" I say as I walk past her outside making sure I keep the eye contact strong. I notice her look away which makes me internally smirk.

I walk outside and I'm immediately hit with a gust of wind that was a little too cold for my liking.

"I'll put the heater on, don't worry" y/n whispers behind me almost grazing my ear. Oh y/n don't start something you can't finish.

She walks forward and unlocks a car opening the passenger's seat. No way this is her car. It's a beautiful black Rolls-Royce. Who am I kidding, of course it's her car. I almost forgot that she's incredibly rich thanks to daddy's money.

She leans on the car door and gestures for me to get in.

"I'm not going to stand here all day Scarlett" she says teasingly.

I raise a brow and give her one of my disapproving glares and don't budge.

She sighs "Sorry, Scarlett will you please get in the car" she pleads with a small smile at the end.

I walk forward and meet with her front I can practically smell her intoxicating scent.

"Was that so hard?" I tease softly.

"No, but something else is" I heard her mumble to herself. What does that mean?

She shuts my door and walks to her side getting into her seat and placing my things in the back.

I see her kind of shift a lot on her seat, am I making her uncomfortable? or is she just nervous?

She turns the heater on and winks at me.

I cross my arms and look out the window. Why am I even here. Colin certainly wouldn't appreciate this. Well actually he really likes y/n for some reason. He even told me he wanted me to be friends with her. I'm guessing he wants to get closer with his boss or something.

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I was too stuck in my thoughts I didn't notice we had pulled up to a McDonald's drive-thru.

I glance at y/n and I notice she's trying very hard to suppress a laugh.

"Are you serious?" I ask sternly, also trying very hard not to laugh.

She smiles "I mean, it is technically a pretty good burger place" she says playfully.

I can't help but smile at her state. It truly is adorable to witness.

I roll my eyes "Aren't you rich?" I ask teasingly. Wondering why she brought me to this place out of all the places in the world.

"Very. I'm also human Scarlett I enjoy occasional fast food dinner" she says jokingly.

"Now instead of being a brat. What would you like?" She asks.

My eyes widen in shock "I'm not a brat" I say offended by her name call.

"And I'm Albert Einstein, what would you like?" She says sarcastically. God her humor makes me angry sometimes.

I scoff "Just get me fries" I ask and look out the window avoiding her gaze.

"I'd like 2 large fires and 2 burgers please" she asks the speaker.

I look over at her annoyed "I said I just wanted fries"

"Oh okay sorry" she says apologetically.

She turns to the speaker "And can I get 2 Ice cream cones, thank you"

If I wasn't angry before I certainly am now.

She turns to look at me and her eyes turn a little darker than usual.

She leans in a little closer to me "I like this side of you. Almost like Darth Vader in Star Wars. It's a good look on you, scary but good." She says softly.

She glances down to my lips and back to my eyes.

Suddenly a car honking makes us both jump. Y/n nervously laughs and drives to the cashier.

That was...interesting. I felt a heartbeat and not from my heart. This is wrong. I feel terrible, I can't do this to Colin. Why did it feel so right?

Y/n pays the cashier and pulls up to the next window getting everything and handing the bags to me while she continues to drive elsewhere. It's almost like she completely turned off her emotions because she completely ignored me and didn't once look over to my direction. Did I do something wrong?

The car comes to a halt and I see that she parked in a parking lot. She turned off her car and turned to me.

"Now I know you just wanted the fries but I swear the ice cream from McDonald's is mind blowing." She says happily.

I sigh "fine I'll have the ice cream"

She smiles softly.

We eat in peace in the car. I ate my fries and I actually ate the burger as well. Y/n kept a smirk on her face because she knew I would enjoy the burger or whatever.

When we were done with our actual food the 2 ice creams were surprisingly still cool and not melted at all.

Y/n handed me mine and she told me to hold hers while she started the car. She said she was going to drop me off at home because it was late already.

Once she started driving I handed her, her ice cream.

"Thanks" she said while holding it with one hand while the other rested on the wheel.

I went in on mine and wow she was right this is amazing. I couldn't help but moan at the taste.

I glanced at y/n and noticed a weird expression on her face and she shifted uncomfortably on her seat again.

"What's wrong?" I ask concerned.

She shakes her head and clears her throat "N-Nothing" she says nervously as she glances back at the road.

By the time we get to my apartment we're both done with our ice creams and I see she has her hands in her lap waiting for me to leave.

She finally looks over to me and bursts out laughing.

"What?" I ask scared that I did something wrong.

She continues laughing but quickly stops when she sees me glaring at her.

She clears her throat and lifts her hand up slowly almost touching my face.

"May I?" She asks kindly.

I slowly nod still confused on the situation.

She leans in a little closing the space between us and places her hand gently on my cheek. Her hands are warm and soft. I feel her wipe my cheek with her thumb. I look into her eyes and she glances at me. She removes her hand slowly and it makes me crave her touch once more.

"You had a little ice cream left" she whispers while glancing at my lips. I can't let anything happen. As much as I want it to. I can't.

I clear my throat "Thank you for today, it was nice" I say softly. She smiles shyly nodding at me.

As I'm about to open the door to leave I hear her move and I look to see what she's grabbing in the back and I move closer by her shoulder, wondering what she's grabbing.

She turns back around quite quickly and her lips graze mine a little. We're both frozen in place and there's barely any space between us. I can feel her breathe hit me ever so slightly almost like she's holding her breathe. I glance at her eyes then down to her lips. I hitch my breathe a little when I feel her tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear.

I place my hand on the back of her neck slowly inching us closer and closer.

I basically jump out of my seat when I hear a knock on my window.

Oh Jesus it's Colin. I feel like throwing up. He definitely just saw that. How could I do this to him. He's going to ruin my life.

I feel a gentle hand on my shoulder.

I look up to meet y/n's eyes and I know she can see how scared I am. She offers me a reassuring look.

"Scarlett..." she says softly yet sternly.

I look at her questionably.

"I have tinted windows. He can't see inside" she says sincerely.

Oh thank god.

"Now, just play along alright. Get yourself together" she says seriously.

I nervously nod.

"Oh by the way here is your computer and your papers, that's what I was reaching for in the back" she says teasingly.

Even in the worst moments she can be a pain in the ass. I smile gratefully at her and fix myself in my seat.

She rolls down the window and once Colin notices me inside his eyes go wide in shock.

He leans into the window and sees y/n inside and suddenly he seems...relieved.

"How are you y/n!" He says happily.

Y/n smiles "I'm doing great how's the job going?" She asks nicely.

"It's going great! It's truly an honor to work there" he says.

Y/n nods "Well Mr Jost I was just here dropping off your girlfriend because I saw her at the cafe working on some papers and offered her a ride home" she says confidently.

She's a good liar. Too good. I'll watch out for that.

"Why thank you y/n, we should really catch up soon" he says while opening my door and helping me out.

"Of course" y/n says enthusiastically.

I walk out and wave a goodbye and mouth an "I'm sorry" to y/n and she just smiles.

That was close. Too close.