IT'S JUST A CONTRACT

🍀Alyssa's POV🍀

I wake up and the first thing I notice when I grab my phone is a text from zailah,

Zailah: Good morning Pitaya. I had an emergency at work so I won't be able to have breakfast with you, but don't fret I still made you breakfast.

Zailah: Let's have lunch together instead *wink emoji*

'Wink emoji?' "Does she think that just because I got a little flustered yesterday when can flirt with me?" I say with an exasperated expression and scoff.

I feel my cheeks begin to burn as memories of the previous night starts to flood in so I toss my phone onto the bed and begin to prepare for work. Half way through my shower though I remember the "Let's have lunch together" part of her text, I'd been so flustered earlier that I forgot about it'. What did she mean by that? She's not gonna show up at my hospital right?'

Hahahah, what am I even thinking? She's so busy that at the beginning of our stay together I barely got a glimpse of her.

"yeah, there's no way." I mumble. I finish my work preparations and head downstairs, true to zailah's words there's a breakfast consisting of bacon, eggs and toast [the usual] with a glass of freshly blended apple and orange juice, I can't believe a young heiress like her self would know how to do stuff like this and even be willing to do it. Speaking of which, I've never seen or even heard of anyone from her family, but that's probably because we haven't had a proper conversation.

I shake my head vigorously, slapping my cheeks lightly and mumbling "stop thinking about her"

As I take my sit a the table I notice a sticky note over the plate cover so I it up to read,

Note: "Don't forget to picture me sitting next to you, just like last night." My ears instantly turn red at the mention of last night.

PS: it was fun you get all flustered from getting flirted with a little.

"Hah! Who says I was flustered? I wasn't flustered, I just got a little bit embarrassed because I'm not used to having people that close to me. I wasn't the least bit fazed by her flirtatiousness, not even little"

"Who does she think she is"

"miss Alyssa who are you yelling at?" stacey's voice cuts through the room pulling me out of my flustered rage.

"I uhh…"

"Oh my God! Are you sick?" Stacey yelps in panic before I get the chance to make up an excuse.

"what? No I'm absolutely fine. What made you think that?"

"Your face, its red." She responds stepping closer to me and placing her palm on my forehead and cheek simultaneously.

"And its hot too, maybe you should sit work out today"

"I need to call miss zailah and inform her"

"stacey! Look at me, I'm fine i really am"

"I just happened to remember something embarrassing I did a long time ago"

"Oh" she says finally letting out a sigh of relief

"Then, I'll be on my way now."

"hmm?! Aren't you going to have your breakfast?"

"miss Zailah put so much effort into it and she had to leave before she got the chance to even taste it, so if you leave without eating too her effort would've been in vain"

I groan inwardly and sit back down too eat.

…

It's currently half past 2 in the afternoon and I bet you can't guess what I've spent the whole day doing, I've been anxiously glaring at my office door and telephone in case zailah bursts in or I get a call from the reception saying she wants an audience with me all while pretending to be busy, but of course she doesn't show up. I even declined David's offer to have lunch together.

'why the fuck am I even disappointed that she didn't show up? It's not like I didn't expect it' just as I'm having this thought my secretary knocks and steps in,

"miss Alyssa its almost 3pm I really think we should go have lunch now"

"ah, you're right. Let's head out now"

"We should eat out, there's probably no food left at the cafeteria" I say as we step out of my office.

Nothing could've prepared me for what was about to happen, as soon as we step into the reception my secretary stops in her tracks all wide eyed, the words "oh my fucking God, how is she even real?"

I follow her gaze and it leads me straight to Zailah standing flawlessly at a corner giving off an aura that made it seem like she didn't belong on earth in an royal green suit pant and vest with no shirt or jacket and a black coat draped over her shoulder. She holds a giant a giant bouquet of tulips, her hair in a low pony tail. The moments her eyes catch me her face brightens with a smile and she starts striding towards me, the reception breaks out in a frenzy of whispers, I start darting my eyes around to avoid making eye contact with her incase she notices how much my heart is racing and in that moment I notice milah [my secretary] blushing. ' what? Why's she blushing? She's not even here for her' I think feeling my anger rise. Just then Zailah's voice brings e crashing back into reality,

"I'm sorry I'm late, I was trying to clear up my schedule so that nothing would interrupt my time with you" she says picking up my left hand and planting a kiss behind it. From the corner of my eye I can see milah's eyes grow even more wide, a smug smile barely visible plays at the corner of my lips and I respond

"it's already way past lunch break why did you even bother coming?"

"Why? Were you acting for me?"

"No, why would I wait for you? Just meant that if you're truly trying to win me over our should at least be considerate of my time"

"that's why I got you flowers" she says chuckling and handing me that bouquet of flower in her hand

"Miss Alyssa I'll head out first since it seems you have plans" milah says glancing between me and then zailah her gaze lingering on Zailah a second more that necessary before walking away.

"Shall we?" Zailah says offering me arm not seeming to notice milah's action which soothes my anger little bit.