Chapter 17: Chapter Seventeen

Olivia

The next morning finds us in Bliss, a quiet Bliss. Yesterday after our bath, he took me to bed and made live to me. The last thought in my mind before I fell asleep was 'im in love with this man." And it's true, it's so true. As we take a shower together, he asks me if I'm ok, when I say that I am, he kisses me full on.

"I want to be able to kiss you whenever I want at the office. It's killing me that I can't even eat lunch with you." He says after kissing me.

"I want that too." I answer honestly, I've had that thought since yesterday actually, I missed him so much, especially when I was out running errands and came back to the office tired.

"Then let's go public with our relationship babe." He says and I see that this is torture to him, but I can't, not yet anyway.

"You know we can't. I can't afford to lose the respect I've earned in the office." I reply.

"So you'd rather suffer because of what people may think?" He now sounds a bit angry. I touch his biceps and pull back to get a clear look at him.

"Jason I don't want to be named the office slut."

"Then I'll fire them, whoever talks like that about you will be gone before they have a chance to finish that word." His voice has gone back to pleading.

"You'd be stupid to fire people for having opinions then." I reply fiercely.

He switched off the water then, he pulls me out of the shower and pulls a towel around me. "For defending my woman?" He laughs sarcastically then pushes me to the wall next to the shower, "Baby you don't know what I would do for you." Then he kisses me and walks out of the bathroom leaving me struggling with my feelings.

After a while I walk out of the bathroom, on top of the bed, my clothes are laid there with red louboutins on the foot of the bed. He's never done that before, choose clothes for me to wear to work or anywhere else for that matter. Red, that's all the color there is, a red plaid dual breasted skirt with a red long sleeved t shirt, he had a mind to put on black stalkings at least as the skirt is short, it's not helping that it's also tight.

He's not in the bedroom so I'm guessing he put out these clothes and left the bedroom, meaning he's avoiding me and is pissed. After putting on the clothes and shoes, I walk out to the kitchen, my usual breakfast of cereal and coffee, the office door is closed so I'm guessing he is there. I sit down to eat and drink my coffee, realising that I didn't make any choices about anything this morning.

I'm putting the plates in the zinc when he comes out of the office speaking on his phone. He picks up my bag which I'd left it on the counter yesterday and makes his way to the elevator. We don't speak on the way down. We don't speak on the way to the office, he still busy on the phone. When my stop comes to get off he stopped talking to the phone and tells read it to go straight to the office. And like I've been doing the whole way here I keep my mouth shut and look at his profile.

I don't know if he's more pissed or more hurt, and I'm surprised when pecks me on the lips before we get off in the building garage. I take my bag from the floor of the car and get out of the car and wait for him by the elevator as he finishes his phone call by the car. From the way his voice sounded in the car, it seems like there's something serious going on. I only caught snippets of the conversation, and kept saying "I'm not leaving the office and coming there." And I wonder if he made that decision because of me.

"You can go if you need to, you know?!" I say once he's next to me and waiting for the elevator. He doesn't answer me, only looks at me with a heated gaze. I decide to keep quiet then as we get into the elevator and go up. I press the ground level so that I go to clock in. I don't say anything when I get off and leave him alone in the elevator.

I feel eyes follow me the moment I leave the elevator because I got off in the CEO's elevator, they follow me even after I sign in and go back to the elevator banks to head up to the office. I already know that the receptionist at Jason's office knows with the way she looks at me, the girls I work with also know. And I also know that this outfit and Jason's actions to this point was a power play. He wants me to confront him, I'm not going to do that. If he wants to play, then I'm all in.

Nobody has the gul to ask me about the elevator thing and my day goes by as normal as it can be with Jason not talking to me and pissed at everyone. By lunch time when I head out to the nearby bakery my mood is much better, but when I get off the elevator to go out, Matt is standing by the security guards talking and laughing with them. I wasn't prepared to see him after so long and I stumble in my step. He chooses that exact time to look towards the elevators where I'm standing, his eyes roaming down and up my body with a possessive glint in his eyes and I suddenly feel sick to my stomach.

He walks towards me then and reaches for me which I avoid his touch. I know he is still sleeping with Scarlett although he thinks I don't know, she has been posting all over social media about them since I found them in my bed. I've unfriended her on all my accounts and even blocked her number as well.

"Hey baby." He says getting too close for comfort and trying to kiss me.

"Don't touch me if you know what's good for you." I say and try to walk around him but he holds my arm.

"Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you Olivia." He says with a tight voice with his fingers going tighter around my arm.

I dont even hear the elevator doors open, I'm so engrossed in getting my arm lose that I don't notice Jason until he's taken me behind him. "Get your hands off my woman." He tells Matt and suddenly all eyes are on us three.