Fourteen

"What are you doing here, Howard?" Natasha looked up on her desk when he suddenly barged inside her office.

"You've been gone for too long and that's the way you are greeting me?" Howard was too shocked to see her on the conference the last day but he kept his calm and talked to her like she’s just an old friend whom he didn’t see for a long time. Nothing special. But he can’t accept the fact that she just turned her back yesterday after a short conversation.

Natasha smiled sweetly and walked over him.

“Care to explain where you’ve been, Natasha?”

She linked her arms on his neck and whispered softly, "Do you like me?"

Howard looked at her with his forehead creased. He sniffs her to make sure she is not drunk.

"What made you think that?" he asks seriously while her face is just a couple of inches away from him.

"You won't react like this if you do not have feelings for me," she speaks s