Tina took a step towards Jay. “I have come to give my response to your question earlier today.”Jay inhaled and relaxed a bit. “Please have a seat.” She pointed to the arranged seats and a table in the centre of the room. “Was all this necessary?” Jay frowned, glancing around the room again. It reminded him of a memory he was trying to not recall. And that made it more discomforting. “Please sit. Actually, this will take time and I didn't want to keep you standing so I prepared here.”Jay shrugged reluctantly and finally sat down. Tina grabbed the wine she had ordered, walked to the table and began to pour in the glasses. “There's no need for this. Just go ahead and say—”She handed him the half-filled glass. “Don't rush. Let's take our time,” she whispered. Dazed, Jay's mouth parted. Tina lowered the bottle of wine, took a sip from her glass as she sat on the table, placing her leg on his body. Jay was utterly shocked. “You know, I have always had eyes for you but you someho

KAREN’S POVIt was finally D-day. Even though I had slept off late the previous night, I woke up the next day quite early. Both Tina and Lily were still asleep by the time I woke up and I didn't bother waking either of them up. It was too early to wake Tina and I couldn't wake Lily as it was the weekend. Recalling I still needed to sort out some computer work, I got right into it. When I finished, I selected the clothes I would be putting on. I settled for one of the few well tailored pantsuits I owned. I opted for the black closed-toe shoes and a black handbag. An envelope fell off as I was transferring my things from my bag I used the previous day to the new one. For several seconds, I stared down at the fallen envelope vividly remembering it's content. Jay's attitude was still so confusing. I just didn't understand why he was avoiding me. But I decided to think l was perhaps overthinking things.There were so many things I wanted to ask him and so many things I wanted to tell

“I’m alright,” Jay said and ended the call. He felt his head throb and suppressed a grunt. What a way to ruin the rest of his day. If he had known it was Tina calling he would never have picked up. Jay hated that he was under the control of some woman he had only met for the first time. What on earth had he gotten himself into. He groaned and rubbed his eyes feeling the tension gathering around his jaw. He had to stop this. He had to stop her. The only way to stop all of this was to get the recording from Tina without creating a scene. But he knew he had to play carefully. He couldn't trigger her. If she sends the recording to the media as she threatened, his company would receive a lot of backlash and would be greatly affected. All these years he had managed to keep a clean slate on issues related to women. Now he couldn't afford to let one mistake ruin all that he had suffered to build over the years. For Tina to have the audacity to approach him with such a demand, she must h

KAREN'S POV I had gotten things wrong. I shouldn't have tried seducing Jay. That is If what I did passed off as seduction anyways. What we needed, me and him, was a genuine conversation. How was that even going to be possible when he wouldn't look at me nor be in the same space with me?“What exactly is wrong, Miss Karen?”I jolted. My nearest colleague was starring at me questioningly. “Huh?”“You have been sighing since you got back from your meeting. Is something wrong?”“Uh–nothing.” I smiled at him. He shrugged and dropped it. Not like if he pushed on I had anything to say was the reason for my deep sighing. The mistake I made was returning to my desk after I left Jay's office. It wasn't just useless but had yielded nothing. I saw love in his eyes. Very certain I did. Yet he wouldn't look at me. No matter how much I thought about it, I just couldn't get a grasp of the problem. I scanned around the office searching for the perfect person to pour out my heart to. Everyone see