Impossible lover (true story)

Chapter 10

   I was looking forward to Monday, I like to work , although that was not the only reason at this time. I know I shouldn’t think about him that way and I tried my best no to, but I just couldn’t help it. He was always on my mind since last week.. I needed to try to distract myself, I needed to forget about him. There was a lot of reasons why I shouldn’t like him. First of all, he was my boss and since that incident in the office of the hall where one of our office worker hooked up with one of our drivers who’s wife was working also in the office... the directors despite any s****l relationship between employees in the company.

Secondly, I am not single, I have Tyler. Doesn’t matter how he was treating me the last few months , we are still together even though I realised I don’t love him anymore, how could I after all the awful comments he threw at me only because he was in a bad mood, I couldn’t just leave him after almost 10 years, right? So I decided, I will try to avoid Tim. That will be the best for everyone.

   I drove to the company in the early morning. We needed to start at 6 o’clock sharp so I have 20 minutes left. I park my car and stopped at the front to smoke a cigarette. Tyler was coming with a friend of us who worked here as well because they needed to start a few hours later and they will finish later too.

    I was deep in my thoughts when I noticed someone was standing next to me. I look at the person and there he stood in all his glory... the person who I wanted to avoid at all cost, I mean I needed to avoid.

“Hey Nina..... Are you OK?” he asked half amused, half worried.

“Hi..... yeah... yeah, I am fine... hmm... and you?” I tried to answer without stuttering.

“Well, I am good, but you don’t seem like you are. I was calling your name, but you just stared at something on the ground. Are you that sleepy?” he asked laughingly remembering yesterday happened the same.

“Yes.. yes, I just need a coffee I guess..ha-ha-ha.” I answered laughingly, he never believed me.

“O..K.. if you say so... Come. Let’s get inside, we have a busy day today.” he said , holding the door for me to enter. He had always a lot of enthusiasm, even in the morning.

“Sure.. sure... Let’s go” I managed to answer and followed him in the canteen. ´Why he needs to be this handsome early in the morning and he smells so nice, I love his parfum´. Somehow my brain shut down when he was around. It will be not that easy to avoid him as I thought it would.

    At lunch time we were sitting in the canteen, eating and chatting with everyone. Somehow I managed to talk as less as possible with him, but a few times I caught him staring at me and frowning. I hope I wasn’t that obvious, that would be awkward to explain to him if he ask me why.

   The end of the day everybody was heading home, we had a busy day but we finished with everything in time and now we are good to go. I was packing my bag by the lockers when suddenly someone slapped the top of the table loudly. I jumped , with my hand on my chest .

“Jesus.... you scared the s**t out of me..” I breathed out when I saw Tim was standing in the front of me by the table laughing like an i***t.

“Do you want me to get a heart attack?” I asked, he was still laughing while holding his belly.

“Your.. your ... face ... was hilarious...ha-ha-ha..” he managed to say.

    He always does this, he likes to prank people with anything, especially me...he likes to slap on the table or desk when you are busy with work and you don’t pay attention. Sometimes it’s annoying but I like it at the same time because it’s him who was doing it. It’s stupid, I know but I can’t help it... I liked everything what he does.

“Ok.. ok.. you can stop laughing... ha ha ha very funny “ I said with sarcastic smile on my face.

“Oh.. come onnn... I know you liked it too.” he said smirking.

“Whatever “ I said with a small smile what I couldn´t hold anymore while I closed my locker.

“Anyway.. I wanted to ask you something.” he said seriously. Usually if he talked serious like this it meant business so I guess he wanted to talk about something work related.

“I’m listening.” I said just as seriously.

“Can you do the night shift this week? Jules suppose to do it but he called sick today ... so .... can you? “he asked. Jules was our colleague and we needed to take turns to work in the night so once a month I needed to do it and Tyler as well.

“Yes , sure, it’s not a problem, but the night shift starts in 2 hours and I started at 6 am. “ I said, checking the time on my phone.

“Yes, I know.. I will stay today and start a little later tomorrow in the morning. I need you to start tomorrow at 4 pm if it’s ok with you?” he asked.

“Oh.. okay, it’s fine. Will you be ok though, working from 6 am till 1 am?“ I ask him worriedly.

“Well I will leave earlier, maybe around 10 pm and ask Pat from the first hall to watch over the people, don’t worry about me” he said and winked at me. “Maybe I will just go home now for a fast shower and then come back... drink a lot of coffee and I think I will be fine..” he said smiling. ´Why the hell he is this handsome, I won´t be able to forget about him like this.´ I thought and ‘Ughhh..., that smile ,I love it when he smiles like that, my knees start to shake a little every time he smiles at me.´

“Ok then... see you tomorrow ...maybe.” I said and headed to the door.

“...and Nina...” he called after me. 

“Yes?” I asked after I stopped by the door and turned around.

“Tank you, I know I could count on you.” he said, smiling widely. I just returned the smile and left before I said

“it’s not a problem , bye.”  

***

   It was Tuesday morning and I had a lot to do. Cleaning, cooking, doing the laundry and then start working at 4 pm. I managed to finish with everything and even I had still time to read a little bit. I love reading, every kind of books. I was alone at home, one of the rare moments. Noah was at school, Tyler had day shift so I was enjoying myself at home.

   Soon it wastime to go to work, I prepared my stuff, changed my clothes and I was on my way to the company. When I got there I saw Tyler was just leaving with the guys, I waved at them from afar and went inside. Tim was still there helping with the loading. From one part I was happy to see him but from the other I thought this night shift will be a good opportunity to avoid him and forget about him, I guess I was wrong.

“Hey” he said with a smile when he noticed me.

“Hey.. You are still here...?” It was more like a statement than a question.

“Well.. yes as you can see. “ he said with that sexy teasing smile of his. ´Wait, what? .. Nina you must STOP thinking about him like that...‘ I scolded myself.

“It will be very busy tomorrow ,tonight as well so I thought I will stay and help you for a few hours.” He said looking deep in my eyes. I couldn’t hold his gaze so I looked away fast.

“Thanks, that’s nice of you.”  I said shyly. I was happy, to be honest, but this was wrong, really...really wrong.