A One Night Stand With My Boss

olive I'm sorry

/Adrian's pov/

I make my way into the exquisitely styled bathroom and instead of filling the bathtub, I make my way to the sleek glass shower cubicle.

I open the cubicle to reveal the shining shower handle and headset because what I need right now is a cold shower to calm my nerves after yesterday's escapade.

"Right now, I need to wash and nurture my sanity back with the sensation that will accompany the cold water" I finally decide as I step into the cubicle as I peel the only piece of clothing on my body away and I turn on the shower to allow the cold water walk its way through my tired body.

As soon as the cold water made contact with my body, the cold stimulated me to take deep breaths but all I could concentrate on was what happened last night.

The trusting, the tender moment, the sweetness, and the smile of contentment that played on her lips came back to haunt me like a bad dream and I had to stop the running water because of how overwhelming those images are because it was like I was reliving yesterday again but this time around I can picture everything that happened vividly.

She was like a wonderful drug that I couldn't get enough of and the reality of what I have gotten myself into scares the s**t out of me.

"I can't have another woman invading my thoughts, there is no way I can allow that" it suddenly dawned on me as I realized that Ember has started making her way into my thoughts effortlessly

"I can't do this to olive" I mutter as I frantically pick up soap to lather my body within an attempt to finish bathing fast so that I can get out of here.

I don't know what is up with me today but the cold shower I take when I am stressed that works wonder on my body and also goes a long way in calming me down is doing quite the opposite to me.

I don't know how long this is going to persist but the earlier I can stop these mixed feelings concerning what happened last night, the better for me it's just that my problems only ever seem to have an on the switch but never an off.

I take off the shower spray unit and quickly rinse my body before wrapping the fluffy towel around the lower part of my body and making my way back into the room to put on the old clothes I wore yesterday only for me to hear my phone ringing but before I could make my way there, the call gets disconnected.

"Rhea" groan as I pick up the phone from the same place I flung it earlier after talking to Rhea only for me to realize that the was not the one who called me but Mrs. Davis, my housekeeper so I dial her number back

"Mrs. Davis?" I say as soon as she picks up the call

"Sorry to disturb your work young master but there is something important that I need to call you attention to," she says and my brow creases in confusion while trying to figure out what the problem is

"Earlier this morning when I came in to take care of the house, I noticed that a lot of things were knocked over on the road which is quite strange..." She starts and images of how Ember and I stumbled past the sitting room to make our way to the kitchen evades my mind

"Young master......are you there?" She asks and I clear my throat

"While I was working in the kitchen, I noticed someone's presence in the lounge so I went closer to check, only for me to see a young lady tiptoeing out of the house "she informs

I know that by the young lady she means Ember because Rhea can't get here this fast and even if she did, she will walk into this house with full confidence and not tiptoe out of it.

" so I wanted to ask you if you brought a friend over or I should call the police to report someone breaking into the apartment?" She inquires

"Don't involve the police, I know about her presence in the house I just didn't know that she was up already........has she been gone for long?" I inquire

"No sir she just made her way out of the lounge now" she answers and I sigh before going towards the window of the room since this is supposed to be the master's bedroom, actually this used to be my parent's room before I had it turned to a guest room.

I see Ember walking out of the gate looking visibly disoriented since the window of the room provides a nice view of the parking lot

"Thank you very much, Mrs. Davis...." I appreciate her

"You can carry on with your work, I will see you outside on my way to the office," I say dismissing her before ending the call

"Since Ember is out of my room now, I can quickly slip in to get something to wear so that I can be on my way to the office" I conclude as I pick up my phone and make my way to my room.

I get into my room and notice that the bedspread is missing and I find that strange because there is no way Mrs. Davis must have changed the bedspread again this morning after she changed it yesterday morning.

"I would have loved to ask her what happened but I don't feel like parading myself half-naked in front of somebody that is old enough to be my mother more so, it's just a bedspread," I conclude as I walk into my closet to look for something suitable to wear.

I navigate through an array of expensive designer suits of different brands and colors before finally deciding to go for a diamond black slim-fit tuxedo from the Paul black series because at the moment, there is nothing colorful in my life so I might as well wear a color that is a perfect representation of what my life is at the moment......lonely, sad and dark.

The tuxedo is already a complete set with a jacket, vest, tuxedo chain, and a plain satin tie and all I need to do was to match the accessories with a matching black watch because no matter how miserable I am right now, I still have a meeting to attend to so I need to dress appropriately.

After cladding myself in my black tuxedo, I comb my toffee brown hair over before using a high moisture spray to hold it in place.

I take one last glance at the mirror before making my way out of the room.

"Young master" I pause as I hear Mrs. David call out to me

"Hello Mrs. Davis, how may I be of help to you?" I ask her since we rarely talk to each other

"I saw this on the ground when I was busy tidying up," she says handing a silver bracelet to me.

I take the bracelet from her before going ahead to inspect it closely because the bracelet looks just like olives own it's just instead of O and w inscribed into the leaf-shaped design separated by the heart-shaped charms on the bracelet, it has E and W so definitely it's for Ember.

"I will be sure to give this bracelet to my friend if I see her......have a nice day," I say before making my way out of the lounge to the parking lot where my white Porsche Panamera is parked.

I enter the car and make my way straight to the office and from the atmosphere on the last floor, I went straight into the conference room where I apologize to everyone for being caught up with important business and in no time, the meeting refuses in full swing.

I knew I was already late when I got to the office and I should have just left it at that but I made my way into a meeting room where I had no idea of what the scope of the meeting was.

While I sat on their feeling list about their topic of conversation, flashes of last night's event kept on playing in my mind at a very fast pace and I started sweating.

"Are you okay?" Rhea appears behind me and asks while I nod even though in reality, I am not okay

It feels like the space in the room is losing up on me and the room just feels hot even though the air conditioner is on.

"Heyy......we are going on a ten minutes tea break" Rhea informs and I take it as my cue to leave.

I didn't just leave the meeting room, I drove out of the office building, went round and round the town before getting tired and deciding to stop in front of a Horticulture shop

"It has been taking everything in my to dissuade myself from seeing olive and at this moment, I don't think I can fight it anymore" I conclude making my way out of the car into the shop where I picked up a bouquet of Daisy flower, my Koala's favorite before making my way down to the cemetery.

I got to the cemetery where I remember olives body being lowered and I must confess that a lot has changed here since the past three years that I was here.

I go through the rows of neatly arranged graveyards in rows and columns and after walking for a while, I stop in front of a neatly kept graveyard where a ravishing black marble tombstone stood out accentuated by an olive tree plant.

Unlike other marble tombstones in the graveyard that was either deteriorating or missing a brick, the appearance of her graveyard looks like someone has been paying delicate care to see that it is properly taken care of.

A bouquet of jasmine flowers is placed below the headstone that has olives sleeping place calligraphic on it like someone just came to visit her because the jasmine flowers scent filled the atmosphere so I place my flier close to the bouquet of flower.

I knell down on the dewy grass and clasp my hands together because it's been three years since I have been here, I have not summoned the courage to see her after parting with her three years ago but sadly, here I am to report myself after committing a grave sin against her

"Olive I'm sorry" I manage to squeeze out because out of everything I did wrong, I couldn't justify myself for a single one out of it.