Chapter 9.

Someone pinch me because I must have been dreaming. Because how can someone have so much nerve. But who does the guy think he is?

I remained silent. All three pairs of eyes staring at me, as if they were all waiting for my reaction. I had to calm down so that he didn't miss staying too much. I was trying to remind myself that he was my boss and that I didn't want to loose my job.

I took a deep breath and turned back to him.

"Can we talk outside?" I left my bag on the chair and went out. Flo and Gina watched us get out of the bar confused.

It was very windy outside. I crossed my arms to warm myself up then stopped and faced him.

"Listen sir, I'll try to tell you this again in the most polite way possible. I'm fully aware that you've helped me, but this has gone way too far, I don't know who you think you are, to think you have the right to come here and tell me what to do." I stopped talking for a second. "Wait, how did you know I was here? Did you follow me?"

" No, where are you getting those ideas? Gina told me she was with you."

"Ok whatever, please stay away from me. I'm your employee, and you're my boss. Let's leave it at that." he didn't answer me, just looked at me, he looked like he had a lot to say but he didn't say a word for a while. So I assumed he got it right and decided to give back inside. But just as I was starting to walk towards the entrance, I heard him say, "I don't want it." I stopped and faced him, he was staring at the ground.

"Sorry?" I didn't understand what he meant by that.

"I don't want to stay away from you." It was like my heart stopped a moment, but then anger rose up in me. This guy was definitely crazy. He walked towards me, but I backed up and he got the message and stopped.

"Look into my eyes, and tell me you too weren't dying for that kiss like I was, look at me and tell me it hasn't tormented you since." I let out a nervous laugh.

"But aren't you ashamed? Can you hear yourself talking? Do I need to remind you that there's a girl somewhere waiting for you? What do you expect of me, that I be your ?" I looked at him indignantly.

"Let's be clear, as far as I'm concerned, nothing happened between us. So if you have any descent left, go back to your fiancee and leave me alone." And Adios politeness.

I walked into the bar leaving him standing there. I returned to our table, and took my bag. Flo and Gina looked at me without saying anything. The anger must have been clearly visible on my face. I spoke to Flo.

"Can we go please." I took my bag and got ready to go out but Gina called out to me.

"Look Meg, I'm sorry, when he asked me I didn't know he was going to come here."

I forced myself to smile.

"Don't worry, it's nothing!"

Flo paid the bill and the three of us left.

"He is still here!" Gina exclaimed.

I noticed that Mr. Davis' car was still there. Gina said goodbye to us and went to her brother's car.

On the way home, we remained silent, I stared through the window and pretended to ignore Flo's worried looks. I knew he was holding back from asking what was going on with Mr. Davis.

We arrived at the house, and I went straight to my room, I felt an inexplicable frustration. I felt like he had disrespected me like no one had ever done?

I put on my pajamas, and as I went to bed, I noticed the jacket he had lent me yesterday. I rolled my eyes, picked it up and threw it in the laundry basket. I didn't want anything that would remind me of him. I was about to turn off the light when Flo entered the bedroom.

"Can I?" he asked me. I nodded, and he walked in. He had my pills and a glass of water. I had completely forgot to take them. I took them and put the glass on the bedside table.

"Listen Meg, you know if you want to talk about what happened I'm here, right?"

I looked at him, and hesitated for a while to tell him about the kiss. But then he was my best friend, and I knew that I could tell him anything, and that I could count on him to advise me.

I told him everything, and he listened to me ,making surprised faces at times. Then he was silent for a few seconds after I finished.

"'I don't want to stay away from you?'" he repeated Mr. Davis's sentence with amusement. "I told you Meg, this guy likes you, and if you doubted it before now you can be sure."

"Seriously Flo? he's engaged, why do I feel like I'm the only one who remembers that." Flo kicked off his shoes and climbed onto the bed.

"Give me your phone." I frowned and picked up my phone from the bedside table and passed it to him.

He wrote a few things.

"Look at this!" I watched. It was the photos of Mr. Davis with his fiancée.

"What?? you want me to feel guilty for kissing an engaged man?"

"No silly, look." he scrolled through the photos and I looked. His fiancée was gorgeous and had a lovely smile. It was obvious that she was used to being photographed. Mr. Davis was not smiling at all at any of the photos.

"What do you see?" asked Flo.

"A couple, what else am I supposed to see."

Flo rolled his eyes. "You want me to tell you what I see, I see a man who has no interest in the woman who is next to him, look." he scrolled through the photos again.

"Not a smile from him, not a loving look. Nothing."

It was my turn to roll my eyes.

"And?"

"''And'? But it's obvious that he has no feelings for this girl."

"And you think he has feelings for me? But frankly, you have to be crazy to think that he could pass by this beautiful girl to "have feelings" for this" I mimed the quotation marks and pointed at myself.

"Oh no miss I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that, you're a beautiful girl and you know it."

"Aw,that's cute, but that's not the point." I replied with a smile.

"Oh really! And what is the point?" he joked and I laughed. He always managed to put humor everywhere, that's why I always felt at ease to talk about any subject with him.

"No but seriously, how do you feel about him." I looked at him shocked at his question.

"But the question does not even arise, he is engaged, that's all we have to remember from this story."

"What if he wasn't?" he insisted, staring at me.

"But he is" I retorted.

"I know, but let's imagine for a second that he isn't." he looked me straight in the eye as if he wanted to read in me. "How would you feel about him?"

I didn't even ask myself the question. And he knew he was asking the right question. I had conflicting feelings towards him. Once he got on my nerves, but I couldn't even push him away when he kissed me.

I stayed for a moment without answering, thinking, Flo's gaze on me.

"I don't know" I finally answered.