"MY FRIEND "

As she left his office her hands were shaking. The anger was rising and she needed to calm down.

She went to the washroom and stared at herself in the mirror. She could see the anger subsiding from her eyes as she tried to collect herself.

She tried smiling but it looked like it was forced. The door of one of the stalls opened and she realized who it was. It was the woman who had sat with her on the floor when she had a panic attack.

The woman recognized her and smiled at her.

"Did it happen again ?", she asked still smiling.

"Yeah it did, we must stop meeting like this ", Anna said as she chuckled.

"I never see you around though and I understand the people here can make you lose your mind ", she said as she lined against the mirror.

"Well am Anna, what's your name ?", Anna asked her and she felt stupid for asking that.

She had never had a friend before so she didn't know how this worked out.

"Am Maggy I work down at finance ", Maggy said as she smiled at Anna.

"Well I work as the boss's secretary am sure you have heard things about me today ", Anna said as her smile dropped.

"Yeah I have but people say all kinds of things here I didn't believe them. I know Briana Vincenzo can't be that stupid to be with her, she would leave him for someone else. Did you sleep with him ?", Maggy asked her.

"I don't know how to answer that, he is my husband ", Anna said and she could see the shock on Maggie's face as she took in the news.

"What I want to know more but I don't want to pry. I hope we can go out for drinks later this week though ", Maggie said.

"Yeah sure there's no problem with that ", said Anna as she chuckled and they both went their ways.

Anna could feel the eyes on her as she walked by but non of those people mattered. She couldn't let them get to her.

As she walked by to her desk her face lit up. Vincenzo who was standing at her desk waiting for her wondered what had changed her mood so quickly.

He found it hard to believe that she had lit up like that because she had seen him. A small part of him was excited to see her react like that.

As she approached her desk it was then that he realized that it wasn't him she was excited to see.

He could feel a presence behind him and as he turned to see who it was the smile on his lips turned to a scowl.

Dylan Harrington was walking towards his wife with a smile on his face. The purple tulips he was carrying in his hand pissed him off. As Vincenzo stood there he just wished that for some reason Dylan brought her flowers she didn't like.

There was no way Dylan knew his wife better than him.

As Anna hugged Dylan Vincenzo could feel the blood rushing in his veins. He could feel his anger rising as he looked at Dylan's hand snaking around Anna's waist.

She looked so comfortable with him that he wondered how many times they had already seen each other. She smiled as she took the flowers and inhaled them.

He had never seen her smile that much in all the time that he had been with her. It hurt him to know that someone else could make her smile like that and be happy with just a simple gesture.

Vincenzo walked to where they were and waited for Dylan to see that he was there when he was shamelessly flirting with his wife.

Dylan felt the presence behind him and he turned to look at a pissed Vincenzo. He knew he had crossed a boundary but it was not like Vincenzo cared about his wife at all. Someone had to make her happy.

"Hello ", Dylan said as he extended his hand for a greeting but Vincenzo ignored his hand.

His jaw was ticking and all he wanted to do was hit him Anna could tell so he changed the subject.

"How did you even know my favorite flowers were tulips ?", Anna asked as she went behind her desk and placed the flowers there.

"How could anyone not know you love tulips ?", Dylan asked as he turned to look at Anna.

It was then that she realized she should have never asked that question. She could feel Vincenzo's boring eyes on her she did not want to meet them.

There was no way she was going to fix the conversation but much to her satisfaction Dylan jumped right in.

"I just saw Briana, I didn't know married guys could also have affairs because you obviously can't be friends with a woman who is pregnant for you ", Dylan said as he turned to face Vincenzo.

"How is that any of your business it's my marriage I do want I want ", said Vincenzo.

Anna was pissed if by that comment but it wasn't the time for her to start acting like a bitch and arguing with her husband.

"Well Anna is my friend and I wouldn't want her to be hurt in any way ", said Dylan.

"Your friend it's so clear you're in love with her you can't be friends. I told you to stay away from my wife I hope I made myself clear ?", Vincenzo asked Dylan.

"Well, I had stayed away from her like you said until you hurt her and she was all alone in the rain. So the next time thinks about telling me something like that you better take care of her the way she deserves or someone else will do it ", Dylan said and turned to Anna.

"I hope you have an amazing day, sorry for arguing on your birthday", he said and headed to the elevators.

Vincenzo rubbed his forehead in an attempt to calm himself down but it didn't seem like it was working so Anna decided to speak up.

"Will you be needing me today ?", she asked him trying to distract him from what Dylan had said.

"No I have a flight to catch I need to be in Mexico today ", he said as he looked at her.

"Okay I have classes and I need to step out ", she said as she carried her bag.

"It's okay you can step out ", he said as he went to his office and banged the door after him.