Chapter Seventy Six: desires and a mix of trouble

She had a long spoken with Lang, but she later returned to her office, only to find out that Raymond was now at work.

It was past twelve, she took his coffee because Rebecca wasn't at work yet.

He seemed to be in a mood because he wasn't paying her any attention nor did he respond to her greeting.

"Is everything okay?" She asked

"Where have you been? He asked.

"With Lang..."

She was standing just adjacent to him, by the end of his table, so he had to roll his chair in a way that he now faced her.

Raymond just woke up wrong that morning, all his current problems seemed to have somehow gotten to him, he was in a bad mood, but maybe he should lighten up, especially now that he was in a safe space. He always felt safe and at ease with Amanda.

She looked beautiful that morning, her green leather dress looked so good on her, her concern for him despite his uneasiness morning was cute and soothing.

"How are you?" He heard her ask again. 

He loosened his tie relaxing on his chair as he now focused his gaze on her.

"I could be a lot better," he said.

"Tell me about it," she spoke with a warm look.

"First of all,  my worries are in the public eyes, I'm sure you already know all of it, secondly, I think you look charming this morning ."

He noticed how his compliment put a smile on her face, and how she slightly almost folded.

"I think she is beautiful, Laura." She said, maybe trying trying to take his attention from her.

"Not compared to you," he replied.

Whew! Amanda wasn't ready for how he had her feeling, she wanted to make sure he was okay. She knew how much he hated public attention even though he had always been a public figure. But he turned the whole thing around and made her feel all that hotness inside.

She saw him were a familiar smile, the one that aided the suspicion that he very much knew what he was doing. 

Amanda smiled shyly before speaking.

"we are not here to talk about me,"

 "I only want to talk about you, and maybe us," he replied.

Amanda was beginning to feel unusual hotness, Ray was smooth with his talks and got her feeling all this without even trying. Her gaze moved to the floor before going back to his face.

"Maybe we should just focus on talking only official matters when we are here," she said on the verge of just saying something and trying to fight the powers he really had on her.

"Is that what you really want?" He asked now standing on his feet and moving to her. Her eyes followed his face and it was resting on it. Now only by half feet separating them, they were too close for just boss and staff relationship.

"I wanna know?" He asked.

"Because it looks like you care for me as much as I care for you, You wanted to know how I was doing so bad and I get it, you care about me and not only as your boss."

Her gaze became softer but still on him, she was speechless and even motionless. He moved a step closer to her, his hand moved on her face and the other to her hair moving them away from her face 

"You wanted to know how I was doing?" He asked as his gaze and closeness ate deeper into her.

"I wasn't doing very great before now, but now, with you? I suddenly feel nothing close to how I was feeling earlier, you make me happy.

And I understand that all this might be difficult for you to absorb now, especially when we both have decided to keep it plain, but the truth is that my happy place is with you, Amanda."

Amanda knew Raymond had a thing with words, but she was sure that this came from his heart. She felt happy and overwhelmed with him too, but it was just hard when the person your heart yeans for happens to be Raymond Blazzer.

The entrance to Raymond's office had just been opened, they both looked in the direction at the same time, and they were faced with Rebecca. 

She had a cup of coffee with her, she looked like trouble and Ray knew she would make some trouble that morning, well, only if he entertained it.

"Yes?" He said detaching from Amanda and now facing her.

"Can we talk?" She asked.

He didn't respond to that because if she wanted to say anything she could. He noticed Rebecca give Amanda a look which only meant one thing. 

Raymond slid his two hands into his pockets before speaking again.

"Or maybe you can come back later? Since you can obviously see me occupied." 

"Uh...

I..

I should go, I will let you two talk,"

Amanda proceeded to leave the place, Rebecca's gaze made sure to follow her to the exit before it finally returned to Raymond.

Raymond was still standing just beside his office table, his attention on Rebecca who suddenly now wore a crying face.

She moved towards him but dropped the coffee she was carrying on his table first.

She was now very close to him, and if you asked him, she was in the mood to practice her acting career again.

"How could you?" 

"How could you get involved with Laura?" She said with a crying face and what seemed like tears in her eyes, well, he wasn't sure.

She started to sob, hitting his chest as the only question he seeks the answer to at that moment was 'have this woman tried seeing  a head doctor?' 

Because what did she think she was doing?

He sighed taking his hands out of his pocket and grabbing her two hands which she was hitting him with.

"Your little tears can't cut it for me, he slowly moved her away from him, then backed out from her.

"You forget I know you, you forget I know you well, you never cry. Matter of fact you have o tears.

When you are genuinely upset you get violent,"

He watched Rebecca's expression change to normal as she just stared at him with her own disappointment"

"Well, that makes both of us," Rebecca said with a low but steady tone.

"So stop trying to turn my office into a circus where clowns act out," Raymonds anger almost showed with this one.

"Raymond, my Ray," she called out, moving to him and placing her hand on his shoulder. "Don't you see? Can't you see it? Can't you see how we are for each other? We are almost each other's reflection. Ray immediately tossed her hands away from his shoulders.

"It doesn't matter if you think we are twin, we were once a mistake Which I would never make  again." He said sternly but calmly placing both hands back in his pocket.

Her anger had become even more evident, he knew that under a normal circumstances she would resort to throwing things at him, but she wouldn't dare because she knew he had cameras around.

"I know you will come around," she said before she turned ready to storm out.

"Hey," he called out to her.

"I think you are forgetting something," she paused now turned to catch his gaze.

Raymond reached for the coffee she placed on the table, picking it up and moving towards her. "This..." He said wearing a smile.

Amanda was in her little office trying to distract herself from the thought of what might be going on in there. She was reading through the emails that were delivered to her work address. Unlike other days, these mail took longer minutes to be read and she wondered why. Okay, maybe it was a little too obvious why she couldn't just concentrate and do her job that morning.

Well, the cause of her inefficiency had stormed out of Ray's office without saying a word to her.

'there was something off about her,' she thought, and it wasn't just today. She had always had a weirdly awkward energy around her. It seemed that Rebecca didn't still seem happy as she left. Amanda hated that seeing her still upset somehow made her happy. It only meant that Ray didn't entertain her or the cause of her anger.

Amanda had thought about what happened between them before Rebecca interrupted. She bit her fingers as the memory of Raymond's words recited in her head. Raymond was always refreshing and assuring but being in the bracket of his girlfriends was just something that was beyond her.

The entrance to her office had opened.

LAURA BROWN! The only daughter of the prime minister.

Oh, she guessed today was girlfriend day or something, because what was it with Raymond and been requested for by women he had a history with. She wouldn't be surprised to see Cassie show up after miss Laura.

"Hello, you are welcome to Blazzers."

Hello guys, please go read "Mr Devil And little Me."

Thank you!