* & . QUEEN .

   ❛      that    OBVIOUS    that   i’m   alone    ?     must be a sad thing to witness from afar   ,   huh   ?      ❜

                         ❛      if you’re looking for the boss     ,     he isn’t in right now   ---    but i can leave a message with him if you’d like    ?     you seem to be in a hurry    ,     i can try     PHONING   him   if it’s an emergency   ?      ❜

                          HOT   TEA   TRAVELED  ALONG   THE   PAVEMENT    .    instead guilt set within’ her    ,    a look of    EMBARRASSMENT     &      instant   regret  in her eyes   .     ❛      let me get you another     ,     i promise i’ll stay a good distance away from you so that i won’t    RUIN    the next one    .      i’m too clumsy to even    FUNCTION    .     ❜      small chuckle escaped past her light pink lips topped with coconut gloss     ,     glistening under the bright sunlight   .     ❛     please    ,     it’s the least i can do    -      especially since you’re wearing your drink now   ...      ❜

@eversolo

                   ❛      THIS IS THE ONLY TIME     the weather  is   going   to   be   nice       ,      might as well    ENJOY    it    ,    right    ?       ❜

                        ❛    unfortunately      ,      i don’t have any openings until next week    .      is it urgent or are you able to     WAIT     a couple of days    ?      ❜       it had been a   HECTIC    week    to    say   the    least     ,     eyes   gazing   up    at    the    figure   stood    before   her    desk     .        ❛      i    could    also    leave   him   a   message     ,    if    that’s    better    ?       ❜

                    CLUMSY  !!         ❛       sorry    ,    AH   !     shit    !     i   didn’t    see    you   there    ,      don’t   worry     ----      i’ll   buy   you   another   of     ....    whatever    you    were    drinking     .     ❜        a    CLUMSY   fool    ,       it’s what   taunts   her day in      &&      day   OUT    .

❛     if you’re looking for the boss    ,    you just missed him       /      but i  can take a message if you’d like   .      ❜

                        ❛     i actually really do want you to answer the question   ,    i wouldn’t have asked if i wasn’t expecting an answer    .     i may be out of line here    ,    but   i deserve an answer    .     i understand that i’m merely just an intern   &    at your disposal    ,    but i’m also a human being    .     i deserve as much respect as i give you   .    ❜    her mouth is what got her in trouble mostly    ,   the inability to keep her lips shut   &    to just move on    .     standing her ground    ,    she closed the door behind her but without her leaving through it   ,   just to give him a place to save embarrassment    .     ❛    i get it    ,   the business is tough    &    people are assholes    ,    but if you think for a second that i would recommend someone to work here after how you treat me    ?    so yes    ,   i    EXPECT    an answer   .     ❜

                     ❛    i didn’t expect that from you    ,    forgive me once again   ,    i didn’t mean to overstep my boundaries if you are annoyed   .     ❜     the mere snark of the man caused her jaw to clench   ,   it took everything within’ her not to retaliate or to set him in his place because he had control over what this internship could make of her   .      ❛    sir   ,    if you don’t mind me asking    ---     i see how you treat everyone else here    ,   why do you treat me differently    ?   have i done something to royally piss you off for the rest of my days here or do you just not    LIKE    me    ?     ❜    and yet    ,    the words rolled off her tongue as if they were meant to be    .