Desires Die Hard

“Nathaniel’s talking now. Should I buy a cake to celebrate his first sentence?” Anya asked Ellie as she placed the children on the floor.

Ellie seemed alright with the idea. “Let’s do it. Nate’s a smart boy. He should get a treat for speaking his first sentence.”

Ellie bent down and began teasing Nathaniel. “I’m right, aren’t I? Nathaniel’s a smart boy.”

Nathaniel understood what his aunt was saying. He nodded firmly and said in his adorable little voice, “Yup.”

“What a great kid!” Ellie laughed and tousled the boy’s hair.

“I’ll go wash up now before I feed them.” Anya was delighted as well. She got down to her knees, gave both Nathaniel and Eudora a kiss before heading to the washroom to clean up.

After that, she unbuttoned her top and started feeding her kids.

She waited patiently as they got their fill of their mother’s milk.

When they were done, Anya had breakfast, then headed downstairs to go to work.

Like she had expected, Jake was waiting for her.

His fancy Audi was parked in front of the building. He looked as dashing as always.

The sight of Jake simply gave Anya a headache though.

It was almost as bad as running into Evan.

She honestly didn’t want Jake to drive her to and fro work.

She could imagine what people in the office were going to say.

The other designers in the company hated her guts. She couldn’t let them know that Jake had been driving her to work and sending her home after work.

It was going to spell endless trouble for her.

All Anya wanted was to do her job. She didn’t want to get involved in any office politics or scandals.

Anya stood frozen to the spot. After a long moment of deliberation, she decided that she needed to speak to Jake and tell him to stop sending her to and from work. It was a waste of his time. Besides, it wasn’t right.

Anya took a deep breath before heading towards Jake’s Audi, She rapped her knuckle on his window lightly. The young man rolled the window down. “Morning, Jake. I’m not taking your car today.”

“Why not? What’s wrong? Jake peered out the window and stared at Anya. Her simple clothes did nothing to hide her natural beauty. He could feel his heart skip.

It must be great to be so beautiful. You hardly needed any dressing up to look good and turn heads.

Jake’s eyes were bright with emotion. He had to stop himself from confessing his love to Anya right there and asking her to be his girlfriend.

But the time wasn’t right yet. It was still too soon.

“Nothing’s wrong. I know you’ve been going out of the way to send me to work,” Anya gentled her voice as she spoke. “You’re my boss. I can’t have you driving me to work every day. It’s not right. It would reflect badly on both of us if anyone else in the office finds out.”

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Jake had been expecting something serious. He laughed. “Don’t worry. I’m the boss, remember? I have the final say in JK Couture. Besides, it’s not out of the way for me at all.”

Wasn’t it? Besides, his having the final say in JK Couture had nothing to do with this.

She had read the company’s rules and regulations. Office romances were forbidden.

Anya found herself speechless.

“Come on, get in. We’re going to be late,” Jake said.

Anya stood there motionlessly. After a moment, she bit her lips, then gave Jake an apologetic smile. “It’s alright, Jake. I’ll take the bus. It’s a short ride.”

Anya started marching towards the bus stop the next moment.

She didn’t give Jake a chance to speak at all.

Before Jake could get out of the car and go after her, the young woman had disappeared into the distance.

There was nothing Jake could do but watch her board the bus and watch the bus leave. He slammed his foot into the gas pedal and sped towards the office.

He could tell that Anya was trying to keep her distance.

Perhaps he had been too forward and had startled her.

Jake decided that he would join Anya and take the bus with her the next time. They could use that time to get to know each

other.