?THE OFFICE
DURING SUMMER☀
(Feelings; From Me To You…)
By; Sommy Pearl F.
Chapter 65&66
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THE OPENING pa-rtY**
Phil looked in front and a smile came across his face.
LX wondered why he was suddenly smiling, so he took his eyes to where Phil’s gaze was.
Scarlett was slowly walking in front.
Men were staring at her.
Ladies, likewise.
She was looking beautifully and elegantly made, with her red long gown, which had a flowery design at the left side of her che-st.
The arm of the gown, was at off shoulder length.
On her ne-ck was a ne-cklace, which glittered. She also wore a silver br@celet.
4 of her fin-gers clinged onto the black small purse, she was holding.
She wore black heels to fit. She was looking really tall now.
Though, her long gown concealed the pa-rts of the heels.
Her hair was down, and brushed finely.
She had simple makeup on, and this made her look more prettier.
“Mademoiselle?” A man, came to her, and took her hands, without warning.
He was tall looking, and handsome too.
He had brown hair, and he had brown full beards.
He pec-ked her fin-gers, and Scarlett gasped lowly.
“A dance?” He asked, in French.
“She is with me” Phil said, replying in the same language.
Scarlett sighed in relief.
“Thank you” She whispered.
“You’re welcome. By the way, You look so… uh…uh,, so…
“Beautiful?” Scarlett asked, and chuckled, covering her fine white set of teeth, with her right palm. written by sommy pearl f.
“Took it right from my mouth” Phil smiled.
“You look handsome, Phil…” She said, sharply.
Phil wide-ned his eyes and scratched his head, wondering where she grew the confidence.
“Thank…you” He muttered.
Scarlett nodded and looked around.
“Is there anyone you’re looking for?” Phil asked, noticing her wandering eyes.
“Yes” Scarlett nodded.
“Is it,,,, LX?” Phil asked, slowly.
“No,,, It’s Oscar” Scarlett replied.
Phil smiled, briefly.
“Ah,,, Seen him” Scarlett said, and walked forward.
She got to LX’s side.
“Scar-
“Sorry. Later, LX” Scarlett cut him off and walked past him.
LX sighed dee-ply and looked down. He was disappointed and sad. Angry, too.
“Oscar?” Scarlett tapped him.
Oscar turned to her.
“Trina nee-ds you now”
“Where’s she?” He asked.
“Her room” Scarlett replied.
Oscar bowed, and walked past her.
“Why was she that way earlier though?” Scarlett asked.
“And what’s this stuff about Jenna?” She thought.
“Miss Scarlett. You didn’t come here to pla-y, did you?” She heard a malicious voice.
She turned to see Felicia, dressed in the same dress.
“Wait. Why are you-
“I’m also confused. Such a pathetic lowlife who is also copy cat” Felicia said.
“Never copied anyone!” Scarlett said, sharply.
Felicia rolled her eyes.
“Not a deceiver but you’re so Fu-cking ugly with this…dress you’re wearing. Take it off” Felicia smi-rked, holding the wa-ist side.
Scarlett glared at her.
“Secretary Scarlett?” Phil called.
Scarlett exhaled dee-ply and turned to him.
“Yes sir?”
“Your attention, please?”
She nodded, and walked to him.
Felicia smiled evily.
“Yes, go on. You will definitely have questions to answer at the end of the day”
“Yes, sir?” Scarlett asked, after going to him. written by sommy pearl f.
“Switch it on now. We nee-d to unleash the project artwork to the screen” He said.
Scarlett smiled and nodded.
She left.
She walked slowly on the staircase, and LX went with her.
“Scarlett?” He held her arm.
Scarlett turned around to him.
“You’re extraordinary beautiful” He smiled.
Scarlett smiled back.
“Thank you. You’re looking very dashing as well”
“Where are you off to?” He asked, growing his big eyes.
“I wanna switch the system on” She replied.
LX looked at it, from the distance.
“That?”
“Yes” She nodded.
“I gotta go” She added, and turned around, but LX quickly held her arm again.
“Don’t go” He cooed.
“What?,,, Why?” She looked at him.
“I saw the way you looked at Phil. I saw the way you smiled at him. Tell me one thing” LX muttered.
Scarlett arched her brows.
“You don’t like him, do you?” LX asked.
There was silence.
“And what if I do?” She broke the silence.
“Then,, will you stop all this? All this,,,, childish act??” She asked.
LX threw his eyes away.
“Do you?” He asked.
“Yes, I do” She replied.
LX looked up at her, and gave her arm away.
He sniffed, pocketed his hands and walked away without saying a thing.
Scarlett sighed dee-ply and walked to the system.
LX held his tears in, and walked down the staircase in a rush.
He saw Felicia already there, standing. She was pa-nting ha-rd, seems she ran to meet him.
“LX,,, You didn’t tell her, did you?” She muttered, shaking her head.
He glared at her.
“That I saw you messing up with the system”
Felicia swallowed ha-rd.
“I didn’t” He snapped, walking back down.
“Why? You like her, don’t you? You ought to be saving her” She smi-rked wickedly, but when LX faced her, she composed her facial expression.
“Not your business” He snapped. written by sommy pearl f.
“Sweet LX got rejected” She giggled.
Out of anger, He turned around, snapped her ne-ck, and began to choke it.
“Ugh! Stop!” She for-ced words from her mouth, while tapping his fist.
“Don’t make me mad!” He warned, let her go and walked away.
Felicia tou-ched her ne-ck, and breathed dee-ply.
“This just got more fun…”
***
Oscar inhaled, and exhaled dee-ply before knocking the door.
While waiting for the door to open, he quickly adjusted his collar, and sleeve, and wiped his face with his hanky.
The door opened, and he smiled before strolling in.
He closed the door, and just then,,,
Suddenly, Trina came from nowhere, and pushed him ha-rd, against the wall.
She fixed her elbow against his ne-ck and ti-ghtened it there.
Oscar coughed lightly, and slowly took his eyes to the left side of his ne-ck to see a knife almost right there, trying to pierce into his flesh.
He looked in front, to see Trina staring hatefully at him.
Her eyes were so teary, yet no tear fell. It was filled to the brim.
“What are you doing?” He asked, softly.
“You killed her!!” She shouted, and her tears fell. written by sommy pearl f.
***
“Didn’t you check it before switching it on!!” Phil shouted.
He was coming down from the platform, where he was making his speech.
He had also called for the people’s attention there.
It was now Fu-cked up.
Scarlett looked up, at the screen.
People were also looking at it, murmuring.
Felicia was smiling, while holding two gl@$$es of red wine.
She walked to LX, and handed one to him.
“Cheers?” She smiled.
LX said nothing. He simply cli-cked the gl@$$ against hers, and took his, to his li-ps.
He looked up at the screen.
Instead of showing the project work, for its introduction.
Another thing was showing.
Phil and Scarlett felt like it was a deja vu. That was because, It had happened before.
P*rnography was pla-ying instead.
It was causing ruckus in the big hall.
“It wasn’t me” Scarlett shook her head.
“It wasn’t me either!” Phil barked.
“Besides, Why didn’t you recheck it? You’re fond of that” He shook his head.
Scarlett sighed.
“I’ll rush to it, immediately”
She quickly ran back up, to switch it off, but it wasn’t working.
“C’mon, What’s going on there! Do something!” Someone shouted, and everyone laughed loudly.
“Its…Its not working” Scarlett muttered.
Phil sighed in frustration, and took his hands out of his pockets.
He walked out of anger and embarr@$$ment, but little did he know his hotel card fell down his pocket.
Scarlett was confused. She didn’t know what else to do. She looked around, and saw an iron rod, which was quite long.
She quickly grabbe-d it and struck it twice on the system.
It gave sparks and the screen on the platform turned off.
Scarlett sighed in relief, and dropped the rod down. She ran back down but didn’t see Phil.
She looked around, before going to LX.
“LX, did you see Ph-
LX walked out on her, without making a sound to her.
Scarlett blinked with a loud sigh, and went out.
Felicia smi-rked, and took few steps. She bent down and took the card from the floor.
“I should give this to him, by waiting in his room” She thought and walked away.
GARAGE**
“Phil,,, Listen,, Phil,,, Please- Scarlett said, hitting the car’s gl@$$.
“Move please. I wanna be alone” Phil sniffed.
“Everything’s ruined” He muttered.
“Its not my fault. Oh yes, It is. I would have checked but- Scarlett paused, and made a gr-unt.
She held her che-st ti-ghtly.
“What’s wrong?” Phil asked, worriedly and quickly opened the door.
Scarlett quickly dived in and chuckled.
“Got ya!!”
“Fu-ck. Did you just pull a prank on me??” He asked, with opened eyes.
“I’m sorry, but that was the only way. I just wanted to apologize for my mis-
“Don’t do that again” His voice was cold. written by sommy pearl f.
Scarlett looked at him.
“I’m sorry for making you feel emotional. I had,,, to do it so that I could talk to you”
Phil sighed dee-ply.
“I wanna cool my head off. Put on your seatbelt” He instructed.
She wide-ned her eyes, and slowly wore it on.
“Where are we off to?”
“Maybe the sea side. I have a lot on my mind right now. All I nee-d is the sea breeze and clear view”
Scarlett smiled.
Phil started the ignite and made to move but the car was stubborn. He tried over and over again but all attempts to move the car proved ab-ortive.
“Dammit. Just why! why!!” He yelled.
Scarlett sighed.
“You shouldn’t frustrate yourself like this”
Phil looked at her.
Scarlett looked back at him.
“This is my dream country,,, so don’t make it frustrating”
“I’m sorry. I just,,, I don’t know. I…know this is pa-rt of your bucket list and letting my anger get in the way is awful,,, especially for you”
“Its okay” She said sadly, looking down.
Phil looked at her dee-ply, and stro-ked her hair.
“You won’t die, Scarlett…”
Scarlett blinked, and her eyes turned glossy. She slowly looked to him.
They stared at each other p@$$ionately, like their eyes depended on it.
Scarlett eyes rushed in blinks, when she noticed Phil’s face was moving closer to hers.
She knew he was about to ki-ss her. She wanted it too, but she was nervous.
He suddenly paused, halfway, and started struggling with his seat belt.
“What…what is it?” She asked.
“My seatbelt. I can’t take it off” He gr-unted.
Scarlett watched him, trying to take off the seat belt, which hindered him from ki-ssing her.
She almost laughed watching him.
“Why…Why is it this stubborn!” He half yelled.
“The mood is almost gone” She teased.
Phil looked at her and shook his head.
“A minute, please”
“Aiish!!! Get off!” He told the seat belt.
“You wanna ki-ss me that bad?” Scarlett asked, and Phil looked at her.
“Uh,,,, I…i- he paused, and scratched his head.
“Do you mind?” He asked.
“That keeps getting in the way” Scarlett looked at the seatbelt and he nodded, in agreement.
“Then,,, I’ll gladly ki-ss you” She said, and took off her seatbelt.
She stretched her ne-ck to him, and landed her soft li-ps against his.
Phil reciprocated, with his tongue fast.
He had of course, always wish for that.
It even left Scarlett on shock.
She had her eyes wide open, but when she felt its plea-sure, she slowly shut her eyes.
Phil quickly pulled her towards him, and her bu-tt landed on his thi-ghs.
They didn’t stop feeding their li-ps with their de-ep and affectionate ki-sses.
Phil’s arms went around her wa-ist, and he pulled her closer, that their che-st collided.
Scarlett slowly took her right hand to his che-st, and she took off the seatbelt gently, which went off obe-diently.
Phil broke the ki-ss and they locked their eyes together, feeling their fresh and hot breaths slapping against their faces.
“Do you wanna come over to my place?” He whispered.
Scarlett eyes ran around, nervously.
“For?”
“Let’s…solve mathematical problems,,, your favorite” He smiled, and Scarlett giggled.
TBC