[Five]

|Chapter 5|

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𝗢𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰

𝖬𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀;

𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀.

Currently, we are in his office and I'm sitting in the chair next to his. He is explaining how I should prepare and layout the PowerPoint for the upcoming meeting.

When we arrived back at the penthouse yesterday, we both went straight to bed because we were worn out from the long day of walking. Therefore, we have extra work to do today.

Mr. Moldovan's mood took a total 180 from yesterday. He has been strictly professional which I understand but, I thought he would be friendlier when we're alone. He also calls me Miss Suave instead of just Elara all the time. I don't understand him at all, but I can't be bothered by it.

"I need this completed by tomorrow so that I can review it and correct anything if needed. Any questions Miss Suave?"

"No Sir, I think I'm good."

"Good. You may leave," he dismisses me with a tight-lipped smile.

I smile exiting his office and head to the living room to do some work.

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It's 7:00 and after about 3 hours of working, I stop to take a break. I go up to my room and change into something comfortable. I choose a beige bodysuit with little cute designs and pair it with my Adidas slides.

When I go downstairs I look into the fridge to see what I can quickly prepare and, I decide to make vegetarian pasta with garlic bread. I'm not sure if Mr. Moldovan would want any but I'll make extra just in case.

After an hour in the kitchen, it's finally done. I take up his food and stroll down the hall to his office. I twice knock and there's no answer so I walk in and I see him concentrated on whatever is on his laptop screen.

His hair is messy and his shirt sleeves are rolled up. He continues to type not realizing I'm in the room until I place the plate down. The glass hitting the table catches his attention.

He looks up and spoke, "Oh, I didn't know you were in here. Did you need something?" he says groggily, maybe because of his tiredness.

"No", I smile, "I wasn't sure if you ate already, so I brought you some of the food I just made."

He smiles, "I haven't eaten all day so, thank you."

"You're welcome", I move the plate closer to him. "Well, I'll leave you to it. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

As I walk out, I feel his eyes on me so I look back and see him staring me down with no shame because he doesn't look away. I shake my head, close the door, and head down to the dining room to eat my dinner.

I scroll through my phone and face time Sara to cure my boredom.

When she picks up I see she is laying in her bed. "Livv, I'm so bored right now. Entertain me."

"Oh hey Elara, nice to see you too", she says what a straight face.

I laugh and answer, "I'm sorryyy, I'm on a work trip right now and I didn't have a chance to call you because of jet lag and the time difference."

She gasps and asks, "Oh my gosh, where are you? Is it fun? Did you meet your boss? What have you done-"

I cut her off, " Woah, slow down girl I'm getting there. First, I'm in Switzerland and it's very beautiful. Yes, it is quite amusing and, yes I met Mr. Moldovan. He took me on a little tour of a part of Switzerland yesterday."

"Ugh girl you're living my dreams, you should've taken me with you." she rolls her eyes.

I chuckle, " Awww we can travel here together someday. But what have you been up to?"

" Nothing much. It's kind of boring without you. I'm about to go to a party with Taliya and Lilith now though, so I've got to get ready."

"Alright Liv, I'll call you later." She kisses me through the phone and hangs up.

I guess I'll just watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I press play on my laptop and grab my phone from the nightstand to scroll through social media. I should take a few pictures to post tomorrow because I kinda want to be active on Instagram. I reply to some of the comments on my recent and set my phone down to finish watching the show.

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It's now one a.m. and I haven't fallen asleep as yet. I'm not tired but, I am definitely craving a snack.

I walk out of my room, seeing his bedroom door wide open, indicating that he is not asleep. I then quietly go down the stairs and walk straight towards the pantry. I open the doors look inside in awe, taking in all the beautiful foods that I can consume.

My eyes lock on the one snack I would kill for at the top shelf. I jump as high as I can about three times before giving up and just staring at the bag. I notice it's only moved a bit, so I'll try to hit it a bit more. Oh, the things I would for that bag of takis right now.

I continue to jump up until I hear footsteps behind me. I turn around and see Mr. Moldovan looking at me confused.

"You need help with getting something?" he asks curiously.

"Nah, I'm good," I mumble. I turn around with determination and start reaching for the bag again. It's literally at the edge now and I've almost got it.

Before I can retrieve the bag, I feel him behind me reaching up and taking it. His front was pushed against me briefly which caused me to quickly move up and turn around.

"Really? I was so close to having it and feeling accomplished." I say pouting with my arms over my chest. I am upset right now. Not only because he took away the satisfaction of acquiring the bag myself but, also because I still don't even have the chips in my hand.

I reach to grab it but he holds it above his head. I glare at him and realize that we are extremely close. I try to push him back but he doesn't budge, he just stares with a straight face.

"Don't you think there is a reason my snacks were out of your reach," he speaks with his eyebrows raised.

"No. I didn't think you were a type to eat them." I don't feel like arguing over chips right now because, after minutes of jumping, I actually feel sleepy.

"Never mind, I'm tired now anyways. Goodnight." I mumble and walk away without looking back.

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