Hacking into my Hyper-linked Heart

Chapter 21- Once Upon a Dream

I felt my face heating up, "Y-you must be hearing stuff, you should probably get that checked." I answer lamely.

She snorted, "Yeah, like you should get yourself checked from Mr Cole."

"Whatever." I muttered before leaving the table with my mug and toast. I really don't want to have this conversation this early in the morning.

As I made my way to my office I couldn't help but feel like everyone was staring at me because the guilt was oozing out of my body and felt like everyone knew about my not so innocent dream. I tried to shrug off the feeling and pulled myself together as I walked to my office. I felt myself getting more nervous with each step I took, I had to face Ethan I knew that, but 'how' was the question. I mean how I will be able to compose myself after dreaming about him and after the little incident yesterday doesn't help me much.

As soon as I reached my desk, the phone was ringing. I picked the call up to hear Ethan on the other end. "In my office now." I slowly sank in my chair and tried to take deep breaths so I could control my beating heart. I took a big gulp of air, straightened my shoulder and walked into his office. His office was in a mess, there was papers all over his desks, some papers crumbled on the floor and file cabinets opened. I looked up to see a tired Ethan; shadows under his eyes indicated the lack of sleep.

"Mr Cole." I said.

He looked up from his desk with a blank face, "Where's the file." He demanded.

"File?" I asked bluntly.

"Yes Myra, the file I gave you yesterday." He growled.

"Yes that's on my desk." I replied.

"Well go GET IT." He yelled at me which caused me to jump in a fright.

"Y-yes sir." I whispered before disappearing from his office to quickly get his file. I rapidly gave him the file.

"You can go now." He said with annoyance.

I didn't reply back and left his office with a heavy heart. Did you honestly think that the dream you had would turn into reality? Most of all do you honestly think Ethan Cole, the millionaire who can get any woman in the world would be interested in you? My inner voice taunted me. I shook my head to escape my thoughts and feelings, I had to ignore whatever I was feeling and get on with the work I had to do.

After working six straight hours I decided to have break so I walked to the canteen and ordered myself and Ethan burgers with fries. Ethan hadn't uttered or demanded anything since morning so I guess he was not in a good mood but he had to eat. I walked to my desk and left my plate and took the other one and walked into Ethan's office. "Sir."

"Hmph." He made a noise which I think it meant for me to carry on.

"I bought you food." I stated as I placed the plate on his desk.

He looked at the plate in front of him for a mere second. "I'm not hungry." He answered before getting back to his work.

"Sir, you have been working for the last several hours without a break or anything so I think you should eat."

"I THINK you should keep your opinion to yourself." He stated angrily.

"But..."

"NO! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE AND TAKE THAT WITH YOU!" He yelled as he pointed his finger at the food. I roughly picked up the plate and left his office. I was seething with anger, I'm sure if I was an animation you would be able to see the smoke coming out of my ears right now. After that awful encounter with Ethan I didn't feel like eating so I grabbed my plate and slammed them on the kitchen worktop.

ARGH! All I was doing was trying to help but no he just yelled at me for no damn reason. I could throttle him right now. Instead of riling over that idiot I just threw myself in my work and kept busy.

Hours had crept past when I finally looked up to see it was nearly 6pm. I already over stayed an hour so I decided to gather my things and get out of here. As I was filing away the last few documents I heard Ethan's office door close behind me so I knew he must be leaving. I was still angry at him so I didn't turn around to acknowledge him like I normally would. When I filed my last document I turned around to see Ethan standing next to my desk and his eyes trained on me. My eyes widened in shock I thought he must have left but I guess I was wrong. Due to the fact I was still angry with him I made sure I looked away and resumed doing what I needed to do like he didn't exist.

"Myra."

I ignored him as I walked around him to my desk to grab my mug and walked away from him into the kitchen. After few seconds the small room filled with his aromatic scent so I knew he must have followed me in.

"Myra." He called out to me again.

I soaked the dishes in the water to make the cleaners life a little bit easier. I turned around to see Ethan blocking my way. My lips slipped a frustrated groan, "Can you please move out of my way?" I said every word with anger.

"No." He stated as he folded his arms.

"Argh! Why not? I really want to get home!" I roared.

"Why?" He asked with a small smile playing on his lips.

Argh! He is so damn frustrating! Is he bi-polar? One minute he's angry and the next his smiling away. "Because I want to get away from here and YOU." I retorted making sure I emphasised on the word 'you.'

"Oh do you now?" He smirked at me as he raised his eyebrow. Urgh! He looks hot the way he's looking at me right now, I knew if I didn't look away soon all my anger would evaporate. I looked away from him and focused my attention on the wall next to him. "Yes I do." I responded back.

He took a step closer to me which caused me to look at him with shock. Was it possible my dream was about to come reality? That was the only thing buzzing around my mind at that moment. He took another step towards me and I took a step back hitting my back against the wall. His body was so close to me that I couldn't comprehend anything, his scent drifted around me causing all my sense to come alive. My body started to tremble under his gaze and with such close proximity my heart was beating rapidly. "Do you really?" He whispered softly as he gazed at my lips causing my heart to flutter.

"Yes." I whispered breathlessly.

"Fine." He stated and took a step back to give enough space for me to escape. I looked at him confused, weren't we suppose to kiss like the way it was in my dream? One second he seemed like he was about to kiss me and then the next he's withdrawing away from me. I honestly can't keep up with his damn moods. I instantly felt really angry, I narrowed my eyes at him before walking away. I grabbed my handbag and my coat before walking out with my head held high as soon as I turned around the bend my eyes filled with tears. I felt utterly confused as to what happened. I felt like he knows I am attracted to him and he's just playing his little game to get some reaction out of me. I wiped away the tears and decided that I would act stronger than this; I won't show him that he could affect me with such little actions. I felt determined to repel from this stupid attraction I felt for him.