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Chapter 21

"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions."

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"I'm happy to announce that our second project with Black Ink Translations will begin in two days! I'd like to personally thank Mr. McCarthy for taking these projects as his own responsibility, this really boosts our company's rep." Mr. Andrews, my boss, went on and on about how great this project will be for us and more ass-kissing for Steve's company. 

I know we already went over this, but it still feels surreal to be working with Steve in the same room and seeing him dressed all formal, despite the fact that he hates it. Of course, that didn't stop him from being cheeky anyways, sending me winks here and there and even texts with some really stupid emojis and jokes. I found myself enjoying them nonetheless.

I looked at my phone to see yet another text from him.

From: Stevioo

What do you call a farm that makes bad jokes?

Corny.

I snorted unintentionally, causing everyone to stare at me like I'm turning into an alien.

"Something's the matter, Miss Jefferson?" Mr. Andrews narrowed his eyes.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, no." I quietly apologized, feeling my cheeks turning into bright red.

I could see Steve from the corner of my eyes that he's trying to fight a laugh as well.

Mr. Andrews nodded and continued talking. I took it as an opportunity to glare at Steve for embarrassing me. He just shrugged with a hint of a smile playing on his face.

It honestly feels like such a relief sometimes having Steve as a friend, it was unexpected, but also very much needed. He's so many things; flirty, corny, and cheeky but he's also funny, pretty smart for his looks and caring.

"Anyways, Mr. McCarthy will be here to share with you some details." He signed for Steve to stand up and take it from here. He stood up, still smirking.

"Oh, please, call me Steve." He said to Mr. Andrews, buttoning his blazer as he stood in the middle of the room to face all of us.

"This project is so much bigger than the last one, and there's a deadline we'll have to achieve so I'm afraid it's gonna take more than me and Miss Jefferson to perfect this one. We'll start July 25th and we'll have to finish within two months from there. I will walk you through more details when we begin our first meeting in two days, best of luck to you all." Steve nodded his head, sounding so formal it makes me feel like he's a complete different person from the one I know, which really impresses me how easily he could pull this off.

People started gathering around him it was hard to spot him anymore, so I took it as my cue to leave him be. Some started to leave one by the other as I was collecting my stuff, I felt someone stopping next to me.

"Well, if it isn't our talented editor slash writer!" Daniel excitedly said, having the biggest grin on his face. "Meet me on the rooftop in 5." He informed me quickly, then left. I stood in confusion, shrugging, I left the room to go to the rooftop as he told me.

"Here you are!" I greeted him as soon as I saw him, "I didn't think I'd hear from you so soon." I continued before giving him the chance to reply.

"I didn't finish reading your book yet, if that's what you thought." He explained.

"Oh." That was all that came out as I placed my elbow on the fence to rest my chin on the palm of my hands.

"Sorry to disappoint, it's just that there's something I've been meaning to tell you." He smiled apologetically.