Violet Ankamah's POV.
"Orion, hurry up!" I yell at my boyfriend, who has not long stepped out of the shower, and he is pulling on a shirt.
We're at his house and although I dropped Aaliyah at school, I've still managed to get ready faster than him.
"Stop yelling baby. And I'll have you know that this is your fault" he retorts.
I look at him in the reflection of the full length mirror.
He pulls down his polar neck top and I can see the love bites and actual bite marks on his shoulder from last night.
I wore him out.
I flush and turn back to my makeup.
Today we have a meeting first thing. Myself, Orion's company and a set of other companies are regrouping to see how far we've gone since the last meeting.
I grin remembering that, the first meeting is where I met Orion.
"Boy, shut up!" I 'snap.'
Orion immediately looks up from the pants that he's buttoning to startle at me.
"Huh?" He asks.
His eyes hold challenge.
I roll my eyes and ignore him.
He walks up behind me, saying nothing.
"Is that an attitude?" He asks.
I slowly look him up and down in our reflections.
"What?" I ask, kissing my teeth.
He grins and says nothing, reaching down into his pants and I immediately realise what he's doing.
I duck out of the way and I shriek.
"Orion, we had sex just last night! We have work!" I say, trying to reason with him as he backs me up towards the bed, making me sit.
He leans towards me and he grabs the sheets on either side of me, tugging them sharply, so I'm right in his personal space.
He grabs my jaw and holds my mouth open, rubbing my bottom lip with his thumb.
"Drop the attitude before the meeting... unless you want me to help you spend all that energy on other things" he says, smirking down at me.
He lets go of my face and I snap my mouth shut immediately.
I nod, trying not to squirm at his tone of voice.
He gives me a small kiss.
"Wait for me in the car?" He asks, pulling away completely.
"Sure" I respond, winded.
I grab the car keys and I walk out the room with haste.
I go down the stairs and I look down at my outfit once again.
^^ Violet's Fit.
I go to the car and I sit in the passenger seat.
I go on my phone and a couple minutes later, the driver's door opens and closes, as Orion sits down.
He hands me a sealed flask of coffee.
"You always forget to eat before meetings. It's unhealthy, baby" he says.
There he goes being sweet again.
And right after threatening to destroy my insides.
He grabs my hand and kisses my fingers, between the gaps of his own. I smile.
"Thank you" I say softly.
He smiles in response and starts the car.
***
"See I told you we wouldn't be late." Orion says, and I scowl as he steps out of the car.
"Don't get cocky. We're only on time, by 45 minutes, 5 of which we're using to get to the top floor" I say.
I look at him properly for the first time since we left his house.
"Damn" I mutter under my breath, joining him on the sidewalk.
^^ Orion's fit.
He grins down at me.
"Okay, little Miss OCD" he teases.
His eyes then trail down my clothes.
He takes a short breath and removes his jacket.
"Wear this. It's getting cold" he says.
I blink at his huge jacket.
"Orion, it's gonna clash with my clothes" I complain.
He stares at me.
"Does my face look like I give a fuck about a colour scheme? Girl put my jacket on before I carry you close to 'preserve heat'." He threatens.
I roll my eyes and I let him drape the jacket on my shoulders.
I gulp, looking at the way the black polar neck he wears sculpts out his body beautifully. Not too tight. And not mad loose either.
He takes my hand and we walk to the office.
People watch us, as we walk in, whispering and staring.
Orion walks with confidence, coffee in one hand, my hand in the other.
He looks like he owns the place. And rightfully so.
I've never been inside his company building before.
It's immaculate.
He greets the fawning receptionist with a nod, and he greets everyone he goes past with a smile, using their first names.
We are then met with a tall, brown skinned woman who looks like she has stepped out of an 'Essence' magazine.
"Orion" she greets.
Before he can respond, she turns to me.
"Dr Ankamah! I've heard so much about you" she says, holding my shoulders and planting kisses on both of my cheeks like the French.
She sounds southern, like Orion.
"You have?" I ask, glancing at Orion, who suddenly looks shy.
She smirks.
"My best friend is smitten quite smitten with you dear" she says.
My eyes widen as I look at Orion, who looks at his shoes.
"Yvonne, would you stop embarrassing me?!" Orion groans.
Before she can retort, a man that is quite tall and buff approaches us.
^^ Maurelo Ortega
He also looks like he's stepped out a magazine, and Yvonne immediately has eyes on him.
I know that look.
They must be dating.
"Yvonne, leave him alone! Meeting. Let's go." He says.
She nods, suddenly a little shy.
He slips a hand down to her waist as she looks up at him.
"Orion, you know how she is. Sorry bro." The man says, shaking Orion's hand.
Orion chuckles.
"Good to see you, Maurelo" he says to him.
Maurelo looks at me and holds out his hand.
"Maurelo Ortega. I'm the representative for Queens law firm, part of the the company" he greets.
I take his huge hand.
"Violet Ankamah. Head surgeon for Brookdale Hospital" I respond shaking hands.
He looks at Orion, impressed and Orion flushes some more.
We walk to the elevators and we all step inside.
****
"Did I tell you how good you look today?" Orion asks into my ear as we walk to the conference room.
I chuckle.
"Severally. When we woke up, after I took a shower, on the car ride here" I remind him.
He chuckles softly, but his smile drops as he spots someone.
I follow his line of vision to see what he's looking at.
Zahair
And he appears to be waiting outside of the conference room on his phone.
Ugh, I forgot that he would be here.
Orion looks down at me.
"Want me to warn him?" He asks, his tone now serious.
"I've got this" I say to him.
He nods and walks us to the conference room.
He waits until Zahair looks up and is about to talk to me, before he plants a lingering kiss on my jaw.
"Find me after the meeting, okay baby?" He asks.
I nod, smiling up at him.
Petty.
He brushes past Zahair without a word of greeting and starts to set up for his presentation, greeting the other managers and representatives.
I look at Zahair.
"Violet" he greets.
"Spit it out" I respond and he nods.
"Kayla called me last week" he says.
I roll my eyes and and I start to walk off.
"Violet wait." He says.
I stop and look at him.
"I know... I know I fucked up. And I know I can't be forgiven. But can we at least be civil?" He asks.
I look up at the audacious man in front of me.
Now see I had a little bit of a soft spot for Kayla, because as a woman, I had to imagine myself in her position.
But this clown...
No.
I smile sarcastically.
"Aw, you want to go back to being kind and sweet?" I ask.
He blinks at my tone.
"I- yes. That would be ideal" he says, not catching the mockery and the straight up violation that is building in my chest.
I take a deep breath.
"Zahair... when this whole thing started, I thought I should kill you and Kayla with kindness" I say.
He flinched at the sound of Kayla's name.
"Now Kayla is carrying around your fertilised egg cell, so I can't kill her." I continue.
"But you... you, I also can't kill, I guess.." I start and he visibly relaxes.
Big mistake.
"I can't kill you with kindness Zahair, because you're already dead to me." I say, delivering the final blow.
He looks shocked and I shrug.
"You're a big boy, you'll know what to do." I say patting his cheek patronisingly.
He stares blankly.
"And as for me..."
I look at Orion, who leans over his work, looking concentrated and I feel my stomach flutter, grateful for his large jacket to hide the sheerness of my top, which by now would have exposed my other bodily reactions to the man.
I look back at Zahair.
"You have a child to look after now. I should be the least of your worries" I say.
He shakes his head and grits his teeth.
I reach up and fix his tie like I would have done what feels like years ago.
"She gave you what I couldn't and now I have everything you wish you did" I say brutally.
He puts a hand over mine.
"Violet, I'm asking you to reconsider, I- -"
"Reconsider? Maybe if you'd considered things previously, you wouldn't be in this mess, Hm?" I ask.
"Prose doesn't work on me anymore, Mr Darren. And stop calling me, it's embarrassing. I have a boyfriend" I dismiss.
He drops his hand.
"Good boy" I say.
And with that, I turn to the conference room and I walk inside, leaving him to think.
I walk up to Orion's side and as soon as I'm close enough, he grabs me towards him and he kisses my ear.
"How'd it go?" He asks.
I run my nails through his beard.
"I feel so good and relaxed" I respond.
He bites my earlobe, tugging sharply and I gasp.
"Orion, all these people!" I warn.
He smirks.
"I don't care. Meet me in my office afterwards and we can talk" he says.
I nod at him and I take my seat on the chair next to his.
Zahair sits on the far side, looking down at his sheets of paper.
I focus my attention on Orion, who is about to start the presentation, along with Yvonne.
Maurelo sits opposite me and he looks at her in adoration.
They definitely have something going on.
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