Today was just another day, more of the same, but at least she enjoyed her work, keeping out of the way in the office and just keeping her head down, going over the accounts. It was tomorrow she wasn't looking forward to, when she had the client meeting.
It wasn't that she was shy by any means, it's just that client was different. He distracted her from her work, not intentionally, at least it seems that it was never intentional. Tomorrow was going to be a difficult day for her.
When she got dressed, she chose an outfit that was a plain as she could put together, nothing at all on display, she was going to concentrate on the accounts and he wasn't going to put her off this time.
She arrived a few minutes early, as usual and busied herself going over the prepared notes before being called into the meeting room. And there he was. Tall, broad, those piercing blue eyes. She sat down, doing her best to focus on the report and not look up unless she really needed to.
He sat down next to her, his scent, gentle and masculine drifted towards her and she almost shivered. "Concentrate", she told herself and carried on going through the details until it was time to leave. They stood up together, almost the same height and she was caught by those eyes that seemed to look deeply into hers, as though searching for something.
They shook hands, his strong yet gentle hand, his voice as he said goodbye reminding her why she really didn't want to be here, feelings she worked so hard to suppress bubbling up to the surface.
Safely in her car, she drove home trying to shake him out of her head, a night out with the girls was needed to be able to relax and forget all about it.
Three months later, she received an email from him. He needed to go over the business plan in more detail to make sure everything was covered before getting started with his new venture and the meeting was to be at the new building. She felt herself getting flushed at her desk, the thought of seeing him again, "it's just work" she told herself all the way to the new building.
When she got there he was alone in the office, surrounded by paperwork and what looked like a picnic lunch. "I took the liberty of bringing some lunch, I thought we could eat as we go over all this" he said, motioning towards the piles of paper on the desk.
"That's fine, I'm OK actually," she said dismissively, "let's just get started shall we?" They worked almost in silence, going over the documents and making notes or corrections and without noticing they had moved closer together, so that when she looked up she was staring right into his eyes. His pupils were huge, she tried to look away, at the desk, the paperwork, anything but those blue eyes kept bringing her back each time. She could hear herself starting to breathe more heavily, the room closed in on them and he was all she could see.