Isabella exhaled when she saw the man who had entered the office.
“Marcus”, Isabella said, a smile spreading across her face. Marcus smiled back at her as he begin to approach her. She could still feel her heart beat against her chest, but it became less intense as the man turned out not to be Matteo, whom she expected. “What are you doing here?” She asked because she wasn’t expecting him.
“I suppose you were expecting someone but not me?” Marcus asked, still maintaining the smile on his face, and Isabella couldn’t help but notice how handsome he looked.
Marcus is an attractive man with charming gray eyes that stand out. Isabella loved men with gray eyes, and she found them rare. It seems unbelievable to her that she didn’t notice his gray eyes this morning. He has a nice, lean body that makes him look fit and professional. Especially in his well-ironed black suit. His beard is stubble and extremely short; it highlights his well-defined jawline and, matched with his dark, low-fade-styled hair and gives him a mature yet gorgeous appearance. Isabella couldn’t help but gush over him.
Marcus came to a halt in front of her table. “I noticed you haven’t been out of your office during lunch break, and I figured I should get coffee for you since you must be exhausted from the work overload”, Marcus said with a smile that brightened up his gray eyes and made it more noticeable.
‘Lunch break?’ Isabella thought. No one informed her about the lunch break, and remembering that, her stomach begins to burn in hunger. “I didn’t know we had a lunch break”, she said.
“We do, and it’s in the timetable. I typed it down for you. It seems you forgot to check”, Marcus said as he looked at her, and she looked back at him. Marcus isn’t as tall as the brothers, so she didn’t have any difficulty looking straight up at his face. “But don’t worry about it, because next time I will have to call you downstairs to join me for lunch”, he added with a small grin on his face.
Isabella couldn’t say anything, as she had been lost for so long, taking in his features. She chuckled nervously and smiled back at him.
“Coffee?” Marcus asked as a reminder, stretching his hand further to offer her the cup filled with coffee.
“Thank you.” Isabella took the cup from him.
“You must be hungry. I would have got some food for you, but I don’t know if you would have accepted anything from a stranger like me.”
“As-far-as hunger is involved, I would have accepted it”, Isabella said sarcastically, and they both chuckled. As she lifted the coffee to her lips, she noticed a heart-shaped pattern on it. She has primarily seen this style of coffee on the internet rather than in person. She smiled and took a sip from it. It was so hot that it burned her lips. “Argh”, she hissed, dropping the glass on the table and huffing out a breath to relieve the pain.
Marcus noticed and expressed concern. “You should have blown it”, he stated, and without thinking, he reached forth and grasped her chin. He raised her face so he could inspect her lips closely. Her lips were dark with a bit of pink on her lower lip. It was soft that he couldn’t help but brush his thumb over her lower lips while Isabella parted her lips slightly open for him. Her lips were small, and his eyes were mesmerizing as he gave her a sleepy stare while he inspected her scorched lips.
Marcus tilted his head as he leans in closer.
Isabella stared at him with wide eyes, her heart racing as she spoke, “What… what are you doing?” Isabella asked, her voice shaking.
Marcus didn’t say a word. He blew a soft breath on her lips as he slowly kept inclining his face closer to hers.
Isabella closed her eyes, sensing he wants to kiss her.
Suddenly, the intercom on the table buzzed and jolted them apart as Matteo’s voice filled the office: “Isabella, come to the rooftop right now.” before it disconnected.
Isabella felt her stomach clenched, and her heart skipped twice a beat. Matteo’s voice sounds so deep and full of authority, but she is certain that he was only giving her a reminder.
Marcus sighed and ran his hand through his hair. He realized he had lost his mind and gone too far. “I’m sorry, Isabella. I was just…”
Isabella was so lost for words that she spoke briefly just to end his explanation: “its fine. I have to go now.” She felt tense over so many things, including how Marcus had almost tried to kiss her. She couldn’t explain why she couldn’t control herself. She would have stopped him, but Marcus eyes seem to have enchanted her. ‘Thanks to Matteo, who had called’, she thought. She stooped down to put on her shoes.
“I guess I will be going now”, Marcus announced. “Should I wait around till you’re done so I can drive you home?” He offered.
‘Seems he has a car’, she thought, but she wasn’t sure how long she was going to spend with Matteo and didn’t want to raise any suspicion. “No thanks. Maybe tomorrow”, she said, rising up to straighten her dress with her palm.
“Okay then. See you at lunch tomorrow.” Marcus winked at her with a half-smile before he left.
‘Wait a minute, did he just wink at me?’ Isabella was taken aback. She shoved that off to the back of her mind and focused on the night meet-up she has with Matteo. She collected her phone from her purse and looked at her face in the dark screen as she brushed her hair back, making sure she looked good, and to her satisfaction, she did look good. She grabbed the mug from the table, gave it a quick blow, and drank from it. She didn’t get to finish it as it was hot and she was running out of time. Isabella grabbed her purse from the table, dipped her phone inside and began to make her way to the door.
Isabella stepped out of her office and turned back to see her boss’s office; it was locked. She was certain Leonardo must have returned home, leaving Matteo behind.
The whole hallway was quiet, and only the clacking sound of her shoe could be heard as she made her way to the elevator.
Luckily, Marcus wasn’t anywhere stalking around; he was gone, and so the elevator will be empty by now. She wouldn’t want to get stuck in the elevator with Marcus, as she was with Matteo last night. It would be more intense after what he almost did to her.
Isabella wondered how this evening might unfold. Was Matteo going to make another move to kiss or more? She flustered at the thought of that and felt a tingling course through her, and her nipples hardened.
As she proceeded to the elevator, she couldn’t help but feel anxious, wondering what was going to happen. Isabella pressed the button, and it automatically opened before she went in, and it locked.
The elevator began to rise, and Isabella’s heart began to beat rapidly, and her whole body became cold. This isn’t the first time she’s going to meet Matteo again, but she couldn’t help but feel nervous about it because she has a feeling that today will be different.
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