A thousand shades of Megalomaniac

Cherry's POV

"Oh God!" I moaned loudly as he slammed into me from behind. Impalling my pussy with his thick cock.

"Yeahhh!" He groaned. He kept pumping into me with a fast and steady rythm that made me marvel at his stamina. In an instant he flipped me over and roughly pushed back into me, elliciting a scream from me. He kept at his pace staring into my eyes with those dark eyes. The feelings were too much and I closed my eyes. The flutters in my tummy had built into a mini canyon that was waiting to explode. A few more strokes and I'll be there.

Yeah. Yeahh. Yeahhh-

I felt a sharp slap on my ass.

" Owww!"

What the hell?! I opened my eyes to meet his.

"Keep your eyes open!" he said in his thick voice that's been accentuated with arousal.

I stared into his depths as I felt that familiar trickle of pleasure finding it's way to my pussy setting my whole frame ablaze. I let out a shrew cry, spasmed and collapse onto the bed.

But he wasn't done, he slid his arm behind my back, slightly lifting my abdomen and began to aggressively pound into me. Hard and fast. With grunts and groans. And screams and twists from me. I couldn't take it anymore.

"Please..." I was building up again.

"Fuck!" He grunted and pushed deep into me in one go, simultaneously taking my very tender breasts into his mouth.

That did it! I come harder than I did the first time.

He abandons my breasts and grabs my neck tenderly but firmly and stares deep into my eyes as he unloads his cum into me. He slams his lips into mine as he collapsed on me.

He soon rolls off of me and we both lay side by side trying to catch and even out our breaths.

"Wow" I whisper-panted

"That better be a good wow" he said between breaths.

" Ohhh It's a good wow" I assured, still panting. After some moments he turned to face me.

"So....." And he was stuck.

"It's Cherry, " I said " like the fruits" Forgive me but we didn't have the time to ask each other about our names. Guess I was sex starved much.

"Cherry," he said my name like he was tasting the flavor on his tongue. That evil tongue that did things to me. " You can call me Brad" he said picking up my fingers and kissing my knuckles with his soft lips.

I smiled at him, watching him kiss my fingers. His phone vibrated on the side table and he turned to look and it. In the light reflecting from the city outside through the window I saw the entralling tattoo that was sprawled on his back. It was about a fiersome bird surrounded by everything dangerous to it. The bird appeared to be cruel and oddly vicous. For something in danger, it didn't appear fazed in any bit. The tattoo looked weirdly intriguing.

I stretched my hand to run my fingers through the tattoo but Brad stood up and quietly excused himself to the bathroom to take a call.

I turned to check my phone and almost got a heart attack when I saw the time. How the hell did it go from 10pm when I walked into the club to 5:25am?!

I got up quickly and gathered up my stuff, my blue barely there dress, Chloe's blue heels, my silver purse and where was my fucking panties? I checked on the floor and around the bed but couldn't find it.

Fuck it! I quickly put on my dress commando. My phone beeped with a text. It was from Chloe

Where the fuck are you, you whore?! You're trying na be late for work on your first day???!

The bitch.

I quickly sent her a text.

On my way. I'll be home in minutes.

I checked around if I was forgetting anything, pushed up my disheveled hair and packed it into a ponytail with the band I took from my purse.

I looked at the bathroom door. Part of me wanted to say goodbye to Brad, the logical one was already dragging me to the door.

..................

"You what?!" Chloe exclaimed as she followed me into my bedroom to watch me prepare for work.

"I know, I know, please spare me that look" I groaned as I pulled off her shoes.

" This totally sounds like something I would do but hearing you do it brings out the mother figure in me" Chloe said as she took a seat on my bed.

I rolled my eyes, and moved to pull off my earrings.

Fuck! I left them.

"Nevertheless, tell me about it", she said excitedly " was he good?"

" You bet he was," I smirked " I came twice, and hard" I said feeling my face getting hot.

Chloe immediately left her side of the bed and jumped to where I was trying to take off my clothes.

"Uuuu, tell me more" she giggled.

I covered myself immediately

"I'll do no such thing," I said pretending to try to cover my nakedness from her.

"Now get outta here, I gotta change for work" I deadpanned

" Pervert," Chloe cursed " you let a man see and touch you but I'm not allowed to see your nakedness" she sulked

" Uhh, that's because I'm into responsible men and not women" I said matter of factly.

" Tell me what responsible man fucks a woman on the first night they met?" She deadpanned.

I was stuck of words because I honestly didn't have what to say to that.

"Well...." I said, while throwing on the expensive black dress Chloe had made me buy from the online store yesterday, yunno before we went clubbing.

"See the dress suits you" she beamed.

I rolled my eyes. Again. She made me do that a lot.

" Why don't you go make breakfast while I finish up?" I requested.

"Sure " she said and left.

Chloe and I were like sisters. After we were roommates our freshman year in NYU, we bonded like siblings and had remained inseparable to the extent of moving to Seattle together and renting an apartment together.

But while she majored in dentistry I did economics. We were both of the same size making it easier to share clothes among ourselves. While she was a blue eyed blonde, with the features of a sophisticated model --- yunno the one that advertises medicated glasses, because Chloe was blind as a bat and even had to always take her glasses into the bathroom with her. I was more of a caramel brunette with common grey eyes and slightly more curvier features than Chloe's.

After I was done dressing up I grabbed my phone, bag and pumps and hurried to join Chloe in the kitchen. Coffee was already brewing and I could perceive bread toasted with cheese and eggs.

Chloe was nursing a cup of coffee. I quickly took my mug and poured me some black coffee fetching the milk bottle from the fridge. I poured some milk and stirred them together with a spoon as Chloe took two plates and put the bread toastes.

We both sat down to breakfast with me wincing and moaning slightly in rememberanc of my last night's sin. Chloe hid a smile.

I eyed my watch from time to time.

Since Chloe's car wasn't gased up I had already booked an Uber. I seriously needed to get a car myself. My phone beeped with a text from my ride, letting me know he was outside our apartment.

"Gotta go," I took one last sip of my coffee and stood up while checking the time on my wristwatch. 7:14. I needed to be in work before 8:30. "My ride's here"

"Okay!" Chloe said as she got up to do the dishes "have fun at work, break a pen." I grabbed my things.

"Will do!" I called out as I left the apartment.

CHAPTER 2.

Cherry's POV

I walked briskly towards the lady with big glasses that sat at the front desk who looked like she was in her mid-thirties but still managed to hold her own when it came to fashion. She wore a nice dress I recognized from fenti's latest catalogue. Spoiler alert, Chloe made me watch late night fashion shows. I mean who watches fashion shows at 11pm? Only a Chloe.

Mrs big glasses smiled at me as I approached. A smile that appeared forced like it was something she was meant to do, even though she didn't want to do so at the time. I smiled back.

"Are you Miss Allen?" She asked me sweetly extending her hand for a handshake

" Yes ma'am," I replied, taking her hand in a handshake."Cherry Allen, the new statistics economist".

" Well I'm Mary Rosie, and quit with the ma'am talk, just call me Mary." She chuckled." Welcome to Blacks Incorporated."

"Thank you Mary" I smiled, already liking her.

" Anytime, uhmm, please follow me, let me show you to your office" She said as she left the front desk and motioned for me to go with her. I followed quickly behind her as she took me down a hallway to an elevator. We both boarded the elevator with Mary pressing the destination to the 11th floor. The ride was awkward but Mary evened it out with huming to one of Taylor Swift's songs. It was only the both of us in the elevator. We finally got to the 11th floor and she took me to the third door on the hallway and unlocked it.

"Well pumpkin," she said as we both stepped into the office "this is your office."

My jaw literally dropped. I knew I would be having a personal office but I didn't expect that I would get the whole room to myself. I mean, I was expecting a cubicle with several other workers at atleast a 2 feet distance from me, separated only by wooden demarcations.

This was a whole new surprise!

"Wow" I whispered still amazed.

"I know right?" Mary laughed "talk about advantages of working with Black Inc. you get to decorate your space as you wish" she said.

I walked further into the office and began touching the furniture. The table that, the leather comfy chair. The cupboards. So exquisite! Chloe needed to hear about this.

"This is so amazing" I turned to face Mary.

" Yeahh, I better go back to the front desk," she said " God knows I'll be in for a lot of trouble if mr Black comes and doesn't find me there. Catch you later." She said as she exited, giving me the privilege to survey my new office in alone.

The beautiful floor to ceiling window was facing towards the city. It allowed me see the multitude of people that were hurrying to get to their various destinations. Maybe a majority of Seattle citizens prefared to walk to work.

I quickly grabbed my phone and sent Chloe a text.

OMG! You won't believe how big my office is!!!

I sat down to feel the comfortability of the leather seat and I winced in reminder again of what transpired between me and the mysterious guy, Brad, last night. Well more like this morning. I wondered what he would be thinking of me. Some sort of girl from high school who ran away after a good fuck.

My phone beeped with a text. It was from Chloe.

Really?! Send me a pic! ASAP!!

Thoughts of mr handsome left my mind as I laughed out loud and opened my camera app and took a nice photo of the room from my table that showed the general features of the room. I sent it to Chloe with a cool emoji. The one that had the cool sunglasses on. When I checked and saw that the message had been delivered. I counted.

One. Two. Three.

A face time notification came from Chloe.

I laughed as I tapped my phone screen to receive it.

"Are you kidding me?!" She exclaimed "an entire office for just you?"

"I know right?!" I laughed. "I'm still in shock myself."

"You totally need to ask them if they need a certified dentist in their company, I'm readily available" she proclaimed.

" I thought you said you only either worked for the government or for yourself?" I asked puzzled.

" Are you kidding me? I've changed my mind you idiot! You're not the only one who loves a private, large as fuck office." she said.

" Spoiler alert," I said "not everyone likes having a dentist around"

" Well not everyone likes having a bad tooth." She retorted.

" Whatever," I said " you'd better be serious about getting yourself a job. You can't sit there in your pajamas all day eating all our food."

" I'm hurt," she said rolling her eyes with fake sadness "you're right there telling me to go get a job because you've landed yourself a major deal?"

" Well, what do you expect me to say?" I shrugged "someone has to drag your lazy ass all the time, even on sa__"

There was a sharp knock on my door.

" Chloe, I'm gonna have to call you back okay?" I whispered as I ended my call.

" Yeah, come in" I called to whoever it was at the door. The door opened and a young handsome blond guy popped in his head wearing a really interesting smile.

"Hi!" He said as he walked into the office.

"Hi!" I smiled back as I stood up on instincts.

"I'm Sean Steve" he introduced himself as he stretched his hand for a handshake "head of the PR department"

"Cherry Allen," I shook his hands, "the new statistics economist." I said.

" Nice to meet you Miss Allen, can I call you Miss or are you...?" He said temporarily confused

I laughed

"No no, it's a Miss but Cherry is fine" I smiled and be returned the smile back, relieved at my answer. "And nice to meet you too"

"The pleasure is mine." He beamed. "So we're having an impromptu meeting with the boss and Mrs Rosie asked me to let you know since your email has not been uploaded into the company's portal"

Ohh so she was married.

" Okay," I said looking around to check if I'm supposed to pick something. "Am I supposed to come alone or pick something?"

" Yeah you need to pick up your laptop and a notebook, and a pen". He said " common, I'll walk you there, to save you the stress" he offered

" That's nice of you" I smiled, I picked up my stuff and followed him out of the office.

"I must warn you," he whispered " boss is not really in a good mood today. Try to keep your distance and avoid unnecessary questions."

" Sure" I said as we walked into the elevator. Sean pressed the button to the 16th floor. "So, do you also work on the 16th floor?" I asked

" Me? No, I also work on the 11th floor. With you" he replied.

The elevator dinged and opened on the 13th floor to carry two guys in crisply ironed suits and ties who were chatting excitedly about something on the crypto market. They reduced the pitch of their voices when they joined us. The shorter one nodded towards us in greeting and Sean replied with a curt nod. It seemed like we were all headed to the same floor and probably to the same meeting.

The elevator dinged when we got to the 16th floor and automatically slid open. The four of us stepped out into the hallway where we met Mary who was holding a couple of files and accompanied by a young guy.

"Oh hi!" Mary said beaming with genuine smiles this time. "seems you've met Mr Steve, I actually asked him to bring you here since your email address, my bad actually, hadn't been uploaded into the portal. I was going to do that this morning before the meeting but," she motioned towards the young guy with her. "I had to attend to the intern"

"That's okay Mary," I smiled "I do appreciate your help"

" Yeah," Sean said, " besides I got the chance to meet Miss Allen here."

" It's Cherry." I reminded him.

" Ohh right." He said.

Mary laughed and said.

" Well you'd better hurry on to the conference room, Mr Black is sure not in a good mood." She said

" So I was told." I said

"I'll join y'all later". She said as she walked away with the intern. Sean and I walked towards a room with large glass doors. Sean pushed the door open and urshered me in before following me behind. The room was almost filled with people, with a few seats left unoccupied.

I quickly scanned the room for the nearest seat to perch myself when my eyes landed on the boss and I got a mini heart attack.

Fuck!

The boss, Mr Black turned out to be no other person but my sexy mysterious one night stand named Brad.

Oh shit! Things just got wierd.

Brad, or Mr Black who happened to be studying a file with a deep scroll on his handsome face had not noticed my arrival and that gave me a relief. Temporarily. God knows what'll happen when he finds out who I am.

I held my breath as Sean and I took our seats quietly. There were atleast twenty people already sitted, with Brad -Mr Black at the head of the table. On the other end of the table was a large as fuck power point board.

I quietly took a sneak peek at Mr Black. Man sure knew how to clean up nicely. He wore a form fitted royal blue suit on a crispy white dress shirt and a red tie. His hair looked unruly which would totally look unkept for any other normal guy but looked great on him. He was really good looking I'd give him that.

Mary and the intern and a couple other employees walked into the conference Hall and quietly took their seats.

After a couple of minutes, when everyone had arrived and all the empty seats were occupied, Mr Black looked up from the files he was studying.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen." He said in his deep voice that reminded me of things. Yunno how he moaned in my ears a few hours ago.

"Good morning sir". Everyone said in unison. Everyone except me. I didn't want him to hear my voice. I wanted him to carry on with this meeting while I remained invincible.

"This past week has recorded a decline in the feedback from our clients. This morning I got a call from our partnering company in Tanzania that they won't continue to partner with us if this continues. I was only able to talk them into calming down and letting us do background check and find out the root of the issue because this is the first time this is happening."

Everyone remained silent. He spoke with so much authority and elegance that I was practically getting wet.

What the fuck is wrong with me damnit!

I can't believe I actually left this 'goodie' this morning. On the other hand I can't believe I actually fucked this goodie. I mean I know I had good taste in men but me landing a hottie this big is a serious feat for me.

"....Mary will show you the pie chart organization for this week." He said and sat down as Mary stood up to continue from where he stopped.

"As Mr Black said, we've drawn a plan for the week and the ones coming to improve our relationship with our clients and intending clients. We do not want to lose any customers and we wish to promptly repair the damages already caused. " Mary said. " Which brings us to introducing two new additions to the family. We have Miss Cherry Allen"-

OMG! My heart beat has skyrocketed.

" -the new economic statistician and Mr Matthew Daves the new intern to assist in these tasks. Miss Allen and Mr Matthew can you please stand up for recognition?"

You've got to be kidding me!!!!

Immediately I stood up and looked at Mr Black, he looked up at the two of us with interest and something like expectation? Until those were replaced with recognition and temporary shock. I saw the way his pupils dilated with, was that fury?

"Thank you so much. You may both sit down". Mary said. The show spoiler.

We both sat down and I kept my head down while the remaining presentation was going on. If he says he doesn't want me as an employee anymore I'll totally understand. Maybe I should drop in my resignation letter of just quit since I only started today.

I sneak a quick look at Mr Black and he's there staring at me with ......a smirk?

OMG! This doesn't look good. No it doesn't!

Maybe I should quit now!----

"Mr Black do you have anything to say or add?" Mary asked him.

I looked at him. He was still staring at me. He wasn't even hiding it.

"Thank you so much Mary that was fantastic. That being said this meeting is dismissed. I'd like to speak with Miss Allen and Mr Matthew alone please". He said.

Shit!

Everyone stood up and left. Except for me and the intern.

"Mr Matthew I would like you to run a survey of the activities of this company and give me the report by tomorrow morning. Take your time. Don't be in a hurry" he said

" Yes sir" the intern replied.

"Good. You can leave now." He said. The intern nodded and left . All these while I've had my head low.

Mr Black stands up from his seat and walks to where I'm seated. He leans on the table and folds his hands facing me.

God he smelled so fucking good. I almost moaned.

"Hello Miss Allen". He greeted sarcastically.

" Hi Mr Black" I muttered quietly.

He said nothing. I looked up and found him staring at me.

"Do you want to explain what happened this morning?"

What?! That! I thought he'd be disappointed in me.

Well he looked disappointed but not for the right reasons.

"I'm so sorry that happened sir" I said not looking up at him.

" I wasn't done with you. " He said. " Came back from the bathroom and you were gone"

" I'm really sorry Mr Black, I just----"

" Call me Brad" he said. I stopped talking. " My name is Brandon Black". I nodded and remained silent attempting to pick invincible lint from my smooth skirt.

" I want a redo". He stated

" What?" I asked in shock.

" I'm sorry are you deaf?" He asked irritated. I kept quiet.

After a few seconds he said in a more calming voice.

"I want to fuck you again". He stated matter of factly. " You atleast owed me that"

What? I do?

I looked up at him. As sweet and charming as this man was in bed, he was a mean and arrogant prick outside. But God , he was so handsome.

"I'll think about it" I said.

"I want you today" he demanded. "So if you're thinking about it you only have until closing. After which you're going home with me." He stood up straight.

I didn't know what else to say to that Chloe was the one who thought faster in situations like this.

"Okayy" I said trying to think of the next thing to do or say.

" Good." He said satisfied

He started leaving but then turned to me

"And miss Allen, come prepared" he said and left me alone.

Omg I needed to call Chloe and fast!!

After Brad--- Mr Brandon Black- left I stood up and almost collapsed on the floor from my shaky legs which I didn't realize were shaking until then.

I almost ran to the lift and was relieved when I found out that I was the only one boarding it. Everyone had long returned to their offices.

Once I got to my office, I secured the lock and immediately dialed Chloe's number.

"Hey bitch!" She greeted sarcastically.

" Chloe! You won't believe who my boss is!" I whisper yelled into the phone

" Uhhhm, okayyy....well then who is it? Your ex Jacob?" She asked

" What?" That took me aback " no!"

"Well then who is it?" She asked

" My one night stand from last night". I let out.

Chloe went silent. I could only hear my breathing.

"Are you still there?" I asked getting impatient

" Fuck." Chloe said.

"I know" I practically slapped my face.

"This looks bad Cherry" she said.

"Well duh! Like I didn't know that" .

"What are you going to do now?"

" Me? What are we going to do now?" I corrected.

" Hey I wasn't holding up your hair while he fucked you senseless last night! Why drag me into this?" She protested.

" Because Chloe you're the one who knows exactly what to do in situations like this." I told her.

" Well thanks for having that much faith in me ....even though it's for the wrong reasons". She said and I imagined her rolling her eyes. Chloe went silent and I imagined her thinking.

"He asked to fuck me again." I told her .

" The audacity!" She cried.

"Tell me about it." I muttered.

"Well don't." She stated.

"Really?" I asked confused. "Because I already told him I'd think about it and that usually comes with a favorable reply".

" Well you did think about it and decided it's a bad idea," she said, " besides it is a favorable reply, for you". She pointed out.

" Okayyy"

" You really don't want to fuck up this big chance of working with an established company like that because of some prick who wants to smother his ego." She stated.

" Well....what if my refusing is ruining my chances of being here in the first place?" I asked confused

" Well if he's half as intelligent as he's supposed to be for someone who owns and runs a multi millionaire company, he wouldn't sack you for refusing to have sex with him ."

Chloe's right. He wouldn't do that if he values professionalism to pleasure.

" Chloe you're the best. I didn't believe I would be asking you for an advice but I'm glad I did." I smiled.

God knows what I would have done without her.

"Anytime, just try not to make it everytime." She said, probably smiling.

" So I'm just going to tell him no?"

"No, ignore him." She said.

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Later that evening, once it was 4pm sharp I pretended to wait behind while everyone else left. Chloe wasn't coming to pick me up so I had to order a Uber. Once I found out that I was literally the only one on my floor and quickly gathered my things and pulled out my phone to order a ride home. My phone's connection was slow so it took me an entire ride with the elevator from my floor to the ground floor for the app to load. I began making my order as soon as the connection was restored.

"Oh hi, Miss Allen." Someone called from the front desk. It took me a while to realize that it was Mary Rosie, the receptionist at the front desk. She was smiling warmly at me. I returned her smile.

"Hi Mary." I tried not to be surprised that she hadn't left for home.

Wasn't she married? This was like, I looked at my wristwatch, getting to 5pm.

"You're still around." She beat me to say.

I was going to come up with a lie about being busy and not knowing when the time had passed but ended up blurting out;

"My phone's connection was bad so I couldn't order an Uber ride earlier."

I winced at my own stupid lie. She didn't seem like she thought I was lying though. She looked concerned.

"Oh, that happens a lot, especially when the maintenance guys were running around touching shit." She said.

Phew! Thank fuck.

"Yeah." I replied. That was a close one.

" So have you been able to book a ride?" She asked me.

" Uhm no." I smiled wryly. "Still isn't coming up" .

Atleast my lie was actually frustrating me. My inner subconscious rolled her eyes at me.

"Well then, if you don't mind," she said. "We can share mine."

I was surprised.

"I mean I booked a few minutes ago and the ride would soon be here." She said smiling. She was offering me a joint ride back home.

That would even save more expenses as we'd both the sharing the bill if we were both headed in the same direction.

"Why are you still around anyway?" I asked.

Mary laughed like it was such a silly question to ask.

"I usually leave last." She explained. " I'm the receptionist remember, the overall secretary." She reminded me.

Ohh so that meant....

"That means I should welcome and say goodbye to all the employees including the boss. First to come, last to leave." She said.

" Speaking about the boss," I said prying a little. " Is he still around?" I asked.

"Oh no. He left for an emergency earlier. Even before closing period." She informed me.

Oh thank fuck. I breathed in relief.

I tried to hide that though.

This meant that I could come up with a lie about waiting for him and him not showing up. That way I wouldn't have to be the one to be blamed anymore. I thought.

"Well, it appears that our ride is here." Mary said.

I waited for Mary to grab her things and we both walked out of the building.

Cherry's POV

In the car Mary was speaking with her husband. It seemed he wasn't coming home early tonight. From her own part of the conversation, which I was hearing obviously, I heard her asking him why he would be going on a dinner date with his bosses with his secretary and not her.

Whatever it was that was happening, I knew for sure her man was cheating.

Gosh I sounded like Chloe. That was a total Chloe thing to say.

Mary ended the call and turned to me with a sad face.

"Well looks like I'll be having dinner alone again tonight." She said trying to smile. It was upon closer look that I found out that she had few wrinkles on her face. She only used make up to cover them up.

"Alone?" I asked surprised. "Isn't there no one else to have dinner with you at home?" I didn't want to be so rude as to ask if she didn't have any kids. I knew it was uncourteous to ask a woman that.

"Well there would have been if Tony didn't send Tom off to stay with his grandma for the summer." She explained.

" Who's Tom?" I asked. I knew from her conversation with her husband that his name was Tony.

"Tom is my cute little boy." She said smiling fondly. Her eyes lit up at the thought of him. "He's eight and he's already so smart and matured."

I smiled at her. She loved her son. I'm sure her son did to her too.

"Tom must be so amazing, I hope to meet him soon." I said, " if you don't mind." I added.

"Ofcourse, I usually bring him to work whenever he wasn't going to school." She said. I smiled at that. We both went silent for a while.

My phone beeped and I looked at it. It was a text from Chloe.

Get takeouts while you're coming home. Macroni or anything that slurps. I ruined dinner. :'(

Oh crap. She ruined dinner again?

I immediately sent her a reply.

I'm on it. Just don't touch anything else.

Chloe was one of the worst cooks that walked the earth. If she managed to make a decent meal. It wasn't really a meal. It was probably coffee, or bacon or grilled eggs. But when it came to cooking a full course meal, it was a disaster.

And you'd think she would learn her lesson. Let's just say my best friend and roommate was good at...other things.

Kay Kay.

She replied my text.

"Uhm, Mary can I quickly stop by at the restaurant and get some takeout food for home?" I requested. " My roommate ruined dinner."

"Ohh wow, I'm sorry." She said smiling sympathetically. " Ofcourse we can."

She then asked the driver to stop by at any good restaurant so I could order our food.

The Uber driver soon stopped us at a big Chinese restaurant and both Mary, she insisted by the way, and the driver waited for me while I went in to order the food.

I ordered chilli spiced spaghetti and meatballs in a large quantity because I needed to have leftovers for breakfast tomorrow.

...........

Few minutes later, we were at my place. It turned out that Mary and I were both headed in the same direction but her place was much farther than mine. The driver pulled up in front of my building and I got down carrying my bag and the cartons of ordered food.

"See ya tomorrow." Mary said smiling as she looked at me from the window.

"You sure you don't wanna come in?" I asked her. She was going home to have dinner with no one at home. Besides Chloe and I couldn't finish all these Chinese food.

"Maybe next time sweetheart." She smiled. "I promise to hang out with you and your roommate."

" Alright". I smiled at her. She was such a sweet soul. She even insisted that she paid for the entire ride. I knew I owed her lunch at work the next day for that.

"See you tomorrow." I finally said.

"Good night." She said while rolling up the tinted glass of the Uber.

I watched as they drove away before turning and heading inside the building to meet Chloe.

..............

"There's my favorite human." Chloe said when she sighted me with the food. I rolled my eyes.

" I knew you'd save me. Who wants a prince in shinning armour when you can have a sexy damsel carrying takeouts." She joked and I laughed at that.

" Is that your way of apologizing for ruining dinner?" I asked her raising my eyebrows in mock annoyance.

" Is that your way of thanking me for saving your ass from fucking your boss again today?" She asked with a sly smile.

The bitch. I bit my lip.

Well.

" You're a bitch Chloe." I said to her as I headed into the kitchen.

"And you love me that way." She retorted as she followed me to the kitchen. I brought out the cartons of food and poured the ones we would both be eating tonight into a large ceramic bowl. The one Chloe and I used to eat popcorn when ever we were watching movies.

"Seriously though, Cherry, was he really your one night stand?" She asked as she got out the forks from their positions.

"Mmmm, yummy." I said ignoring Chloe's question. That restaurant was it. I was salivating already.

"Cherry?!" She raised her voice impatiently.

"Okay okay, so yeah he, my boss, Mr Brandon Black is my boss. " I said resignedly.

We both sat down to eat while I gave her details about my day that got from twisted to fucked up until it got to Mary's husband and not going home but claiming to have dinner with his bosses.

"He's cheating on her." Chloe, the ever ready relationship detective and therapist, declared.

"I wouldn't say that." I said. "Maybe he really was having dinner with his bosses." I didn't even know why I was defending the man. I didn't know him and there was a big probability that Chloe was right. But somehow I just felt like that wouldn't be good for Mary and her adorable kid Tom.

"Well if you can't read the fingers on the wall then just never mind." She shrugged and took a drink of water.

We were both sitting on the floor in our living room and eating from the same bowl.

After dinner while Chloe did the dishes I went to take my bath. After I wrapped the towel on my body, my phone dinged.

UNKNOWN: Hello Cherry.

What the hell?

Who could it be.

ME: hello? Who is this please?

I thought it could be Mary or Steven or I inhaled sharply with wide eyes..... OMG! Brad!

I thought of dialing the number to find out who it was but I decided against it. For all I knew it could be Brad. And I didn't want to speak with him just yet.

Chloe came into the room at that time. She sat doing her facials. She did that every night before she slept.

"So how was your day at home today?" I asked her as I carried a book I was reading for the night.

"Good. Boring as usual." She said while still applying some sort of whitish creme unto her face. "I spoke with my mom." She said and I turned to her. She didn't look like she was affected in anyway by mentioning her mom. But knowing Chloe I knew it was a hard thing for her. She and her mom never went along.

"Did she say anything to you?" I asked her concerned.

" Nothing really. She only asked for a few bucks." She said to me.

Chloe's mom was a drug addict and the only person she had left. I up from my side of the bed and went to meet her. Then I hugged her shoulder as she sat down. She stopped whatever it was she was doing momentarily and took the hug from me.

"I'll always be here okay?" I said, fucking meaning it. " No matter what happens. We got each other." I assured her. She nodded in my arms and sniffed. We both continued to hug like that. It had always been us against the world. That wasn't ending now.