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A beautiful blonde walked slowly towards her boss's office.
'Okay girl, take a deep breath' She thought pumping herself.
She knocked on the door softly.
"Enter." came a muffled voice
She plastered a smile on her face and walked in. His austere expression changed quickly to a bright smile.
"Rena! Come in." He said cheering up.
"Hi Mal." She said sort of relieved.
Malachite Alcon saw her worried expression.
"What's the matter honey?" He asked concerned.
She closed the door and sat across from his desk. Luckily, she caught him in a good mood.
"Um, I was wondering if I could have this weekend off. I know I always ask a good number of days off and it not fair but I really just need this weekend off. It's my class reunion." She said quickly hoping he'd say yes.
"Oh great! I can go with you and meet your old friends." He exclaimed becoming excited.
"Uh, Mally, I was hoping I could go alone." She said quietly looking down at her hands.
She didn't see the hurt expression on his face.
"But, I'm your fiancee. Why wouldn't you want me to come?" He asked trying to mask his hurt.
"I have some things that I need to take care of." She said softly.
"Like what?" he asked coming around the desk.
He pulled her up from her chair and held her to his chest.
"Well, I can't explain right now. I promise I will later if I can go." She said looking up at him with puppy dog eyes.
He hated the puppy dog eyes.
"Alright love, you can go. Only that you promise me you're not meeting an old love or something like that. AND only if you promise to explain everything." He said resting his chin on top of her head.
"Thank you so much!" She said happily.
"No problem." He said.
She kissed him quickly and bounced out of his office in relief. She quickly headed to her office and closed the door. She rounded her desk and picked up her phone. She dialed a familiar phone number. Her old number. Home. The phone rang a few times before someone picked up.
"Hello?" came a feminine voice.
"Mom?" Serena asked feeling sure it was her
"Serena?"
"Yes, it's me. How are you?"
"Fine sweetheart. Are you coming home soon? You weren't able to come home last month and Cole misses you terribly." Her mother said wistfully.
"Yeah. I'm coming home this weekend. So is he there?" Serena asked twirling a stray strand of her long hair that fell from her tightly pulled bun.
"Yeah, he's with Sammy. Hold on." He mother said.
While she was on hold, she felt giddy and kicked her shoes off. She put the phone on speaker and took off her light blue business suit jacket.
"Hello." Came a small voice
"Hi, sweetheart." She said smiling brightly knowing he couldn't see her.
"Mommy?" the voice said.
"Yes sweety. It's me! How's my baby?" She asked
"Fine. Mommy, I miss you. Come get me." The little voice said.
She felt a lump rise in her throat and tears well up. She swallowed.
"Oh honey. I can't…but I am coming home this weekend. Won't that be fun?"
"Only if you don't leave me again or let me come with you. Please!" He begged
He started sniffling and she knew he was crying. She began crying too out of hurt and guilt.
"Sure sweetie! I promise. So uh, have you heard from your dad?" She asked trying not to let him know she was crying.
"Yeah, he's bringing me a present on Saturday" he said obviously cheering up at the thought of his dad and a present.
Before she could respond a knock came at the door.
"Um, I will talk to you later. I have tons of work to do." She said quickly.
"I love you. Bye Bye"
"Love you too"
She hung up and wiped her eyes quickly. She went and opened the door. Malachite stood there looking at her suspiciously. He noticed that her eyes were slightly red.
"Who were you talking to, darling?" He asked lightly.
"A family member from Japan." She said smoothly.
He let himself in and shut the door. He swiftly pulledher into his arms.
"And who might that be." He asked lightly landing butterfly kisses on her neck.
Her neck was her spot, she gulped slightly at his quick advances. His cool hands went up under the back of her shirt, softly rubbing her back.
"My brother." She lied.
She couldn't believe that she just lied to him again. He knew she was lying but he shrugged it off. She hated lying about things related to her son but she didn't want Malachite to know about him yet.
"Why don't we go to lunch and I'll help you pack at your place." He said reluctantly untangling himself from her.
"Sure…why not." She said relieved that he stopped and dropped the subject. It wasn't that she didn't mind his kisses, she just didn't want people at her job to continue to think the reason why she got her position with Malachite because she was pretty. She had a brilliant mind- the sexy body was just a plus. She picked up her jacket and shoes and they left.