Our Exes
opening song: Working Man by Imagine Dragons
It is 8 am and Harvey jumps on his 2017 black ford mustang on his way to work. New York is still the same, the hustle and bustle never gets old. Wearing his favorite grey Burberry suit with a new haircut paired with his perfect teeth and glowing brown eyes. As he is stuck on traffic he calls Donna.
On the other line, Donna just finished her make up. Paired with her burgundy matte lips and her up do hairstyle, she decided to wear an open back beige long-sleeved jumpsuit, she barely uses her jumpsuits but she felt that she needed to wear one today, she had an intuition since last night that something is going to happen today.
As Donna's phone is ringing, she immediately answers it upon seeing Harvey's name on the screen.
"Hey, good morning, pretty" She answers
"Oh, so you call me pretty now?" Harvey bites back.
— "Okay, what do you need? ugly?"
"I just thought of you while I'm stuck in traffic, anyway, see you at work today" Harvey answered.
— "Woah, this is weird. You requested Ray to pick me up today and now?! You are calling to check up on me. Mr. Specter? Are you hitting on me?" She responds jokingly.
— "Oh, I see the green light already, take care on your way, pretty."
As he cancels his call to Donna without even giving her a chance to say goodbye. He stared at his screen with Donna's caller I.D photo and he mutters under his breath...
"You have no idea Paulsen, you have no idea." he smiles.
then immediately he speeds up the car.
At the Firm.
Song: Style by Taylor Swift
Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams is a bit occupied this morning compared to ordinary "busy" working days.
Two elevator dings in unison.
When the doors opened, Donna instantly affixed her eyes to Harvey at the elevator across to hers. Harvey winks at the sight of her and he silently moves his lips to say good morning.
* background music
and I should tell you to leave cause I
know exactly where leads but I
watch it go round and round each time
*guitar riff*
Coincidentally, they exited the elevator as if it is rehearsed.
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
You've got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
Harvey slightly brushing Donna's elbows as they walk toward the receptionist to get their mail and letters.
Little did they now, the receptionist was observing both of them as they walk towards the counter. The intern beside her was also staring at the duo as they walked out from the elevator. The receptionist slightly leaned on to the intern and whispers,
"Are they together now?"
"Thalia, I hope you don't mind, but Ms. Paulsen looks radiant today, isn't she?" Harvey asks the receptionist as he examines the parcels of letters delivered to him.
Donna chuckles as she signs the documents handed by the intern to her and left the counter elegantly.
As Donna strides the hallway to the direction to her office. Her bare back is exposed leaving Harvey breathless.
The whole firm seemed to have stopped as Harvey fastens his eyes at Donna's back. With her ponytail swinging gracefully, everything is in slow motion. Harvey was like a kid in that very moment struck by the wonders of the sight before him, his jaw dropped and as well as his pen.
As the view of Donna fades, the intern interrupted Harvey, bringing him back to reality.
"Mr. Specter, Harvey" the intern repeatedly calls him
It took him a while to recover from that cosmological event, the stars aligned, the universe in celebration. It appears as if he was brought to the skies for a split second and his heartbeat could not seem to slow down to its normal phase.
The Ghost from the Past
Donna with her alluring sashay was her trademark. Every employee in the firm always looks forward to seeing her every morning when she walks towards her office. Upon nearing her destination an assistant went out of the conference room beside her office and instantly spoke to her.
"Good Morning, Ms. Pausen, uhmm uhmmm, Hi —" the assistant nervously looks at her.
"What is it dear?" She kindly asks the girl.
"uhm, I am sorry, It's just that I am new here and I'm tasked to talk to you. You are like a good but but uhmm someone's in the conference room asking for you, sorry I talk too much and I have uhmm to go" the assistant quickly left, leaving Donna amused by the young lady.
Right away she walks near to the conference room but upon seeing who is inside she jolted and stepped back on the spot. Luckily, the person who was inside the room did not recognize that she was about to enter the room.
Donna scanned the glass door dividing between the room and the hallway. To her surprise, it was Mark. Mark Meadows. The man who gave up on her because he felt like there were three persons in their relationship — well, the third is no other than Harvey.
Her heart raised and for the first time, she ran out of options what to do. Not because she still has feelings for him but because the last time they almost decided to interact did not end up positively.
She immediately rushed to the door near the pantry and found Harvey existing carrying a bagel.
"I was about to go to your office" Harvey spoke while he was still chewing his favorite bread.
Donna grabbed his bagel and chomp a huge chunk of his bagel.
— "Woah, are you really that hungry?"
— "911, I need your help. It's an emergency" Donna hissed
— "Like you wanna grab breakfast because you realized you are hungry?" He responded and slowly walk towards the direction of the conference room.
— "DO NOT GO IN IN THERE!" Donna silently yelled grabbing Harvey's arm
— "I have work to do, come on, are you really that clingy?" He answers
— "I am serious, like serious- serious, please, I need you" She begged
Harvey then realized that his favorite girl is in trouble, his mood shifted immediately, asking Donna about the matter.
Harvey could not help but cackle when he learned the matter. He could not stop laughing that it made Donna annoyed and grumpy.
— "Okay, whatever, If you won't take me seriously, I'll take the rest of day, You are so rude." She hissed like a teenage girl getting irritated
— "Hey, I am sorry, I'm sorry. What do you want me to do? Shoo him away?" Harvey gently brushes her red hair
— "no, not that, uhmmm, I can't believe your I am asking you this, but can we pretend that we are a thing? like a couple ? or something? just this hour until he gets away and then I'll buy you lunch or you can come over tonight I'll cook you your favorite dish? Or you can movie marathon using my Netflix account? please just this favor, please" Donna shyly asks Harvey while biting her lower lip
(In Harvey's brain how could he resist that lip bite and her cute face requesting a favor"
— "Okay, okay, game, but one condition" He replies
— "Yey, anything"
— "You follow my script" He concluded
— "But—"
Harvey grabbed her arm and he brought towards the conference room's glass door where Mark Meadows can see them. He stopped at the entrance door obstructing Donna from viewing his ex.
When Mark stood up from the chair to go near them
Harvey in perfect timing planted a kiss on Donna's lips for 5 seconds and another on her forehead.
Donna, in awe, went speechless. But Harvey was not finished yet granting his best friend's request.
He opened the door for his pretend girlfriend while guiding Donna to get inside the room.
As he was about to leave the conference room, he had a final statement to say before exiting and leaving the two past lovers behind, Harvey boastfully exclaimed to Donna not caring about Mark's presence.
"Honey, I had a great time last night. See you at lunch" Harvey winks to Donna and confidently smiles at Mark
Donna was defenseless at that moment, she was not sure what just happened. She felt good about it but at the same time, she did not expect that from Harvey. She was not mad, she was just purely unprepared for the act he played.
"Oh, so you are married now. Congratulations, I-I-I have to go. We have nothing to really discuss. Thanks, bye" Mark patted her shoulder and he left without even looking at her"
Donna was still in shock. She did not even notice Mark leaving her in the conference room alone. She grabbed a chair and sat on it right away and her heart is bursting when Harvey did that. She found herself stupidly smiling and she bites her lip again. She exhales loudly just like a high school girl receiving a prom invite from her all-time crush.
Little did she know, Harvey was just observing her from a distance where she could not see him. He could not believe that Mark just left after what he just did. He thought to himself that maybe it was effective. But reality, he really wished that it was not all pretend but seeing Donna blushing inside the conference room made his heart happy as well. He was staring at the whole situation happening.
Under his breath once again, still looking at Donna inside the conference room, he says
"You have really no idea Paulsen, you have no idea how much you mean to me" Harvey sighs
*TO BE CONTINUED*
i have homeworks to do and exams to study, I really hope that I will be able to update this asap. Enjoy reading. Still have to improve a lot :) I hope you don't mind.