Chapter 3
It was going to be a long day she couldn't get Elliot out of her mind it didn't help he was helping her run the floor and they were stuck working side by side. Once in awhile bumping into each other or they're body's grazing against each other sending chills down her back.
Good lord how could this man she'd just met be getting to her already?! She was married! She had to remind her self of that! And based on the conversation she had over heard him have with another manager so was he. He also probably had no interest in her at all, but she was about to be proved completely wrong.
"I'm 8 minutes on this drive thru order WHY?!" She hollered at the crew walk-in over to the line she noticed only one person on line.
"What the hell?! Where is Paul?!" She was angry now. Nobody had asked to leave or go on break nor was anyone due to go on break or home. Zac, the person in line simply shrugged only makin her madder she now had a full board of orders and 4 out of the allotted time frame she was furious. She send zac to drive thru and took over the line herself pushing orders out as fast as possible.
"Damn now I know why they wanted you to come help" Elliot. Her heart skipped. She smiled and kept working
"Well I am good at my job plus Boss and I go a lil back he was my manager at my other store" she informed him and she smiled. He slid around to help her and she blocked him refusing to let him on the line.
"Don't. I work better when there's nobody to get in my way. Just let me do my thing bag em and tag em and send me out that's all I need you to do El...lliot...uhhmm Elliot. Sorry" she quickly corrected herself at her mistake feeling bad. He only smiled at the nickname it kinda warmed his heart. It was nice. He could tell he had some affect on her he could tell she was kinda flirting earlier and they had been off and on all day. They'd even talked about they're awful marriages. Though she hadn't disclosed much which perplexed him but he opted not to push that button. He enjoyed the attention. He enjoyed her. Period.
"El is fine Livia." Was all he responded and her heart pounded as she melted at the name god her name sounded so good coming from his lips. She was turned on at it. Unbelievable. This man had such an effect on her and she couldn't believe it.
She threw herself into working and clearing the screen as the evening rush began to hit them and soon Ethan reappeared
"Hey Liv, I see you and Elliot here have met. Want me to man the grill your getting a little more than I want you handling alone." Ethan said.
Knowing how she preferred to run the line alone but during rush hour often made exceptions but would still only work on the line with certain people Because she would just fall in sync with them and it would work well. As she looked at the order times she hung her head knowing she was beat. It was 5pm already and she still had 7 hours to go. She needed to let someone help her or she wouldn't last the night. She'd already been working since 8am. She sighed in defeat.
" I'll help her Ethan, and then you can actually manage the store if you'd like plus I need to get used to working with her anyway" Elliot said in a monotone but hoped he'd allow it. He'd heard how close they were and how they were often glued to the hip. He hoped he would be able to get to know her a little better while they worked on the line if Ethan would allow it
"That's funny." He said laughing lightly
"You'll never get used to working with Liv she's a wild one. Always full of suprises" Ethan said as he began to laugh. Olivia turned to him with her grill spatula in her hand
"Hey Ethan...ever been beat with a spatula before...? Because I would love to be your first!" She replied with a chuckle and a wink
"Bring it on shorty you'll loose! And you know it" he responded with out missing a beat. They were both laughing and Elliot stood there realizing it was a weird love hate brother sister relationship these two possessed with a hint of flirting involved but it was clearly one that wouldn't be going anywhere
"Just move and let El get on the line your in my way old man" she said in a snarky tone to which he laughed and raised an eyebrow
"El...?" He said looking at her curiously to which she just shrugged and then they just stared at eachother for a moment as if communicating telepathically before he walked off and Elliot slid onto the line brushing up behind her his crotch brushed against her ass and she turned about 5 shades of red and held a breath.
Lord help me. Do not blow my cover Breathe Liv breathe and it'll be okay
She thought to herself but it was going to be a long night and she damned well knew it to
