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Chapter 4 – Foolish Thoughts
She was in a vast office with bookshelves and a desk a few feet directly ahead of her. She saw a man with dark brown hair, neatly combed back, working at his desk. She couldn't see his face clearly since he was looking down but she could tell he was concentrating and probably didn't realize that she had stepped closer towards his desk. She was a couple steps away from him, when he finally looked up and smiled.
"Hi, Mr. Fox sent you up here?"
"Yes, he told me to give this to you personally." She handed the box to him and he took it gratefully.
"Thank you for making that trip all the way up here to give me this."
"It's no problem really." Evelyn smiled back, hoping he didn't realize how shy she was at the moment.
"I don't think we've met before. Bruce Wayne."
"Oh good, otherwise I could've been fired for giving this to the wrong person." She said sarcastically and Bruce smiled in response. "I'm Evelyn Knight, I joined about 5 months ago."
"How has Mr. Fox been treating you, not too harshly I hope?"
"No he's been great, possibly the best one I've had since I started working. Very knowledgeable and considerate."
"He's a great guy and I'm sure you're great at what you do too." He said with a grin and looking back at his papers he said, "I wish we could talk more but I have to get back to attending these project verifications. It was a pleasure meeting you Ms. Knight."
"It was great to finally meet you too Mr. Wayne."
They shook hands and she turned to leave. She just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible without giving more time to the possibility of embarrassing herself in any way. The meeting went well and she didn't want to mess it up with anything. On her way out she turned a little to her right to close the door, and she saw him still looking at her. When she noticed, she blushed a little and shut the door.
As she walked out, she kept going over everything in her head making sure she didn't do anything "stupid" and kept thinking about how good looking he was up close. She had not realized how deep in thought she was until she reached the door to Fox's office. She shook her head trying so hard to get those thoughts out of her.
He's my boss. I can't…shouldn't think of him like that.
"Were you able to get the prototype to him successfully?" Fox suddenly asked appearing in front of her.
It took a little longer than it should have to process what was happening. "Oh, yea…yes. I gave it to him." Evelyn smiled, hoping Fox wouldn't see right through her.
He smiled, "Happens to every woman that meets him."
Evelyn was caught off guard, "What happens? I don't know what you're talking about Lucius." She stressed his first name in order to make him terminate his thoughts before the conversation led down a path she clearly did not want to go with her boss. Luckily he got the message and continued on to other tasks he had laid out for her to complete before the end of the day.
Her day went by faster than usual, most probably because she could not stop thinking about Bruce. She was pleased she could still walk back to her apartment since it was light out at 5:30pm. As she was leaving the building, arbitrary questions and thoughts would not escape her mind; questions she had not asked herself about a man in quite some time. If anyone could read her thoughts, they would think she was a little schoolgirl gushing over a cute guy with whom she had had a two second conversation.
Will I see him again any time soon?
I hope I wasn't too transparent when I talked to him, at least my voice didn't crack when I spoke; god knows that's happened before.
What did he think of me?
I wish I could've stayed longer.
Why did he keep looking at me when I was leaving?
Did that mean something?... Yea right, he has models and celebrities pursuing him. He would never have a "thing" for just an everyday schoolgirl-with-a-crush.
Evelyn convinced herself she wouldn't have those thoughts again, she wouldn't tolerate it. Although she was in the need of closure that only a man could provide, she did not want to get involved with her boss even if there was attraction from his side.
As the clock struck seven o'clock, Evelyn sat in her living room that had a contemporary essence, decorate lightly with her and Rachel's personal belongings. The paintings were part of Evelyn's appreciation for art, while the foreign artifacts were part of Rachel's various trips abroad while in college. As she admired the peace that surrounded her in that moment, her attention was drawn to the window in front of her that revealed city lights illuminating every corner of the vast metropolis. Suddenly Evelyn heard footsteps coming closer, getting louder by the second. It was quickly joined by the chatter of two people who were conversing something incomprehensible. It sounded like a female's and a male's voices. As the progressions of the steps desist, she heard someone unlocking her apartment door.
It's probably Rachel with someone from work.
The door opened and she could see Rachel's reflection in the window. Evelyn turned to welcome Rachel when she noticed the man who had walked in behind her. It was Bruce.
Oh my god! What is he doing here? And why did I have to change into my pajamas this early? Geez! So much for any sign of attraction from Bruce. This would completely turn him away.
"Evelyn?" Rachel said, snapping Evelyn from her thoughts of her world crumbling down.
"Oh hey. You're early," Evelyn said trying to sound as calm as possible.
"Actually I still have a lot of work to do, and I needed to give Bruce something," she paused for a moment, "oh have you guys met? Bruce this is my friend Evelyn and Evelyn I think you know who Bruce is."
Evelyn finally stood up, seeing as she had no way of shrinking away unnoticed any longer. She stood up to reveal her lavender spaghetti strap tank top, and white pajamas with miniscule lavender flower petals. She felt a little exposed, for him to see her in her sleepwear was getting a little too personal too soon.
"I can't find it here." Rachel said while looking through a stack of papers she had on a table near the sofa. "I'm gonna go look in my room, it has to be here somewhere."
With that she headed to right of us, past the kitchen and living room, and into the small hallway that had a bathroom, my room and her room.
"I didn't think I'd see you again." Bruce said breaking the silence between them.
Evelyn looked at Bruce with a quizzical look, He wanted to see me again??
"I mean in the same day," he suddenly added trying to remove the discomfort caused by his first comment. Evelyn kept looking away, for some reason she couldn't look him in the eyes without shying away.
"Yea," Evelyn added quietly. "Rachel told me you both grew up together."
"Oh yea, we've known each other since before we were eight years old."
The conversation ended abruptly, and before any of them could attempt to continue on, Rachel walked out of her room holding up a file.
"I found it. We can go now Bruce."
"It was nice seeing you again Evelyn. I'll see you around at the office." Bruce said finally ending their rendezvous.
A little disappointed, Evelyn said goodbye to both of them and watched them walk out of the apartment one after the other. She still couldn't believe Bruce Wayne was in her apartment and all she could do say was one meager sentence.
Author's Note: Please review if you want updates. Believe the next chapter I'm planning to write is much much more interesting. You finally get a glimpse of Evelyn's secret!!
