A/N: Thank you for all the previous comments. Here's the next chapter. (And yeah I am back to third person's POV as I found it a bit difficult to write from individual POV. Hope it doesn't gets in your way of enjoying the story.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Maid Sama


CHAPTER 7

Misaki found herself standing infront of the huge skyscraper as she craned her neck to see the top of it. She took a deep breath as she entered the door where "Walker Corporation" could be read in bold letters behind the reception desk. After a quick phone call, she was taken to her work desk by the secretary as they entered the lift.

Misaki could still remember the shocked faces of Sakura and Shizuko when they learnt the news about her resigning and joining the Walker Corporation and how quick, a farewell party for her was arranged just the next day as she was supposed to join the company the next week itself. Hinata was furious and demanded her again and again if she was being blackmailed to leave and join Walker Corp. He even offered her that they will go the police and file a complaint against their boss as well as Takumi for blackmailing and threatening her but she declined him as she knows how powerful Takumi is, cue to the last instance when the cops left him in spite of her pressing charging against him. That poor guy Hinata was willing to lose his job by standing against his boss for the sake of her. Misaki can't ruin his career for herself. He told her that he won't do anything but in return he will visit her at the office everyday and they will have lunch together at the lunch hours to which she agreed.

She even had to lie to her mother and sister where she is going to work from now onwards and only told them the benefits of the new company where she is going to get double paid. Minako supported her but Suzuna looked skeptical at her sister's sudden decision.

Misaki came back to her senses as she heard the ding as the lift stopped at the top floor of the building.

"Nanami san, if I am not mistaken, you told me that the finance department is at the 7th floor then why are we at the 15th floor?" She asked the secretary as they moved out of the lift.

"I am afraid, Ayuzawa san but I was ordered by the boss to bring you to the top floor."

The petite blonde bowed her head in apology and asked her to follow her. Misaki could feel her palms trembling at the thought of meeting Takumi again crossed her mind. But who was she kidding; she knew this day has to come as it was all his game plan after all.

Nanami took her to the extreme end of that floor which probably looked like the CEO's office. She opened the door as Misaki saw a huge room separated by a partition and a door in between which reads 'CEO Takumi U. Walker.' The room where she stood looked very chic with a work desk and a leather sofa beside it and a cupboard of books on the wall.

"This is going to be your work desk from now onwards, Ayuzawa san." Nanami smiled at her.

"But why this room next to the CEO" Her eyebrows narrowed as she continued, "Isn't this supposed to be the secretary's room? I mean this should be your room."

Misaki couldn't control her irritation as she yelled making her gulp.

"I...yeah this was my room until last week but…" Nanami tried to reason but stopped as she saw the CEO's door opening and there stood, Takumi in a dark blue suit. His emerald orbs glanced through the women but settled at the raven-haired.

"Your work is done Nanami. You may leave." His voice dull as his eyes stayed on Misaki.

"Very well Sir." With a quick bow, Nanami left closing the door behind her.

"What was it, 5:00 O' clock right?" Takumi cocked his head as he took a step forward making her take a step backward in reflex.

"Or was it 5:30?" He smirked taking another step making her gasp and walking backwards.

"Oh but wait, I reached the Coffee Shop at 4:30; sounds weird coming from me, right who's never on time." He smiled as he cornered Misaki against the wall. There was a flicker of nostalgia in that smile when he said the last line which didn't go pass by her.

"Why are you even doing this?" Misaki said. Her amber orbs reflected how hurt she was.

"Don't you know?" Takumi filled the gap between them as he pressed his hands at the sides of her face on the wall. They could feel their breaths mingling as they held eye contact longer than usual.

A phone call ring from Takumi's office bring them back to their senses as he moved away and went back to his office. Misaki's eyes darted across the room as she sighed and went to settle at her new desk.

After attending the phone call from the front desk, Takumi rested his head against the head of the chair. He was looking forward to see her today as he dressed his best and entered the office 15 minutes earlier than usual. He started feeling like a teenager who's eager to see his crush. As soon as he heard the commotion outside his office, he knew whose authoritative voice it was. When he opened the door, he saw her looking classy in a black skirt and cream blouse. Her hair in a sleek ponytail and with a tint of lip gloss, her looks were ready to kill. He has decided to take short steps and be professional with her as much as possible because she is not the one who can be won by force. There are still many truths which are needed to come out infront of her. After knowing everything, if she still wants to leave him, then he will let her go this time.

Takumi wanted to explain her the reason why he has switched desks of Misaki and Nanami as she is going to be the CFO of the company and typically has to report to him about the financial units and he has given his secretary the work station at the same floor next to the lift but guess he would let Nanami explain it later to her.

"I am so sorry for shouting at you Nanami san." Misaki bowed at her as she got to know about the desk arrangement from her.

"Don't fret, Ayuzawa san. You were just bewildered I presume." Nanami gave a friendly smile to her.

"But I wonder why you were so against sharing the same cubicle with the boss."

Misaki tilted her head in confusion at what she was getting at. "I mean normally girls would love to be close to him. He's so handsome. Don't you think?" Nanami sighed dreamily.

"Yeah, right" Misaki coughed her irritation as she excused herself.

'As long as they don't know the devil horns behind his head, he will surely look handsome to all these naïve girls.' She scoffed and went to her desk.

It was lunch hours and as per the promise with Hinata, she waited for his call to go down and have lunch with him. It was close to the end of lunch hours and there was not a single call from him which made her worried if he was alright so she decided to call him.

On the last ring, he picked the call.

"I..I am so sorry Ayuzawa san. Something urgent came up and it completely slipped off my mind that we will have lunch together. I am still stuck at our office factory and God knows how long will it take."

"Calm down Shintani." Misaki smiled. "I am sure work is important. Please don't worry about me."

"Ayuzawa san I don't like making you wait. Let's call up before having lunch together from now onwards. Sounds okay?"

"Sounds perfect, Shintani." With goodbyes they hanged up the call.

Misaki looked at the wall clock which showed 2:50 PM and it was past lunch hours. Guess she has to skip lunch today. She kept her phone aside and resumed her work.

Just then Takumi came out of his office and stood against her desk.

"Yes?" Misaki tried to sound disinterested as she kept her focus on the work.

"Had lunch?" Takumi sat on the table folding his arms. She raised her eyes to his and found an annoying sexy grin on his face.

A displeased sigh escaped her lips as she replied, "No."

"Good. Me too. Let's have lunch together." With an alert in his heels, he stood infront of her.

"Mr Walker, I am sure you have better people to go and have lunch with. Why don't you go with your secretary? She seems pretty interested." Misaki bit her tongue as it looked like she cared.

Takumi scratched his temple pretending to be giving it a thought.

"Is it so? Oh well but I am not interested. So lunch?" He pressed the same question again.

"Look it's already beyond the lunch hours." She faced him sternly.

"Does it even matter? I am the boss here." He walked closer to where she was sitting and sat across her face on the table. "You cancelled the coffee date. Now don't cancel the lunch date as well. He bent forward and whispered against her ear. "It looks like you are scared of being alone with me."

Misaki glared back at him. "Like hell." She stood up and closed her laptop with a thud. "Let's go" She moved towards the door and stopped after opening it. "And it's not a date. Get that thing straight in that thick skull of yours." She spat and walked out. He couldn't stop himself from chuckling.

'She's still one feisty hell of a girl.' He thought and followed her.

On the whole car ride, Misaki was looking out of the window. Takumi couldn't help stealing glances at her. He pulled the car infront of a famous Chinese restaurant as he knew it was one of her favorite cuisines. He got out of the car, went towards her side and opened the car door for her.

"That was not necessary." Misaki said as she got out of the car.

"I was just being a gentleman." He smiled calmly and ushered her inside.

They were taken to one of the tables as they sat facing each other.

"So garlic prawns and stir fry noodles?" Takumi confirmed with her once the waiter came to take their orders. It reminded him those endless days when they used to come for lunch and dinner together. Both loved garlic prawns and stir fry noodles in Chinese cuisine.

"Its Chilli fish and schezwan fried rice for me." Misaki stated as the waiter wrote down and nodded before leaving their table.

Takumi coughed a bit to ease the awkwardness between them.

"So how's Minako san and Suzuna at home?" He tried to lighten the atmosphere.

"Good as of now." Misaki replied plainly. "How's Gerald san?"

She saw him fisting his hands on the table as she looked up and found his eyes narrowed.

"Takumi what's wrong?" She couldn't stop herself before using her first name instead of Mr Walker.

"He's dead."

There was silence between them.

"How? What happened to him?" Misaki felt chills down her spine when a malicious smirk etched at the corner of his lips.

After a minute or two, he answered.

"Let's just say he got what he deserved." He gritted his teeth. He looked so cold and there was not an ounce of grieve in his eyes for his dead brother.

Misaki felt scared looking at those eyes. She was relieved when food was brought to him. They ate their food in silence occasionally talking about the new work which she got and if she has some doubts.

They rode back in silence and once they reached the office, he quickly got down and was ready to leave when he found her struggling inside the car with the seat belt.

Takumi opened the car door of his side and bent towards her. His hands overlapped hers as he tried to unlock the seat belt which was stuck somehow. Misaki found her body reacting towards him as she felt goosebumps all over her skin. Takumi looked up as their eyes met. Her heart was beating erratically and no matter how much she denied, she can't stop herself from getting affected being this close to him. Their lips were almost close to touching and in reflex, she felt herself closing her eyes. Takumi looked at her lips and knew this was taking advantage of the situation and he won't repeat the same mistake happened in the hotel again. With a cling sound, he unlocked the seat belt and moved out of the car. Misaki's eyes opened at that same instant as she saw him walking towards the office door.

Misaki never felt this disappointed with herself.


Hope you guys enjoyed and the story is going somewhere lol. Comment/ Constructive criticism are always welcome.

-234myname