The Love of a Spy – Chapter 11
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It was the Monday that followed after Jake had met up with Olivia and he was still dodging calls from Command. He had woke that morning to the loud ringing of his phone and surprise surprise, it was Command. He continued to lay in bed that morning, staring at the ceiling with the constant thought of what Command will do when he finally sees him, what Olivia would do if she found out about his secret life, but he had to put it at the back of his mind for now because he had a busy day ahead.
He had agreed to meet up with Olivia to look for office space. He wouldn't say he was at the "madly in love" stage, yet, but he had already developed a deep care for her and he wanted nothing more than to help her achieve her dreams. He immediately got out of bed, after pressing the cancel key on another call from Command, and walked over to his bathroom to take a shower. Once out, he put on his shirt, pulled on his trousers and made his way to Olivia's apartment.
He got to the door and gave it 3 hard knocks. He wasn't sure if Olivia was still asleep but just in case she was, he wanted to make sure she was up and awake.
And she was. She answered the the door and gave Jake an instant smile when she saw his face. He returned the smile and kissed her on the cheek. She stood there with the front of her hair in a crown braid with the rest of her hair out in curly waves. She was wearing a white sun dress with a black and white striped skirt, and wedged white sandals and a white Prada purse.
"Hey, you ready to go?" Jake asked her
"Yeah sure." She answered locking her door behind her. "Thanks again for doing this with me. I would have asked Abby or my Dad, but of course they were busy." She said to him as they walked into the elevator to go down to the parking lot
"It's fine, don't mention it. Anything for you." He said as he put his arm around her and the elevator took them down.
They reached the parking garage and entered Olivia's car. Once there, Olivia handed him a set of booklets with offices free to rent or purchase.
"Can you hold onto this for me please?" She asked as she handed it to him.
"Yeah sure." He took a quick glance through, looking at the offices and he noticed that a lot of them were totally Olivia's type.
"These offices are fancy." He told her. "But are you sure you can afford them, they as nice as they look, they're a little pricey."
"Oh don't worry about it. With the money my Dad's given me and the money I inherited when my mother passed, I can afford it." She finished up attaching her seatbelt and placed her hands on the steering wheel. "Okay, you ready to go?" She asked.
"Yep." Jake answered and he placed the booklets on his lap and Olivia drove off to their first destination.
Olivia pulled up outside of the large grey tower block building where she was due to meet the estate agent and view first place she was considering starting her business at.
She got out of her car and locked it, with Jake getting out of the other side and coming around to stand by her.
They both looked up at the building, admiring the height. "So this is the first place?" Jake asked her.
"Yeah, and this is where we're meeting the estate agent, c'mon." She answered and Jake followed.
"They entered the building, passing many people on the way and then entered the elevator to go further up to the very top, which is where Olivia was meeting the estate agent, in room 304.
"Hello, are you Charlotte Perry?" Olivia asked an older woman with chest length dark hair and a navy blue pant suit she noticed stood outside the room when she and Jake stepped off of the elevator. She walked towards her.
"Yes, and you must be Olivia Pope." She pulled out her hand to shake Olivia's and Olivia followed suit.
"Yes, I am. It's nice to meet you." Olivia answered. "And this is my boyfriend Jake." She said looking and pointing towards him. "It's nice to meet you." Jake said to her as he too pulled out his hand to shake hers.
"It's nice to meet you too. So are you ready to view the first office?" Charlotte asked the two of them.
"Ready as ever." Olivia answered. And with that, Charlotte pulled out her keys and unlocked the room.
This office was small, but practical. It has laminate flooring, white matt coloured walls for each cubicle by the windows along with glass walls put up to separate them all. Each one was pre furnished with a desk and a swivel chair.
"So, here is the first office. As you can see it's very practical. The glass panels give you access from, I'm assuming your office to see what your employees are doing. It's pre furnished so you save some money on that part. There's a window in the main office that looks out over this part of town and you can the White House in the distance. What do you think?" Charlotte rambled on.
"Hmmm." That's all Olivia could say really. She didn't necessarily hate it but it just wasn't her style.
"What do you think?" She asked Jake trying to get a second opinion.
"Honestly, I hate it. That's just my opinion. It's too old school." Jake answered putting his arm up in a defensive way.
Olivia snickered at his honesty. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry Charlotte but I don't think this one is for me.
Throughout the rest of the day, Charlotte introduced Olivia and Jake to a number of office spaces open to rent or purchase, and Olivia just wasn't feeling any of them, neither was Jake. For the most part, they were either too small, in unattractive parts of town, poorly furnished
The cycle continued, until Charlotte introduced Olivia and Jake to the final establishment. It was located near the top of a brown brick building and from Olivia and Jake's perspective from below, it seemed higher than it was.
The three of them walked into the building and entered the elevator. When they reached their floor, they heard a high ding sound from the elevator.
"Okay, here it is, the last office." Charlotte told them.
Olivia and Jake stepped off the elevator and dropped their mouths in awe before turning to look at each other. This office had a slightly classic look with sophisticated edge. There was dark grey laminate flooring, a long hallway leading up to the main office, grey wallpaper, black decorated skirting boards and panes and glass doors by each office. Olivia felt like this office spoke to her personally, she felt this office was perfect and judging by the happy look on Jake's face that she noticed, she knew he felt the same way too.
"So, what do you think?" Charlotte asked them both.
"What do I think? I think I love it! What about you babe?" She asked Jake
"It seems great to me." Jake answered.
"You've been more enthusiastic about this one than the others I've shown you today. I take this means you're considering it."
"No, I'm not considering, I've decided on this one." Olivia explained to Charlotte excitedly.
"Okay, well it looks like my work here is done. I will be in contact with you tomorrow to discuss the finalisations and the papers for you to sign and then this office is all yours."
"Okay, and thank you so much for your help." Olivia said.
Charlotte's phone then began to ring. "Excuse me. Hello?" She said into her phone as she left the office and entered the elevator with Olivia and Jake short on her trail.
They followed Charlotte out of the building and said goodbye to her. Olivia and Jake waited for her to drive off before having a small celebration. Olivia excitedly placed her hands on Jake's face and pulled him in for a kiss. He lifted her up and spun her around after she wrapped her arms around his neck and held onto him tightly.
"I think this calls for champagne. Shall we go to mine or yours?" Olivia asked while still in his arms and looking down into his deep green eyes.
"Uhm, how about yours, that way, I don't have to worry about you getting home." He answered before giving her another peck on the lips.
"Okay, lets go then." He put her down and they both entered Olivia's car and she drove over to her apartment where they happily celebrated taking the first step in Olivia's dream business, and Jake ended up staying the night which lead to them celebrating in other ways too.