"So what you're saying is that I'm going to be out of a job by the end of the year?" said Missy, a frown line twitching between her brows.
She was currently sat at the end of a long table in a sleek glass surrounded boardroom, facing three of her bosses, one of which was Mike, her slimy colleague who had tried to hit on her just over a week ago. He was currently sat, legs spread cockily apart, a large, smug smirk across his features.
"Well that does gives you almost 11 months," uttered an older gentleman with thinning strawberry blonde hair, looking uncomfortable. "But, um…obviously because you've only been with us for less than six months you're aren't entitled to our full severance package-"
"But I'm still out of a job, that's what you're ultimately saying?" snapped Missy.
She had been right.
The company was losing money, and of course, as she had predicated, it was last one in first one out. And that meant her.
"I can understand how this might be upsetting for you-" began another of the men, but Missy just got to her feet abruptly.
"I'm not upset," she said, her voice firm. "I'm just going to go back to my desk and get on with my work for as long as I have this job. Is that ok with you?"
The men merely stared back at her, a little startled, before they finally nodded.
Missy, scraping her chair backwards, stalked from the room.
Right now she was angry and frustrated. She had only worked here for four months, but since the day she had started, she had been treated like shit by her fellow colleagues, hit on by her so-called boss, and had now, to put a cherry on top of it all, been dismissed- well, in December she would be anyway.
She gave a sigh as she dropped back down onto the swivel chair at her desk.
Missy had a ton of paperwork to do, but her heart just wasn't in it.
Perhaps she would spend the afternoon searching for jobs instead. What did she care now anyway if she got caught browsing the internet?
Missy was just about to log back into her PC, when there came a sudden high-pitched laugh from the corner of the room.
She turned, glancing over to see a couple of the women, who worked over in sales, standing with Mike, her smarmy boss (who was now leant cockily up against the copier). But to Missy's utter horror, she saw Mike glance her way, as did the two women, before they burst into fits of laughter once again.
Missy went a bright beetroot colour.
It was obvious they were talking about her.
Another flurry of laughter peeled across the room as one of the young guys who worked only a few desks down from Missy got up to join in their conversation. He too looked over at her, before chuckling to himself.
Missy frowned but could feel a lump forming in her throat.
She desperately wanted to say something, but knew that the moment she stood to speak, she would get tongue tied and embarrassed under their stares. But regardless, Missy knew that right now she just needed some fresh air. To clear her head if nothing else…
But before Missy could even get to her feet, she suddenly saw heads turn towards a tall figure strutting across the room towards her….dressed in a sheepskin coat…
Missy gaped.
There he was, Wade Wilson, looking as roguish as ever, tiny toddler attached to his hand.
Everyone in the room suddenly stopped what they were doing, looking up at this stranger in his cool and casual clothes. But Wade didn't seem to even care. His eyes locked onto Missy.
"Hey there, Moon of my life," he uttered in a charming tone, flashing her an award-winning grin. "How's your work day going?"
Missy couldn't help but blink a few times as Wade stopped beside her desk, before bending down at lifting Emily up in his arms, plonking her down onto a large stack of paperwork.
The little girl giggled, placing a sticky hand into her mouth.
"Hai, Mommy," she said giving her mother a wave at close proximity.
Missy looked at Emily before gazing up at the merc in shock.
"W-what are you doing here?" she asked a little urgently, feeling the entire office's eyes on her, right at that moment.
But Wade merely gave a bemused frown.
"Coming to see you," he said raising an eyebrow towards her fiendishly. "We wondered if you want to join us for some lunch? I've heard that the place around the corner serves just the best tacos…"
But Missy shook her head.
"What-… I don't-…what? Wait, how did you even get in here?" she asked flushing once again as she heard the room fill with whispers.
"We just walked past the ladies at reception, came up in the elevator, and now we're here," said the merc with a shrug, patting to top of Emily's head teasingly, causing the little girl to push his hand away.
"Noh Waydee…don'" she said scooting over to where he couldn't reach her, before getting distracted by Missy's stapler.
She picked it up in her tiny paws examining it. But Missy extracted it from her clutches nonchalantly, passing her a company branded 'stress-ball' to play with instead.
"A-And no one stopped you?" asked Missy, looking at Wade confusedly.
But Wade suddenly folded his arms across his broad chest.
"Oooh you're callous," he said in a faux-pained voice. "Sounds like you don't want us here after all-"
He gave a tut and made to pick Emily up.
"Come on, Em-bear," he said in a high-pitched tone, pretending to wipe away a fake tear. "We know when were not wanted..."
Missy rolled her eyes. He could be such an idiot sometimes.
She and Wade had been….well, technically you could call it dating…for about a week now.
And if Missy was honest, she had never been happier.
Ok, granted he could definitely drive her crazy at times, but the way he was around Emily…and the way Missy felt so protected and happy when she was around him….it made her heart feel like it was about to burst from her chest.
She knew how she felt about him.
She loved him. But after a week she wasn't quite ready to reveal that to him just yet.
She didn't want to scare him away after all.
"Ok, ok, stop," said Missy letting out a huff, as Wade turned back to her smirking.
He placed Emily back where she was on the paper stack.
"Sorry I've just had a pretty crappy morning is all," Missy uttered, rubbing her tired face with her hand. She looked up at Wade. "They're giving me until the end of December and then they'll be letting me go. So I'm going to have to start looking for other jobs."
She gave another sad sigh, glancing away, her fingers sub-consciously fiddling with Emily's tiny boot-covered feet.
But Wade gave a deep frown.
"What?" he said darkly, his tone a little sharp.
Missy gazed up, giving a gulp and looking into Wade's brown eyes. He looked angry, his jaw clenched tightly together.
But all Missy could do was shrug, flinching slightly, as whispers carried across the large open-plan office.
She couldn't help but glance over at the small group of men and women, now congregated at the copier, obviously talking about Missy and her visitors.
Her face instantly flushed at this.
Don't let them get to you, don't let them get to you….she repeated to herself in her head, but how could she not?
Suddenly she saw Wade follow her line of sight and stare over at the group. She was almost sure she heard him let out a low growl.
"Tell me, baby," said Wade in a sickly-sweet voice. "Is that the fucking bag of dicks in the overpriced Armani suit that was responsible for all this?"
He nodded over towards sleazy-Mike, who caught the merc's eye, his smile faltering slightly.
"Wade-" began Missy a little pleadingly.
She already knew how protective the merc was of the pair of them, she had seen proof of that in the alley last week…
But the merc stared down at her.
"Nuh-huh," he said, his voice low and dangerous. "If they think they can fuck with you, then they're going to have to go through me…and I definitely don't have any soft spots for jumped-up douchebags with $200 haircuts and waxed-ball sacks."
He was angry. Missy could tell by his face. And by chance would have it, so did Emily.
"Why Waydee angwy?" she asked her mouth falling open into a perfect o-shape.
But Wade softened slightly at this and turned to her, stroking her cheek gently with his hand.
"Oh baby-girl," said Wade in a gentle tone. "Wadey's angry at people treating your gorgeous mommy like shit and thinking they can get away with it."
"Wade," said Missy warningly. "Don't do anything stupid. I've still got to work here for another eleven months unless I find something else sooner…"
She was worried. She knew that Wade could be volatile, and she still needed to work with these people for the next few months.
"And what, I'm just supposed to fucking stand here and watch them talk shit about the second-most beautiful fucking goddess that ever walked this earth?" said Wade before suddenly looking down at Emily. "You're number one, Chicken Little, don't you worry."
Emily gave a tiny giggle, picking up a paperclip and moving it towards her mouth curiously.
Wade without even looking, pulled it from her grasp, tossing it out of her reach.
But Emily instantly looked grumpy folding her arms huffily and scooting away from Wade.
"They're not-" began Missy, but she trailed off unable to lie to the merc. "It's…fine, Wade. Really."
But the tall-mercenary obviously didn't believe her and Missy could almost see him bristle as another wave a of whispers floated across the room.
"…now she's bringing her kid here too…Jesus…"
At this, the merc's eyes suddnely flashed angrily.
And before Missy could make a grab for his arm and stop him, Wade had stalked across the room over to the ever increasing crowd of people, all stood by the copier.
She winced both internally and externally.
Oh god…
Oh god…
From her distance away she saw Wade come to stand coolly before them, as the group of office-workers cowered before his intimidating demeanour.
Sleazy Mike gave a visible gulp as Wade began to speak.
But despite Missy trying with all her might to hear what he was saying, she just couldn't manage to. And so, she had to endure the long and painful few moments before Wade finally strolled casually back over to her.
Missy slumped forwards on her desk, placing her face into her hands and giving a groan.
"What did you say, Wade?" she uttered tiredly, letting out a long sigh, as Emily reached forwards, grasping for a strand of Missy's long caramel hair.
But the merc merely flashed her a grin and gave a nonchalant shrug.
"Oh you know…just water-cooler gossip," he said devilishly, as Missy rolled her eyes, watching as the crowd at the copier disbanded, all looking sheepish.
"I swear, Wilson, if you've got me into trouble-" she began, pointing a finger at him warningly.
But Wade merely grasped Missy's hand and pulled her suddenly to her feet, tugging her close to him heroically.
"As if, I would do a thing like that…" he said leaning in towards her, causing her breath to catch slightly in her throat.
When it came to sex, Missy and Wade had pretty much been at it like rabbits for the past week, obviously they had to wait until Emily was asleep, but then the night was their own…
And they most certainly made the most of that so far…
Missy scowled playfully. "I know you Wade," she said tutting. "Probably too well!"
But Wade just continued to smile at her fiendishly, his lips lingering close to hers.
"Well In that case, you'll know that I am staaaaarving," he giving a low growl of hunger, his chocolate eyes boring into hers. "And luckily for you, I managed to wrangle you an extended lunchbreak, with yours truly."
Missy gave a frown, glancing over to where creepy-Mike was sloping off towards the elevators alone, looking very much like Wade had thoroughly bruised his ego.
Missy finally turned back to Wade.
"And how did you manage that exactly?" she asked, the corners of her lips twitching slightly, feeling his hot breath on her neck.
But suddenly and without warning, Wade unceremoniously pulled away from her, and turned to Emily, heaving her up into his strong arms once again.
He held her close, booping her nose gently, causing the two year old to giggle and squeal happily.
"Oh y'know…" he uttered grinning back at Missy, raising a single scarred eyebrow towards her. "…...merc perks."
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