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CHAPTER 5
"Miss Cole, thank you for your honesty. I understand you're in a spot of trouble, and would like to offer you the job…you will get maternity leave and your job will be waiting for you after the baby is born and you can return to work...If you pass the week long trial." He smiled and she thanked him profusely
"You start tomorrow" he added, she shook his hand and left the bakery with her new uniforms, she would get to cook and eventually be able to provide for her child, each pay check would go into her own bank account and she would pay Mark the rent and provide for herself.
She walked along the side walk and hummed a happy tune, things were panning out for her and she was happy as could be. She noticed Mark's truck across the road and walked over to it to wait for him, she lent against the door and waited until she noticed him walking along with a giggling woman on his arm, jealousy raged through her at the sight. She didn't know why but she didn't like the sight of Mark with another woman, what could she do though? Mark wasn't hers as much as she wished he was.
Sure she'd put up a front but when he took her in she felt safe and when she hugged him she felt the spark and knew she was falling for the tall hard headed man, sighing she stayed put and waited for him to walk up to the truck.
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Mark saw Andrea standing at the truck and sighed how in the hell was he going to explain to Angela that the lady and kid weren't his. Of course he and Angela were not in a relationship, mere friends with benefits and nothing more, he shouldn't have to explain himself but he didn't want to lose the benefits she provided.
"Andrea" Mark said with no emotion
"Mark, and friend" she replied in the same tone
"How'd it go?" he asked, Angela could sense the tension and decided to show Andrea that Mark was hers
"Mark baby who's the chick" Andrea gagged at the sickly sweet tone of her voice
"Yeah Mark baby who am I?" Andrea mocked
"Angela this is Andrea, a friend" Mark answered
"Well just thought I'd let you know I got the job and will be out of your hair soon, see ya back at the ranch" Andrea smiled sweetly and walked off in the direction of the house, Mark watched as she walked of and felt a pang of guilt, he was pleasuring himself and she was walking back to his place to get her small amount of belongings and take them to her new rental house.
He didn't know why but he said bye to Angela and drove off after her, Andrea had gotten to him and when he saw the interaction between her and Angela he felt like he was holding the wrong woman. He wanted to take Andrea in his arms and support her mocking of Angela instead of handling the awkward interaction the way he did. But he was one forrelationships, perhaps it was all guilt...and the raging need to be satisfied he didnt know.
"Get in" he said as he pulled up beside Andrea, she stared at him and kept walking, he followed slowly
"I said get in, don't make me put you in here woman" he threatened
"What about Angela, I don't want to put you out; you can go back to her now. I'll be at your place waiting so you can show me my new place" she replied still walking. Mark stopped the truck and walked after her, her grabbed her gently and placed her in the truck as she objected.
"I'll take you to the place now" he declared
"Don't worry bout me Mark, I'll be fine go back to Angela I'm sure she's pining for you right now" Andrea Snapped
"Andrea, shut that mouth before I put you across my knee" Mark snapped
Andrea shut her mouth for fear of losing her new found life, her new rental house and job. Mark smiled satisfied, she was stubborn but when he laid down the law she shut up and listened. Just the sort of woman he needed mark stopped at the thought…needed, since when had he NEEDED a woman like Andrea?
They pulled up outside Andrea's new house and they climbed out of the truck, he led her inside and he showed her around.
It was a one floor house, with the kitchen to the immediate right of the front door, the living room to the immediate left, there was two bedrooms at the rear of the house and a bathroom next to them. It was all she needed, a room for her and a room for her baby.
"It's perfect" she hugged him and shivered when his hand rested on her back, it wasn't a hug as such but she'd take what she could get. Mark lugged a couple of bags from the truck and put them in the kitchen.
"Here's enough food to last until you get your first pay check, rent starts in two weeks." Mark stated he was unsure of himself; what was Andrea doing to him. She was pregnant and off limits to him but he kept picturing what he could do to her in each room of the house. what he wanted to do...
As he went to leave he felt a hand on his arm, he looked back at Andrea and shivered when she kissed his cheek, he used all his will not to push her against the wall and kiss her to death. Instead he turned unwillingly and left her to her business. he needed to clear his mind and think about what he needed and wanted.
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Months passed and Andrea continued to keep in contact with mark, kissing his cheek each time she saw him, hugging him or just touching him, riling him up. She had come to terms with what she was feeling months ago, and now she wanted him to at least come to grip with what he was feeling. She knew the effect she had on him. She could see it, the flush of his skin or the bulge in his pants after she hugged him and kissed his cheek.
Mark would watch her as she walked around the bakery with ease her belly now larger and her skin more radiant that ever. He wanted her so badly but she was pregnant and off limits due to their business relationship…or so he kept telling himself, he knew it wasn't that way at all but would never act on anything. He just didn't want to be in a relationship regardless of what his heart was telling him. She was 7 months pregnant and he still wanted her, he found himself wanting to see her baby and be there for her when it was born, he was turning mushy for a Andrea and he didn't know how long he could keep the façade up.