Ch.4 You're Staying Whether You Like it Or Not
"I need an anchor
I need an anchor
See lightning tearing up the sky
My darkest fears are on the rise"
Donna stared down at the files in her hand and to file she has locked on her screen. However, everything she has been through has not been the correct choice, no matter what a past does to you. She didn't know how she screwed up. All she knows is that she did. She was going against everything her mind came about, praying that was some sort of sick dream. She glanced back at the files she got a few minutes ago. She couldn't stay if it looked like she was still betraying Harvey.
"What are you doing, Donna?" Someone asked standing behind her from her cubicle. She froze.
"I don't know what the hell is going on with me." She said slowly in a muttered tone without turning around. She'd break her composure if she turned around.
"It's a bit rude to keep things from me, isn't it?" The voice said downheartedly. She gripped the files in her hand tighter.
"This is the second time." She said staring straight ahead.
"Yeah, it is. But I'm not letting my best secretary go because she screwed up a damn important file." He said steadily in a wary voice.
"You have to let me go." She said with a faraway look.
"What if I told you-and the fact that I ways do-I'm not letting you go away…again." He said hopefully.
"I can't." She said uneasily.
"You belong to me and no one else." Harvey said walking in front of her broken frame with her gaze still attached to the files with her name imprinted on them.
She let the comment go.
That was the least of her damn worries.
"How are you supposed to trust me?" She asked incredulously gesturing towards the appears and her. He shrugged.
"I'm a lawyer, Donna. No matter how many times you screw up on me, I'll be the damn guy you're coming to. At least if you stay I'll still have my girl friday, right?" He asked raising a brow. She froze.
"You're blackmailing me?" She asked in shock. He grinned.
"You tell me the right answer and I'll let you know if you're wrong or right." He said warily. She shifted from side to side as she glanced between the best partner she's ever had and the work she screwed up…again.
Fuck.
"You lawyers never play fair." She said rolling her eyes. He shrugged.
"I follow my own set of rules." He said simply. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"That's evil." She said angrily. He smiled softly.
The next thing they knew they were both intently looking at each other with soft smiles on their faces as they watched the emotions flash. The tension was starting to settle and Donna knew Harvey wouldn't let her go some place else that wasn't him. He was always going to have Donna Paulsen to himself.
"Guess, I'm letting you stay, huh?" Harvey said happily.
"Evil…" She muttered under her breath.
A/N: I guess I should have said this in the beginning of this FF. Every chapter is going to be like a different short one shot. Very, very sorry for the confusion.