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I couldn't believe it, he was married. He got married. He could never be mine now he had vowed himself to someone else. Tears dripped down my face as I walked back to the office; my car was still parked there. People were staring at me, my puffy red eyes and my runny nose. My heart felt like it had been kicked over and over. He could never be mine, he was promised to someone else... forever. I just couldn't take it, what was I going to do with myself. The love of my life was married to someone else. I felt like I had no right to him at all. I couldn't tell him now, that I was in love with him. I had missed my chance and now he was with someone else. Now I would have to live the rest of my life wondering what if? The thought tortured me. I finally made it to my car and sat inside. I was alone, inside. I sat inside for about an hour, screaming and crying. My eyes were red and stinging from the tears, my nose was sore, from blowing it. I decided to get out and just breathe some air. I sat on top of the boot of my car and lowered my head, sobbing. I had blocked everything out, but I heard someone yelling my name.

"Lea! Lea! Lea... Are you alright?"

I slowly looked up and it was Mr Barrett walking toward me. "Just perfect" I thought.

"Are you alright Lea? You look upset, is everything ok?"

I covered my face and lowered my head. "Everything's fine, please go away Sir."

He pulled my hands away from my face "you are not fine, look at you, you're coming with me."

"Really sir, I'm fine." I wished more than anything that he would leave.

"Lea, do you want to get fired?" He sternly looked at me sternly and this serious expression covered his face.

"Of course not."

"You will come with me...NOW!" His deep voice bellowed, almost like a roar.

I was slightly fearful; he was not nice at all. I was starting to understand how Randy saw him. The thought of Randy, brung the tears to my eyes.

Mr Barrett turned back around to see me crying. "Hey" he spoke softly; he put his hand on my shoulder.

I looked up at him; he had a sincere one sided smile. "Come on now."

I trailed after him back upstairs. Where he walked into the staff lounge which I followed. He took two coffee mugs and placed them on the bench then began making some coffee. I guessed one must have been for me and I sat down on the sofa not before grabbing some tissues to wipe the grief that written on my face. He sat across from me as we waited for the coffee to brew.

"Mr Barrett, why are you doing this?"

"I can't just leave my assistant, crying outside at night, could I?" He threw me a smile, I almost felt privileged to see him.

"I guess not."

"Now tell me Lea, why you are so upset?"

I looked up at Mr Barrett who I had a lot of respect for and I thought it was very kind of him to want to talk to me, but I really didn't want to discuss the heartbreak in my life to him, he was my boss. I felt foolish. "Sir, thank you, but I don't want to be wasting your time" I said getting up off the sofa.

"Please Lea, sit down" he said "it wouldn't be a waste of time at all." He looked poignant that I was going, like he really wanted me to stay.

I sat back down and the sincere smile returned on his face.

"I was upset because... the man I'm in love with told me his... married."

"Right...so you're having an affair with a married man?" He said grinning.

"What! No!" I said.

"So he got married without telling you?" He had this wicked smirk on his face; he was seeing everything that I was saying as a joke.

"No... We weren't together."

"Weren't together?" he laughed "you were crying and you weren't even together!"

Fury builded inside me because of embarrassment, I began to feel red in the face not because of my puffy face. The prick was making fun of me. "You are an absolute ASSHOLE!" I screamed storming off.

"Lea wait!" he called after me.

I ignored him, but his limber legs made it easy for him to catch up with me.

"Lea, I apologize, I was just trying to make you happy."

"Make me happy? You were mocking me!"

"I'm not the best person at cheering people up, I have a weird sense of humour I just wanted you to see the funny side, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel worse, please don't go." I hadn't noticed but he had grabbed my wrist, I then felt him pull me back into the room and I sat back down. He poured the coffee and handed me a mug. "Now, no more of this sir or Mr Barrett labels, call me Wade."

"Wade?" I said smiling. Calling my boss by his first name, no one I believe in history had done this.

He nodded. "Tell me about this guy, it's a guy right?"

I chuckled "yes it's a guy." I felt a little better; that a smile had somehow came over my face.

Wade grinned. "Tell me."

...

I explained to him everything; he seemed a little more kind and understanding. "I love his smell, it was so pleasant it was so musky and spicy, I just wanted to smell that all day. I love how he hugged me, I love how he'd always want to see me and his glee whenever he did, I love how he'd be get along with my Dad like they were best mates, I love how he'd look at me like I was the most important person to him... I guess I wasn't, I was nothing more than a friend, it was all just in my head."

Wade handed me another tissue, as he watched me weep, he moved to sit next to me. "Lea, you shouldn't be wasting your tears on him, he obviously is a bloody moron to have not seen you."

"I just kept waiting and waiting, maybe I should have taken a chance myself instead of waiting for some fairy tale, happy ending to happen!" My eyes were glossy; Wade could see the hurt in them.

"Lea, you are a very beautiful, smart and talented woman" said Wade "and if that wanker cannot see that, it's his loss."

I smiled "Thank you sir... I mean... Wade."

He chuckled. As kind as Wade was being, he was very mysterious.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Why are you so distant? I know you're our boss and you like to see things done professionally in the office but... why... so much, I mean for the past two years I thought you didn't even know my name and it wasn't until today that you actually spoke to me."

"I just don't like to get close to people, I like to be alone." I nodded; it wasn't a bad idea the less people you get close to, the less chance of getting hurt.

He smirked "Lea, I want to tell you something, it's a little personal."

I looked up at him to listen as he stared at the tiles below, his expression slightly depressed. "I was once married, I got married very young to a woman who I thought was the love of my life and we had a daughter, her name was Adele. My wife and I fought a lot the only blessing from that marriage was that Adele. Anyway my wife took Adele away from me, far away and I haven't seen or heard from the two in a long time. But I miss my daughter; whenever I see Adele who works with us, I am always reminded of her."

"I never knew" I said sympathetically "how old is she?"

"She must have turned 5 in September, not many people know this about me, especially no one from work".

"I'm flattered that you told me" I said putting my hand on his leg. He smiled.

I gulped the rest of my coffee, "Thank you I feel slightly better, I should go home... work tomorrow" I said getting up off the lounge.

He also got up "Happy to help, I'm glad I got to talk to you Lea... you know you're the only person I like at this place."

I laughed "see you tomorrow Boss."

...

I found Dad asleep on the couch. I turned the TV off and kissed him on the forehead; I walked up to the stairs and sunk into my bed. My eyes were so tired that I felt like I couldn't cry any longer, I simply shut them.

...

My eyes were feeling slightly better when I woke up; I looked at my phone and saw three missed calls from Randy, couldn't he just leave me alone. Then one missed call from Wade. Then I looked at the time it was 12:15pm I had slept in! I rushed to get ready and left to go to the office. I paced up the stairs, through the offices and up to my desk, where I saw an auburn haired woman sitting in my seat. "Um... hi... are you like the casual?"

"No... I'm Mr Barrett's new assistant" she said wickedly.

"New?" I said.

"Yes... NEW" she said. This girl was a conniving, bitch.

I was replaced? I didn't understand. Why would he do that? Because I was late one time!

Adele then approached me, she looked apprehensive. "Mr Barrett wants to see you and let me warn you he's in one of him angry moods."

I was anxious, walking into his office. "Morning Sir..."

"Morning? Its 12:45 Lea, it's the afternoon" he said typing on his laptop; he's eyes not even leaving the screen.

"I'm really sorry Sir, I forgot to put my alarm on when I got home and I slept in" I explained "please don't fire me, I promise it won't happen again."

"Fire you?" he said baffled, looking at my timid demeanour. "Lea what, did you think I completely forgot about our talk last night?"

"Yes..." I said honestly.

He cackled, his laugh sounded as deep as his resonant voice. "Lea, I called you myself because I thought you might want the day off, you looked absolutely awful yesterday."

"Thanks." He certainly wasn't that charming.

He smirked. "I'm joking! Anyway sit down since you're here, I have something for you... an offer."

"An offer?"

"Yes... it's an offer you could not refuse."