When trust is questioned
Chapter 12
In advance- English is not my mother tongue, I often use the translator, if there are text and sentence structure errors, I apologize in advance
The next morning.
Angela's alarm clock rings. It's 6 o'clock in the morning.
She sits down and stretches. Her thoughts are immediately with Tony, she can't help but think of yesterday. How he touched her... Where he touched her everywhere, what he told her. Her body starts to tingle, she gets hot.
She shakes slightly.
... I should take a shower to cool down, otherwise I won't get a clear head today...
Lost in thought, she gets up and goes to her closet to pick out fresh clothes. Then she goes to the sideboard, there's a knock on her bedroom door .
Astonished, she turns around
... so early...?
She shrugs, "yes please?"
Tony carefully mows the door open and pokes his head through it, "Hello Angela, good morning, I wanted to ask how you're doing?"
Angela looks surprised and stands there a little frightened because she is wearing her black nightgown only lightly dressed.
(It's not as if the two haven't seen each other in their underwear or naked before)
"Oh hello, Tony, good morning". The blush of shame rises in her. She holds the clothes she has picked out in front of her chest.
Tony only now registers that the pink bathrobe is missing...
oh la la... que bellissima...
"um, when I... I just wanted to ask when you're going to the agency today, I have to go in the same direction, maybe we'll go together?"
Angela replies to him: "Good idea Tony, I'd love to!" She smiles happily at him.
He now walks into her bedroom, closing the door behind him.
... How can she look so good in the morning...
He thinks and examines her from top to bottom while she is still gathering the rest of her clothes.
She looks back at Tony, who is still rooted to the ground.
She replies with a laugh: "Is there anything else Tony?"
He scratches his head in embarrassment, unable to take his eyes off her.
„... um, no, Angela, not directly!. He quickly looks to the side.
Angela realizes what's going on, what's going on inside him, because she feels the same way. Yesterday's situation embarrasses both of them. Both have the same thoughts, no one likes to say them, but their looks speak volumes.
Angela takes the first step, walks up to Tony and gives him a gentle kiss on the mouth.
"I'm going to take a shower now"... She puts on a seductive smile. Tony looks after her with a dog's eye. Languishing, he suddenly says, "Alone?"
... Oops I said that a bit loudly now...
He shakes his head. Angela sticks her head out of the bathroom door "excuse me?".
"Oh nothing Angela, I'm going to prepare breakfast then". He quickly scurries out of her room.
... Take a deep breath micelli... on and off, otherwise you'll go insane!...
40 minutes later.
Angela goes to the kitchen, smartly dressed and styled. Mona is already sitting at the table. Tony is standing at the stove.
"Good morning, mother," Angela says formally.
"Hi Angela, how are you?" replies Mona.
"Good, thanks for asking," Angela says quickly.
"Angela, I won't be coming to the agency today, I'm still picking up the material from BURGS and I have an appointment with Dr. Howard."
Angela responds in astonishment and sits down next to her: "Mother, aren't you well?"
Mona: "Angela, don't worry, it's just a routine check up and besides, Doc Howard is extremely attractive!" she giggles.
"... ok Mother... I really need your help, but..." Angela is about to explain when Mona interrupts her briskly: "Oh Angela, we don't have a meeting, no other appointments, or anything like that and besides, Roger can answer the phone!"
She winks cheekily. Mona quickly finishes her coffee and bites into her toast before getting up.
"I've got to go now, bye you two. Angela, I'll fax you the documents from BURGS later."
Angela looks perplexed.
Mona blows both of them an air kiss and then quickly disappears from the kitchen.
Tony and Angela look at each other incredulously for a moment.
Angela drinks her coffee. Tony sits down next to her. "Angela..."
"Yes, Tony?" she looks at him.
Tony cautiously: "Because of yesterday..."
"Yes, Tony…." Angela replies
Tony's face turns red, he grabs his hair. Angela smiles softly, she puts her hand in his.
It embraces her hand.
She says in an erotic voice: "We didn't get to the end..."
His eyes widen: "No, it wasn't us... but I'm sure it can be repeated and then finished properly," says Tony in a piercing, courageous voice.
Angela's mouth is slightly open, she has to swallow and think about yesterday.
She is getting warm. Her heart also jumps for joy. "Yes... Tony, we should..." she grins cheekily and finishes her coffee.
"Angela, maybe I should accompany you to the agency, I wanted to take care of you..." he winks at her.
"ok Tony, but you don't have to" says Angela
"But Angela, I have to!" he says firmly, kissing her cheek. They both smile at each other again.
Arrived in front of the agency shortly before 8 a.m.
Tony accompanies Angela inside.
They talk and laugh.
Roger is already there, sitting at his desk.
"Good morning Roger," Angela says politely.
Roger looks at Tony, he narrows his eyes slightly, and then looks at Angela. He clears his throat and says, "Good morning Angela!" then continues to write his bills.
"Ok Angela, have a nice day, see you tonight" He presses a kiss to her cheek, then looks over Angela's shoulders at Roger.
... What a slimy guy... tzz… What does she find in him? or rather what did she find in him... Hopefully that's over now... I hope she talks to him...
"ok Tony, thanks for bringing me here" she smiles sweetly at him.
Tony walks out.
Roger: "It's good that you're here Angela, I'm missing a signature here and here you would have to check again if the customer has ordered both boards or not and here is something about a Tahitian girl".
Angela takes off her coat, hangs on her heels and walks over to Roger.
She stands next to him, looking over his shoulder. "Ah ok I see what you mean, please give me the documents, I'll take them to my office and work through them when I've finished the scaling and co and I also have to work on the designs for BURGS..."
Suddenly he stands up, she wasn't done talking yet and he takes her by the waist and presses her to him. He gives her a piercing kiss, "nice to have you here, Angela," he says urgently.
Angela pushes him away "um, ok... Roger…stop... We need to talk!"
But he pushes her closer to him again: "We can do that later, Angela... We wanted to pick up where we left off..." He presses a kiss to her mouth again, stronger.
Angela pushes him again away from her. "Roger no, stop!"
She wipes her mouth with one hand and then holds her hand in front of her mouth, she is slightly shocked at how brash Roger is.
"But, Angela, what have you got all of a sudden?"
Angela walks backwards a bit.
"Roger, I can't! Sorry, we need to end this, we're colleagues, that's how it should stay and we should keep it distant". Angela's heart beats with excitement, she doesn't know how Roger will react.
He looks at her puzzled: "um... ok Angela... is it something because of Tony?" he asks more sternly.
Angela looks him in the eye: "I'm sorry Roger, we shouldn't have gone that far!"
Roger: "ok... And what about Friday?"
Angela looks at him questioningly, "Friday?" she thinks.
Roger getting louder: "Yes Friday, we have a Date on Friday Angela!"
Angela quickly replied: "Yes, that's right... no, Roger, I'd rather not. And I've just had too much work to do all week".
Roger replies cool and firmly: "It's good Angela..." He sits down again. Remains silent and devotes himself to his work.
Angela stands next to him for a moment, looks at him with raised eyebrows. Turns on her heels and goes straight to her office.
Angela sits down at her desk. She thinks, she is surprised that Roger suddenly reacted so coldly.
... I should have told him that I chose Tony... Maybe it would have been fairer...
After a good hour, there is a knock on the door.
"Yes, please come in," Angela says.
Roger walks in, "here, please, Angela, a fax for you" He looks at her.
"Oh, thank you, Roger," she says fleetingly. She can't look him in the eye now.
"And there's a call coming in from Johnson and Johnson, here, I wrote it down for you," he walks over to her. Put the documents on the table.
"Angela, tell me, is it me?" he asks, slightly snappy.
Angela takes off her glasses and stands up. "Roger, no, you're a really great man..."
... I don't want to hurt him... It's best not to tell him the real reason...
"It's just not the right time, and it's really better if we maintain professionalism and distance." Angela says politely.
He looks at her seriously, takes her hand. "That's not the real reason... But if you need time ok..."
Angela pulls her hand away. She twists her arms.
Roger walks out. Visibly pissed off.
Angela takes a deep breath and exhales loudly.
... men...
She rolls her eyes and sits down again.
On this day, the two have nothing more to say to each other.
But things were to turn out differently…..