The Girl He Never Noticed [Episode 16]

Eros’ POV
My eyes scanned her
face and focused at the
freckles on her cheeks
and nose. She had a
very beautiful face, so
fresh and natural,
without any makeup on.
I looked at her left eye,
and then to her right, a
shade of emerald and
jade combined, drawing
me deeper into it, like
poles of magnet,
compelling me. My eyes
traveled down to her
luscious pink lips. Holy
sh*t! A sudden painful
feeling stirred in my gut
that I immediately
moved backward.
I knew her. I really
knew her. Her eyes… her
lips… her face…
No! She can’t be her,
that’s very impossible.
They have different
personality, like fire and
ice or oil and water. Jade
looks so demure,
conservative and very
wholesome, that a man
can be proud to take
home to his mother…
and the other girl was
so… wild.
“Everything, OK?” My
father, Markos Petrakis
interrupted my
thoughts. He was
staring down at us, on
the floor, like he used to
do, when I was a kid
playing with my
younger sister, Chloe.
I straightened up and
stretched my body.
“Yes, sure. This is Jade,
ah…” I saw Jade, at the
corner of my eye,
scrambled up and picked
her big worn out leather
bag on the floor.
“Collins.” Dad finished
for me. “She came here
to see you. I don’t
know what happened,
why she ended up
seeing me.”
She came to see me?
Actually, I knew she
would.
A big notice was posted
outside the coffee shop
that it was closed for
two weeks, due to
change of management.
A security guard of the
building also informed
us that the lady owner
died of drug overdose.
I was impressed by
Jade’s loyalty to her
employer. It was not
common nowadays, for
anyone to refuse a job
opportunity, because of
loyalty. But now, that
her employer was dead
she would definitely
take my offer.
I was expecting her to
show up in the office. I
even left an instruction
to my new personal
assistant, to squeeze
in, in my very hectic
schedule, an
appointment if a certain
girl named Jade would
ask for one.
I missed her coffee. I
even felt deprived of
the simple pleasure of
sipping and tasting it. I
didn’t know what came
over me, but I started
to crave for her coffee
every morning… very
addictive. It released
my adrenaline, keeping
me energized and alert
the whole day.
Dad went back to his
burl wood executive
desk and produced a
manila envelope in one
of its side drawers. I
raised my hand to Jade,
a gesture for her to
wait. She just nodded
her head and stood
there paralyzed, with
her hands clasped
together, like a
kindergarten kid, about
to sing Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star, in
front of the class.
I strode towards my
dad, who was sitting
behind his desk. I stood
across him and shove
my hands in my pants
pocket. “Don’t hesitate
to fire those reckless
employees. They’re
liabilities in our company.
I can’t imagine losing a
major transaction, for
that reason.”
“I don’t think there’s
any miscommunication,
Jade here, admitted
that it was her fault.”
I shook my head
disapprovingly, and then
looked briefly at her
over my shoulder. She
looked so funny,
standing there and
looking around the
office, clearly, amazed
of her surroundings.