A Day at the Office by Matt Dunn

Author:Matt Dunn [Dunn, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Humour
ISBN: 1482608588
Amazon: B00BEM118I
Goodreads: 17373416
Publisher: Notting Hill Press
Published: 0320-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Sophie Jones was stomping her way back to the office at an impressive pace - so impressive, in fact, that despite the amount of training she'd been doing, Julie was struggling to keep up.

'Are we late for a meeting I don't know about?' she said, as Sophie angrily swiped the door open. 'Or do you just need the toilet?'

Sophie glared at her, then bounded up the stairs without answering, Julie following a few breathless steps behind. Once they'd reached their office, Sophie rounded on her.

'What was that all about?'

'Don't you mean 'you're welcome'?'

Sophie's jaw dropped open. 'I'm welcome? What for? You were all over him.'

'All over who?'

'Nathan!'

'Nathan?'

'Yes, Nathan!' said Sophie, marching over to her desk, picking up the Selfridges bag, and dropping it into the bin.

'What are you doing that for?'

'He's quite clearly not interested in me. Or rather, he's obviously more interested in you. And you seemed rather interested in him too. How could you sit there and flirt with him, when you knew I...' Sophie sat down angrily at her desk. 'I confided in you. I told you I liked him.' She was struggling to stop the tears coming. 'I thought we were friends.'

As Sophie's lower lip started to tremble, Julie didn’t know how to react. She'd never been a particularly girly girl, and physical demonstrations of affection put her a bit out of her comfort zone. To be honest, not counting that time in the taxi with Mark, it had been a while since she'd had any physical contact with anyone, even Philip.

'We are friends,' she said, settling for a brief pat on Sophie's shoulder. 'I was simply trying to find out if Nathan was single.'

'So it seemed.'

Julie bent down and retrieved Sophie's discarded purchase from the waste bin. 'For you,' she said, dusting the bag off, and putting it back on her desk.

'You could have fooled me.'

'Honestly, Sophie. I'm not interested in Nathan.'

'Why not?'

Because I'm interested in Mark was Julie's first reaction. But to admit that would be... Julie almost laughed. She didn't have a clue what it would be. Then, ashamedly, she realised the word 'wrong' should have leapt to mind, given her marital state.

'Anyway,' continued Sophie. 'It doesn't matter anyway.'

Julie perched on the end of Sophie's desk. 'Why ever not?'

'Weren't you listening? Because he fancies you, not me!'

'Nathan?'

'Yes, Nathan!'

'Whatever makes you think that?'

'Let me see.' Sophie began counting off on her fingers. 'Because of the way he asked you to sit next to him. Because of the way he was talking to you - or should I say flirting with you.' She looked up, red-eyed. 'And because he sent you that card.'

'What?'

'The Valentine's card that was on your desk when you came in this morning. It was from Nathan.'

'How do you know?'

'Because I was here when he walked in and put it there,' said Sophie, in between sobs.

Julie reached into her desk drawer and removed a box of tissues. 'Why didn't you say anything?' she asked, handing Sophie one.

'Because...' Sophie blew her nose loudly.

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