LOGINNo sooner had I posted Charlie’s cooking video to our social feeds than the comments came flooding in. As I filtered through the comments it didn't take long to realise that most of the viewers were not here for the cooking. I got a sting of jealousy when the girl at the auto shop openly flirted with Charlie. That was nothing compared to what these commentators claim they want to do with him. “I'd suck his wooden spoon.”“He can eat it off my body.”“Can I subscribe to his package?”I considered deleting the video but Josh informed me that sales had nearly tripled since it went up. Sex sells and I had essentially pimped Charlie out. I had delivered Charlie to thousands of women, and put him on their radar. He's a gorgeous man with smouldering eyes and a chiselled jaw, of course he'd draw attention. What if it went beyond commenting? He could return the attraction for any of these women. His sexual appetite runs high and they're basically giving him everything he wants. The worst
CharlieI can be friends with her; it's got to be better than nothing. I'm a great friend, the best. There's just one problem, I've never actually been just friends with a woman before. Every girl I've ever been friends with I've ended up sleeping with. It's not intentional, it just sort of happens and then becomes super awkward afterwards, killing the friendship. Alright, I'm a bad friend, a really, really bad friend. But I'm friends with Kat. We have an amazing friendship where she calls me on my shit and we share inside jokes. That friendship only exists though because she’s married to my best friend, Rowan. I’m fucked. I agreed to being friends with Nortica but I know I'll always want more. I want what we were before and I'm scared that I'm going to overstep and fucked this up and lose her again.I just need to put some distance between us, not stand so close to her and avoid the break room when I know she’ll be in there. Well, that was what my brain told me to do. Do I liste
Look I didn't expect Charlie to be so forthcoming with what led him to sleep with Francesca. I thought he'd just brush me off to avoid telling the truth, just like he did when we were together. When I realised he was genuinely being honest I couldn't help but wonder if this was just a power play, to try and win me back. I had to make it clear that we’re done, that his honesty, now, doesn't change our outcome.“I didn’t tell you the truth about Fran because I was hoping to gain from it,” he says, his face looking pained as he concentrates on the road. “I have nothing left to lose now.”I'd been strengthening my heart for weeks, making it an unbreakable, strong muscle but damn it that near cracked through. “You have your clubs and More,” I remind him and he throws a look at me like I'm crazy. “You think I give a shit about my businesses? Over you?” he asks, the tension between us building. “You only came home because your company was at risk,” I point out to him and he shakes his he
CharlieSo she is rejecting special treatment? Well, this will make it harder to get back into her good graces and win her over. I love a challenge though, it's what drew me to her in the first place and I believe that nothing easy is worth going after. Being in the same room as her is like being an alcoholic, returning from rehab and going to a bar. She is the one thing I crave and I want her so badly that it makes my dick twitch just gazing at her beauty but I can't have her. I'm tormented, just being this close to her, breathing in her intoxicating scent, wanting to unravel her braid and run my fingers through her golden, blonde hair. I haven't had sex in two months, my longest period of abstinence and seeing her again, looking every bit the Goddess I remember, has me pent up and frustrated. What makes it worse is that her anger towards me just turns me on more. Whenever she yells at me my brain reminds me of that night we had that huge fight because of Dimity, how phenomenal th
Once security has escorted Richard out and Jennifer has finalised the termination paperwork, it's just Charlie, Josh and me left in the boardroom. There's this awkward silence that lingers between the three of us. Josh keeps looking at me, then at Charlie as if willing one of us to speak but neither of us does. I have so much that I want to say to him, two months' worth of built-up anger, frustration and endless questions that plagued me but I'm not going first. “Well, I should get into the monthly reports,” Josh says, I know he's just making up an excuse to leave but I won't call him on it. “We can catch up later, maybe have lunch together?” Charlie suggests to Josh and me that we curse him in my head. Josh is my lunch buddy, how dare Charlie come back here and steal him away from me? “Sounds good, I'll send you a text,” he replies as he gets up. He puts his hand on my shoulder, a simple act of support to show me that he's still my friend too. My body tenses up the moment Josh
I wrote my resignation letter while I ate my breakfast. I know I could file a sexual harassment claim against Richard but it would be his word against mine and I really don't want to drag this out. I decided that I’ll just take sick leave for my two-week notice period, allowing me time to search for another job. This is the part that I'm dreading, I haven't worked at More long and, without a reference from a previous employer, my chances of finding another marketing position are slim. I guess there's always The Fruit Barn to fall back on. Dad would hire me again but that would mean I'd have to explain to my parents why I quit, which would also lead to me having to confess that I broke up with Charlie. I know I'd have to tell them about the break-up eventually but for now I just didn't want to give them the satisfaction of knowing they were right about Charlie. I was hoping I would be able to put off telling them the truth until at least Christmas. Maybe my unemployment status will







