She smirked as Alex grabbed her arm dragging her to the Morning Dose coffee shop.   She willingly followed, already missing her favorite liquid even though it was just a day of absence.   "How did you become Taylor Swift in a day baby girl? And how do you manage to land your boss, our boss?" He asked eagerly, in hushed whispers that shouldn't be called that because of how loud it was.   She shook her head at him, in between clenched teeth, "I'll tell you if you stop ranting, okay?"    He nodded remorsefully and then grabbed a cup of strawberry smoothie, Maya knew he didn't care for. She ordered an expresso, and minutes later they made their way to a booth.   "Yes, I got engaged to our boss but I kept it a secret because I was trying to avoid this ruse and drama that is now arising."    He placed his hand on his chest like he had been wounded dramatically. "I thought

"I'm just going away like you guys had requested not dying!" Her eyes widened as she noticed Jasmine's and Jessica's tear-streaked faces. "Besides it is a temporary arrangement, once the worst is over which is soon, I'll be back."      They both nodded still sulking childishly.       "Are you ready?" Xavier asked standing up.    Even though she had protested all her things, except a change clothe had been moved by a moving van to his house yesterday.      She knew it was a temporary move, if everything goes according to her wants she should be out of his house in three days, but as he carted all of her belongings ignoring her, it had felt so permanent, so final.      She shook her head at her crazy thoughts, then smiling at him she nodded.      "Let's go home then."   ***

Maya's eye glossed over the new contemporary romance book she had bought in a bookstore in the next estate.    It'd been quite a show because of the hefty men Xavier had insisted she show up with as the book owner just gulped again and again.    She doubted the woman had even counted her money because she seemed so eager to get rid of her and Maya didn't blame the middle-aged woman one bit.   Though she also didn't enjoy the company of two stiff men who only spoke monosyllables when necessary and had a permanent scowl on their face, she'd been desperate to get something to do, something to keep her company so the last incident that occurred when she had decided to explore Xavier's swimming pool because of boredom won't be repeated.    None of them ever mentioned the incident to each other and honestly, there was never an opportunity for it to come up.    Xavier was always gone to work before she wok

Maya had been surprised that Xavier had even remembered his promise of having a movie night with her.      In fact, he had gone out of his way to bring along Melissa, which had been a pleasant surprise for Maya.     And Melissa, in turn, had rung her boyfriend to join them a few minutes later because according to her, it felt like she was a massive third wheel.      Which Maya considered understandable since she considers she and Xavier an item.      Bryan was his name and though Maya couldn't say she liked the guy immediately she saw him, she couldn't exactly chalk it up to him being a bad person since she didn't know him but Xavier had stiffened beside her making her paranoid about what the evening held in store for her because of the addition and had to pinch him to gain his attention.      "Be nice, please." She gritted her teeth a

Maya knocked on Xavier's door before she could talk herself out of being there for the very man who had insulted her for basically looking out for him.    "I'm just trying to be a friend__" she muttered to herself while she waited for him to open the door.   She swallowed when he finally did that. He had come in some minutes ago and as she stared at him with wide eyes, she found herself regretting her decision to come some minutes after but there was also the risk of him falling asleep if she had waited longer.    On his waist was a little towel, which allowed her make out the sexy V of his waist that inspired her to "mistakenly" tug his towel down and see where it leads to.    His hard abs made her nipple underneath her thin tank top become taut like pebbles as she could feel her body reacting to all of him.    She bet her mouth was s