The Hours Novels & Stories

The company's office hours start at 8:00 am and end at 12:00 pm, a lunch break for an hour and a half, and the office hours in the afternoon starts at 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm. On this day, according to what Luisa had told them, today being the last day that Emilia would come to the company. She would only come to the office to give a few pointers for Rosabelle and say goodbye to her team, to Mr. Adams, and to Miss Klau.

But it was known. No longer a rumor. No longer a feeling. A sequence. A number. A fact. I sat in the chair. I did not sleep yet. I watched the horizon. The sun would rise in four hours. The team would return in six. The scan would resume in eight. The timeline was set. The work was defined. The variables were known. There was nothing left to do tonight. The plan was ready. The people were ready. The system was ready. I stood up.

~Rosie A knock on the door wakes me. I barely have enough time to force my eyes open before Time glides into my room. He tugs the curtains open swiftly, allowing the light to stream right into my heavy eyes. It has to be some ungodly hour of the morning, considering how much my body protests. Plastering my sheets to my chest, I sit up, shielding my hands up against the light.

"Okay, I know. As you live for work and didn't want to delay, so I asked Si Ban to bring your things here. But, you can only work for three hours with breaks." "Okay." She readily agreed, after all 'something is better than nothing.' ZouMi happily took her laptop and phone, she called Si Ban to let him inform for the updates. She had no clue of time when she starts working, time to time Gu Huan made her drink water or either juice letting her take breaks. After three hours, Gu Huan waited for her to keep her laptop aside, but she showed no sign of that, so he stood up walked towards the bed and...

I hesitantly removed my hair tie, my hair falling down my back and over my shoulders I ran my hand through it pushing it away from my eyes he nodded in approval looking at me. "You're required to be on call whenever you're needed, your work hours are from 8 to 6. You must not be late, I will not tolerate you being late and if you are going to be late call ahead of time and inform me. The room that you saw earlier is your office you're allowed to decorate it however you please the door to the left of it is our break room. There are notes on the laptop inside of your office with things you need to know, like where certain rooms are, how I like my coffee, etc," he said before looking down at hi

Slowly, it clicked into place. I closed my eyes and paid attention. “Two… three…” I counted the seconds in-between each goodbye. "Three hours," I murmured. "They change shifts every three hours." I closed my eyes again, counting the footsteps and how long the silence lasted after each goodbye. "Twenty minutes," I whispered, a flicker of hope sparking within me. That was the window I needed. By the time I opened my eyes again, it was night time. Time to strike.

But inside, my mind was working fast, sifting through every single detail. Guards at every entrance. Tightened security. No way in or out without being seen. I needed more. Feigning idle curiosity, I tilted my head. "That makes sense. But I suppose even guards need breaks. What happens then?" She nodded. "Yes. The shifts change every eight hours. That's by 12 a.m., 8 a.m., and 4 p.m., and most times, from 4 a.m. to 5 a.m., it's usually when things are the least strict."

He hugs me from behind to bring my head up to his face before he says softly, "So, are you mine or will I need to continue to claim you?" I felt him still inside me and I wanted more! But when I looked up at the digital clock on the wall, it said it was four thirty in the morning! This means, Bo and I have been having sex for over four hours! It didn't feel like that! It felt like twenty minutes both times! I was exhausted so I just said, "I am all yours!" He hugged me tightly before he said, "Good Bunny! I am all yours too." I smiled but quickly felt weak.

"I have a test today. I can't go." "And how will you write?" "I'm ambidextrous." She grinned proudly. "Good to know. After your test, we're leaving." He stared pointedly at her. "You got it." "How many minutes do you need to take the test?" "Almost an hour." She replied. "My phone screen smashed but I'll try to use it to call you when I'm done." "We'll get you a new phone on the way back." "Or we can just have the screen repaired." She countered.

Honeymoon itineraries. The two of them had been completely wrapped up in their perfect future together. Back then, Lucia loved sending cute little animal stickers. Pierce always unconsciously pictured them with Lucia's face instead. Whenever her messages popped up, he'd imagine the expression she had while sending them and instantly want to ditch work and rush home to hold her. Sometimes he even wished he didn't have a job at all, just so she could stay in his sight every second. His finger kept scrolling. Soon, he reached the day Lucia gave birth.