Novel & Cerita Workplace Romance

The air was filled with the distant chatter of employees and the soft background noise of phones ringing and keyboards clicking. Each worker that passed me by greeted me with a respectful nod or a cheerful "Good morning, Miss Rachel." I wasn’t obligated to answer their greetings, but I felt the need to do so. I smiled and responded to each one, "Good morning," or "Hello," as I walked through the bustling office. LEO’S POV

Movies and TV dramas often romanticize workplace romances: the handsome boss, stolen kisses in the elevator, passionate moments in the office. Sounds dreamy, doesn’t it? In real life? Not so much. Elevators have cameras, every corner of the office is monitored, and your boss may not be a charming heartthrob. More likely, he’s middle-aged, balding, and sporting a beer belly. Even if you did manage to land one of the rare good-looking ones, just try hugging or kissing him in public—by the next day, the entire company would know your "romantic escapades."

I faced him and placed my hands on my hips while he smiled at me. “Anthony, I think we should probably not do public displays of affection at the workplace “Why?” “Because this company literally has a ban? Staff isn't supposed to have any romantic relationships with other staff. You know of this rule, fool. Besides, I'm sure these people already put two and two together to know that we are dating.”

Soon the taller one took a slurp from her cup of water,it was like she had a huge announcement;since she leaned forward, whispering conspiratorially to Lisa. "He is very famous at our company because he loves to date coworkers and breaks their hearts. And he only hooks up with the incredibly beautiful ones. You know what I mean, right?" "Office romance, are we not allowed to date someone in the office?" Lisa asked rhetorically. "It is not against the company's regulations, but the ladies he had dated would depart their job because they cannot handle seeing him every day when the relationship goes south." "Did Joseph ask them to leave the office?" Lisa was curious.

"But, you haven't been this horny in a long time. It seemed like your sexual appetite had become tamed." "Maybe I found something special that fills the void sex used to fill for me." Brandon blushed at Ethan’s admission. It was enough to make his knees weak. "By the way, I hate how your female coworkers, and every female in this office, get cheeky around you. The tiny voices, constantly running their fingers along your arms, giving your shoulder a gentle slap, or even hugging you. I dislike it. You're way up the ladder now; you don't need to be friendly."

I questioned as we made our way upstairs. "Nope. Brown and Francesca ruined office romance for all of us." He looked disgruntled. I laughed softly and shook my head. "I somehow agree with him though. It's really not advisable for colleagues in a workplace to date one another. Causes conflict of interest once the romance is over." I said. "So... Were you about to give me a positive answer back there?". He questioned. I mentally facepalmed myself hoping that Leon's appearance would put him off his game but he was still very much interested and it saddened me to let him down but it had to be done.

On the other hand, she couldn't fathom why he would only pretend to be affectionate to her. Charles was very high-profile. It seemed that he was happy to let their love be public. Every day, he picked her up and stayed with her, which made their relationship quickly known by everyone in the company. Everyone now knew that Sarah was their president's girlfriend. This all made Sarah a little embarrassed because she was used to keeping a low profile. All in all, their love had a bad influence on the dynamic of the company, but Charles didn't care about that. Perhaps, the notion of romantic privacy was, in fact, the one thing that Charles didn't respect her opinion on.

Rose cleared her throat. “The CEO romance genre can be split into many subgenres which adds to the number of writing possibilities which explains why it’s attractive to authors. Zach asked last week about why the male main character is always a rich man, CEOs fall into that,” she explained. “Workplace romances are popular, that’s possible with a CEO story. There’s an almost infinite number of popular combinations when one character is a CEO.” That was the most Zach had ever heard the quietest editor say. He could tell she was right. It was easy to add versatility to the genre as anything was possible as long as one character was a successful CEO.

We had never fought this long as far back as I could remember. I just wished that I could look at him and only see the CEO title. Period. Not a man who made me ridiculously self conscious and made me care so much. I had heard several cliché stories of workplace romance but few had good outcomes. Right there and then, I vowed not to become one of those. I went to the bathroom and doused my face with cold water. Well that helped a little. Now, if only I could just as easily wash my feelings away. My phone beeped with a message from my mom. It was an update on dad’s health.

Nothing will show Anthony that Maisie was his more than PDAs, and that was what he wanted to do. " Zach be serious. " Maisie snapped. " I am serious. " " The human resources team frown against romantic relationship in the workplace. " Maisie reminded Zach. " Then it is a good thing I am the boss. All they can do is to frown. They tried to say anything I will kick their asses to the curb. " " Zach, I am serious. " Maisie groaned.