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Chapter 5

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Chase woke up that next morning with a groan. How could he face Bree after yesterday? How could he face his dad? How was he going to tell Adam about all this?

And why on earth, would that stupid alarm clock not shut up!

Chase quickly jumped up from his spot on the bed to hit the snooze button with full force. He sighed in relief, the serene silence taking over his bedroom once more. Chase made his way to his closet to assess his assets. He decided to stick with the usual suit and tie. Within ten minutes, Chase was out the door.

As he drove to his father's famous industry, he could only sit and stare at the road ahead. He was practically caught up in his own head, just thinking of how wrong this morning could go. He and Bree had almost kissed yesterday. His father probably knew she was there with him, and wanted to talk about it. Either that, or he just really didn't want Adam to be promoted.

Chase slowly began his trek up the stairs, dreading every step as it only brought him closer to his supposed doom. He passed many a colleague on the way up, and made small talk with a fellow CEO who was here to see none other than, Donald Davenport himself. Chase showed him to the fourth floor where the receptionist took care of the rest. As he made his way to his office, he saw Bree waiting patiently at her desk. Chase glanced down at his watch to see it was nine fifteenth, he honestly had no way of knowing whether or not she was late. She jumped as the made eye contact and followed him quickly into his office,

"Hello, Mr. Davenport. What do you had planned for today?" Bree asked professionally as Chase motioned for her to close the door to his office. She nodded, quickly turning and closing the door quietly. Chase set down his brief case and turned to see Bree right behind him. He took a hasty step back almost, instantly running into his desk. She smirked.

"Did you really think I was just going to let you get away with something like that yesterday? I tried to play it off cool because your dad came by right in the middle of it, but you do realize... That... Well you know." Bree looked frustrated at her loss to find the words. Chase smirked, finding his chance to do the unexpected.

"Oh, Bree. You know exactly what I was trying to do yesterday. I was trying to get to know you. The only difference to that moment, would be me trying to get to know you-" Chase left off as he began to move forward. Bree took slow steps back as Chase continued to move forward, his footsteps in synch with her own. Soon enough, Bree's back hit the wall on the far side of Chase's office. Chase smirked as she looked around the office for a way out. He knew deep down, she had no intention of leaving. But she was playing this game well. Chase still continued to get closer. He rested his hands against the wall on either side of her, replicating the situation of yesterday. He slowly moved his face closer to her ear. He took his hand off the wall for just a second so he could move her hair just behind her ear.

"I wanted to get to know you, in a way no one else has." Chase whispered against Bree's ear. She shivered instantly, forcing Chase to smirk before moving his hands lower. He let his hands good ghostly against her skin until they were resting on Bree's waist.

"I think you already know you know me in a way no one else does, or ever has." Bree whispered back. Chase moved back for a second to see Bree pleading Chase with her eyes. He got the message and began to move his face closer to Bree's. Bree could feel Chase's lips resting almost a millionth of a centimeter away from hers when they heard the door handle move.

Bree squealed almost silently as Chase jumped back and began to move back over to his desk. By the time the door opened, Bree was sitting in the same seat she had taken the day of her interview, and Chase, was leaning against his desk in front of her. Chase sighed as he saw Adam waltzed into his office with ease.

"Dude, I don't think you could have scared me more. I seriously thought you were my dad." Chase said seriously as Adam closed the door. He turned and smiled as he saw Bree now slumming in her chair.

"Sorry, guys. I didn't know you were canoodling. And don't worry, bigger Davenport is in a meeting with... that one guy." Adam said nonchalantly. Bree sighed in exasperation.

"Adam we were not canoodling. We were having a conversation about the meeting yesterday." Bree said calmly, looking slightly worried that someone might be onto them.

"Oh, you mean the meeting you two ditched so you could hook up at Chase's house? Yeah, word travels fast." Adam said with a smirk. Bree gasped before jumping out of her chair and lunging at Adam.

"We were not hooking up!" Bree yelled quietly, knowing if the whole office heard this, the entire world would hear about it. No one had ever had an in-office relationship before. Chase made his way to Bree and pulled her back from Adam by her hips.

He pulled her into him and whispered so no one else could hear. "Calm down. He's teasing."

"What do you mean he's teasing?" Bree said flat out. She pulled herself away from Chase to look straight at him. She looked mad.

"I literally mean he's teasing. No one is saying we ditched the meeting to hook up at my place. It's okay, Bree." Chase said as she reached for her hand. He could feel her in his grasp before she pulled back.

"But what if they do think that? If your dad had to make a house call yesterday, maybe that's what everyone is saying. Oh my god, they probably think that we were kissing in here before Adam came in." Bree sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair as she began to pace. Chase sighed and walked over to her, trying to calm her down.

"No. You know what? I'm just going to take the day off. I'm not sure if I can handle all of this." Bree rambled as she made her way out of the office. She opened the door to find the entire office listening in on the conversation happening in their boss' office. Bree sighed and picked up her purse. She quickly averted her eyes from the rest of the office and left within seconds. After she was out of sight, everyone went back to work as normal. Chase shut the door to his office once more and turned to Adam.

"Why on earth would you do that? Do you know how much I like her? I was making a move when you came in. She said that we were friends yesterday, and I was fixing that! Why did you just have to come in right then?" Chase yelled quietly at Adam. Adam looked temporarily afraid. Chase wasn't particularly scary, but when he wanted to, he could definitely startle someone.

"Look, Chase, I'm sorry. I didn't know she would do that, and I didn't know you were trying to get it on in here." Adam said as he made his way to the door.

"We're were going to kiss. We weren't going to have sex, we were simply going to kiss. Yesterday we weren't canoodling, we were going to kiss. Then, guess you didn't see this one coming, my dad stopped by." Chase explained. Those last words caught Adam in his tracks. He turned to face his best friend once more with a look of shock.

"Davenport, knows?" Adam asked as they made their way to sit on the couch in Chase's office. Chase sighed.

"I don't know. But if-" Chase said, but was cut off.

"Oh yes, you're right, Adam. Davenport does know." Donald said as he opened the door to Chase's office. He closed it slowly before he made his way to face Chase and Adam.

"Well I'm going to get back to work. That testing paperwork won't type itself." Adam said standing and leaving quickly. Chase rolled his eyes and looked up to his father.

"What do you mean, you know?" Chase asked quietly while his dad sat by him on the couch. Donald sighed.

"I mean, that new assistant of yours, just made a scene after you two were locked in here, by yourselves. You ditched the meeting yesterday, with her, then proceeded to take her to your house. So when I ask you this Chase I want the truth because I have all the facts. What is going on with you two?"

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