Baby Love Me
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“Yes. I’m listening.” His voice shook a bit. Why must I feel like this? Stand up, Darcy. Be a man. Shouldn’t a man dominate the work place, like in the bedroom?
“Why is it wrinkled?” she asked again.
“I…” Bugger! What was he supposed to tell the witch? That he was sleeping on the job because he was so damn tired because of the amount of work she unloaded on him. Because, shit, Peter decided to take a week off, leaving him to do all his work.
Shit! The amount of work she pressed him to finish was, yes, a little overboard, but it was also his own damn fault for succumbing to the pressure of his friend Hunter.
Last night, Hunter had called to announce that his partner had accepted his marriage proposal. So what did two highly intelligent men do? They went drinking—until they were flat-out drunk. And it was only Wednesday, for crying out loud. By the time he got home, he was pooping with his eyes closed.
“I…?” The witch probed, her eyes questioning, waiting for him to elaborate. Or maybe to drop dead on the spot due to stress. If that happened, he’d sue her for inducing stress on her staff.
“I was… was…” His eyes scanned the floor, looking for a way out of his early grave. And then they miraculously landed on a piece of paper lying underneath her desk. Not knowing what excuse to give her, he immediately said the first thing that came into his mind. “I was busy looking for some documents on the floor, so I must have accidentally wrinkled it then. There’s still a piece left under the desk. I’ll just grab it.”
He crawled underneath the table and picked up the document that lay near her feet. God, now I feel so low, but please let the witch believe my lie.
“You came into my office without my permission to organize my things?” she asked with a cruel sting.
“Y-yes.” He got back up. What the hell have I done? What kind of excuse was that? Why did I come up with such a lame excuse?
Darcy knew the witch hated anyone invading her private space. She’d told him countless times. So why did he think of saying such a thing?
“Darcy, I have…”
And here she goes with the warning.
“I don’t appreciate anyone coming into my room when I’m not present. If this happens again—”
Blab, blab, blab... Darcy blocked out her voice and thought instead of his latest date that he’d scored while out drinking with Hunter late last night. I wonder if Isabella wants to go straight to third base tonight.
“Did you pick everything up?”
“Huh?” Has she finished with the warning already?
“Darcy, were you even listening to me?”
“Yes, I’m listening.” Darcy straightened himself and cracked his neck. He should never sleep in that sloughy position since it would always be his neck that suffered.
“Good. Now that I’ve made myself clear, we can get back to work.”
Phew! Darcy heaved a sigh of relief, happy that he wasn’t punished. He feigned a smile and turned to leave when—
“Now take off your tie.”
What? Darcy stopped in his tracks and twisted on his heel to face the witch.
You have got to be kidding me. You nasty witch, you want me to strip off my tie? Not a chance. And it’s definitely not part of office policy to strip for your boss. I won’t—
“Take off your tie, Darcy,” she stated again, glaring deathly venom at him.
“W-why?” he stuttered, fear creeping into him.
What’s gotten into her? Wait! That must be it. She’s a cougar, preying on young, handsome men like me. And since I’m so irresistible, she wants a piece of me like all the other women back in university. Yes, that’s it. The cougar.
“Because it’s wrinkled,” she said simply, shoving his hypothesis out the window. “I can’t have you parading around the workplace wearing a wrinkled tie, now can I?”
And you can parade around in that ugly dress? Not that he could say that out loud.
The witch stood from her chair and walked toward a set of drawers situated at the back of the office. Then stopping in front of them, she pulled something out from the top drawer. All Darcy could do was stare at her back. She then turned and walked toward him with a red polka dot tie in her hand.
She keeps ties in her office. Shit! So I’m not her only victim, then. She must be preying on other men, too. So the rumors are true after all.
At first, when Darcy started working here, there were numerous rumors about his boss being a cougar, preying on young men in her previous workplace because she was so old she couldn’t find herself a boyfriend.
He supposed no one in his right mind would want to be her boyfriend anyway. Tyrant. Strict. Cold. Vicious. You name it—all the traits a girl shouldn’t have, she possessed. In other words, she turned men off.
“Darcy, take off the tie.” She cocked her head to one side when he refused to budge.
“Yes, yes, of course.” There he went again. He just couldn’t stand up for himself, could he? What a loser.
Grabbing the knot of his tie, Darcy loosened it. Once removed, he scrunched it up and shoved it in his pocket.
The witch stood right in front of him, her head only reaching his chin. Despite the height difference, Darcy still felt intimidated by this woman.
Without touching him, the witch glared up at him, her eyes frosty. “Wear this,” she ordered, then dropped the tie into his open palm.
Darcy stood speechless, looking at the polka dot tie in his hand. He’d bet on his next paycheck that if he were to walk out of this office wearing that tie, he would surely be the laughing stock of the whole company.
The witch stood in the same position, right in front of him, as if waiting for him to do something with the tie. He just blinked.
“Darcy?”
“Yes, Miss Madigan.”
“Wear the tie.”
“Oh, like right now?”
“Yes.”
“Can I wait until I reach my office?”
“No.”
The evil witch. Torturing me every day with the workload isn’t enough. Now I must be the laughing stock of the whole company, too. I hate you.
Darcy wanted to lash out at her, but instead, he found himself tying the tie around his neck, like an obedient little boy or a total submissive.
“All done,” he even exclaimed once he finished.
The witch had the decency to step back and inspect his goddamn work.
“Good.” She nodded, smiling slyly, then turned and perched herself back on her throne, typing furiously on her laptop, her long fingernails like cat claws drumming on the keyboard. “You can leave now, Darcy,” she instructed, her eyes were still glued to the screen. “And be a good boy and close the door on your way.”
Bang on my ego. The witch sure knows how to use the minimum words for a maximum effect to traumatize me.
Darcy wanted to spout a comeback, a retort, anything to show she couldn’t bully him, but all that came out of his mouth was, “Yes, Miss Madigan,” before he gnashed his teeth together and closed the door quietly behind him.
Falling for his Boss featuring Whitney and Darcy is now available.
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Other Books in the Spinsters and Casanovas Series
Baby Be Mine (Clarice and Hunter #1)
Baby I’m Yours (Clarice and Hunter #2)
Baby Love Me (Clarice and Hunter #3)
Falling for His Boss (Whitney and Darcy)
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The Sinister Bachelor Billionaires Series
Jenny and Giovanni
Maid to the Mafia Book 1: Totally Captivated
Maid to the Mafia Book 2: Totally Alluring
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Sweet Entrapment Book 1: Captivated
Sweet Entrapment Book 2: Loved
About the Author
Rosie lives in the small town of Dunedin, New Zealand, the country where Lord of the Rings took place. She writes contemporary romantic comedy and new adult romance fiction. If not working at her day job or writing her novels at night, she enjoys eating noodles, watching mystery drama and anime, reading manga, along with exploring a wide range of music.
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