Chapter 21

We finished the game when lunch was almost over so we went to the break room to grab some tea and doughnut. After we were done, he decided to walk me to my office. But since we are in a secret relationship, when people come closer to us we change our subject to something related to work. When we got closer to my office, we heard that Shawn’s father was here. We had a meeting that day and Shawn’s father joined us. Unfortunately there was no opportunity that made Shawn and his father to talk until the end of the meeting. 
When his father talks: he sometimes adds ‘My son’ to the conversation. And when everyone started to walk out his father said “Son, you should come home early tonight. Your sister is back in town and we are planning a surprise party for her.” 
Shawn looked at me and I looked at him. I, with my eyes, started to show him signals to call him dad. Shawn shook his head no. I figured it was due to the number of people in the room but I still looked at him with wide eyes. So Shawn stood up and said “I will be there, dad.” 
Suddenly as soon as he said that, the room became quite. Everyone including Shawn’s father was looking at Shawn in shock. To be honest, I was pretty shocked too. I wasn’t sure if he would actually go through with it but he did. Shawn is staring at his father and his father is staring back at him. Then they realized that we were all standing there just staring at them so they both equally turned their eyes towards us. We all quickly without a noise; moved out of the room. Soon after we stepped out, they came out to. 
I thought they were going to talk more but it is good to take baby steps. On our way to our office, Oliver said to me “Do you believe the boss called his father ‘dad’?” 
“You know, I made him do that.” I boasted. 
“What really; good for you, and for Shawn. I mean, right there he called him dad.” Oliver smiled so I got confused. 
“Wait what is the big deal? Does everyone know about their relationship?” I asked. 
“Are you kidding? Everybody knows. Especially because they always bring drama to the office.” he answered. I asked a follow up question “Drama, what do you mean drama?” 
“The boss’s father doesn’t come here often but when he does, somehow they start fighting for no good reason. Even in meetings, today most of us were shock that he called him dad but what shocked us the most was the fact that they didn’t fight.” 
“Huh, they don’t like each other that much?” I asked. 
“Well it looks like Mr. Davis has changed after seeing you.” 
“What” I looked around to see if anyone had heard us and I pushed him in to the office “How did you know he is seeing me?” 
“Because you told me about your first date and then complained about how he didn’t call you.” 
“Oh, wow I do complain a lot. Do you think anyone else knows about this?” 
“No, I don’t think so. Don’t worry; no one will hear it from me.” 
It has passed a week since Shawn and I had our chess game. Shawn called me at night while I was writing on my journal. 
“Hey” he said with his manly voice. 
“Hi” I answered “How are things with your dad?” I asked because I was so impatient to know how it was going. 
“You are just going to jump right in to that.” he commented. 
“Sorry. I am just curious.” 
“In the last seven days, I have been calling him dad multiple times than I have in the last fifteen years. So he is pretty freaked out.” 
“What about you, are you freaking out?” 
“Not really, the rest of the family is freaking out. Like when we were having dinner, I called him dad so many times; my sister thought I was having a stroke.” 
“So is there any change?” 
“What do you mean?” 
“I mean, are you and your dad getting close?” 
“I don’t know, I don’t think so.” 
“Come on Shawn, you have to try a little harder or you will regret it one day.” 
“Oh please” he said “If you believe in straightening bend up relations then fix yours with Lucy Chaw.” 
“Wow wow, my situation and yours are completely different.” 
“How is that different?” he asked. 
“In my situation, Lucy Chaw is like a monster in one of those horrible horror movies that never dies. You know, the monster that looks at the actors from a distance at the end of the movie while they celebrate even though they swore they killed it. She is like that monster. But for you, he is your father and believe me, one day when you have a son of your own, you will realize that a father-son relation is very important.”  
“Wow, you should have been a shrink.” he commented. 
“What can I say; you can’t go to therapy for more than half your life and not pick up some skills.” 
The next morning, I performed the same routine and got to work. Exhausted from work, I went to the break room with my phone. I was too tired so I decided to try coffee. I placed my phone on the counter and started to pour in to a cup. While I was pouring, Lucy Chaw came out of nowhere and stood next to me with a mug. Before I could finish pouring she ripped it out of my hands and started pouring for herself. I looked at her irritated but I remembered I was too tired to hear her speak so I let it go. I reached out for sugar but she pushed me out of the way and took some for herself. 
“What the hell is your problem?” I yelled when I couldn’t take it anymore. She looked at me like nothing happed “What” she said “You were in my way. And when trash gets in your way, you push it aside.” she gave me an evil smile and walked away. 
I was so angry; I walked away without taking the coffee I poured. When I walked in to the office mad, Oliver received me with “What is wrong now?” 
I stood in the middle of the room “It’s that bitch Lucy Chaw. God I hate her.” 
“Hey come on, don’t call her a bitch. She is an angel.” 
“Clearly you don’t know the meaning of an angel.” I hit back. 
Oliver stood up, circled his desk and sat in front of me. “You have no idea how much I like her. You know what I am confident enough to say that I might be in love with her.” He saw the grossed out look on my face, he continued “Don’t looked at me like that, I am serious.” 
“I already told you, you and her are never going to happen. Anything you try to do for her is not going to strike her as romantic; it will strike her as a desperate attempt to get her in bed. And it only works if you had all the requirements, the 3M’s.” I burst his bubbles. Or so I thought I did, he just continued. 
“What if I call her name out loud in front of everyone, tell her that she is the most beautiful woman on earth and kiss her really hard.” 
“Olly, my response to that is the reaction of every Game of Thrones fan after watching Arya Stark’s sex scene on the last season, ‘Nobody wants to see that.’” 
“Really” Oliver responds “You are comparing my crush for Lucy with Arya Stark’s sex scene, because that scene was unbearable.” 
“I know, and you are being unbearable. What is wrong with you? You are a great guy and you shouldn’t be wasting your time with women like Lucy Chaw.” I screamed at him. 
“Easy for you to say” Oliver commented “You have Mr. Davis.” 
“Shhhh” I whispered as I got closer to him “Say it louder, I don’t think the genitor heard you.” 
“Relax, all I am saying is that I want what you have.” he complained. 
“Then find it somewhere else, trust me you are not going to find it with Lucy Chaw. Your relationship with her is already at a dead end.” 
As soon as I said that I felt a chill inside my head with shame. I realized that I was a hypocrite by telling Shawn that a dead end means a new way and telling Oliver that there is no road for Lucy and him. Oliver saw the confusion on my face and asked what was wrong. Saying nothing, I just walked out of the office. After a little while, I returned and finished work.  
When I was getting ready to leave, I realized I don’t have my phone with me. I searched my bag and all the drawers in my desk but I did not find it. I asked Oliver before he left and I still got nowhere. So I started to retrace my steps. Almost everyone is gone and running from here to there, I was looking for my phone. 
I was in Shawns’ office once so I went to check there and found Shawn instead. 
“What are you still doing here?” I asked him and he asked back “I should ask the same to you. What are you doing here?” 
“I lost my phone. I can’t find it anywhere.” 
“Do you remember the last time you had it?” he asked me a stupid question. 
“Oh, of course I do. That is why I am walking around the entire building at 11:00PM.” 
He realized that I was being sarcastic “Ok a simple ‘No’ would have been fine. Which departments were you at today?” He asked a good question but the problem was that I didn’t remember. So he laid out an amazing idea. He said “Divide and conquer.” 
We went separately and few minutes later Shawn came looking for me because he found the phone. He said it was in the break room and I remembered that I had my phone with me when I went to get coffee and I left because of Lucy Chaw. 
I thanked him and he gave me a ride home. 
The bet we made was finally over and movie night was upon us. And just because I had invited Shawn over, both MC and her mom came as well. After Shawn arrived we made popcorns and chose a movie. But throughout the entire night, all they were trying to do was find out more about Shawn. They even asked him why he was going out with me. It’s as if they doubt my relationship with him. They kept asking him what he liked about me. 
Somehow while time felt like it has stopped, the movie ended and before they could ask him another question and make me regret inviting him over, I rushed him to the door. 
Finally silence, it was just the two of us outside. I can see that Shawn is regretting the night just as much as I am. 
“Since this is your first movie night, I feel like I should apologize. And I also owe you the truth which is movie night is not always that much horrible.” I said sarcastically. 
“That wasn’t so bad. I have dealt with worse!” coolly he answered. 
“Really” 
“No, not really.” he changed his mind. 
“Well when they told me to invite you, I didn’t think they would interrogate you. So really it is no one’s fault.” 
“Ya, next time I come, I am going to come prepared. You know, I will write about my family on my left hand and about you on my right hand.” he joked. 
I wrapped my arm over his shoulder around his neck and continued his joke “I agree, because for an executive director of a multi-billion company, you are not good at answering question that makes you feel uncomfortable.” 
Wrapping his hands on my waist he answered “Well that makes the two of us.” 
We smiled at each other and he leaned in to kiss me. But I said to him “Um, before you kiss me, just know that there are probably four heads looking at us from the window to my right.” 
He looked over to the window and saw the four heads “Are they spying at us?” he asked me giggling. 
“Ya, they are probably waiting for us to kiss.” this time we both giggled. Then he kissed me. As we were kissing, we can hear them chanting and screaming like Children. We stopped kissing; I turned around and yelled “You guys” 
I guess they realized that we can hear them, the heads disappeared and they became silent. He kissed me again and said good night. 
When I walked inside, they were all sitting at their place acting like nothing happened so I got mad. 
“What the hell were you guys doing?” I asked them in a straight face but they played dumb. “I am talking to you people.” I said in an angry voice. 
My mom turned to me and said “What honey, what did we do?” 
“Seriously, I can’t believe you guys. What is the matter with you? You could have scared him away.” I once again yelled at them. 
An MC with a calm voice said to me “Sweetie we were just checking him out.” 
Out of disbelief I just stood there with my arms crossed and my left eye brow high. 
“We are sorry” my mom apologized “We were clearly out of line. Was he mad?” 
“No” I answered “He just said for next time he would be more ready.” 
“Really” said MC “Wow, he is a keeper.” 
After all this madness was over, MCs’ mom stayed in the guest bed room and MC stayed with me and I went to bed. 
The next morning, while I was in my office chatting with Oliver, Lucy Chaw walked in. Oliver like always stood up in a speed to greet her but I was in a good mood so I stayed sited. 
She looked at me, she didn’t even glare to Oliver’s direction and she put a little box in front of me and walked away. 
“What has gotten in to her?” I asked myself because in the past few weeks she has not missed any opportunity to belittle me. 
I opened the box and it was a mug. I realized that Shawn had sent it for me. I took the mug out and read it. I said ‘Worlds best clumsy girl!’ 
I think it was because I lost my phone the other day. But when I turned it upside down, I got really shocked. It said “From sea blue eyes” 
How did he know? I couldn’t figure it out so I rushed to his office. Turns out, that day we were looking for my phone, he had called my number to track the sound and saw that I saved his number as ‘Sea blue eyes’ 
We laughed it out and had lunch, and between all of this, I realized that life couldn’t get any better…