Chapter 22: Chapter 22

Chapter Twenty – Two

Ava POV

Right as Kevin left the office room, I knew that it was bad. The look on his face made one thing clear that he was going to get back at me for this one.

I wish I could take my action back but I could not. And I did even want to take my action back!

He deserved it. He would not have taken me seriously. I had told him so many times that I did not like him but he never got it. He kept thinking that I was joking but now he got it. He knew now that I was not kidding when I said that I wanted to do nothing with him.

However, the problem still remained. Now that he knew about me not having interest in him, he will get back to me.

What was the point?

He was one of those nice guys who tried to be nice to a girl as long as they thought they had a chance with them but as soon as they got to know that they had no chance they became mean.

The typical nice guy.

And now everyone here in this room knew about it too. People were too quiet around me. It was almost pin - drop silenced. My slap had landed hard and now that Kevin had left the premises, everybody's attention was on me. And I really hated being the center of attention.

“Hey, are you okay? What happened?” A voice asked me. I swallowed hard before  spinning around to see who was asking me the question. The scene before my eyes was exactly what I expected.

Everyone present in the room was staring at me. All of them were staring at me, expectedly.

"What happened?" The same voice asked me again. I recognised the voice now. This voice was from the woman who had asked me to go home when Charlotte had asked me to stay at home.

I glanced at and shook my head at her.

"Nothing. Uhh … it was … just …" I tried to explain but ended up only sighing. I shook my head again and gestured for them to go back to their work.

I knew that I should explain the situation to her but I was tired. I was tired of this. He got his lesson now. He would not irritate me with his nagging. He would certainly not ask me out for a date. However, there was no denying that there might be consequences for the slap.

I rubbed my head. I could feel a headache kicking in. This day was becoming anything but uneventful. So much for not taking stress.

Everyone around the room went back to their work after I denied telling them what had happened. Some of them whispered among themselves while throwing looks at me. All in all, I could not blame them for it.

I just slapped one of the employees who works between them and did not explain why. So yeah people would talk about it.

I was a little annoyed with the way this day started. I needed caffeine to keep myself awake to go through this annoying day. Therefore, I got out of the room and walked into the pantry section. I picked up a plastic cup and moved to fill it up with coffee. I put the cup below the machine and pressed the button. Hot liquid shot through the machine with a fizz. After a few seconds, it was filled. I took the cup in my hand and relished in the warmth that this cup provided. I brought coffee to my nose and inhaled. Then I took a sip.

Gosh.

My eyes almost closed at the taste of it. The coffee was good and warm. I took another sip before I began thinking about what was wrong with Kevin.

I remembered the first time I had asked for his help. I had been polite but professional, never stepping over the professionalism.

He had been flirty since day one but I had given him clear signals that I did not like him and was not interested in him romantically. Or I liked him only as colleagues. Then why did he think that I liked him?

And I had even tried avoiding him, but then he always butted in my matters. Even when those did not concern him whatsoever. He was completely delusional. He said that I had promised him a date?

When did I?

I never, and I mean never told him that I would go on a date with him. Not even gave him a hint about it then where did he get that idea from?

He was making all the things up in his damn mind. Maybe he was one of those people who believed that they had fake marriages to the celebrities and showed up to their places.

I would have forgiven everything that he said to me. I would have even been polite about it but then he became the jerk of all time by mentioning Jasper.

Jasper.

Our Boss.

Where did he come from, in that conversation? Just because I rejected him that did not mean that he was allowed to drag any guy that was associated with me and dump it on my head.

Moron.

Thinking about all of this, made my blood boil. I did not do anything wrong. It was all his fault. I could not let myself feel bad for a guy who was not right in the head and could not take rejection.

I shook my head. My mood and the morning was spoiled anyway. There was nothing that I could do to make it better.

Pushing all the thoughts away, I focused on my coffee. I finished it as soon as possible before crumpling the cup and throwing it in the bin.

I could not let him get away with this. I had to complain about it otherwise if something happened, all the people would blame me only. Especially, after they all had seen me slapping him without giving them a reason.

I will complain about Kevin's actions to Charlotte. I had to. I had no choice left.

So with the decision made, I walked out of the pantry and began my search for Charlotte.