When Eve and JC arrived at the fiftieths floor, Nicole just finished a call and made Eve stop, before she entered the open space office with JC.

„Some of us decided having drinks tonight. Like a little pre Christmas after work party. You wanna join us?“ 

„Um… I would love to… but… I have already plans,“ Eve stammered. 

Nicole opened her eyes wide.

„A date?“ 

„Um… no…“ 

„Are you seeing Justin?!“ 

„What? Jesus, no!“ 

Nicole was waiting for an explanation. 

„Look, I need to go. But thanks for asking,“ Eve added, before going inside. 

Few hours later, when everybody else was already gone, Eve stood up and went into JC’s office. He gave her a sexy smile, as she was coming closer. She sat down at his desk, smiling back at him. 

„So? Sex or pizza?“ she asked.

I expected to get both tonight.“ 

„You will. The question is in which order?“ 

„Sex. Pizza. Sex.“

Eve laughed. JC stood up and pushed himself between her legs. He was glad that she was wearing an floaty dress today. His hands moved up her thighs.

„Panties, hm?“ 

„Did you think I’m not wearing anything under that short dress?“ 

„I wasn’t sure.“ 

He grinned dirty and dressed her panties off in a second. 

„Lean back, baby. I wanna taste you…“ 

Nicole was sitting in her car, just arriving at the office building. She forgot her purse at her desk and needed to go back, before joining her colleagues at the bar for drinks. She parked close to the elevators and opened her seatbelt. One elevator just arrived downstairs. The doors got open. Nicole saw Eve and JC stepping outside. Curiously she watched the scene, before leaving her car. 

„We need to make a quick stop at the supermarket,“ Eve said to JC. 

„If you buy a frozen pizza I’ll be pretty disappointed.“ 

She chuckled. 

„Don’t worry. I just need few ingredients for the dough.“

JC put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her head, as they were walking towards his car. 

„I hope you’ll also serve an appetizer and some dessert.“ 

„I was the appetizer. You’ll be the dessert,“ she answered boldly. 

JC smiled. They reached his car in the next moment and got in. 

Nicole was still watching them, with her mouth open wide. She needed to process hard. As they left the parking garage, she grabbed her phone with shaky hands and called Richard.

„Hey my love. Where are you?“ he answered her call. 

„You won’t believe what I just witnessed…“ 

After having dinner, Eve and JC collapsed at her sofa in front of the telly.

„I ate too much to offer myself as dessert straightaway,“ JC said, patting his full belly. 

„Luckily the night is still young,“ she replied, before crawling into his arm.

He pushed her closer to his body and kissed her. 

„It was delicious, by the way.“

„The appetizer or the main course?“

„Both.“ 

Eve smiled.

„Okay, old man. Let’s watch our series.“

„Do you really think I’m old?“ 

„Yes, you are.“

JC suddenly pushed her onto her back, spread her legs and laid down on top of her. 

„Fine. You’ll get dessert straightaway.“ 

Eve giggled. He smiled back, before kissing her lips passionately. 

In the next moment her phone started ringing. It was lying at the coffee table. JC broke their kiss and glanced at the display. 

„It’s Nicole.“ 

Eve sighed. 

„She went out with some colleagues for drinks. Surely she just wants to persuade me to join them.“ 

„Why you didn’t go with them?“ 

Eve stroke his hair softly. 

„Because I preferred spending my night with the boss.“ 

„I don’t expect you spending every night with me, Eve.“ 

„But I want to.“ 

He gave her a loving smile.

„Same here.“ 

Eve’s phone received a message next. JC glanced at the display again. 

„She wrote you. Wanna read?“

Eve rolled her eyes, before she nodded. JC gave her the phone, still lying on top of her. 

„We need to talk urgently!“ [Nic]

„About what?“ [Evy]

„You and JC.“ [Nic] 

Immediately Eve turned pale. JC frowned.

„Is everything okay?“ 

Eve just stared at the display, not being able to reply. 

„What happened?“ he continued asking. 

Eve looked at him like seeing a ghost.

„Talk to me, Eve.“

„She…“ 

„She what?“ 

„She… she… knows…“ 

JC was processing the information. 

„Are you saying, she knows about us?“ 

Eve just nodded. 

JC raised himself and gave her an outraged look. 

„How could that happen?“ he suddenly blamed her. 

„I don’t know. I didn’t talk to anyone.“ 

„Are you sure you didn’t?“

Eve sat down next to him.

„Of course I am sure, Josh.“ 

He grabbed his face with both hands.

„Fuck!“ 

Eve was shocked about his reaction and didn’t know how to behave. He looked at her again.

„Call her and find out what exactly she knows.“

She was still staring at him.

„Call her, Eve!“ he ordered. 

She hated the way he was talking to her. But she also wanted to find out what was going on. Then she dialed Nicole’s number. 

„Put her on speaker.“ JC demanded. 

Eve did what he asked for. Nicole picked up in the next second. 

„Thank god, Eve. Thank god…“ Nicole said in deep excitement. 

„What is going on?“ Eve asked.

„I… we… it’s a mess Eve… I’m so, so sorry…“

„Nic. Calm down and tell me what the hell happened.“ 

Nicole took a deep breath. 

„I needed to go back to the office, as I forgot my purse at my desk. When I arrived at the parking garage I saw you with JC.“

JC grabbed his face again, while Eve was processing the information. She didn’t know how to react. Nicole continued talking. 

„I was so shocked, as I didn’t expect any of this. I don’t know why, but I felt the urge to share the news with Richy. I called him straightaway and told him…“ 

JC’s anger couldn’t get any bigger. 

„Nic…“ 

„Richard was already at the bar. Unfortunately he didn’t notice, that Peter was standing behind his back, listening to our conversation… that son of the bitch told the whole group what he just learned about you… I’m so sorry…“ 

Eve was paralyzed, not being able to reply. 

„Please don’t hate me, Evy… I know I screwed things up… but please don’t hate me…“

JC suddenly took the phone out of Eve’s hand and hung up. She gave him a stern look.

„What the hell, Josh?“ 

„I don’t want you talking to her about us.“ 

She frowned. 

„I understand this is an unfortunate situation. But it’s not the end of the world.“ 

JC scoffed. 

„This is my firm, Eve!“

„What exactly are you trying to say?“

„My staff has to respect me, instead gossiping about my sex life!“ 

„Sex life? Is that all what this is about?“ 

JC sighed. 

„Do you really think this is the right moment fighting about that?!“ 

Eve couldn’t be more shocked about his outburst. His sudden coldness was hurting her deeply. 

„I thought what we have means something to you.“ 

„What makes you believe it doesn’t?!“ 

„Is this a serious question?“ 

„Of course it is a serious question!“ 

„You’re acting like people’s knowledge about us was the worst case scenario for you.“ 

JC stood up, being completely in rage now.

„You are not running that firm! You have no idea about my responsibility! I can’t afford doing mistakes, Eve!“ 

She stared at him, while her eyes was filling with tears. Her heart just broke into pieces. 

„Did you just call me a mistake?“ 

„This is not about you, for god’s sake! This is about my firm, don’t you get it?!“ he screamed at her. 

Eve stood up, as well. She was fighting hard against her tears. 

„I want you go.“

JC scoffed. 

„Are you serious?!“ 

„Get the fuck out of here, JC.“