Chapter 307: Messing with fate (2/2)
To use this item, Ben needed to tie it around Laura's ankle, but it's not like she would hold her foot out for him to rub and tie a string around. Well, there wasn't much choice here, Ben had to do it. Pretending to drop his napkin, he ducked under the table. Then, he hurried to wrap the red string around his ankle. When he was done, he glanced at Laura's slim sexy legs under the table, and gulped.
He knew he didn't have time to be distracted though. So, he leaned forward near her, and being careful to not touch her, wrapped the string around her ankle as well. Since it was a consumable and not an item, she couldn't feel it, but that didn't mean she was an idiot. She frowned when she noticed Ben had been under that table for longer than normal, and it wasn't only her. Fat Frank at the nearby table showed a lopsided smirk…as he watched Ben under that table, making strange motions around Laura's ankle…
He wasn't sure what to think but, he soon shrugged. 'Looks fun…'
Frank was an easygoing guy…
Soon, Ben got up from under the table and noticed Laura glaring at him. He cleared his throat. ”Got it! You know, napkins are tricky these days…”
She didn't know that…
Nobody knew that…
That wasn't of much consequence though. What was important, is that after tying the string to Laura's ankle, he felt a strange sensation, like the space around them changed. In fact, she felt it also, but didn't give it much attention, returning back to work so she could be rid of this cabbage patch kid as soon as possible.
Soon, she thought she got her wish too, as they finished going over the work documents and prepared to return to their normal routines. In fact, it seemed inevitable. With mortal enemy attraction, Laura couldn't help but keep a safe distance from Ben, showing him a hateful glare anytime he so much as glanced at her. She hated being around him, and only dealt with it because she was professional. So as they waited for the elevator and it arrived, opening to reveal no one inside, she frowned when she thought of being in there alone with him.
However, she prioritized work, after all. So stepping inside, she prepared herself to deal with a minute of discomfort in sharing the same closed space with Ben. The only problem was, she didn't realize what he did. Ben smirked. 'This is it…'
An empty elevator in the middle of the workday in such a packed building? If this wasn't the workings of fate, he didn't know what was. Ben glanced at Laura standing at the opposite end of the elevator from him. It was now or never.