Forbidden Heat

The start of the second week of my internship…hello, Monday and…another full week with Edward at the lab. The plan for this week is quite busy including an evening banquet with one of our key corporate clients. I have to admit that when it came to business, Edward was really a pro and well respected in his field. All the tasks assigned to me were really well planned to support my learning and development of skills that I was lacking and to give me a better understanding of the business. Today, I will be attending various meetings with top researchers to follow-up on the progress of various processes with Edward. This should keep us busy for the whole day…

*Ring…Ring...* Oh, it’s Zak.

“Yo, Natalia. You free tonight? I’m meeting someone and I want you there as well,” Zak’s relaxed and lazy voice got straight to the point.

“Yea…I can be there. Who are we meeting?” I’m very curious now. Zak almost never invites me to see anyone except for some of our mutual friends.

“…You’ll see when the time comes. I’ll text you the time and location. See you tonight…dress sexy,” Zak teased.

“I’ll be as sexy as I can be in my work clothes…see you. Let me know…if anything is troubling you. Ok?” I replied to Zak with concern in my voice. This request coming from Zak is giving me a sense of foreboding.

really worried about Zak right now but the clock is ticking and if I don’t hurry, I’ll be late to my meeting. Gosh, its not easy being an intern…the

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2 minutes left to the meeting meaning we needed to hurry to the meeting room. Learning of the day: Women’s office clothes are a real challenge…or maybe only the version that Edward had picked out

a shy voice. Being in this room reminds me of what we did the last time we were here. I have to stop remembering this every time I step into this room because we’re going

go,” he replied curtly and exited the office trusting that I would follow him to our first meeting. I wanted to scream at him…doing all those things to me and then telling me to ‘keep thing professional’. It would be

I sat to his right. There were probably around 30 other people seated at the meeting table, everyone looking serious and a bit nervous at Edward’s presence. The vibe was nerve-wreaking and my palms started to sweat a bit as I felt out of

continue to fund and endorse for future production and commercialization. I could understand why everyone was nervous, the future of their research and career depended on this and there’s also that rumor I

Silence filled the room…

giving straightforward and pretty harsh comments at the end of each presentation. This process repeated itself as each project representative stepped

knew pretty much the content of all these researches before he stepped into the meeting room. Being a genius was a part of it but prepping well

The bigger problem in this meeting is the girl sitting to my right. I can’t stop thinking about her and it’s becoming a huge distraction. I can also smell her perfume mixed with her regular shampoo and it’s stroking my senses with every breath I draw in. This meeting is a few hours long, how am I supposed to just sit here