Is this destiny?

~Los Angeles~

Next morning, Steve woke up in a strange place. \'This is not my apartment!\' He was about to leap out of the bed when he noticed Bridgette clinging onto him. She was sleeping. \'Oh! Her bedroom!\' Steve relaxed for a second, and then he remembered previous night, \'No, no... I slept off! What kind of a man sleeps off? But she can\'t be mad, can she? She is peacefully sleeping right here, next to me.\'

Steve took a deep breath and inhaled her scent which was embedded in the bedsheets. That feminine scent and her closeness made his body react. He remembered her softness. Ignoring that she is sleeping, his arm went under her top and started kneading her breast. \'Oh, how soft! I can do this all day!\'

Somewhere between Steve squeezing Bridgette\'s breast and his throbbing crotch grinding on her thigh, Bridgette woke up with a start. She screamed and jumped out of the bed. "What are you doing!!?"

Steve was frozen. Not sure what to say. \'What was I doing?\' He was consumed by his desire and forgot himself. "Sorry..." he mumbled. When facing her shocked expression, he felt the need to turn invisible, or to teleport to a different continent... as long as he can escape this place, it will work. "I\'m going now." Steve got out of the bed and walked outside with his head held down.

Bridgette looked after him with a frown. \'Why am I this upset? He is my boyfriend... and it\'s not like he was forcing himself on me. He just touched a little bit. It\'s not like we didn\'t do this before... and it\'s not that I didn\'t like it. I was just surprised, that\'s all...\' At the thought that he is leaving, Bridgette came to her senses. "Steve, wait..." She rushed after Steve and stopped him in the hallway by holding onto his arm. "Let\'s clean up and have breakfast."

Steve was happy that Bridgette does not seem to be upset any more, but he was still ashamed of his actions. The truth is that he didn\'t want to leave. He nodded and let her take him to the bedroom. She pointed at the bathroom, "You go clean up first."

…

Sometime later, Bridgette showered and dressed up for the day while thinking about breakfast and where will they go after that. It\'s Saturday, so they have the whole day for themselves. She got out of the bathroom and saw that Steve just finished talking on the phone.

Steve faced Bridgette, "I need to run few errands for the Boss." He felt guilty that his work is spoiling the weekend which was supposed to be for two of them.

"Now? It\'s Saturday morning!" Bridgette protested.

"He is preparing for a trip and needs my help. Do you want to join? We can grab breakfast on the way, and after that I can show you my apartment."

\'His apartment?\' Bridgette\'s eyes lit up. She was never in his apartment so far. She gave a small nod.

Steve was happy. Few times he wanted to take Bridgette to his apartment, but something always came up.

...

In the penthouse, JoAnna and Jeff are packing for their Reno trip. JoAnna is very excited. She is re-packing for the third time, making sure she didn\'t forget anything.

Jeff is enjoying the sight of JoAnna, "You know that we are coming back tomorrow evening?"

"Yes, yes... " She mumbled while moving around things in the suitcase.

Jeff checked his phone, "My mom confirmed that she can meet us for lunch today."

JoAnna got a start. "Oh?! I don\'t have anything to wear for lunch with your mom!" She ran toward the closet.

Jeff laughed seeing JoAnna stumble over her own feet while rushing.

"Don\'t laugh at me!" JoAnna complained from the closet.

"I\'m just happy... not teasing you." Jeff explained.

"I\'m also very happy..." JoAnna walked out of the closet and hugged Jeff. "Everything is perfect! You are perfect, this place is perfect, even at work... my supervisor is great. I asked for a short shift, and she immediately said that I can take Saturday off and enjoy until Tuesday! She is such a sweet lady. And others say that she is a strict, grumpy woman."

"I\'m happy to hear that she treats you well." Jeff kissed top of JoAnna\'s head and smiled.

JoAnna wanted to ask him if he has anything to do with how her supervisor treats her differently from all other residents, but she was reluctant to ask. If he didn\'t do anything, then she is happy that it\'s all her effort. If he did do something, then she is happy that Jeff is taking care of her. In any case, she has something to be happy about, and there is no point in spoiling it. After all, she is engaged to Big Boss, Jeffrey White. She needs to get used to the fact that people will treat her differently once they find out about it. "I hope that one day I can match your greatness." JoAnna said at loud.

"Where did that come from?" Jeff was surprised.

"Oh..." JoAnna was flustered. "I said my thoughts at loud."

"You have silly thoughts... You are the greatest person I know. I am concerned that you are too good for me."

JoAnna giggled. "How about we agree that we are a great couple?"

"Done." Jeff leaned in for a kiss and was less than one inch away when the doorbell rang. Jeff gave her a quick kiss and headed to the door with a frown.

"Hi Boss, I got the things you asked." Steve handed him the bags.

"Oh, Steve?" JoAnna peeked behind Jeff. "I\'m sorry... if I knew that Jeff will call you on Saturday morning, I would not mention these..." JoAnna noticed young lady next to Steve. "Bridgette? Felix\'s sister?"

Bridgette nodded and greeted JoAnna. "Miss Hill..."

"Oh, please, call me JoAnna or Anna, whatever works better for you. I respond to both." JoAnna looked at Jeff. "We have few minutes, right?"

Jeff smiled. "If you say so."

Steve and Bridgette silently agreed that JoAnna is a heater who can instantly defrost icy expression of their boss.

"Come in", JoAnna grabbed Bridgette\'s hand and pulled her inside. "We didn\'t get much time to talk when we met for dinner. Brother-in-law was focused on your boyfriend over there; I didn\'t want to interrupt." JoAnna started chatting up Bridgette.

Bridgette saw that JoAnna is very friendly and forgot that she is in a big-boss-place. She loosened up and two of them happily chatted in the kitchen while making coffee for everyone.

Jeff smiled while looking at JoAnna and followed after her without a word with hands full of bags.

That left Steve at the front door. Unsure what to do. He wanted to give things to his boss and go, but Bridgette just went inside... and no one invited him. It took him some time to decide and invite himself in.. It was strange to stand at the door like that.