Crushing on the Rival CEO

Hey, it's me, Emery Vaughn. I'm 24, and I head the Marketing department at Mercer Corporation, the second most famous company in New York, and Blake Mercer is the CEO. If you're wondering which company takes first place, that's Westbrook Industries, and I have a massive crush on its CEO, Adrian Westbrook. I probably shouldn't feel that way since he's our rival. Still, I can't help it. He is handsome as hell. I was pulling myself together for work while mum yelled from the other room to come eat breakfast. Yeah, if you're wondering whether I'm lazy, well, I am lazy enough that waking up early feels impossible. Still, I dragged myself to the kitchen somehow. After breakfast, I left for work. By the time I reached the office, I ran into my bestie Camilla Hart, the head of the IT department, and we got into the elevator together. We spent the ride talking about our weekend. I love her like crazy; she always has my back, and she is the one I get into trouble with. We're complete opposites, and I think that's why we get along. And have I mentioned she is really cool? I had just started working when Mason came over. He is my co-worker and he is always trying to flirt with me. Em, look at him, he is smiling way too much today, so I know something bad is coming. My conscience said that, and as usual I ignored her. Sliding into the seat beside me, he asked, "Hey Em, how was your weekend?" "Same old boring, didn't really have much going on. How about you? I heard you were at Talia's party last night, so I thought it was wild." "Umm.....not really, I missed you." I gave a short awkward laugh. Gawwd, how does he always manage to bug me this much just by talking? "If you're free, then we can go on a date later tonight." Yep, saw that coming, and crap, I lost count again, how many times has he asked me now? Oh, I forgot too, umm....I think it's the 8th. "Umm.....Mason, I am so sorry, but I need to-" Think, Em, think. Be still. I'm trying to think. "take my father to the..umm."where now "dentist. Yeah, the dentist." "Again? That's what you said last time." Did I really? Uh-oh. You really are a terrible liar. How do you forget that? "umm......yeah, again." "But we-" Camilla Hart cut him off. She came over carrying a cup of coffee and stopped right in front of Mason. "Were you two having some serious discussion?" My saviour. "No, just normal talk, you know," I replied. Well, she knew all about Mason, and just hearing the awkwardness in my voice told her I was in trouble. So, being the evil minded person she is, she looked over at me and smirked. I knew exactly where this was headed. I mouthed a 'No' to her, but being her, she did the exact stunt I was begging her not to pull. She 'accidentally' splashed scalding coffee all over his pants. "Uh-oh, I am really sorry, Mase, I didn't mean for that to happen. Are you okay?" Mason looked seriously pissed, but because he was, or at least tried to be, a gentleman, he couldn't react like that in front of me. So he muttered a small fine and walked out of my cabin. "So, what number are we at? Hold on, let me guess. Umm, 8, yeah?" I just rolled my eyes and laughed. "That was so mean. But I loved it. He looked so pissed." Then we headed to lunch.