Thread: Business as Usual {Niksis x Ms Catailia}

He denied her. Troy actually stood there and denied her. Sophie felt so lost and confused. She must have been too tired to not be able to wrap her head around everything that was happening. Maybe she was just imagining things. Maybe she was dreaming. But he drew her attention to her phone, which she hadn't realized how loud the vibration was. The brunette had learned how to tune out the sound of it, especially when she was avoiding Christopher. Green eyes stared in the direction of her phone for far too long as she tried to think of what to do. She felt like she was processing things so slowly now, the hours were weigh on her. Was she light headed or just tired? All this energy she had used just trying to keep up with this strange occurrence. Yes, of course, she said as though she had no idea what she was agreeing to. He probably thought she was acting strangely, avoiding her boyfriend and insisting on dinner with her boss. Sophie reminded herself she had to be careful, she couldn't let anyone clue onto what she was dealing with at home. Not only would it be bad for Christopher, she would be seen as a victim and she couldn't stand for that to happen. She knew how people would look at her if word ever got out, the pity in their gaze. It would follow her career and she would be left with not knowing if she was being handed praise for her work out of pity or because she actually deserved it. That probably wasn't the case, but Sophie had convinced herself of that fact. She felt it a necessity to keep her personal life and her private life seperate. I really should get home. I suppose I didn't realize the time. It was a pathetic excuse compared to what she normally came up with but at this point she was lucky to even be standing, let alone functioning enough to lie. She thought that would be the end of it but then he offered breakfast. Not really giving it much thought, she turned back to him with another forced smile, though she wasn't pulling them off as well as she normally did. Breakfast then it is, she spoke in that same feigned interest she always gave him. At least they had moved off the topic of her boyfriend. And then she realized, her smile fading as she looked down. She had just agreed for him to pick her up at home, which would mean that she would actually need to be at said home. Facing Christopher in this state was not an option though. Quickly she struggled to grasp at an excuse or something to say. Normally she would brush off her approval with a snarky comment, telling him she doubted he'd even show so if he really wanted to do breakfast he could just bring it into the office tomorrow, or claim that she just remembered she had too much work to do and needed to come in early. But she was too tired and worn down from the day and her worries of Christopher and being exposed. She couldn't gather the right thoughts and just as she had been worried about before, the truth spilled from her lips. Actually I just planned on staying at a hotel tonight. Crap! What had she done? How was she supposed to explain that without making herself look bad in some way. I mean, I'm pretty tired so I was just going to walk to a nearby hotel so I can get some sleep instead of having to drive all the way home. She sealed her words with her eyes on him, another smile she was struggling to hold. The flaws in all her statements were glaringly obvious. Sophie felt like such a mess in front of Troy. She had just gone from insisting on dinner to admitting something she promised herself she'd never admit to. Girls need their beauty sleep. It was better than being a victim, admitting to that, but suddenly she felt so stripped of the big dog status she had fought so hard for. She had succumbed to being sugar once more, having backed herself into a corner with Troy. The shame and guilt of that played across her features. Had she been more self aware, she may have lashed out at Troy to try to redeem herself but instead she stood there before him feeling so vulnerable.