The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 135

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When I arrived home I found Diana already asleep in the bed. I was glad she was already asleep because I after what I did at the event I wouldn’t know how to talk to her. 

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JASMINE’S POV 

In the following days Louis had me visit each of the restaurants to discuss the new menu idea I had suggested with the chefs and managers. 

I explained it to them and asked for their feedback. 

The chefs and managers from all the chains seemed open to the idea. The chefs agreed that it would lighten the workload and be better for them to provide all that they said they would interested in developing a new menu. 

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I left them with the task of planning their own menu ideas. One of the chefs brought the idea that the new menu items should consist of good dishes that consisted of the cheapest high–quality products. That way quality could be provided even more cheaply. 

They all agreed that within a few days they would each have a draft menu ready. 

I expected they to need more time but apparently it wouldn’t take them long. I suppose this was their expertise I thought to myself. 

And of course when I went to the restaurant I used to work at I made special greetings to Mike, Megan and the manager. 

After I was done making my rounds I then began to make my way back to the Garden House HQ. 

The little excursion had lifted my spirits greatly considering the fact that the day before I had received an email from the court of family affairsontaining documents that Keith gone on to file for joint custody of Tony and to have my request for a contested divorce denied. I can’t believe Keith is actually serious about this. It added on to the pressure I already felt to find proof that Tony would be safe around him and 

Diana. 

So it was really nice to go back to my old workmates aswell share an idea that might 

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help the restaurant. The next step was to organize for all the head chefs to meet after their menu drafts were ready and discuss and which dishes would be included in the final menu. 

When I returned to the HQI planned to report everything to Louis in his office. I made my way up to the top floor in the elevator, there was another person in the elevator, it stopped and they got off. The elevator stopped again and another person entered. My eyes widened as I saw it was Louis. 

For a moment we were frozen still, as our eyes focused on each other for a moment. Then a mischievous grin appeared on his face and he got closer to me and pushed me backward. 

“Jasmine,” he said as he pinned me onto the back the wall of the elevator. His arms 

went on either side of me 

“Louis,” I breathed out. 

“Back from the restaurants?” he asked me. 

“Yeah,” I replied. “I have a lot to share with you.” 

“Can’t wait to hear it,” he said. He then lowered his head and brought it closer to mine his lips puckering up. 

“Not here. We’re in the office Louis, behave,” I warned him. I then brought my fingers to his lips, blocking them him from going further. My eyes then glanced at the level meter of the elevator. Two more floors until we reached the top floor. A mischievous smile of my own then appeared on my face. 

I brought my lips close to his and kissed my fingers that were covering his to tease him. My fingers came away from his lips and went to his chest where my hand trailed down feeling the muscles underneath his shirt as I looked him seductively. 

My hand stopped just as it was about to reach his crotch. My eyes teasingly looked down at before making eye contact again. “May be somewhere else,” I whispered. 

I then heard him grunt as the doors to the elevator opened. I then quickly moved away from him and exited the elevator. 

“Ms Deepak,” I said as I ran to her to get away from Louis. 

“Yes, Ms Towers,” she replied. 

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“I need this paperwork filed and please call the department managers to the boardroom.” 

I didn’t look at Louis as he walked past Ms Deepak’s desk but I felt his gaze which was intense. At first I tried to ignore looking, but I gave in to my desires a moment later. With his face red he glared at me embarrassed. The folders he held suspiciously covered his crotch as he walked. Don’t tell me I thought to myself. Is he? I I ternal smiled to myself. 

The more I was with Louis the more I wanted to tease him. The way he looked at me always tickled something inside me. He always looked at me like he was obsessed with me. I wanted to see him yearn for me more. It got me excited. 

“Okay, I will have all the department managers informed,” Ms Deepak confirmed. 

Upon arriving home I greeted and talked to Tony for a little bit. He went off to do his homework whilst I went to the kitchen and got started on dinner. Hiring a chef was a bit A moment later the intercom rang. I went to it and saw it was Louis from the 

camera. 

“Louis what are you doing here?” I asked him upon answering the machine. After avoiding him for the rest of the afternoon after 

“I came to help you go through the Diana files. He told me. 

My eyebrow raised in suspicion. “Sure,” I replied. I then let him in. 

When he entered my apartment he handed me a large box of exquisite chocolates and 

wine. 

“No flowers this time?” I joked. 

“No, I thought to change things up a bit wouldn’t want you to live in a botanical garden,” he told me. 

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