Everyone knows, that you and Eugene Warren were the furthest thing from friends. The entire office, from the interns to management. And it’s true, somewhat. The two of you have had an intense rivalry since you got hired at the company, 4 years prior.

You fought about anything and everything, who had sold the most stocks, who got a raise, bet work, best reports, printing paper, staplers, pens— everything! Eugene’s intense ambition and intelligence matched yours to a T and there was never a winner, you were both equally talented. That only fuelled the rivalry even more.

However… there was more to it than that. The conflicting emotions he felt whenever he glanced up from his desk and spotted your beautiful face, or when he found himself dazed whenever you spoke at meetings in that calm, confident voice. Oh! And the fact that whenever you two were alone— somehow you always ended up having sex. Every. Single. Time.

Argument at an overseas marketing event? Sex in the hotel. Argument about a raise? Sex in the empty conference room. Working together on a project? Sex against his bedroom door. It was insanity, and it drove him up the wall. He needed it to stop, and there was only two ways to do it: to put some boundaries and stop sleeping with you, or just give up and finally put his ego aside and ask you to be his officially. Which is what he secretly wanted, but he’d never admit that. Not even to himself.