"It was just a dream"

He had planned to spend the entire day moping in bed when he heard a soft voice coming from his kitchen.

"Eric sweetie, if you don’t hurry you’re going to be late"

Eric froze, his eyes widened at the voice. He recognized it easily. He rolled to his left side to look at the picture sitting on his night stand. His heart began pounding when he saw a picture of him and a beautiful blonde woman wrapped in each others arms. He had a smug smile on his face and she was playfully rolling her eyes at him. He remembered that day perfectly.

Since the very first day she began working, Eric had immediately claimed her as his and did everything in his power to pursue her. She turned him down countless times until finally she caved. His friends had teased him about her doing it for pity but 6 months later and she was still with him. So pity? Ha. He didn’t think so. She just couldn’t get enough of him.

"Eric? Are you still sleeping?"

The soft voice sprung Eric from his thoughts and he jumped off the bed.

"I’m up"

Still afraid of what he might find, he slowly but anxiously walked to the kitchen. His heart stopped when he spotted his blonde beauty behind the stove cooking away as she hummed sweetly the way she normally did. She wore a sexy power suit, her hair in waves that came down to her shoulders. She looked just as he remembered. She hummed her favorite song as he watched her from the doorway.

She looked up and smiled at him, though that smile never seemed to reach her eyes.

"There you are. I was afraid you were going to sleep right through your meeting"

His eyebrows knitted together in confusion, "Meeting?"

She stared at him in disbelief as she sighed, "Don’t tell me you forgot. Come on Eric, I went to a lot of trouble to schedule that meeting. I had to promise to do extra research work for that new Ben Affleck thriller coming out next fall"