Alex grabbed her key from her purse and swiped it in the key hole opening the door to her lavish four room penthouse which occupied the entire floor. She proceeded to turn on the lights and looked at Harvey pointing straight across the hall.
"There's a guest bedroom at the end of the hallway, feel free to make yourself at home... and Harvey" she paused grabbing a now crumpled blazer from her oversized bag and raising it in the air as a sign of surrender. He looked at her with a blank expression not knowing where this was going.
"About my behavior earlier, I was only messing with you. I overheard you telling Jessica that I was the devil’s spawn, so I decided to have a little fun with you. I admit that I have a bad girl image because of what I have done in my teenage years, but I’ve completely changed and you had no right to judge me when you don't even know me. Your perception of me is what is portrayed in the media, but I’m not some messed up teen anymore. I don't need a babysitter and I promise I won't get in your way.”
She closed the door to her room without giving him a chance to respond. Dumbfounded, Harvey stood in the same position he was in for a while before he could recover. She had toyed with him and he failed to see right through her. He considered himself a good poker player but she was an even better one.
‘That naughty little devil’ he thought laughing at how easily he could be played by a woman. He looked around the apartment. It was very much like his. Modern cold and it felt empty even with all the expensive furniture and baubles adorning the room’s interior.
Minutes later she emerged in the living room in a baggy t-shirt and some shorts. She looked normal rather somewhat nerdy but with a hint of sexiness. Far from the seductress he had met earlier. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun and she had thick glasses covering half her face. She was juggling her laptop in one hand and some paperwork in the other. Harvey couldn't help but smile at how different she looked from earlier.
"I appreciate a good prank every once in a while, but that was just cruel" Harvey said coolly, smiling for the first time since she had seen him. "But you do know that payback's a bitch and not only am I one to get even, but one to always stay ahead." He smirked.
“Suck it up Harvs, its Alex - 1 and Harvey – 0. Accept your defeat with grace.” she stuck her tongue out. He laughed at her antics and loosened up, realizing that she wasn't going to be a problem and she was just giving him a hard time for being a prick earlier.
He had an infectious laugh, she thought, trying to concentrate at the screen in front of her to no avail. Here she was with a stunning piece of specimen any girl would jump at the chance to bone and all she could do was gawk at him.He leaned in to peer at her laptop screen and gently closed the screen. She looked at him sardonically.
“Is this what you do when you have guests over, ignore them?”
She stared at him, and said, “Mr. Specter, I believe the definition of a guest is a person who has been invited to one’s home and not tasked to babysit that person,” she replied cleverly.
“Harvard would like to retract your diploma and send you back to preschool for that dumbass comment,” she continued.
He laughed. She was a firecracker and he liked that in a woman. ‘No wonder she had many suitors knocking at her door,’ he thought.
“I need a drink!” he replied with a sexy smirk on his face. ‘Who was she to deny the man his libations?’ She thought.
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