His Naughty Lessons-Chapter 271: Work Satisfaction Booster

** Eli **

[ Harper: OMG the flowers are so pretty! mwua mwua <heart> <heart <heart> ]

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[ Harper: Even my desk looks so much brighter with these beauties on it. ]

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[ Harper: Should I bring them home? I feel so bad leaving them here overnight, but I want it to be the first thing I see when I get back here in the morning. And it’s such a stress reliever too, exactly what I need for the work day. ]

[ Harper: Oh, and the sandwiches are amazing. So is the lemonade. I promise I only drank two :p ]

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Eli chuckled at the text bubbles popping up nonstop on his phone.

Getting Harper the surprise delivery was the least he could do. She had been increasingly busy for the past few days, coming home with sore shoulders and a bad headache almost every night, and he wished there was more he could help her with. Sometimes, being an investor was too far from enough — he couldn’t extend the deadline for her at the price of the prospect of her project, nor could he personally jump in and reduce her workload with the limited knowledge he had of her tasks. All he could do was to be supportive and take good care of her when she was home.

Which was what he did. When the workaholic girl finally got back at well past 9pm that night, he welcomed her with a full body massage, carefully kneading away all the tiredness in her muscles and joints. It made his heart clench though, when she was so exhausted that she fell asleep right in his lap.

So the next morning, he ordered a compact shoulder massager and had it mailed to her office. Needless to say that this triggered another wave of texts that left his phone in an incessant buzz.

[ Harper: You can’t be serious! This must be the best work satisfaction booster known to man! I don’t even want to get up from my chair anymore when I have this miracle around my neck. ]

[ Harper: And I think I might even live a few years longer with how good it feels :D ]

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[ Harper: Oh, also, everyone else is trying to steal it constantly. Can you sponsor extras so that we don’t have to fight? ^_^|| ]

Therefore, on Friday, a dozen more shoulder massagers were on their way.

Eli didn’t particularly care about spending extra on her scavenger coworkers. As long as they appreciated the benefit and stuck around to help the group, it was a win as far as he was concerned. The only thing he wanted was to make Harper happy and comfortable ... which was what he thought hard about all week until she finally had a day off on Sunday.

Yes, Sunday, not even Saturday. After a full weekend day of overtime, she slept like a log straight through the whole morning, and by the time she finally stirred in his arms, it was already past noon.

"Oh, crap." Harper rubbed her eyes when she was awake enough to mumble. "What time is it? Did I just waste half of the hours that I finally get to spend with you this weekend?"

"About 1pm." Eli nuzzled the soft curls at the top of her head. "And no, that’s not called wasting. I had a good time hugging you all morning, which is something I missed doing the entire week."

"Mmm ... no wonder I slept so much better than usual then." The girl looked up from his arms, pouting her lips to ask for a kiss. Which he more than happily gave. "It feels so different to have a day off. I can finally be lazy and enjoy the bed for once ... oh, though I think I was still working in my dreams last night. At some point, I dreamt that we failed the deadline and had to put some stupid nonsense video clip on the billboard. It was a complete disaster."

"... You are stressed, Harper." Eli couldn’t help a sigh. "Come on, let’s try not to think about the deadline for a few hours. I got a plan for us today, remember?"

Harper batted her pretty lashes. "Ah, right. It was a reservation of some sort, wasn’t it? I hope we aren’t late for it."

"Not at all. They’ll wait, and I still have enough time left to make you breakfast in bed."

She perked up immediately at the mention of her favorite vacation activity. Eli smiled, planted another kiss over her temple, and climbed out of the covers to prepare his room services.

That was how they spent the next hour — a hearty tray of fruit and pancakes, followed by a nice shower and a slow, leisurely process of getting dressed to go out. Upon a request for casual clothing, Harper opted for a short blouse and palazzo pants that she rarely wore — which made her look like a fashion model posing for a summer vacation street shot — and she stretched out her arms in satisfaction when she was ready in the new outfit.

"It feels so relaxing just to wear something stretchy. Those work shirts didn’t help with my shoulder sore." She rolled her neck comfortably. "Where are we off to? Not shopping, I hope. Although it’s sometimes exciting to browse cute new arrivals, I’ll probably need a few more days of recovery to be able to walk through a whole mall." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Eli pulled on his own tshirt. "No shopping. And don’t worry, you won’t need to walk at all for it. If you want, you can even take a nap through the whole thing and catch up with more sleep."

He could see Harper’s brain spinning and trying to guess their destination. Fortunately for her, he didn’t intend to keep it a suspense. "Remember how much you liked that hot tub in Hawaii? What do you say if we take a nap together in an even better one, filled with floral oils and minerals that are good for reenergizing your body as well?"

The answer was obvious, when all the subtle stress lines on her face were smoothed out by bright anticipation.