William's POV:

Anna teases me asking me to show her what I want to do with her as she sits on my lap, crossing her right leg, exposing her entire thigh. I don't even try to stop myself, I quickly bring my hand, strong and firm, dropping it on her quads, I love the sound my hand makes when it contacts her soft skin, as well as the feeling of her relaxed muscles jiggling, making waves across her thigh and my fingers sink in her toned muscles.

After her thigh stopped jiggling I teasingly grasp it, molding it to the form my hand gives it, following the slit until I reach her underwear. I pull her underwear and lift her dress. In a swift movement, I take off my boxers, teasing her pulsating core with my firm member, I barely slide through it to see if she is ready...

Liz's POV

After two or three days the rumours became official. Jan was indeed selling the Juice Bar. Sadie told me his wife had a promotion she couldn't pass up and they would be moving to Atlanta

It didn’t take long for all our fears to come true. The bids came in and one of the ten was indeed from Adrian

'Is there anything you can do?' Lindsay begged tears running down her cheeks. 'Me and Emma are trying to stop Nat and Hel from doing something silly, but we don't have long. The bid process finishes in 10 days'

As a matter of fact there was. Since Emma had spoken to me I had thought of nothing else. Just out of curiosity I had researched the financials of the Juice Bar and looked at Trip Advisor reports and a plan had formulated in my mind. But Jan was never going to go for it in a million years

'He might do' Lindsay said, her tears continuing to run down her cheeks even though she was wiping them away 'He could say yes or he could say no, but he can't consider your bid if you don't tell him'

I get up and catch up with Camilla as soon as she steps the hallway, a couple of steps outside my office. I ask her in a serious tone: "Are you really thinking of holding back your tears if I do?" Camilla turns to look at me, I am shocked, Camilla is allowing her tears to fall unchecked in a public space, not that I mind, but knowing she doesn't like anyone to see her cry (me being the exception, in fact, she looks to me to cry to). I quickly cup her cheeks and, hesitate a bit, not knowing if she wants the office to see her tears, I decide to wipe her tears. 

As soon as I start softly clearing her tear and going up the streaks, I see my colleague James looking at us, I turn to look at him as I carefully wipe Camilla's tear streaks. I clearly notice he is seeing Camilla's tears by the look on his face. I feel a bit nervous, but then remember Camilla told me she would let me wipe and kiss her tears under any circumstance, so I feel at ease and, to be honest, a bit proud, knowing I am the only one who can kiss and wipe Camilla's tears and others would have to only wish they could.

I turn my eyes back at Camilla...

I walk out of Jarrod's office a couple tears still making their way down my face. I hope no-one notices. I then hear Jarrod walking up behind me. He asks me in a rather serious tone if I was really thinking of holding back my tears if he did. I didn't want him to think I meant it like that so I turned around to face him, still with tears making their way down my face. I really disliked crying in public, or basically in front of anyone who wasn't Jarrod but I felt I needed to show him I was willing to try to put my heart on my sleeve in front of others like I would during our wedding ceremony.

I began to feel self conscious of being so open. I guess Jarrod sensed that as he quickly cupped my cheeks. After a moment he let all caution fly to the wind and began to lovingly wipe my tears away with the pads of his thumbs. I sure hoped no-one noticed.

Jarrod then began to look deep into my eyes, never removing his hands from my cheeks. I took a deep, shaky breath still a bit nervous that someone might have seen my tears and mouthed a "Thank You" to him.

Sadie's POV

As the deadline for bids neared I started getting a little twitchy. The uncertainty was affecting all of us and I just hoped that Jan would make a quick decision

Liz had been very quiet for two weeks. Was she planning something?

Eventually she told me

'I've put in a bid for the Juice Bar' she told me. 'I don't want you to worry, financially we will be fine, I'm not loading it with debt or anything'

'When will you know?' I said gently as a tear streamed down the left hand side of my face

'Soon. Jan's evaluating each bid as they come in, so it shouldn't be too long. How are Natalie and Helen doing?'

Another tear streamed down my face, the right hand side this time

'Louise told them to sit tight' I explained. 'She said Adrian is not going to win his bid, which helped them calm down a bit'

Liz took my hands in mine and we played with each other's fingers