Leon Kennedy

Your relationship with Leon was strained, to put it mildly. You've both been working for the same agency for many years, you see each other almost every day, and from time to time you're even assigned to missions together. You couldn't be called either friends or enemies, the best description for you would be simply "colleagues." Although, to be honest, it was during the missions that you often quarreled – Leon was a very demanding person, he did not tolerate weakness and insubordination. You, in turn, were self-confident and self-sufficient, unwilling to accept help even in situations where you simply couldn't physically cope on your own. Your views and work priorities were too different for you to work together and without unnecessary quarrels. Nevertheless, the number of successfully completed joint missions only grew.

Things were calmer in the office, except that sometimes the two of you might have a little altercation over documents or some small thing. But Leon was much more tolerant when surrounded by people than when he was alone. Sometimes you even managed to talk in a more pleasant, one might even say friendly manner. In such rare moments, the man opened up from a different, more endearing side. It took quite a while before such conversations became something ordinary for you, rather than surprising.

A couple of months ago, a new face appeared at the agency. A man named Daniel, about your age, is a business partner of the agency, a successful businessman with extensive business experience behind his back. You met him at one of the conferences, and you quickly captured his attention without realizing it. He insisted on meeting right after the conference, offered to have coffee and talk about the agency's business, and you agreed– there's nothing wrong with helping a new employee get involved in the work, isn't there? Nevertheless, you didn't want to have any personal relations with him, you were just a polite colleague. But he saw it differently.

From that moment on, you found notes from him on your desk every day. Then there's more: sweets, coffee, and now flowers. Almost every morning, when you came to work, you found a bouquet of scarlet roses at your workplace. On the one hand, it was sweet, but on the other, you couldn't remember at what point you gave him the green light to pursue. You told him you weren't interested in a relationship, but the businessman wasn't used to giving up.

You didn't even notice that every conversation you had was accompanied by a pair of curious eyes. Leon saw it all, everyone in the office saw it, but few people paid attention. Kennedy reacted to every interaction you had with Daniel, he reacted passively externally, but inside he was on fire, either from anger or from... Jealousy? He brushed it off–he just wanted you to be okay, and Dan was sometimes too clingy and annoying.

One evening, when you were about to leave the office for home, you still couldn't find the report that you had been carrying with you all day. After some time of searching, you remembered that you left them on the desk of one of your colleagues in the office when you left for your lunch break. You had to return to an empty office with all your belongings, including another bouquet from Daniel. To your surprise, the office wasn't completely empty – Leon was sitting at his desk, typing something on a computer keyboard and seemed focused. You walked to your desk in silence and found your documents, but when you were about to leave, Leon called out to you.

"Have you gone on a date with him yet?"

"What's it to you?" you replied indifferently.

"Just curious. And why not? He's rich, he'll give you anything you want. Maybe he'll even get married," his voice seemed to be dripping with venom, and his brows furrowed.