Teaser: "Fated to Love" by: JLaLa

Title: Fated to Love

Author: JLaLa

Rating: M

Summary: Office girl Katniss Everdeen and CEO Peeta Mellark share one night of passion which leads to an accidental pregnancy and a quickie marriage. Based off the Korean drama, “Fated to Love”.


Teaser:

Katniss Everdeen was a Post-It girl.

And by being a Post-It girl, it meant that the people in her office stuck menial tasks, requests from their own supervisors, and other “as-needed” duties on her like she was a walking bulletin board.

Yes, she often felt bad for being ignored. Half the people in the office didn’t even know her name and often referred to her as “that braid girl with glasses”. Her own boss, Seneca, called her Kathy and though she had been in the office for a year, she still didn’t feel right about correcting him.

“Katniss.” She looked to see her friend and co-worker, Delly Cartwright, sitting at her desk. “Did you hear? Human Resources is having a raffle for a free trip to District 4. If you win, you and a guest get a weekend stay at the Odair Resort and Spa!”

Katniss smiled, her round glasses sliding down slightly at the motion. “Why would I bother entering? I have no one to go with.”

“Well, I entered both of us so you’ll have to figure that out if you win,” Delly responded cheekily.

If Delly won, she would likely find someone to go with. With her golden hair, voluptuous figure, and outgoing attitude, her friend would have no problem finding someone to accompany her.

Katniss was another story.

“KATHY!” She jumped at her boss’ bark and turned quickly to see him behind her. “I need you to take the train down to the Capitol and pick up the gift basket that we’re sending to the Mellark Corporation.”

Seneca handed her a post-it with the address and she saw that it was a store in the large mall located in the center of the Capitol.

“Don’t dawdle. You’ll have to go to the courier and have them send it out ASAP. Then grab me a latte before my afternoon meeting.”

Katniss nodded and her boss quickly disappeared back into his office at the end of the hallway.

“And by the way—my name is Katniss,” Delly suddenly called out before looking to her friend. “Seriously, you need to school that man.”

Sighing, Katniss stood up and grabbed her purse before heading out to complete her new errand.

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Peeta Mellark was in love.

Her name was Madge Undersee. They had been together since high school and both climbed to success in their own personal goals.

At 25, Peeta was now the youngest CEO of the Mellark Corporation, a series of companies that had flourished from his father’s successful chain of bakeries. Besides the bakery chain, they now owned a publishing company, and just recently gained shares of a new phone application company located in District 12.

Madge wanted to be a prima ballerina and was quickly climbing the ladder of her company in London to become their primary dancer. She had studied in Paris under Madame Effie Trinket, one of the toughest ballet instructors, still working in the dance world prior to joining her current company.

Her real goal was the New York Ballet company.

Peeta knew that she would get there. She was perfect—soft blonde hair, lithe figure, and angelic cornflower-blue eyes. Madge could play any part from Juliet to Giselle. Her skills were top notch and he was going to be there when she made prima ballerina.

Hopefully as her husband.

“Sir?” Peeta snapped out of his reverie to see the saleswoman holding out the ring that he had the jewelry company custom-make for his fiancée. “What do you think?”

Taking the ring out of the box, Peeta examined the smooth white-gold band and elegant setting of the princess-cut diamond before nodding briefly.

He looked around to make sure that no one outside of the shop was peering in. A picture of CEO Peeta Mellark purchasing an engagement ring would fetch a good price with the paparazzi. It was the only reason that he picked out this hidden jewelry shop in the Capitol Mall—no one would suspect that he would actually go to a place like this.

“It’s perfect,” Peeta responded before handing the woman his credit card. “I’ll take it.”

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“Shit,” Katniss hissed as she held the heavy fruit basket in front of her. “Twenty pounds of fresh fruit? No one is going to eat this.”

She could barely see in front of her as she walked through the crowded mall. Seneca hadn’t even bothered to give her money to pay for a taxi, so Katniss had to walk the obscenely large basket over to the courier office.

As Katniss continued her inner tirade about her stupid, barbell-mustached boss, she didn’t realize that she was walking right into the blond-haired man preoccupied with the open jewelry box in his palm.

The collision seemed to happen in slow motion.

And, somewhere in-between the rain of grapes, tangerines, and bananas—Peeta lost the ring.