Hello, everyone. So this is a 'The Proposal' AU with Reylo. I haven't written in a while, so if the characters are a bit off please no hate. Also, I'm not very sure of this story just yet, but I hope you enjoy. I do not own 'The Proposal' or Star Wars or any of their characters. I hope you enjoy! Thanks!

Rey Kenobi was late. She was very late, and she was going to have to hear a mouth full from her boss at work; and that is something she was not looking forward to.

Her tight tan pencil skirt was not good for running in, and her heels did not make it any better. The bun in her hair was loose and her hands were occupied with two cups of steaming coffee. She apologizes as she dodges other people trying to get to work on the sidewalk.

"You're cutting it real close, Rey," Poe chimes in from his desk as she steps off the elevator and starts to make her way towards her cubicle. "Solo is not going to be -"

As Rey rounds the corner, another employee smashes into her. Rey gasps slowly and glances down at her white blouse.

A huge brown stain had now made its presence known on her clothing. She looks at the other employee who had been stuttering an apology to her and she sighs loudly. "You have got to be kidding me."

Poe steps in and frowns. "I'm sorry, Rey, I was distracting you."

Rey looks up at him. "It's alright . . . Solo isn't going to be happy about this though -"

Rey's desk phone interrupts the two and Rey swallows as she sees it's her boss. She reluctantly answers. "Yes, sir?"

"Rey, I need you in my office."

"Yes, sir."

She hangs up and glances down at her blouse. "This isn't so bad . . . Do you think he'll notice?"

Poe looks at her and frowns. "Let's hope not."

The young assistant makes her way towards her boss' office, and she can feel the eyes of her fellow employees on her.

Of all the people she had to be an assistant to, Benjamin Solo had to be the one she got stuck with. He was dark, cruel, and was completely focused and hell bent on making Rey's life miserable. It didn't help that he treated her like a slave and always had her running around and doing errands that were completely useless towards the company.

She constantly had to remind herself that she was here to get her promotion to editor and get her book published; which Solo had promised her that he would look at it. That promise was made three years ago.

She knocks before entering, and she finds her boss sitting at his desk; phone to his ear. His dark brown eyes are focused on his laptop, and he didn't even glance up when she walked in.

"Look - I know," he says into the phone. There was a pause before he starts again. "Look, I just can't publish this, Hux. It's complete -"

He's cut off once more. "Alright, fine."

Rey tries not to flinch as Ben throws his phone down aggressively onto his wooden desk. This is the first time he glances at her.

She stands as his eyes skim over her attire, and she knows he's going to comment about how late she is or how her hair is loose.

"Your shirt," he says. Rey's eyes widen and she feels her face heat up. "What happened?"

"Oh . . . Uh - The coffee spilt . . ."

Ben raises an eyebrow. "The coffee spilt . . . On you."

"Yes!" Rey laughs nervously. "Yes, that's what happened."

Rey stands in her place as the awkwardness grows between the two adults. She searches for something to say before she realizes she was still holding one good cup of coffee. She hurriedly walks over and places the cup on his desk, and Ben takes it without another word.

"Is there anything else you'll be needing?"

Ben glances at his cup, "Why does this have your name on it?"

Rey folds her hands in front of her slowly. "Actually . . . That cup was mine."

"You drink dark coffee?"

"Yes?" Rey clears her throat and steps back slightly. "If there isn't anything else you need, then I'll just be -"

Ben stands up quickly and he looks at his assistant. He made the desk look tiny with his tall height. "I'm going to need you to cancel an event I have coming up for this weekend."

Rey looks at her boss questionably. "But you never cancel -"

"This isn't some regular event." He walks around his desk to lean against the front of it. He folds his arms across his chest and continues, "It's a family gathering for my grandmother's 90th birthday, and I don't want any part of it."

"W - Why?"

She regrets asking, because Ben's eyebrows pull together in annoyance. "Just do it, Kenobi."

"Yes, sir." She heads out of the office and wonders how cruel this man could possibly get. She takes a seat at her desk, and begins preparing an email to be sent to his mother, Leia.

She had never met her personally, but every so often Leia would invite Ben to important family events - Which she would have to decline for him. Leia never responded back, but sometimes - when Ben would stay late at the office - she could hear him talking on the phone with her. He always claimed that he was busy at work, and he always said he didn't want to deal with his father.

Rey never knew her father or mother. She was in and out of foster homes in a small town by the name of Jakku in England. She never had many friends, except for her blonde corgi BB, and it wasn't until she graduated from college that she found her calling for writing. That's when she moved to New York and got the worst assisting job in the history of assisting.

"Ms. Kenobi?" Catherine Phasma walked into Rey's work space, and Rey looked up from her just sent email. "I need you in my office . . . Now."

Rey felt her heart stop. Catherine Phasma was Ben's boss, and if someone were to be called into her office it did not mean anything good. She gives a quick glance at Poe, and Poe gives her a soft smile as she rises from her chair and follows Phasma.

As she shuts the door, Phasma begins. "Ms. Kenobi, it is my understanding that you are from Jakku, England?"

"Y - Yes, ma'am."

Phasma looks at the twenty year old and sighs slowly. "Rey . . . Your immigration attorney just called and informed me that your immigration visa has been denied due to paperwork being late . . . I'm sorry, but you're being deported."

Rey felt her body go cold, as if a wash cloth made of ice was being draped over her. "W - What. That's impossible - I . . ."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Kenobi," Phasma says. "I know that you would've risen in the ranks soon, but you can't work here as of now. You can always reapply; just as long as you stay in England for a year -"

Rey's rapid thoughts and Phasma's speech was interrupted by Ben making his way into the office. "Rey, where were you? I just got off the phone with one of our clients and -"

"Mr. Solo," Phasma speaks up as he stands beside a rather frozen Rey. She knew Ben Solo was tall, but she never knew how tall he was until she compared Rey to him. "What a nice surprise. I would have thought you were otherwise engaged with your line of work at this time of day."

Rey's ears prick up at the sight of the word 'engaged.' She might have not turned in her paperwork on time, but if she were engaged to a citizen here than she wouldn't have to go anywhere. She could stay right here and everything would be fine.

"There's something you should know," Rey forces the words out of her mouth. She almost feels her body shake, but she keeps herself under control. She steps closer to Ben's tall figure and pulls a fake smile. "B - Ben and I are . . . Getting married."

She hears Ben take in a sharp intake of breath, and she glances up at his to see his face full of confusion and anger.

"You are?" Phasma raises an eyebrow. "You two . . . Are getting married." She stands up straighter and walks to sit behind her desk. "When exactly did this happen?"

"Uh . . ." Rey laughs. "When do these things ever happen . . . How many of us can say that we've fallen for our bosses?" She wraps her arm around Ben's waist slowly and she feels him stiffen at the contact.

"So . . . You're getting married, Ben?" Phasma directs her attention to Ben, and Rey's heart begins to pick up its pace.

Rey waits, and she think she's just made a huge mistake until she hears Ben clear his throat and loosen up. "Yes, Catherine," he wraps his arm around Rey's shoulders awkwardly. "Rey and I are getting married."

Rey pulls on a huge grin and hopes that they're convincing. Phasma studies the two for a second, before smiling slowly. "Well . . . This is a surprise . . . But I'm glad you two won't be losing each other due to deportation. And who knew we had a secret romance in our midst."

"Yep . . . That's us; secret romance."

Phasma raises an eyebrow at them, and she opens her laptop slowly. "You may leave now."

Rey turns towards the office door and begins to walk out. Ben follows her slowly and as they walk out into their office, everyone's eyes are on them.

As they walk towards Ben's office, they hear whispered such as, "I didn't know they liked each other," and, "I knew there was something going on." and finally, "I knew she had a crush on him."

"What the hell was that?!" Ben shouts through his teeth as soon as his door closes. Rey is standing in front of her desk, and she waits for the worst of his temper to emerge. He stomps over towards her and looks down at her. "Do you think this is some kind of game, Rey?! That was stupid and -"

"I know it was stupid, Ben," Rey interrupts. She swallows before she starts her pleading. "But I didn't know what else to do, I'm sorry . . . Just please. Do this for me." Ben rolls his eyes and stands by an opened window. "I promise, we'll get married and than we'll have a divorce and that will be it."

"Rey, it's illegal -"

"I know, Ben . . . Just please," Rey begs. "I can't lose what I've worked so hard for."

Ben turns and leans against the windowsill. "What's in it for me?"

Rey takes a step closer and was a foot away from him. "I promise to give you whatever you want. I'll spend late nights here, and I promise I won't mention getting my book published - I won't bother you with it anymore. I'll do whatever you ask without complaining. I promise."

Ben stares at her and rolls his eyes. "Kenobi, why would I even want to help you?"

"You really think anyone else is going to put up with you?" Rey watches as he takes a seat at his desk. She felt anger and desperation mixing together as she stands in front of his desk.

"If I get deported than you'll have an assistant that won't want to work for you; or otherwise quite within the next couple of weeks because of your 'amazing' reputation. Then you'll be hearing from Hux on why you haven't been getting books out like you used to. It won't be pinned on your new assistant, it will be pinned on you. And if it's not Hux you're hearing from then it's Phasma, and when you hear from Phasma than that's usually when you get fired. Then you'll be out on the streets a once great editor for novels." Rey leans over his desk a little and gives him her best intimidation. "Face it, Solo, you need me as much as I need you."

The two stare at each other and Ben sighs loudly. "Fine. We get married and then divorced. That's it. Then things go back to normal, got it, Kenobi."

Rey can't help but get a huge grin on her face and she stands up quickly. She couldn't believe that actually worked. "Yes, sir . . . Thank you, Ben."

She exits his office and walks towards her cubicle once more to prepare an email for the immigrations office.