His secretary

Chapter 17

Cain's POV

She was giving me the silent treatment? Fine then. Have it her way then. Why was her silence hurting me?

I looked at her once more through the small thin glass that separated our work spaces. Look at her, she was talking to David even the rest of the staff but not me. Not a single word to me since morning. Should I apologise? But for what? Kissing her in the middle of the park. Any girl would die just for me to give her a peck on the cheek not just a full blown kiss on the lips.

I tend to forget that she's not like the rest. She's different from the rest and I liked that about her. To say that I wasn't dreaming about her yesterday would be an understatement. I dreamt of her all night with her on my bed as I fulfilled all her pleasures; it even got more intense in the shower and I was like a love struck puppy longing for her to kiss me in equal fervour but then ..it was just that..a dream.

Okay! I had just have about enough of this. Her silence was killing me from the inside..and the attention she was giving David it spiked an uncontrollable feeling in my gut.

Pretending of not knowing my schedule for the day though she had clearly sent it to my computer, I called her.

"Millers, I need my schedule for the day. Specifically the meetings I have and the time"

Say something. God damn it, speak to me!

A slight buzz on my phone affirmed to me that she had sent the schedule directly to my phone knowing very well what I wanted to achieve by calling her.

"Millers in my office, now!"

Minutes later she was standing in front of me. Her presence affected me. Who knew it would be this hard to apologise.

"Look Emma. I'm sorry for yesterday. I got caught up in the moment, I got carried away. The last thing I want to happen is for the company to start collapsing due to mere conflicts between employers and employees"

"It's okay sir. We all get carried away at times. If that's all then, I would like to go back to work"

"It's Cain"

"Huh?"

"Call me Cain from now on"

"Sir you perfectly established that all employees are not too address you by your name"

Yeah, stupid me.

"Well it won't be romantic if I start courting you and you still address me as 'sir'"

I've never courted anyone this was gonna be a first. Still there's a first time for everything, all I hope is I don't end up being rejected at the end.

Emma's POV

Court me? Was he serious right now? Was this some sort of publicity stunt? Kissing me was one thing but courting me was another. What would the rest of the employees think, that I'm a gold digger? Him courting me would make the headlines on the front page of Newyork Times for sure!

Chuckling nervously I asked, "What do you mean by 'courting me?'"

"Simply put" he moved from his desk taking two strides to where I was standing then coming up behind me in a freaky way he whispered in my ear, "I want you to be mine so that I won't have any god damn excuse for kissing the life out of you"

His words made my stupid heart flutter but no, no, no, no. He hasn't changed, don't give in Em. Don't give in.

"S..sir I'll get back to work" And I turned avoiding his gaze.

He stood in my way his blue eyes so intense on mine, one look at him and I knew everything had changed.

"As I said 'Cain'" his smile getting wider and sorry to say but that killer smile that women fell for was now taking a toll on me and somehow I was falling for it.

I scurried away to my little work space not sure what just happened. What was happening to me right now? Ever since I heard the words 'to kiss the life out of you' from him, my heart hadn't stopped beating so fast.

Two weeks later

Aww another Teddy. Once more Cain had struck again, white roses on my desk and a beautiful box of caramel macchiato Arabian chocolate. All this began a week ago when my period decided to kick in at work followed by the painful cramps that ensued.

I was surprised when Cain noted everything and was fast in offering to drive me home to take a rest. I was a bit embarrassed and so was he as he realized he had to go down from work and buy me some sanitary products. It was funny when he came with all sorts of sanitary pads looking as nervous as hell.

Or buying me chocolate chip ice cream on the way home. You should have seen his face it was as if he shared my pain too and I loved that about him, he cared for me. I jolted back to reality to realise that Cain was no longer here but in Italy tending to some unfinished business.

I missed him so bad. He would always send some stupid but funny texts when work days were rough. Though I had played hard to get all these days it was time to give him a chance, I liked him at least I think and I longed for him if that's even possible to believe. I wanted to tell him how everything had turned right, mom, for instance had won the lottery of a mansion in Garden Grove. Ace was literally acing his exams in the name of proving himself to 'his mystery girl'. Everything was going well but I was still empty, I needed Cain.