Lust in the Moonlight

Chapter 5

            Mr. Lennox’s God awful cologne still lingered long after he had left. I was on the couch waiting for Kennedy to return home and after waiting anxiously for an hour, she came through the front door. I wasted no time in confronting her. As she hauled a rack of clothes through the door I shot up from the couch and made my frustrations known.

            “Hey Kennedy, just so you know your best friend came by earlier with a nasty revolting attitude” I crossed my arms over my chest, Kennedy halted and turned around with a confused expression on her face. I took the time to look at the different articles of clothes that hung from the rack, the different varieties of bright colors amazed me. The clothes were different from one another but they all radiated elegance and glam.

            “You can’t come by a place if you live there Seraphina. If I knew you were in a bad mood I would’ve bought you donuts” She said with a smirk, my eyes narrowed at her playful insult. I dropped down onto the couch letting out an exasperated sigh.

            “Not me! Mr. Lennox! Why didn’t you bother telling me that he was supposed to drop by? And when I tried calling you, you didn’t bother picking up!” I knew I was letting my anger spill out, and I wasn’t blaming Kennedy for how Mr. Lennox acted. I just hated the thought of getting insulted and mistreated in my own home and I could barely do anything about it.

            “Listen, I had a million things to do by myself. I forgot about Mr. Lennox and my phone died. I apologize..” Kennedy had no energy to indulge on the topic, I could see from how restless her body was that she was exhausted, and probably didn’t even eat. Pushing my feelings aside I stood up from the couch and quickly pulled her into an embrace.

            “No, I’m sorry. You’ve had a busy day. I can help you with anything really, Mr. Lennox has his suit, so he is all set. Let me order in some food and we can get to work!” At my words Kennedy melted in my arms and nodded her head vigorously.

            “Have I told you how much I love you?” I could feel Kennedy’s smile and it brought me joy that I was able to take her troubles away.

             It was hours deep into the night, the time was irrelevant. Kennedy and I resigned in the garage. The only thing on our minds was finishing up the looks for the Banquet, the finishing touches were more about accessories and styling options. We had shorts breaks while eating Chinese food, we gossiped and sharee stories, Kennedy was badgering me on when I was going to lose my virginity. I skipped around the topic of conversation and quickly drove back into work, I did a full coverage on the list of names Ms. Volce had sent me and I was confident on the research I did. Without a doubt I was going into the banquet with knowledge and skills to conduct business transactions.

            Only God knew the time, and exhaustion weighed heavily on my body. I pulled my glasses off my face and tossed them onto Kennedy's work table, a small groan left my lips, I had a deep desire to crash into bed.

            "Oh come on Seraphina. It's only two in the morning.." Kennedy said as she typed up emails. She had to be lying, it felt like we had been working throughout the entire night. On the other hand we did start around four in the afternoon.

            "Well I'm tired and I have to head into work in a few hours.." I ran my fingers through my hair pushing it off my face, Kennedy, who was sitting across from me, looked up from her computer screen and shook her head.

            "Mr. Lennox gave those who were attending the Banquet the day off to prepare" She responded with a small smile I didn't know what to take away from it. Having no concrete reason to go to bed I stayed.

            "How gracious of him" I spat sarcastically, the thought of Mr. Lennox disgusted me but I wouldn't let him ruin this banquet for me, even if it was his. Kennedy rolled her eyes and her lips curled into a smirk. Her reaction was interesting to me, I saw it in her eyes that she was with holding something from me, we've known each other too long to keep secrets from each other.

            "Obviously you're taking a liking to Mr. Lennox.." I said, Kennedy looked up from her computer screen with her smirk only widening. She took her head and rolled her eyes once more, she did that a lot when she grew nervous.

            "No no, I've dressed him for a while now, he is a decent guy and writes me really generous checks for my clothes" Kennedy pressed her plump lips together trying to control her widening smile. Its evident that she was lying. My eyebrows raised and my arms crossed over my chest, Kennedy let out a nervous laugh and she refocused her attention on her laptop.

            "I am a grown twenty-four year old woman, I don't have to explain anything to anyone" She said taking the smirk off her face, Kennedy's expression hardened and I shook my head at her response. She was right and I was in no mood to pry, I stood up from my chair and grabbed my takeout, there was nothing else to be said and I was barely keeping my eyes open.

            "We had s*x in Paris!!!" Kennedy's loud abrupt voice stopped me but it was the news that stunned me completely. I dropped my takeout into the surface of the table, while Kennedy began chuckling heavily. She placed her hands over her mouth not being able to control herself.

            "I'm sorry, WHAT?!" I screamed, I was curious, confused, and a bit angry, but my tone came off as judgmental which she picked up immediately. Kennedy removed her hands from her mouth and shot up from her seat.

            "Remember that conference in France I had to go to around two months ago ? Well I had to dress everyone that was attending under the company name. Malachai was the last person I needed to consult with on what he wanted to wear…" The thought of Kennedy getting it on with Mr. Lennox sent chills up my spine, the fact that she addressed him by his first name almost made me gag.

            "I needed to update my measurements for him, so he took off his clothes. My hands were all over his body, at first to take measurements, then he made this joke about how he felt uncomfortable being the only one being halfway naked so I took off my clothes and-" I threw my hands in front of me and shook them, Kennedy halted her words and bit onto her bottom lip. The last thing I needed was my overactive imagination painting a vivid image of her and Mr. Lennox.

            "I know you don't like him, and I know he is technically our boss but holy f**k Seraphina, he is so good in bed and don't even get me started on how big he is-" My stomach turned into knots and I gasped with disgust, Kennedy let out a soft laugh and dropped down into her seat. She couldn't stop smiling, I could only imagine what she was thinking about.

            "Was that why he came over? To get down??!" I hollered now fully awake because of the revelation. Kennedy waved me off, shaking her head, not at all taking me seriously.

            "Yes Seraphina he came over to f**k me, you can say it, but unfortunately I wasn't here.." She replied with a groan, a million more questions ran through my mind, I didn't want to be curious but I was, not about his performance in bed! But how she could conduct an intimate relationship with our boss.

            "Isn't he in a relationship with Ms. Volce? How could you even sleep with a guy so ruthless?" Kennedy sighed deeply. I shouldn't feel angry but I did, the fact she was seeing a guy who has made me incredibly miserable every time I was in his presence.

            "No, he isn't in a relationship with Ms. Volce and he isn't completely ruthless, just blunt and hard headed. Malachai doesn't necessarily have relationships, nor does he have the time or the interest, neither of us do, we are just having fun.." Kennedy responded, of course I wouldn't judge her, I wasn't in the place to. Once again I found myself jealous of Kennedy, she had so much confidence in herself and her sexuality. I settled back into my seat and sighed gently.

            "How did you feel comfortable enough to lose your virginity? How did you know the guy you were losing it to was the one?" I felt super insecure about my lack of experience. If a woman slept with many men, she would be considered a w***e, if a woman was a virgin, she would be considered a prude. That alone just made me scared to be intimate with anyone. What if a guy didn't like my body? Or wasn't pleased with me.

            "I was reassured by the guy I was seeing, although I was very young and he wasn't the right one for me, I don't regret it. We still talk from time to time-" She started, Kennedy looked at me with a soft smile and reached out to touch my hand, she must've sensed my nerves.

            "Don't feel pressured or coerced into having s*x. When you're with the right person, you don't need words to reassure you but how your body reacts around that person. If you ever need anything, do not hesitate to talk to me please?" Kennedy squeezed my hand, I don't know how this conversation started with Kennedy getting dirty with Mr. Lennox and ended with her giving me advice for losing my virginity. The fright of me losing my virginity eased up knowing that Kennedy would be here no matter the outcome to support me.

            With a huge day ahead of us, we decided to go to sleep in order to have the energy to prepare for the Banquet. Unfortunately for me, I was wide awake with the thought of Kennedy and Mr. Lennox in bed together, I dreaded the thought but I couldn't get it out of my head. I tossed and turned in my bed frustrated. In my eyes, Mr. Lennox was absolutely vindictive and sadistic, I don't understand how anyone could find him attractive. It irritated me that he got that kind of attention.