The Devil's Trap

15.

I kept working for the rest of the day, and it actually went smoothly.

It was almost five in the afternoon when the office phone started ringing and I picked it up

" Hello, Emily speaking"

" Emily" my name sounded like a whisper that I was the only one allowed to hear, his voice brought weakness to my body

"Mr. Wilson? "

"Emily, can you come to my house when you're done?"

His request surprised me, a part of me was jumping to say yes yet another part was desperately trying to run away.

"Sir I can't come"

"Emily that is not a request that's an order from your Boss" I hate it when people try to push me like that.

" I can't Sir I already have an engagement tonight" after everything that happened I was hoping I can spend the remainder of my professional life at ease but no, not with him.

"With who?" he asked. For some reason, his voice seemed troubled.

" it's nothing important, however, I can't make it tonight" I tried my best to let the conversation end here. And I got what I asked for because he only gave me a hmm with a long silence following it then he said

"Tomorrow. I'll be there tomorrow" before hanging up the phone. Although I wanted this, I could not help but feel a little sad

After the awkward phone call, I got to working again, and before I even know it the clock was pointing at 6. Time for me to go. I gathered my things and went to Stephan's office

"Are you ready?" I said as I was standing at his door

"You know in my whole life I've never met anyone as impatient as you "I tried to give him my best puppy eyes and he laughed

"Alright, come" we left the building together. For some reason talking with Stephan was easier and less complicated he's cool and easy going not like his partner, I wonder how he can be with someone like Lucas. We went to the same restaurant as earlier.

We sat down and asked for our food.

"So, will you be kind enough to finish the story "he gave me that amazing smile of his

"Alright, but on one condition"

"anything" I'm sure I seemed hopeless by now but who cares I like stories and especially ones about the place I work at. Therefore, I was ready for whatever he was going to ask for.

"I want you to go out with me, not like this. For a whole day," I was a little surprised.

" you mean like a date ?"

" yes like a date" he kept looking at me straight in the eyes while I was thinking about the things he said. He does seem like a nice person however, how can I go on a date with someone I barely know? In addition, he is practically my boss and after that thing with Lucas, can I do this? I knew that deep down I was expecting something different from Lucas but maybe what I am thinking about will not happen and I should let it go.

" is it really that hard to consider a date with me ?" I looked at Stephan who was still smiling looking like a cute child. I smiled back

" well I had a few things to consider, however, yes I'll go on a date with you " he took a long breath out

" oh, thank goodness" we both broke into laughter. After a moment of silence, he said

"Well on to the story I guess"

"Yes, I'm all ears"

"Where did we leave it?"

"When elders of both families got married and had kids and even their kids became good friends"

"Good, you still remember. After years, everything was doing great, and the Wilson Company was growing and taking its place in the market. Which didn't settle for some man and they started digging behind the story of the old Wilson and they found something related to the money he took after the war, turns out that money belonged to the government. Mr. Wilson was going to be sent to jail if it was not for a few of his well-placed friends. However, the government took everything. "

"What about Mr. McQueen?"

"Our grandpa saw this coming so he knew how to hide his money and he wasn't uncovered. He knew that arriving suddenly at a new market and trying to take over was not a good idea. Mr. Wilson had to start all over again, but this time from the bottom. He started working everywhere he could, he was left with nothing except the house that was under his wife's name, and soon they sold it too. After two years, he was able to collect a little bit of money after working day and night; however, that money wasn't enough to get back the company to where it was. Even though my grandpa would always offer to give him money, Mr. Wilson insisted on getting it on its own. I hold so much respect for that man. He started small with a company where he was the only worker however, things were hard for him because his name lost its value on the market, and there was not much profit. In fact, he was losing. That is when my grandpa decided to get in and he proposed to Mr. Wilson to be his partner, of course, Mr. Wilson did not accept at first but seeing what was happening around him, grandpa managed to convince him and he was his partner in half. "

The server who brought us our second dish stopped him.

"But I thought you said you only own twenty-five percent of the shares," I asked when the waitress left

" I'm getting to that part," he said

"Okay"

" so after the contribution of my grandpa business started to come alive again. This time Mr. Wilson managed to make the right decision. To be honest that man was a genius when it comes to business his only problem was being naive. Moreover, he got the business to get going and started gaining profit. He then returned the money that he says borrowed from grandpa who was ready to give the full shares back. but the Wilson grandpa didn't accept that he wanted to thank his friend for all that he did for him and after a lot of giving and taking they both settled for twenty-five percent shares and another arrangement"

" What kind of arrangement "

"well I can't tell you much about that but both friends wanted their relationship to be more than that. They wanted to be related by blood. But anyway, both the elders died leaving their sons in control of what they left, and both the old men are still to this day really good friends more like brothers. It's quite amazing the kind of relationship they kept from father to son"

" So does that mean that you and Lucas are very good friends too?"

" Things between Lucas and I are a bit different our fathers grow together until they got old that was the ultimate way why they kept this kind of friendship. However at a young age, I was sent to study in Europe and when I came back Lucas had already become the person he is right now, short-tempered and hard to deal with and difficult to get close to "

" that unfortunate" it would've been amazing to see such a friendship with Lucas.

"well he always was a lonely wolf"

"what about you ?"

"well I was never a team player either, to be honest "

"but don't you have any best friends"

" to be honest I don't believe in the concept much" he continued eating then he stopped to ask "what about you?"

"well I do have two best friends that I've known since college and they are crazy and loud but they are amazing, I wouldn't have it any other way"

"You're lucky "

"Indeed I am"

We finished the rest of the night talking about random things. He told me about some of his adventures when he was in Europe and I told him about some of mine when I was in college. We finished dinner and he insisted on paying but after being a pain in the a*s he accepted to only pay half. That is what friends do; they share things even if just a bill. I told him he kept quiet for a second then he smiled at me. He drove me home and I said goodbye to him before leaving he gave me a kiss on the hand and stood there watching until I got inside the house. What a gentleman!

I got inside the house to find Katy and Lilly sitting on the couch watching television

"you're late missy" Katy was giving me a look, "I thought you get off at 6 not 10"

" I had this thing to do"

" Does this thing involve a certain sexy man with a fire a*s car and a kiss"

" you were watching? That's so not polite. "

"I told her so but she wouldn't listen" Lilly was still focused on whatever was playing on the tv.

" and just so you know, or as you saw it was only a kiss on the hand"

" yes tonight was on the hand, only god knows where it will be tomorrow" I picked a pillow and threw it at her.

"oh shut up" she threw another one back and we started laughing.