Pleasure games

2

Episode 2

The sunlight shining on my face wakes me up, I open my eyes and feel the warmth of a body next to mine, I suddenly sit up in bed remembering what happened the night before, I look at the man lying next to me and I I'm glad I'm still asleep, I don't know why, but I feel embarrassed, I run from one part of the room to another, I gather my things and get dressed in a hurry, then I almost run out of there, I stop a taxi at the door of the hotel and I give him my address.

I get home, I pay the taxi driver and I go in, I find Berenice sitting on the sofa, she stares at me with a not very friendly face.

– What's going on? - I ask

– Ugh…. I don't know, let me think, maybe my friend, the one who would never do something like that, disappeared with a man she had never seen in her life and he didn't show up all night - I make a guilty face

– I'm sorry – now all I have to do is apologize – I know I never do that kind of thing, but it was precisely why I did it, I needed to feel that my life was different. But I should have called you on the phone - he smiles at me

– Don't worry, it's not a big deal either, I just worried a little, how did you spend it? – he asks this time with a mischievous face – because if you had a good time, the rest doesn't matter – the images of everything Franco did to me the night before come to my head like a whirlwind, I didn't think that the promise he made to give me pleasure would be so accurate, just thinking about it my legs shake

– Without hesitating for a moment I can say that it was the best experience of my life - I snort and let myself fall onto the seat that is in front of her - I know that I will never see him again, but I do not regret it.

– Why don't you go see him again? – Bernice asks me

– Because it was just a one-night stand, something that made us feel good, but it was going to last a moment, and I didn't even give him my real name - I make a face - besides, that's what I wanted - I try to convince myself

– I don't think so, I know you're not the type of girl who settles for one night, you're going to keep thinking about him for a long time - he's probably right, I stand up, I don't feel like talking about it anymore.

– It doesn't matter, it is what it is, I'm going to my room, I desperately need to rest - she nods and watches me leave.

I take one of my childhood pajamas, I go into the bathroom and when I see my reflection in the mirror I am shocked, I look like a drug addict who has just taken a dose, my makeup is smeared, my clothes are in disarray, I don't know what the taxi driver who was driving me was thinking. brought here, but it must not have been a good thing, I regulate the water in the shower, get inside, and start to scrub my body while I think of all the corners that had never been explored by anyone and that Franco found and made me feel, I even see small marks from his hands on my hips, there are also some even smaller ones on my breasts, my skin is very sensitive, I am totally sensitive.

With my body fresh and my face back to normal, I lie down on my bed, I try to sleep and Franco's face does not leave my thoughts, even when I manage to fall asleep I do it so that my head returns to those scenes, my face wakes me up. phone ringing desperate, I answer without much desire and without even looking at the screen.

– Yeah? – I sit on the bed while I wait for an answer

– Are you Gia Donovan? I wake up when I hear my name said so seriously

– Yes, it's me - I let my intercom know that, by the way, I don't have it registered in my phone contacts, I return the device to my ear

– I am Mauro Rozzi, the general assistant of Campreiri – I recognize the name, it was the company where I did an interview yesterday – I want to inform you that we expect you to apply on Monday so that you can start working as a personal assistant to our CEO, we liked the answers that he gave in the interview and we think that he will do very well with us - I am in shock, I did not think that these people would be in the least interested in me, the Campreiri Group decides mostly to import and export cars luxury, they also control some construction companies and travel agencies, hotels, but nothing that has to do with the field in which I have worked all my life, however, I feel very happy to receive this call, at least I will be able to leave the ranks of the unemployed in this country.

– Of course, on Monday I'll be there - I shout into the phone, I think I must have deafened the man on the other end of the phone - I'm sorry - I apologize - I'll be there tomorrow - I sigh, he hangs up without waiting for me to say nothing more, I leave the room jumping and shouting - Berenice - leaves her room with a sleepy face, she must have been sleeping

– What? – he asks me – is the house burning down? - I deny, I approach and take her hands

– They called me from Campreiri, I have work – she looks as surprised as me

– really? - a nod, she stares at me - and that's why you're so happy? - I nod again

– I need to prepare everything, I have to be perfect for my first day of work - since I graduated I had worked at my previous company until it closed, so this job search is something new for me, I run into my room, from the same crazy way as Sali, I open my closet door and I'm disappointed to see nothing suitable to wear, I have no idea what a personal assistant should wear - what am I supposed to wear? I ask looking inside the closet.

– Maybe this - I turn around, on my bed, there is a black skirt and a wine-colored turtleneck blouse - I bought it to give it to you when you got a job - she always thinks about this kind of thing, that's why she is such a successful woman, I pounce over her and hug her

– It seems to me that life is rewarding me for having done something different - I say in a silly way - I didn't think they were going to call me - I express how I feel

– But if they did, it's because they noticed that you're an excellent worker, you had nothing to do with your previous agency closing down and everyone who rejected you is a superstitious fool – all this time she hadn't said anything about it, but I figured that felt something like that

– Thanks for telling me, I know, but it's good to hear.

The rest of the day was spent preparing things, I'm too nervous to do anything else, even eating was hard for me, I go to bed early to sleep and I can't, in the end, I woke up the next day much more exhausted From what I went to bed the night before, I make sure I look presentable and take a taxi with the last of my savings to arrive on time and feeling fresh, I see the man who interviewed me waiting at the door, I walk up to him.

– Good morning - I greet you - I'm Gia Donovan - nods

– I know Miss Donovan, please follow me - he guides me to the elevator - the CEO himself is going to take care of giving him his tasks, but I want you to know that he is quite demanding, that is exactly why we hired you even though you do not You have no experience in this world, you can see that you have a lot of willpower - I'm not going to be scared because you tell me these things, you came prepared for this - and the other thing I need you to know is that you have to take care of some personal things for our CEO, but he is going to explain that himself in great detail – we got to the top floor of the building, he takes me to the door that faces the elevator, calls and a voice that seems very familiar to me answers.

– Go ahead – it can't be, I have to be imagining things, or so I thought, because when the door opens I can see eyes that I couldn't forget even if they erased my memory, Franco Garlini is standing in front of me, lowering his head to that you can't see my face, I hope you can't recognize me, but at the same time I know that it's almost impossible for that to happen.