*ZERO*
The lady on the floor is one of the things I stay away from, innocent, she is like a vanilla to my dark chocolate. I watched how she cowered back, embarrassment screams out of her. She has a lovely oval face that makes me want to reach out, stroking it tenderly and hair waist length, snow white with few golden strands. I'm sure I have met women who are more classic beauty than her but this woman here makes me what to keep her. I guess passing by this elevator today was a mistake.
Without thinking, my legs were walking towards her little form on the ground, I bent on one knee close to her, her lavender scent filling my lungs.
"Hey hey, trust me you do not want to be seated here when another crowd comes in." I said with the smallest tone I could conjure up at the moment.
I was a rough man and something made me want to be gentle with her. I could not stop myself as I brushed her white locks from her face slowly. She faced me, clear brown eyes mixed with confusion. Though she looked confused I could see fire in those eyes.
She gets up instantly, knocking me down in the process, I watched her lithe frame dash out of the elevator. The ridiculous scenario made laughter boil in my chest, stifling it with a smile, I got up calling for my Personal Assistant.
"Get me her details" I blurted out to her.
"Yes sir" confusion stamped on her face as she wrote on a pad.
I turned to the other two men who were smiling at themselves. I guess something on my face made them smile less.
"Create a meeting with GPN concerning their proposal next week and get back to me" I said, heading for the executive elevator.
"Mina! my office in 5 minutes" I said with a little smile on my hard face as the elevator clicked shut. I expected her to bring with her all the details of the girl and why she came to my company. She is obviously not a staff her cause she didn't have any staff id on her.
I should end this fascination here and now, but I cannot seem to get her out of my head. I want to do things to her that even she cannot imagine possible. I'm sure standing next to her, the contrast will be obvious even to the dullest of eyes and she seem so young for a 30 year-year-old guy like me.
i walked into my large office, my private space, no random person is allowed into this office. It is like a sanctuary to me, away from prying press, calculating and naïve women and over bearing parents. I loved my parents, my large family and can agree that they can all be overwhelming sometimes but space is needed from them and this office provide me some space.
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*GEN*
I entered the meeting room, this was it finally. I had to scale through this interview cause there is no time to search for another one. The meeting was spacious like my lecture theatre, this one was dark apart from the ending where there seats were placed, facing the dark part of the room.
The HR introduced himself as Mr. Steve, he directed two other male and myself to sit respectively on the seats. As my butt made contact with the hard surface, my nerves were getting the best of me, my hand shaking.
The guy seated at my left hand side looked at me with pity in his blue eyes.
"you look really pressed. is this your first interview ever?" he said with a low voice. I nodded my head which made him smile and what a beautiful smile he has.
"just close your eyes and count up to four and try balancing your breath. it always work for me" he implied.
"I'll try that, hope it works. Thanks." I closed my eyes in relief, counting down and steadying my breathing pace.
Opening my eyes slowly, intense grey eyes locked with mine. How can he be here, I thought to myself.
Shifting lightly on the chair, I could feel his stare all over my body or I could as well be imagining it. He did not hide the blatant appraisal in his eyes, he was dressed in a tuxedo but without a tie which made him seem like a man that cannot be caged by the formalities in the environment. I didn't notice when the interviewers walked in or at what moment the light were switched on in their side of the room.
They were four interviewers seated. I quickly noticed a gorgeous lady, such beauty you see on the runway with rich straight black hair, even the spectacles seated on her face could not diminish her beauty and she is seated close to the man from the elevator. Seeing them together at the same time, they look like a perfect match, a power couple. The other two interviewers seem to be of late middle age as they looked older than my self acclaimed power couple. I could not wait for this interview to be over.
"Let us start then" The lady said. "...introduce yourselves."
"The name is Elias Murdock." said the guy on my right, how did I not notice him this whole time.
"I am called Brian Callow" my new acquaintance replied, he was an handsome man, I bet girls fall at his feet constantly.
"And I am Genesis Yota" I said with all the calmness I could muster up, trying so hard not to sound like a scare crow. I have to make sure not to embarrass myself again in front of this magnificent specimen in front of me.
The interview ended earlier than I expected. I got up quickly, my pants granting me the ability to take giant steps out of the room.
"Hey." looking back, I see Brian walking fast to catch up with me in the hallway.
"Hey there." I called back. Too pretty! was all I could think of as he drew near me. if he was this handsome, why did he not affect me the way the mysterious an in the room did, why was my body not tingle all over when he smiles at me, but just one stare from my grey eyed male sets my body on fire.
"Where are you heading, I could give you a lift." he whispered into my ear
"Nahh, do not bother yourself with me. I can be a nuisance when I stick on you, trust me." I laughed at myself
"Genesis, can I have a word with you" Mr. Steve called out. I immediately said goodbye to Brian and rushed to Mr. Steve's side, "...your attention is needed in the meeting room"
Immediately he said those words, anxiety starts to kick in. Walking into the room, I came face to face with the 6'7" stranger.
"You come in and relax please. I don't bite" he said with a wicked grin, I'm absolutely sure he does bite. He leaned his big body backward on the panel table, stretching one long leg to the front. This man will not serenade a woman with roses and everything nice. He will totally consume a woman, I felt a pang of jealously for whoever that woman is.
"Genesis is it right?" he asked.
"Yes sir." I answered.
"You can drop the formality, call me Zero like everyone else." he said with a dead set face.
"Okay Zero..." testing his name on my lips.
"I was just informed you will be working as my secretary." he said with that husky voice of his, like he just woke up from a deep sleep. I love his voice.
I stared at him. It was like I dropped all my luck on the floor in the elevator when I fell, I had to work with him this one year internship. I could see the other woman in the panel looking at me with a scowl on her face from the other end of the room, she was clearly not happy with something. I shifted my gaze to the man in front of me, he seems to take up all the space in the room even when leaning the way he was.
"Looking forward to working with you" he stretched out his hand for me to shake.
I stared hard a that hand before I took it in mine, his hand captured my little one firmly, enclosing it completely. I could feel the tension between the both of us. Jolts of electricity feathered all over my body.
'I'll see myself out." I released his hand and rushed out from the room for the second time again today, I felt his gaze on me as I went out the room.
"Did I just see you touching Zero?" a very petite woman asked me in the hallway, walking side by side with me. I'm used to being the shortest person in the room but this lady seems to be shorter then me. Maybe I hang around people who are taller than me.
"My bad I didn't introduce myself." She cleaned her hands on her office pants and stretched it towards me. she said "...I'm Jessica, you can call me Jess. You are Genesis right? you just came but trust me you are already popular amongst us staff, that hair cannot go unnoticed" she smiled broadly.
"Hi to you too, I'll appreciate it if you direct me well when I resume" I said, she smiled and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"You flatter me girl." she said laughing softly.
"Anyways I just saw you speaking to Zero. A specimen of a man he is right. Just be careful of the wolves that lurk in the dark corners." she then winked at me.
Though not understanding what she meant, I smiled like I did.
"I never got to know the position he holds in the company" I have been waiting for this particular answer since I laid eyes on him.
"Founder, President. let's just say he is the major shareholder of the company." she replied. he carried himself like one but he is still young to own this much.
"He started the company when he was 24 years-old" she continued speaking "...and he just broke away from his family conglomerate, one of the richest family in the US, I'm talking about old money. We admire him here, he is always so closed off and cold but he never raises his voice on the staffs. I'm surprised he allowed others to touch him. Never will I imagine that I'll see this day." she looked at me with excitement on her face.
We finally got to the elevator. It opened and to my dismay, it was the same amount of persons like my last one. Jess quickly got in and whispered 'sorry' to me as the maximum number of person inside the elevator were complete. I watched the doors begin sliding shut.
"Come with me" that all to familiar commanding voice reached my ears as Zero brushed pass me heading for the executive.
I could see Jess's mouth opened down before the door finally close shut.
I followed him into his elevator, his presence very potent. Trying not to look at the spot he was standing, I stared hard at the display panel, indicating we were going to the down floor.
"Do I unsettle you, you are practically not breathing" he said with amusement.
I summoned the courage to face him.
"No you don't" I forced out of my mouth. He was insufferable at this point. A hot mess.
"Really?" He arched his eyebrows, then came closer to me with just one stride. In a twinkle of an eye I was barked against the elevator wall, Zero's hard body flushed against my lithe form. He was too close, his sandalwood scent permeates all over my sense, my nipples went painfully hard. I squeezed my thighs together to dull the delicious ache beating there. I never understood the sexual attraction between a man and woman but now I understood clearly and it rocked me.
He pushed my face upward with his fingers on my chin.
"I don't know how you do it, you affect me like no other" he muttered as he kissed down my left chin to my neck, a low moan emerged from my mouth my eyes fluttering close.
I could not push him away. I felt his lips move up to mine, forcing my mouth to open up, he locked our mouth into a deep kiss. kissing me slowly but deeply at the same time. My body trembled violently by the sensation his mouth provoked. The man could kiss, I could taste raw masculinity, dominance and power in this kiss, making me wet in-between my legs. Zero's hand held me, one encircling my waist, preventing me from melting to the floor and the other in my neck, stroking tenderly. I was about feasting on his mouth like he has done to mine then he stopped all of a sudden.
I pushed him away from me with all the strength in my small arms. That was when I noticed the elevator door was opened and a tall lady that resembled Zero standing there, her eyes were wide opened. She was enjoying the show she just finished watching. This was the last thing I needed today. My legs felt like rubber as I held my head high, not looking at my new boss and walked out of their space.
I just had my first kiss!!, that was all I had in mind as I walked out of the building.