"A hotel? What for?". Leonard questioned with a type of bewildered facial expression.
"You asking like you don't know why I'm asking we should meet in a hotel, you ain't a baby, Leonard". Rita uttered.
"You want to bang again?".
"Yeah, I really like you, Leonard, I really want you. I could give you money for it also".
Leonard sighed a little and said, "You are rushing things, like we banged just recently. I just wanna ask, hope you don't have a boyfriend or a fiancee?".
"No, not at all, I'm currently single. If possible, you can become my boyfriend".
"No, that can't happen, the truth is, I don't like you, I don't have sincere feelings for you. I had sex with you 'cause you wanted me to, and money was involved...that's just the truth".
"Uh..that's a little bad 'cause I like you, and if possible, I'll always want to have you. But since you don't like me, no prob, let's just take it like it's a one-sided love. Just keep satisfying me, I'll be OK with that". That's what she wanted mainly, for him to keep banging her.
"I can do that, but we'll have to take it easy. I said I can give it to you continuous, but men, there's a limit, we won't be doing it every two days?". Leonard uttered.
"OK, I understand". Rita voiced out.
"Thanks for understanding. I think it's about time for us to step into the company...thanks for the money".
She didn't say anything in reply to Leonard's statement, she just smiled, the smile wasn't bright...that shows that it wasn't genuine. She didn't like the fact that Leonard refused to meet in a hotel with her, that he refused to bang her. But she was trying her best to understand, even if she didn't understand, Leonard gave no f**k.
While she was still standing there fuming a little, Leonard had already strolled into the company. Then he sauntered to the staircase, mounted it, and arrived on the first floor. Reaching the first floor, he strolled to his desk and sat on it. He wasn't expecting what he heard next,
"Do you have anything going on with Rita?". Felix inquired of him.
Holy shit! How did he learn about it? He made sure to glance around anytime he wants to go meet Rita, and no one was staring at him, so how did he find out? He was cautious. Maybe Felix pretended not to be watching him the first and the second time, but he was watching him. What Leonard didn't know was if he should tell Felix what was going on between him and Rita.
Felix knew that he wasn't much of a good guy, yeah, he told Felix once that if at all he wants to do anything with that girl that was trying to seduce him, it's just to bang her. With that statement, Felix had already discerned that he wasn't much of a good guy. You know, that type of 'I don't bang anyhow' type of guys. So since Felix had already discerned this about him, should he just tell him that he had sex with Rita yesterday and she had already given him the money she promised him?
Maybe he wouldn't take it badly and he wouldn't tell, he'll just take it as the normal bad boy stuff. Since she wanted to bang, he gave her banging, and he's benefiting from it. But after contemplating within that few seconds, he decided not to tell Felix what was truly going on between him and Rita. Most likely, Felix wouldn't tell when he becomes aware of what was going on between them. But he didn't want to take the risk, he wouldn't tell him.
Leonard's and Felix's desks weren't that far from each other, but it doesn't mean that when they are speaking to each other, other employees don't hear. What matters was the volume of their voices...that would determine if other employees would hear their conversation or not. Felix had asked Leonard the question already, he didn't know if other employees heard it or not, but he was sure of one thing, he didn't want them to hear Leonard's reply.
So he stood up from his desk and sauntered over to Leonard's desk to hear his reply. Leonard glanced at him and uttered,
"No, I don't have anything going on with, Rita".
"You might take me as a poke noser, but am not, I just noticed. You went somewhere with Rita yesterday, and the same thing happened today again. You sure nothing is going on between you and her? You can tell me". Felix stated.
And he was pretending like he didn't know where Leonard went to yesterday, like he didn't know he went with someone. Truly, he didn't know where he went to, but he knew he went with Rita. And he didn't know what they engaged in, maybe he knows, who knows. Leonard uttered once again, now, he told a lie,
"OK..OK, something is going on between us, but it's nothing serious, it's just a business stuff that you shouldn't bother about. That's it".
Felix nodded his head, there was an unsatisfied look on his face, he voiced out, "OK, once again, don't take it like I'm a poke noser, I noticed and decided to ask".
"No prob, man".
And with that, Felix sauntered back to his desk and sat on it, and work continued. Felix continued with what he was doing, and Leonard continued working also, remember, he had a job with workload in it to complete.
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The working days had passed, it was a Saturday, Leonard wouldn't be going to work today...it was a work-free day for all the workers in the 'Q and R construction company'. But before this day, this was what happened within the days before it. Leonard completed the work that was handed to him, he met the deadline.
Some of the workers in the marketing department had to rush to finish their part of the project that day which was the deadline...the day before today, that's Friday. Though theirs didn't have much workload in it, they couldn't finish it before the deadline 'cause of laziness or whatever reason. And there was something the workers weren't aware of, the overseer of the marketing department informed the manager that Leonard chose to handle part of the project with more workload in it...and the manager was really impressed.
Normally, he had been noticing Leonard's hard work before that, but that was more proof of it. So on Friday when all workers were to receive their bonuses, Leonard's bonus was the highest of all the employees in the marketing department. Normally, they were being paid their salaries through their bank accounts, but when it comes to bonuses, they were given by cash.
It was always packaged in a brown envelope before the overseers of each department would hand it to the employees in his or her department. But Leonard's case was different, the manager called him separately in his office to hand him his bonus. Then he said to him,
"Keep working hard, Leonard. I'm aware that you chose to handle the work that has more workload in it, and you completed it, you met with the deadline. Keep it up".
That statement gladdened Leonard's heart, his hard work wasn't in vain, the manager was noticing it. This would make it easier for Leonard to collect his salary before his quest expires. This Saturday morning, Leonard had woken up and he had engaged in those morning stuff like, taking his bath, brushing his teeth, and all that. After that, he ate breakfast, then he did the laundry.
Right now, he was currently sitting on one of the sofas in the parlor. The money Rita gave to him and his bonus was enough to get him a phone, and change would remain. He was contemplating if he should head over to a phone store right now. After thinking for some minutes, he decided to head over to a phone store right now. At least, he wasn't doing anything at home currently and he needed a phone.
He changed into something fashionable as he was putting on something casual before. Done dressing, he departed from his apartment and onto the street. He doesn't know any phone store, so he asked someone, and with the person's direction, he located the phone store. Entering it, he was attended to immediately. With the help of the people in the phone store and his knowledge, he was able to choose a good smartphone in the phone store...it was well packaged in a phone carton.
They told him the price, and he paid for it before departing from the store...and as he thought, he didn't use the whole money in purchasing the phone. Reaching home, he opened the package and checked the phone properly, it was a nice phone...finally, he's gotten a phone. But getting a phone isn't all that there is, there are things that need to be added to the phone to make it complete.