LOGAN'S POV
"You know what I'm talking about right?"
She knew what I meant! I meant that she could be the next person sucking my cock.
"Why would you even....?" she said in disbelief but in a self restraint, she dropped what she wanted to say to me. She had an irritated look on her face.
I would not blame her for being irritated by me.
I mean, I was the same person who kissed her suddenly because I mistook her for my ex-wife. Seeing me intimate with another person should not even be bothering her, but it did and it was so obvious in her countenance. I was not sure why she was feeling that way.
I slowly approached her "What were you trying to say? Besides, I thought I asked you to change your clothes."
As I scanned her entire body, a part of me felt bad for treating her so badly earlier that morning. She washed majority of the stains off her dress but I could still see them.
"I didn't bring any extra....clothes." she said.
"Always have extra clothes around. Our movements are unpredictable. Okay?" I said calmly. My reaction was probably contrary to what she must have been expecting from me.
She nodded in agreement.
"Collect my schedule for the evening from the receptionist and let Peter know about it too"
"I already have your schedule for the evening. You have a dinner meeting with some investors by 7:30pm and it runs till 9:30pm" she said swiftly.
"What? I almost forgot about that!" I had been too occupied in my thoughts since morning that I forgot about this major issue. My thoughts made me make a booty call on for the lady that Claire had caught me with.
For some reason, my entire head was too focused on Olivia. Could she really just have died just like that? I never even got to tell her how much I loved her. Coupled up with everything, I got to meet someone who looked exactly like her.
I knew I was not treating Claire the right way, but it was a form of defence mechanism for me to not grow too attached to her right away.
I snapped out of my thoughts and took a look at my watch. It was already 4:30pm. I could not afford to be late.
"The time is 4:30pm already and you did not think to tell me so I could get off work?" I said to her.
Her eyes met with mine before she sharply looked away.
"Considering the fact that the location is only a thirty minute drive from here, who would have thought that anyone would need three hours to get ready?" She said.
I scoffed at her response "You really have your way with pissing me off. Don't you?"
She ignored my question and looked around the room as if trying to look for something.
I grabbed her arm "Follow me. You are coming with me to the dinner meeting."
"NO, i have some personal things to take care off. " she said sternly.
"NO?"
"I am not coming with you. I don't think I have any business with your meeting. "
What on earth was wrong with her? Did she not know what the job description of a secretary entailed?
"Oh for goodness' sake. Use your head! Claire, I hired you to be my secretary. That means you are involved in each and everyone of my businesses" I went closer and whispered to her "Do not forget that the major reason I hired you was because of your striking resemblance with Olivia. Do your job properly or else....."
She finally looked at me squarely "Or else.....". For a while there, I got lost in her glittering eyes that held back her true intentions. Deep down, I knew how much she already hated me. I knew how disgusting she thought I was. But then again, she had no choice but to stick with me. After all, I was her employer and she would not find the same job offer anywhere. Especially considering the fact that she has no educational qualifications.
"You get another punishment. And this time, I will not be letting you go. If you have anything else to say, I suggest you keep it to yourself before you anger me any further."
She stayed quiet for a few minutes. "I'll do as you say. But, can I ask you for something first?"
"What is it?"
"An advance payment....."
"It is only your first day on the job and you want to be paid already? Quit your clownery"
I noticed that unlike Olivia, Claire had the habit of always looking around when she had no answer to certain questions.
She finally spoke up "I really need this for my personal life. I promise I won't be running away and I will do exactly as you tell me to from now on"
Suddenly, an interesting idea popped into my head "I'll do that. On one condition"
"Tell me"
"I want to have all of you." I said tracing my index finger down her neckline.
I could feel her nervousness from the closeness between us as she nervously said "What do you mean by that?"
"You know what I mean. Do not act all so innocent now." I said not stopping my fingers from exploring the top part of her body.
"You definitely do not mean that you want to have sex with me.....right? That would not be the case."
On the surface, I was insinuating the fact that I wanted to have sex with her but deep down, I planned on exploring her body and trying to check if there was a birthmark on her lower back just like Olivia had. I felt that checking her would be my clearest call back to reality.
She pushed me away from her and said "Forget about it. I know what you are. I already heard the rumours about you always getting into your secretaries' pants and then you dumping them after."
Silence engulfed the air as she continued looking everywhere but my face.
"Let me tell you now, I would rather die than have you sleep with me. Do you understand?"
I widened my eyes in shock and her newly found boldness "You have to be shitting me right now. Remember and put it in your stubborn head that I make the rules her. Do YOU understand?"
Her confidence shrunk as she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out.
"You have until 10pm to make your decision whether you are willing to accept the offer or not. Don't waste my time, let's get ready for the dinner."
During the preparations for the meeting, her entire countenance had been altered. She was quiet and clearly thinking about the offer. I started to feel pity for her.
I mean, I did not even want to have sex with her in the first place but something told me that she would flip even further if I told her it was because of Olivia's birthmark I was curious about.
Something about her seemed odd, she never ever liked to be compared with Olivia.
The dinner meeting went by in a flash and towards the end, Claire excused herself from the room.
She came back when everyone else had left and said in a hurry "I agree. Let's do it"
"What?"
"Your offer, I accept it"