“What the fuck!.” I mutter under my breath as I stare at the center table. A single rose flower lay on it, alongside a card and a box of chocolates. I looked around fearfully. The weren’t here the whole time!.
I make my way to the kitchen and turn on the lights, No one. I retrace my steps and rush to my door. I open the door and look down the hallway. One of Gary’s men is leaning on the wall. I motion for him to come.
“Umm, how long have you been here?” I ask, trying to hide the tension in my voice.
“I came up seven minutes ago, anything the problem miss?.” He knots his brows. I purse my lip and shook my head.
“No, I’m fine thanks.” I shut the door and threw in the dead bolts. I lean against it my heart pounding furiously. who would come in here to drop theses, without even the slightest noise.
I walk over to my window and look down. The person couldn’t have come through the window. it’s too high. I close the shutter and walk slowly to the table. I look down at the items, I suck in my breath, and shakily pick up the card. I start to read.
“Roses are red, violets are blue.
My love for you is a never fading colour,
In the deepest of my heart,
You remain there.
My love for you,
is like the cool morning breeze,
caressing you.
I will always keep loving you,
And you will be mine,
Mine and mine forever.
Love,
Your secret admirer.”
I bite my lip and look around again. Jeez!. My heart is threatening to burst out of my chest cos of fear. This is certainly not funny.
I don’t wait a second before grabbing the items and discarding all of it into the trash. Sleep seems elusive all of a sudden. I amble to the kitchen and make myself a cup of coffee.
I’m stressed out already. First it was Gary asking me questions I don’t ever want to hear and now someone sneaking into my apartment to drop presents. I’m loosing my mind already.
I drain out my coffee and make my way to my room after rinsing it out. I locked the door for safety and sit on the bed. I hate these sleepless night, unfortunately I’m having one right now.
I would have gone to Stacy’s but she’d probably be snoring away with her friends and I may have to bang the door all night.
I contemplate on dialing Gary’s number but drop the idea after a second thought. He might blame the men he stationed there and I want none of that. I checked my phone for the time. It’s well past midnight. I might as well get distracted and play some games. I took out my laptop from the bedside table and booth it on. I clicked on a game app and focused on the game.
I woke up with a start as my phone rings.
“Shit.” I cuss, raising my head from the laptop. I searched frantically for my phone and pulled it out from under the sheets.
“Hey sleepy head.” Gary’s husky voice sends a sigh escaping from my lips. I threw off the covers and heed to the bathroom..
“Morning Gary.” I voice out. I turn on the speaker and place it at the edge of the wash bowl.
“I was lonely throughout the night without having you so close to me.” I rake my hands through my locks and smile.
“Seems you had a long night partying at Stacy’s right?”
The smile disappears from my face once I remember last night incident. I open the cabinet and brought out my paste and brush. i spread toothpaste on it.
“The night was long and stressful Gary” I began to brush whilst staring at myself in the mirror.
“Hmm, that’s the aftermath of partying late into the night. Ben has been waiting for you brunnie.” I rinse my mouth return the brush into the cabinet.
“I overslept, tell him I’d be down in twenty minutes.” I tell him.
“Okay brunnie. I’ve got something to discuss with you. Come soon.” I nod and hang up. I lean my h on the wall. He still wants to discuss with me. I do hope it’s not the same thing he asked last night. I sigh and go into the shower cubicle.
Several minutes later I’m heading out of my apartment.
“Morning miss…. you look beautiful today.” Ben compliments as I get into the car.
“Thanks.” I simply say. I lean comfortably into the seat and he drives out immediately. My mind’s occupied with the mystery gifts. Ben glanced at me through the mirror.
“Rough night?.” He asks as he steers slowly. I purse my lips.
“Not that bad, Just tired that’s all.”e H nods and faces the road. Ben steal some glances at me while he drove and I frowned inwardly. Since Gary’s men watch over me, who could have dropped those gifts. Could it be one of the neighbours living on the same floor with me.
I shook my head. The ones on my floor are mostly family and ladies. I glance at the mirror and Ben is staring again. I bit my lip and look down. Could it be Ben? I’m confused and worried at the same time. Ben pulls into the mansion and drives into the garage. He shut the engine and turn to look at my figure.
“You look pale and stressed out miss is anything the problem?.” I bat my lashes at him and fake a smile.
“Y-yeah Ben I’m fine.” He nods and quickly steps out to open the door for me. I step out.
“Thanks for the ride Ben” I smile and pat his arm. he only bowed slightly in return. I walk into the mansion as the security men bow once I got to them. I have to admit I don’t like that. A maid was in the hallway leading to the lift. She smiled on seeing me.
“Hi Lesley.” She says as we get in together.
“Hey..” I smile and lean on the lift walls. she press the button for Gary’s apartment and lean beside me.
“You’re quite friendly you know, unlike Gary divorced wife, so arrogant and slutty. I brush back a strand that fell out from my ponytail.
“And, you and Gary make the perfect couple you know?.” I smile despite the mood I’m in.
“Thanks, I’m flattered” I say plainly. She nods.
“You know, we’re only weeks away from Xmas. it’s usually fun. I get to see all Gary’s family. They hold a big party here always. it’s gonna be fun cos you the one here…. not Brie” She hold her cleaning equipment close to her body. I arch my brows but say nothing. The door open and we step out. While the maid walked towards the living room, I heed to Gary’s room. Gary wasn’t in. I walked to Hazel room and it was empty too. I go out of the room and walk to the living room. The maid was cleaning up.
“Umm, do you happen to know where Gary is?” I ask as I stand in the doorway. She nods.
“Yeah, sure. Take the lift for the eight floor. They usually go there to have some quiet family time.”
I thank her and leave. I did as she said and minutes later find myself in a very large hall.
“Wow!” I mutter lowly. This was the most beautiful place in the mansion. Its mainly made up of blue glass walls, and 3d tiles. The hall was quite large. There is a large swimming pool at the end of the hall. Huge chandeliers suspended from the vaulted ceilings, The sunlight was casting it’s rays into the room.
“Hey brunnie.” He whispers against my ears. I turn round and smile.
“Hey.” I reply as he kisses me fully on the lips. I quickly pull away. Not now, not when I wanted to discuss my quiting.
“This place is so beautiful!” I say as I walk towards the swimming pool.
“Yeah..” His gaze doesn’t leave my face like he notices how pale I am.
“Come have breakfast.” He nod absentmindedly as he guides me to a large balcony where Hazel is sitting.
“Morning Lesley!.” Hazel grins as she stuff her mouth with food. I smile and peck her cheek. I sit down on one of the chairs.
Dishing out a small portion of food, I began to eat. Gary continuously shoots me that says “Are you alright.” I smile in reply and go back to eating. Fortunately Hazel chatters as we eat, killing the tension. We eat up and a maid came to clear up the dishes.
“Dad, I wanna swim.” She says as she gets off the chair.
“No Hazel, you’ve just eaten, go take a walk. I and Lesley got a lot of stuff to discuss.” She glance at me briefly and nod.
“Okay dad.” She says and skipped away. I watch her till she walks out of the hall. Gary gets off his seat and comes over to me. He pulls me up and stare down at me.
“You are pale brunnie, what’s the matter You know you could talk to me anytime huh?.” He stared at me so intensely that my eyes burn with tears.
“I’m-I’m just tired that’s all” I lie. He scoffs and holds me by the waist. We walk down the hall to the large swimming pool. We stare at the water for some moments.
Gary pulls his shirt over his head and threw it on the couch. He did the same with his pants. I gulp, trying to steady myself. I need to tell him I’m quitting. He stalks to me and trail his finger down my neck to the middle of my cleavages. I tried not to give in. He smirks like he knows what I’m doing.
“You wanna get into the water with me?.” He asks as he tickle the middle of my cleavages. I want to say no, but I find myself nodding. He smirks again and walk to a cabinet. He takes out a red bikini and hand it to me
“Get changed, I’m waiting.”He winks and lowers himself on the couch. I walk into the changing room and peel off my clothes.
I slipped into the bikini and stare at myself in the mirror. I don’t even have control of myself whenever I’m around him. He knows I’m hiding something, and I’m not safe anymore. I pack my hair into a shower cap and stuff my close into the closet.
I walk out to see Gary sitting and dangling his legs in the water. He rakes his eyes down my figure. Well, Stacy’s said I’ve got an hourglass figure, I don’t care.
I dive into the water and swim to where he was. He lowers himself into the water we lock gaze for some moments. Gary draws me close and crash his lips down on mine, like he’s been starving. All defiance I had put on suddenly broke and I melt into his embrace. He gently takes off my shower cap and run his fingers through my hair.
It cascaded into the water. He was dominating and intense. He grabs my butt and squeeze it softly.. I moan into his mouth, my palm going up and down his muscled back.
He turn me so I’m backing him and kissed me down to the hollow of my neck.
“Gary!.” I breathe out sharply as his warm lip come in contact with my cold skin.
I was feeling hot and at the same time shivers reverberated through my body. He trails his arm down my thigh and kisses the spot between my ears. I turn back to him, locking our lips once again, biting and nibbling softly on his lower lips. He groans and pulls me deep into the water, so we are fully submerged.
My hair spread in the water and bubbles escapes our mouth. I wrap my legs around his torso as he adores my neck with kisses, he kisses me down to my cleavages, and I can’t moan cos I’m inside the water.
He holds me close and we swim towards the edge of the pool. We emerge from the water as we catch our breathe. My hair is wet and sticking to my face. Our body wet, our breath mixing together, I stare into his cute orbs.
He climbs the step out and pulls me after him. Gary drapes a towel round me and brush the hair off my face. He kisses my temple slowly. He cups my neck and looks down into my eyes, like he’s staring into my soul.
“Would you mind if we go out, you know…. to somewhere far, where no one will see us. Just you and I alone?.” I blink my eyes slowly and trail my finger down his abs. Truth is I’m speechless.
“And, if you don’t wish to tell me anything, that’s fine. But always remember, I’m here for you. Whenever you feel like you could let me in on what’s bothering you.” He kisses my temple again before wrapping his arms around me. I lolled against his chest and blink back tears, this time out of affection.
It’s beautiful knowing you mean the world to someone. And it was what I needed now. What I needed to forget whatever had happened in the past. I kiss his bare chest and lay my head back, as a smile slowly spread in ny my face. Now I’m never ever quitting working for him because he has become my addiction.
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