ALLISON
"I don't want to see you around here," my boss said between clenched teeth.
"Oh, I see...."
"hey, boss" my p.a called me.
"He wants me to leave, should I?" He asked me with amusement in his eyes.
"It's my shop young man, I have the right to ask you out of here" my boss yelled at him.
But he acted like no one was speaking to him, he ignored my boss and turned to me. I placed a hand on my chin and thought about it for a while.
Yes, I did want him to leave me the f**k alone. He wanted s*x and I couldn't give him s*x, not like I couldn't but I didn't want to give myself to him and my boss was going to harass me, sexually if he gets the chance to be alone with me.
In as much as I hated it, I wanted him around, just to keep my disgusting boss away from me, though it would be just for two weeks. I would appreciate that a lot.
"Stay," I said in an authoritative voice and my boss glared at me.
"you will get fired for this Allison" he growled
"I would love to, at least I won't have to see your disgusting face and I would be free from my loan," I said to him, smiling innocently.
He went mute for a second and glared at me once more. I pressed my lips together, suppressing the laughter I felt coming out of my throat. He knew he couldn't afford to fire me but I promised myself that I would be leaving there the moment I paid off my loan.
Without saying another word, he walked away cursing silently at us.
When he was out of earshot, I let out a loud laugh and held onto my stomach at how much it had pained my boss. It was something I would want to do countless times.
When I was finally able to regain myself, I wiped the tears that were at the side of my eyes and found my p.a looking at me.
"What....?" I asked him. He didn't say anything, instead, his brown eyes went dark and he walked closer to me. I rolled my eyes at him, he was trying to seduce me again.
I moved back, trying to move away from him till my back was against the canter. He didn't stop coming forward, he kept moving closer and when I realized he wasn't going to stop neither was there going to be an escape for me, I quickly turned around and backed him.
"Perfect" he whispered as his body jammed against mine. I regretted my move immediately, my back was directly against his body.
"Oh, s**t" I mumbled and cursed. He smirked.
"You wanted me to stay, didn't you?" He asked sexily, his hands tracing lines on my arms.
"Don't fool yourself, I did that because I wanted my boss to stay away from me" I said to him and held the canter with my both hands.
"That is a lie, you..." I pushed him away with my back before he could finish his statement.
"Hope you can make all kinds of coffee, you just started working you know," I said, ending the conversation and grinning at him then I turned to a customer.
"You finally have a boyfriend" my customer grinned at me.
"Him, no f*****g way, yuck" I stuck out my tongue irritated.
"She has a boyfriend....."
"I was going to shoot my shot" Joe, a different customer yelled from where he sat. He was a chubby and funny guy who would come to the coffee shop every day and spend hours in there.
"I will rather be with you than be with him Joe" I yelled back and turned to my p.a. He furrowed his brows at me and stared at Joe.
"You would choose him over all of this?" He asked showing off his muscles.
"Holy shit....."
"Such hotness"
"You are so lucky Allison" customers started yelling from all angles and I rolled my eyes at him.
"What's his name dear?" An elderly woman who was a regular asked me.
"His name is......" I paused and jammed my lips together.
I realized I didn't know his name,
"How could I not know his name yet?"
I turned to him and widened my lips in a fake smile
"Seriously, you don't know your boyfriend's name?" Joe yelled
"He is not my boyfriend" I yelled back
"What is he then, a hot stripper or your bang mate" the customer I was attending to asked me.
"None" I replied.
"Then what is he then?" The elderly lady asked.
"He is a pain in my ass and my p.a" I replied and smirked at him.
"I see" Joe yelled and winked at me. I chuckled at his never-ending childish behavior.
"So what's the name of our handsome p.a then," a lady asked me.
I looked at her and realized she had taken a liking to him as well.
"What's your name, p.a?" I turned around and asked him.
"I don't think it's wise you know my name" he replied and smirked flirtatiously
"Even if you are from the richest family around, you are still a jerk to me, don't fool yourself, I won't come after your money, I promise," I said to him childishly but I was damn serious about what I said. I hated men who thought all women were after their money alone.
He looked at me, he looked puzzled at my statement, and then washed it off with a grin.
"I'm....." He paused like he was thinking of his name.
"Hey cuteness, please remember your name" Joe mocked.
"I'm Matthew Gray," he said at last.
"Hmm, that's a nice name for a spoilt bastard such as yourself" I taunted and his eyes widened and then he smiled.
"He breaks heart?" The elderly woman asked and I nodded my head in amusement.
"You better don't hurt Allison nigga" Joe screamed.
"You should advise him to be scared of Allison instead. She might be cute and simple but she is one bad b***h" a different customer added.
"Okay, guys...back to your coffee" I ordered, not wanting to continue the discussion anymore.
**************
The day came down to an end very quickly and I was as happy to go home just as usual.
When I finished for the day, I quickly went over to the back to change, my boss came in a few minutes later when I was already done, fortunately.
I groaned at the sight of him.
"You must think you can easily run away from me?" He said in his husky irritating voice.
I ignored him and tried to walk away from him but he grabbed my arms and pulled me to himself. I lost my balance and it made it easy for him to pull me to himself. The moment my body hit against his, he held my both wrist and placed them behind me while his other hands clung to my waist as he attempted to kiss me.
I struggled against him and tried kicking him away from my body as I kept tilting my head to avoid his lips from touching mine.
"Keep still, you f*****g b***h" he groaned and tightened his grip on my arms.
Just then, the door to the back opened up and Matthew stepped inside.
Mr. Parker was shocked to see him, he loosened his grip on my hands and I immediately found it as an opening to move away from him.
As I moved away from him, he tried holding onto me but Matthew charged at him and slapped his hands away from reaching me.
Mr. Parker looked at him shocked, I couldn't blame him. I was also shocked at his reaction, I never expected him to act that way, I stood at the side and rubbed my arms, at where he had held me while I stared at the both of them.
"what do you think you are doing?" My boss raised his voice angrily
"who do you think you are huh?" He asked again.
Matthew ignored him and stared at me, his eyes traveled my body from head to toe as he took in every detail, then he stopped and stared at my arms that were all red due to his grip on me.
"You have no......" My boss started but Matthew suddenly held him by his collar and pushed him to the wall, it was bound to be painful because of the loud thud I heard.
"You have no right to touch her" Matthew's voice was cold and angry.
"Don't ever lay your filthy fingers on her ever" he said holding tightly to Mr. Parker's collar.
I enjoyed the sight in front of me, but Mr. Parker was still my boss, I had to stop smirking and grinning in happiness and stop him from killing my boss, whatever he would do would affect my job and my pay, it was the only thing I cared about.
"Let him go Matthew" I ordered.
Matthew looked at me angrily and his eyes told me he wasn't willing to let go.
"Come on, we need to leave. You can deal with him later" I added. I wasn't willing to plead with anyone.
He groaned and let go of my boss. Then he took my hands and pulled me towards the door.
I followed him, clearly confused on why he was reacting like a jealous boyfriend who couldn't stand the idea of his girl being with the opposite s*x. He kept pulling me till we were outside the coffee shop, I pulled my arms away from his grip and rubbed on them, they were the exact spot my boss had held me.
He turned to me, his eyes dark, he was clearly angry but I still couldn't understand why he was so pissed. His eyes went back to normal when he saw me rubbing my arms.
He came closer and held my arms, his hands rubbing on it so gently.
"Was he trying to seduce me?" My inner voice asked as I stared at him confused.
"You shouldn't let him touch you that way" his voice was cold and still angry.
"He has no right to do that, ever" he continued.
A wave of anger washed all over me and I snatched my arms away from him.
"And you have the right?" I asked him angrily. He looked up at my face with an unreadable expression.
"You all are just the same, always thinking about their d***s" I cursed and walked away from him.
I just kept walking, I was angry in fact, he had no right to say such rubbish. He was among the men who wanted my body, why act like he was a saint, the righteous one when he was the same as them.
Soon I heard footsteps behind trying to catch up with me.
"Will you calm....down?" He said falling in steps beside me with my purse in his hands. I paused and turned to him.
"How did you get that?" I said referring to the purse
"You left it behind" he replied. I looked at him for a while and I snatched my purse from him and kept walking.
"Why are you angry?" He asked when I refused to talk or slowed down.
"Tell me, I helped you in there, I shouldn't be the one you get angry at, your boss was harassing you in there and you said nothing, you did nothing," he said. His words made me feel vulnerable and weak and I didn't like feeling that way.
I ignored him and kept walking down the sideway like I had an appointment to catch up with.
"Why are you venting out on me when you couldn't stand up to who you were supposed to stand up...I..." I paused and turned to him, my body was overwhelmed with anger.
I glared at him like it was something that could kill him.
"Don't act like you suddenly know me" I said clenching my fist
"Then why are you angry with me when you allow your boss to do whatever he wants with you" he yelled.
I snapped immediately, my thoughts went blank for a moment, the only thing I could feel was the anger and pain that his words accompanied. My hands raised from my side and I gave him a resounding slap.
He jerked, his eyes widened in shock.
"You are just like every other guy out there who wants my body. Don't act like you are any different, you all are all pieces of s**t" I yelled and walked away but paused, I wasn't done talking.
I went back to where he had stood frozen, clearly shocked that I had dared to hit him.
"My boss can never do what he wants with me, he has never and will never and so will you. I don't ever want to see your face, stay the f**k away from me" I said to him and walked off again.
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MATEO
I watched her figure walking away angrily as I stood rooted at the same spot, clearly shocked that I had been hit by a woman.
She waved down a taxi and hopped in leaving me behind without a care in the world.
I was angry at her pomposity and guts, she thought too highly of herself, she acted like she was something. I felt humiliated, I felt embarrassed. No one had ever laid hands on me but she did.
I boarded a different cab, fuming in anger, and went back home. It took me hours to get home, which gave me more time to relax my self and calm down. I was exhausted when I got home.
I had a quick dinner and took a shower before going to bed.
Thoughts of Allison filled my head as I lay down on the bed. The events of the day came running back to me.
Each time I remembered the way she had slapped me I got furious all over again.
It was clear that she would do anything to avoid having s*x with me but I still wanted her, more still I wanted her to want me just as I wanted her that was why I was willing to go to any length to get what I wanted.
The day had turned out blissful, she had an ordinary life, way too ordinary than I had expected.
At the club, I thought she was the middle-class kind of girl that was why she was so hard to get but she wasn't. She was just another girl struggling to make ends meet and that was exactly why she would have been the one after me. A lady of such a background would always come after your money, that I was a hundred percent sure of but she...
She kept pushing me away even when I expected the opposite, it made me have conflicting feelings about her and my ideology about women as a whole.
But at some point, I concluded, she was playing hard to get. That was the only reasonable reason I could come up with and why she was behaving like she didn't care that I was rich. She was making the game more interesting for me to play.
She would allow her boss to harass her the way he pleases but would push me away when I try to seduce her. Playing hard to get had to be the reason for her behavior.
I had seen her boss earlier that morning making s****l advances towards her but she had handled it so well it shocked me. But seeing him hold her that way later that evening just triggered something in me. She was my prize, my possession and I only had the right to do what I wanted with her. She possessed the treasure I hunted and searched for and I wasn't supposed to be happy seeing another man tamper with it. That was why I reacted the way I did, but she got angry at something I had said and even dared to slap me.
I had at first been so furious about her audacity and guts.
"If only she knew who I was," my inner voice said
But knowing who I was would make my job easier. She would become too easy to get, but if she didn't know, then it would be a much more interesting game to play. I still wanted her, she had acted all high and mighty, she kept acting hard to get. She kept doing things that I didn't expect her to do not in the least possible way. And it made the game more fun for me, it was best it was that way, it would make my prize a more deserving one.
I made a decision, I wasn't going to stop, she had more guts, she was as daring and challenging as thousands of women and I had free time on my hands. I had to get her for sure, I couldn't stop thinking about the kiss I had shared with her, and neither could I stop thinking of all the dirty things I would do to her when the time came.
I pushed my anger and pride to the back of my mind and slept with the picture of her standing in her room naked in my mind.
***********
The next morning, I had my breakfast brought to my room and had my bath. Then I took care of some things I needed to take care of in the office and made sure every single was in order before I put on some simple clothes.
A plain pair of trousers and a white long sleeve were okay by me.
I came out from my house and allowed my driver to take me to a part of the city where I could easily move freely without the fear of pressmen and women all over me.
Then I took a cab and went to Lambertville, hoping she would be at work already since it was kind of late.
It didn't take as long to get there as I thought it did the previous day. When I arrived, I jumped out of the cab excitedly to see my prize.
I quickly went into the coffee shop and allowed the sweet smell of cappuccino, latte, black coffee, cakes, and the warm feeling to hit me.
She was not behind the canter when I arrived, it made my heart skip for a moment. I saw a different person there, it was the same girl I had seen the previous day.
"Excuse me, where is Allison?" I asked her. She smiled flirtatiously at me and blew me a kiss.
"Hello handsome," she said.
"Hi, where is Allison?" I asked once more.
"I'm here, don't think about her, she isn't worth....."
"Shut up Ashley" Allison interrupted, coming out from the back.
I smiled at the sight of her, she looked sexy with a flair gown and her hair in a ponytail.
She walked past me and went behind the canter while Ashley rolled her eyes at her.
"You seem to like that back room a lot" I teased. She glared at me for a moment and turned back to what she was doing.
I realized I shouldn't have said that, that was a lame idea.
I walked closer to her, in an attempt to settle whatever underlying issue we had.
"What are you doing here?" She asked me before I could say anything.
"It isn't up to two weeks yet, is it?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes and continued with cleaning the canter.
"Stay the f**k away from me Matthew. I don't belong to you okay" she said confidently and I smirked.
"You do, you are mine, pumpkin"