21. Sinful Book 1

Work was becoming too much for me, and Antonio didn't bother to check on me or the document he kept on my desk, which I didn't read by the way, no time to waste on pointless things.

I was at work pretty early, earlier than usual, because the looks that I had been getting from Mr. Blue scared me; it wasn't the usual mean look, it was more of a relaxed look, which I think meant he was tired of my bullshit and was going to fire me soon; so I decided I wasn't going to let him make that decision.

I arrived at work before Melissa, when she saw me, she was shocked, but one glance from me and she adjusted her face.

I started work almost immediately as I wanted to be done before lunch, I also didn't have plans of returning to work after lunch, so I had to get as much work as I could.

Three hours into work, Melissa walked into my office.

"What is it?" I asked without looking up at her.

"Uhm, I know you've been avoiding this, but you don't have a choice this time" she said, I looked up at her immediately, she had her head down, playing with her fingers like a high schooler would when called to the dean's office.

"What is it?" I asked again, she had all my attention now.

"Mr. Blue wants you in his office right now, like right now" she said and my eyes widened. She was right, I didn't have a choice, unless I wanted him to fire me, I had to go see him. I took in a deep breath, rubbing my temple. I rolled my eyes countless times, mentally throwing all the insults I could throw at Mr. Blue. Something told me Anabeth had a hand in all this, it had been a while since she came to disturb me for anything. I pushed myself out of my seat, and went up to Mr. Blue's office, saying a prayer as I went; who knew what my fate would be after my meeting with him?

I knocked on his door softly, ignoring Anabeth completely, I searched her face though, for any sign that I was going to lose my job, but there was nothing.

"Come in" His thunderous voice said. I pushed the door open slowly, I didn't want to do anything that would piss him off.

"You asked to see me sir?" I gave a small smile.

"Good morning to you too Sewa" He pronounced my name wrongly again. I smiled at the man.

"Good morning Mr. Blue," I greeted him, even adding a small bow.

"Call me Frank. Please have a seat," he offered and I sat down immediately.

"How has work been lately?" He asked. I really didn't appreciate beating around the bush, like dude, if you're going to fire me, kindly do it ASAP, not ask me questions that don't matter. I answered the question anyway.

"It has been good, stressful but good" I told him truly, if he was going to fire me, he should know that he gave me a lot of work that I didn't appreciate.

"I love your honesty" he complimented. Yeah of course.

"How have you been?" He asked. I watched his aging face. He had uneven beards growing out of his chin that he badly needed to fix, but apart from that, he looked good. Mr. Blue was the type of man you'd want as a sugar daddy, he had the looks for it, but for some reason, he disgusted me. It wasn't my fault and he didn't do anything, I just felt disgusted by him.

"I've been good. Did I do anything wrong?" I asked, I was getting tired of the conversation.

"Not at all love, I just thought you'd like to have dinner with me later?" He asked. Hold up, I'm sorry, LOVE?!!!! Since when? And dinner? Who was this man and where in all the earth did he keep Mr. Blue.

"Uhm, I'm sorry I have engagements this evening" I lied, because I wasn't about to have dinner with my boss and become the office whore, that was Anabeth' crown, and I didn't want it.

"When then?" He pressed.

"I don't really know, my nights are usually occupied" I told him.

"We'll talk later Sewa" he said, he didn't look pained by my reply, in fact, he had a smile on his face.

I stood up immediately, running out of the office. Did the world suddenly become square or was the earth rotating backwards? What the hell just happened? Mr. Blue just asked me out!

I went back to work immediately, keeping my mind away from what just happened, I couldn't want to tell Anto- I mean Noah, about it.

Soon, it was lunch time and Noah hadn't called me yet, so I called him instead.

"Hey hey, aren't you up for lunch?" I asked him when he picked up.

"I wish, I'm swamped with work! My boss suddenly gave me a shit load of work, so I think I'll get lunch from the cafeteria here. I'm sorry" he said and I had an idea immediately.

"No wait, I'll order take outs and we'll have it at the cafeteria there" I told him.

"Great idea. I'll be waiting" he said and I hung up. Something didn't sit well with me about Noah being swamped with work. I mean if what he said about Antonio being his boss's boss was true, then Antonio had a hand in it, there was a possibility, but I shook the thought out of my head.

I grabbed my purse and coat and left my office, praying to God Mr. Blue wasn't close by, I still wasn't over his request and I sure as hell didn't want to see him.

I ordered takeouts from the restaurant Noah and I visited frequently, then got a taxi to his workplace.

It was my first time ever visiting him at work and I knew I looked like a thoughtful girlfriend, coming in with food for my boyfriend. The building was the tallest on the block, it had glass everywhere, making me very conscious about my outfit, I didn't bother though, I knew I looked good.

The exterior and interior of the company was magnificent with a giant SULLY'S, sitting at the entrance.

The first time I heard that SULLY'S was the company name, I laughed hard and teased Noah about it, but there I was, eating my laughter at the magnificent building.

I pulled out my phone and called Noah, I didn't want to have to go through all the procedures of telling the receptionist what and why I was there.

He told me he was going to get home so I walked into the building. When I stepped in, I immediately thanked God I was well dressed, the people that walked about, looked like they were going for a shoot, everyone was well dressed like someone took them out of a ducking magazine. No wonder Noah was always well dressed.

"Hey" Noah called out to me. I smiled at him. He had a midnight green suit on, the color really looked good on him, woah.

"Why is everyone well dressed, are y'all having screen time?" I asked him, looking around.

"Oh how are you Noah? I'm good, thanks for asking" Noah asked and answered himself. I laughed.

"Look, I brought food for you, don't get smart with me" I told him and he laughed.

"No, we are not having screen time, what is that? Follow me" he said, taking the food from me.

"Thank you for the food miss," he smiled. Food made Noah happy, it was one of his cute habits.

I walked behind him, while avoiding the stares we were getting; I was used to it anyway.

"For a company as classy as this, your people like to look" I mocked Noah and he laughed. We entered the elevator and went to the Cafeteria. We found a table and set our lunch on it, sat down and started eating. I told Noah all about Mr. Blue and he couldn't stop laughing; at that moment, while we were laughing, some random man entered into the Cafeteria and whisper- yelled: "Big boss is coming"

Everyone started moving about, it made me uncomfortable. I looked at Noah and he gave me a sad smile, I was confused.

I don't know how, but I inhaled and felt him before I saw him. It sounds like an exaggerated lie, but I really did. I turned to the entrance of the Cafeteria and my eyes found Antonio.

"Where's Noah?" He yelled. Everyone turned to our table and that was when I locked eyes with Antonio. So much for saying he didn't have anything other than photography.

I scoffed and nodded my head, Antonio was really a liar. I mean I suspected it but I didn't think too much about it because I thought I was being unreasonable.

"Noah, I'll see you later, I have to go" I told him, grabbing my purse and jacket.

I was angry, but I didn't have the right to confront him about it, it's not like I was dating him or something. What we had was strictly sex, nothing more, so I shouldn't be bothered with what he does or doesn't do right?

I started hearing little talks from the people around; everyone wondering what was happening.

Antonio stood at the entrance of the cafeteria, eyes trained on me as I made my way towards him, well not towards him per say, I made my way to the door.

He wasn't worth a word from me. He was the one that kept touching me when we weren't having sex, taking me out for dinner and getting jealous, but he was the one that lied and kept things from me.

The look on his face told me he thought I was going to talk, but I was a very professional person, I wasn't about to give his employees more things to talk about, I'm way bigger than that.

He started the whole thing by keeping things away from me, and I was going to finish it. I just hoped he wasn't going to report me to Aliyah anymore, like he usually did. He was a little boy in a grown man's body, and I really didn't have the mental capacity to deal with his immature ass, it was disgusting, just like Mr. Blue.