Getting close to him
Ricardo paced back and forth in the conference room. After a heated meeting with the board of directors. Ricardo was irritated with what was happening. He was angered by Rocco's sudden appearance. Especially when he was trying hard to ruin him. Rocco had the guts to approach men who didn't supply diamonds to him
“Chill man, I'm sure we can solve this… I already informed Marcus about this,” Camillo said assuredly. It was funny to watch Ricardo being all worked up. Yes, Rocco was trying to provoke him, but they were other ways to deal with this
“He wants to die,” Ricardo muttered and stopped pacing, rage flashed in his eyes as he rested, he bent down a little and rested his hands on the table. Camillo saw a predator seeking its prey.
“Whatever it is…don't give him the pleasure to destroy what you've worked hard to build … it's clear he wants you to make a mistake,” Camilo said, knowing full well, Rocco was playing dirty. He knew Ricardo had left that life of killing. Even Ricardo knew he wasn't going to go back to killing and threatening people
“If it's death he wants then I'm willing to give it to him tenfold,” Ricardo muttered disdainfully and slammed his fist on the table, there was only one thing he hated. And that was anyone messing with his things. He didn't say a word when Rocco gave his wife a dress
She had the guts to say it to his face
“Chill, I have a meeting with my lawyers…and well, mom is hosting some dinner gathering tomorrow… I was hoping you could come with Alana,” Camilo said as he rose from the chair and adjusted his coat. Ricardo had so much to do, he didn't think he was going to be attending such things
“Don't say no okay, Marcela will be there… I'm sure she called you,” Camilo said with a chuckle and picked up his phone and car keys. Ricardo nodded,
“Fine,” both men left the conference room and headed to his office. However, on their way to Ricardo's office, they stopped outside the computer room when Ricardo heard Alana's voice
“This is great okay… I didn't know you were so talented, `` Felix said with laughter and bent down a little as he fixed his eyes on the computer screen. Alana was sitting, her eyes fixed on the computer,
“We just need some final touches and a wonderful presentation… I have an idea,” Alana said while showing Felix what she came up with.
“Great, with this…no one will beat us. I can assure you even the boss will be impressed,” Felix said in amusement and bent over Alana's shoulder to see properly. The entire time Alana was trying to avoid Felix from touching her
“So…it's done… I'm sure sir is done with his meeting,” Alana said awkwardly and swiveled her chair away and rose to her feet. Felix smiled helplessly and half sat on the table
“So…about what I said…are you free tonight?” Felix asked while Alana packed some documents as well as designs
“I'm not certain… I have a lot of work...it's hard to find time…”
“You know he's married right…in this company, news travels fast… Alana, they have been talking, you are a sweet lady... it's not good to hear anyone say bad things about you and the boss,” Felix whispered sincerely and attempted to touch Alana, but she moved away from him
“Felix that's not it… I'm sure it's just some pointless gossip…don't get me wrong, but I'm not that kind of person,” it was hard to explain how the employees thought so low of her
“I didn't mean it that way… I was hoping maybe we could go out…well, have lunch or dinner,” Felix said hesitantly, before Alana could answer, the door to the room opened and Brigitte walked in
“Are you two done?” Brigitte asked, shifting her gaze from Alana to Felix. It was awkward, but Alana nodded
“You, I showed him… I'll show the boss as well,” Alana said averting her eyes from Felix and removing the USB drive,
“We are done… Bri, can you tell her I'm a great guy,” Felix beamed at Brigitte innocently, of course, Brigitte knew what was happening
“She's married, dummy…"? Brigitte replied with an eye roll and both Felix and Alana laughed awkwardly,
“I don't think so…can I meet your husband?” Felix asked with a pout, Alana frowned and prepared to leave
“Not a chance, okay…so now…gotta go… the boss is waiting” she took her things and left since the morning she didn't see Ricardo. Alana would lie to herself if she said she wanted to see him. Especially when she didn't know what transpired between her and Ricardo the previous night
She knocked a few times and walked in since the door was slightly open. Immediately she walked in, Ricardo seemed startled that he slammed his laptop shut awkwardly
“I'm sorry I did mean to,” Alana said nervously and closed the door. Ricardo didn't mind
“Please come in,” he said after clearing his throat. It was awkward how his employees had their eyes on his wife. The gits they had
“Sir, I hope you are free,” she remarked and walked to his desk. Ricardo nodded and leaned back in the chair.
“What do you have?” He asked, as much as he wanted work to be done. Ricardo was worried. But he was glad Alana wasn't acting strange after what happened. Just then, he was about to watch a video recorded the previous night. He was working up, trying to think about the possibilities. Until he recalled installing cameras in his room
He asked Dennis to do the work; hence he only watched when he and Alana walked into their room giggling and hiding their hands. He didn't recall doing that
“Are you okay?” Alana snapped her fingers, getting Ricardo's attention. Only when he glanced up, did Ricardo realize he had been staring at her
“Yeah, sure…please,” he muttered and pushed his chair back, leaving a little space for Alana to stand. She nodded and proceeded to insert the USB drive,
“Everything is in here…forget the rough ones on paper,” Alana said as she bent down to have access to the keyboard. Ricardo was troubled as he did everything to keep calm. The woman behind was an inch from his face. Of course, when he recalled what could have happened between them the previous night. His throat went dry
“See, this…” Alana said and Ricardo moved his chair forward and fixed his eyes on the screen,
“They look good,” he muttered, ignoring Alana's hair falling over his face and her hand brushing against his. She was so close to him that he could smell her rosy perfume
“Don't just say they are good… you need to assess them and tell me if they are better…what if the board finds all these not good enough, ” she remarked with a frown and tilted her head to look at Ricardo when she realized what was happening
“Is everything okay… you seem distracted?” Alan muttered questionably, seeing how Ricardo was behaving. He stared at her for a while then shifted in his seat
“Um, about last night,” he whispered the words and licked his lips a little. Alana was caught off guard, hearing him mention it, and her heart raced. She didn't want to talk about it, she was expecting him not to ask
“We…we shouldn't… I mean, I'm certain…”
“I don't remember, but don't overthink… it means nothing,” Ricardo muttered hoarsely, his voice could barely be heard, and his face seemed to be closing in on Alana. She didn't hear what he was saying because her eyes were glued to his. It felt as if there was a string pulling them closer to each other and Ricardo was helpless to be used like a stringed doll
“How sure are you…that…well, something happened…don't worry I can assure you…nothing happened,” Alana regained her senses and moved away from Ricardo. Being close to him made her feel hot all over
“That's good to hear…for a second…”
“Sir, this is a place of work… it's inappropriate to discuss things meant for the bedroom…what if employees heard you'' she reminded him in a serious tone, Ricardo was perplexed as he stared at her blankly. He didn't know what to say to her
“You are right Mrs.… Ms Mendoza… let's not talk about this ever… it never happened,” he said awkwardly and Alana nodded, “um, tell me what's next…” Ricardo got busy, he didn't even know what he was doing, Alana frowned and handed him a file
“Nothing for today… you can review these files sent by the accounts department and the advertising team,” she gave him the files, and Ricardo grabbed them but ended up touching her hand instead. Surprised, Alana withdrew her hands
"I'll get going," she quickly said and ran out of the room. Why was he acting so strange?
"Dammit," Ricardo muttered in frustration and ran his hands through his hair. "What's going on," He was irritated with himself, but why was he so restless? So anxious that the feeling was killing him from the inside. Pouring himself some water. He gulped it down soothing his dry throat and walked back to the desk
"This should do," he half sat on the desk and opened the laptop. He needed to have enough courage to watch what happened and immediately the video played, his eyes widened in shock and immediately he slammed the laptop shut and nearly fell off the desk
"I'm not a teenage boy …what's wrong with me," he said in between chuckles and drank more water. He was a grown man, why was he acting like some teenage boy? But he didn't like how Alana was getting close to him, especially how his body was reacting.
