Chapter31

We reached the parking lot and we made our way towards my car. I unlocked it and opened the door for her. She stood there surprised, looking at my car. "Any problem, ma'am?" I asked. "You- you have an Audi R8 as car??" she asked, dumbfounded.  "Uh, yeah." "Wow! Why the hell are you working here?" she asked. I chuckled. "I need a job." "Hum! With the money you seem to have, why do you need one?" "Because I'm still young and I need to work like everyone else." "Hmp, okay." "And the Audi is just a gift from my uncle." I lied. "Oh. Alright. This is wonderful." she smiled happily and got into the car. I closed the door before going round and getting in too. "So, where is this place?" I asked. "Three streets away. Not very far." "Okay. And oh, I pay." She looked at me with a smile. "I believe I'm supposed to be the one paying because I was the one who first invited you." she stated. I smirked at her. I could clearly see her cheeks redden. "I'm a gentleman with the right ladies." I replied casually. She raised a brow. "Are you trying to flirt with your boss, Mr. Stonewall?" she asked in a teasing manner. Yeah, right. She clearly wanted me to say yes. I wasn't in a hurry and I wasn't going to give her that satisfaction. Not just yet. "I'm just being polite, ma'am. It would be disrespectful if I did." "Very disrespectful." she pretended to agree. She was surely disappointed within. "I'm just trying to make it up for my horrible behaviour throughout the past weeks." "Okay." she smiled. Bingo. We drove our way up to the sushi house where we got in and ordered. We ate and discussed a little. Christina's POV: Ace was a darling. I was quite a little disappointed though when he didn't admit flirting with me. I'd wanted him to do so. For the moment he was being polite but in such a charismatic and seductive manner. He could have any woman eating from his hand if he wanted. I was already doing so. But of course, I tried my best not to show it. Ace was someone I would easily get fond of. "Ace, are you in a relationship?" I asked. "No. I'm single." he smiled, "And you, Christina?" The way he called my name with such a soothing voice. "I'm single." I smiled. "Nice." After we ate, he paid for the food and we headed back to the office. It had been a short but nice little moment. I had a strong feeling Ace was flirting with me. Maybe he was just a little timid or nervous to admit it. Younger men were always easy to seduce. Especially for a woman like me. I was a cougar if I could say with a lot of experience when it came to young studs like Ace. I'd give him some little time to go on with his flirtatious ways, and then, I would have him eating from my hands. Sawyer's POV: That day, I left work earlier to go home. I was tired and wasn't feeling quite well. I'd left a message to my mom for her permission because when I'd gone to see her, she was out for lunch. I'd looked for Ace to invite him over but apparently he'd gone with the other colleagues to the pizza house. At around three PM, while I watched TV at home, my mother suddenly appeared. "Hey, honey." she said happily. She seemed to be in a very good mood. Awkward. I looked at her in wonder. "Why are you so happy?" I asked. She looked at me with a broad smile. "You think I'm happy?" "Hello?? It's clearly all over your face." I laughed. "Well, let's just say I'm in a good mood. Where's Heather?" I frowned. "She's with that Shirley again." I said, hurt. " Sometimes I feel like she prefers to hang out with Shirley than me." "Maybe she has her reasons." "I'm her sister!" "And I'm her mother but do you see how she behaves with me? I don't know what has happened to your sister. I really don't. She's changed a lot." "She's still angry with you because of that shit that happened." I folded my arms. Mom scoffed. "That stupid boy that got missing? Why can't she understand that the past is the past??" "Ask her." Mom shook her head. "She has to put it in mind that that little nuisance was dead!" "I told her same mom." "Pft. You know what, let's just forget this. I don't wanna talk about it. I'm in a too good mood to risk spoiling it." "Why are you home so early?" "I forgot something. I got your message. Are you better now?" she asked. "Yeah." "Okay, but get some rest. I'll return to the office." "Okay." *** Christina's POV: I returned to the office. Throughout the rest of the day, I wasn't really focused on my work. I kept on thinking of how sexy my new secretary was. I laughed to myself. "Aah, Christina, Christina, christina. You'll never change." I laughed. He'd had a strong effect on me after that lunch break. I now saw him differently. I hope he would remain the way he was at the moment, instead of being rude and unfriendly like he was the first week. Time flew by and soon it was nine PM. Time to go home. I packed my stuff and got ready to leave. I left the office and took an elevator. As it was about to close, someone stopped its doors from closing completely. It was Ace. Just who I was thinking about. He got in with me. "Hey, boss." he smiled. "Hey." He stood close to me and we waited patiently for the elevator to reach the first floor. There was silence apart from the low elevator music playing. I looked at him and smiled a little. He smiled back.