I pick up the remote on the couch and searched throught the channels,
Cliff sat beside me, watching me search through the channel,
I found this channel that’s showing Independance Day, the movie is based on some aliens invading earth on the 4th of July,
“What’s this movie called?” Cliff irritatingly asked me, he kept on shifting in his postion uncomfortably,
“Why? you don’t like it?”i asked and pinted at the TV screen where the alien ship blows up cities,
“No” he answered coldly, i shrug and flip through the channel, i didn’t find any channel I’m interested in and give the remote to Cliff, i stand up and walk away when he stopped me by the hand,
“Hey…are you mad?”he asked, still holding my hand,
“Noo..” i replied and took my hand away from his grip,
“I’m just going to borrow some clothes from your mother, look at me”i explained and he gazed at my undergarments,
“Oh, i didn’t mean that…never mind, I’ll just go”i turn around and head to his Mom’s bedroom,
Knock!Knock!Knock!
I gently knock on the door and wait for a response,
“Come in..”Cliff’s mom said and i gently opened the door,
“Yes, sweetie what is it?” she closed the book she was reading and laid it on the wooden table, her chocolate brown eyes staring into my blue ones,
“Uhhm…may i kindly borrow something to wear, cause i don’t have anything spare to wear” i asked shyly, lowering my head down on my feet, The poor Bonita Sharp, asking clothes from The Brooklyn’s Ceo’s Mom, what was i thinking of course she’ll say No-
“Ofcourse, i have some dresses i wore back then when i was as your age” she answered and walked to her walk in closet, leaving me with my mouth open, a fly can possibly enter inside it,
She came back from her walk in closet and handed me a black sleeveless dress,
“Here, you can have it”she handed it to me, who was absorbing all her kind words,
“Really?”i asked her and she showed me a dimple smile,
“Really”she answered and i smiled ear to ear, i thank her and tried the outfit on, it fitted perfectly on me and it stopped below my knee, i found my white stilletos and checked myself in the mirror,
Hmm…. I’m not pretty,but at least i have something to wear,
I head out to the living room, Inside the kitchen was Cliff’s mom eating the food i cooked, i can see that she was happily eating the food, i continue to walk down the stairs when i realized Cliff was staring at me,
I stare at him, only to realize he was not staring at my face, but to my body,
I slowly walk down the stairs, my stilletos clinking on the stairs,
“Hey”i wave lazily and he looks up at me and waves lazily too,
“Hey”
I see Cliffs Mom walk towards us, she already finished her food, i can tell cause her plate had no trace of leftover food,
“The dress fits you perfectly” she complimented and i smiled,
“By the way the food was exquisite” she complimented an di shift in my standing position,
“Who cooked it, the maids told me that they found the food on the table and they said that it tasted delicious” she said and i saw Cliff stare at me, i look back at him and he nods,
“Mom….Bonita cooked the food..”Cliff answered and Cliff’s mom stared at me with wide eyes,
“You can cook sweetie?” she asked me and i look down on the ground and nod slowly,
“My.My.My, you cook food magnificently sweetie” she commented and i say my thank you,
“Oh! my, my, i haven’t introduce myself properly, I’m Anna Brooklyn, wife of Fredrick Brooklyn and mother of Cliff Wavey here” she piched Cliff’s cheks and he whined “And Dan’s mother as well” as soon as Cliff’s mom said that name, Cliff’s eyes darkened, his mom notices and apologizes,
Anyway, call me Anna, instead of Mrs. Brooklyn,its way too old for me”she emphasized the word old,
I giggle and she leaves to go to her room, we where silent for a while when Cliff cleared his throat,
“Oh! uh…I’ll be going now, see you at work Sir”i quickly walked to the door,
“Wait Bonita-” he was too late to speak that i closed the door behind me, getting inside a taxi and go to work,
….
“Good morning Sarah”i greeted her and she smiled and faced back to her laptop,
I get on the elevator and wait for it to open,
Ding!
The steel elevator doors opened and i stepped out, as soon as i got out i heard whipsers by my co workers,
“OMG look at her dress”
“How did she buy that?”
“that’s a famous designers dress right?”
“Bet that’s fake”
I roll my eyes and walk inside Cliff’s office,
I prepared his coffee and waited until he arrives,
15 mins later
“Good morning Sir”i greeted him and he just nodded and went to his desk, he drank his coffee and started to type in his laptop,
“I’ll be heading to my office now Sir..”i stood up from the couch and head to my office door but Cliff stopped me from doing so,
He stares at me deeply, He walks toward me, making me walk backwards, i stop at the wall behind me, cursing myself in my head,
He stops inches away from me, giving me to stare at his chocolate brown eyes,
“U-uhm…Sir, might i ask what are you doing?”i say nervously
He doesn’t answer and leans in closer to me, making me feel his hot minty breath in my face,
I look away from him,but he held my chin and made me look at him again,
I couldn’t take it anymore,I pushed him and muttered my sorry and scrambled out of the door to my office,
I shut the door behind me, i lean my head against the doorframe,
I sit down on the ground while my head leaning against the doorframe,
Why?
What is he doing?
Is he toying with me?
Whenever we’re that close my heart beats fast, making it possible to run miles,
Am i…
Involve with him?
I stand up properly and pace back and forth, i jump in surprise when Cliff entered my office, his closed my office door and faced me, his eyes were written with something i can’t understand,
“S-sir, w-why did you do that?” i stammered at my own question,
“I-i-i…”he stuttered as well, a lum formed in his throat, trying to swallow it, he fixed his neck tie and looked at me,
“Why are you doing this?”i whispered, he didn’t answer, he just stared at me,
“Does me being your P.A count as being ridiculously close to you?”i asked him, raising my voice, his face were all signs of confusion,
“Look..”he stopped and plant his eyes on the ground, but after a second, he glances back at me,
“What happened a while ago was nothing” he said coldly, he stared at me with dark eyes filled with cold emotions,
“It never existed and it never happened”he said and stared at my eyes, emotionless and cold,
“Understand?”he demanded,
“O..k..” i whispered, but enough for him to hear,
He nods and leaves, when the door closed, I laid on the floor, curled myself into a ball,
And tears immediately burst out of my eyes,