TRUE MAN

SELF CONTROL

He walked into the office, punctual as usual, looking sharp and impeccable. His cherry lips widened with a beautiful smile, as he greeted Dorna. She blushed as she responded, because she understood his interest in her, and she loved it. As he proceeded to his office, she watched his every move, as though he were a god, and savoured them. She admired the sturdiness of his long slender bow legs and flat stomach, which she had never seen bare, but knew had to be a six-packed possible outcome of successful gym workouts; his silky oil sheened Indian hair, which laid in neat curls on his head. How she longed for him.

"Bring me a cup of coffee Dorna." She loved that command, because she knew what it meant - time spent with him.

"Ok Sir." She replied with overwhelming elation. She was only twenty five, but she was terribly in love with him; and though he was half her age, one could never guess, because he still wore a very youthful look, and all she knew was that she would die for him, if she had to.

Love cause people to do crazy things.

As she briskly entered his office like a confident woman who was fully aware of her responsibilities and attended to them brilliantly, he admired her. He loved her assertiveness, and she knew it. She was a brilliant employee who was always on the ball.

He was dazzled by the beauty of her new dress, which showed up her curves. She was conscious of his admiration, so she did things more attractively. He loved the look of her silky hair that cascaded down her back, and yearned desperately to touch it. A few strands escaped from the bundle and dangled at the side of her face, as she bent to carefully place the cup of coffee on the table. He strolled over to her and stood by her side, leaving very little space between them. She was unaware of how close he was to her.

"Here is your coffee Mr. Phillmon." Just then she felt the gentle hold on her hair as it was pulled to her back revealing the smoothness of her chocolate complexion. She turned to face him, expectantly. Her bright beautiful eyes caught and held his piercing gaze. He stroked the length of her straight nose with the tip of his trembling fingers, but as he began to lose himself in her beauty, the rays of the rising sun caught his wedding ring and flickered in his eyes. He sighed, happy to be awaken, but a bit disappointed with the loss of such an opportunity. He dropped his hand and turned towards the table, then picked up his coffee, as though nothing had happened. He felt triumphant, because he controlled his desires, and in his heart said, "Thank God!"

"You are such a beautiful girl. You will make a wonderful wife one day."

She peeved, because of the disappointment, but she knew that his Christian principles would not have allowed him to go all the way, although she would have been happy if he did, because she needed him badly.

"Janks Enterprise refused our proposal," he said, as he braced the will to walk away from her.

"What? But we were depending on that!"

"Tell me about it." He stopped and faced the window, heavy with disappointment. "They said that they needed a breakdown of the expenditures, and a proper proposal of funds creation devices."

"That is what you gave them!" "They asked a lot of questions. Apparently, they were not impressed with the answers. Get me every possible information on them." He drew his coffee close to his lips as he said, "I have to know what makes them tick."

"But ..." he interrupted her, "Dorna," as he turned and faced her, he was struck by the strength of her beauty. He lost words as he fixedly stared at her. He knew that he needed to break away, so he garnered the strength to tear his gaze away from her. "... we had too many shortfalls. We will have to step up our act." He could not bear the sight of her, because all he wanted to do, was to hold her and unleash his passion. With his back turned he commanded, "tell Phillip to come to my office now, please. We have the next presentation to work on." She left his office broken with disappointment, but heightened in respect for him. This made him even more desirable.