Shrivelled Roses 1 (Intro)

Chapter 5

-𝑺𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑴𝒄𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒘-

"Your meeting with Mr. Mandiya is at 3pm, before that you are meeting Ms. Sokwakha and her lawyer, the boardroom is already booked for that, and then you're meeting your brother for drinks at 6 pm. I have sent you the GPS coordinates for that meet-up. The time now is 08:42 am, you're in time for your 9 am with Pst Njekho and wife. That will be all"

I looked at her admiringly as she waited for me to get up, Siyasisanda McClaw had been my PA for the past three years and in those three years, I had never felt like I was feeling that very moment. Mesmerized, taken by her presence.

"Mr. Abendeiya?" she frowned, and I cleared my throat, getting up and taking my diaries with. She looked at me, confused, and asked, "is everything okay today?" I smiled, adding a nod. She nodded and led me to the boardroom where I would be discussing our social activities with the local pastor and his wife. The meeting took nearly an hour because we had to first account for the previous donation, and then lay out their new application for the current donation and my appearance in their activities. Every year, my business gave the church R100K donations, and all they had to do was to bring receipts and testimonials the following year if they wanted more donations. So far, for the past three years since we started our relationship, they had been nothing but consistent.

"Thank you Mr. Abendeiya, thank you very much" his wife shook my hand and I smiled, approvingly to both of them. To be honest, I didn't hear a word they said, my mind was still stuck on Siyasisanda.

"Are you wearing new perfume?" I asked, which wasn't intended to be intrusive, but I couldn't come up with another way of asking. I was sometimes a little bit too blunt and blatant for my own good. She smiled and nodded, that was more than an invitation for me to walk further into her small office. It was just one block away from mine, but I had seldom been there. I always called her into mine.

"Smells rich," I complimented and she sniggled, closing her laptop, looking at me.
"What do you want sir?" that was cold, the sir in the end, was cold.
"Nothing, I just noticed that you were wearing something new and I thought I should compliment you on it, simple."
"Well my perfume is not the only new thing I'm wearing, thanks to a man who knows how to treat his woman," she boldly emphasized on the last part and I stopped, looked at her, and asked, "You have a man? How come we have never seen him? In all the three years you've been working for me you have never spoken about having a man."

She laughed, pouring herself a glass of water from the corner of the room...

"Well, I'm here to work, not talk about my relationships. How's your wife doing?" that was a snub, accompanied by a rude twinkle in her eye. I cleared my throat, walking towards her, "she's fine, some women enjoy being spoilt by hardworking men," I said smiling and she smiled back, revealing perfectly white teeth.
"And some men enjoy spoiling submissive women just as much as they enjoy making them feel worthless in the process, could never be me!"

I was almost a breath away from her, and there was this seductive atmosphere around us. I tried my luck, touched her waist and she fell forward, her left hand landing on my chest and she laughed.

"Don't do that Mr. Abendeiya, don't touch another man's property like that,"
"Or what are you going to do about that? Better yet, what's HE going to do?" I smirked, kissing her. She allowed me to, kissed me back, I lost my mind in the moment. I suddenly craved her, like I would crave a dop or a ciggie. Her back against the wall, I pressed my body against hers and in a split second, she stopped kissing me and just bore her eyes into mine...

"You know I'm way above your league Chris, don't start what you can never finish. Ndiyi girl ye big boys mna, I know you pay my salary at the end of the month but babe, you cannot afford this. Rather talk to Candy pha e reception or Nomcebo at the accounts, they have the hots for you and I believe they are in your league,"

With that, she straightened her skirt, kissed my cheek and walked out with her car keys and phone. I couldn't believe it. A woman, ridiculed me, in my own building??? How? I took the walk of shame to my office and called Candy, I needed to know where Siya was going, it was just after 10am, where was she rushing to during work hours?

Candy: Mr. Abendeiya?
Me: Candy, where is Siya?
Candy: She's gone home sir.
Me: What? Why?
Candy: Well, she started her leave yesterday. She only came in today because she forgot to send me your diary and you had that important meeting with the Pastor today. She wanted to make sure tha-
Me: Thanks Candy, bye!

I hung up.

"Damn!" I growled in frustration, and then in a split second, I dialed Mfundo my other assistant.