UNDER HIS INFLUENCE

chapter 9

    The rest of the day went by smoothly,with the company landing a deal with a big company in Australia.

For some reason Mae kept throwing daggers at me with her eyes through the meeting and even pulled me to the side at the end.
Her words were however unexpected and uncalled for.

"You have to stay away from my man
You little slut!!"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard what I said,"

"Am sorry,but am a bit lost.Who are you and who is it that you are referring to?

I knew who she was referring to but I still had to push on.
Cause who the fuck did she think she was ,to push me to the corner and start accusing me of things I had no clue on.

"Don't act innocent,you little piece of shit,"

I have been insulted,many times in fact ,but the nerve of this girl.I really wanted to give her a tight slap but let's get real,she was already insulting herself as it is.And how would that even benefit me.

"I don't mean to be disrespectful,but
could you please respect yourself? I don't really care to give out any explanations,but I will because I take it that you are a professional and this doesn't suit you at all.In the future,
please handle your emotions with care cause another person could have you fired,unlike me."

"I don't know what kind of relationship you share with the boss,
and I don't know at what grounds you think you can claim him,but please keep me out of it. I am his personal assistant and I intend for it to stay that way.So please, keep me out of your business and show me a little bit of respect,atleast I deserve that."

And with that I walked away. I could hear cheers from the back which meant some people were watching and listening in on our conversation.

Now thinking back as I sat in my newly assigned room,I felt satisfied.
It was almost 6 in the evening and I wanted to go down for dinner. So I refreshed myself,picked out a black sweater body-con dress and paired it with nude strap-on heels. I let my hair fall freely down my shoulders.
I was satisfied with the look as I looked into the mirror.

Grabbing my purse ,I was ready to get out but stopped midway  as I heard some one knock on my door.
And when I opened,my eyes fell onto the last person I needed to see.

"Going out?"

"Looks like it!!" I said bluntly and he winced.
He was dressed in black slacks and a black button down shirt with the first three buttons left open. His hair was disheveled and wet like he had just taken a shower. I hated to admit it,but he always looked hot.

"I was hoping to invite you for dinner I heard what happened at the office and I feel ashamed about it."

"Please,don't be sir. I only suggest that you handle your women. Another person wouldn't have handled it calmly.

"That is why am here.Thank you for handling the matter calmly.And am sorry that happened."

"It is ok. I will leave now if you don't need anything else."

He only shook his head. I walked out and closed the door to my room as he stood there,never peeling his eyes off of me.

As I walked away, my heart felt heavy. I couldn't bring myself to forget the look in his eyes.It looked like he was hurt and for some reason it hurt me too.And that is why I stopped moving.

When I looked back,he was still there
It felt like he was waiting for reassurance and that is what he got. We did not say anything,but our eyes spoke for us.It was the reassurance he needed  for him to walk up to me and move silently with me to the restaurant for dinner and that is what we did.

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Ian's POV

Something in me stopped when my eyes landed on her when she opened the door. She really looked beautiful. I have never been this smitten with  any woman before and it really scared me.

Her choice of dress made things harder for me than they already were.  I just wanted to push her back into the room and keep this view all to myself,cause let's be honest,all prying eyes will be on her tonight,and I could not make peace with that.

I cannot handle anyone look at her like that. I just can't. Somewhere in my twisted brain,I consider her mine and mine alone.

"Going out?"I asked even though I already knew she was.

"Looks like it!!" Ok that cut deep.I really didn't want her talking to me like that. It was already bad enough that I could not just pin her to the wall and kiss her like crazy right now.
I knew she was angry but I still wanted her to talk sweetly to me.

"I was hoping to invite you for dinner I heard what happened at the office and I feel ashamed about it."

Truthfully,Mae had gone out of line today.She knew nothing was there between us but still she had the guts to attack my girl!! I know,I know.She is not my girl,but I feel entitled to her in someone way.Well I fired Mae but she didn't know that.I know she would feel bad if she found out.

"Please,don't be sir. I only suggest that you handle your women. Another person wouldn't have handled it calmly."

Two things about what she said hurt me.One,she called me sir and that didn't sit well with me. Two,she mentioned something about handling my women.

Couldn't she see that she was the only one driving me crazy. I wanted to correct her but I was afraid she would drift further away from me and I didn't want that.

"That is why am here.Thank you for handling the matter calmly.And am sorry that happened."

I truly was sorry and I wished that confrontation had not taken place,but it did and I could not do anything about it.

"It is ok. I will leave now if you don't need anything else."
I had a lot to say,but I couldn't.So I only shook my head and with that she walked away. I wanted to stop her but what right did I have.

I couldn't move,I wanted to,but I couldn't.Maybe something in me wanted to wait. I silently prayed she would turn around but she continued walking away and I felt like my life was slipping through my hands.

I had finally lost hope when she finally stopped moving.When she turned around,I knew what she wanted to say even without her saying it. And as we locked eyes,I felt  life come back my body.

I could not stop moving and I didn't, until I got to her. I wanted to hold her hand but I stopped myself.

I was doomed,and I knew it.