Italian Obsession

Chapter 2

Valentina

After lunch arrived, I was blasted with different questions. "So, where are you from?"

"Calgary, Alberta."

Micah raised her eyebrows. "What the heck are you doing here?"

"My older brother lives in Kissimmee, and he set me up with a job interview here."

"They usually take a while going through people's resumes."

"They didn't seem to take that long for me, but I look at this as the first step a fresh start."

"What do you mean?"

"It's a long story."

Micah smiled. "We have time."

"Well, I guess to shorten things, I have two older siblings and things changed with my older sister after my parents divorced. My brother moved to Florida after he finished college so it really hurt that my sister became estranged, but I dreamt of going to going to college, so I always worked hard in high school, hence why I graduated a year early."

"Lucky, I hated high school so much."

"I did as well, but I sucked it up and after I graduated, I worked two jobs to be able to pay for my tuition and now, here I am."

"How old is your sister?"

"28."

"And your brother?"

"26."

"Well, I am sorry to hear what you've gone through."

"It's okay."

"Any love interest?"

"I did, but I would rather be single."

"Same here."

I looked at my watch and tossed my salad container in the trash. "We should go, I don't need Mr. Esposito getting mad at me."

Micah smirked. "You're too pretty, he wouldn't get mad at you."

"Thanks, but I truly have no interest in him."

"That's good."

"Yeah."

I could think that Mr. Esposito is handsome as much as I would like, but I knew better: I had to focus on my job and keep all feelings out of it.

Danny

I truly couldn't help but to notice how attractive Valentina is. We've had our hands full of good-looking women, but she seems different.

I hardly knew the girl, but I wanted to get to know her in many ways. "Ms. Martinez, can you come to my office?"

"I am right in the middle of doing paperwork that you told me to finish by the end of the day."

"That can wait."

"But you gave me a specific task and I know how you are in terms of having work completed on time."

"You can resume that after we are done."

"But I like to finish things on..."

"Now, Ms. Martinez."

She followed me to my office and stood in the doorway. "What can I do for you, sir?"

"Shut the door."

"What?"

"Shut the door and take a seat please."

"What can I do for you, Mr. Esposito?"

"I am glad that we are alone now."

"Why?"

A small smirk formed on my face. "I am sure you know why."

Shaking her head, Valentina stood up and as she grabbed the doorknob, I snatched her wrist. "Can you let go of my wrist?"

I stepped closer to and slowly tried to unbutton her blouse. "Mr. Esposito, I..."

"It's Danny." I whispered in my ear.

"This is not appropriate behavior, sir."

"Come on, Ms. Martinez. You are beyond beautiful and hard-working. You don't want to be my dirty little secret?"

She stepped away from him and shook her head. "I am not interested."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, I am positive. Have a good day, Danny."