MY BEST ADDICTION

Chapter 20

I placed my head against his shoulder trying to calm down.
“What about you?”, I mumbled. I thought he wouldn’t hear so I looked up at him to repeat myself but got lost in his eyes.
‘They are beautiful’, I thought and knew I was going to be in more trouble if I didn’t leave his office.
“Are you worrying about me?”, he smiled as though he had won a prize and I was mesmerized. It’s been awhile since I saw his smile so I was caught off guard. I placed a chaste kiss on his lips and tried to move away from him but stilled when we heard a knock at the door. I shook my head asking him to not allow the person enter but he smirked at me and called the person in. I hurriedly hid under his desk hoping the person who entered didn’t see me. I knelt under his desk and he sat leaving me enough space for air.
“Ms. Woode why is it you here? I thought Marcus was supposed to brief me about the issue?”, he asked when they both settled. It turned out to be her.
“Marcus will be joining us soon he said we should start before him”, she said but he didn’t let them start. I wanted them to finish faster so I could leave there but Seth wasn’t starting the meeting. After a while Marcus entered not bothering to knock as usual.
“You didn’t start? Now I have to hear the whole thing”, he complained just as he sat down. I now understood why Seth didn’t start he meeting, Marcus was trying to play truant. The meeting started whiles I felt bored hiding under the desk. To pass time I had a very crazy idea and wanted to try it out and smiled to myself. I opened my phone that I had managed to pull along with me when I hid from the others and sent him a text.
“I want you”, I sent and waited to hear the ping from his phone. I held in my laughter when I heard it and realized he had read it.
“Behave”, he sent back. Luckily enough I had silenced my phone else I would have been caught by the others.
“I’m serious I really want you”, I sent again and tugged on his pants to get my point across to him.
“I’m warning you stop it”, he sent and I pouted. If he thought he had gotten rid of me then he was wrong. I traced my fingers along his legs and felt him stiffen against my touch. I guess he was still sensitive with what happened earlier. I moved my hand from his legs to his thighs crawling closer to him and looked up at him trying to gauge his reaction and was satisfied with what I saw.
“Hey are you okay?”, I heard Marcus ask and I smirked. I think Marcus also realized he wasn’t okay.
“Yeah yeah, go on”, he stuttered to them and tried to swat my hands away but I was not backing down. I waited until his guard was down and touched him again. He held my hand tightly to stop me and I used that chance to kiss his hand causing him to soften his hold on my hand. I stroked his hand trying to engrave the texture and feeling into my mind. I remembered what happened earlier and decided to take revenge on him. I moved between his legs and kissed from his thigh up to his groin and heard him mutter a curse. He held my hair trying to stop me but I wasn’t taking no for an answer. I kissed up to the fly of his pants and was about to open it when he moved away from me too quickly for me to react.
“Excuse me but let’s have the meeting later”, he dismissed them and I could imagine the looks they wore on their faces before leaving the office.
“Come here”, he beckoned for me and I crawled out smiling innocently. I stood before him and before I could ask what he wanted, he kissed me.
“Do you know what you’ve done?”, he whispered against my lips. “How do you want me to punish you?”, he asked and I pulled him to me.
“Stop talking already”, I said and kissed him but before it could escalate any further we heard the door being opened. I moved away from him and Seth hid me from whoever entered.
“What the hell Seth? I thought we agreed that you wouldn’t do these kind of things in the office?”, Marcus yelled at him. It seemed he hadn’t realized I was the one.
“Another one?”, he asked and I stiffened. I should have realized that there was no way he was going to stop being a Casanova just because we were intimate for a while, but the thought still hurt. I pinched him and he hissed at the pain.
‘Serves you right’, I thought. I moved away from him and turned to face Marcus who looked shocked to see me there, not only that but also being intimate with Seth again.
“Penny?”, he asked and I smiled innocently at him.
“Marcus what a surprise. I was about to leave”, I said and tried to bypass him to leave the office. A thought crossed my mind and I stopped to glare at Marcus.
“Didn’t you say you had a business trip when I called?”, I asked raising my eye at him. Seth snickered at him and I turned to glare at him too.
“Yeah that was what I thought too but the boss decided to cancel it at the last minute”, he said looking upset at Seth who paid no attention to him. I furrowed my brow confused at what was going on between them. Brushing them away I turned from them and left the office. I paid a visit to the other employees I had met during my internship and was surprised at the stories they told. Not believing them I decided to ask Amber for clarification, luckily it was during lunch when I was done with Seth and Marcus.  
“Amber so how has the company been lately?”, I asked sitting by her.
“Do you mean the company or the owner of the company?”, she asked knowingly.
“The company of course”, I said looking away from her. She squinted her eyes at me but sighed and gave up when she realized I wasn’t going to say anything else.
“In general the company has been doing well as usual but I can’t disclose any internal information to you because of confidentiality”
“Oh don’t worry and it’s good if you guys are doing great. There is nothing to worry about”, I said mumbling the last part to myself. I played with the edge of the cup absentmindedly thinking about what the others said earlier. I wanted to ask but didn’t know how to ask without making it look like I was eager to know.
“Is there anything else you want to know?”, she asked when she realized I was lost in thoughts.
“Not really, but um there is one thing I wanted to know”
“Sure go ahead, so far as I can answer it then why not”, she asked looking at me expectantly.
“What about Seth?”, I asked looking down.
“What about him?”, she asked back and I pouted. I didn’t know how to ask and she wasn’t helping in anyway. I remembered something and felt it was at least safe enough to ask that instead of what I wanted to know.
“I remembered you addressed him with his title and formally when we spoke earlier and wanted to know what caused that change”
“Is that what you really wanted to know? Well everyone in the company already knows this and it isn’t something new. The boss asked us to address him that way, he prevented us from being informal with him after you guys left. I think he didn’t want anyone thinking they were special and start taking advantage of it”, she explained and sipped her juice.
“Really? And why do you think that was the reason?”, I asked even more confused. If anything he should have been angry with only we the interns not his employees.
“That’s what I think but who knows? Even though we were closer to him we never knew what went through his mind and never knew what happened to him all the time. I thought you would know more about this than us, after all you were his assistant and was with him the whole time of your internship”
“What are you drawing at?”, I asked feeling nervous suddenly.
“Nothing, I just wanted to know if maybe someone did something against him during your stay here to warrant this treatment?”, she asked confusing me further. We were close but I never knew anyone who would dare do anything to him and neither was I brave enough to go against him. It was true something happened between us during my stay here but I wasn’t sure if I was the reason why he changed. I may be over-thinking the whole thing.
I thought long and hard but still got no one in mind and looked at her to tell her but saw her looking behind me shocked and scared.
“Sir?”, she said before I could ask her what was wrong.
‘Sir? Which sir was she talking about?’, I thought and felt a hand on my shoulder making me stiffen but the familiar touch and sensation calmed me down and I blushed.
“Can I borrow your friend?”, he asked squeezing my shoulder.
“Huh?”, she gulped and said worried. “Sir please she isn’t at fault, it’s mine”, she finished thinking she had gotten me in trouble. I smiled at her as she looked at me as though I had grown a second head.
“Don’t worry Amber, I’m going to leave so you can enjoy your lunch”, I said standing to leave behind him. I trailed behind him thinking about the whole thing failing to realize we were already in the elevator. I bit my lip thinking hard about it and before I could even come to a conclusion I felt lips on mine kissing me intensely shocking me.
“You are going to be the death of me”, he said when he placed his head against mine. He closed his eyes and tried to steady his breath. Admiring his features, I was about to lean in to kiss him when the elevator pinged indicating that we had arrived. I moved away from him and left the elevator feeling shy hoping he didn’t see my expression.