Sophisticated Ride

Eleven - Dante

When she called yesterday I happened to be next to the Secretary who picked up. I made sure Camila would have to come in, I wanted to have her tell me why she didn't call.

She showed up today, only she wasn't alone, there was a younger, scrawnier version of her with her. Turns out she has a sister. Ok, whatever it was douchey to try and get her jealous using her sis but damn it I was still angry she didn't call. I wasn't used to not getting things my way. She was proving to be a different type of female. Normally women would just come to me, I never did much chasing. This was a whole new concept and I can say she had me fucken perplexed.

When she told me she had in fact received the flowers, I had to fight to remain in control, and not throw her over my knee. Her sister was just a couple steps away, still within ear shot, no doubt to come and rescue her if need be. Yep they were thick as thieves.

So I got as close as appropriately possible and told her, "Then? Why didn't you call?" And lord what she said next only made my blood boil.

"Why would I call? We work together, you shouldn't have sent them. This," she motioned between us, "can't happen, it would conflict with my job. I can't get involved. You need to understand that I have a job to do. A serious job, I don't have time for a fling or whatever a guy like you does." If she didn't want this, then why was she breathing heavy, making those big tits rise and fall. Mmm, what would it be like to have them in my mouth? I shook my head to clear it and remembered what she'd just said. What?!

"A guy like me? A guy like me?! What kind of idiots have you been seeing?" I could tell she was going to be putting up a fight the whole way. I looked into her eyes trying to understand, I saw something in her eyes. I realized she had been hurt before, and she was afraid. I lowered my voice, "Baby, I told you, you'd be mine." I paused to gauge her reaction, "I mean it, I don't know what kind of assholes you've met, but, I intend to have you. We may be working together for now, but that's not the real reason you're fighting this attraction. Just wait and see." I whispered to her. I stepped back, and asked, "Now, what can I do for you lovely ladies?"

She was flustered and it seemed to piss her that I had done that to her. She tried to center herself again. "The deadline has been moved up. We have until the 10th to have this built, furnished and staffed. I need your team to make up for all the lost time." She was trying to stay professional but was having a hard time. I smirked.

I smiled wide, "Ok, let's go to my office so we can work this out," and I walked away. But not before I heard her sister whisper-yell, "Geez, Cam, him too!? How many are there?" What the fuck?! I thought she said she was single. Oh fuck no, I'm needed get to the bottom of this. But first I needed to separate the sister-twins.

A couple hours later I had my plan. "I'm starving, I'm gonna go grab us some lunch. Camila, you keep working on those reports so we can work on getting this done. Hey sis, you wanna come help me? You can order for your sister since you know what she likes." They exchanged a look and shrugged. That seemed confirmation enough for me so, "Kay, let's go."

"So Miss Sister? Rose, how did you end up at work with Camila today?" I asked while I watched the road.

"I've got a project for school and I need to observe a woman I admire and analyze how her heritage affects her career life. I didn't know who else to pick so, here we are." She looked down at her phone trying to play it off.

I could tell she really cared about Camila, not just as her sister but as someone she looked up to. "Okay, so what have you learned so far?" I asked.

"She's very different at work, she's...I don't know, more serious? She doesn't mess around, she makes sure everything is getting taken care of. She doesn't let the fact that she's a woman, much less a Mexican woman scare her from establishing her presence at work. I heard some guy try and give her shit on the phone earlier and she wasn't having it. Then again, when this guy asked her if she ask her people working the restrooms to stock it with toilet paper. I swear I thought she was gonna pop a vein. She put that guy down that dude with a fierce but "professional" attitude.She is very focused on getting to the top. I hardly see her flustered. Except this morning when..." She seemed to realize it was something she probably should tell me.

"Listen, Rose, I'm gonna need your help. I really like your sister. A LOT. Like, if I knew it wouldn't scare her, I would make her marry me now, buy her a house, and have her knocked up with a kid. I want the whole thing and I want it with her. I need you to tell me what happened this morning. I heard you earlier when you guys first got here. So? What happened this morning?" This time I turned and made sure I made eye contact with her. I stared her down with the look I gave my workers when I needed shit done.

By the time we made it back I had gotten little sis to spill it. She let me know that 'Cam's, hot boss had a thing for her too.' And! That 'Cam found him attractive too. She told me how he flirted with her this morning and how she had blushed like a damn schoolgirl. If this thing between me and Camila was gonna happen I had to step it up and make her understand that she is mine. Mine! My inner caveman grunted. I knew I was moving fucken fast, but my mom told me once, that when I found the girl I'd keep, I'd better take the opportunity and not let her go.

Back at work, I found it hard to focus. I was still pissed off that some other guy was after her. More than anything, it scared the shit out of me. What if she liked him more? What if she saw him as a better option. I'm not a very patient man, I wanted to scoop her up and lock her up in my house. But I knew I couldn't do that.

After we ate we finally came up with a plan. We could really pull it off. Camila came up with the schedule where there would be work non-stop. There would be different shifts for different departments to get their share done. I was impressed Camila is so smart she worked it out in a way that would get everything done on time. Damn this woman had it going on. I still couldn't believe she hadn't been tied down to some other lucky bastard. Her comment from earlier kept coming back to me, "a guy like you" what the hell did that mean? What type of guy did she think I was? There was some type of story there. I aimed to find out. Whatever issues she previously had with men, I was going to have to help her with. It was more than the fact that I worked together with her that was holding her back.