The Sicilian Affair

Chapter 9 - Shadows And Stares

Laurie stared holes into Tomas' office door. It had been ten minutes since she had arrived here and couldn't for the life of her - open the door. She started to pace up and down the hallway, eyeing the mahogany door, contemplating how she was going to face him without the risk of feeling embarrassed.

The door cracked opened and she froze in place, holding on to her breath.

"Do you plan on staying out here all night Ms. Slade?"

"Uh-no. I was just --"

"Stretching your limbs?" He suggested, " You're probably not aware but I can see your shadow from underneath the door."

Crap! She cringed. So he knew that she had been standing here for a while now.

"Come in," he said, stepping aside allowing her to move past him. "Have a seat. I know that it's late but I just wanted to get the formalities out of the way."

Laurie stared at him for a while. Wondering if he had been the same man that she had seen on the beach. Cause this Mr. Carsingni seemed different, calm, more approachable.

With unsteadily feet she walked inside the familiar office and took a seat.

Tomas closed the door and watched as she scurried over to the vacant chair placed infront of his table. A smile curved across his lips at the memory of her, standing outside his office. In truth, he hadn't been entirely honest. Her shadow wasn't what told he that she had been there. There was a security camera, which his father had had installed.

This office had been his sanctuary and he had been abit wary of people coming in and out without his permission. Maybe it was probably time to have it taken down.

"So, Ms. Slade," he began as he sat down facing her.

Laurie forced a smile, swallowing down the need to flush."It's - uh, Laurie."

His eyes levelled to hers, absorbing the pink stains on both cheeks. She was still embarrassed, he thought to himself. But then again who wouldn't be, she had stood there in the middle of the beach, butt naked. What was she even doing naked in the first place?

"Right." Tomas nodded his head then tore his eyes away from hers.

This Laurie slade was indeed quite an alluring specimen. He had been with women, seen and shared his bed with many beauties, but there was something about her that made his eyes want to linger on warm curves of her face, down her neck, between the hollows of her breast, then further down her --- Fuck!!

What was wrong with him?

He couldn't  understand why he was instantly drawn to her, like a sexual magnetic field had been casted around her - drawing him in. For goodness sake, she was a hired help! His mother's nurse!

"How long have you been here?" He asked. He  could no longer help it, his eyes rested to her plump lips as she nervously bit down on them.

"Four days, Mr. Carsingni." She replied sheepishly, her eyes avoiding his at all cost.

"Any problems so far?"

"I-uh, no. No problems."

Tomas' brows touched as he absorbed her youthful looks underneath her sun-kissed tan.

She seemed young, she maybe had some experience but he would have preferred somebody who had been in the field for a long time to be taking  care of his mother. Why had they chosen her?

"You seemed awfully young. How long have you had your licence?"

"Four year, Mr. Carsingni." She then raised her head, her eyes holding his in defiance, "but I can assure you that I have experience and I'm more than capable of taking care of your mother."