HIDDEN PASSION

CHAPTER FOUR

      The land phone and his cell phone went off at the same time in his office. Sosanya Nathaniel ignored the less important one and picked up his cellphone due to the name it showed. It was one of the men he'd hired to help him look for a woman, a young woman of about twenty - eight with the name, Lillian and with a tattoo on her left arm.

So far, there hadn't been any tangible result but he hoped there would as he picked up the phone. "Yes? Any news?"

      "We saw a Lillian and the tattoo was boldly written," the man reported from the other end.

At that, hope soared in him. "What's written? LillyNath?" Nath asked after a swallow. He was really anxious.

        "No."

Nath's head fell into his other palm. His hope went down the drain. "Then, what?" He was struggling to keep calm. He had told these men all they need to look for. He couldn't help but think they are the dumbest spies ever.

        "My one love," the voice in the phone informed.

Nath hissed hard and flared up. "One love, ten loves, I don't give a damn! I have already told you every detail you need to know. If you have none of that, then get off the phone, please," he managed not to shout his last word and waited for the man to hang up.

"God," he muttered and the land phone went off again. He picked the receiver and put it in his ear. "Yes. Okay, let her come in," he said and retrieved the receiver back to its holder.

Two knocks sounded on the door and he gaze up as he answered, "Come in."

       A lady walked in with a broad smile and went to sit before him. "Hello," she greeted. "I'm Dorcas."

Nathaniel nodded. "Yeah, I know. The advert's model. You've been settled, right?" he asked.

      Dorcas nodded with a seductive smile.

"Do you need anything else, then?" he inquired.

         "Not really," she answered as he leaned backward against his seat with a furrowed brow. "I'm just hoping I can treat you to dinner tonight," she offered. She was obviously interested in him and she wasn't the type to make it vague.

Nath seemed to notice that as well with the way she talked and moved on her seat, but ignored them all. He was in no mood to flirt. " Well, thank you but I won't be available tonight. I have loads of work on my desk and by the time I finished, I would have been too tired and would want to go home straight away," he explained.

      "Oh! I guess I'm disappointed," Dorcas said shamefully with her head down.

Nath leaned forward and put his hands on his desk. He didn't want to make her feel bad, so he said, "Don't be. You can treat me next time or let's do it this way, since I let you down today, I'll be the one to treat you next time. How about that?"

        She laughed briefly. "Okay, then. Shall we fix the date on Saturday evening?"

He nodded. "Okay. See you, then," he said and she rose up and went outside.

***

        Lillian and Dorcas went shopping on a Thursday afternoon. Dorcas had told her that she had a date on Saturday and needed her help to choose the best dress for the date.

Her friend had agreed and now, they were there with Dorcas changing from one dress to another before settling on a purple one.

       "Lillian," Dorcas called and she looked at her side as the cashier ring their items up and they paid with Dorcas's debit card. "Why don't you follow me to meet him?" she suggested as they walked outside the mall.