Standing to her feet, Mia looks down at her phone to see Beatrice's number displayed on the screen. Clearing her throat nervously, she looks at Rey's frowning face.
"It's nothing to be concerned about Sir."
There is a moment of silence and Rey clamped his teeth together, his stare got hardened and his right thumb twitched.
Mia stood her ground, she was determined to draw a line between them for her good. He had probably casted a spell on her after his first kiss to her yesterday night that she couldn't think straight any more. If making him have a misconception was the best way to do it, then she would.
Rey stared hard and long at Mia even after the phone stopped ringing. "Call back." Was his simple command.
"This wasn't part of the agreement Sir." Mia hardened her heart and returned Rey's stare.
The phone vibrated again before ringing and she held it even tighter.
"Pick up." Rey stood up in one move and was already heading towards her.
Her palm got sweaty and she took three steps back for her back to hit the wall, she held her breath and felt her pounding heart, her eyes were a little wider as she looked at his approaching face.
"No." Holding the phone in her hand, she hid it behind her and placed her back on it, blinking slowly and stubbornly at him.
Rey pushed his tongue against his cheek, dipped his hand into his pocket and walked even closer to her. "You are getting stubborn, aren't you?" He asked with a smile that barely brightened up his eyes, it looked creepy.
"It was boldly stated not to invade the other person's privacy, Sir." She smiled at him too, a forced smile that looked weird to him, she felt strange smiling like that when all she wanted to do was slap him hard on the face.
"Fuck the agreement." He turned and hit the air.
"The termination…"
"Shut the fuck up!" He whirled around and she was almost certain that he would hit her next.
Holding his hand tightly by his side, he glared at her and concluded that he needed to tame her and make her completely submissive to her. He had been repeatedly pushed to the wall by her repeated stubbornness.
Knowing he couldn't control his anger and wasn't sure of the next step he would take, he huffed and walked out of her room.
Standing between the half closed door and the door post, he held the handle of the door as if he had a personal conflict to settle with it while sizing up Mia who was still in her previous position.
"Get dressed." He ordered, the words forcing themselves to leave through his clenched teeth.
Seeing her nod slowly and unsure, he banged the door to a close, making her jerk a little. All she did these days was jerk and jerk, she wondered if she would love long to see a white strand of hair on her head.
She placed her hand on her beating chest and expelled a huge air of tension from her lips, her back was dripping with sweat and her legs went limp. She sagged to the floor, unlocked her phone and made some changes, then, she was ready to place a call through to her cousin when the door was forcefully pushed open again.
"Don't let me finish before you." He was out like he was never there before now.
Mia stared at the now open door in something close to shock. Her boss was really crazy and absolutely out of his mind!
Dropping her phone as his words rang in her head, she sprang up to her feet to hurriedly look for what to wear. She didn't want to overdress, a washed jean and a simple looking white t-shirt would do.
Taking her pause, she contemplated taking her phone with her or leaving it back in her room. Weighing both options, she thought it better to take her phone with her and she did.
Stepping out of her door, she closed it behind her and looked out to the main building, Reynaldo wasn't out yet. She breathed in relief, she was ready before he was, it was a plus.
30 minutes gone and she was getting uncomfortable standing, she had nodded in greeting to Gary twice. She could see the question and hesitation in his gaze to ask about what was going on and she was grateful it was that way.
When Rey finally steps out, he is dressed casually, a tight black t-shirt to hug every inch of his upper body. Mia felt herself flush, looking at him. He was in a dark blue jean and a high classed easy wear to match. He screamed luxury and when she caught herself looking, she looked away.
He walked closer and she just stood by her doorpost awkwardly and lost for what to do.
"Go on. You can keep ogling." He commented and Mia went red and hot.
'narcissist.' She mused in her head before looking into his emotionless grey eyes.
"Casual. Why a loose T-shirt?" He asked her, pinching the excessive space the cloth had and dragging it to emphasize his point.
She only shook her head and watched him step closer to her yet again. Mia was tired of this. Didn't he know what the phrase 'personal space' meant?
He opened his arms and she folded. If there was anything like a human folding, her shoulders squeezed themselves together, her neck disappeared into her shoulder, she closed her eyes and squeezed her mouth.
His nose was filled up with his cologne while she anticipated the hug. She felt a tug instead. Oh no! But before she could open her eyes, see what he was actually after and stop him, it was already too late.
"No! Give it back!" She called out loudly but he merely raised the phone higher.
He had opened her purse and stolen her phone.
'Thief!' She had almost called him this out loud but tightened her lips.
"Unlock your phone." He brought it closer to her but made sure to keep a firm grasp on it.
Folding her hands stubbornly beneath her breast, she frowned in disapproval and uttered the cutest "No" he had had in a long time.
He didn't want to laugh so he held it back into his chest, he needed to scare her into going his way. She pouted and her pouty lips looked a little too juicy to suck on.
He was tempted.