Olivia
It was about 11 p.m. about time I finished with draining the employee who faked her identity bank accounts, she used a name she found on google and went on to apply for a job she had no qualifications for. How did it get past Cain or Jerome I can only imagine, they fell for her body and memorizing eyes. She covered up her tracks really well until I found out who helped her. It was the head HR who she seduced to get her more money to pass over in overseas accounts and they would leave the country once it hit one billion dollars. I emailed my friend at the D.A. about it and asked him to privately deal with the situation so it doesn't get out to the media then sent his cut via Zelle to keep it on the wraps. Don't get me wrong I'm good at hacking but it comes with consequences and I don't want to go down for it, at least I have a friend to help me who won't rat me out.
After exposing the employee we had a meeting to warn people not to fuck up or they'll end up losing everything just for some money. It was a tense atmosphere once I dismissed everyone, I hate being the boss sometimes but that's what I have to do when Cain leaves. I took off my heels and grabbed everything of mine after locking up the office then walked to the elevator. Thank god this day was finally over, I hit the button to close the doors and looked up at the numbers going down to the garage. I don't know why I stayed so long to clean up Cain's mess. I entered my car and locked the doors then leaned back in my seat taking a deep breath when someone knocked on my window. I looked up to see Jerome again eyeing me then I cracked the window.
"You did a great job I'll be sure to tell Cain how you handled it and send you your money, since he's on a business trip. Thank you again Mrs. Washington"-Jerome
"No problem and thank you Mr. Williams, have a good night"-I smiled
"You too Mrs. Washington drive home safe"-Jerome
"Thanks"-I said rolling the window up
He smiled and walked away then I put on my seat belt, started the engine and drove off.
"Man he's a fucking creep"-I said calming myself down
I was driving back to the mansion when I realized Cain is not there so there's no point in me going to a big empty mansion by myself. I made a u turn and went back to my condo driving until I reached the parking garage. I pulled into a parking space and grabbed everything then unlocked my secret compartment to get my sim card and other phone. I pushed the sim card back in and dropped the phone in my purse then got out walking to the elevator. I couldn't wait to get into a hot bubble bath, play some music, and light some candles.
Soon as I walked in my condo it was two dozen roses on my island with a note attached to it. "Can't stop thinking about you, I know we are just friends but you have been on my mind since I met you. Just wanted to send you some flowers as beautiful as you, call me when you get in Li"-Chris
How can he just be so thoughtful and we're not even together? I couldn't stop smiling that my cheeks hurt, I sat the note down and grabbed a vase for the flowers then went into the bathroom to run a bath after I grabbed my phone out of my purse. I lit the candles, cut on some music,and stepped out of my clothes then eased down into my jacuzzi tub. I was singing and enjoying the jets on my aching feet then my phone started ringing.
"Not now"-I thought
I grabbed my phone and saw that it was Chris calling me on face time. I couldn't let him see me like this so I grabbed my bathrobe and eased out of the tub then answered. He was laying down with his shirt off, got damn.
"You was sleep?"-Chris
"No just was taking a bath"-Olivia
"Damn my bad but did you get the flowers I sent you?"-Chris
"Yes thank you, they're beautiful and my favorite color actually"-Olivia
"For real? Crazy how I didn't know that. How was work?"-Chris
"Yeah I love blue and stressful as ever, I just got in"-Olivia
"You look tired and shouldn't be working so hard"-Chris
"I know but I have a job to do"-Olivia
"What do you do by the way?"-He asked curious
"I crack codes, get through firewalls"-Olivia
"So like a top notch hacker?"-Chris
"Shh feds watching"-Olivia
"Aww damn hope you don't be going through my phone being nosy"-Chris
"You got something to hide?"-Olivia
"Nah just saying I know how yall women be"-Chris
"Um hmm, shouldn't you be sleep?"-Olivia
"Nah I was waiting till you got home from work safely and called me"-Chris
"Thanks for caring not a lot of people would worry about me"-I said referring to Cain
"Don't see why if you were my woman I would be checking on you all the time and making sure you are safe when you're out. Shit I would even drive you wherever you need to go. But that's just me."-He said shrugging
"I guess not everybody can be like you"-I shrugged
"Have you been hurt before?"-He said catching me off guard
"Yes"-I said putting my head down
"I have too, an ex I was with cheated on me with my so-called homeboy and it was the same day I proposed to her. We were together for 6 years and sometimes I think about it but realized that I deserve better and shouldn't dwell on the past because it'll only make me miserable"-He confessed
"I'm sorry to hear that happened to you nobody deserves that but a man that I loved deserted me and stopped caring about me for a while and I see him all the time at work. I try my best to avoid him as much as I can."-I said leaving some things out
"Maybe you should quit your job and find somewhere else to work. I mean you're talented. How about you try to open an art studio. I can help you with that"-Chris
"It's not that simple, they pay me more than an average job and I told you painting is a hobby nothing fancy"-Olivia
"I wish you could see your worth Olivia, you deserve the world on a platter and more"-Chris
"Thank you but that's too expensive and I'm a simple woman, I know my worth just don't want to live a luxury lifestyle and I'm good on my own."-Olivia
"That's not what I meant but if you say so"-Chris
It got silent on the phone so I blew out the candles, drained the tub and went into the kitchen to find something to eat. I was about to tell him I'll call him later on until I heard the elevator ding, indicating that someone was trying to come up but I needed to put the code in. I looked at my phone to see Chris hung up the phone, I don't blame him for doing it. I sat the phone down and grabbed a knife because who the hell would come to my condo this time of night? Nobody knows I live here not even Cain knows because I brought this place in secret with my own money. I pressed the code in and hid behind the wall to see who was coming up. My heart was beating fast as ever, god I hope its not a burglar and my dumb ass let them right up.
The elevator dinged and when the doors opened and somebody came out I drew the knife high to stab them but someone caught my wrist. I looked up to see it was Chris and dropped the knife out of my hand, it thumped to the floor.
"What the hell Chris?"-I said panicking
"I'm sorry I just wanted to see you and I ran over here to do this"-He said kissing me
I got weak in the knees that I almost fell backwards, this can't happen but it feels so good. It's so wrong though. He begged me for entrance by licking my lips and I welcomed him, he wrapped my legs around his torso and I eased my arms around his neck. My mind went blank until he grabbed my tie on my robe I snapped out of it.
"Stop Chris we can't do this"-I said jumping out of his embrace
"I'm sorry Li you all I think about and it's making me frustrated that I can't have you and I know we are trying to put distance between us but it's making me want you more. I don't know why I'm falling for you so hard but I feel like you're that piece that I been missing in my heart."-He said looking in my eyes like he was seeing through my soul
"I told you Chris you don't really want me, I am damaged goods. You don't know me at all, you can't be falling for me when I'm hiding something from you. If we can't be friends then I don't think that we should see each other anymore."-I said on the verge of tears
"You can't say that you don't feel the way I do Li. If you didn't you wouldn't be having tears in your eyes right now. I told you I don't give a fuck about your past or who hurt you I just want to make you feel better than that. You can't just end something like this"-He said pulling me close
"You have to leave now Chris, I don't want to hurt you. From now on act like I never existed"-I said pushing him away to no avail
"How can I act like you never existed?"-He said lifting my chin up
"Just forget you met me, we were two strangers before we could go back to that"-I said moving away
"That's impossible because I fell in love with you at first sight and that's the first time this happened to me, that's something that I can never forget Olivia"-He said hugging me
"Please stop you're making this harder than it already is"-I said with tears falling down my face
"But it shouldn't be hard to choose what's supposed to be right?"-He said wiping my tears with his thumb
"I just can't please just go"-I said turning around
"I'll go but just know that I love you and I'll wait for you. Call me if you ever need me"-He said kissing the back of my neck
I heard the elevator open and closed then I fell to the floor on my knees, why did this have to happen like this? Why didn't I meet him before I met Cain? Did he really mean that he loves me? God what should I do? Cain doesn't even care about me anymore and is on a business trip with some other woman. Why should I be miserable and alone when someone is right in my face? I can't hurt him anymore than I already am by being someone that I am not. I can't lie and say that I don't feel for him when he's replaced the void in my heart. It did hurt when I told him to act like I never existed and he looked so heart broken. We should've been two strangers and I never should've entered that contest in the first place. I got myself up and put the code in to lock the elevator then sat out on the balcony to clear my mind as tears fell heavily down my face.
I reached under my bench and found my stash box of rolled up blunts then pulled out my lighter. I haven't smoked in years because Cain thought it was unladylike so I stopped once we got married. I took a freshly rolled blunt out and lit it then took a long pull from it. This sucked so bad that I fell in love again with the right man at the wrong time. I know he'll hate me soon, I told him I'll break his heart eventually but he just wouldn't listen to me. It had to end this way so we couldn't start something because no telling what Cain will do and if that dream comes true I had about Cain beating me in a basement while I was tied up.
I shook my head and smoked some more until I was satisfied then put the box back under my bench. I stayed out there for a while to get some air and walked inside after locking the door. I went in my room to lay down and smelled Chris's scent all in my sheets. I balled up in the blankets and imagined myself in his arms then fell asleep crying.