She was sitting beside a co-worker, Marcus. He was 5'7, American-Filipino, and about 27 years old. He was the web designer for the company and was very vocal about having feelings for Kim. She told him she wasn't interested so he told her he'd wait for her until she was ready. She got to know him a bit more and had become close friends with him. They occasionally went out to dinner together.... Once every week. But something told her they weren't eating out today...
In the corner of her eye, she could feel Xian's stare. He was burning a hole in her. She excused herself from Marcus and went out the staff room to where Xian was standing.
His jaw was tense, his hands in fists.
"May problema? May ngyari ba?"
She was cautious of how "out in the open" they were; meaning minimum level of physical contact.
"Wala."
"Sungit! One worded answers ngayon? Ano ba ang problema mo, ha?"
The heck was his problem!? One minute they're making out, next minute he's giving her the cold treatment.
"Wala nga eh! Bumalik ka na doon, bumalik ka na sa kanya!"
Kim's sexy office girl look was appealing many men in the office today, he didn't like the idea of others admiring her fine curves.
She laughed and smiled sweetly at him, taunting him, teasing him, seducing him...
"So this is how you look when you're jealous..."
This was.
But, she didn't need to hear it from him. No siree.
He smirked then laughed. Moving closer to her, he grabbed hold of her waist, pulling her tightly against him. He whispered hoarsely into her ear..
"Jealous? Oh please honey, insecurity is not in the Lim-Uy blood... And we both know who you want, and what you want... Me."
The breath on her ear lobe tickled, and the pressure of his lower half against her front aroused her... Her breathing was rigid, his smile as cocky as ever. Knowing she was affected, he pulled away from her... Her body suddenly feeling cold. With shaky breath said..
"You're so full of it, you know that?"
She knew everyone in the building had just seen what he did to her.. Damn him for arousing her like that in front of everybody.
He smirked again and whispered...
"We'll talk later. Kain ka muna."
She rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath...
"Bipolar ka ata..."
He excused himself from Kim and their "tiny audience" and walked back to his office.
He would have made love to her in front of everybody... especially that MARCUS. He would have let his lips, his hands and his tongue scale every inch of her skin in front of the entire office just to show all the men in that building who Kim belonged to... Him and only him.
She was left alone with a bunch of envious women staring at her, looking at her from head to toe, comparing theirselves to her.
Marcus walked towards her, slightly irritated.
"What was that about?"
Kim shrugged her shoulders then walked back to the staff room and sat in her place until the end of lunch.
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"Come to dinner with me."
Kim was sitting in her shared cubicle by her desk whilst Maja was typing away at her keyboard and eavesdropping at the conversation going on behind her.
"I dunno..."
It was Marcus asking Kim to come with him to dinner
"It's our weekly 'thing' though!"
"I know Marc, but I can't... not tonight...I'll just make it up to you next week."
He was being whiney. And Kim didn't really want to deal with him right now, thankfully Xian walked into the cubicle at just the right time.
"Kim, may I speak to you for a second?"
Maja laughed then glanced at Xian who just smiled in her direction. She teased...
"Sir Xian and Kimmy sitting in a tree...."
Marcus looked at Maj curiously but she just shrugged at him and before turning back to her laptop, gave Kim a knowing look.
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They walked together in silence passing the other cubicles. All eyes on them. The women ready to claw Kim's face off and the men who had just noticed Kim's 'change' of look that day, ready to fist fight.
The door shut to his office, and her eyes roamed around. So this is what it was like to be inside his office. She had never been inside his office before, if ever, she and the other employees were only allowed at the door....unless of course you were the employee he was sleeping with, it was a different story. You were always inside his office. Her eyes looked towards his desk. The amount of girls he had probably made love to on that desk.... these were all assumptions of course. Assumptions of someone who had waited so long, in fact, too long to step into his office.
Before she could speak, his lips crashed against hers. Her heart was beating rapidly as she clung to him for dear life. Her arms around his nape, his arms around her waist. Finally, no interferance. No distractions. Just Kim.
He muttered against her lips...
"I've been wanting to do this to you all day... well, since this morning ofcourse.."
She pulled away for a while and tried to catch her breath.
"Whoa... kanina lang galit ka sa akin ah.."
He held her close and took in her scent, his lips at her forehead, slowly making their way down...
"Kanina yun.. clearly, hindi ako galit ngayon..."
Kim giggled. Who was she to object?
Running her fingers through his hair, she sighed his name as she felt his lips scaling her collarbone. A grunt escaped his lips as she took charge, pushing him down on his office chair.
"You tease..."
He groaned as she pulled away with a cheeky smile. She fixed her clothes and her hair and sat in the chair opposite his. Lucky she had the willpower to pull away and luckily there was a desk in between them... if not, she was sure they would have made love right then and there. Or was that her wild imagination again?
"Xian, you said you wanted to talk to me.. I assume you didn't call me in here just to sexually abuse me."
She said jokingly. He smirked and she grinned at his facial expression. He fixed his tie and shook his head at the woman before him. Witty, sexy, brainy and beautiful.
"It's not sexual abuse if you enjoy it..."
Oh that husky voice of his again. She suddenly wished she hadn't pulled away. That sexy stare of his luring her in. She leaned back on the chair and smiled at him.
"Hm... Request nga..."
Xian's brows raised in curiosity.
"Anything for you sweetheart."
She placed her arms on his desk and leaned her chin on her hand.
"I want to see how Xian Lim-Uy works his magic. I want you to court me."
He almost choked on his own saliva.
"Court? Honey, Alexander doesn't court."
She scoffed and stood up from the chair, standing at the door of his office; where she had stood the night before.
"I'm sure there is a first time for everything.... and if you really want to taste my lips again, I suggest you court me."
The shy, timid Kim was out of her shell... and he liked them feisty. He smiled and stood up from his chair. Walking towards her, he took her hands and then kissed her forehead as he whispered...
"Sige, I'll court you... only because I want to prove to you I'm serious about this and that this is not just some gimmick. I really like you Kim and it's quiet obvious gusto mo rin ako... physically, we have a very strong attraction to one another, but I'm willing to show you I can go beyond physical interest... that I not only want you for how beautiful and beguiling you are, but for how intelligent and witty you are. Come to dinner with me tonight... my courtship begins as of tonight."
She smiled. This was going to be good.