Chapter 14
"Sorry, Sir!"I apologized with a smile, just as Gina and France suggested. They believed that only sugar could cope up with the burns on the tongue due to chilly flakes. Their dialogues were lame yet hilarious. I secretly laughed in my mind whilst thinking about it. I tightened my lips so as to prevent myself from being showcased as an idiot.
"Here's your directory and phone sir, you can cross-check. All the contacts are precisely entered and are very accurate", I started walking towards him. My mind couldn't stop thinking about last night. I so wanted to ask him the question that why was my father's name marked with red while other contacts were just formally entered, but I just didn't have the courage to.
He stood straight from his chair and took tiny steps towards me. I stopped walking at that very moment. I was just saving myself from the collision.
"Give them to me, let me go through it", he grabbed the directory from my hand and the phone too after placing the directory on his desk.
SEDUCE HIM AMANDA, a voice came from my inner conscious but I just couldn't do it. I first needed to gather courage.
At least, question him about your father, I guess my subconscious was commanding way too much.
"Sir, can I ask you a question?" I finally gathered courage.
"Only if it's relevant enough", he smirked. The 'relevant' word was getting a lot on my nerves lately. It always reminded me of my first day
"How is my father's name in your directory?" I grabbed the directory and opened the last page. I pointed towards the name and propelled it towards his direction so that he could have a clear view of the name.
He took a brief view and replied "Confidential information cannot be linked"
"What? I'm no outsider to this company"
"Everyone except me is", he raised his right eyebrow, tore the page from the directory, crumbled it, and threw it towards the nearest bin.
"So this means that I'm not getting the answer ", I obviously felt bad.
"Fair point well made ", he smirked again
I hated his gut, I now knew that I didn't want to work in his company at all and I was definitely going to work over with Gina's and France's plan because this guy was emotionless and working with him was definitely not giving me any sort of mental peace.
I chained up my bag and started walking towards the exit. I turned around and smiled cheerfully after looking at him. I was pretty sure that he was quite confused with the smile as his expressions denoted everything.
I couldn't stop but grin at the fact that Mr. Reynolds was already annoyed, like at least a bit, and I was 0.001 % successful in my mission. I informed Gina and France quickly about it. Rather than patting my back on my little victory, they replied, "Don't be happy with the basics"
I had to think about another excuse, so as to make my entry possible in his cabin again, so as to irritate him.
I completed eating my lunch meal as soon as possible and grabbed out a file from the pending work-slot, marked some lines with a marker, and made myself a bit presentable before entering his cabin again.
"Can I come in Sir ", I knocked. I just hated asking him permission every time I wanted to enter. It felt like walking towards the path of being insulted again.
"Twice for a day, Miss Waters ", my existence definitely affected him.
I walked towards him slowly with a smile and carefully placed the file on his palms till he got a grip of it. I made sure he could feel my touch so I slowly and seductively separated my hands from his. The file was obviously a big hurdle.
Mr. Reynolds had an expression which could be easily figured out. It went like WHAT-THE-FUCK-IS-THIS-GIRL-DOING
"I'm guessing you're here for an afternoon walk so that you don't get a tummy tuck after eating more than required ", Mr. Reynolds made a sarcastic comment. My closeness with his body was bothering him and was rejoicing me from within but a part of me was yet scared.
"No I am here for these contractual papers, I had to write letters to shareholders regarding it as decided in the annual general meeting but I couldn't understand these lines so I decided to grasp all the necessary information and knowledge from you", I paused for the time being and grabbed those papers, opened the page in which everything was marked, and came intimately close to Mr. Reynolds, our cheeks almost touched. I looked in his eyes and continued the statement "For a brief conversation"
He was really bad at making eye contact or maybe his focus rested on my lips. After every 2 seconds, his eyes traveled towards it, Francis once said that "when a guy wants to kiss you passionately, he cannot stop adoring at your lips".
"I'll explain to you", he departed himself and made the 'inch' gap from 1 to 10 real quick. He was trying to refocus very hard. "Why don't you sit on the chair Miss Waters ", he signaled me towards the chair.
"Sir, that'll create trouble for us to look at the papers together", I glided the vacant chair besides Mr. Reynolds's chair. No matter how much he tried to detach himself from me, but his tricks failed to work, every time. The game was totally on my favor today.
"This line", I pointed towards the line, pushing my body towards the file. During this process, my arms touched his arms and I could feel his good build body, it was hard and perfect. He pushed himself a bit away and I pushed myself closer to him again.
"Okay give me a moment", he replied while reading those marked lines carefully. I stared at his face which was beyond perfection. The sunlight fell on his eyes and it shined bright. This time, I was the one who was distracted.
"This is just simple English, Miss Waters ", he faced towards, maintained some distance as he cleared his throat.
"But, it's quite technical for me to understand", I looked straight in his eyes and not once broke the connection. The only question which took birth in my head was, am I turning into a local whore. But, then my inner self had a satisfying answer that, everything is okay in love and war and this was war.
Mr. Reynolds looked towards the paper and read the line out loud "Shareholders are entitled to a dividend only on their share capital invested by them wholly and not on the bonus shares unless they're issued before 12 months" he looked towards me and explained "This is a simple concept Miss Waters, the dividend is to be provided only on the share capital invested by them initially"
I nodded and acted like I understood the whole concept when in reality I knew it too. My acting skills were improving since I joined this place. Maybe, after getting removed from this place, I could be some leading female protagonist.
I grabbed those papers again. Accidentally, my hand slipped by mistake and all the papers got scattered on the floor, this was not a part of the plan and I was annoyed because I had to go running around after every corner of this cabin to pick up those papers.
I quickly stood up and ran towards the papers. I took those papers and filed it carefully and then when I looked at Mr. Reynolds, I saw him observing me, maybe he was laughing at me from inside but trying hard to control or maybe he was just frustrated with my clumsy behavior because every day I did something or the other for which he had to pay for.
"I'm assuming you understood everything that I explained Miss Waters" Mr. Reynolds questioned while working on his laptop.
"Yes! Thanks a lot! ", I tried appreciating.
I walked towards the main door with the files in my hand and then I heard "Miss Waters" again, I turned back and saw the devil's evilest face with a smirk.
"Wh-what sir ", I stammered.
"Next time come with a better excuse Miss Waters"
I pretended that I didn't understand anything so I questioned again "I did not understand sir, pardon me?"
"I've read your CV. You've done a course on the Share market. It's impossible for you to deny that you didn't understand that simple line", he raised his brows and continued "Your grades are appreciable and so are your acting skills"
"I was really facing minor problems for understanding that concept", I defended myself.
"I'm not expecting any answers regarding any explanation about what made you lie, but next time stay careful as I am me and you are you", he started looking at his laptop again.
"You may leave now", he stopped while doing his work and signaled me whilst pointing his fingers towards the exit. I hated his arrogance plus his inhuman nature raged my blood.