Chapter 8
Aaron
I can't believe what just happened. It was just a misunderstanding, but I couldn't explain it to her in the middle of that damn office! That woman is driving me crazy. Since that evening when I almost had her on my office couch, I was in state of lust. Her thoughts ruled my mind and I was on edge of going mad. I had planned on making things difficult for her to resist me, but here I was losing my sanity. You are pissed because I interrupted before she finished you off? Elsa was nothing to me. Cassandra doesn't even know what happened in there.
I had been putting off Elsa since I returned from the Bahamas, thanks to Cassandra ruining me for any other woman. But Elsa wasn’t good at taking no for an answer and that was beginning to piss me off and I had refused to take her calls. So she had chosen to give me a surprise visit – again. She fought first, asking me who I was seeing. She was angry that my other distraction had been affecting our relationship
“I don’t do relationships, Elsa, and you know this well. I am done with you acting like my girlfriend. We both know what this was about. I don’t need anything else,” I had said to her. “The point of the whole thing is, Aaron, that you are not giving me what we are in this for,” she had snapped back. I had tried to calm her down. “I don’t think this will be work between us anymore. Let’s give it a break, Elsa.” I had hoped she’d get the message and leave, but no, instead she had kissed me. “It’s working perfect, baby, you just need more attention from me, I know,” she said, while she sucked my lips. I hated it. All I could think of was Cassandra, and her lips on me. I pushed Elsa off me and she slid to the floor. “Maybe I'll just have to play with my favorite toy then?” she said as she tried to undo my belt. Just when I was about to shove her away, Cassandra had entered. Fuck my luck, she had assumed the worst and left.
I have never felt the need to explain to anyone more than I have right right now. I had to tell her that I wasn’t interested in Elsa and I certainly wasn’t fucking her on the same couch where I had Cassandra almost climax on my hand a few evenings before. And when I had tried to follow her, Elsa had gotten in my way. “Leave her, Aaron. We have more exciting things to do.” she had pushed her breasts into my chest. “I won’t tell you again, Elsa, this is done between us. Leave right now and don’t come back,” I know I had been rude, but damned if I thought about anything except for the woman who had left thinking the worst of me.
When I tried to explain to her, she snapped at me. Who you fuck, or who you don’t, I don’t give a shit about it and I don't fucking care. As much I wanted to kiss her to shut her up, I understood why she was upset. But I couldn't explain with all these people here in the office. And now I was pissed about her professionalism, I was her boss, she can't speak to me like that in front of everyone. This foreplay was backfiring on me. She wanted to work here, I’d given her work. I picked up the phone and called my assistant. “Melinda, ask Ms. Levant to join the creative team at the shoot and tell her I need a detailed report of it by today along with the presentation she’s currently working on.” Before Melinda could ask anything, I slammed the phone shut. This would tell her what work is.
Hours ticked by and it was five thirty. She hadn’t shown her face. Isn’t she back yet? I wondered. Filming was to end by four thirty. I decided to pay Mark a visit. He was back from Manhattan. “Aren’t you done yet, Cass?” I heard Mark’s voice as I stepped out of the office. “No, Mr. Leonard. It’ll take me some time. I just returned from the shoot,” her voice echoed. “I am sure you can take that back home and send it in later,” Mark offered. “I need it today, Ms. Levant and I am staying here until I get that handout and presentation,” I said to her and then turned to my partner and greeted him, “Mark.” He was looking back and forth from me to Cassandra and then smirked. “Aaron, good to see you.” “Can we talk? I need to run down a couple of things with you,” I said to him and he gave me a nod before heading to his room. I looked at Cassandra who was now back on her computer. The rest of the office was almost empty. I followed Mark into his office.
Two hours later I was still in my office, working, and Cassandra was out there, pushing to finish off her task. I walked out to get myself another cup of coffee and also to get a glimpse of her. God, I really did that, didn’t I? I must have grown a vagina too if I was walking out just to get a look at a woman. There she was, her chin resting on her palms as she scrolled down the screen, her lips bulged in a small sexy pout. I had a sudden urge to go and give her a kiss. She looked appealing and too inviting. I walked past her in quiet steps.
“Oh Jesus!” she jumped up from her seat as she heard me and turned around with her hands on her chest. “Aaron, you scared me.” Her breath was hitched. I appeared not to notice. “How much is left?” I asked, looking down at her screen. “It’s done, almost.” “I want you back on filming tomorrow and Sunday. Coordinate with David and also send me the reports of both days,” I said. “But it’s the weekend,” she said hastily and I looked at her in a so–what–do–I–do expression. “I’ll see to it,” she backed down. “Good,” I said and then turned to go back into the office. Forty five minutes later she had slammed the report on my desk. Her eyes gave me murderous looks but that was what she asked for.
As she was about to leave I called her name “Cassandra. Let me explain about earlier.” She completely blanked me, as she slammed the door without looking back.