Chapter fifteen- Seduce Me.
She sprinkles more water on her face and picks out a tissue and wipes her face. She looks in the mirror in front of her and shakes her head and thinks,
‘I don’t know now, if my beauty is a blessing or curse on my life. People seem to misunderstand me every time with bad intentions. I don’t want any man in my life to survive.’
She touches her lips lightly and she closes her eyes. She wrinkles her face and says to herself,
“I don’t even remember how it felt because of the ignorance of been kissed and the fear I felt after the incident.”
Tilda walks out of the room and looks at her both sides, not knowing where she should go. And so, she makes it to the elevator and goes to the woman at the entrance side. She looks at her and sighs then she says to her,
“Do you know I don’t know your name? And so, I don’t know how to call you.”
She smiles in her way and responds,
“Just call me Cecelia just as everyone calls me. But allow me to ask you, where is your office?”
Tilda shakes her head and whispers to her,
“I don’t think he will ever give me an office. That Fred is giving me a hard time that, I can hardly breathe in this huge company. It is only by your side that I feel comfortable.”
Cecelia smiles back at her and says to her,
“Fred, as cunning and as arrogant as he is, is a loving boy within. It seems that, he doesn’t trust you yet. But believe me, when he knows you for who you are, you will love everything about him.”
Tilda shakes her head, and responds to her,
“ I don’t think I will ever like that guy, even though he’s so handsome, I don’t think he has a heart in there. What could be his problem, after all, he has so much riches that, even if he doesn't work all his life I believe he will have enough to spend unwisely.
 Cecilia shakes her head and explains,
“He only got his heart, broken otherwise he was a boy that’s used to laugh a lot. He was free with everyone and you would never see a frown on his face. Despite his calmness and his loveliness, he didn't find the right woman and got his heart broken.
 She trys to understand and she keeps quiet for a while but she suddenly says,
“ it isn't every lady that comes after a rich boy’s money. Some of us want to make ends meet for ourselves and to be independent, we wouldn’t like someone to give us his hard in money to us freely. I just want to work in peace, can’t he just give me the chance? I don’t remember doing anything that counter attacks my wish.”
Cecilia nods her head with a smile on her face. And she whispers to her,
“ I think you should look at him in the other way as well, maybe, just maybe, he might like you. But he’s afraid of his heart. After all, once bitten twice shy, be patient with him and I believe you both well live peacefully and might end up a beautiful couple.”
 Tilda is about to speak when she hears the phone ringing, Cecilia picks it up and she hears the person on the end speaking, she notes her head in affirmation and she looks in the way of Tilda. She smiles and replies,
“ I understand Sir.”
 Tilda looks on confused until Cecilia said to her,
“ My little friend, your boss wants you and in his office in two minutes, he says it’s either you get there in these two minutes or end up with five plates of food all for yourself.”
 Tilda shakes her head and replies to her,
“ Just as I have said, he is too arrogant for my liking, I have to go for now otherwise I might end up in the hospital just as I did yesterday.”
She rushes into the elevator and presses the up arrow sign. She sighs loudly and puts her hand on her chest trying to calm down her racing heart. She arrives at the room and truthfully, on the table are different foods of her liking. Because she loves food, she licks her lips as she gazes at them. Fred sees this and a smile appears on his face, he stands up from his chair and she immediately takes a step back.
He shakes his head and walks past her, he sits on the couch and says to her,
“Please, sit down and enjoy the food, after you are done, we will then talk about your contract and where you would be sitting for work.”
She nods in agreement and rushes to the foods on the table. She takes a seat and picks up a spoon but she doesn’t forget to ask for permission and so, she looks up at him. He nods in agreement and she starts picking up various foods on her plate.
Tilda eats for a while and she notices that something is not right with the food. She looks up at him but sees that he is comfortably eating the food, even though they had picked the same food from the same bowls. She munches on the food slowly and she picks something else from the other bowls, the hot feeling on her tongue becomes higher and she picks up the glass of water and gulps it down.
It gets worse and she puts her spoon down ready to curse at him but she realizes that, his eyes have already watered and he keeps drinking the glass of water in his hand a sip by sip. And so, she keeps quiet and thinks,
‘It might not be intentional as we are eating the same food. And he seems to be suffering from the result of too much pepper as I am.’
Just as she is about to conclude her thoughts, he says to her,
“This is your punishment for trying to seduce me.”
Unknown anger ceases Tilda and she stands up abruptly, Fred looks on confused until she takes his head in her palms and lands her lips on his.