What could possibly go wrong? Mia looked at Rey's questioning eyes, his brows raised in question and his left fingers drumming on the table.
Could she let 10 million dollars slip through her fingers just like that? Was it worth it? Lucio's health keeps depreciating, would it be worth the trouble calling it quits now?
"You have less than 5 minutes Mia." Rey told her, he wasn't smiling neither was she.
Probably she could talk him into letting her out of the house to get part-time jobs, she was sure she would be able to handle them all. She could talk to Beatrice to…
"Time up."
"No."
"No?" Rey paused.
"Yes. No." She responded.
"No to the time or…" He drawled purposefully hanging his words to allow her to spell it out herself.
"No to the continuation of this contract."
There! She said it! Lucio would not die, she was sure of it. She would find some other way to pay up his bills.
Leaning back gently like he had heard nothing from her, he nodded to her word and took up the knife placed by the side of the cake and sliced into it.
"You want some?" He offered but she declined with a cautious shake of her head cautiously watching him.
'What would he do this time? Fire me?' She wondered anxiously in her head.
"Cool. I'd just take some for myself then." He placed a slice of the cake on the smaller empty plate on the table and ate the piece of cake little by little till he was done with it.
Mia watched her boss in silence, every time he sliced into the cake made her anxiety rise higher than the last. The silence started to suffocate her, the romantic setting haunted her, it felt like she was thrown in a horror scene for a movie and Reynaldo was the wicked villain plotting his schemes in silence.
"Your final answer is no, yes?" He asked her again and this time, he did it in a boss-like manner, there was no chance for negotiation.
She bobbed her head to his question and watched him stand before placing his hand on the tip of the backrest of the chair and drawing it with him as he advanced. The screeching of the chair made her pores enlarged for real this time and she felt her back drip with sweat.
When it was right by her side, he stopped, adjusted his chair, then adjusted hers to face his before sitting down on it like a god.
Mia swallowed and watched him, she had no strength left to play games nor did she have the heart to take a fatal blow.
"I'd let you go." He clasped his hands together and leaned in on her.
She totally forgot about his leaning in on her, her ears perked at his words and she tumbled it in her mind over and over again.
'I'd let you go.' rang in her ear.
'Would he really?' She asked in her head, eying him suspiciously.
"I would really let you go." He smiled a mean smile and she cringed at how accurate his words were, the perfect answer to the question in her head.
"But…?" She drawled now aware of his invasion and tried leaning back.
"You would have to pay the amount of 15 million dollars into my account."
'15 MILLION WHAT!' She shouted inside her head but facing him, she only gaped, her eyes widened, her mouth formed a large 'O' and her natural blush overshadowed the artificial blush on her face.
He smiled and this time she saw mockery in his eyes.
"What?" He asked her, getting closer to her.
She shook her head, with her mouth still left open.
"You might want to close your lips a little, you look hilarious." He pointed out and she snapped her lips to a close, her face went into different shades of red and she looked away.
"No, look at me." Rey placed his index finger beneath her chin and redirected her face to meet his.
"But…but…" Mia stuttered, his cologne was invading her senses, his thin lips distracted her again, the idea of 15 million messed with her entire mind.
"But what Babe?" He smirked, he was being mischievous this time and he loved the stunned look on her face.
"But what is the 15…" Her breath got heavy, she could hardly finish up her sentence at the thought of the huge amount of money.
"Alright, let me help you." Rey told her and say back into his chair, giving her the space she wanted and she was a little thankful for it, at least she could think better and her erratic heartbeat would slow down a little.
"You want to opt out of the contract, that's you breaching the contract and by breaching the contract, you'd have to pay…"
"But it wasn't stated in the contract!" Her voice was higher and angrier than she expected it to be. Fuck! It was supposed to be in her head.
"Still doesn't mean I can't put it in."
"It isn't official." She debated, she was getting pissed.
"You want to try?" He challenged before leaning in on her again, this time at a faster pace that her eyes could not follow.
The shock from seeing him up close made her hiccup.
"Cute." Rey's eyes moved to the corner, but the words were from her.
She suspected another person was here again, was it to wish her a happy married life? She was sick of it.
She wanted to look towards the direction he had his gaze on but his hand stopped her. "Don't." He told her.
Was she stupid or was it a spell casted on her mind? Just at his order, her stomach curled and the butterflies in her belly multiplied.
"Are you ready?" He whispered to her, a deep whisper that made her belly dip. This was her boss, a man she admired from afar and never this close up.
She didn't have the time to ask him what she should be ready for when she felt fireworks blow up in her head after he leaned closer in one swoop and covered her lips with his.
Her eyes widened again for the umpteenth time and her lips clamped shut.
"Close your eyes." He spoke against her lips.
"Mmm mmm." She muttered against his lips.
Leaning out of her lips, he held both thumbs against her eyes, forcing her to close them before leaning in again for a kiss but her lips were still clamped shut.
"Open up…dammit woman." He licked her lips and her heart did a somersault but she was stubborn.
Pausing for a brief moment, he nibbled, then bit her lips hard, but not hard enough to draw blood and in her gasping in pain, he gained access into her mouth, sucking her soft lips and pushing his tongue against hers.
'Fuck!' Rey groaned in his head. When was the last time he tasted a lip this soft and sweet?
Mia, whose rationale had packed her property and left her behind melted like butter into Rey's hand but just as a moan of pleasure was about to escape her lips, a shutter sound accompanied with a bright flash made her blood chill.