Leila sits behind her desk reading a document in hand. Her thick lashes flicker as her eyelids close and open and her perfectly manicured hands turn the pages of the document.
Knock! Knock!
"Come in" she ushered in,
Sharon walks in slowly shutting the door behind her. "The president of Reeds is here, ma"
"Mm" Leila nods "Let him in"
Sharon nods and walks out. A minute later another knock is heard, but before she could usher the person in, the door was already unlocked and some people were in the office.
Leila raises her head and spots three men in suits. One stands out among the three, as he is before the two others. He has on an ash-fitted suit, white shirt, and striped tie.
His physique is quite alluring. His neatly cut beards, thin pink lips, and dazzling gaze.
He smiles displaying his clean, white 32 adding to the alluring scene before Ly but being unfazed by the handsome man in front of her as usual she frowns.
"It's courtesy to wait for a response after knocking"
"I apologize. You expected my presence, so I didn't think I'll need another verification" the man explained making known his deep and enchanting voice
Ly throws her back on the backrest and places her elbow on the armrest and her fingers on her chin. "I presume that's how it's done in your company?"
The man nods. "Indeed"
She gestures for him to take a sit. He takes a seat, and she speaks, "That's your company and this is mine, rules differ"
The man nods and Ly moves forward and goes back to reading her document. The man stays quiet as he analyzes her movements.
Leila's brown silky hair is packed in a ponytail with the baby edges carved and brushed smoothly. Her thick eyelashes go up and down as her eyes flicker.
Not only that, but her small almost unnoticeable nose modifies her lips which have been covered in red lipstick.
Her face was tempting!
"My name is Nolan"
Ly raises an eyebrow followed by her head. She drops her face, returning to her reading. She nods. "Yes, Nolan Reed, president of Reeds Group of Companies"
She stated as though reading from the document
Nolan stays quiet allowing Ly to concentrate and in two minutes she picks up a pen and places her signature on the document. She passes the document to Nolan. "That's the agreement"
Nolan takes it and without reading through it, signs the document and passes it back to Ly. Without a word, Ly confirms the signature and stamps it.
She grabs her telephone and dials, Sharon. "Come get some documents" and ends the call
"This is the beginning of a partnership" Ly informed smiling with just her lips,
Nolan rises and stretches his hand towards her. It takes a few seconds before Ly takes his handshake. They share brief eye contact.
Ly's eyes reveal nothing, but Nolan's shows something it is difficult to decipher. "You can leave now," she said letting go of Nolan's hand,
Nolan and his guards walk out the door shutting the door behind them, but they do not move after that. Nolan shuts his eyes and breathes in.
"Her scent" he mutters under his breath,
He glances at the door before walking ahead with his guards behind him. They stop at Sharon's desk.
"Hey" Nolan greets,
Sharon lifts her head from the pile of documents she is trying to assemble. She got them all messed up when the telephone rang and Leila requested them an hour ago.
She pauses for a few seconds. "Good day, Mr. Reed"
Nolan relaxes on the desk. "Enough of the formalities, you can call me Nolan"
Sharon nods, focusing on her arrangement. "Hi Nolan"
Nolan notices the distress on Sharon's face as she struggles to put the documents together. After a minute of silence between them, Nolan turns around the desk and stands beside Sharon behind the desk.
For a minute, Sharon did not notice his presence until she got a whiff of his manly perfume. She opens her mouth to speak, but shuts it when Nolan begins picking up papers to help.
However, she opens her mouth to speak again. "Just concentrate on arranging the papers, with me, it will be fast"
She heard Nolan say and shut her mouth again going back to her work. It takes about five minutes for the documents to be arranged properly.
"Thank you" Sharon appreciated with a smile that makes her cheeks red,
Nolan nods and walks out to his previous position. "Happy to help" he replied with a smile,
Nolan looks around and then moves his face closer to Sharon and whispers, "Is this place always this tense?"
Sharon smiles and shakes her head. "No, madam has been in a bad mood since she had an argument with Eleanor"
Nolan nods. "Mm"
"So how long since the argument?"
"A week" Sharon replies,
Nolan turns around to leave when he hears Sharon say, "Thank you again"
He nods and without a word, he walks off. Sharon holds the documents to her chest as she admires Nolan, staring at his back. Her cheeks kept on burning red as she did this. She sighs as a thought comes to her head. "I should not have allowed him to help"
Those documents were confidential, and he is not necessarily a rival, but he is an outsider. If Leila were to find out about it, she might dismiss her.
The thought of it makes Sharon cringe. She sighs again and pulls the document away from her chest and studies the front page. Her mind drifts back to how close Nolan was to her, and her thoughts go wild.
Nolan is a playboy in the upper class. He always knows his way to a woman's heart, but he never wastes this skill on mere ladies.
His skill are used on women he wants to get information from or women that he feels like satisfying himself with.
If only she knew!