News of General Manager John on leave, reached every staff of Aqua Resort early in the morning the following day. Inboxes exploded with gossip messages, for it was so sudden.
Interestingly Isla became the acting General Manager for the next couple of days, hence, she had to work on her day off. While trainee manager, Zane (full name) had the special role of assisting her. Everything came in the email, there were no prior discussions.
Just when Isla was contemplating her role as the general manager, Zane walked into the office. Her eyes, quickly scanned his grey long sleeve shirt, black pants and silver necktie. Sight of him, gave Isla delicious surge of tummy flips followed by a vivid recollection of last nights dally on the beach. Unfortunately, she had left straight after the sexual encounter at the beach. Thanks to her Rule number 5, leave him guessing and craving for more.
"Congratulations on the acting general manager's role." Zane's eyes travelled over her ponytail, to her white blouse, lingered on her cleavage and then to her black short skirt. Oh the man was now openly admiring her.
"You too, you got a lot on your plate as a trainee manager." Isla kept her voice professional.
Today the plan was to ignore the handsome guy. Maybe she was too keen last night. Correction slutty wanton bitch.
"You should move; I mean shift to the general manager's office," he advised. Then cleared his throat and added, "About last night…"
She cut in quickly, "Let's keep it for later."
"As you wish," his face was dead serious. "Then let's get started with the Housekeeping department today, just some compliance checks."
"Great."
During the meeting with the Housekeeping manager, Isla felt his eyes on her. As if he wanted to say something to her, but checked his thoughts and actions in time. Not missing his slight brush of fingers on her hand or proximity he maintained, Isla hid her giggles.
In the office, Isla chose not to move to the other office yet. Idea was to be a minx and tease him to the fullest. She grabbed a Lollipop from her drawer, noisily unwrapped it and sucked it like a pro hooker. "Can you prepare the compliance report on Housekeeping department?" Sure that her voice was innocent enough, she eyed him like a naughty girl.
Zane's mouth was dry and the voice was hoarse when he replied, "Yes, I can."
She battered her eyes before thanking him. Then ruthlessly dismissed him.
For an hour, Zane tapped on his Mac Book Pro gold, like a crazy workaholic. How absurd thought Isla, she did not realize earlier that Zane used such an expensive laptop. In addition, he usually worked on his laptop instead of the desktop provided by the company. How did he even access Aqua Resort's data?
"Why do you always use your laptop and not the company desktop?" She asked, taking her small makeup mirror and lipstick out of her handbag.
He straightened his glasses, before answering her at leisure. "I find it easier to work on my laptop. I export documents to my company email."
"Okay, but is it not extra work?" Isla deliberately faced him, then started putting lipstick on her lips. Cherry red at that. She pouted at the mirror, then at him followed by battering of her eyelashes.
Apparently his eyes got stuck somewhere on her cherry red lips; she ran her tongue over her lips, ensnaring his attention in the process.
Once Isla got her desired effect, she got up grabbing a pile of files and her handbag. "If you need me, I'll be in the general manager's office." She smiled like a bitch and clicked her six inches heels out of the room.