Chapter 5 - Clothes and the Office

Isana smiled, happily. "Thank you." She closed in the gap between them and touched his lips with hers. Rhydian blushed and Isana's eyes twinkled with mischief. And when he felt Isana's tongue, he sprang up. From his bed.

His face burning, he pulled his bedsheet off and stared at his pants. "I guess...I better shower." He got up and took off his clothes and entered the bathroom. He put his arm and rested his head against the wall as the water, soaked his hair. He stared at the ground and sighed.

'What is Isana to me?'

Isana and Rhydian were staying at a hotel. In separate rooms, Rhydian had insisted and Isana was too tired to argue.

"The walls are too thin," Isana mumbled as she rolled on her bed. She pulled her covers up to her shoulders and made herself cozy. She could hear Rhydian shower. They had found a cheap hotel for the night.

Rhydian wanted to wear fresh clothes but he didn't have any. He let out a sigh. "I need new clothes."

He walked out of the bathroom with only the towel and looked around for anything he could wear. There were repeated knocks at the door and Rhydian fumbled around for something to cover his torso with. When the knocks got louder, he gave up on finding anything. When he was about to open the door, he wondered who it could be on the other side. Someone knocked at his door, so late at night, but for what purpose?

He looked through the peephole and saw Isana standing outside. She was holding a plastic bag with a worried look on her face. She held her elbow and her grip tightened as Rhydian unlocked the door. When he stood in front of her, half-naked, Isana reddened a little and he saw something flash in her eyes. She gave a devilish grin and Rhydian shivered. She put her hand on top of his chest and slid it lower, slowly. Rhydian felt the places, her fingers brushed, burn.

"Stop-p-p..." He stuttered as he pushed Isana's hand away from him. Isana's eyes pranced around in excitement. "Why should I? Didn't you come out like this for me?"

"No..." Rhydian looked away. Isana chuckled and pushed the plastic to his chest.

"What's this?" He stared curiously at the bag.

"Clothes. The walls are too thin and the sound of you showering woke me up." Isana peeked into his room and smiled. "I'm going to go then. I hope you like them."

Rhydian was so shocked by her kind gesture that he forgot to thank her. When Isana was about to leave, he remembered and smiled. "Thank you. Thank you...very much." His voice was filled with so much emotion that Isana had to turn around and look at him. Rhydian stared into her eyes, with a passion Isana never knew he had in him. She felt like if she took this chance, he could really become her-

No. She had no time for these childish games. She smiled back at him. "Your welcome." She entered her room and shut the door after her. Rhydian went back in and opened the bag. He found a pair of short jeans and a t-shirt with some weird graffiti on it.

"She has weird tastes." He laughed to himself as he changed and went to sleep.

The next day, they left the hotel early morning and headed directly to Isana's apartment. It was around 10, in the morning, when they arrived. Isana rushed into the apartment and before Rhydian could even ask why - She was getting her clothes off.

"What are you doing!" Rhydian turned away from her. Isana chortled as she quickly put on a formal shirt and tucked it under her formal pant. "You can turn around." She quickly packed a few things into her handbag and grabbed a different set of keys, as she pushed Rhydian out of the door. She locked the door, put on some heels, and raced to the elevator.

They made it to the basement and Isana got into a Jeep. Isana glanced at Rhydian's outfit and laughed.

"What?" He whined. "You chose this."

"Yeah. I did." Rhydian couldn't get his eyes off of Isana. According to him, the shirt she was wearing was too loose and deep. If she bent to pick up anything off the floor, he could-

"Arghhh!" Rhydian ruffled his hair. "You!" He looked at Isana, who gave him a curious stare in return. "Promise me not to wear clothes that have a chance to reveal your private parts." His face was burning red as he spoke.

Isana gave out a laugh. "Yeah. I promise."

Isana didn't know it yet, but she would soon regret making that promise. She stopped at a branded tailer's place and quickly ushered Rhydian inside. After some hurried shopping for some formal clothes, she made him wear a suit and bought some formal shirts and pants, along with vests and ties.

Rhydian was trying his best to match Isana's pace. His eyes almost fell out of his sockets when he saw the price of one of the shirts Isana had bought.

"This...This...is too much!" He said when he finally realized what happened. They were already on their way to her office. Isana smirked. "Too late, baby." She pressed on the accelerator, raced all the way to the office, and they parked the car in the basement. When they got out of the car, Isana gave of a satisfied look. "Right on time."

Time - 11 o'clock. Reason - Office work began during the afternoon on Fridays and only the checking of documents, finalizing of deals, and tieing up of the loose ends of meetings was done, which was actually quick work for the experienced workers.

"Boss!" A young girl threw herself on Isana, who caught her. "Lizzie. How were you all without me?"

"Don't ever leave us like that, boss! You don't know how much we love you!" She cried. Rhydian was taken aback by the amount of affection the-so-called-Lizzie was giving Isana. Were all her colleagues like this? Lizzie took a glance at Rhydian with a disapproving glare.

'Hah? Guess they don't like outsiders.' Rhydian thought but then, suddenly, Lizzie put her hands on Rhydian's chest and stroked around slowly.

"So, who's this hottie, boss?"

Rhydian was shocked but he just gave her a glare, which was nothing compared to the glare Isana was giving. "Lizzie, get your hands off him. He's the new secretary and my lover."

"Lover?" Lizzie took a step back and looked really scared. "I'm sorry, boss. Let's talk later then." She ran into the office.

"Why was she scared?" Rhydian was puzzled by the look Lizzie had given. Isana politely smiled but her eyes gave off a dark aura. "I'm known to be possessive." She walked toward the entrance.

'Possessive of what?' Rhydian wondered.

Isana turned back at him and grinned. "You're going to be late." She spoke in a sing-song tone. Seeing her in a happy mode, Rhydian thought of it as nothing and carried on.

"So, can you do secretary work?" Isana asked as they boarded the elevator. "I think I can," Rhydian responded.

"Good." The elevator door opened and they were the only ones in the elevator, which let Rhydian know they were on the floor of the CEO.

"Boss!"

"It's the boss, everyone!"

"The boss is here!" Everyone stood up in their seats and Isana smiled. It wasn't her real one but Rhydian didn't know how to differentiate yet. Between her fake one and her real one.

"Everyone. I'd like to introduce you to my personal assistant, Rhydian. Since you all here are close to me, I'd like to tell you that Rhydian is my Lover too and that he doesn't deserve the position I've given him."

There was complete silence for a while. Rhydian understood what Isana said. He certainly didn't earn the position he was given and it must be frustrating to those who had been working so hard for a promotion.

Lizzie smiled. "I thought so. Our boss won't do this without a proper reason. Let's accept it, everyone." Everyone looked at her and nodded. This time Isana smiled. A real smile.

"Thank you, everyone. Just as Lizzie said, there is a reason but currently, I can't tell you about it. I ask for your understanding and co-operation. Please don't give work to Rhydian that you would give someone lower to you. I would like you to treat him how you'd treat someone in his position. I know that it's going to be hard but I ask you to do so. Only for a while, till my issues are resolved."

"Yes, boss." They all smiled. Isana was honest to them even if she had to hide something from them. She treated them nicely as a boss. They couldn't lose her because of their silly pride and jealousy of Rhydian.

"Then, let today's work commence." Isana walked into her office and Rhydian followed. Isana's phone rang.

"Hello?" She picked it up and the voice at the end sent shivers up her spine.

"How are you, little sis? Do you..." The voice turned completely evil. "Miss me much?"