LATE NIGHT, DINE RIGHT

Giving Martins extra $5000 would mean she had to make do with little money for the next month but that would be better than being homeless. She reasoned.

"All right, then. At the end of the month." A smile broke across his face and he nodded in agreement.

"You don't give me money at the end of the month, I send you out" He warned and walked out of the apartment. Kathlyn sighed tiredly, looked around the place to make sure none of her neighbors heard the exchange before going back into her apartment. She placed her head on the door, thinking about the things she had to do with her salary for the next month. She walked back to the couch and laid down on it.

She was mentally and physically exhausted. Not only did she have her rent to settle, she also had to deal with Adam at the office. She was tired of constantly being embarrassed by her landlord which was why she had to keep this job. If she did it for the next three months, she would not run out of cash till the end of the year.

Her phone beeped drawing her attention to it. She fished it out of the corner of the couch and stared at the screen. She had received a message from an unsaved number. She swiped her phone open and tapped on the message icon.

Kathlyn, come to dinner with me at Late night dine right tomorrow night. 7pm. I would like to apologize for my behavior at the office today.

Adam.

She stared at the text, finding it difficult to believe that it was him who sent the text. She disliked him because of his behavior at the office today but if he wanted to apologize and correct his mistake, she would not deny him that. It would also give her an opportunity to get to know him better. She needed to after all. He was her boss. She threw her phone on the couch and walked up the stairs and into her room.

Saturday evening came quicker than she expected. She rummaged through her wardrobe in search of what to wear but found nothing befitting. She glared at Jasmine who was polishing her nails and pouted her lips at her.

"You are supposed to help me search for something to wear not act like this is none of your business" Kathlyn scolded. Jasmine arched a perfectly carved eyebrow at her and shook her head in amusement.

"I picked out a dress for you, Kathie. A sexy, black dress which you rejected. It is not my fault you rejected it" She said shrugging her shoulders.

"It is a slutty dress. I am going for dinner with my boss not a potential boyfriend."

"He could be."

"Stop being silly."

"I'm just saying" Jasmine defended and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Wearing something like that will give him the wrong idea. I cannot risk that."

"Do what you want then. I am going to get some wine." Jasmine stood up and walked out of the room leaving Kathlyn all to herself. She sucked in a deep breath and glanced towards the clock. It was almost six pm and she had nothing to wear yet. Deciding to do things one at a time, she gave up on searching for a dress and made her way into the bathroom instead.

She stayed in the shower for ten minutes before coming out with a towel wrapped around her body. She looked at herself in the mirror, staring at her hair and wondering what to do with it. She did not have enough time to do her make-up and curl her hair. By the time she was done with all of that, Adam would have arrived at the venue.

She plugged in her blow dryer and started blow drying her hair. While she performed the action, she thought about how the night would be. Would Adam be punctual or would he make her wait? Will they go back to his place after dinner or will he bring her back and pretend like he did not want to have sex with her? Did he really? She thought of what he did at the office and she felt her skin burning with desire.

Adam knew just the right words to say to set her body on fire. She disliked the fact that her body responded to him. It did so on the night of her birthday and it did the same at the office. It was embarrassing. She wanted to be able to ask him to back off when he came too close but he was irresistible. It was probably her desires.

Her mind traveled to the kiss they almost shared at the club that night. Her fingers traveled from her hair to her lips and she imagined what his lips would taste like. Would they be soft and gentle or rough and demanding? She wanted to know. She wanted to feel his lips on her body and hear him whisper sweet nothings in her ear. She wanted his fingers to travel across her body, exploring her curves and making her yearn for more.

"Gosh!" She moaned when her fingers trailed to her nipples which were hard and erect at the thoughts she was having. Her eyes opened gently and she stared at her reflection in the mirror. She marveled at the desire and need twirling in her eyes. They had turned darker and her pupils dilated. She managed to catch herself and stop her train of thoughts before they got too extreme. She was going for dinner and it was going to be just that. She would not make herself seem desperate by throwing herself to her boss.

"Found something to wear yet?" Jasmine questioned walking into the room with a glass of wine in hand. She stared at Kathlyn with furrowed eyebrows, wondering why she was looking so flushed. Kathlyn stared at her for a moment and her lips slowly curved into a mischievous smile.

"I want to wear something really sexy. Jas, what do you have for me?" Jasmine stared at her like she had lost her mind but shrugged her shoulders. She turned towards the wardrobe and started searching for the sexiest thing she could find. She turned to Kathlyn ten minutes later with a thigh length nude colored gown which had an outrageous slit.

"Perfect" Kathlyn clapped her hands, standing up. She ran her hand down the dress and smiled wickedly. "Let us go tempt my boss."

"Hell, yes" Jasmine agreed and they high-fived each other.