17. I come in peace

"Hmm, Ms. Thandie Lohan...I like this side you...", he moved closer to my side of the couch and seductively ran his finger through my neck..and my breath rhythm was following the movement of his finger. The room was quickly getting hot and heavy, and you could physically cut the sexual tension, he slowly turned his whole body towards me and held my face using both his hands while intensely looking into my eyes, as if to study my reactions, one of his fingers was seductively stroking my bottom lip and I took it as an invitation to softly suck on it. In reaction to my action, I could feel his other hand move to my pants, and I could feel it slip inside my short jogger pants, I had no intention of stopping him. He started playing with my throbbing lady part, his movements were soft and gentle, I slightly adjusted my back on the couch to give him a proper room to play around, I could feel his finger movements get faster and faster the more moist I became, I couldn't help but let out a big moan. He tilted my head up and started kissing my neck and his finger started doing a circle movement on my clitoris and the inner labia, at this point the excitement in my body was reaching its peak and the moans were getting louder and louder. He then released my body from his hands to take off his T-shirt, as if the real work was only about to begin, he adjusted my body horizontally to fit the length of the couch and leaned down for a kiss only to be disturbed within an inch an of my lips by a phone call.

"Ring...ring..."

He could have ignored it if he wanted, and to this day, I still despise him for leaving me at such a critical moment. But I am glad he picked up because the call was about one of the cast members suddenly pulling out of the movie, which proved to be a headache for everyone.

Walter left my room immediately to do damage control, we didn't even touch our food, well, not really because after he left, I realized that I was still starving. The passion he showed towards his job made him more attractive and I had to take a cold shower that night.

I was woken up the next morning around 5:00 am by a text from Walter, although we started texting regularly, he has never texted me so early in the morning.

"How can you sleep peacefully after what happened yesterday? I have to see you again...I must"

I found myself blushing and if he only knew, I kept replaying that moment in my head which was a bad idea because I got turned on every time, I don't remember how I eventually fell asleep. But of course, that is not something he should know, so, I tried acting cool.

"Good morning to you too Mr Sekulu...You know, I found taking a cold shower very helpful"

"Can I come over now?", he replied.

"No Mr Sekulu, what happened yesterday should not have happened. I sincerely apologize for my behavior and thank God for the phone call you received which shows last night was a mistake"

I honestly felt like it shouldn't have happened, I was worried about my job, and what the other colleagues would say and I made a vow to focus on my career.

"Ms. Thandie Lohan, I really want to see you again but if you feel like it's not right, I won't push you and I respect your feelings".

It was moments like this where I liked Walter's non-pushy personality and now that I think about it, it was another thing I found attractive about him.

"Thank you for your understanding Mr Sekulu. Has the casting issue been resolved?"

We carried on to chat for a while and he informed me about the meeting we would have just after breakfast which prompted me to wake up and get ready.

As he indicated, the meeting went on for a while as we discussed the way forward with having one of the cast members leave so abruptly. Luckily Walter already had a second choice for all the roles in case of events like this, talk about a contingency plan. However, with the arrival of the replacement, we were forced to stay another extra day. At this point Shirley had already run out of things for me to do, but never fear when your manager is also the president, the woman sent over some new manuscripts and books for me to review and she set up a short virtual discussion meeting for later in the evening. I was always happier when I read a potential author's work, seeing the sweat and blood someone puts in the book hoping it will become the next big thing, and knowing that I have the power to grant them that wish was always thrilling. Some books had potential, some books you could just tell that the person was just looking for a quick score, there is no authenticity or sincerity.

I decided to take my supper to my room since the meeting was going to be around dinner time and unfortunately, that meant also missing free drinks courtesy of Walter and I didnt mind it a bit, I was not ready to see him in person, I just knew things would be awkward. Plus, my colleagues understood my work requirements and promised me that we would have another round the following day. The meeting lasted for two hours and I decided to take a break before doing any major work. I lay on the bed and browsed through Facebook, I happened to catch a glimpse of Shirley's update, 'It sure looked like they are having fun', but I had no intention of going to join them and so I decided to take a nap, besides, I had a long day.

I was woken up by a knock 30 minutes into my nap, I was very eager to see who decided to die by coming to disturb my sleep like that, I was very pissed. 

I checked through the peephole on the door to see Walter standing there, he was not drunk 'So I cannot say he stumbled upon my door, he knows exactly what he's doing', I thought to myself. I hesitated to open the door, he knocked again, and sensing that I was behind the door, he took a deep breath and leaned over to look through the peephole, "I came in peace Ms Thandie Lohan, I promise after last nigh-"

I quickly opened the door and pulled him inside out of fear that he was about to announce to the world what happened last night. I looked at him and I saw him smirk a bit, 'No way! he said that on purpose' I thought and he confirmed

"I knew you would open if I said something about last night, can I take a sit? I brought wine and I promise you nothing will happen. I already feel bad about last night, I have been feeling bad the whole day and I couldn't talk to you because I didn't see you the whole day and this is not something we can just text about, considering how it turned out. I was hoping the drinks would tempt you to stay so we could talk a bit. I promise I just want to have a chat with you and apologize", he sounded genuinely sorry which I felt bad about and he brought two glasses, I offered him the couch and I pulled the chair closer to the coffee table.

"You leave after the wine bottle is finished", I emphasized.

"I promise", he said raising his pinky finger.