Riccardo POV:
"Cassie... Cassie, wake up. Why are you drinking so much? Cassie..." I called her out a few times while tapping her blushing red cheeks. Her face felt hot even though she was just wearing a black mini tube dress. The sight of her bare thighs provoked my manly desire and so I looked away from her instantly, trying to control the stirring emotion in my mind right now.
Cassie slowly opened her eyes and grabbed my thigh. She pulled it in a way that made me face her. She casually just looked me directly in the eyes. We hadn't met for seven years, so at this point, the only thing that crossed my mind was the question of whether she remembered me or not.
"Mister, you look so hot. A bit older but somewhat similar to my ex... Ricky..." she complimented me while cupping my chin with her right palm. Yet, her expression changed to a hateful one when she mentioned my name.
Then she suddenly took out her phone from her clutch and scrolled her gallery, clinking on a picture and it got enlarged. She showed the picture to me and guessed what? It was a picture of me from seven years ago when I was still in college. I couldn't help but chuckle and she shot me an icy glare instantly.
"Why are you laughing? Do you think I'm a joke?" She grumbled in dissatisfaction.
"No no. I'm not. You just look cute right now," I replied.
She smiled shyly and pulled her gaze away from me. She put away her phone and then grabbed my right hand, putting it on her lap as if allowing me to touch her.
"You passed. I can do it with you," she said sensually again.
"Do what exactly?" I asked. Although, I understood clearly what she meant.
"Can I kiss you?" Cassie asked out of a sudden and didn't even wait for my response. She swiftly just wrapped her arms around my neck and tried to move her body to sit on my lap.
"No no no no... sit back. Just sit back first," I pushed her body back to her seat, but she daringly locked her lips to mine forcefully. I quickly grabbed her shoulder and pushed her backwards, breaking the kiss. I swiftly pulled the safety belt and fastened it for her.
"Stay, okay? Stay still for a while," I said to her. She immediately let out a sulky moaning sound and showed a sullen face with her lips pouted. What in a world? That behaviour was totally out of my expectation.
I started the car and drove promptly. Cassandra behaved nicely. She was quiet and just stayed still while staring out of the window, well I'm not really sure about it. She looked away from me so I didn't know if her eyes were opened or closed. It started raining lightly outside and it was awkwardly quiet inside the car. So, I turned on the radio for some music.
"It was boring, isn't it?" She asked rhetorically.
"What?" I was confused.
I glanced at her a bit before focusing on the road again. She had this kind of depressing look on her face and that sent some kind of uneasy feelings to my heart.
"You want to know something, mister? I always thought that I need to love a man before I can sleep with him. But tonight... I'm going to prove myself wrong. I don't need to love before I can sleep with a man. I can just do it right away! I just need to make sure that the guy was good-looking enough, just like you..." She spoke with some kind of determination in her tone.
"Do you even know who you're talking to right now, Cassie?" I asked slowly, didn't really expect her to respond to it. But she snickered, probably hearing it clearly.
"A stranger obviously..." she replied and smiled for no reason. She sighed heavily after and it seemed like she was preparing to tell me something.
"On Monday... I'm going to start working with the most powerful CEO in the country. He owned RX Corp. It's my dream job. A person like him would surely travel a lot for work. Being his secretary, I could follow him around. I'm not planning to get married, but you see... there was this tiny bitch who always wanted to compete with me in everything. She's so annoying sometimes. So if somehow my boss happened to be a fine young man, I would probably try to seduce him and make him want to marry me. That way... I could beat Tina again on having the best man," she told me her secret plan intentionally and that made me truly dumbfounded.
"So... you... plan to sleep with your boss?" I asked and she nodded simply.
"But I need to practice first... with you! I never sleep with anyone else after Ricky..." she broke out crying a bit and wiped her eyes after a few seconds. I only gaped the whole time. I didn't even know what to say to her right now.
"But I need to be drunk enough to do this. Or else I can't," she whispered after.
"So, this is just an experiment for you? To try sleeping with somebody else again?"
"Ahuh..." she confirmed it. So that was why she was drinking so much tonight. She wanted to lose her sanity, so she could sleep with a stranger.
"Aren't you afraid that I might do something bad to you? Don't you even want to know who I am?"
"Why would someone like you do something bad at me? You drove a Lamborghini, if things go south between us, you could just pay me some compensation," she said while chuckling. Her finger was pointing at the car logo on my steering wheel.
"That CEO... the one that you're going to work with later... do you even know who he is?" There was no way Cassie didn't look it over. She must have known it was me. But then, there was also a possibility that my late father's name was still stated as the owner of RX Corp on the company website. It had been three years since his death but I never told the IT Department to remove his name from the top hierarchy of the company management chart.
She shook her head and so I stopped talking. So, she did not know that it was me. The atmosphere suddenly turned into a quiet ride. She just stared out of the window motionlessly and after some time, I was quite sure she had fallen asleep.
That night, I didn't take Cassie to my mansion. Instead, I took her to my other residence, the smallest condominium I owned. I figured that she might feel uncomfortable if she suddenly woke up inside a large mansion in the middle of nowhere. My mansion was built on top of a hill overseeing the view of the sea. It was like a fortress there and the residence was surrounded by high walls and guarded by fifty of my men. It was not the best place for her to wake in the morning. The last thing I wanted was for her to get a panic attack thinking that maybe she was kidnapped.
When we arrived at my condo, I put her straight onto the bed. She looked uncomfortable with the mini tube dress she wore as if that dress suffocated her. So, I took it off for her and she was left naked. Cassie was really daring. I couldn't believe that she had only worn that single piece of dress to the nightclub before. No bra, no panties. This woman was unbelievable.
I turned off all the lights but left one on, the lamp on the bedside table. I just lay beside Cassie and stared at her face, a true beauty. My eyes slowly rolled down to see her neck, her collarbone and her ample bosom covered under the blanket.
How I wished I could touch that body again. Wait, of course, I can. She said it herself that she wanted to have it with me tonight. Sleeping with a stranger, but then again, lucky for her, I was not that much of a stranger.
Slowly, I slipped my body under the blanket and went to hug her amorously. She didn't show any sign of refusal. Instead, she circled her arms around my neck and locked her lips with mine while her eyes shut close. Maybe Cassie didn't want to save this moment inside her memory. But on the contrary, I sure did want to remember this forever. I finally got to taste her body again after seven years.
Cassandra POV:What the hell did I just dream of last night? It was so weird. I opened my eyes and realized that it was already morning. I, Cassandra Moore, had never once made love with any man after breaking up with Riccardo Xavier. But last night, I dreamt about having some steamy intimate activity with someone that looked just like him. That was funny! I must be really craving to have sex that I ended up having such a filthy dream.Smiling like a silly girl, I rose from the bed and the comfy blanket that covered me fell down only to expose my naked body. Shit! Did last night really happen then? I was momentarily stunned and became a stone there for like ten seconds before I had my sanity again and quickly went to find my dress."Gosh... What do I do? What do I do?" I mumbled in panic while putting on my dress again. My eyes scanned the surroundings and realized that it was not even my bedroom. I'm inside a stranger's house right now.Where was this place? I went to take a look out
Riccardo POV:Cassandra gasped in disbelief after I confirmed to her that we did sleep together last night. It didn't seem like she liked it. That was weird because I'm pretty sure she still had feelings for me. So, why with the sudden repulsion now?"I should go," she said firmly and stood up again, heading to the front door. She didn't even touch the food I served her."Cassie, just eat first. Your car was still near the nightclub. I'll send you there later. Just rest a bit and have some food," I persuaded her to stay but she turned around and showed a disgusted expression on me."I don't need to rest. I need to go right now! Don't even try to stop me. I'm leaving!"I couldn't even understand why she was so angry at me. Seven years had passed and the breakup surely won't be a solid reason to hate each other right now. She moved on quite perfect too. I had always watched over her all this time, she looked fine. Why would she hate me?"Why are you so angry?" I asked nicely, having no
Cassandra POV:No. This was not happening. How could he be the CEO of RX Corp? Was I even entering the right company building right now?My head was trying to process this mess-up situation while my eyes were wandering around scanning all the notices and advertisements placed inside the VIP elevator. All of them had the RX Corp logo on them. It was certain now, that I really entered the right company building.For the next seconds, I could feel my heart pounding hard and my breath was getting shorter. I kept taking deep breaths, trying to make sure my brain got enough oxygen or else I might faint in here. I'm feeling like I'm having a panic attack.How the hell did Riccardo end up being my new boss? No, the right question would be... How the hell did I end up being his secretary right now? Damn it! I should have checked who was the owner of the company or at least checked who the CEO was. Why did I skip that information and just applied to the job opening here? Why?!I could feel as i
Riccardo POV:"No! Let me go! Let me go!" Cassie tried to push me away.But who were we kidding, right? I'm bigger than her. Of course, she won't succeed in escaping me. This woman was so weird. One second, she acted like she wanted me to touch her. And the next second, she suddenly made it seem like I was forcing her.I locked her hands by grabbing both her wrists using my left hand. And I used my right hand to unzip her black pencil skirt. That piece of covering got loosened a bit and I roughly pulled it down immediately. As expected, no panties down there. I glanced at her and gave her a mocking look."So... you're really planning to seduce your new boss from the first day, huh?" I satirized her, wasn't expecting any answer because it was obvious.She scoffed and looked to her left, avoiding looking me in the eyes. Her face showed a trace of shame, probably felt humiliated that I exposed her dark intention."What were you thinking, Cassie? You were never this easy before..." I whis
Cassandra POV:How did I end up in this situation? Trapped in this office with him having the intention to force himself on me. I grabbed whatever stuff I could find from his desk and just threw them to him, hoping he would not come closer to me.I thought I was succeeding in doing so, but Riccardo suddenly rushed toward me. He pinned me down to the floor and locked my legs from moving. I screamed again, really scared to death of his sudden aggression."Shut up!" He yelled, glaring at me sharply with his dark eyes. That order put me to silence instantly. I gasped for air, feeling suffocated by this situation.Riccardo took off his suit and fully unbuttoned his white shirt. He pulled down his pants and his manhood was exposed. He grabbed my thighs and spread open my legs."Ricky... Ricky, please no..." I begged for him to stop."Give me one good reason why I should trust that you won't run away to that door again?" He asked domineeringly with his sharp gaze piercing into my soul and dy
Riccardo POV:"Please... I won't bother you anymore," she said with both her eyes closed shut, afraid to even see me. I chuckled. It was not like I could eat her alive or anything. Why would she even feel terrified of me that much?"Listen carefully. I'm going to brief you now about your job. Open your eyes and see what I wanted to show you clearly," I replied and she slowly opened her eyes again.I brought her to my desk and then showed her everything that she needed to do for her position. Cassie was a smart woman, it only took her seconds to understand everything that I said.Strangely, I never would expect that she would be this good with her job if it was seven years ago. The Cassandra back then was just a naive lady that rarely stand out. Now, she was just amazing. After all, the HR department was the one who interviewed her before. So, if they managed to shortlist her into the final candidates for this position, certainly there was no question that she was really good and quali
Cassandra POV:"What?" I chuckled. What the hell was he thinking? That I would just agree to live with him after breaking up for seven years?"Don't tell me that you think we're together just because we slept the other day. That was a mistake. That was a void. We're not together," I added and he seemed offended by my words.I could sense the driver peeking at us through the rearview mirror. Ricky signalled him to drive faster. He talked no more and just looked out the window avoiding meeting my gaze. His expression was strange, looked as if he was disturbed about something. We arrived at the company and Ricky did not talk with me the rest of the day. I wondered if he was being moody because of the things I said to him in the car.What would he expect anyway? That I would just fall into his arms and accept him again after he gave up on our relationship seven years ago. It was a painful experience for me, and now that I met him again, I didn't even know what to think. I didn't know if I
Riccardo POV:I never knew that Cassandra could be so scary until she threatened to kick my balls. It was quite funny actually, the fact that this tiny woman dared to threaten me. She didn't even know who I truly am. My true identity was still unknown to her. I still couldn't figure out how I should open up with her. But sooner or later, I ought to tell her about it. She deserved to know the real reason why I chose to give up on her seven years ago. It was not because I didn't love her enough. It was because I loved her so much, that I didn't want to risk her safety by being with me.Cassandra entered her apartment building and I followed her from behind, distancing myself about five meters away. She disappeared into the elevator and I deliberately waited until that thing moved up. Then I took the next trip and reached level seven. Cassie was very superstitious about the number seven, it was her lucky number, so she ended up buying an apartment unit on that level.Since I already knew