Amanda's POV

I was doodling my signature on the last page of my history book. Well, it was the only thing that felt right to me because the history professor was a pure definition of "boredom". I sometimes wondered how in the world the fights which happened during the world wars were relevant to our day to day life. Like, I'm not going to throw a nuclear bomb at some other country. History was a complete piece of shit as according to me.

Then finally the bell rang and the lecture winded up. I hooked up with my best friends in our favorite place, the canteen, of course. Well, everything was good about this place. We could pour our hearts out to one another.

"You all wouldn't really believe what happened between me and Samuel last night ", Gina took a short sip of her coke.

"Says the virgin Mary", Francis stretched out the word virgin-a lot.

"Wait, did you lose it with him?" I questioned startled.

"Amanda ", Gina blushed stretching out the last word in my sentence.

"Oh, did you?" I questioned again, "And why the fuck, I don't have any idea regarding this topic?" I re-questioned again.

"It just happened Ammie, with the spur of the moment, we didn't plan on it", she side hugged me, "And I wanted to say this to you in person. I love you, you know right?"

I fake smiled as I was yet mad on her. "Treats on me ", Francis broke the short term silence."Speaks the millionaire", I sarcastically remarked.

"How is the hot boss? I saw his picture on the front page of the local newspaper and I couldn't take my eyes off him", Gina almost drooled.

"Says the taken girl", Francis teased.

Gina punched him slightly on his face and whispered "Our deep little secret", We both nodded like fools and then Francis started observing me for a while and then questioned, "Why are you not leaving his office when he is so annoying, I will talk to my father about your new job and trust me this is no kind of favor."

"Clause No 1 - In only the case of death, a contractee is detached from his/her duty", I made an air quotation and said with a melodious tone.

"What the hell, there may be some other way out", Gina interrogated, her brows furrowed

"Clause No 2 - Only on the permission of the contractor", I sighed and then continued "That's never going to happen"

"Then, make it happen ", Francis sounded evil whilst grinning.

"This is no Maybelline tag line France", I knew that there was no way out of this.

"Maybe you could force him to do it, annoy him to an extent so that he has no other choice", Francis started spilling out the beans of his evil plan.

"And France how can she annoy him", Gina interrupted, her expressions showed her level of curiosity.

"Let me explain that, you recently turned impure girl, don't try to break my focus ", Gina was frowning at his punch line but France didn't care and continued "So Ammie, what annoys him?"

Both of them started looking at me and I just said one word which summed up everything. That word was E-M-O-T-I-O-N-S

"So Mr. evil France, when he doesn't have any emotions, how can she play with it, by seducing him?" Gina had a 'whatever' expression and Francis's eyes widened.

"What a plan, Miss impure", Francis looked at Gina and then at me with an evil grin.

"Wha-at, I'm not doing that, what do you consider me, a local prostitute?" I raised my eyebrows totally dissatisfied with his plan.

"Then stay with the dictator and get tortured every fucking second', Francis pouted, he seemed irritated.

I didn't really intend to carry forward the plan but I could not deny the fact that he actually had a point."Why not, come on, it's like an adventure. You could take your revenge and plus you'll be bailed out of Reynolds's jail", Gina sounded like a complete bitch.

I shook my head "I don't want to play with someone's emotions", I sighed.

"You're seducing him so much that he gets annoyed and removes you from your position. It's simple, don't complicate it now ", Francis grabbed the extra fries from my hand and stuffed it in his mouth.

"B-but I-I don't know how to s-seduce him or anyone", I stammered.

"Like, I seduce every stranger who walks beside me", Gina offended sarcastically.

"Finally the impure one does justice to her new nickname ", Francis winked and Gina grabbed all the fries from his hand and emptied the plate on his head. Francis frowned and threw the leftover chips the same way, in the offence. I parted myself from our threesome and when people were looking at their fight. I made the I-don't-know-them expression.

Finally, they both settled up, I gathered my belongings and unseated myself. "I'll keep you updated with the seductive tips", Francis smirked, an evil grin surrounded his lips.

"Me too", Gina lined up her statement.

I laughed and left. I reached my destination before time, so I decided to sit in the lobby. I intended to make friends as the only person I was familiar here with were Mr. Reynolds, James aka man-flirt-whore, and the receptionist whom I regularly gave attendance regarding arrival and departure.

My eyes encountered a girl somewhere between the stairs and the canteen. She stood there still in a stiff position, so I decided to attack her for the friendship zone. She was wearing some sort of old fashioned skirt paired with a blouse. The nerds complimented her cute face. She just needed some grooming to look exotic..

"Hi there ", I went towards her and gestured for a shake with my right hand.

She shook it at once and replied "Hey, sorry I don't know you"

"Me neither, I'm Amanda Waters"

"Sonia Josephs, nice meeting you Amanda, she smiled looking at me.

"Mutual feelings", I smiled back.

"So what kind of work do you do here ", I questioned.

"I'm in the marketing department. Maintaining the books of accounts is basically my job", she furrowed her brows which definitely meant that it was my turn to answer her.

"I'm the personal secretary of Mr. Reynolds"

"Seriously? Take care!" she smirked.

"Why is that even shocking?, like I know he's one sort of a monster", I laughed.

"You just paired your answer with the question ", she laughed back.

"I'll see you soon then", I waved her goodbye, to which she reciprocated the same cheerfully. I looked at my watch and I knew that now was the time to hop in my cabin and start working my ass off.

I quickly checked my phone and I could see France's and Gina's messages wishing me good luck with my new mission. I was not ready yet but then I thought that what's wrong with it. I just had to annoy him, because a man like Aaron Reynolds could never fall for me, so it was only a win-win situation.

FRANCIS - Smile to whatever he says.

GINA - don't even think about arguing, okay?

My phone was popping up to innumerable messages. I knew that this plan could have consequences, either a good one or a bad one. My friends were throwing me into a pool in which I didn't know swimming.

"Can I come in sir?" I knocked at the door and peeped a bit. Mr. Reynolds was busy having coffee. After looking at him, I always wondered that why can't a guy like such, who is completely blessed with looks and money, date someone. He could literally buy the prettiest girl on this planet. Maybe he was missing out on a big part of his life, like which guy doesn't want love in his life.

"Sure Miss Waters, it's your father's office. You can come in whenever you want to", every word was decorated with sarcasm. He literally breathed sarcasm.

"Sorry, Sir!"I apologized with a smile, just as Gina and France suggested. They believed that only sugar could cope up with the burns on the tongue due to chilly flakes. Their dialogues were lame yet hilarious. I secretly laughed in my mind whilst thinking about it. I tightened my lips so as to prevent myself from being showcased as an idiot.

"Here's your directory and phone sir, you can cross-check. All the contacts are precisely entered and are very accurate", I started walking towards him. My mind couldn't stop thinking about last night. I so wanted to ask him the question that why was my father's name marked with red while other contacts were just formally entered, but I just didn't have the courage to.

He stood straight from his chair and took tiny steps towards me. I stopped walking at that very moment. I was just saving myself from the collision.

"Give them to me, let me go through it", he grabbed the directory from my hand and the phone too after placing the directory on his desk.

SEDUCE HIM AMANDA, a voice came from my inner conscious but I just couldn't do it. I first needed to gather courage.

At least, question him about your father, I guess my subconscious was commanding way too much.

"Sir, can I ask you a question?" I finally gathered courage.

"Only if it's relevant enough", he smirked. The 'relevant' word was getting a lot on my nerves lately. It always reminded me of my first day

"How is my father's name in your directory?" I grabbed the directory and opened the last page. I pointed towards the name and propelled it towards his direction so that he could have a clear view of the name.

He took a brief view and replied "Confidential information cannot be linked"

"What? I'm no outsider to this company"

"Everyone except me is", he raised his right eyebrow, tore the page from the directory, crumbled it, and threw it towards the nearest bin.

"So this means that I'm not getting the answer ", I obviously felt bad.

"Fair point well made ", he smirked again

I hated his gut, I now knew that I didn't want to work in his company at all and I was definitely going to work over with Gina's and France's plan because this guy was emotionless and working with him was definitely not giving me any sort of mental peace.

I chained up my bag and started walking towards the exit. I turned around and smiled cheerfully after looking at him. I was pretty sure that he was quite confused with the smile as his expressions denoted everything.

I couldn't stop but grin at the fact that Mr. Reynolds was already annoyed, like at least a bit, and I was 0.001 % successful in my mission. I informed Gina and France quickly about it. Rather than patting my back on my little victory, they replied, "Don't be happy with the basics"

I had to think about another excuse, so as to make my entry possible in his cabin again, so as to irritate him.

I completed eating my lunch meal as soon as possible and grabbed out a file from the pending work-slot, marked some lines with a marker, and made myself a bit presentable before entering his cabin again.

"Can I come in Sir ", I knocked. I just hated asking him permission every time I wanted to enter. It felt like walking towards the path of being insulted again.

"Twice for a day, Miss Waters ", my existence definitely affected him.

I walked towards him slowly with a smile and carefully placed the file on his palms till he got a grip of it. I made sure he could feel my touch so I slowly and seductively separated my hands from his. The file was obviously a big hurdle.

Mr. Reynolds had an expression which could be easily figured out. It went like WHAT-THE-FUCK-IS-THIS-GIRL-DOING

"I'm guessing you're here for an afternoon walk so that you don't get a tummy tuck after eating more than required ", Mr. Reynolds made a sarcastic comment. My closeness with his body was bothering him and was rejoicing me from within but a part of me was yet scared.

"No I am here for these contractual papers, I had to write letters to shareholders regarding it as decided in the annual general meeting but I couldn't understand these lines so I decided to grasp all the necessary information and knowledge from you", I paused for the time being and grabbed those papers, opened the page in which everything was marked, and came intimately close to Mr. Reynolds, our cheeks almost touched. I looked in his eyes and continued the statement "For a brief conversation"

He was really bad at making eye contact or maybe his focus rested on my lips. After every 2 seconds, his eyes traveled towards it, Francis once said that "when a guy wants to kiss you passionately, he cannot stop adoring at your lips".

"I'll explain to you", he departed himself and made the 'inch' gap from 1 to 10 real quick. He was trying to refocus very hard. "Why don't you sit on the chair Miss Waters ", he signaled me towards the chair.

"Sir, that'll create trouble for us to look at the papers together", I glided the vacant chair besides Mr. Reynolds's chair. No matter how much he tried to detach himself from me, but his tricks failed to work, every time. The game was totally on my favor today.

"This line", I pointed towards the line, pushing my body towards the file. During this process, my arms touched his arms and I could feel his good build body, it was hard and perfect. He pushed himself a bit away and I pushed myself closer to him again.

"Okay give me a moment", he replied while reading those marked lines carefully. I stared at his face which was beyond perfection. The sunlight fell on his eyes and it shined bright. This time, I was the one who was distracted.

"This is just simple English, Miss Waters ", he faced towards, maintained some distance as he cleared his throat.

"But, it's quite technical for me to understand", I looked straight in his eyes and not once broke the connection. The only question which took birth in my head was, am I turning into a local whore. But, then my inner self had a satisfying answer that, everything is okay in love and war and this was war.

Mr. Reynolds looked towards the paper and read the line out loud "Shareholders are entitled to a dividend only on their share capital invested by them wholly and not on the bonus shares unless they're issued before 12 months" he looked towards me and explained "This is a simple concept Miss Waters, the dividend is to be provided only on the share capital invested by them initially"

I nodded and acted like I understood the whole concept when in reality I knew it too. My acting skills were improving since I joined this place. Maybe, after getting removed from this place, I could be some leading female protagonist.

I grabbed those papers again. Accidentally, my hand slipped by mistake and all the papers got scattered on the floor, this was not a part of the plan and I was annoyed because I had to go running around after every corner of this cabin to pick up those papers.

I quickly stood up and ran towards the papers. I took those papers and filed it carefully and then when I looked at Mr. Reynolds, I saw him observing me, maybe he was laughing at me from inside but trying hard to control or maybe he was just frustrated with my clumsy behavior because every day I did something or the other for which he had to pay for.

"I'm assuming you understood everything that I explained Miss Waters" Mr. Reynolds questioned while working on his laptop.

"Yes! Thanks a lot! ", I tried appreciating.

I walked towards the main door with the files in my hand and then I heard "Miss Waters" again, I turned back and saw the devil's evilest face with a smirk.

"Wh-what sir ", I stammered.

"Next time come with a better excuse Miss Waters"

I pretended that I didn't understand anything so I questioned again "I did not understand sir, pardon me?"

"I've read your CV. You've done a course on the Share market. It's impossible for you to deny that you didn't understand that simple line", he raised his brows and continued "Your grades are appreciable and so are your acting skills"

"I was really facing minor problems for understanding that concept", I defended myself.

"I'm not expecting any answers regarding any explanation about what made you lie, but next time stay careful as I am me and you are you", he started looking at his laptop again.

"You may leave now", he stopped while doing his work and signaled me whilst pointing his fingers towards the exit. I hated his arrogance plus his inhuman nature raged my blood.