chapter 3

********* Brent watched the lady go into her house. "Melody", he said quietly, tasting the feel of her name on his tongue. He closed his eyes and tried to remember how she had smelled, a mixture of lavender scent and fresh shampoo. Come on, a voice in his head said, jolting him back to reality. " Let's go home Charles" he said and Charles made a U-turn without saying any word. Brenton didn't sleep a wink that night. He kept tossing and turning. He was seeing her face everywhere. He got up, went downstairs and made himself some tea. Things seemed to get worse after that, because he suddenly remembered how her body had felt against his when she bumped into him. Soft, voluptuous and curvaceous, he guess. The big hoodie and joggers she was putting on didn't leave any trace of that . Though Brent would recognize a curvaceous body when he sees one. " Fuck" it's been a long time since he felt that way over a woman. He rubbed his jaw and went back to bed, hugging the image of her close. The color of her eyes were really hard to forget, Grey, cloudy grey. *********** " Hmmm " she moaned, squeezing her thighs together. " You like that?" Emerald Eyes looked at her from under his long lashes. He continued to tease her nipples. " I love these cuties" Her nipples had become red from all the attention he was doting on them. " Ready for the next step"? He asked and she nodded. She cried out when he slipped a finger into her. Melody woke up, sweating profusely and realized it had all been a dream. The morning sun streamed in from the curtains. She got up, stretched and drew the curtains aside to let in the sun. What kind of dream was that? She shoved the thought aside because, just thinking about the dream and what they were doing, it made her core ache down there, longing for something to fill it up. The house was already bustling with the morning activities. She could hear the footsteps of their mother moving about. She must have come really late last night, Mel thought. She picked up her phone which was lying pretty much useless on her dressing table and went downstairs. " Bye lovelies!" Lucille said as soon as Melody reached the sitting room. She pecked Mel on her cheeks and Mel muttered an "Ewww" before wiping her cheeks with the back of her hands. " Make sure you don't get in late!" Diana shouted after her. " I'll try!" She yelled back, her footsteps fading away. "Mel honey, you keep amazing me everyday, why don't you try to be like your sister a little bit?" " Enjoy your life a little, you're still young yunno " Diana looked at Mel directly, waiting for an answer. Mel just shrugged, reaching for the coffee her mom had made. " Anyways, I'm going to work. Make sure you lock up, okay?" Diana said, getting up. " Gotcha " Mel replied, surfing the internet. Diana sighed again, this time audibly " Laura's daughter, Manny sends her greetings " Mel just nodded, still keeping her eyes locked on her phone screen. She couldn't wait for her mom to go out, so she can get herself busied with Netflix on her laptop. "Okay hon, I'm off " Diana said, going out. " Alright Mom. Love you " " Finally. About time " Mel muttered. She went upstairs to take a shower. Dressing up for Mel was a hassle. She still couldn't put a finger on the reason why girls these days put so much effort on dressing. Just hoodie and joggers would do for her. And Luci, she sighed, she was something else. A complete opposite of Mel, she loved parties, boys, Instagram and other shits ladies do these days. Her thought trailed off to a pair of Emerald eyes. She closed her eyes, remembering the dream and immediately, she felt a squeeze down her v*gina. Gawd, she was already wet just thinking about the stupid dream. " It's not like we would cross paths again " she told herself, yet she couldn't shake a pinge of sadness and disappointment she was feeling. ********* Brent got to work early as usual and immediately got down to business. His secretary, Kelly Brown came in shortly after to give him his morning coffee. Kelly had been working with him since he established the Blackwood Empire. They went through every ordeals concerning the company together. She was a 42 year old woman and married with children. Only Kelly knew when Brent was grumpy and in a foul mood. " Here is your coffee sir" she placed the coffee on his table and turned to go but Brent called her back. " Kelly?" He looked awkward and tense. " Sir?" Kelly directed her full attention on him now. " A moment please? Have a seat". Kelly sat and folded her hands on her laps. She was trying to gauge her boss's facial expression. Knowing her boss wasn't the type to talk about himself, she wondered what was going on. " Okay Kelly, the thing is....." He took a deep breath before going on. " It's a friend of mine, he saw a girl for the first time and since then, he hadn't been able to forget about her. He keeps seeing her everywhere. Is it normal or should he go see a doctor?" His eyes bored into Kelly's for a moment before he broke their eye contact. He felt very vulnerable at that moment. Kelly smiled discreetly. One thing, she knew her boss was talking about himself. His expression and awkwardness gave him away. And another thing, the only friend of Brent's she knew was no other than the Great Colton, a man who flirt with anything in skirts. She definitely knew Colton went for any girl that catch his interest. She nodded slowly, as if she was trying to digest everything Brent had just told her. The truth was, she believed her boss had finally met a girl worth thinking about. " Why don't you try to get in touch with the lady?" She said deliberately before adding, " Your friend, I mean? " " He doesn't even have the girl's number!" Brent almost shouted. He said more calmly, " He said the girl is not even beautiful and wasn't even dressed prettily when he saw her!" Kelly looked on calmly while her boss vented. She shook her head, thinking her boss was too stubborn to admit it even to himself that he was attracted to the lady mentioned. " Well, I would pursue her if it were me" she shrugged, getting up. " Thanks Kelly, you can get back to work " Brent said, giving Kelly a small, quick smile of gratitude. After Kelly left, he got up, took his car keys and went past his secretary's office not minding the questioning stares his staff were giving him. He couldn't think straight or get any work done with how he was feeling. The thought of the Grey Eyes lady had clouded his mind. He needed to breathe. Charles seemed to appear out of nowhere and came down to open the door for Brent but he waved him off. He handed him a hundred dollar bill. " You can take the rest of the day off" He said, getting into the car. If Charles was surprised, he didn't show it. He accepted the notes and bade his boss bye.