I was lying through my teeth and the way he smiled showed that he knew that what I had just said was bullshit.
But I was determined to keep him off my life, If all he was doing now was the line he used to get into the pants of all other of his employees, he wont use it to get to me.
I was determined to work with my head held high and not to be among the statistics of pussies he conquered.
I liked to assume that I was smarter that all the other women who worked here but I knew deep down, Mr Noah was making me feel things, things that were unusual.
The question was will I give in bearing in mind the fact that I had sworn my heart to someone else, someone who wasn't him?
He chuckled standing up, his height dominating and intimidating. "Hmm, I see where this is coming from. You saw Patricia." He said as a matter of fact.
He wasn't asking me, he was telling me and that left me confused because I didn't know who the hell Patricia was. He seemed to notice the confusion on my face and smiled.
"Patricia, the naked woman that was in here just a few minutes ago. Don't tell me you have forgotten her because I saw you peeping through the door."
He caught me. My mind fearfully registered the information. I coughed sporadically. My heart beat accelerated imagining what he thought of me.
"I wasn't peeping Sir. I came in to drop this file and I saw her so yeah." I said with shaky voice. "I left to give you both space."
God forbid him thinking I was in love with him.
"Oh common don't be scared. I knew you weren't peeping. I was just.... teasing you, lighten up a bit." He grinned.
"So tell me, Did you find her hot?" He asked with an amused expression on his face.
I choked. He was messing with my head. "Why did you take me out for dinner Sir and why did you kiss me?" I blurted out.
The question had been bothering me and I was not one to contain my curiosity in my heart for long. Still after I had asked him, I realized how stupid asking him was but there was no taking it back. Spoken words cannot be taken back.
I was vexed and like before I still had not perfected the act of keeping my mouth shut when angry.
I felt stupid. I thought I had changed this part of me but he was bringing it back again without much effort on his part. He was Bringing back the real Mira and it ached me from my head down to my core how he was turning me inside out just to see the real me, the me that I had tried to bury all these years.
His expression remained amused as If it was all a joke to him. "Why else would I? I like you."
"You like me or all your female employees." I scoffed.
The door to the elevator was just about to close when a tall handsome man walked in. His eyes were as blue as the sea and his hair as dark as night.
He had this piercing gaze that captivated me with lips so full and pink. They looked though he had been running his tongue through them.
"You know this can kill or at least could." I whispered more to myself than to him. I reclined to the wall of the elevator and raised my head up in subtle amusement.
The man turned to me and smiled. "Really now, How beautiful?"
He called me beautiful as if it was a natural thing to say. I blushed, but did not look at I didn't want to start acting like a teen.
"I saw it in A thousand ways to die." I replied as I tried my best to hide my blush. He was watching me so intently, leaning so freely on the wall. I wanted to fly out of the elevator just so I could be away from his eyes.
"So you watch A thousand ways to die?" He laughed out.
"Yes. I do." I replied. My reply sounded as if I was whining.
"So what floor are you shopping?" He asked, a smirk on his pretty face. I looked down to he had put his hands in his pocket and was intensely watching me.
"Why are you asking this now? Anyway, you have the right floor." I added rolling my eyes.
"Feisty and peaceful. I like." He chuckled. I made a face of astonishment at him, stopping myself from going all out.
"My name is Mike." He said, outstretching his hands for me to take.
"Mira." I said, with a smile quickly shaking him and taking my hand back. I hid them behind my back whilst trying not to divulge how nervous I was feeling.
"Mike and Mira. Doesn't that sound good?" He asked, as the elevator on the tenth floor.
"Who's asking?" I replied, rolling my eyes. I started to make my way down the hallway to the right but stopped when I noticed he was following.
I turned back and folded my hands, my file resting on my chest. "Will you stop doing that?" I breathed out harshly.
He stopped too, standing so close to me.
"So you work here?"
"Yes. You?" I replied, blinking hard and moving back a bit.
"I don't. I just came in here to visit my brother."
"Noah is your brother?" I asked, sounding as shocked and deflated as I felt. My hands shook slightly and my lips were left agape.
"It is complicated my dear. But do not worry your pretty little head about it." He smiled, tapping on my forehead.
By instinct I shoved his hands away and started down my office. I needed a place to clear my head.
"See you when I see you." He sang.
"Sure." I replied, over my shoulders.
I walked into my office with brisk steps, closing it behind me.
Immediately I was in. I exhaled and inhaled deeply thinking of Mike then of Noah.
My love life wasn't looking promising from where I was standing.
"Noah has a brother? But he never mentioned it?" I thought as I sank into my chair.
When I think I'm making progress in finding out if he is my Scar, things take a turn for the worst.