Chapter 5: The guy of my dreams.

Cindy’s Pov. 

The ride to work was a comfortable one and to be honest, it’s been a while since I felt such comfort. My neighbor, Mrs McLean, gave me a lift in her new car. I got to work fifteen minutes earlier so I had enough time to change into my work clothes. M&T restaurant wasn’t a big restaurant but sometimes we barely got customers but I guessed the owner is a really consistent person because despite the low sales, he still manages to pay the staff and maintain the place.  

I got into the work quarters, thankfully the people who are working with me in this shift are yet to come. I was to work the evening shift. I quickly took my work clothes from the closet, a light blue plain shirt with M&T’s logo on it and blue pants. I picked my name tag from my bag then pinned it on the shirt. As I was about to leave the quarters, someone I felt a presence behind me. 

I picked up a long stick that was placed on the wall, just in case anything was there to harm me. The room was dimly lit so I could see anything at the end of the small room. “Who’s there?”I asked with a shaky breath, clutching the stick in my hands. I tiptoed towards the end of the worker’s mini closet and in a split second, a feminine voice yelled, “boo!” On seeing who it was I let out an exhale and said, “Gosh! You scared the shit out of me Mabel”.

 I dropped the stick then stood akimbo looking at her. 

“Did Cindy Berman just cuss now?” She asked, grinning.  

“What do you mean?” I asked with a confused look. 

“You know what I mean. You just cussed right now. You know, the holy pastor’s daughter” she says with a chuckle then walks to the closet to change into her work clothes. 

“How come you’re so early? Miss latecomer” I said with a grin.  

She was a perpetual latecomer and I don’t know how Mr Sam, our manager keeps believing her lies but seeing her come early was like an achievement for her. 

“I see what you did there Cindy. Anyways, my dad dropped me off on his way out, so voila! I’m here” she said with a sarcastic smile that disappeared within a second. 

I looked at the time leather on my wrists and said, “it’s already 7:10 pm already. Shall we?” 

“Sure, let’s move” she said as we stepped out of the room. We exchanged pleasantries with the workers whom we were taking over the shifts from then sat in our respective positions respectively. There weren't any customers so I moved over to Mabel to talk to her, the boredom was getting too much from where I was seated. Plus my phone developed some issues and I’d have to wait till my payday before I could repair it. 

“Hey Mabel, what’s up with you?” I asked, adjusting my seat close to hers. 

“Nothing at all, I’m just sitting here, waiting for a customer, that's all.”

“To be honest, I really don’t know how the owner hasn’t sold this place or maybe turned it into a club or something” I said with a grimace. 

“I don’t know why too. He hasn’t even showed up for once and yet he’s still investing in this place even though the turnover is pretty low.” She said with an expression that was hard to understand. 

“Well it’s his business and it doesn’t really concern us, right? After all he pays us as at when due so I don’t think we should have a problem with this place” 

“True that. I guess he must be a rich man anyway” 

“Bet…” as I was about to say something else, a young man walked in. I took the menu list then walked up to him where he was seated. As he was looking at the menu, I had the time to appreciate his looks. 

Gosh! Those eyes! They were screaming cute! He was a muscular man who should be older than me by a few years. His masculine beauty was out of this world and he is the kind of man I’d love to have a thing with. The only problem I saw in him was the big tattoo on his arm that extended to his wrists. 

Being a typical church girl, I couldn’t end up with such a man unless I wanted to be disowned by my father. 

“I’d have a glass of martini, extra dirty and tacos.” He said in a dreamy gusty voice. 

“Coming right up” I said taking the menu list and flashed a timid smile at him. I felt my cheeks burning and if there was a mirror around here, I’d have checked how embarrassing I must be looking. My face must have definitely turned pink by now. I gave his order to Mabel who placed it on a tray in no time so gave it to him in turn. 

I watched him as he ate gracefully without looking left nor right, his eyes were fixed on his phone. His short brown hair was to die for, I instantly wished I could run my fingers through them. Too bad, I might not be the kind of woman he wants; it wouldn't hurt to have sinful fantasies. He suddenly looked towards me, maybe he must have noticed I had my eyes on him all along. Immediately he locked eyes with mine, I looked elsewhere pretending to looking for something that wasn’t missing. 

I could tell he gave a faint smile but kept sipping his drink slowly, as he was gazing at his phone. He gave a signal to come and get his bill and I walked gracefully to him. I could feel the heat between my thighs as I walked towards him, God! I wish he could just take me to bed and have his muscular arms do justice to my body. Oops! I’m a church girl and shouldn’t be thinking of things like that. 

“You should take a picture of me, it will last longer.” He said in a baritone voice with a calm demeanor, looking at me with those dreamy eyes.