Chapter 5 (The first seduction)

"That was beautiful Miss Auclair," she said which made me breathe out in relief,

"Your time is up Miss Auclair" Mr kill joy CEO said, I scrunched my nose at the sound of his voice and left their presence

On opening the door I came face to face with Zephyr, I froze looking at him, the distance between us unbelievably close.

"Hi," I said shyly while he just stared at me like I suspected we weren't close, I swallowed my shame and walked away making way for him as well.

"How did it go?" came the worried face of Emilia as she handled a bottle of water for me

"It wasn't bad I guess," I said

"Now we wait, I heard it will be out next week, before that hopefully the rumors are gone"

"The situation will be taken care of by the company," Williams said immediately after he arrived at my dressing room

"Do I still need to do the press conference?" I asked hoping he says no, the thought of it already scares me,

"A conference will only stir up the rumors, but we still have to wait for the company to decide," he said lackadaisically, maybe because I don't understand how celebrity life works but Williams barely shows any interest, maybe because Demetria wasn't a nice person but still

"Uhm it seems to me you are forgetting an important message," Emilia said looking at him

"What message?" I asked

"The message that she has to meet the CEO, her case is still open and nothing has been done for a while now, she is one of the top stars in Megastar, and the company hasn't said a thing about her deals which was taken from her," Emilia said, I nodded in accordance because it seemed unfair to me as well

I turned over to Williams to hear what he had to say

"you realize that there is nothing I could have done right?" he asked in a low voice

"Not when you didn't even attempt, while everything was happening it seemed like you took a break and watched everything happen" Emilia accused

"That is not true"

"Not even once did you visit the hospital, not even once!" Emilia shouted up close in his face, from my seat I could see the shadows hovering under the door, I just knew more than two people were standing outside trying to figure out what is happening.

"Are you done?" I asked them keeping my voice as low as possible as if they just finally remembered I was in the room with them, they turned with a panicked expression looking at me

"Is this some idea, like a sick dialogue you both memorized to entertain me with?"

"No, it's just that..." I cut her short

"you do not understand my point, which is I do not have time for this, I have a body to find, not stuck in some soap opera celebrity drama, I can't handle that now, my mental health is running out of energy so quit the dialogue it's very lacking"

"Do we understand?" I asked the confused both who nodded

"Now I need to go meet the Ceo like claimed," I said

"Yeah," Williams answered

"Take me there!" I shouted, I swear it's impossible to be kind in this environment, I should have stayed back at home, who would force me if I had said no

Of course, there were lots and lots of stares, I will never get used to the whole energy, nobody wanted our bodies to collide not even by mistake, I am the mean girl here,

"The Ceo only requested for Miss Auclair," The security who clearly doesn't like me said eyeing me from hair to toe

"I will wait here," Williams said while I nodded and walked off to the door of the Ceo, I knocked and then walked in. He was standing with his back facing me, he appears to be arranging some document

"Sir," I said quite unsure of what to call him, his hands paused for a while before he continued with what he was doing, when he was done, he sat at his desk before removing his glasses.

"Did you move to my brother to perhaps get my attention" was his first words, at first I couldn't understand,

"huh?" I replied as if hard of hearing

"I am sure you heard my question," he said sternly,

"how do I answer that question, it's definitely not a yes or no answer" I answered as anger took away the initial nervousness I had

"It is a yes or no answer, did you move to Antonio just to get my attention" he repeated

"The answer is no" I answered fighting the urge to fold my hands at him

"you seem offended by my question," he said

"I am not offended" I lied " I just find it interesting that a woman under your agency is caught up in a mess and what you cared to ask her was if she did it for attention"

"It doesn't sound too far from the things you have done in the past," he said

"What?" I asked genuinely intrigued but I had to get myself together,

"Sir,.."

"Do not call me sir, you have always called me by my name" he said while my tongue tied up, almost defected

"How do you plan on cleaning up this mess, I can't have Antonio's name in the media as one of the guys dating a two-timer," he said

"Excuse me Mr. CEO," I said angerily and for the first time I took a step forward with the anger I didn't know I was capable of, standing in front of his desk staring him right into his eyes

"What are you doing?" he said unfazed by my anger, "You do realize that you are an employee and can end your career right?" he asked which made me conscious immediately.

"Yes" I answered with a low voice

"Good, now seat" he motioned to the chair opposite him where I sat my head hanging low, I know this is not my body but I can't let her lose her job because suddenly I can't control my anger

"I am not interested in Antonio" I began, "I get he is cute, but he is not my ideal in men so it is one hundred percent bullshit made up by the media"

"But I am your ideal type," he said making me speechless

"Seeing you can't talk, I will take that as a yes," he said confidently, I couldn't even say no, he was indeed more than what I wanted In a man, tall, handsome is an understatement, and his eyes, his hazel gateway to heaven, his dark hair.

"Miss Auclair" I heard his deep voice call me

"Call me Rosa," lost in dreamland, I said without thinking, wait, what

"Uhm, no of course I am Miss Auclair, Demetria, you know that's me," I said trying to save my slip but it ended up sounding weird

"you will have to go on an interview to clear this mess," he said after shaking his head

"Inter what?"

"Are you hard of hearing?" he asked while I sank deeper into the chair

"A press conference will only raise debate, although it will generate more buzz but we do not want that, it will either take away the trend of your new movie or promote it, you do not want that, so use this interview to promote yourself and the movie to take their attention off the mess you created," he said, I hate the fact it seems like I was the trouble whereas I am a victim

"I did not create this mess, we should be having this conversation together with Antonio but he is not here because you think I did all this because I am obsessed?, when I don't even like you anymore" I, said getting up before the anger surging within gets the better of me.

"I will prepare for the interview, " I said praying he just dismisses me at this point

"you don't have to remained me you don't like me anymore, the last time you said that you purposely fell into my hands pretending you slipped," he said with a smirk

"Trust me when I say I have changed, I do not have one single feeling for you now, not even a single drop of tears worth of feelings," I said making sure I express myself enough

"I was young, stupid, and naive, believing that if one keeps being delusional and hoping that maybe it will come true but then I realized how stupid I was so my feelings gradually, died, I killed it all," I said as I watched him get up from his seat, he walked over to my side on the desks, sitting at my very front as he began to unbutton his sleeve, then he undid his tie and went further to open his chest buttons.

Soon I was gulping down my spit as I struggled to look away, he is all high and mighty but oh he is handsome, no single imperfection in this man, and he knows it, he knows exactly how he is and the effect he has on me, I don't know what gave it away but he knows, suddenly he began to lean in on me, I panicked but still didn't move, a part of me was being rebellious, I stared at him as if in some staring competition, as he face neared my heart took a wild race, so fast and so loud I swear he could hear them, even with his Ac blowing, tiny sweats began to form at my forehead

"Miss Auclair," he said in his deep and somewhat raspy voice, his minty breath hit me directly making me look at his lips, a very bad idea, it was moisturized and alluring, his strong collagen mixed with his minty breathe left an impact, I opened my mouth unable to control myself

"Call me Rosa," I said, the look on his face changed for the first time, as he leaned back to stare at me, what has gotten into my head

"Who is this Rosa? Your other personality?" he said looking at me, his question scared me,

"you wouldn't want to know," I said trying to get up from the chair, it was time to escape, it is getting dangerous in here, but with just a swift move from him, I fell back to the chair, with his legs he nudged the chair closer to him, and then leaned in again

"Why won't I want to know, you said I should call you by that name, and besides you always wanted me to know every detail about you before," he said and with his veiny hands pushed back the strand of hair from my face, I almost died from that, I can not breath and my heart hasn't stopped beating fast

"Rosa" he found the need to whisper my name, I never knew I had such fantasies but my mind went wild immediately, I closed my eyes to take in enough breath to calm myself down.

"You know, you are pretty I give you that," his voice interrupted me, it was deep like always but no longer seductive and he leaned out from me without me knowing

"you are sweating," he said folding his hands

"So Rosa, are you sure you are no longer obsessed with me," he said with a smirk,

"My name is Demetria," I said defensively

"Of course, we all know that. you told me twice to call you Rosa so I am only following your words" he said then finally he walked over to his side and I immediately took that opportunity to get up before he corners me again.

"Uhm, I'm out," I said awkwardly trying to hide my flustered cheeks,

"We are not ..." I bolted out of the office before he could finish his words.