Chapter 2 Secretive Mr C

Rosa dragged the brush through her dark hair, If she was to get to work on time and not receive a telling off then she needed to hurry. Hastily she applied her makeup, all thoughts of her earlier play-time in the shower were forgotten, she simply didn't have time to finish. That seemed to be happening more often, and part of her wondered if she really was too busy to finish, or if she was deliberately stopping herself.

Slipping on a simple black pencil skirt, she zipped it up the side, she wore a white blouse with sleeves that cut off at the elbow, she preferred clothes that covered her arms but didn't cling to them, Rosa had always been self-conscious about her arms, she would never fully understood why, but she knew to feel comfortable they had to remain covered.

Grabbing her coat and purse she ran out the door, barely remembering to lock it behind her.

The commute to the office was the usual nightmare, men on the train stared at her like she was some type of strange creature that had arrived on earth.

Friends on more than one occasion had tried to persuade her that they were staring because she was so attractive, but of course she had always dismissed that notion as pure nonsense. Men did not find women who were plump attractive, every magazine article, book, advertising, and movie, she had ever come into contact with reassured her of this fact.

Even when she had been with Jax, he had always seemed loathe to admit in public that they were together, the only place he ever held her hand in public was when they went to the cinema and sat in the dark.

Grabbing up her morning coffee, Rosa's heart sank, how could she have been so stupid? Wasting so much time with a man who didn't even really like her! She shook her head and picked up the second coffee she had prepared for Axel.

Carrying the cups carefully she tried to keep her hands steady as she walked into his office, his chair faced the window and she could tell from the tone of his voice that he was not succeeding in pulling the deal back from the brink, yesterday the deal had been running smoothly, What could possibly have happened over night to send everything to hell?

In her mind she ran through all of the files she had sent out, that moment Mr Axel's angry voice cut across her thoughts.

"What do you mean you didn't receive it? It was sent yesterday! My staff are perfectly competent, thank you!"

Rosa watched as he slammed the phone back on its receiver, He swung around to face her and pushed his hand back through his hair. Sparkling blue eyes filled with anger raked down over her body, he softened a little as he noticed the coffee on the desk.

"What would I do without you, Rosa?" He sighed and pushed himself back in the chair, His normally clean-shaven jaw had a fine sprinkling of dark stubble, in Rosa's mind it made him even more handsome, it gave him a sort of wild look, she could not help but imagine him clearing the desk with one swipe and laying her across the table.

Are you listening to me?" Axel asked, his eyes watched rosa with a look of curiosity, as she blushed and dropped her gaze to the floor.

"I'm sorry, I was just a little distracted." Rosa managed to respond.

"Good thoughts, I hope." axel said.

Rosa looked up and her blush deepened, she could see his eyes were filled with a teasing light, it was as though he knew exactly what she was thinking, but of course that was impossible, the more she fought not to think about his strong hands on her body the more those thoughts invaded her mind.

"Iam going to go and type up the rest of that report." she said, her gaze kept averted as she moved out of the room, she heard Axel chuckled behind her and it made her move out of his office faster.

Reaching her desk she sat down, what was wrong with me? Where had my professionalism gone? I needed to put my head down and just concentrate on my job" Rosa mentally slapped her forehead.

A small icon in the corner of the screen flashed at her, a private chat message.

Puzzlement made her furrow her brow, who was sending her private messages? Clicking it open, the words within made her suck in a deep breath.

"I want you." The user name was simply the letter C.

'Was it a joke?' Rosa looked around the office studying the faces of her co-workers, everyone seemed to be intent on their own work, no one looked up or even glanced in her direction. What was going on?

A thought struck her, she immediately tried to dismiss it but it kept on nagging in her brain. Mr Axel first name was Cameron... Could he possibly be the secretive C?