Daddy’s Hot Sauce

Hours had passed and darkness embraced the sky. Emily was still in the balcony staring at the stars that glittering every night.

“It’s past nine, but he’s still not yet here,” she whispered to herself.

She sighed and looked at the table full of food on it. Tonight the menu was steak and a special sauce on the other side.

“I think I’ll put it all in the fridge, then I’ll take a shower,”

Emily guessed that Anders would not come home for dinner tonight. She felt a pinch of pain from the effort she put into preparing his dinner, but she smiled and thought about it in a positive way.

“Finally, all clean now,”

Her smile got wider as she stared at the kitchen that was sparkling clean.

Emily has to obey the rules. Rules that would benefit him and his satisfaction in bed.

Rule number one, obey your boss at all costs. The moment Emily saw the first contract, she thought twice about it. The fact that she knew it was for his own benefit.

Rule number two, both parties shall have no right to be attached to opposite sex and have an intimate relationship with them.

Rule number three, living in the same space or under one roof to monitor each other’s move. The desire of the superior must be fulfilled in any condition.

Rule number four, one must not expose each other’s weaknesses nor strong points to others.

Rule number five, no strings attached. Feelings must be stayed away from the contract as both were just working together.

Hence the effectiveness of this contract shall last not less than nor more than six months.

Emily sighed as she read the contract once again.

“Six months? Before I could finally be free from this devil,”

She tightened her fist while remembering how bossy Mr. Winston was,

Cut the meat like this

Place it on the pot with water

Clean it first before putting in those vegetables!

Emily focus!

“Ugh! I can hear his voice straight on, he is too strict in cooking and literally in everything.”

She mumbled while cleaning the living room with the vacuum.

“I thought he would at least let me practice or do an office job, but hell no!”

You will not work here nor to this company, you will work for me,”

She let out a heavy sigh while staring at the floor and pressed her lips.

“I don’t want to see him,”

“Especially getting near to him,”

She bit her lower lip and reminisced about the time that she and Anders spent the hot afternoon at the sofa, right in the living room.

“No matter what I do, I can’t resist him. I can’t, and I cannot do it. I must obey him as it was being said on the contract.”

She sighed and was trying to figure out about it, she had no choice but to save her family’s company.

Inhaling deeply and making her smile for the moment. She was trying to look at it in a positive way.

Then, she grabbed the vacuum on the other side and started to vacuum the entire living room. She wanted to forget the steamy scenes that happened in between her and Anders. The nights that they let go of each other’s lust was making her cheeks in heat and it was now obvious on her face. She touched and caressed it just to make herself calm, but her phone rang and she quickly answered it.

“Emily’s speaking,”

“Oh my God! Emily!”

Then, she put away her phone from her ear for a while ’cause of a loud scream from the other line.

“Where have you been? Mike and I, we’re looking for you!”

Her eyes widened as she remembered that everything was out for her and her phone was lost, so she could not even get in touch with her, but thankfully that she got a chance to talk with Mike once again.

Emily explained to her about what happened but not the overall situation as she knew that being vocal to her thoughts.

Jane was completely opposite, Emily was a reserved type of person and was always thinking about the timing of her speech and always in a positive way on every problem she has encountered while Jane was always being vocal on her problems and emotions.

“Finally! I am done,” she whispered to herself.

Emily felt relief after seeing the entire kitchen and the living room was clean, and then, a smile appeared on her face. A smile of satisfaction and tiredness. She lied on the couch and let her tired body rested for a while.

Meanwhile, at the conference room of Mr. Anders Winston. Many investors were now staring at him as they wanted to hear his decision about the accident that happened at the construction site of the building that was located in the highlands near the metro.

“Mr. Winston, the situation cannot be handled easily, at this point the problem was leaked at the news portal in the website and on TV,” one of the investors who was wearing his gray suit with a bow tie on it.

“Mr. Johnson, I assigned a team regarding that matter. What’s more important is the damages that have been done, employees that we need to convince to settle with us before firing us, which I was handling at this moment.”

Mr. Johnson looked at Anders and sparingly smiled, “Seems like you are prepared for this Mr. Winston? I have a feeling that you know? A business man will always be a businessman.”

Anders heard about Mr. Johnson and saw the other investors were whispering to one another. He flicked his eyes back and forth only to realize that they were now staring at him at this moment. He clenched his fist while staring at them and said,

“How many percent do you have in my company, Mr. Johnson?” he suddenly asked him and put both of his hands together while his elbows were leaning on the table and his eyes were pinned on Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson quickly answered Anders and said, “Ten percent of shares,” he confidently looked at him and sat properly.

Anders sparingly smiled at Mr. Johnson and called George. He whispered to him about something that caught their attention.

Then, George went out and Anders was staring at them and let them gossip about the statement of Mr. Johnson. After a while George came back and Anders stood up once again to get their attention.

“Mr. Johnson, Can you still remember how long I ran this company?” he curiously asked.

Mr. Johnson furrowed his brows and said, “As far as I remember it was 2006,”

The other investors went silent while listening to them.

Anders handed him a folder with full of paper to Mr. Johnson and said, “Yes you are right and I’ve been running out of mess here, those records of yours were the thorns for the company and s we all know that you are a wealthy man than others here, I found out that your losses were uncontrollably,”

Anders explained to the investors about the situation of Mr. Johnson. Each of them were in shock to know about him, and that made them create more noises in the conference room.

“What’s the meaning of this? How did you find out about-”

Mr. Johnson has no chance of saying more of his statement as Anders quickly said something to the other investors.

“I am giving you the ten percent that you had in my company including the interest for this month,” Anders sarcastically said.

“You can’t do this to me!” Mr. Johnson exclaimed and even hit the table with his fist that made other investor surprised by what he did.

“Yes I can surely do this to you. However, if you wish to fight back, it will not work out. I have gathered all the evidence that you are the one who set up the worst situation on the construction site.”

Anders was smiling at Mr. Johnson saw the rage in him. He knew that it was a fire back on him.

“Now, tell me. All of you, do you think I am not capable of this position for over a decade of spending my life here. Huh! All of you are just nothing without me!”

Then, Anders looked at Mr. Johnson said, ” Stop washing off your sin by committing another sin, think about yourself, family and your daughter who is now in the hospital.”

Anders wanted to speak more but he tried to stop himself for now.

He raised one of his fingers and that made George come to him and told something to his assistant.

Anders just turned his back and walked away.

For him, being a businessman was not only about trusting the people in the company, especially those investors who wanted to suck every inch of you.

He went inside his office and turned the tinted glass wall and made the room sealed once again.

Anders was grateful that George was there for him, the fact that he was always doing his job and helping him to gather those difficult tasks and information was great.

He massaged his temples and let out a heavy sigh and let his back rested on the chair in front of his desk with some papers on top of it.

Not for long, Anders felt the vibration of his phone and that made him open his eyes to see who was calling at him.

Then, he looked at his phone and made him feel more annoyed by it.

“Hi. Anders, your assistant doesn’t want me to be in your office. Are you busy?”

“Let me talk to George,”

“Mr. Winston?”

“Let her in,” he commanded him and in just one swift, Sam entered the room with her sweet smile.

Anders stood up to welcome her and kissed her cheeks.

“So, what brought you here, Sam?” he curiously asked and plastered a smile on his face.

Sam was wearing her tight dress that showed her curves and she made sure that Anders would pay more attention to her body than her face.

She crossed her legs and said, ” Well, I just dropped by and for me to check on you.”

Anders was trying to stop himself to look at her curves and focused only at her face. He made sure that Sam would not notice it.

“I am always fine and as you see healthy as ever,”

Sam laughed about his statement and stood up and looked around his table with her finger sliding on the table. She was using her sexiness and stared at Anders who was trying to resist her all this time

“I really admire you for being witty and smart, Anders.” She moved closer to him and seductively looked at his eyes.

Anders was just acting normal to Sam but deep within his skin. The rage of his shaft was now ready to get laid.

“Well, coming from you was a great pleasure but I am curious why you come back here in this town. I mean your life is not here.”

Then, he saw Sam had suddenly changed her mood and sat on the swivel chair in front of his desk.

“I know,” she sparingly smiled and a sudden silence from her throat made her think about her reasons to stay in the town.

Anders just nodded his head and quietly listened to her story overseas. He could not help himself but to feel pity on her friend; Sam. He knew her since they were young, she was lively and kind hearted most of all a conservative woman.

That was the reason why he was still in shock to see her in this way.

“I understand, but sooner or later you have to be back to your home. You have to handle this situation before it gets big,”

Anders was concerned about Sam. They were friends and their family was close to each other.

“I’m sorry for the interruption, Mr. Winston but your appointment with Mr. Carlisle was about to start at ten minutes.”

George suddenly interrupt them and quickly closed the door.

Anders stood up and opened the door of his office. Then he smiled at Sam and gestured his hand.

Sam quickly stood up and went out of his office.

On the way home, Anders chose to drive himself to his penthouse since it was just a couple of blocks away from his office. The traffic jam was consuming his time as of the moment and that made him feel annoyed but he has no choice but to wait patiently.

Today there was more conflict between him and the company, he kicked out one of his investors and the company was in the face of trouble with the worker who got injured by the accident at the construction site.

He let out a heavy sigh while staring at the lights of the road, waiting for it to turn green so he could arrive at his penthouse and rest his dead body.

When he arrived it was already past ten in the evening and saw Emily was lying on the couch with a remote in her hand and the TV was still on. A smile was now on his face while leaning on her and staring at her peacefully sleeping.

He decided to carry her inside her room and gently put her down. Then, he tucked her in and left the room. Anders grabbed a glass of whisky and poured it on his glass with rocks in it.

This was his way to relax and reflect on what happened today, while thinking of other ways of solution for the company’s future.