Episode 10

Be Seductive

Scarlett

After hours of training during our last lesson on Acting like a lady 2 weeks ago which was a total mess, I decided that we should take a break, at least for a couple of days.

But my stay in this house was starting to cause me to shake a little after what happened when Andrew whispered those words in my ear. It made me a bit uncomfortable at first but later on it sort of felt good.

But none of that was true right? If he did find me attractive, then he would have made a move. But all what he does is bring more women into the house.

No clear your head girl, get it straight. No deviating from the plan. Don’t forget that you cannot like him. But I got to admit, he was a bit fine. And the one month I spent with him wasn’t all that bad. If we were not cursing at each other then he was behaving like a horny creep.

I cleaned the house and got into Andrew’s car. He barely said much as I did what I always do, jam up.

When we got to the office, people starred at us like it was the first time they had seen us before. Well it had actually reduced. When we first moved in the kind of stares we had from everyone here was like we were walking on a red carpet. So at least even though I might not walk on one, I had a fell.

“Hey there bestie” Simon said as I kissed him on the check.

“Am good. You, what did you do with your weekend?”

“Apart from waiting for you to get laid, nothing much” he said then I rolled my eyes.

“Seriously. I don’t see that happening. Besides he brings more women I than I can count to the house almost everyday”.

“If you say so. It’s like he wants to see you” Simon said then I looked above his head and saw Pamela walking towards us.

“Morning Miss Pierce. Mr. Price wants to see you in his office”

“Alright, I’ll be right there”

Simon clears his throat and I turn and give him an angry look that indicated, shut the hell up before I rip your throat out. And he knew I could do it, so he withdrew.

I walked into Andrew’s office and he seemed so busy and he did not look like he had realized I had walked in.

As I was about to speak he began to speak.

“Scarlett I can see you, so don’t bother yourself”

“Okay Mr. Price”

Then he raised his eyes and smiled, “have I told you that I like the way you call my name. It’s… soft”.

He said now standing up and walking towards me. I couldn’t help it but move back a little, then he stopped a few distance away from me.

“But instead of addressing me formally all the time, you treat me like your slave boy! Give me a lot of work to do which is teaching you how to love. And to top it all, you have turned me to a tenant in my own home”. He said shouting trying to put a serious face on and he looked kinda cute doing that.

No not cute, not cute. I stopped smiling before he could see it, so he wouldn’t feel on top of the roof.

He smiles. “But today is payback time. You are so going to work your ass off today then we would have our last lesson. Be seductive”. He said with a wicked smile on his face, then a grin.

I stood still in my spot while I watched him as he returned to his sit. I was going to play one of his own cards. Act like a lady.

So I adjusted my top then prepared for a walk of a life time. I started walking the way he said a woman should do to get a man’s attention. I saw his eyes go down from my head to my feet and he smiled in amusement like he had already figured out what I was up to. I didn’t want to work.

But as I approached him his gaze became intense and direct on me and it made me lose focus and I fell. But before I hit the ground I felt a pair of firm hands wrapped around my waist, holding me firmly. Damn his hands were firm. I not going to fall down now that’s for sure. But I start to hiccup.

“Now sweet heart, am thinking that you are liking the feel of my arms” he said

“and what makes you think so?” I say in between the hiccups.

“because the grip you have on my neck is pretty tight”. He said and then I realised that I was the only one holding and he had removed his hands from my waist. I immediately removed mine from his neck then stood straight. Then a smirk formed on his face

“If I didn’t know better I would have said that you were holding on a little longer intentionally”

I scoffed, who does he think he is. “I highly disagree”.

And as we continued in our usual word battle of cursing and insults. Some lady barged into his office like she put the door there herself.

From the way she dressed she was no joke. She wore a pink short gown, just a bit above her knees. She wore some fine pencil heels and had this beautiful pearls ear-ring on. She was in one word hot.

“Andrew Price does someone need an invitation to see you” she said with a calm beautiful voice.

The instant he saw her, he got up and quickly went to hug her. He locked her in his arms tightly and felt like she could almost not breathe.

After they were done with their hug, I saw Andrew smile as he looked at me then walked back to his desk. It then hit me that it was because of the frown which I didn’t realize I had on my face. Yes, it came to my face from wondering who she was to him. For the first time I saw him hug someone like he missed them badly. It made me feel a little uneasy.

“Stop wondering Scarlett, she’s my sister. Scarlett meet my elder sister Stephanie. Stephanie, Scarlett Price, my maid” he said putting emphasis on my elder sister. Wait, scratch that. Did he just call me his maid.

“Yes I did” he said like he read my mind or the expression on my face. “Um, meet us at this address in two hours, we have some catching up to do”. He said then gave me the paper were he wrote the address on.

“Nice meeting you Scarlett. Well I guess we will be seeing each other more often” Stephanie said as she walked out with Andrew.

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Today was no joke at all. Andrew is indeed a man of his words.

I worked my ass off.

The seductive lesson was just too much to handle. I had to walk elegantly, like I was going to win a pageant or something, what was left was to wave my hands like Miss America or Queen Elizabeth. After that I had to flaunt myself like some cheap prostitute trying to turn them on. At some point it was working but when some of them touched me, the hiccups started and spoiled the whole show.

Andrew kept shouting and yelling at me. When I wasn’t looking he was hitting on other girls instead of concentrating on me. But when he wasn’t hitting on other girls he was having a good time with his sister. I for one never thought that he would or could be that friendly. He was so happy and playful. I had never seen him like that before for the whole one month we’ve been living together.

I was so exhausted from all the day’s work, so by evening after taking my shower I went to bed. Only to wake up by 12am feeling a bit hungry or craving for something I wasn’t sure of but I figured that it was yogurt, so I headed to the kitchen to get myself some frozen yogurt. I got to the kitchen, I opened the fridge, picked my yogurt and walked out of the kitchen humming. But as I was leaving, something caught my attention, there was someone sitting there on one of the stools, shirtless.

Oh my God someone broke in.

“Who the hell are you? get out before I call the cops. Andrew!” I shouted preparing to get physical depending on what he did next.

“Yes” he answered with a calm voice.

What I’m confused what was he saying.

“Am the owner of the house” he said firmly “you asked who the hell am I” he added taking note of my confusion. Then it hit me, it was Andrew.

“Oh...”

“Oh...”

“Andrew?”

“Scarlett”

I laugh nervously as he snaps his fingers and the lights come one. This always seemed to amaze me no matter how many times, I saw it.

“You’ve been in this house for a month now, get used to it” He said

“I really wish I could. So what are you doing here?”

“Um I don’t know, robing my own house maybe?” he said sarcastically

“nice one. Real smooth” I said as he laughed.

“So let me ask you a question” he said when he was done laughing. “Why do you always keeping hiccuping, like every time?” he asked

“Well it’s sort of a disease. Anxiety. Just like some people might have tremors or sweaty palms I have hiccups. It happens when I feel a bit tensed, embarrassed, scared or uncomfortable especially when am around the opposite sex” I say as he listens keenly.

The next thing I saw was him standing in front of me as he leaned closer like he was about to kiss me. I got a bit uncomfortable and I tried to suppress my hiccups but they still came out.

He then whispered in my ear, “you mean at times like this?” he asked and I didn’t know when I said yes. He smiled then withdrew.

I was so shocked and speechless.

“What the hell, I just told you…”

“Yeah I know, I was just checking” he said with a smirk on his face and all I could see was me slapping the shit out of his face till it took that smile off his face.

“I had a nice sharing time. We should do it more often. Besides, we have 4 months and some weeks to go” he said as he stood up to leave.

“And oh, please enjoy the view” he said the that’s when I remembered that he was shirtless.

And he did look fine under the shirt just as imagined.

After I was satisfied with the amount of yogurt I had taken, I kept the rest in the fridge and went to my room. As I was about to cover myself with my blanket, a really soft and fluffy a gift from Mr. Price, I got a call from Naomi.

“Hey babes, I thought your mates are asleep at 2 in the morning?”

“So are yours. I woke up and couldn’t sleep so I thought to check if you were up so maybe I could get some gist that could make me sleep. So tell me how are things over there?

“No lets start with you. It’s been a month now, so how is weeding planing?” I asked

“Well apart from it eating my time, resources and soul, it’s been going well” she said and it made me laugh a little.

“Well don’t complain, your the one who wants a golden weeding. Besides you have 2 more months left. Just make good use of it” I said the she laughed but it gradually turned to a growl.

“So what about you?” she asked

“What about me. Am just there on this side” I said

“What do you mean that you are just there. For crying out loud you are living with Andrew freaking Price and you are just there. By now you both should have shagged up!” she shouted.

Like I said life and death situations. Such as this.

“Okay lets get this straight. Firstly, am not some cheap prostitute. I don’t just go about sleeping with people. I have to at least like you even though it’s friendly” I said

“So what you are telling me is that you are not even friends! What the hell Pierce!”

“Look we barely even talk to each other, well apart from this night I don’t think we’ve really talked about anything that isn’t work related” I say and I can hear Naomi sigh over the phone probably with a look on her face which says, what sort of crazy bitch do I have for a friend?

“Okay, so what you are telling me is that if, if you like him or maybe worst comes to worst if you fall in love with him then you are going to sleep with him?”

I laugh out loud “what is funny” Naomi asked

“You. Can you hear yourself. I mean what makes you think I would fall for that ass hole. Yes I will admit he is fine and has a nice body and all…’ I was saying the she cut me shut.

“You’ve seen his body, go girl!” she shouted

“Focus Naomi. That’s not the point. The point is that no matter what happens or how close we get am not falling for him. I just come out of a messed up relationship with some dump ass and am not planing to go into another one with another dump ass. We can barely look at each other in the eyes and you want us to fall in love? Girl please. Check in the next life to come and it will still be the same” I concluded, letting out a little laugh.

“Well I really don’t care but before you come back here or before the next time I see you, you should have gotten laid… With Price or am kicking you out. And I mean it. Good night babes, or morning, which ever it is” she said as I laughed at what she said and as she ended the call.

She is going to be waiting for a long time.

Andrew Price. I said as I scoff then drift to sleep.