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CHAPTER 4: BAD FOR BUSINESS
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“Good morning Cax, you are here again,” said Marvin. I could see that he was not comfortable with women.

“If you want me to leave, I will,” I replied, still doing what I was doing.

I was cleaning his shelves while trying to see if I could sight any document that looked like what the Contractor had said I should get. I have four months for the contract but I would love an early completion of the job. I did not like how the contract was getting complex.

Marvin stood there looking at me while I cleaned. I stared at him a few times and when our eyes met I just smiled and continued doing what I was doing. I saw him sitting down with his gaze still at me. I went straight to him and kissed him. I wanted to stop but he kissed me back. I drew back, took my mop and every cleaning equipment, and left. I knew what I was doing.

This is bad for business! I thought to myself. I don’t need to be emotionally involved with my target. Marvin looked very exposed. I waited a little while to see what Marvin's reaction would be. I guessed he wasn't into me but I was sure he kissed me back. This was what I didn't like about shy men. Now, I don't know whether to make a move or not. I took my mop bucket and went to the store to keep the items when I noticed the mop stick was not among the items.

I quickly removed my panties and rushed to his office. I entered without knocking. He was with his secretary. I quickly grabbed my mop stick.

"I am so sorry I left this here sir. It won't happen again." I said, turning around slowly to take my leave.

"Hold on, you can clean the inner chamber, but you have to wait to let me finish with Mariam. You can not go in there alone," he said with a shaky voice.

It's okay, sir, I am done, she can clean the inner chamber." said Mariam, like she knew what we were about to do.

Nobody would suspect Marvin of being a flirt, he had never been seen with any lady, let alone a cleaner.

Immediately after Marian left, I went straight to the inner chambers as indicated by Marvin. I looked at where I was and was glad my plan was working out. If there was any document to steal, it would be here.

Marvin entered and the door shut immediately after him. He stood there not knowing what to do. I put his hands on my chest in the middle of my cleavage. He shivered and I almost laughed. He placed me gently on the table and quickly found out I had no panties. Now, and at this time, I was wet.

He placed his mouth everywhere he could. He was still shy and I loved it. I stood up and unzipped his trousers and he stopped me!

"We are in the office, we should stop," he said.

"We are alone and, besides, we are in the inner chamber,” I said. By this time I had finished unzipping and started stroking what I saw.

He moaned at each thrust. Well, he could be shy, but no one teaches anyone how to locate the breasts and any valley hole.

He looked at my breasts like he wanted milk to come out of them. I grabbed him and pulled him close to me so that I could feel his every breath and hear every beat his heart made. He started touching every part of me and it was working.

I kissed him gently and he responded. He was a novice but also a fast learner who loved to take charge.

His lips were soft and I pressed my lips to his lips harder this time around as he fumbled with my breast. He gently removed my clothes as if he was asking for the go-ahead. He reached out with his tongue and I nearly fainted. On the floor, he was lying on me with his head on my navel and his legs on my face and we both engaged our lips and tongues on our various spots, at first gently, then faster.

We both finished at the same time. This was the most exciting sex I have had in a while without any genital penetration. It was satisfying.

I lay down looking at him. I could see his well-built body. It looked like someone who had practiced martial arts. I wasn't going to ask him that anyway. I reached out for my clothes and he stopped me, grabbed my right breast, and wanted to kiss me. I told him that I was tired and that I didn’t have the kind of strength he had. It made him happy, I could see the glow on his face like someone who had subdued a kingdom. If only he knew who I was! I rushed down to the store. On my way, I noticed I had left the mop stick again.

When I reached the store, I took out the hidden camera pinned to my dress. I started studying the clips on my phone, and I studied and mastered the inner chamber. I could see a section of what seemed like where very important documents were kept. I have to devise a means of getting there again.

“My mop stick is there,” I said to myself. I felt the mop stick was a lifesaver. I knew I was now in a situation where I needed to make a decision. I need to kill Marvin very quickly so that this feeling will die with him.

I thought of how a shy man could make my love-making fantasies come to reality. This is the man the Contractor wanted me to kill. I knew he was a sweet and caring man and I only killed evil men. I read his father's file, he was nothing close to Marvin yet I had to kill Marvin. His father was assassinating people to get to where he was. Marvin was not like him.

I felt sad for him and very angry that I got myself into a situation where I was emotional about my Target.

As I lay in my bed that night, so many thoughts were on my mind. So, if Marvin did not order a hit on me, then who did? Now, I know I have to get some evidence and I would love to do it fast.

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