Chapter 3: Chapter 3
A deep voice broke the silence of the room as the man in front of me uttered, “Thanks for that. It will be a few minutes, and then we can solve the problem.”
Ashley walked over to the right side of the desk, dropping down her purse to show she didn’t intend to leave. “We won’t be in your way if we stay here, you know.”
“This place is closed,” he replied quietly as his fingers briskly moved about the keyboard.
“We will pay you more,” she cunningly answered him. Ashley made sure to stand next to him, uncomfortably close as she uttered, “Twice as much.”
“For this dump?” the man questioned her from the corner of his mouth. He lifted the computer mouse to navigate his way across the screen, choosing to ignore my friend’s close presence.
“Look!” Ashley exclaimed in a loud tone of voice. “There is no way I am driving two hours back home.”
“Then go find a motel.”
Ashley was not finished with him yet, for she leaned forward and argued, “I don’t think you understand—”
“Oh, I understand perfectly.”
She huffed at him, and I couldn’t help but smile at the man that was steadily getting on my friend’s nerves.
“Damn!” The computer mouse dropped on the table. “I didn’t send it after all.”
“See!”
“You are still not welcome here.”
Ashley turned in a way to lean her back against the table. She made sure to look at me before she shot me a playful wink. “You really going to turn away two single girls,” she stated in a sensual voice. “Two woman that are willing to pay you extra. You must get lonely out here all alone. Why, you can have some company for the night.”
“Not interested.” The man stood to his feet and walked to the darkest corner of the room to create some space. “I’m asking the four of you to leave.”
“I don’t understand,” Ashley complained. “Why can’t you possibly let us stay?”
“I already gave you a reason,” he answered her in a loud tone of voice. “Now, leave.”
Ashley picked up her purse with an undignified huff at the man, and then stormed down the hallway to get away from him. I decided to stay in my seat while my two other friends were steadily leaving the office space as well.
“I’m leaving,” I assured him once he stepped into the light with a darkened expression about him. “I just want to make sure we get our money back.”
“Right.”
“What?”
“Not sure how to do that,” He sheepishly replied. “That’s the administrative staff … higher up people than I.”
“So, that means?”
“I will have to send them an email.”
“You sure you will remember?” I teased him, which brought a large smile to his face.
“Stay here, so I can type it up now,” he suggested. I pushed my chair closer to him, watching him open a new tab so he could type up an email. There was a faint pine odour eradiating from him, as if the deep forestry was in his very essence. He was rugged in his appearance, untamed in a sort of way that matched his brutish mannerisms. I was sure he wasn’t always like this, but I suppose living alone for so long a time would make him that way. “Your friends are always that annoying?” he unexpected rapped out. “Especially that little Miss. Princess?”
“Ashley,” I clarified.
“She thinks she owns everything.”
“It’s her way.”
“She’s rich?”
“Not really, but Ashley comes from a rich family,” I explained.
“She comes in here with designer clothing and waving her wallet at me like she owns the Goddamn world.”
“It’s her way,” I repeated, after I picked up a random pen and let my finger run down it idly. “She doesn’t like the fact that you didn’t cave in.”
“I won’t cave in for nothing,” he jeered with something of a smile. “I like you, though.” He paused his typing to turn his gaze in my direction, letting his mossy green eyes radiate before me. “You’re nice.”
“Thanks.”
He nodded his head slowly at me, and then moved back to show the email that he had just composed. “Read it,” he suggested, and then moved backwards to seat himself at the edge of the desk. His eyes continued to gaze at my face as I read the bright screen, captivated for some unknown reason. “So?”
“It’s fine.” I pointed at the bright screen. “But you might need more details, like how you forgot to email us.”
“Oh.” He let his hand fall over his upper thigh, letting a single finger draw a line from side to side as he looked at me. “Why?”
“We might get compensated for that extra-long drive we took to get here.”
He smirked at me, liking the sassiness I was currently exhibiting in front of him. “I like you,” he stated for the second time. “If I let you folks stay, you will have to promise me one thing.”
“What?”
“Don’t leave your cabin at night.”
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone