A Billionaire's Obsession 2 (BWWM Interracial Romance): His Urges (5 page)

"See? Everyone th
inks those
upstairs guys are stuck up. They're cool, right?" Nick says as he
approaches.

"Come on Nick. Now you know, that Winston was not
always like that." Amanda sets him straight. "I think he found God
overseas or something." Amanda deduces.

"Well, w
hatever it is. He's
pretty cool now. I had a blast with him, and Travis this morning. They're
really shaking things up in here." Nick concludes while the three are
walking out of the building. Renee listens intently.
What is truly happening around here?
Sh
e wonders.

 

CHAPTER 7

 

"You're working late. Does it have something to do
with Melaine's
competition?" Colin asks leaning
on the partition surrounding Renee's desk. Renee immediately looks around to
see if anyone else is still in The Pit. She is alone. Yes, she remained at work
because, not only did Melaine introduce a competition among the g
raphic designers to determine who will work on one of three
upcoming high profile contracts, but she is finishing up an already assigned
project.

"It does have something to do with that." Renee
replies, trying not to look at Colin directly in his eyes.

"
I see." Colin
clears the partition, walks behind Renee
and over to her other side. He leans against her desk.

"What are you doing?" Renee rolls back her chair,
and stands. Colin steps toward her.

"Would you like to join me for dinner?" He asks
calmly. Re
nee sighs.

"No, I would not like to join you for dinner."
Renee responds mocking Colin's tone, and inflections.

"Ok. Raincheck?" Colin offers quickly. Renee
studies his face, but not for too long. She can't afford to get lost in his
green eyes tonight - a
nd in the office.

"Did you brush by me - very closely -
on purpose earlier today?" Renee
was dying to know.

"What if I did?" Colin asks. "Would you
write me up?" He jokes. Renee is trying her best not to smile. She must
conquer. She must win.

"I should g
et back to
work." Renee tells the company founder, and prepares to sit again. Colin
takes her hand, and pulls her closer to him.

"What the heck are you doing?" She says. Her eyes
are on fire. Colin picks up her tote bag from her desk, puts it on her shoul
der, and leads her to the elevator, grasping her left hand,
with his right. Renee is tense, and
can no longer feel her feet. They enter
the empty elevator. Renee takes her position in one deep corner of the
elevator, and Colin remains in the center of the
elevator
gazing into Renee's eyes. After a few short seconds, Colin walks over to the
anxious young woman, and whispers in her ear.

"Every second away from you, is torture." Colin
says impassioned. Suddenly Renee's body goes limp, and Colin begins to kiss
her ever so gently on her lips. She doesn't push him away.
This is NOT how you win Renee.
Plays in her mind. Very soon, the
elevator pings signaling that they've reached the Lobby level. Colin resumes
his position in the center of the elevator, and Renee t
ries her best to stand upright, and appear cool, calm, and collected.
Colin exits the two seconds ahead of Renee.

"Good night Derrick!" Colin waves at the night
guard man. Renee walks briskly past Colin, trying to
grab the elevator in the lobby, down to
t
he parking level, before he can join her. Just as
the elevator door is about tot close, Colin prevents it with one hand. Renee is
breathing heavily. She does not want the kiss to happen again. Colin smiles at
her. She steps back into the elevator until she
can't
anymore.

"Stay away from me!" She warns Colin. Colin is
alarmed.

"Renee...I...I'm not trying to hurt you." Colin
says calmly, and with kindness in his voice. "I'm sorry!" Renee
swallows hard. She doesn't know what to believe, but this can't be hap
pening. He's Colin Winston. He's a billionaire, and the
founder of the company she enjoys working at with Melaine, Amanda, and Nick.

"I can't do this! Please...please stay away from
me." Renee's voice cracks. She begins to cry. The elevator opens on her p
arking level, and she runs out past Colin. Colin runs after
Renee. Renee walks vehemently toward her car. She looks back, and notices Colin
following her. She attempts to get her car keys out of her tote bag. In her
haste, she drops the car keys on the gro
und. Colin
reaches for the keys, and hands them to her. A wide, and teary eyed Renee,
stares at Colin. He holds on to her hand, with the keys in it.

"Renee..." Before he can say anything Renee
speaks up.

"Look Colin, I take my job here very seriously. I c
an't let you take that from me. I wouldn't!" Renee
says firmly. Colin is speechless. He watches as Renee climbs into her vehicle.
He steps forward to secure the driver's door shut.

"Renee, don't leave like this. You're upset. Let me
take you home." Renee i
s fuming. She starts the
car, and motions to reverse out of her spot. Colin relents, and steps back. He
watches as Renee drives out of the parking structure, very emotional.

***

At home in his expansive penthouse apartment, located ten
blocks west of the downtown BYWINSTON building, Colin is unable to settle down.
He sits at his stainless steel, elevated kitchen countertop with a glass of
tea,
trying to
calm down. His thoughts bou
nce back and forth like a
tennis ball.
Why the heck did I do that? Renee is simple, yet deep.
Beautiful like a supermodel, yet a real woman. I've forgotten. I haven't felt
this way in many years. How can I make things better?

Colin puts down his tea, and
begins
to pace his entire spacious kitchen. He eventually reaches for his metallic
silver phone, hanging on the wall in his kitchen. He dials Renee's cell phone
number, which he secured from the human resources department. There is no
answer. He returns th
e phone to its cradle.
"Damn!" He exclaims. He considers contacting Melaine, but is fully
aware of how protective she will be. "Not in the mood for a lecture
tonight."

Colin walks into his den containing a pool table, and
humungous "L" shaped black leathe
r couch.
He plops down into the couch. "I have to fix this!" Colin resorts to
"old tricks". He begins ordering numerous bouquets of flowers to be
delivered to Renee's apartment just before she leaves for work in the morning,
and just before just arrives ho
me in the evening.
Colin kept this going for the next week. He strategically stays clear of Renee
in the BYWINSTON building. He wants her to realize that he's serious about
respecting her wishes. He's staying away from her...For now.

***

Renee has thrown
herself into her
work. She is giving her full attention to designing art work for a client, and
for the in-house competition simultaneously. Every emotion, every thought
regarding Colin, is applied to her tasks. Amanda is excited about the
opportunity to s
core another high profile client,
although she wishes she could work in collaboration with
Amanda again.

"Whatcha up to?" Amanda asks, almost sitting on
Renee's desk. Renee is that focused. She doesn't respond. "Hey!
Wainwright! Earth calling Wainwright"
Amanda
leans in, and speaks directly into Renee's right ear. Renee rolls her eyes.

"What do you want Amanda? Don't you have a competition
to prepare for?" Renee says lackluster.

"I am preparing. This is called 'taking a break to
recuperate'. A concept tha
t you are clearly
unfamiliar with." Amanda teases.

"Leave me alone Amanda. I just want to work."
Renee responds uninterested in Amanda's banter. Amanda examines her friend's
demeanor.

"Ok Wainwright, you win. I'm going back to my desk,
but if you'd ever l
ike to talk, you know where my
cube is." Amanda pats Renee on the right shoulder, and heads back to
her place in The Pit.

***

Renee's focused hard work pays off. She is awarded one of
the high profile projects as a result of the competition. The non-profi
t organization
Cherished Friends
aids sick pets belonging to
impoverished owners, and helps stray cats, and dogs to find homes. Renee who is
a pet lover herself, and would have one if she was allowed to at her building,
is ecstatic about the project. She f
eels fortunate to
be able to combine her two loves.

Cherished Friends
is funded by a very wealthy benefactor
who has chosen to remain very well hidden in the background. As a result, no
one knows who he or she is. When Renee was named one of the 3 finalis
ts for the project, she pitched her ideas to the Executive
Director, Beverly Harmon and Public Relations Manager, Natalia Lopez of
Cherished Friends.
They appreciated Renee's sensitivity
toward the needs of the animals. She went above, and beyond to recomm
end community engagement activities that incorporated her
design. She was also forward thinking, and enlisted Nick, and his team to
develop a short documentary about the organization. The
Cherished Friends
personnel
ate
it all up.

The group's overwhelming
approval
of Renee led to them inviting her to participate with organizing their
launch/press event at the Barboa Hotel in the city. For four weeks, Renee
worked part time with CF, and part
time at BYWINSTON. She barely saw
Amanda, who was attached to her
own high profile
project via the competition. Renee checked in with Melaine every day but did
not see her every day. She did see Nick when he visited
Cherished Friends
offices with her to record video
footage, and tape interviews which Renee produced herse
lf. However, there was no interaction between Renee, and Colin except for
the flowers he did continue to arrange to be left for her, each morning and
each evening.

The morning of the
Cherished Friends
press event arrived like a thief in the
night.

"Where
did the days, and
weeks go?" Renee remarks to herself while packing a bag of
paraphernalia decorated with her designs
for the occasion. "I can't wait to snuggle some of those puppies."
Renee is beyond ecstatic to be apart of this project. The freedom that
she's been given to think, and operate
"outside-the-box" has made her joy quotient level soar beyond her own
belief. Renee proudly, and excitably walks out of her apartment with three
large shopping bags in tow. Some other items are already packed in the
trunk of her car.

Renee crosses her threshold into the
building's hallway. She takes a deep
breath, places her bags on the floor, then picks up another bouquet left
outside her door, and places it inside of her apartment. "When this is all
said, and done,
Got to get the recent bouquets home
to Mom." Renee whispers, and closes her door shut. After the first week of
receiving the flowers, Renee begun to give it away to neighbors, and local
shopkeepers in her neighborhood. Renee even took a flower into work f
or Amanda one day. She only told her, "This is for
always busting my balls, keeping me on my toes."

"Very funny!..But thanks!" Amanda responded, and
the women laughed out loud.

***

Set up is on the way at the Barboa Hotel. Renee and the CF
team are busil
y executing their belabored plans with
the utmost precision, in one of the hotel's ball rooms, that Saturday morning.
Renee appears to be on cloud 9. She is smiling from ear to ear, and is openly
enthusiastic as pets begin to arrive with their
destitute ow
ners,
and other rescued animals enter the event space. She walks over, and stoops
down next to a small black, white, and brown beagle and begins to pet him.
"
Cherished Friends
is going to take great care of you
girl, yes they are!"  Renee soon resumes her
standing position, and introduces herself to the dog's owner. Just then,
CF Public Relations Manager, Natalia Lopez approaches.

"Every thing looks absolutely wonderful Renee. The
banners, the give-a-ways, the seal for the podium, all with your design, look
s spectacular. We couldn't have done this without you, and
your vision." Natalia tells Renee overjoyed. "I mean it when I say to
you that you have accomplished beyond what we could have ever imagined."
Renee bows her head, pleased with the feedback but als
o
humbled that she could make such an impact. She doesn't consider herself to be
special, but she does love what she does, and it drives her.
Still, her innate creativity, and
passion combined causes her to be a remarkable force of nature.

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