ETHAN CARTER
Tongue tied. That's one word to put my current situation.
It was chuckle worthy moment but at the same time questions ran through my mind as to what Aliya was doing hiding behind the curtain.
I remember how her emerald green eyes widened as she stared at my manhood. It was as if her heart jumped out of her body the moment she saw it.
I didn't know what to feel. The fact that she had seen me naked didn't bother me at all because she was the one at fault.
I could have punched or hurt her thinking that she was a thief. Rather even as I went to the bathroom to take the much needed shower, her expression lingered in my mind.
How her eyes dove into mine guiltily, how hard she clutched her dust rag taking in my naked self infront of her and how fast she had ran before I said anything.
I let out a small chuckle. Who knew Aliya Maria Fernanda Torres actually got scared of seeing a naked man?
Unless...was I the first man she had ever seen naked? Was she-a virgin?
Ofcourse not. Aliya Torres, just like Jai said was beautiful and hot, surely she had men crawling onto her bed like ants.
The thought of her being a virgin in a sick kind of way made me hard. Even as I stroked my length, I tried thinking of Crystal. It was wrong jerking off while thinking about my maid.
Aliya, of all people!
Everytime I tried thinking about Crystal, I found myself asking about little things about Aliya.
For example, how did her boyfriend handle her. She seemed quite the handful.
I remember seeing her boyfriend back in the hospital. They seemed cozy together. He was a tall guy with brown hair. He seemed like the type of guy who works on the sales department of some company.
At that moment, they were hugging while they talked about Aliya's mother. They never kissed or anything but I could see the love tension coming off from both of them.
Which led me to the next question? Did her boyfriend know she was working for me? And why she was doing so?
Knowing Aliya she must have told me everything starting with how arrogant she assumed I was.
Ten minutes later, I was putting on a casual pair of Levis faded jeans, a black t-shirt and an oversized brown trench coat incase the weather turned sour.
I took the duffel bag from my bed, going to my drawer to get one watch. I always had a watch on my wrist. I don't know, I guess it's something I picked up from my mother.
My rare collection of Rolex watches all twirled as I tried to choose one for the trip. Just by the right top corner I noticed something.
The crystal blue watch I got from the Maldives was gone. I searched for it down the other two drawers and I didn't find it.
My brows quirked with suspicion.
"Aliya. She must have taken it!" I growled.
Is that why she ran? Here, I thought that she ran because she was scared of seeing me naked but the on the contrary, she ran because she made away with my watch.
I didn't have time for this, so I picked one watch taking my bag and heading downstairs.
By the time arrived at the foot of the stairs, Mila was already standing there waiting for me. She had something wrapped in a brown bag in her hands.
I glared behind Mila looking for Aliya but she was not there. Did she think she would steal from me and I wouldn't know?
I knew where and how much everything in this house was.
And that particular watch, a Rolex White Gold Pave Diamond Dial Ruby Bezel Daytona cost me a whooping one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. I simply couldn't believe that after giving her job she would think of stealing from me.
But what could I expect? She was just random girl from the streets and those particular kind never changed.
"Here, have this",Mila stretched out the brown bag to me and I took it distractedly.
"What's this?" I asked curiously trying to feel and shake the huge bag that looked as if it had a bottle of wine and some cheese.
"Ah-ah, it's for the trip. A couple of good old charms to protect you during the trip and that everything goes accordingly. Open it when you board the plane",Mila said cheekily.
"And Aliya. Have you seen her by any chance?" I asked.
"Ethan my boy. Give the girl a moment to rest, she has been here for a day and you are already treating her like a slave. Whatever you have to say to her, you'll tell her when you come back for your trip"
"But I-"
"No buts. Time is of the essence",she pushed.
Kicked me out of my own house was more like it. I had no choice but to leave but first thing I was back, I would have to fire Aliya.
I never liked untrustworthy employees and much less the ones that stole from me.
I should have never hired her to begin with.
The ride to my private hangar was nothing but short and quiet.
I didn't want to say anything to Jai partly because if I brought the topic about Aliya, he would constantly remind me that hiring her wasn't the right choice.
"Fly safe",Jai gave me a pat on the shoulder hopping into the car and driving back to the house.
Within an hour, I was in the confines of my private jet pouring myself a glass of wine. My eyes flung across the brown bag resting on the brown leather seat.
Curiosity ate the better of me and I found myself trying to open the bag.
Inside the bag were some charms, one rosary and a huge ugly sweater beneath them. I didn't need a genius to know Mila had packed all these thinking of my well being.
Just down the brown bag, lay something wrapped in a white handkerchief. I took out the handkerchief in my hands unfolding it to find my missing Rolex watch and a neatly folded note by the side.
I dropped all the things on the next seat, slowly unfolding the paper.
Dear Sir Ethan Carter,
I know what you must think of me now, that am a thief who took your Rolex watch without your permission.
This letter is to clarify that am no thief. I went into your room to clean everything when I stumbled upon your watch collection. One of it was dirty so I picked it up to clean it.
Okay, that was a white lie. I picked the watch because I was amazed by it and when I heard you coming, I was scared. So I ran and I hid behind the curtains.
God knows, I didn't mean to spy on you while you-you did your thing. And when you caught me red handed and I saw you. The whole you, I panicked because I had never seen a naked man before.
I was also intimidated by the fact that you would call the cops on me had you realised the watch was on my wrist at the moment.
Which is why, I wrote you this letter to clarify that I, Aliya Torres am not a thief and I would think of stealing from you considering the already huge debt I owe you.
With that said, I wish you a nice flight boss. Mila mentioned something about you flying to the Philippines, now I've never been there but I hope you take a minute to enjoy the scenery.
Your servant, Aliya Torres
Ps: I never saw anything in your room. I never saw you naked and I would prefer if we forgot about it.
And the note ended. I reread it again holding the watch in my hands amusedly.
She hadn't stolen it, I jumped into conclusions about her. Just what was it about Aliya Torres that seemed amusing?
The fact that she was brutally honest or the fact that she was one particular redhead that managed to make me smile twice in a day?
I reread the statement again,
'And when you caught me red handed and I saw you. The whole you, I panicked because I had never seen a naked man before'
She had never seen a naked man before meaning that a) I was the first man she saw naked and b)she hadn't slept with her boyfriend meaning that she was a virgin.
The thought of it, had me smiling as I flew all the way to the Philippines.
I couldn't wait to return home and indirectly ask her about it. I had a feeling she really didn't know what she had confessed in the letter and it thrilled me.
"I'll see you soon, Aliya Torres"
