The CEO's Painted Skin

Reba surveyed Catherine's body up and down the moment she entered her office. She's been dying to see this woman that caught her employers attention.

"Good morning Maam Reba, I'm here for the interview." Catherine showed her most pleasing smile to the interviewer.

"Sit down Catherine." Reba motioned for the girl to sit down on the chair facing her.

"You work previously in the Yummy Diners Restaurant for only two months?"

"Yes Maam," she answered.

"Why did you left your previous job?"

"I just want to work in your prestigious hotel, Maam," replied Catherine.

"Hmm, do you have a boyfriend now?" asked Reba.

"Huh?" asked Catherine. She was not expecting this kind of question from the interviewer.

Reba saw the confusion in the girl's eyes.

"I am asking if you are into a relationship with someone right now?" she paraphrased her question.

Catherine shook her head. "I don't have a boyfriend, am not into a relationship right now, Maam."

Then a tiny nagging voice screamed inside her head...What about John?'

She pushed the tiny voice into the deep recesses of her mind.

Reba stared at the girl she was interviewing. So this girl and her boss is not yet officially a couple? Strange, yet the way her boss had spoken about her anyone might think she is already his girlfriend. She was really curious why their boss fancies this woman to the point of calling her 'his woman.'

She finally understood why...Catherine exudes an aura of alluring charm, beauty, and innocence. Truly a captivating combination.

"Do you have a mole in your genitals?" Reba asked out of the blue.

"Huh?" Catherine's brows knitted together. For the life of her, she can't understand what the woman asked her about. Does she mean her crotch down there, does it have a mole?

"Answer me...Catherine, don't worry we are the only one here in my room," she winks, smirking at the girl who is now showing confusion in her face.

Catherine's astonishment grows with each passing seconds. "Maam, I haven't seen what it looks down there. I'm not sure if I have a mole. I'm not really interested to know if I have a mole in there or not," she said wanting to wipe the smirk on the woman's face but she dared not.

Reba grinned. "You know why I asked you? Because you have this type of beauty that men finds attractive and hard to resist. They say women who attract men like a magnet has a mole in their genitals. I just want to know and am curious," she laughed.

Catherine is now fidgeting on her chair showing discomfort in front of the woman who interviews her.

Reba saw Catherine's feeling of uneasiness, she finally concluded to herself that this girl is indeed a treasure worth keeping based on her employer's reaction to the woman's work application when they talk over the phone.

She can no longer think of anything to ask the applicant. She has to let her go because with or without interview she was already hired.

"You will have your orientation today, you will start working at 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM shift starting tomorrow. You will be given a uniform later. As for your work, you will be responsible for replenishing toiletries in each room on the fourth floor. I already assigned somebody to trained you. Wait at the lobby someone will go to you. Congratulations Miss Ramirez, you're hired!"

"Thank you so much, Maam!" replied Catherine beaming.

"You can go now." Reba watched the young woman exited her room. Catherine is indeed a very attractive young lady. As a lesbian herself, she was smitten with her beauty right away. Now she knows why her boss was smitten by the girl's beauty. If her boss hadn't taken a liking with the lass, she will pounce on her for sure.

She swipes on her cell phone to call her boss.

"Reba..."

"I'm done talking with your girl...Sir," said Reba.

"And...?"

"She doesn't know if she had a mole in her genital..." There was a burst of loud laughter on the other line.

John frowned. "Huh? What the hell you're talking about?!"

"I asked her if she has a mole down there because she's so damn attractive!"

John finally grasps what Reba meant to say. It's been known in the man's world that a woman who has a mole in their genital were swarmed by men. He had known Reba as a lesbian woman, she was his schoolmate during his college days.

"Reba, I warned you that girl is mine. Don't you dare nurture any notion towards her or else I will fire you right away," he said furiously.

"I know Sir," Reba replied meekly.

"Assign Catherine to clean the presidential suite twice a week. From now on, make her the in charge of cleaning my suite. I will be visiting the hotel every now and then. Every time I am there, just tell her I am a special guest, got it?"

"Copy, loud and clear! Anything else, Sir?"

"That's all for now," he ended the call.

John called Allan on his cell phone.

"Allan..."

"Yes, Sir."

"No need to spy on Catherine anymore. She will be working on the Marigold Hotel from now on. Come back here in Makati today."

"Yes copy Sir!"

He ended his call to Allan.

A smug smile appeared on John's face.

Now that Catherine is far from that guy Jerome, he doesn't have to worry much. He can sleep well at night knowing Catherine has no suitor anymore to pester her for a date.

Once a week interaction with Catherine is not enough for him. Now that Catherine is an employee in one of his hotel, he can visit the hotel anytime he wants and sees her on a regular basis. He wants to have his presence constantly imprinted in her mind. If she will get used to his presence it will be easy for him to court her and shower her with his love and attention. With his constant nurturing and grooming of her, she will one day develop tender feelings towards him and hopefully, she will learn to fall in love with him in a gradual manner.

That's the current plan. Hopefully no other conflict will arise and sabotage his plan in the coming days.