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The dictionary
Everyone has left the company. Normally, the partners will rush everyone out of the office to save on electricity costs. There's no need for anyone to work overtime like those big companies. Our key task is to create content, which can be done anywhere, including at home. It's as if we just rent the office so that we have a studio to take clips and meet with big clients. It makes us look more professional.
I stay on, saying that I have editing work I have to get done, and my computer at home is too slow for it. No one questions my excuse and leaves me to be. Aontakarn stays with me because she's still shocked as well.
It's shocking to see people make out in all possible positions in the fresh. Puth's voice and posture are still stuck in my head.
"Kam."
"…"
We remain silent. Honestly, I don't think Aontakarn is angry with me anymore. She just doesn't know how to suddenly change her position. She was sulking and jealous before she found out that the new hire was actually Puth's lover. So, her reaction right now is what you call 'falling flat on her face'.
She can't flip and change positions in time. She also can't go on ahead... That's so cute.
"What does Aontakarn mean?"
When asked that, Aontakarn turns to look at me and frowns in confusion.
"Why do you suddenly ask that? It means darkness... ops." The petite woman covers her mouth with her hand when she realizes that she's supposed to still be sulking. "Geez."
I want to roll her and cat her up. my little Awww.
"Really?"
"Yes"
"I don't think it means that."
"Ifs my name; how can I not know what it means... Go open the dictionary, the formal one."
"I used the dictionary."
"What does it mean in your dictionary if not darkness, then?"
"Aontakarn means cute."
The petite woman presses her lips together and looks another way. But I can tell from her voice that she's trying not to smile.
"That's an old line."
"I already used that? I don't remember." I scratched my cheek embarrassingly. Yet Aontakarn goes along, as if she knows what I will say next.
"Which dictionary did you use?"
"Chris's dictionary."
"…"
"I'm trying to reconcile with you."
"…"
"Awww."
"…"
"MY Aontakarn."
"I'm not sulking anymore!" The sweet-faced woman eventually admits that she can't keep her composure anymore. She turns her chair to face me and kicks my shin lightly. "You know that I go soft when you do that, so you keep doing it."
"It hurts." I lift my leg and rub it pitifully, but I laugh as I do that. I move my chair closer to the sulky person and pull her cheek. "Don't sulk so much. You're so jealous; I feel like I'm as beautiful as Poo Praiya."
"Kam wasn't mad because you talked to Earn. Karn was mad because you don't want others to know about us... I'm angry again, talking about this. It's just a bit less than in the afternoon because you said that I was cute."
Though she no longer sulks, she's still keeping up her act. I smile slightly and poke her arm to try to get on her good side.
"You heard what Puth said."
"Why did you have to say that? Why can't people who work here date? Why make things difficult?"
"Puth said he was going to hit on you!"
"…"
"I didn't like that. I have been possessive of you since then." I sit with my back hunched, feeling desperate. "I didn't think that everyone would take it so seriously. I didn't think Puth had to go as far as go to make out at the fire escape..."
Everything goes silent again when we think about what happened at the fire escape. I cover my mouth and make a sobbing voice.
"I don't dare to go home. How can I look at my brother ever again?"
His posture and moan made me realize that I'd never known that my brother is so strong that he can lift a woman and...
"Your face is so red, Chris."
"The images of Puth and Earn making out are flooding my head. Sob."
"Just think of it as a porn movie."
"But my brother isn't in those movies." I grab my hair and sigh. "I can't look Puth in the face. Not any time soon, for sure."
"I have to admit that..." Aontakarn stops there, which grabs my interest.
"That?"
"Puth is hot."
"Kam!" I almost scream. It makes the sweet-faced one laugh out loud. She cradles my cheeks in her palms.
"Your face is so hot. You will have a heart attack."
"Why did you say such a thing?"
"Believe me... he's not as good as you."
"Huh?"
"Especially his tongue."
"You're so naughty, little Awww... Wait, what are you doing?" Suddenly, the petite woman kneels down on the floor. I know what she's about to do, but I want to be sure because it's all of a sudden. "This is our office."
"You made me angry today."
"If you're angry, why are you kneeling down on the floor?"
"I want to be the one in control... Come to think of it, doing it at the office is exciting. Puth can do it, so can we."
"But..."
"Lift yourself up."
Like I said earlier, Aontakarn tends to be very authoritative when we're in bed or making out. Sometimes, I let her be. Sometimes, I rebel. It depends on my mood and the situation. But I comply easily this time because I think that it's exciting too.
No one is here... It's interesting to try.
We don't talk much. Aontakarn is in a hurry. She immediately tasted me. But no matter how much of a hurry she's in, she's still gentle and gives me pleasure along the way until I'm the one who can't wait. I grab her hair to indicate that I want her to stay at that spot longer and not move anywhere else to break my mood.
Don't leave me hanging...
"Ah…"
I separate my legs wider, though they're already quite wide. The sweet-faced woman tastes, indulges, and teases slowly until my body is telling me to beg her to go faster.
Faster...
"Karn... Karn... Good, it's so good..." I can't breathe. Though I'm just sitting still, it's as if I'm running a marathon and am about to reach the finish line. When Aontakarn sees that I'm aroused, she's full of confidence. She stops focusing on where she should be and moves elsewhere. It leaves me hanging...
"Don't tease."
"I don't want you to be done."
"We can go another round."
"Right..." The sweet-faced woman smiles at me and goes down to where she should be again. This time, the soft tongue is doing its work diligently. She sucks and nibbles. When my body has reached its peak, it releases. And Aontakarn takes it all in without any hesitation.
I lift my head up. My head is blank. I slowly open my eyes to look at the ceiling and see what I've never seen before.
What's that?
"Karn."
The sweet-faced woman, who's about to go another round, doesn't reply. It makes me, who's starting to realize what's on the ceiling, immediately drop my legs and grab Aontakam's hair.
"Stop, Karn... We can't continue."
"What? Why do you sound so... shocked..."
When the person beneath me looks up at where I'm looking, she's as shocked as I am. There is a brand new security camera that I've never known is there and directed at my desk, the place where Aontakarn and I just finished our activity.
"A security camera." The sweet-faced woman covers her mouth with her hand, stunned. All my rising emotions dispersed. There's none of it left, except for the shock. "Since when?"
"I think, just recently." I bite my lips tightly and sob inside, where no one can hear my sobbing but me.
WTF!
We split up after we talked for a bit. I intend to ask Puth when the security camera was installed and who has access to it. As soon as I get home, I see my brother. He's wearing a boxer without a shirt on. He walks down from upstairs because my mom wants to watch Netflix but doesn't know how to use it.
That problematic boxer makes me unable to take my eyes off my brother's private part.
"What are you looking at, sis?"
"An upstanding citizen (position)."
"What?"
"Huh..." I drop my jaw and quickly try to regain my composure. I don't have to touch my face to know that it must be bright red because I'm feeling hot from the tip of my hair to the hair on my feet.
Do we have hair on our feet...
"I'm looking at what's the matter with you to be walking around the house with just a boxer on."
"The weather in Thailand is too hot. Why are you just home? Don't tell me you were editing until now."
"A... Ah-huh."
"You're so diligent. You're very fitting to be a business owner." Puth whistles and does something with the remote control for our mother, like the very up-to-date person he is. I pause a bit before I muster up the courage to ask him a question.
"Since when do we have security cameras in our office?"
"Just yesterday." Puth quicky turns to brag proudly. "I bought it. I was at Klong Thom21. The price online is 1,600 Baht, but I got it for only 999 Baht. Isn't that cool?"
21A place where you can buy all sorts of gadgets at a good price.
I bite my lips tightly. I want to place my foot on his face as he winks proudly at me. He has no idea what kind of pressure I'm under right now.
"What's there to steal at our office? Why do we need security cameras?"
"There's nothing to steal, but it looks cool and professional."
"How many are there?"
"One."
"Just one, and it's on my head?" I scream. It makes Puth laugh at me.
"Yes. I put it there. From your corner, we can see the entire office. Moreover, the only thing that's of any value in our office is your Mac. I obviously have to put the camera there."
My brother is such an idiot. Why does it have to be there where Aontakarn and I just ate!
My heart is racing. I don't know how to proceed, so I just keep asking to get more information.
"How does the camera work?"
"You're very inquisitive."
"Can't I ask?"
"Why do you want to know about it that much... It's like all other security cameras. It's able to record video with voice in full HD on an SD card. You just need to plug it in to use it. You can also connect it to an application on your phone. I can look at it on my phone. Cool, huh? Why am I so capable? I can set up Netflix and buy a security camera at a good price. HA."
"Ah... it's really good." I glance at my brother's phone. But, of course, he didn't bring it with him, walking down with only a boxer on. "You can look at it from your phone? So only you can look? What about me?"
"I'll set it up for you. Did anything happen? Why are you so curious about the camera?"
"I was just asking... I'm going to my room."
I walk upstairs, but turn around to look at Puth again. I hastily shake my head to expel the images I wish I didn't see and then make my way upstairs to take a bath.
Should I pull out my eyeballs... No, the person who donated it would be sad. But I think that person would understand why I want to go back to being blind.
The upstanding citizen position... Argh... Ew... Help!
It seems like the only person who has the clip from the security camera is Puth. As soon as I get to the office, I intend to climb up and take out the SD card. Yet, there's nothing in there. Aontakarn, who also comes to the office early, is cheering me on. We sigh when we don't see any SD cards, which would be evidence of what we did last night.
"Puth probably forgot to put it in. It's brand new and all. Lucky us."
"Gosh... I wanted to have a watch." Aontakarn pretends to be brave. I can't help but lean my body against hers.
"Don't act all brave. Your face was all pale when you thought you're the lead in a porn just like me. Whew..."
"Come to think of it, Karn wants to try setting up a camera as we do it. It would be exciting."
"Naughty."
After we joke around for a bit, Puth walks merrily into the office and greets everyone in a good mood, especially the new accountant. Aontakarn and I glance at each other, knowing what's going on, and act as if we know nothing.
"You're here so early, Earn."
"You too, Mr. Puth."
Their cute greeting makes me twist my mouth. Looking in, it's like a senior and junior greeting each other at work. But the moans from yesterday tell me that it's teasing between a husband and wife during their honeymoon period.
Such a newlywed.
"Is your real name... Tasneme, Earn?"
"yes."
"What does it mean?"
"Water fountain."
Aontakarn and I turn to look at each other, stunned. The new hire's real name is very unique and meaningful.
"Really? I don't think Tasneme means water fountain."
"What does it mean, then?"
Puth glances at me a bit and smiles at Earn as he says it loudly and clearly.
"In Puth's dictionary, Tasneme means... cute."
Gasp!