《BILLIONAIRE鈥橲 SECRETARY》


 The beginning

    AUTHOR¡¯S POV


    It was a windy day in the month of February due to the hurricane, and all the clocks were striking thirteen.


    Tinay on her bed, so tired, as the windy air blew into her room and sent shivers down her spine, yet she was still hot and fuming with anger. She felt like pouring down those annoying words and bad luck she had been experiencing on someone at that moment.


    She nced around the room from side to side as she stared at each and every newspaper scattered on the reading table, the floor, and on her bed as her eye came across job vacancies. She circled it out with a red pen.


    As a matter of fact, she felt like she was cursed or was destined not to ever get a good opportunity in life. She was so unfortunate when it came to a lot of things, most especially getting a job, which was the main reason she was jobless at that moment.


    She lost her parents in a gas ident when she was 11. She started fending for herself with the little she could do until her dad¡¯s brother took away her father¡¯s house and properties and she started living in the streets. To be sincere, street life was a living hell for her, given that she was a girl.


    She tried so hard and got herself a schrship in college that she didn¡¯t bother about her school fees except for her feeding and other necessities she needed.


    After she graduated from college, she couldn¡¯t get a job, so she just had to find something to do to support herself. She barely fed, paid her rent, and couldn¡¯t cope. She would say she couldn¡¯t help herself, and at the time, she felt suicide was the best option. She not being able to fend for herself was the worst thing that happened to her.


    She was sent out of the house on several asions because of unpaid rent. She was so devastated. She cried so hard because no one was there to support me.


    Then she came across an online job where she got the chance to answer surveys and get paid. She would say it was quite a good start. Everything was moving well until three months ago, when she didn¡¯t receive her pay from the online job she did. She just had to get a decent job.


    Beep beep


    She turned her head in the direction of her phone as she picked it up to find the caller.


    She nced at the phone screen and swiped the green icon as she brought the phone close to her ear.


    ¡°Hey Tina, What are you up to?¡± The caller spoke from the other side of the phone.


    ¡°Nothing much. ¡°Just checking out some newspapers; you know what she means, Nicole,¡± she replied as she ced her left hand at the back of her neck, massaging it softly.


    ¡°She perfectly understands, but she thinks you need a break,


    ¡°Tina, you¡¯ve stressed yourself out, and you need to take a break,¡± Nicole says.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Okay, so what are you suggesting that she do?¡± She can¡¯t just take a break like that, and you know the condition she is in right now. She has a lot on her mind; she needs a job.


    Nicole has been a very good friend for the past seven years. We became close friends, and when our friendship got greater, we became best friends.


    She is 21 years old, 5 feet tall, with perfect brown eyes, shoulder-length ck hair, and very nice curves that could make anyone who stares at her go crazy and end up drooling with lust.


    She tries her best not to bother her parents after they gifted her a house in Mexico.


    She and Nicole graduated from the same college, though she wasn¡¯t as unlucky as she was, but she guessed she wasn¡¯t too lucky.


    She works as a cosmetologist in a cosmetics industry outside the town. Nicole really helped me a lot. At the end of every month, she helps me with some dors, and she really appreciates her kind gestures towards me, and she hopes to repay her some day,ter in the future.


    Nicole is more than a friend to me; she is my best friend and my sister.


    She fought off anyone who tried to harm or trouble me, she was her fighter in this aspect. But out of all the good things she did, she was so unlucky in one thing. She would say that¡¯s how life disappoints everyone with the one thing they never wanted.


    She has always wanted to find love.


    She wanted someone to love her the way she was, but she never found that.


    ¡°Tina, are you there?¡± Nicole asked, as she became curious because she had been speaking toTina over the phone, but she could not hear her response.


    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m still here.¡±


    Tina replied instantly.


    ¡°Oh my God,¡±


    Nicole was so scared. She thought she was speaking in an empty space. ¡°Where were you? you weren¡¯t replying to me.¡± Nicoleined, knowing


    Tina¡¯s mind must have been in another world while she was on the phone with her.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, Nicole.¡± She got carried away by her thoughts.


    Tina apologised.


    She couldn¡¯t believe her thoughts had taken her so far into wondend.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright; with this act you just disyed, I suggest we go out and have some fresh air,¡± Nicole says.


    ¡°Yeah, it looks like a good idea.¡±


    Tina says as Nicole smiles over the phone.


    ¡°But she can¡¯t go; I¡¯m going to stay here at home and continue with her job hunt.¡±


    Tina couldn¡¯t finish her sentence before Nicole interrupted her immediately.


    ¡°Hey, babe, calm down; it¡¯s not like we are going somewhere we will get killed; we are just going to get some fresh air, that¡¯s all.¡± And she also has a lot of stuff on her mind, and she really needs that fresh air, as Nicole tries to exin to her best friend.


    ¡°Okay, okay, okay. So where¡¯s the location?¡±

 SEAMUS GROUP OF COMPANIES

    TINA¡¯S POV


    ¡°I won¡¯t tell you right now; that¡¯s going to be a surprise,¡± Nicole says excitedly.


    ¡°Nicole, you know I hate surprises; just tell me where we are going!¡± I demanded it because I know Nicole is a partly high-ss youngdy, and I wouldn¡¯t go there if I knew exactly where Nicole was taking her.


    ¡°Trust me, you will love it,¡± Nicole says with full assurance.


    ¡°Nicole, I don¡¯t care; I¡¯m only going there because you forced me with your words to do so,¡± I say as I demonstrate the meaning of my words, as if Nicole were there with her.


    ¡°Tina, I also don¡¯t care; all I know is that you should be prepared.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯lle over to pick you up by sunset,¡± Nicole stated.


    ¡°Okay, I will do as you say,¡± I replied, like a child subjecting myself to my mother.


    ¡°Tina remembers to wear something very nice, okay?¡± Nicole says.


    ¡°Hahahaha, something nice, well, I will. Are you happy now?¡± I asked.


    ¡°It¡¯s not funny, Tina, and I will be happy if you do as I say and not otherwise,¡± Nicole states.


    ¡°Okay, I have heard you; I won¡¯t do otherwise,¡± I said as I continuedughing at my best friend.


    ¡°Tina, I have to go now; I have something to attend to,¡± Nicole says.


    ¡°Okay, bye, take care,¡± I said.


    ¡°Yeah, take care of yourself too, and don¡¯t forget to eat,¡± Nicole tells her.


    ¡°Sure, I will, bye,¡± I said as I hung up.


    I throw my phone beside me on the bed as I get up andzily stroll to the bathroom to have my bath.


    My eyes widened in bewilderment and surprise when I saw a vacancy for a secretary post in the Seamus Group of Companies in a magazine on the floor close to my bathroom. My heart couldn¡¯t contain my joy.


    ¡°This could be myst opportunity,¡± I said to myself as I ran back to myputer, sat on the chair, and searched for the Seamus Group of Companies.


    ¡°Oh, my goodness!¡± I shouted, as what my eyes saw couldn¡¯t be exined.


    Seamus¡¯s Group of Companies and specialty firms is an advertising and public rtions industry that provides services in a series of disciplines: advertising, customer rtionship management (CRM), public rtions, branding,munication, digital marketing, direct and promotional marketing, experiential marketing, healthcare marketing, interactive marketing, and specialty services.


    The services included in these disciplines are media nning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, sports and events marketing, field marketing, and brand. The Seamus Group was ranked as one of the fourrgest advertising agencies in the world by The New York Times.


    Seamus Group was considered the secondrgest advertising holdingpany by The Wall Street Journal. Thepany employs more than 77, 000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide.


    ¡°How could they be in need of a secretary?¡± I asked myself that because it seemed somehow to her, but I took it as a way the Almighty wanted to show me that he works in different ways.


    I minimized my search and opened my Gmail ount and searched for my CV (curriculum vitae).C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    I carefully edited my already processed Curriculum Vitae along with my credentials. I made sure not to make a single mistake in my name, age, date of birth, or any of my information there.


    I also processed another new application letter. I obviously thought I made some grammatical errors in my previous application letter that made otherpanies reject me. I made sure the new one that was made was really okay, so that anyone who read it would understand every single word. I also attached all my credentials, including my curriculum vitae and application letter, in a PDF to avoid confusion.


    ¡°Oh, my God, Tina, please be positive; I¡¯m sending it now,¡± I said to myself as I wanted to click the submit button.


    I held my breath, closed my eyes tightly, and clicked on the submit button with my shaking fingers.


    ¡°Whoa, whoa, whoa, I clicked the button; I sent it already,¡± Tina eximed happily. I couldn¡¯t believe I was applying for a job in one of the biggest groups ofpanies. I actually thought it was a dream until I clicked that submit button and found out it wasn¡¯t a dream after all.


    One thing that bothered me was my fate. If I could get rejected at those minorpanies, what would be my fate at this majorpany?


    ¡°They probably wouldn¡¯t even nce at my application letter, hmmmm,¡± I said to myself with assurance, as if I knew what they would do, but I spoke like that because of my previous experience.


    Yet I still had that feeling that I would be epted, no matter what, if I got this job.


    ¡°Lord, please, this is myst hope,¡± I finally said as I mped my hands to get me in a praying mode.


    I hoped to get an email by Monday, since today was Wednesday. I felt like crying so badly that the interviewer would hear my cry from there and send me an email immediately, but let me remain positive.


    I turned off my system, stood up, and headed straight to the bathroom to take a shower and have a good rest.


    ¡°Nicole was actually right; I needed to get some fresh air,¡± I said to myself as I let go of the towel on my chest and turned on the shower. The thought of having a drink came to my mind as I gave a broad smile, showing off my dimples.


    _____________________???_____________________


    IN SEAMUS GROUP OF COMPANIES


    ¡°Shares of Seamus Group of Companies (NYSE: OMC) fell around 2% on Thursday morning, after the marketing andmunicationspany reported third-quarter 2021 results. But as per usual, Seamus¡¯s top and bottom lines continued to edge higher on a year-over-year basis despite the negative effects of foreign currency and a stubborn macroeconomic headwind. ¡°How will Seamus¡¯s CEO take this news and how will this be fixed?¡± Miss Janice, a New York television newscaster, reads out of the magazine as employees in thepany carefully listen to each and every word Miss Janice reads out, as everyone is tensed up about the new record that was reported about theirpany.


    ¡°Oh my God, there is a big problem.¡±

 BIG TROUBLE

    IN JORDAN COSMETIC INDUSTRY


    Thump


    ¡°Come in,¡± Nicole says as Susan Johnson, the director¡¯s own associate, strolls into her office.


    ¡°How may I help you?¡± Nicole inquired.


    ¡°Good day, Miss Nicole. You are required in the director¡¯s office at this moment,¡± Susan said, passing the administrator message to her.


    ¡°OK, I will be there shortly.¡± Nicole expresses tranquility as Susan gestures to her head and heads out of the workce.


    ¡°Tina, I need to go now; I have something to take care of,¡± Nicole says.


    ¡°OK, bye, be careful,¡± Tina says.


    ¡°Better believe it, deal with yourself as well, and remember to eat,¡± Nicole tells her.


    ¡°Sure, I will. Bye,¡± Tina says as she hangs up.


    Nicole Scott is a 21-year-old woman who works as a dermatologist and also serves as the managing director of the Jordan Cosmeticspany.


    She has been in the industry for three years, thanks to her parents, Mr. Bradley and Mrs. Irene Scott, who assisted her in obtaining the position.


    ¡°Why would the Chairman want to see me in the middle of the night?¡±


    ¡°I just hope everything is fine,¡± Nicole said as she stood up from her chair, arranged her hair, and got properly dressed.


    She finally leaves her office and goes to the chairman¡¯s office.


    The doorbell rings.


    Nicole continues to knock as she receives no response; she begins to suspect that Susan is ying with her, but Susan would never do such a thing.


    Mr. Gilbert Jordan, the chairman and owner of Jordan Cosmetic Industry, a 58-year-old man of average height, was on the phone when he heard the knock on his office door.


    ¡°I¡¯ll call you back in an hour or so, okay,¡± he says to the person on the phone before hanging up and cing the phone on his desk.


    ¡°Yes,e in,¡± Mr. Gilbert says as the door slowly opens and Nicole walks in.


    ¡°Mr. Gilbert, you sent for me,¡± Nicole says, perplexed as to why the chairman had sent for her.


    It was so uncalled for that, despite the fact that the Chairman and her parents were friends, he never once summoned her.


    Nicole, on the other hand, never went to him; all information from him was passed through Susan, as was all information from the employees; it waspletely unnecessary.


    ¡°I sent for you, Miss Nicole.¡±


    ¡°Please take a seat,¡± Mr. Gilbert says as he motions to the chair in front of him.


    ¡°Mr. Gilbert, is everything all right?¡± Nicole inquired of the chairman.


    ¡°Yes, everything is fine.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it; just rx, okay?¡± As Nicole sat down, the chairman¡¯s gaze traveled around her body.


    Something was wrong here; with the way the chairman kept staring at her, she was convinced the old man was up to no good.


    Mr. Gilbert picks up a file and hands it to her; she had no idea, but she was so tense when she collected the file and quickly stood up to leave his office.


    ¡°Not yet, return,¡± Mr Gilbert said to me.


    She suspected he was up to no good.


    ¡°Chairman, is there anything else you would like to tell me?¡± Nicole posed her question with assurance, but she was secretly terrified-and she had no idea why.


    ¡°Is everything okay, Miss Nicole?¡± You appear to be rushing, so please take a seat. She was requested to sit down, and Mr. Gilbert gestured for her to do so by pointing to the same chair she had been sitting on moments earlier.


    While the chairman continued to fixate on her from head to toe, Nicole walked in and sat down to wait to hear what he had to say.


    ¡°Why is he staring at me like that?¡± Nicole questioned herself as she made an effort topose herself.


    ¡°Open the file,¡± the chairmanmanded, as quickly she picked up the file from herps and opened it.


    After which, she brought out the document that was inside.


    ¡°You can read, right?¡± He asked again, and I felt ufortable with his eyes all over me.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I can read,¡± she replied, wondering why she would not know how to read; apart from being scared, she really wanted to know what was written inside the document, but certainly not here in his office. But what can she do?


    ¡°Read it,¡± hemanded, and immediately she started reading what was written inside the document.


    24 March 2022


    Mina Busco


    Jordan Cosmetic Industry,


    Mexico.


    Dear Nicole Scott,N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    LETTER OF PROMOTION


    Congrattions on your promotion to Chief Executive Officer, C. E. O., at Jordan Cosmetic Industry! Your promotion will take effect on March 26, 2022.


    You may anticipate a new annual ie of $13, 000, 000 with payment dates on the 25th of each month. You will report to Mr. Gilbert Jordan, the chairman of Jordan Cosmetic Industry. Also, you can keep your present work schedule. Mr. Gilbert Jordan has heard many good things about your contribution so far and is ecstatic and eager to begin coborating with you!


    Your additional tasks entail being in charge of making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of apany, acting as the main point ofmunication between the board of directors and corporate operations.


    I sincerely appreciate your great and dedicated work in the marketing department over thest two years. Jordan Cosmetic Industry is greatly appreciative of your work and looks forward to having you as the Chief Executive Officer. Please respond to this letter to acknowledge and approve your promotion by February 25, 2022.


    Congrattions and best of luck!


    Best regards,


    Mr. Gilbert Jordan


    Head of Board Members (Jordan Cosmetic Industry).


    After reading it to thest word, she felt like she was going to lose consciousness; she thought it was a dream because she never expected that she would be promoted, let alone promoted to Chief Executive Officer.


    ¡°Are you done reading the content in the paper?¡± Mr. Gilbert asked, and she assumed he saw the change in her expression.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I cannot believe this. Thank you so much for¡­ ¡± Nicole couldn¡¯t finish up her statement when Mr. Gilbert interrupted her.


    ¡°NOT SO FAST, MISS NICOLE SCOTT.¡±

 NOT SO FAST, MISS NICOLE SCOTT

    She was frozen at the chairman¡¯s order as she raised her face and stared at him.


    ¡°You have to pay the price to get what is actually written down there; you use what you have to get what you want, that¡¯s the saying right, Nicole,¡± Mr Gilbert says as he gets up from his chair and walks to the window in his office.


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand you, Mr. Gilbert; you are speaking in parables. If you don¡¯t mind, I would ask that you go straight to the point,¡± Nicole asked.


    Now that feeling of being scared ten minutes ago which she obviously forgot, hade back in a thousand folds and totally consumed her.


    She knew something wasn¡¯t right, starting from the moment Mr. Gilbert asked for her presence in his office.


    ¡°Sure, I will go straight to the point,¡± Mr. Gilbert said as he closed the window curtains and headed to where Nicole was sitting and started fondling her hair.


    ¡°You know you are a nice, talented, and beautiful youngdy, right?¡±


    ¡°I would sincerely love to give you this position; I know you would want to be the CEO, and who wouldn¡¯t want that?¡±


    He said as he held her hand, raising her from the chair.


    ¡°But you see, Nicole, I can give you this position on one condition,¡± Mr. Gilbert says calmly as he gives a devilish smile.


    ¡°I still don¡¯t understand, Mr. Gilbert. What condition are you talking about?¡±


    ¡°What are you saying I need to do in order to get this position?¡± Nicole asked.


    ¡°It¡¯s a very simple task, which I know you would do,¡± Mr. Gilbert said.


    ¡°Mr. Gilbert, it wouldn¡¯t be a simple task if you hadn¡¯t told me what the task was all about, and¡­¡± She couldn¡¯t finish her statement when Mr. Gilbert interrupted her.


    ¡°Nicole, like I said, the task is a simple thing, and if you are capable of doing it, this promotion will be totally yours,¡± Mr. Gilbert said as his hands went down her curves, and she shivered at the old man¡¯s audacity and removed his hands from her body.


    ¡°I can see you are ying hard to get already without me telling you the condition. Okay, I will say it now.¡±


    Nicole looked at him, and all she saw was a bbering old, stupid man who was the chairman where she was working.


    ¡°Ok, I¡¯m all ears, Chairman,¡± she said, waiting to hear the condition; he said that was a simple task.


    ¡°I want you here on my desk, Nicole,¡± he said as he grabbed my waist lustfully, and she couldn¡¯t bear it anymore.


    She pulled out of him andnded him a hot, resounding p on his old, fat, wrinkled cheek.


    ¡°What did you just do, Miss Nicole Scott?¡± Mr. Gilbert asked as he let out a loud grunt.


    ¡°Mr. Chairman, I¡¯ll do it over again if you ce your filthy hands on me. How could you think so little of me? How dare you think of me in that manner, and what makes you think I will do your bidding? ¡°You must be ashamed of yourself, old hag.¡± She couldn¡¯t bear the insult Mr. Gilbert gave me, and she let out all the words she had in her mouth.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, but let me say this loud and clear.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Gilbert, I am not a harlot; I don¡¯t sell my body just because of things like this; let that stick to your head,¡± she finally said as she walked out of his office, leaving him dumbfounded and speechless.


    Nicole immediately left Mr. Gilbert¡¯s office. She rushed to her office and picked up her phone and stuff.


    She then headed to the elevator. She needed to leave that ce; she needed the natural air to touch her face.


    She picked up her phone from her bag and dialed Tina¡¯s number.


    ¡°Hey babe, I am on my way to your house now; get ready,¡± Nicole said as she entered the elevator and pressed thest floor button.


    ¡°Babe, what about your work?¡±


    ¡°I mean, it¡¯s almost 4 p. m., and you are leaving work?¡± Tina inquired.


    ¡°Tina forgot about my work; get ready; we are going to where we talked about two days ago,¡± Nicole said in a faint voice.


    ¡°Okay, I will, and I just hope you are okay,¡± Tina says, hoping her best friend is okay.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Okay, expect me in thirty minutes,¡± Nicole says as she hangs up.


    She couldn¡¯t believe what happened thirty minutes ago in the chairman¡¯s office.


    _____________________???_____________________


    ¡°Oh my God, There is BIG TROUBLE.. Lucas eximed, as he was short of words.


    ¡°How do we exin to our boss what happened with Seamus Group shares?¡± Lucas asked as he paced me to and from the office.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, but we have to tell him, and we must not waste time; it¡¯s been two days, and he¡¯sing back from France today; in an hour or so, his flight should havended,¡± Aaron says as he sits and crosses his legs.


    ¡°You are talking like it is easy, just like that. I should tell him, for God¡¯s sake, I am the managing director of thispany,¡± Lucas says as he angrily throws everything on the desk as they crash on the floor.


    ¡°Boss wasn¡¯t around for a month, and the shares fell suddenly, Aaron, how do you exin that?¡± Lucas asked quietly, staring at Aaron.


    ¡°Lucas, for God¡¯s sake, I am the financial manager; how do you expect me to know?¡±


    ¡°I am as shocked as you are; it happened so suddenly that I can¡¯t point my finger at what happened,¡± Aaron exined. He was surprised when he heard the news.


    Beep beep


    Lucas turned and stared at his phone, which was ringing. He stared at Aaron and then picked up the call.


    ¡°A group of people sent their application letters, sir,¡± the caller says.


    ¡°Was there an exception?¡± Lucas asked.


    ¡°Yes, sir,¡± the caller responded.


    ¡°Okay, do what needs to be done,¡± Lucas said and hung up, dropping his phone on the desk.


    ¡°Lucas, what are you up to?¡± Aaron asked


    ¡°We¡¯re doing the right thing,¡± Lucas said.


    ¡± What right thing? ¡± Aaron asked again with a confused tone.


    ¡°We¡¯re employing a secretary for the boss,¡± Lucas answered calmly.


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°You must be kidding, right?¡± Aaron said.


    ¡°It was the boss¡¯ order, not mine,¡± Lucas said fiercely.


    ¡°Something¡¯s fishy here; I¡¯m out of here; I have a meeting to attend,¡± Aaron says as he makes his way to the exit.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    Nicole drives into the parking lot and sees Tina sitting on a waiting chair in the parking lot as she blows her car horn, but Tina was sleeping.


    ¡°I wondered why she was sleeping here.¡±


    ¡°I asked you to wait for me not to sleep, Tina.¡± Nicole says to no one in particr as she steps out of her car and goes to Tina and taps her gently.


    ¡°Hey, wake up,¡± Nicole says as Tina opens her eyes and yawns.


    ¡°You said you would be here in thirty minutes, but it¡¯s been an hour and forty-three minutes; you arete,¡± Tina says with a sleepy eye as she nces at her phone screen and checks the time.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, the traffic was too bad;e on, get up; let¡¯s leave here,¡± Nicole says as she helps Tina into the car, and they zoom off.

 I WANT YOU ON MY DESK

    TINA¡¯S POV


    ¡°Nicole, oh my gosh, this is New York!¡± I eximed.


    The city was splendid. It was on the outskirts of Mexico.


    Of course, it took us an hour or so to get here without traffic.


    Oh my goodness, it¡¯s been a year since I came here, and everything here has changed so much.


    We were standing in front of McSorley¡¯s Old Ale House, one of the popr bars in New York. I knew this would happen that day when Nicole told me we should go out to get some fresh air.


    This wasn¡¯t our ss; we actually didn¡¯t belong here, but right now I have no say in it, and I loved it.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, this air is worth it,¡± I eximed immediately. I felt the air drive its way into my sweat pores and give me lots of goosebumps.


    ¡°Nicole,¡± I called her as I checked my sides but couldn¡¯t find her.


    I got my way through the bouncers; thank goodness I didn¡¯t dress awkwardly.


    ¡°At least I didn¡¯t dress like amoner,¡± I said to myself.


    Finally, I found Nicole at the counter; she was talking to the butler.


    ¡°Hey Nicole, you left me out there.¡±


    ¡°Tina I¡¯m so sorry; I have a lot on me, but I thought you were right behind me.¡± Nicole apologized


    ¡°Excuse me, ma¡¯am, what¡¯s your order?¡± The butler asked


    ¡°Three bottles of vodka fizz,¡± Nicole replied to the butler.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Okay, ma¡¯am,¡± he said as he left to get the wine.


    ¡°Nicole, three bottles of vodka fizz-that¡¯s a hell of a lot of money!¡± I eximed at Nicole¡¯s order, but anyway, if Nicole made that order, she was sure going to make the payment.


    ¡°Please, when the butleres, tell him to add a bottle of barley,¡± I requested.


    ¡°Sure,¡± Nicole answered.


    The butler dropped the wines and two ss cups on the counter for us.


    ¡°Excuse me, get us a bottle of barley,¡± Nicole says.


    ¡°Tina, are you sure about the Long Ind iced tea?¡±


    ¡°You haven¡¯t drank that since I know you,¡± Nicole inquired.


    ¡°There¡¯s always tomorrow to try,¡± I said to her.


    ¡°As long as you don¡¯t get drunk,¡± Nicole stated.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am, your order,¡± the butler said as he dropped the bottle on the counter.


    ¡°Tina, did you already apply for any job after thest one?¡± Nicole asked as she poured the vodka into her ss cup and drank it.


    ¡°Yeah, I did.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m expecting an email; I just hope so since I¡¯m not certain.¡± I also poured some vodka in my ss and sipped it.


    ¡± Okay, that¡¯s good ¡± Nicole replied


    ¡°Wow, this doesn¡¯t taste bad,¡± I said, and I poured the barley into my ss cup.


    ¡°Tina, are you sure about what you are doing?¡±


    ¡°Mixing these two isn¡¯t going toe out well; your hangover willst for two to three days,¡± Nicole said to me as she watched me mix the two wines in my ss cup.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will be fine,¡± I said as I sipped a little. It tasted good, and I continued mixing the wines.


    ¡± Tina? ¡±


    ¡°Yes, Nicole, I¡¯m all ears,¡± I answered.


    ¡°I got a promotion today,¡± Nicole said as she continued drinking the contents of her ss cup.


    ¡± wow congratt¡­.. ¡±


    ¡°A fake promotion,¡± Nicole said as tears fell from her eyes.


    ¡± What???? ¡±


    ¡°Mr. Gilbert asked me to sleep with him to be the CEO of Jordan¡¯s Cosmetic Industry. Please excuse me.¡± Nicole couldn¡¯t finish her sentence when she ran out with a bottle of vodka in her hand. I think she went to throw up.


    I couldn¡¯t believe what she was telling me, so I tried getting up to follow her, but I wasn¡¯t feeling my feet and I was feeling so dizzy that I staggered back and fell on my chair.


    I stared at the counter, only to find out that I had already finished a bottle of vodka fizz and the full bottle of long ind iced tea.


    ¡°Oh my God, was this the effect?¡± I asked myself as my phone beeped.


    ¡± What!?¡±


    ¡°An interview is tomorrow.¡± But it wasn¡¯t sounding good to my ears, and now I was terribly drunk.


    I should have been happy, but I wasn¡¯t. Why?


    I suddenly felt like throwing up as I forcefully got up from my seat and bumped onto a hard surface.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, not now,¡± I said to myself and looked up. What I saw was unexinable.


    I just found out that what I bumped into wasn¡¯t the wall but a perfectly chiseled chest.


    My eyes met a pair of golden eyes and broad shoulders. He was tall, and his overly tempting red lips I haven¡¯t seen a man with so much red on his lips in my life, but this was it.


    His thick raven brown hair which was packed backwards, I could tell it was shoulder length.


    He was wearing a blue suit; his appearance seemed to attract everyone in the bar, and all eyes were on him-and probably on me because I bumped into him except from Nicole, whom I haven¡¯t seen since she ran out from the counter.


    I was sure his status was high.


    I was certain that I saw a man with him when I bumped into him, but he was nowhere to be found. But this man I was standing in front of had totally captivated my sight; his appearance spoke highly of him.


    This man was an immortal god of beauty, and he was emitting this powerful aura that could put the whole world at a standstill. He was theplete definition of what was called charming.


    Here I was lost in this young man¡¯s appearance, and I totally forgot. All of a sudden, that urge to throw up showed up again, and I let it out on the young man¡¯s suit.


    ¡°Oh, my gosh,¡± a young woman in her early thirties gasped.


    ¡°How could that happen?¡± I heard another woman saying this.


    ¡°That suit can buy her whole family; what a careless girl!¡± a man said to his wife.


    ¡°Oh, what a poor child,¡± the butler said.


    ¡°Her day must have been cursed,¡± an elderly man said.


    I would say I got my senses of sight that moment; I couldn¡¯t believe the mess I put myself in.


    And where the hell was Nichole?


    Why must this happen today?


    ¡°Are you blind?¡± Did you lose your sight somewhere? Someone asked, probably the manager of the bar.


    ¡°First you bumped into me, and now you had the audacity to throw up on me,¡± the young man said in a calm voice, but his voice roared and echoed inside the bar.


    ¡°I am so sorry, sir. ¡°I can take care of this, I promise.¡± I apologized as I tried to use my napkin to clean the suit, but I knew it was going to be worse.


    When I tried to clean it up, the man threw my hands out of his clothes, and then he said


    ¡°YOU WILL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS.¡±

 THAT AMAZING LIPS

    ¡°YOU WILL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS,¡± he said furiously.


    He said as he stormed out of the bar, and at that moment I couldn¡¯t ascertain what was going on, I didn¡¯t know if it was Nicole or the interview letter I received, or when I bumped into the handsome man, or when I threw up on the handsome man, or when he told me I would pay dearly for what I did to him.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, life is so unfair,¡± I whispered to myself as I sat on the tiled floor near the counter.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    I have always wanted this job, but now that I got the interview, I don¡¯t know why I was scared and feeling so sick.


    ¡± Oh, Christina,¡± I said as I simultaneously used my hands to hit my head over and over again.


    ¡°I forgot this was the effect of the drink I had moments ago,¡± I said to myself as I managed to get up and staggered out of the bar as I thought about Nicole. I just couldn¡¯t leave her here, and she brought me here, it would be so rude to go without her.


    After arguing with myself about my thoughts, I finally concluded that she would be fine wherever she was at the moment.


    All I wanted right now was to go home, take a shower, and prepare for my interview the next day. I brought out my phone and ced an order for the next Uber to pick me up.


    I was so tired.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¨C


    RAYMOND


    I stared at her as she ran out of the bar, I guess she was talking to a youngdy about something, she was also drunk from my point of view, I could read her mouth movement, she said something and ran out of the bar with her hands on her mouth, I assumed she went to throw up so I quietly followed her.


    I don¡¯t know why I had the guts to do so, but my mind was pushing me toward her, not after I had been stalking her sincest week.


    ¡°Hey bitch, can¡¯t you see you pushed me?¡± a guy shouted at her, but she didn¡¯t respond to him.


    ¡°Richard, we don¡¯t need to talk too much, let¡¯s teach her a lesson.¡± The huge guy said as he turned her around so she could face him, then he pushed her down.


    I just had to silently watch what was going on, but the moment that nerd pushed her down, I felt a rage boiling inside of me and the urge to get down there and mercilessly deal with those damn guys.


    I could see her on her knees as she faced the ground. I then got up to go down where this awful treatment was taking ce, and what I saw left me blindfolded for some minutes.


    The youngdy who appeared to be weak in my perspective was not weak, I would say she was a lion in the body of a lioness.


    I saw how she threw those punches at the guy who pushed her, and when the other guy came to intervene, shended him a hot, resounding p on his cheek. Not only that, she threw him some punches and kicks, as well as some blood, which started gushing out of the guy¡¯s mouth.


    At that moment, I got scared of her as I tried my best to summon the courage to go help her out.


    ¡°Hey, are you okay?¡± I asked her as I stretched my hand towards her.


    She smiled and said


    ¡°Oh Mr. Handsome, do you want me to show you how frustrated I am?¡±


    I don¡¯t think I went through her statement, but I knew I gave her a straight answer.


    ¡°Sure, you can tell me anything,¡± I answered her.


    ¡°Okay, but don¡¯t me me afterward,¡± she said as she threw several punches and ps in my face.


    I was red and captivated. I tried to figure out why she did that until she said


    ¡°Wow, that feels so good, I didn¡¯t get enough when I hit those guys earlier,¡± she said with a nk face, and then she fainted. I was so lucky I got hold of her before she reached the floor.


    I carefully carried her and put her in my car as I stared at her angelic face as her hair covered parts of it.


    I smiled as I carefully put her in order, then zoomed off.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    TINA


    Grrrriiiiinnnnggggg


    I stretched out my hands toward the rm and away from it as Iy down to continue my sleep.


    Suddenly yesterday¡¯s incident came shing back in my memory, starting from when I and Nicole went to the bar to when I threw up on the handsome man.


    And suddenly I set the rm because I had an interview this morning.


    I sprung up from the bed and looked at the rm. ¡°Fuck, it was already 6:15 am and I was still in bed.¡±


    I was still feeling dizzy as a result of the hangover. I sat down on the couch as I turned on the TV, and I hoped my hangover calmed down before I got to the interview. I still had about an hour or so.


    I turned on the radio, and a particr headline got my attention, so I increased the volume to hear it clearer.


    ¡°THE SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE SHARES OF SEAMUS GROUP OF COMPANIES.


    Shares of Seamus Group of Companies (NYSE: OMC) were climbing today after the advertising giant delivered a strong fourth-quarter earnings report, easily beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines. Seamus, which owns some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world, including BBDO and DDB, said that organic revenue ¡ª which strips out the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, and currency exchange ¡ª was up 9. 5% in the quarter to $3. 86 billion, ahead of expectations at $3. 68 billion. Revenue based on generally epted ounting principles (GAAP) rose 2. 6%, reflecting the sale of ICON International in January.


    Organic revenue increased in all seven of its business segments, including a 57% jump in experiential marketing due to the return of in-person events, and it was up in every region, showing thepany¡¯s broad-based recovery from the pandemic.

 YOU鈥橪L PAY DEARLY FOR THIS

    Shares of Seamus Group of Companies (OMC) slid 0. 24% to $67. 31 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1. 90% to 4, 567. 00 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1. 86% to 34, 483. 72. This was the stock¡¯s fourth consecutive day of losses. Seamus Group of Companies closed $19. 07 short of its 52-week high ($86. 38), which thepany achieved on January 30th.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of itspetitors Tuesday, as Publicis Groupe S. A. ADR PUBGY fell 1. 07% to $16. 19 and Interpublic Group of Companies IPG fell 1. 66% to $33. 19. Trading volume (5. 2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1. 7 M.


    Further down the ie statement, the operating margin was down slightly from 16. 4% to 16. 1%, and earnings per share ticked up from $1. 84 to $1. 95, outpacing the consensus at $1. 73.


    CEO Gavriel said: ¡°Our teams are working together in powerful new ways ¡ª with leading technology and data solutions ¡ª to deliver the best client oues in a rapidly evolving market.¡± We are optimistic about our 2022 outlook and expect to continue building on our long-term record of improving profitability and sustained value creation.


    Shares of Seamus Group of Companies (OMC -0. 44%) were climbing today after the advertising giant delivered a strong fourth-quarter earnings report, easily beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines.


    As of 2:50 p. m. ET on Wednesday, the stock was up 13. 4%.


    I heard enough as I switched off the TV and moved to my wardrobe. I had not brought anything to wear for the interview, and I wondered why I was so sluggish today of all days this was something I had always wanted, to get this job, but I was so tired and didn¡¯t want to go.


    ¡°God, please p off this thought from my head,¡± I prayed to God as I pped my hands together in the mode of prayer like how little children did.


    I suddenly felt some strength as I checked the clock, and it was already 7:20 am.


    I brought out a simple butterfly-fitted gown and a six-inch heel. I was so good at wearing it.


    I went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. I had to be there before 8:00 am, I didn¡¯t want to gote on the day of the interview, if that ever happened, it would surely be a bad omen like Nicole always told me.


    I came out of the shower and quickly put on some body moisturizer to make me look fresh, and sure enough, I also put on some roll-on to make me smell fresh, then I put on my dress.


    ¡°Wow¡­ ¡± I said to myself as I looked at myself in the mirror hanging on the wall in my room. I stared at my magnificent curves, the dress helped a lot, and it was so simple, it stopped above my knees and had a V-line neck shape, which exposed a little part of my chest.


    ¡°Miss Christina Ezekiel, you look so magnificent!¡± I praised myself.


    It was already 7:39 am, and I had to get going, so I picked up my handbag and my credentials, and other information I thought would be required.


    I didn¡¯t want to miss this opportunity¡­ Not now, not ever, and with this, I had to get going. I locked my apartment and threw the keys into my bag, and I stopped an Uber I saw dropping ady in the nextpound off.


    I hopped into the Uber as I told the driver the location I was going to, and he sped off to Seamus Group of Companies.


    I was so nervous and excited at the same time. In less than fifteen minutes, we were already there, and I paid the driver as I carefully tied my hair into a neat ponytail.


    I stared at the huge and attractive building, it had lots of stories buildings. No, this was a skyscraper.


    Why in heaven¡¯s name would anyone use a skyscraper for apany? With this, I wondered if I would get a job here.


    ¡°Would my qualifications get me this job?¡± I asked as I was losing my mind, but I didn¡¯t want to give up, I hade this far to feel restored, I had to go inside and give it my best.


    ¡°I would do anything to get this job today, and nothing is going to stop me from getting this job¡­ nothing at all,¡± I said these words of encouragement to myself as I gracefully walked into the building, even when I had the feeling that I was a few minuteste, but I didn¡¯t mind and I didn¡¯t care, all I wanted at that moment was for me to go in there and get the job.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-


    NICOLE


    I woke up feeling pains all over my body, and I noticed the bed I was lying on was so hard, it was like an orthopedic bed, while the bed I had in my house was a water bed.


    I tried to remember if I had ns to change my bed, but I couldn¡¯t conclude that I would ever do that.


    I tried to turn, then suddenly, when I inhaled a strong manly cologne, I sprung up from the bed when I saw a young man lying on the bed with me facing the ceiling, peacefully sleeping, and I shouted.


    ¡°Aaaagggghhhh!¡± I screamed as the young man turned and faced his other side


    ¡°Oh my goodness, what happenedst night and why am I here? I hope nothing stupid happened,¡± I said to myself as I stared at the young man who was sleeping peacefully


    ¡°Oouchhh,¡± I screamed slightly


    ¡°Why does my head hurt?¡± I asked no one in particr.


    All I needed to do now was get out of wherever I was at that moment.


    I nced around the apartment to find my handbag, which I saw on the couch, and then I saw a notebook.


    A thought struck my mind as I picked up the book and took the pen out of my bag.


    I stared at the man on the bed with a nk face, then faced the book as I tore out a sheet of paper and scribbled some words on it.


    I then dropped it on the dining table as I headed for the exit.


    I knew I was going toe back and ask the young man what happenedst night, but now I needed to leave.

 THE SUDDEN INCREASE ON THE SHARES OF SEAMUS GROUP OF COMPANIES..: BAD OMEN

    TINA


    I started moving towards the building, and of course, I had to take the elevator to the second floor because I was already a few minuteste.


    I entered the elevator and pressed the second-floor button, and in less than five minutes I was already on the second floor.


    I practically moved at a fast pace, I went to the receptionist¡¯s table and couldn¡¯t believe what I saw, where the receptionist was ced was like where the general manager of one of those minorpanies had their office, but here in thispany, a receptionist was enjoying it


    I forgot that I had an interview the moment I let my mind be endorsed by the beauty of the ce, It is heaven on earth, I also saw some men in suits moving out of thepany.


    Oh, I remember that Seamus Group of Companies¡¯ share price rose today, and that would help me in getting this job because probably anyone who was going to interview me would be happy about the news and wouldn¡¯t waste time trying to employ me.


    I snapped out of my amusement.


    ¡°Oh my goodness,Christina you are here for an interview, don¡¯t stare at the awesome beauty of this ce,¡± I warned myself.


    I turned around and saw the receptionist leaving, so I had to move fast because she was the one to whom I was going to ask some questions, and then she would direct me


    ¡°Hi, good morning.¡± I greeted her as she turned to see who was greeting her.


    ¡°Good morning,¡± she responded, with a look on her face that meant ¡°How may I help you?¡±


    ¡°I have a scheduled interview here, I¡¯m so sorry I¡¯m minuteste,¡± I replied to her unasked question and apologized also for beingte.


    ¡°Okay,¡± the receptionist replied, and she entered her type of office she sat down and faced her system


    She clicked on the mouse, and the system turned on, ¡°What¡¯s your name? ¡°, she asked as she was doing something on the system, which I couldn¡¯t tell and didn¡¯t concern me


    But I had a feeling it had something to do with me.


    ¡°Uh, my name is ChristinaHerbert,¡± I replied to her as she nced at her system.


    I could tell she was searching for something, and I could hear her whispering my name as her finger moved quickly on the screen.


    At that moment, she called my name,


    ¡°ChristinaHerbert, right? ¡± She asked me,


    ¡°Yes, ChristinaHerbert,¡± I replied, waiting to hear another response from her.


    Then I saw her rx in her chair, ¡°Please be patient,¡± she emphasized.


    ¡°Okay, I will,¡± I replied calmly, even though I knew I waste.


    Then secondster, a piece of paper came out of the printer as the receptionist got up to get it.


    She was beautiful, I saw her flexible curves.


    ¡°Okay, take this,¡± she said as she handed over the printed paper to me


    ¡°Thank you,¡± I appreciated her.


    Then she pointed at an elevator, and it wasn¡¯t the elevator I used to get there.


    ¡°Oh, I am sorry, I made a mistake, do not bother going through that. elevator,¡± she apologized as she pointed to a door.


    ¡°You have to go through that door, you will see about twenty-five or more elevators, actually, then you take the seventh one from your right, you are going to the thirteenth floor,¡± she exined so calmly, but she was a little bit fast, so I had to grab every single word that came out of her mouth.


    ¡°Do you have any questions?¡± She asked me.


    ¡°No¡­ no¡­ no, I understand every word you said.¡± I practically stammered as I responded to her.


    ¡°Okay,¡± she said as she smiled at me.


    ¡°You should get going now or else you will bete,¡± she told me.


    ¡°Yes, I would do just that, thank you.¡± I appreciated her because of her kind gestures toward me as I walked out.


    ¡°You are wee,¡± I could hear her say.


    ¡°Hey,¡± I could hear someone running as I turned back to see the receptionist moving very fast to meet up with me, then I stopped to hear what she had to say to me.


    ¡°Uhm, Christina, you have to walk fast and not just like you were moving a few minutes ago Mr. Aaron hates when people arete, especially when it is an interview, and I forgot to tell you that the elevators are under renovation and there are only three elevators avable at this moment, but we are not permitted to use them, they are only avable to the C. E. O., the managing director, and board members¡­..¡±


    ¡°Yes, and also those with high offices, so I suggest you use the stairs,¡± she exined.


    I was dumbfounded when I heard what she said, especially using the stairs.


    How in heaven¡¯s name am I supposed to use the stairs when I am heading to the thirteenth floor?C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    This is a bad omen.


    ¡°Okay, now I¡¯ll take you to the receptionist so he could help you out,¡± she said as she walked toward a group of people sitting together.


    There were about seven of them, and they were having an intense conversation.


    ¡°The receptionist???¡±


    ¡°I thought you were the receptionist!¡± I asked because, all this time while I thought she was the receptionist, I had the feeling that she was more than that because of how she dressed and how she acted a few minutes ago.


    ¡°Oh, I¡¯m so sorry about my nonchnt attitude, I didn¡¯t get to introduce myself,¡± she apologized sincerely.


    ¡°No, why are you apologizing to me? It¡¯s no big deal,¡± I replied calmly while I stared at her.


    ¡°My name is Anabelle Johnson, and I¡¯m the one in charge of the affairs of the employees in thispany,¡± she said with a heavy smile showing on her face.


    I couldn¡¯t believe it because she acted calm and showed no sign of being proud of her position


    ¡°Wow, I envy you,¡± I replied.

 ON THE BED WITH A STRANGE MAN

    And truly, I envied her, she just looked like Nicole in terms of character.


    ¡°Luca,¡± she called out, and I wondered if the person was the receptionist she was talking about.


    ¡°Luca,¡± she called out again as she entered the office where the discussion was held.


    A bronze-skinned, blue-eyed guy turned.


    ¡°Annabelle¡­ I¡¯m so sorry, I did not hear you calling,¡± Luca apologized to her as he stared at me.


    ¡°No offense taken,¡± Anabelle stated, and I think that was true because it was clear that he didn¡¯t hear her calling him.


    ¡°And who do we have here?¡± Luca asked while gesturing his hand out for a handshake.


    ¡°Hi Luca, my name is Christina Herbert,¡± I replied as I stretched out my hands to return his handshake, it would be rude if I didn¡¯t, and this was my first day in the Seamus Group of Companies, so I would not want to make enemies so fast, even though I haven¡¯t gotten the job.


    ¡°Luca, please, I need you to take Christina to Mr. Aaron¡¯s office, she is here for an interview,¡± Annabelle said, making it look neither like an order nor a plea, and for that, I instantly loved her.


    ¡°Okay, on the condition that I get you lunch,¡± Luca replied, stating his intention to take me with him.


    And why would his condition be to buy Annabelle lunch when he¡¯s the one helping her out?


    Well, something is fishy here, but I will think about itter to see if that will be possible after all.


    ¡°Okay, Luca, you will get me lunchter, hurry and take Christina, remember, she is here for an interview, moreover, she iste, and you know Mr. Aaron doesn¡¯t liketeness,¡± Annabelle said to Luca, who was busy smiling as if she wasn¡¯t talking to him.


    ¡°Okay, Ms. Christina, please follow me,¡± Luca said as Annabelle left the office and I followed him.


    ¡°You know the elevators are under renovation and our only option is the staircase,¡± Luca said with a slight frown on his face.


    ¡°Yes, I am aware of that, Annabelle told me earlier,¡± I answered as I checked my watch to know what the time was.


    ¡°Oh my God, it is almost 9:00 am, I amte, and I don¡¯t think I can get this job, I mean, I¡¯m an hourte, and who the hell goes to an interview one hourte?¡± I told Luca as my voice began to tremble and he began tough.


    ¡°You are so funny, Ms. Christina, there¡¯s nothing to worry about, I can help you get to the thirteenth floor,¡± Luca said as he continuedughing.


    ¡°Are you serious?¡± I asked as I wondered what was funny.


    ¡°Yes, but the only avable elevator for you to get to the thirteenth floor at this moment is the CEO elevator, and we have no other option, so are you in?¡± Luca exined and asked if I was interested, and yes, I was interested.


    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m interested, but I thought minor employees are not allowed to use the elevators avable, especially the C. E. O. s¡¯?¡± I asked him, but you know what? I didn¡¯t care, I needed to get this job today, and I couldn¡¯t change that.


    ¡°You know what? Let¡¯s go,¡± I replied


    I said that because I could not afford to lose this job and I would do anything to get itBelongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    ANYTHING


    ¡°Okay, then let¡¯s go,¡± Luca said as he exined some things about the job I was applying for.


    Not long after, we got to the elevator and entered it while Luca pressed on the thirteenth-floor bottom.


    BING


    The elevator beeped as the door opened.


    We went through therge hall with several offices while I and Luca were chatting.


    Then Luca knocked on a door and went in with me.


    ¡°Good day, Mr. Aaron,¡± Luca greeted


    ¡°Yes, good day, Luca,¡± Mr Aaron replied as he looked at me.


    ¡°You must be Christina Herbert,¡± Mr. Aaron said, sounding sure that I was Christina Herbert.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I am Christina Herbert,¡± I replied formally.


    ¡°Okay, Luca, you may go now,¡± Mr


    Aaron said as he waved his hand at Luca, indicating that he should go, and immediately Luca headed towards the door.


    ¡°Miss Christina Herbert, you arete for your interview, Why? ¡± Mr Aaron said with a stern facial impression as he rxed in his chair.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, sir I got here early and was told toe up to the thirteenth floor, but I found out that the elevators were under renovation, so Luca had to help show me the way to the staircase and your office.¡± I was still exining when Mr. Aaron interrupted me.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s understandable, so hand over your credentials and other information to me,¡± Mr. Aaron said as I handed over my credentials and other relevant information to him.


    ¡°This is what you asked for, Mr. Aaron,¡± I said respectfully as he collected the information from me. I was ready to do anything to get this job.


    ¡°Okay, have a seat,¡± he said as he pointed to a chair in front of him, gesturing for me to have a seat, and of course I sat down and anxiously waited to hear what he would say next.


    Mr. Aaron nced through my credentials, flipping from one page to another, while he kept on ncing at me and focused back on what he was doing. When he was done, he put them together and kept them at the center of the table.


    First, I wondered why he kept ncing at me while checking my information.


    Secondly, he dropped my credentials and other information in the center of the table, does that mean I should take it back or leave it?


    No, I would not take chances, I would leave it be, at least since I have the original copies at home.


    ¡°Okay, Miss Christina, work starts.¡± Mr. Aaron couldn¡¯t finish his statement when a phone call interrupted him.


    BEEP BEEP


    Then he nced at his phone and picked it up immediately, it looked like an important call.


    ¡°Good day, sir,¡± Mr. Aaron greeted the person on the other end of the phone.


    ¡°Good day, Mr. Aaron, Is the interview going well?¡± the caller asked.


    ¡°Yes, everything is going smoothly,¡± Mr. Aaron replied.


    ¡°Okay, well done.¡± ¡°Finish it up and send her to me,¡± the caller said, not waiting for Mr. Aaron to reply before he hung up.

 AN INTERVIEW

    Mr. Aaron stared at his phone screen for some seconds and signed before he dropped his phone and looked at me.


    ¡°Okay, like I was saying, work here is not like work in otherpanies.


    Otherpanies resume work by 7:30 a. m., but we resume here by 8:00 a. m., well, that¡¯s a thirty-minute difference, hahahaha, and since you are applying for the post of a secretary, you are going to end your day depending on the CEO¡¯s schedule.


    ¡°Once his schedule states that he leaves early, you are lucky to leave early, and once his schedule states that he leaveste, then you are also to leavete.¡±


    ¡°That is the most important duty you have to uphold, for the rest, the CEO will tell you that,¡± Mr. Aaron exined so nicely that anyone would understand him without asking a single question.


    ¡°Okay, sir,¡± I replied. But something was baffling me, I needed to ask this question.


    Was he considering giving me this job, or has he given me the job just like that without asking me any questions?


    This wasn¡¯t what I expected, though.


    I just wasn¡¯t sure of this job, but right now I am in the middle of being sure and confused at the same time.


    ¡°Are you sure you noted down all I said because, with the expression on your face, it doesn¡¯t seem like you understood what I said a few minutes ago?¡± Mr. Aaron spoke out a bit loudly as I snapped back into reality.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I understand every single detail,¡± I said as I also nodded my head to show that I was extremely sure that I understood everything he said. And that was the truth.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s good. The C. E. O. loves to drink ck tea, hot and without sugar, make sure to remember without sugar, if you do otherwise, there will be trouble, and you must take it to him immediately when he enters his office.


    ¡°I know you would be asking how you are supposed to know when he enters his office,¡±


    ¡°Your office will be close to his, so that means you are to be extra vignt every morning in order to know when he enters his office, and you are not to pester him unless there is an important issue.¡±


    ¡°Well, everything you need would be in your office.¡± Mr. Aaron finally stopped talking as he nced at his phone screen and looked at him.


    ¡°Most importantly, do not send anyone into his office without getting his permission because he hates when peoplee uninvited, and I know you would never want to get fired.¡±


    ¡°So you have to be physically, spiritually, and emotionally stable to work with the CEO of Seamus Group of Companies, and another thing you will need to be ready for at any time is that you will be following the CEO of Seamus Group of Companies on business trips in and out of the country, you will need to cope with that.¡±


    ¡°Okay,¡± Mr. Aaron said with a thoughtful facial expression as he looked down at his watch.


    But how in heaven¡¯s name am I supposed to remember all these too many rules and regtions?


    How am I to remember how he likes his tea?


    How am I supposed to remember the tea he loves to drink and not give him another vour or even go to the extent of putting sugar in it?


    I took a deep breath and closed my eyes to digest everything I had heard.


    ¡°Mr. Aaron, I really appreciate you exining all these to me, and I really appreciate it, thank you so much.¡± I let out a sign as I appreciated Mr. Aaron while he stared at me.


    ¡°That¡¯s okay for now, you can actually thank meter. I just pray you are tough enough to withstand this job because the CEO of Seamus Group of Companies has very bad behaviour, character, and a great mood swing, which can get one fired. You need to be very careful with him,¡± Mr. Aaron added as he ced his hand on his forehead to slightly massage it.


    Another rule again, or would I call it a warning?


    ¡°God, I needed a good and great job, not a problematic one at that,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°Mmm, did you say something?¡± Mr. Aaron asked, ¡°Maybe he heard me or maybe not,¡± and I prayed he didn¡¯t hear me because that would make him think I wasn¡¯t ready for this job.


    Ande to think of it, this so-called C. E. O., or whatever they call him, whom I haven¡¯t met yet, already inspires a slight fear in me, though I wouldn¡¯t say I am scared.


    I didn¡¯t even know what he looked like.


    I remember this morning when I was listening to the news, I did get to see his face because I switched off the TV, and right now I really wanted to see the man that made these rules and regtions.


    In fact, to hell with him.


    At that instant, I made up my mind to live by the rules, and I also prayed I wouldn¡¯t get fired or forget any of the rules, not by mistake or anything else, otherwise, that would be my end.


    ¡°Excuse me, Mr. Aaron, but please, like you said, this is the man I will be working for, you said he is the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies, right?¡± I asked because I wanted to be sure.


    ¡°Yes, he is the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies, and he is everyone¡¯s boss, he is under no one.¡±


    ¡°And wait, are you trying to tell me you don¡¯t know the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies?¡± Mr. Aaron asked, and I nodded my head because, truly, I didn¡¯t even know what he looked like.


    ¡°Yes, I asked because I didn¡¯t know what he looked like.¡±


    ¡°I am so sorry, what I meant was that I don¡¯t know him, I know nothing about him, and this is my first time hearing about him,¡± I replied, and that was nothing but the truth.


    And another thing that baffled me was the fact that I was going to work for the owner of thepany.


    Seamus Group of Companies

 CHAPTER ELEVEN

    TINA


    I had lots of questions, like how much my sry would be, because that was the most important of all, and I needed to know how much I would be paid after obeying the rules and regtions.


    I could not afford to work for nothing.


    ¡°Sir, do you mind if I get to ask you another question?¡± I asked him with a hint of fear in my eyes and shaky hands because I didn¡¯t want him to consider me irrelevant for asking too many questions.


    ¡°No, I don¡¯t mind at all.¡±


    ¡°Just ask me anything you need to know, my time will soon be up here,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he smiled at me with a facial expression that indicated I was free to ask any question.


    ¡°Okay, please don¡¯t mind my manners, but how much am I going to be paid for this post I am going to handle?¡± I asked him as I rubbed my hands together on my body.


    ¡°Yeah, actually I didn¡¯t forget to tell you that, but it seems I forgot after all.¡±


    ¡°You will be paid the sum of $80, 000 per month for handling the post of secretary.¡± Mr. Aaron replied with a calm voice.


    ¡°$80, 000 dors?¡±  I asked, and he nodded.


    Oh my God, I can¡¯t believe this, that was huge, and I didn¡¯t want to p myself in the presence of Mr. Aaron right now.


    Oh my God! Oh, my God This was so good, now poverty will run far away from me, in fact, poverty will flee from me.


    ¡°If you are thinking about the stress in it, then you don¡¯t have to think about it because you will be fine.¡± I just told you that because this is the first time in almost two decades we are employing a secretary, our boss never wanted that, and we rejected all the application letters of those who applied for that post. I don¡¯t know the reason he needs a secretary now, but I know you will be fine,¡± Mr. Aaron assured me.


    Bute to think of it, no secretary was employed here in almost 20 years, and I¡¯m the first secretary allowed to work here-what a blessing in disguise!


    ¡°Okay, my time is up,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he looked at his wrist watch and sighed.


    ¡°Now you have to go meet someone else, mmmm, the CEO demands to see you,¡± Mr. Aaron said, and I looked up at him.


    ¡°He demanded to see me.¡± Does that mean I am getting this job? ¡°When will I be resuming?¡± I asked all these questions at once, and when I realized myself, I looked up at Mr. Aaron to see him smiling.


    ¡°Well, he demanded to see you, and whether you get the job depends on your decision and his decision as well. Actually, I¡¯m not supposed to interview you, but the person who was supposed to do that went to an urgent meeting.¡±


    ¡°The managing director was in charge of your interview, but I had to take over, and I am the financial manager of thispany,¡± Mr. Aaron exined to me.


    Okay, I see. Mr. Aaron is the financial manager of the Seamus Group of Companies.


    But what he aplished by getting the job depends on my decision and the CEO¡¯s decision.


    I had a lot on my mind at that moment, but I had to let it go. Actually, I believe in the adage that says when I get to the bridge, I will cross it, so I had to wait, and I knew I would cross it.


    I had a lot on my mind at that moment, but I had to let it go. Actually, I believe in the adage that says when I get to the bridge, I will cross it, so I had to wait, and I knew I would cross every bridge I came into contact with.


    And I, alright, told myself that I was going home with this job no matter what, and I thank God that half of the work was done. I took the interview and was going to meet the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies in a few minutes.


    _______


    ¡°Hey Luca, I heard that the CEO wants to employ a secretary,¡± Phillip asked. Phillip, a young 26-year-old man of average height with a stunted physique, was actually theputer engineer for the Seamus Group of Companies.


    He seems to be jovial and also inquisitive.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Yeah, I also heard that Luca took her to the financial manager¡¯s office, it looks so fishy.¡± Zoey was still talking when Luca interrupted her.


    Zoey is actually the assistant receptionist, and she loves to gossip. She is the youngest person working in the Seamus Group of Companies.


    She is 23 years old and 4 feet, 5 inches tall, of which I say she is short and has a normal, good-looking shape.


    ¡°And why is it so fishy that both of you can¡¯t mind your business here, especially you, Zoey?¡± Luca ranted out of anger. Of course, he had every right to be angry because this morning Zoey wasn¡¯t avable, and then he had to do her job as the assistant.


    ¡°Bro, calm down.¡± We are not quarreling here. ¡°I am sure the reason we gathered here and this topic came up is to find out what was going on in our workce at all,¡± Phillip exined, and certainly it was true because they actually wanted to know what was going on in theirpany.


    ¡°Exactly,¡± Zoey added.


    ¡°Okay, I am so sorry for being so rude a few minutes ago, it was not my intention, but let¡¯s forget about it and continue with the conversation.¡± Luca apologized to them, and they smiled at him.


    ¡°So what is actually up with that youngdy you took to the financial manager¡¯s office?¡± Phillip asked with a facial expression on his face, saying, ¡°I am ready to hear all you have to say.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, the youngdy is applying for the post of secretary,¡± Luca said as he raised his face to look at the people he was talking to.

 CHAPTER TWELVE

    ¡°But the older ones who worked here said the boss did not want anything like the post of a secretary, and hereby told the interviewmittee not to include anything like a secretary application,¡± Zoey said.


    ¡°Yes, that is true, for almost twenty years, no secretary has worked here,¡± Phillip said calmly.


    ¡°Hmmm, I do not know the boss¡¯s reason, so let us not bother about the CEO¡¯s decisions,¡± Luca added to the conversation, and that was true, they did not know their boss¡¯s reason for employing a secretary now, so they needed to back off.


    ¡°Okay guys, I am off to work,¡± Luca said as he stood up, adjusted himself, and left for the exit. Zoey, you have to be at your table, right? I wonder what type of receptionist you are, seriously,¡± Luca added


    ¡°Yes, I would be on my way there now,¡± Zoey intervened.


    ¡°Phillip, I am off, I would not want the boss toe here and see us going, you know what that means when he slightly sees us, I cannot afford to lose my job, so see youter in the day,¡± Zoey added as she got up and arranged her dress.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Yeah, see youter,¡± Phillip said as he watched Zoey move towards the exit, and he turned back to continue his job.     ____________     TINA


    ¡°You are starting work immediately, but you have to see the CEO first, okay?¡± Mr. Aaron asked, and I nodded. ¡°Okay,¡± I said as I got up from the chair and sank into my thoughts.


    So I would be meeting the person I was warned about.


    ¡°Oh God, see me through this.¡±


    ¡°I need this job, and not even the CEO can change anything about giving me this job,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°Did you say something?¡± Mr. Aaron asked


    ¡°No, I didn¡¯t say anything.¡± I am sorry. ¡°I think you heard wrong.¡± I lied to him as I bowed my head down, I was not so good at lying and looking up at the person in the eye.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so, I would love to help you out since you are aware that the elevators are under renovation,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he got up from his chair.


    ¡°Okay, sir, what floor does the CEO¡¯s office upy?¡± I asked as I looked back up at him.


    ¡°His office is on thest floor, that¡¯s why I want to help you out.¡± I swallowed heavily as the answer sank into my head, brain, organs, and system.


    I felt weak overall.


    ¡°Did I make a mistake?¡± I asked myself as trickles of tears unnoticeably fell from my eyes onto my cheek, and I immediately used my hands to clean it up.


    First, after this long process, I still need to meet with the CEO for him to confirm who the post of secretary was given to.


    Secondly, I am currently on the thirteenth floor calcting from the downward, but his office is on the first floor if I were calcting from the upward, actually thest floor. I am so doomed today.


    Oh, Lord, help me! I totally had nothing to live up to when it came to the CEO, and I had no games in store for me. ¡°Are you interested?¡± I snapped out of my thoughts as I looked down at my shoes.


    I would not say this was the worst thing that had happened to me. ¡°Yes.. yes, I am,¡± I answered as he made his way to the door, and I followed behind him.


    ¡°You have to stop frowning your face if you are going up there, okay?¡± ¡°Everything is going to be fine,¡± he assured me as I brightened up my face.


    Well, that was actually true, I had to brighten up and look smart so that the CEO would not underrate me.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I understand that very well,¡± I said to him, and he smiled. ¡°Okay, very well, then,¡± he said as we walked towards the elevator.


    ¡°I am going to help you go through with the elevator so you can get there fast, you know I am not so wicked to let you climb the staircase, so thank meter,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he pressed the elevator button and the elevator opened.


    ¡°This is the CEO¡¯s elevator, and eventually you will get to use it with him, it¡¯s the fastest of all the elevators here in the Seamus Group of Companies,¡± Mr. Aaron added as he turned to face me.


    ¡°Thank you so much, sir.¡± ¡°I really appreciate you, but I do not know how to appreciate you more because words cannot express gratitude at times.¡± I appreciated him. I could not believe he was doing this for me, honestly, I really could not tell how to get to thest floor by climbing the stairwell.


    I was sure that I was going to faint at thest step, but God always sent me a helper.


    ¡°There¡¯s actually no need for that, after all, I believe in the adage that says what you sow, you shall reap, I would rather do good than bad, but if you did bad to me, I would definitely pay it back with bad, that is a fact,¡± Mr. Aaron said,ughing at the same time.


    Then we entered the elevator together, and he pressed thest floor button, and then we were going up very fast.


    I could hear my heart beating on my leg. Gosh, I was so scared.


    ¡°You do not have to be scared, Christina, you will get used to it,¡± Mr. Aaron said to me. I knew he must have seen me shiver with fear. ¡°No¡­ no¡­ no, I am not scared at all, not at all,¡± I said with hesitation.


    And finally, the elevator stopped, and the door opened.


    I literally ran out of the elevator. My heart was beating so fast, and I felt like I would have a heart attack.


    ¡°Thank God, finally it¡¯s over,¡± I said to myself. Mr. Aaron and I walked briefly down the spacious hallway.

 CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    We passed a sitting room, I saw a dining hall at one end, I saw lots of doors from the left to the right, and they seemed to be offices, but I did not see a single soul there. It seems like the ce was so dry, but it was also breathtaking.


    This was my first time walking through a ce like this, it seems like a mansion up here, aplete house with no upant living in it.


    When we got to a ce with a golden door, we stopped, and I stared at the door. This door is worth a lot of money.


    At that moment, it dawned on me that the Seamus Group of Companies were the moneymakers.


    I was so flustered as a result of how breathtaking the ce was.


    The ss on the walls was perfect, and I could see my reflection. The exterior designs were making my mouth drop.


    This wasn¡¯t an office, this was paradise on earth.


    The fact that Mr. Aaron turned the door handle and the door opened and he walked in, which I was not aware of because my eyes were moving around admiring the beauty that was to behold,


    ¡°Christina,e in,¡± Mr. Aaron said, bringing back my sense of reason. I went in, and at that instant, I nearly had a heart attack.


    What I saw was truly paradise.


    How the hell would someone call this ce an office?


    ¡°This is going to be your office,¡± Mr. Aaron said.


    I heard him clearly, but the sentence was repeated in my ears.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Christina, this is going to be your office.¡±


    What!!My office?? I was so happy, finally, today was not actually a bad omen.


    Immediately, a wild smile appeared on my face as tears of joy fell off my face.


    Oh, my goodness!


    ¡°Yes, this is where you would be working from now onwards,¡± Mr. Aaron repeated. Wow, I was so happy. Firstly, I think I was already hired.


    Secondly, this breathtaking ce was my office.


    I thought as I used my two hands to clean my face and opened it again to know if it was a joke, but no, it wasn¡¯t a joke.


    I moved around as I ced my hand on every surface to feel the texture. ¡°Mr. Aaron, do you mean this is my office?¡± I asked with so much excitement, I had already heard him, but I needed to hear that word again.


    ¡°Keep your happiness to yourself, remember the boss needs your presence in his office,¡± Mr. Aaron said as I snapped out of my fantasy world and returned to reality. I suddenly looked nk.


    I was not happy, nor was I sad. The fact that I looked nk at the mention of the boss¡¯s needing my presence in his office sounded


    The fact that I looked nk at the mention of the boss¡¯s needing my presence in his office sounded good but also bad in my ears.


    I just hoped I could skip that method of seeing him, but I had no choice.


    Why didn¡¯t I have a choice? That was definitely because he was the owner of the Seamus Group of Companies.


    ¡°Yes, I remember you saying that earlier, and that was the main reason we got here in the first ce.¡± I almost replied sarcastically, but thank God I didn¡¯t reply in that manner.


    ¡°Why would I even be scared of that man?¡± I asked myself.


    Well, I don¡¯t think I need to be scared anymore because I don¡¯t know him and he doesn¡¯t know me either.


    ¡°Okay, that is good. Anyway, he would ask of you any moment from now and brief you on what you are going to be doing around here, but if you find it hard to understand some things, always make sure to let me know and I will help you out with what I know, so good luck,¡± Mr. Aaron said, and immediately his phone rang.


    He was meters away before he picked up the call. ¡°Where is she?¡± the caller asked in a broad, scary voice.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, she would be there any moment from now,¡± Mr. Aaron said as the call got hung up, and he turned to look at me.


    ¡°You have to go now, follow me so I can take you to him, we don¡¯t have time anymore,¡± Mr. Aaron said.


    ¡°Okay,¡± I replied as I looked around my office. ¡°I aming back for you,¡± I actually said to no one in particr, but I knew I wasing back to this office and sitting in that chair. I knew within me that I had gotten this job.


    ¡°Let us get going now,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he hurriedly walked out of the office, through the hallway, and then towards an office.


    He didn¡¯t bother knocking as he pushed the door open.


    I followed him, but the moment he opened the office door, I had to pause immediately.


    So I did not follow Mr. Aaron into the office, so I had to wait until he called for me.


    I could hear them discussing something that seemed important, and I instantly thanked God that I did not follow Mr. Aaron into the office initially.


    After what seemed like minutes, Mr. Aaron walked out of the office. ¡°Christina, you should go in now, remember to answer questions respectfully,¡± Mr. Aaron whispered into my ears as he left. I didn¡¯t know why he made that statement, but I made sure I encoded it in my head.


    I majestically walked into the office.


    It was a little dark inside, and I noticed the walls were decorated with dark nature wallpaper as a blue color.


    Who in heaven¡¯s name makes an office look like a club?


    When I was satisfied with looking around, finally my gaze met with the man who was sitting at a desk, and he looked down, flipping through the pages of a book.


    I saw his eyes shine before he looked down, perfect golden eyes, which reminded me of the beautiful sight of fire from the burning volcano as it burned down and poured its golden emissions into the ocean.


    His neatlybed hair fell to his shoulders along with his perfectly chiseled chest, a part of which I could see perfectly fitted into the suit.

 CHAPTER FOURTEEN

    He looked so masculine and emitted this powerful aura, and I could not take my eyes off him.


    ¡°What the fuck is wrong with me, and why was I not concentrating since I stepped my foot into thispany, the Seamus Group of Companies?¡±


    At that moment, I think my heart shunned me as I snapped out of my world of fantasy.


    I even wondered how I was able to describe those features he had in an almost dark office.


    ¡°I have been waiting for you.¡±


    ¡°Have a seat,¡± he said in a deep, broad voice that almost made my spirit pop out of my flesh.


    But wait, why does this voice seem so familiar-like I have heard it before, somewhere, but where exactly?


    Immediately the white lights were turned on, and I saw him drop a remote control on his table as I slowly looked up at his face. He gave the weirdest smile I had ever seen in my life, and a loud gasp filled with uncertainty and shock left my lips.


    Finally, I got to know who the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies was.


    I tried to keep my bnce, as my knees could not keep it anymore.


    I remember how I made a mistakest night at the bar. I suddenly realized I was standing in the presence of the man I threw up on in the bar.


    I prayed to God that night so I would never cross paths with him again, but I did.


    I think we don¡¯t always get what we want.


    Suddenly I remember his statement, ¡°YOU WILL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS,¡± and BOOM, my knees could not stand it anymore as I took two steps backward trying to bnce myself because I would not want to disgrace myself for the second time, and I wondered at the same time why I couldn¡¯t bnce myself because I was good at heels, but that wasn¡¯t my problem right now.


    He looked up at me, and all I wanted to hear was, ¡®You are fired, I told you you would pay dearly for what you did to me yesterday, right?¡¯ But seconds passed and I didn¡¯t hear a word, rather, he looked down like he didn¡¯t remember me.


    Finally, my heart became to rest once again.


    At that moment I took a step to go sit down. He looked at me again, but this time he looked so angry that his eyes glittered like a burning furnace.


    Immediately, my heart told me that he was going to roar like an angry lion, and then I heard the growl.


    ¡°I said, Sit down,¡± I said. I wobbled and walked like a chicken to the chair and fearfully sat down.


    Oh God, why?


    ¡°So you are my new secretary?¡± How did this happen, and why did Lucas employ you?¡± he asked, with a visibly angry expression still written boldly on his face.


    I lowered my head in embarrassment as I tried to register the very first word he said to me.


    He asked a question, and I was not sure how to reply, so I still kept my head down as I fixed my gaze on myps.


    ¡°Well, that¡¯s a good thing for me, right?¡±


    ¡°Gavriel Seamus, the CEO of the Seamus Group of Companies, gets what he wants,¡± he said.


    Firstly, the first statement he made, what did he mean by it being a good thing for him?


    Secondly, what did he mean by ¡°getting what he wants¡±?


    Finally, his name is Gavriel Seamus. God, I was literally crying inside of me. My heart was tearing up already.


    His voice made the matter seem worse.


    I finally mustered up the courage to say something, I didn¡¯t want to go home without this job.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel,¡± I began.


    ¡°I am so sorry about what happenedst night, I was so wasted, but that doesn¡¯t matter right now,¡± I exined when I noticed he looked up at me.


    ¡°She dared to call me by my name, a name no one in this office has ever dared to call,¡± he wondered.


    ¡°So? How can your simple apology fix the damage you caused?¡± He asked in a fierce tone as he waited for me to respond, but the moment he did not hear any response, he stood up from his chair.


    ¡°Can you exin to me how your apology can undo your mistake?¡± he asked again as he walked towards the window and stared outside, and then he went back to his chair and sat down.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, I am sorry for my mistake, and I promise to do any punishment you give me.¡±


    I didn¡¯t know when the statement ¡°I promise to do any punishment you give me¡± came out of my mouth, but it was already out because I saw the boss raise one of his eyebrows as he looked up at me.


    ¡°Are you sure about that?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked. I don¡¯t understand this man seated in front of me.


    A few minutes ago, he sounded like he was going to roast me alive, and now I agreed to any punishment he was asking if I was sure.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I am sure about that,¡± I answered as I saw his lips widen with a devilish smile.


    ¡°You are hired,¡± he said so fast. Wait, did he just say I am hired? I can¡¯t believe this.


    ¡°I am hired,¡± I whispered to myself.


    ¡°Yes, you are selected, you are to start work tomorrow.¡±


    Absorbed in my fear and rampant thoughts, I did not realize that Mr. Gavriel was watching my facial expression and assessing how she would react when he told me what punishment he had for me, which was also an offer.


    My mind was going rampaging as my thoughts went far and wide.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    But why did he give me the job so suddenly, and what punishment did he have for me?


    _________


    Her mind was going insane at this moment in time as she sat in front of a man, whose expression came from his lying posture as he sat down reminiscing about what happenedst night.

 CHAPTER FIFTEEN

    He could still feel the pains below his abdomen that Nicole causedst night in her drunken state of mind.


    ¡°I am certain she remembered what she did to mest night, that is why she ran away without showing appreciation for what I did for her because she was embarrassed,¡± he thought to himself and smiled.


    He got up from the bed because he had to brush his teeth and wash his face, that was a daily routine he created for himself.


    On his way, he picked up a piece of paper that was kept on top of his office journal. He picked it up and smiled like a child as he got his signature on the piece of paper. It stated,


    LETTER OF APPRECIATION


    Good morning, Caregiver,


    I am sorry for leaving without appreciating your kind gesturesst night.


    I want to use this medium to thank you for taking the time to look after me while I was wastedst night.


    I was shocked to wake up on your bed, but I appreciate that.


    You help me out when I was drunkst night without minding who I was and all that has exined to me that not everyone is so selfish, and I promised myself this instant that I would pay this help back to someone in need of it, and that would be an encouraging and great action I would be taking in my life that would make a crucial difference in my life to help people in need like I was in need, and I hope that would be you.


    I hope I can pay this respect back to you, so that one day when you are in need, all you need to do is count on me.


    I am so sorry for this long exnation. I just wanted to thank you for the kind gesture you expressed to me, but I found my hand eager to write more. I also hope we never cross paths again except when you are in need. Sincerely,


    Nicole.


    Raymond finished reading the appreciation letter and couldn¡¯t help butugh at Nicole¡¯s mindset.


    ¡°So she hopes we never cross paths again,¡± he thought to himself as he dropped the piece of paper andughed out loud as he walked into the bathroom.


    I sat on the chair as she stared at the brown envelope in her hand and wondered what was written inside of it.


    ¡°Open it and make sure to read it carefully,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he rxed on his chair and stared at her.


    I opened the envelope and brought out the documents inside, they were two in number, and they were neatly bound together.


    ¡°One is your copy, and the other is mine,¡± Mr. Gavriel exined. ¡°So read it, and when you are through with it and you are ready to sign it, you will have to give me my own copy.¡±


    ¡°And do not forget to ask me questions about any word or sentence you do not understand,¡± he added, grinning at no one in particr.


    I nodded.


    After taking a few moments to put myself together before reading the employment contract, which was currently in my hand,


    Once again, I nced around the office and then back to the contract in her hand.


    Mr. Gavriel was intensely watching her steady eye movements as he kept on wondering how I would react if she found out what her punishment was. ¡°Yes, she deserves to pay for what she did to me at the bar, how could she be so reckless and wasted even at the fact she knew she was ady? Anyway, that isn¡¯t my business, my business right now is for her to sign that paper and remain my dominant for eternity, that is all I want right now,¡± Mr. Gavriel said to himself as he saw his veins pop out with anger as he remembered how she threw up on him.


    So disgusting.


    So irritating.


    I slowly opened the first page.


    The employment contract was something, and I am sure somewyer helped him with this, I thought as I nced at him, and when our eyes met, I nced away immediately.


    And I slipped again and saw the heading.


    AGREEMENT FOR APPOINTMENT OF SEAMUS GROUP OF COMPANY SECRETARY AND SUBMISSIVE TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MR GAVRIEL SEAMUS.


    Still holding the document in my hands, my face bore a dumbfounded expression with my eyes still fixed on the heading of the paper. What did he mean by being submissive to the chief executive officer, or was that the punishment he was giving to me?


    I let it go as I continued navigating through the document and made sure to read and understand every single word there.


    ¡°Excuse me, sir, am I going to sign this contract today?¡± I asked Mr. Gavriel, ¡°Signing the contract depends on you, your work contract alongside your punishment is stated there, so signing it means you are going to work there and also serve your punishment.¡± Mr. Gavriel exined as I just stared at him without saying a word.


    I faced the document again, and this time I was reading and making sure I asked questions about the parts I found hard to understand.


    The contract stated a lot of things, like that I would be given free medical help.


    I would be entitled to receive $50, 000 every month, as and when decided by the board of directors.


    I would not be entitled to any leave throughout my stay working as the secretary, even when I am sick. WHAT!!


    ¡°Excuse me, Mr. Gavriel, it says here that I would not be entitled to any leave throughout my stay working as the secretary, even when I am sick? How?¡±  I asked because I needed an exnation on this.


    This is not a punishment but wickedness.


    ¡°Well, you have no other option except that you have somewhere else you n on submitting your application letter again,¡± Mr. Gavriel exined.


    I was so short of words.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    It also stated that I will be working full-time for the Seamus Group of Companies and that I will not ept the position of secretary or otherwise with any otherpany, person, or firm.


    It also stated that the secretary will be bound to attend to all administration matters, and such other matters will be assigned to me by the board of directors or the managing director from time to time.


    And without prejudice to the generality of the said obligations,


    That was understandable. I quickly flipped through the pages while I searched for where to put my signature.


    ¡°Are you sure you read everything?¡± Mr. Gavriel queried when he said I was about to sign.


    ¡°Yes, I am done going through the contract,¡± I replied.


    ¡°You seem so naive, okay, since you im you are done going through the pages of the contract, which I am sure you didn¡¯t get, it would just help you state the most important thing there, which is your punishment,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he got up from where he was sitting and walked towards the window.

 CHAPTER SIXTEEN

    ¡°Well, Mr. Gavriel, the only punishment I saw in the contract was that I would be submissive to the Chief Executive Officer of the Seamus Group of Companies,¡± I imed.


    And then heughed out loud, which is a very annoying manner in which I felt like strangling him, this was something to be taken seriously, notughing like a senseless hypocrite.


    ¡°Well, I think you did not read the part of the contract where your punishment was stated, but I will state that part for you,¡± Mr. Gavriel announced as he went back to his chair and sat down as he used one of his shoulder-length hair in order. Immediately he sat and looked angry, that hypocritical smile disappeared, and what I saw was anger.


    ¡°It states that Miss Christina Ezekiel will be submissive to the dominant, Mr. Gavriel Seamus, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Seamus Group of Companies.¡±


    ¡°I am sure you know what dominant and submissive mean?¡± He warned.


    I understood what dominant meant and what submissive meant, it was just up to me to take this job because I needed it, and even if he said I should lick his foot to get the job, I would do that.


    But I had to sign that contract because I need this job badly and it pays so well.


    I just hope he does not sexually molest me because that would be a huge problem.


    I just hope that I can handle all the ill-treatment I will face.


    ¡°It also states that Miss Christina Herbert would also work for Mr. Gavriel Seamus in his home,¡± Mr. Gavriel continued.


    What!


    Work for him in his home.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Immediately you sign this contract you are to pack your bags to my property as you will also work for me as my house assistant in the morning before going to thepany as the secretary and when you are back from work,¡± Mr. Gavriel exined.


    This is bad.


    This is bad.


    And this man, who calls himself the owner of the Seamus Group of Companies, is a demon.


    How would I live in a house with a man as my dominant?


    God, this is bad for me, I never wanted it to go this way, but it is getting out of hand.


    I cannot believe that just because I made a slight mistake, which everyone makes, this man here, who would be my boss, is punishing me like Imitted some sort of murder.


    How could he do that, I was so foolish that I didn¡¯t read everything because I thought they were just rules and regtions.


    ¡°Okay, that is all I can say for now because everything was stated in the contract, but you were so naive that you didn¡¯t read it, well, I stated the most important part of the contract, which was your punishment for the wrongdoings you did to me.¡± Mr. Gavriel scolded.


    I thought this man standing in front of me was a good-looking man with a good heart, but no, he is a good-looking man with an evil heart.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, so you are trying to exin to me that I will work as a secretary in thepany and as a housekeeper in your home?¡± I demanded to know. I felt like crying out my heart there, but it was of no use.


    ¡°Yes, exactly-a secretary in thepany and a housekeeper in my house, and I also forgot to tell you because you didn¡¯t read all the details of the contract, so I am just being nice to exin to you,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied.


    ¡°Did he just say being nice?¡±


    Excuse me, Mr. Gavriel, did you just say you were being nice to me but exining further because you think I was so naive that I wasn¡¯t able to read? Is it being nice that you are making me submissive to you? Because of a mistake I made, you want me to be submissive to you? That is unfair, Mr. Gavriel Seamus,¡± I poured out my questions as I could not hold back my tears as I let them pour out freely.


    I didn¡¯t want to look weak, so I quickly cleaned up my face.


    ¡°I do not care how you see me, and in case you do not know, even if you do not want to work as a secretary here, you must serve your punishment, and after all, you would be paid the sum of 180, 000 dors, so luck is also on your side,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he let out an evil smile.


    ¡°So he is also paying me for work at his home, if that¡¯s the case, then I am good to go,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°There is nothing to worry about,¡± I said as I searched for a pen in my bag and quickly signed the contract.


    I could see the shock on his face immediately after I signed the contract, both my copy and his copy.


    I handed the two copies over to him so he could also sign.


    ¡°Here it is, I have signed it, and I am aware you have to sign both documents and hand over mine to me,¡± I said as he smiled at me.


    He picked up a pen from his table and signed the contract.


    Then he handed over my copy to me. ¡°And please recertify your statement in the contract that I am indebted to you for eternity,¡± I said to Mr. Graviel, who was already my boss because I can never be indebted to him for eternity. No one in this world is indebted to someone for eternity, that person must surely pay off his or her debts somehow.


    ¡°It cannot be ratified because you have already signed the contract,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied as he got up from where he was sitting.


    ¡°We would see about that,¡± I said with my fist clenched.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, you did not state the address of the property where I would be moving!¡± I added as I stared widely at him.


    ¡°The address will be sent to your email,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied.

 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

    ¡°Since you have signed the contract, you are to be there by 7 p. m. prompt and ensure that you are notte, otherwise, there would be consequences for your action,¡± Mr. Gavriel added.


    This man is something.


    I have not yet gotten to his house, and he is already ordering me.


    Then, if I got to his house, he would kill me.


    Oh God, save me from the hands of Mr. Gavriel Seamus.


    Fuck.


    ¡°Okay, sir, I will be there on time, but I hope you treat me well!¡± I replied with a dark squint.


    I did not know when I made that statement.


    ¡°Oh my God, I hope he does not think I am disrespectful,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°Do not expect that from me,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied with a harsh voice.


    I had this feeling and I knew it: I was done for.


    Mr. Gavriel is a wicked bastard.


    The worst thing was that he hadn¡¯t started yet, and I was alreadyining.


    ¡°You can leave now, I am done with you here, I am releasing you to start making your preparations to avoid beingte, have a nice day,¡± Mr. Gavriel said.


    This was so harsh, and he does not know how to talk to people.


    I was still sitting down as I was trying to recall what he had said.


    ¡°I am certain that you can see yourself to the door,¡± I stood up, trembling, as I slowly walked out of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office.


    I walked out of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office so sluggishly that I could not believe that I was going to live with that man starting from today¡¯s evening.


    I just started to develop this feeling of hatred inside of me, and it just keeps on growing every single second, minute, and hour as long as I remember that I am his submissive and he is my dominant. I believe he hates me as much as I hate him, but I never did that on purpose, I never intended to throw up on him, and now he is saying I am indebted to him for eternity.


    I was so angry as hell.


    I was so deep in my thoughts that I did not realize when tears started flowing out of my eyes.


    I picked up my phone and dialed Nicole¡¯s number, after some rings, she picked up.


    ¡°Hi Tina, how are you?¡±


    ¡°I am so sorry about yesterday, I did not mean to leave like that. I am sorry,¡± Nicole apologized about yesterday.


    ¡°I am not fine, Nicole, and I am not angry at you,¡± I said as the tears kept on pouring down.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Tina, are you okay? You are crying, and what do you mean by you are not fine?¡± Nicole asked with a concerned voice, and of course, she was concerned about my welfare.


    ¡°I cannot talk right now, please, I need you at my house in an hour or so, this might be thest time you would ever set your eyes on your precious best friend,¡± I said as my palms started sweating, and then I hung up immediately.


    ¡°Hey, Christina are you okay? Did something happen to you? Did you get the job? Why are you crying?¡± a familiar voice asked, and then I turned to know who it was, and I said, ¡± Mr. Aaron. I quickly used my hands to wipe the tears from my eyes as he came closer.


    I just stood there like a statue, and I did not answer him.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°Why are you crying?¡± Mr. Aaron asked again.


    ¡°Yes, I am fine, and nothing happened to me,¡± I answered, and I turned immediately to leave.


    ¡°Christina, I know that something is wrong and you are lying to me. Did Mr. Gavriel give you the job?¡± Mr. Aaron asked


    ¡°I got the job, but¡­¡± I was still answering when Mr. Aaron interrupted me.


    ¡°You know what, follow me, let¡¯s not just stand here discussing,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he turned around and started going.


    He did not even wait to hear my response, and because of that, I had no other option but to follow him.


    When we got to his office, he offered me a chair.


    ¡°Mr. Aaron, I am so sorry, but I have to leave right now.¡± I bluntly refused to sit as I checked my wristwatch and saw that it was already heading to noon.


    ¡°Christina, I understand, but can you briefly exin what happened? Something must have happened to change your facial expression, I cannot bring myself to believe that someone was offered a job in apany like this and the person is going back home in tears,¡± Mr. Aaron exined as he looked at me briefly as he sped his hands together.


    ¡°I might help if I can,¡± Mr. Aaron added, and I had no option but to briefly exin to him what happened.


    ¡°Okay, but I will be very fast,¡± I said, and he nodded his head.


    ¡°Something terrible but not too terrible happened yesterday night at a bar, and it happened between me and Mr. Gavriel.¡± I started exining how it happenedst night.


    How I went to the bar with my best friend and got so wasted because I could not get a job


    How  I saw the interview message that same night at the bar when I was so drunk, and I decided to leave the bar but bumped into Mr. Gavriel and suddenly threw up on him.


    ¡°Oh my goodness, that is so gross,¡± Mr. Aaron said as he looked at me, and I looked at him with a facial expression that said I thought you wanted me to exin.


    ¡°I am sorry for saying that, but that is so terrible. Let me exin why,¡± Mr. Aaron added.


    ¡°Something like that happened months ago, but it was between Mr. Gavriel and his soon-to-be-married wife she did the same thing you did, and guess what happened? Mr. Gavriel called off the marriage,¡± Mr. Aaron said.


    ¡°What??  He called off marriage because his soon-to-be wife threw up on him. I knew it-that man is the devil that God cast out of heaven, and now how am I going to cope with living with him?¡± I said in bewilderment, and I did not know when those words left my lips.

 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

    ¡°What! You are going to live with him?¡± Mr. Aaron asked in shock.


    ¡°Yes, actually, he made me sign a contract, and he arranged the contract in a way I would not be able to respect,¡± I answered in a calm tone.


    ¡°How?¡±  Mr. Aaron asked again.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel said for me to get the job, I would have to sign a contract, and in that contract, it stated that I would get the job, work for Mr. Gavriel in his home, and be his submissive,¡± I said as I pursed my lips and clenched my fists into tight balls, and an ache started to dwell deep inside my heart.


    ¡°So he made that so you would have no other option than to sign it because you needed the job and of which you would sign, hmm, and now you are his ve,¡± Mr. Aaron said, and he sighed and shook his head in pity.


    ¡°Exactly, he is so wise,¡± I said with a fake smile and checked the time again only to see that I have spent almost an hour here as I remembered that I asked Nicole toe over.


    ¡®Oh, my goodness, I almost forgot to invite Nicole over,¡¯ I said to myself. ¡°Mr. Aaron, I have to take my leave now,¡± I said.


    I got out of thepany and took a cab home.


    ~


    I was on the elevator on my way to the garage. I needed to see Raymond because I did not see or hear from him until yesterday evening after he disappeared from the bar.


    Then the elevator beeped, and I came out.


    I watched as Aaron went to her, and I saw the tears that fell from her sparkling eyes.


    Then I saw how he was talking to Christina Herbert, thedy who is currently my subordinate.


    I could see him consoling her as she followed him into his office.


    Why was Aaron so interested in Christina Herbert? I asked myself that because no human being was close to me.


    Then I signed as I kept on going where I was going before I got interrupted by their presence.


    I picked up the phone and dialed a number.


    ¡°Hello, sir,¡± the other caller replied. ¡°Tell everyone to get out of that house before I get back, including the butler, send them to my father¡¯s house.¡±


    ¡°Is that clear? And also ensure to be fast if you still love your job and cannot afford to lose it,¡± I ordered as I hung up immediately, not waiting to hear what the other caller had to say.


    Then I moved straight to the garage, entered the car, and turned on the ignition key.


    And boom, I zoomed off straight to Raymond¡¯s house.


    Normally I don¡¯t like going to visit people uninvited, and I also would not want anyone to visit me uninvited too, so I picked up my phone and dialed Raymond¡¯s number, and within the third and fourth rings, he picked up the call.


    ¡°Hey, Gavriel, bro, what¡¯s up?¡± Raymond hailed and greeted from the other side of the phone.


    ¡°I am good, but I am so going to deal with you so badly that you would not expect it from me, and that¡¯s because you left me behind at the bar yesterday,¡± Gavriel said as he wondered where Raymond went yesterday night after he ditched him at the bar.


    Gavriel, calm down. You know I would not ditch you just like that. Raymond was still exining when Gavriel interrupted him.


    ¡°Anyway, that is by the way, I am on my way to your house, so keep your ears alert, or would I say on the floor?¡± Gavriel said as heughed.


    ¡°Okay, okay, I will be awaiting your arrival,¡± Raymond said as he hung up the phone.


    Within thirty-five minutes, Gavriel was already in Raymond¡¯s home.


    Gavriel walked inside and saw Raymond ying a video game, but something else was odd in this house, he felt like someone was there.


    ¡°Did you bring a woman to your house?¡± Gavriel asked as Raymond turned around and saw his best friend already in his house.


    ¡°Bro, you are here already!¡± Raymond said.


    ¡°Yes, I am here, but did you bring a woman to your house?¡± Gavriel asked again because it was unlike his best friend, it was unlike the Raymond he knows.


    Raymond has not brought a woman home for almost two years now, and he is perceiving a female cologne in his best friend¡¯s house after he ditched him and a bar.


    ¡°Yes, but it is not what you think it is. I did not bring a woman over to my house because I wanted to sleep with her, no! I slept with her, but I did not have sex with her, that was exactly what I was trying to exin to you earlier, I never intended to ditch you, and I did not ditch you for no reason,¡± Raymond exined.


    ¡°So?¡± Gavriel asked.


    ¡°The thing is that I have been stalking this woman for some time now, so yesterday at the bar I saw her, actually she was there with her friend, I think so, and the both of them were drinking.¡±


    ¡°I will just say that she ran out and I followed her because I sensed that she was drunk. Could you believe that she was almost beaten up but even in her drunk state she fought for herself, well atst she fainted, for which I had to bring her to my house,¡± Raymond exined.


    ¡°The worst thing was that when I woke up, I could not find her, she just left a note behind,¡± Raymond added.


    Gavriel turned as he saw red spots on Raymond¡¯s face.


    ¡°Ray, where are you beat up?¡± ¡°What are those red marks on your face?¡± Gavriel asked as Raymond touched his face.


    ¡°Oh, the marks have not left yet, well, the youngdy beat me up,¡± Raymond said as he looked down at his feet like a child.


    ¡°What? A woman beat you up, and you brought her to your house?¡± Gavriel asked.


    ¡°Well, I had no other option. As I said, I have been stalking her for some time now, and that opportunity was the greatest of all, and I had to make my first move toward her, and that was the right thing to do.¡± Raymond defended himself immediately.Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Well, I think I need to tell Ivy about yourtest change, at least her mind will calm down a bit before she gets a heart attack just because she wants you to get another woman,¡± Gavriel said as he stretched forth his hand to punch Raymond.


    ¡°Well, you do not have to tell her, I will tell your sister about mytest change myself, okay?¡± Raymond said it bluntly as he dodged Gavriel¡¯s punch.


    ¡°No, I will tell her myself, like you said, Ivy is my sister, so I will tell her,¡± Gavriel insisted as they both kept on arguing like children.


    Gavriel always acted like this when he was with Raymond, but when he was outside, he was known as the Devil, whom God had cast down from heaven.

 CHAPTER NINETEEN

    ¡°So, Gavriel, this one you came over to my house in such a hurry, I know it is exactly not because I ditched you at the bar, something else happened, right?¡± Raymond asked, and of course, Gavriel has never been to his home by this time, it only happened when something was bothering him when he did something, or when someone did something to him.


    So he wondered what the issue was this time.


    ¡°Well, I guess something is bothering me, then I did something unthinkable, and someone did something to me,¡± he responded as if he read Raymond¡¯s mind.


    ¡°Bro, you just read my mind, right?¡± Raymond asked.


    ¡°Hell no, I would never do that, and I cannot possibly do that. Wait! Are you trying to exin that I am a seer?¡±


    ¡°I just gave you a glimpse of what the problem was, and that means I answered your question,¡± Gavriel exined as he defended himself.


    ¡°Hmm, well, I do not think I meant it that way, but anyway, what is the problem? Since you already gave me a glimpse of what the problem was, I know you would not mind telling me what happened,¡± Raymond said as he got up and went to the drink counter in his house to get drinks for himself and Gavriel.


    ¡°Would you mind taking a drink as you tell me what you did and the rest of it?¡± Raymond asked.


    ¡°Well, I would not mind at all, as long as you do not get me drunk,¡± Gavriel replied as Raymondughed at his best friend¡¯s mindset.


    ¡°I would not do that,¡± Raymond said, signing at the same time.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so,¡± Gavriel replied as he got up from where he was sitting and moved out of the sitting room to where Raymond was.


    ¡°This is for you,¡± Raymond said as he stretched out his hand to Gavriel and gave him his drink.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± Gavriel said as he took the drink from Raymond and took a sip.


    ¡°So.. can you exin to me why a billionaire like you is so stressed out because I know that nothing is too big for you to take care of?¡± Raymond teased his best friend.


    ¡°Okay, literally speaking, I already solved it, but I do not know if I did the right thing,¡± Gavriel said as he sipped a little of his wine.


    ¡°Come on, is this some sort of joke like you met ady you have been stalking for a while drunk and I also met a drunkdy, but I did not meet her, the thing is that she bumped into me and threw up on me, the two incidents seem connected, but we forget about it and assume it was a coincidence,¡± Gavriel exined.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Raymond said as he kept sipping his wine.


    ¡°Today, thedy who bumped into me and threw up on me was the samedy who came for an interview to be my secretary.¡± Gavriel could not finish his statement because Raymond interrupted him.


    ¡°What! Do you mean the same person who was at the barst night was the same person who came for the interview at yourpany?¡±


    ¡°This is fate, like, the first incident came as a coincidence, but the second came as fate,¡± Raymond practically exined as Gavriel smacked his head so hard.


    ¡°Ouch, that hurts!¡± Raymond shouted as he cried like a child.


    ¡°Excuse me, what do you mean by fate? That is never fate, after all, I have enough women all over me, so right now I do not need any fate,¡± Gavriel argued as Raymond massaged his head where Gavriel hit him.


    ¡°So what happened when she found out that you are the owner of thepany she wanted to work for as a secretary?¡± Raymond asked because he needed to know and, most importantly. After all, he loves gossips like this.


    He knew what Gavriel was capable of, he would never let thatdy go free like that, he would punish her over and over again, and she would feel what hell on earth was like.


    Gavriel can only be calm when he is with his mother, his sister, Ivy, and himself, Raymond, but when he gets outside or even with his father, he is seen as a Scorpion.


    ¡°Of course, she was shocked, and to tell you the truth, I enjoyed seeing her legs wobble in fear because I told herst night that she would pay dearly for what she did to me.¡±C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°If it were to be another person who met me again after an incident like that, I am certain that the person would flee a thousand miles and try not to get in contact with me, but thedy was just so scared, do you know why?¡± Gavriel exined as he threw the question at Raymond.


    ¡°No, why would I know?¡± Raymond said it to himself, but obviously, Gavriel heard it.


    ¡°Yeah, why would you know?¡±


    ¡°Of course, you would because you have been spending away your time stalking a woman,¡± Gavriel teased.


    ¡°Whatever you say would not do me harm or release a tear from my precious eyes,¡± Raymond teased back at him.


    ¡°Well, thedy could not bring herself to leave because she had no other option and she needed the job so badly, so she was just scared.¡±


    ¡°I even wanted tough when I saw her hands trembling in fear, but as the owner of Seamus Group of Companies, I had to keep my bossy look so that I would not look stupid in front of my soon-to-be secretary at that moment.¡±


    ¡°Before that happened, I knew she was the oneing to my office for the final interview because Annabelle sent me her details, and I had to immediately prepare a contract for her to sign.¡±


    ¡°What! You prepared a contract for her to sign, like, What type of contract?¡± Raymond asked because he knew that Gavriel would make life difficult for that youngdy.


    ¡°Goodness, she is going to feel what the wrath of a devil is like,¡± Raymond thought to himself.


    ¡°Well, about the contract, that is definitely not a problem because she signed the contract, and right now she is my secretary, my house help, and my subordinate, while I am her boss both in the office and in the house, yeah, and I am also her dominant,¡± Gavriel exined as he gave a wide smile as if he had won a lottery.


    ¡°You made her your submissive?¡±

 CHAPTER TWENTY

    ¡°What about the other lots of women all over you, are you not satisfied with them? Why did you have to do that?¡±


    ¡°Gavriel, you are trying to tell me that you did that to ady just because she was wasted and threw up on you, which I am certain was a mistake, like maybe she was rushing out to throw up and then she bumped into you, then she had no other option because it was already out on you, that is not fair,¡±


    ¡°Even if she signed the contract that does not mean her feelings were not hurt like you said she signed that contract because she had no other option, well, that is your business because I am not support of that attitude you disyed,¡± Raymond said straight to the point


    ¡°Well, what has been done has been done, in her next life she would never go to a bar, not to talk of getting drunk or wasted or even thinking of throwing up because, when she remembers the wrath she passed through in my hands, she would sit at home and do whatever she wants to do,¡± Gavriel boasted.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Well, if you say so, but count me out of it and do not bother asking me for advice since you advised yourself to create that contract, you should also be able to advise yourself on any issue concerning her,¡± Raymond said this bluntly because he did not want to sow a bad thing, and of course, if he did that, he would surely reap a bad thing, and he did not want that for himself. NEVER.


    ¡°Okay, if you do not want me to give myself advice, then I will do that myself, but one day I will still ask you for advice, remember that,¡± Gavriel said as he smiled widely at Raymond.


    ¡°Can we just change this topic? It is boring already,¡± Gavriel added.


    ¡°Hmm, if you say so,¡± Raymond said as they discussed other things as they continued drinking their wine.


    ~


    ~


    I stopped a cab immediately after I got out of Mr. Aaron¡¯s office, Nicole must be so furious right now after I ended the call like that on her.


    The worst is that I am not even there with her. Gosh, I am so doomed, I am done for.


    ¡°Good day, ma¡¯am, where do you want to go?¡± the cab driver asked me.


    ¡°St Louis Road,¡± I replied immediately, he asked me the question and I entered the cab immediately, and the cab driver sped off.


    In not less than fifteen minutes, we arrived at my residence, and I came out of the cab, and the driver zoomed off.


    I turned and saw Nicole¡¯s car parked in the garage, and immediately I ran into her apartment.


    ¡°Hey Tina, I have been waiting for you for an hour now, are you okay?¡± Nicole asked, and with that, Tina¡¯s mind calmed down at that moment, seeing that Nicole was not angry at her.


    ¡°Nicole,¡± I called her as I ced my hands on her hands.


    ¡°Yes, Tina  Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°You look so unusual today,¡± Nicole asked again.


    ¡°Nicole, I am so sorry for not being here on time, I was caught up in something, I am sorry for hanging up on you earlier,¡± Tina apologized to her best friend and sister.


    ¡°I am not angry at you, Tina, you know that can never happen in this life.¡± ¡°Are you sure you are fine, it seems like you have been crying,¡± Nicole asked as she took Tina to sit on the couch, where she also sat by her side.


    ¡°Nicole, I am not fine, a lot has happened to start fromst night at the bar,¡± Tina said as tears ran down her face.


    ¡°Do you mean when I left you?¡± Nicole asked.


    ¡°Yes, I tried to follow you when you left, but the drink already started having its effect on me, then suddenly I saw a text message saying I shoulde for an interview today, as if that was not enough, I instantly felt like throwing up, and I ran out and bumped into a man and threw up on him, I apologized, and do you know what the man told me?¡± I asked Nicole as I continued crying.


    ¡°No, what did he say?¡± Nicole asked.


    ¡°He told me that I would pay dearly for what I did to him,¡± I replied, and of course, I was so hurt that the tears kept on gushing out as they finally destroyed my makeup.


    ¡°Wow, that man is a bastard,¡± Nicole said nonchntly.


    ¡°But how does that have a connection with why you are crying like this? I mean, you would not be able to meet the man again since you only met him once at the bar,¡± Nicole said in a calm tone as she patted my back while I was having hups, then she rushed to get me water.


    ¡°Tina, take this and drink, it will stop the hups,¡± she said as I collected the ss of water and gulped it down immediately as the hups stopped, and I kept the cup on the center table.


    ¡°Tina, stop crying, okay, you would not be able to see the man again, okay,¡± Nicole repeated.


    ¡°No, I will, Nicole.¡±


    ¡°I am going to keep on seeing this man, and I think that is going to happen for the rest of my life,¡± I said to Nicole.


    ¡°What!¡±


    ¡°What do you mean by you will keep on seeing him for the rest of your life?¡± Nicole eximed at my response.


    Nicole needed an exnation for this statement Tina made.


    She wondered why I would make such a statement, something was not right here.


    ¡°Tina, talk to me, why would you keep on seeing the man who said that to you for the rest of your life?¡± Nicole asked.


    ¡°Nicole, I will keep on seeing that devil for the rest of my life because he is my boss,¡± Tina said the statement shocked both Nicole and herself, and then there was a moment of silence between the both of them as Tina continued crying.

 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

    ¡°What do you mean by saying he is your boss, Tina?¡± Nicole asked me furiously.


    ¡°I went for an interview today, just to find out that the man I threw up on and prayed to God never to let me get in contact with is the owner of thepany where I went for an interview, and he was thest person to attend to me, he was thest person to interview me, and he gave me the job,¡± Tina answered as she looked up at Nicole, and while I was still crying.


    ¡°What!¡± Nicole eximed.


    My heart ached a lot, it ached so badly, but I had no option because I had already signed the contract.


    ¡°Today is thest day you are going to set your eyes on me, ever again,¡± I said as I got up and slowly walked towards my room, and Nicole immediately followed behind me once I got up.


    ¡°What do you mean by saying today is going to be thest day I will see you?¡± Nicole asked me, but I did not answer her, rather, I kept on moving toward my room.


    Then she pulled me back with full force.


    ¡°Tina, talk to me. I am your best friend, I am like a sister to you, so please tell me the reason why you made that statement?¡±C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Do you not think about my feelings?¡± Nicole asked me as I saw tears flowing from her eyes towards her chin.


    I was so angry seeing the tears in her eyes that when she asked me for an exnation, saying she was my best friend and was like a sister to me, I felt like I was stabbed in the chest and I could not bear that pain.


    Then I hugged her so tightly and cried so much that we cried in each other¡¯s arms, and this has never happened before.


    We had never been separated like this, and this is going to happen because of that devil, who is currently my boss, Mr. Gavriel.


    Remembering all these, the tears could not help but keep on falling freely as I patted Nicole¡¯s back and pulled away from her, then I held her hands.


    ¡°Nicole, I signed a contract today that my boss, Mr. Gavriel, gave me, it was my only option to get the job I have been seeking for a long time now, and you know that if I told you what was in the contract I signed, you would end up hating that man,¡± I exined to Nicole as I kept on holding her hands.


    ¡°Ok, I promise not to hate him, but please tell me what was in the contract you signed?¡± Nicole pleaded.


    ¡°I signed a contract that stated that I would be his secretary, alongside his house help, but the most painful thing is that I would be his submissive, I am indebted to him for eternity, Nicole,¡± I said to Nicole.


    As I said it, her eyes widened with shock.


    ¡°What!¡± Nicole eximed.


    ¡°That is not a punishment, that is wickedness he wants to use you as his prey,¡± Nicole added.


    ¡°Nicole, I had no other option but to sign it, the contract stated that I would be paid for it,¡± I exined to her.


    ¡°See, look at me,¡± I said as I raised her head so she could look at me.


    ¡°I would be paid $180, 000 every month, you see, that is a huge amount of money,¡± I told Nicole as her face broadened with shock at hearing the amount of money I will be receiving just for that job.


    ¡°But the truth is that money was nothing topare with the fact that I was going to be submissive to my boss.¡±


    ¡°One hundred and eighty thousand dors, did I hear you well, Tina? Even at that, you submitted yourself, your body to him. For God¡¯s sake, you are now submissive to your boss, and you are telling me that he is going to pay you for that. Is he going to pay you if he maltreats you?¡±


    ¡°The answer is no, and you are talking about the money, gosh, Tina. I cannot believe you, how could you make such a hasty decision?¡± Nicoleined, and I understood her point of view, but it is already toote because I had already signed the contract.


    There was no going back.


    Not now, not ever.


    ¡°Nicole, hI am promising you that if I work there for a year, I will definitely have saved a lot of money, and then I will send him my resignation letter and hire awyer to help me break the contract I signed with him.¡±


    ¡°Please do not get upset with me, you know I need this job right?¡± I promised Nicole that, and I hoped that I kept the promise because Mr. Gavriel said I would be indebted to him for eternity.


    ¡®God, you said there would always be a way out of any depressing situation, please lead me to the road I can take to get out of this filthy mess I put myself into, let you will be done in my life.¡¯ I prayed to God in my heart, and I knew he heard my prayers because they came from the deepest part of my heart.


    ¡°Are you sure you can keep this promise?¡± Nicole asked because she remembered Tina saying that she was indebted to him for life.


    She would not want her friend to do anything that would put her in trouble.


    ¡°I do not know, but I know I will try my best to keep the promise, okay?¡± I assured Nicole.


    ¡°I am not angry at you, it is just that I want you to be fine, I do not want you to get hurt, and I understand how much you need this job. You just have to remember that I will always be here for you whenever you need me, okay?¡± Nicole said to me as I saw tears welling up in her eyes.

 CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

    ¡°I would always keep in contact with you. Let us just see it as when I am going to work for someone, it does not mean I would note back. One day I will be back here for good, and when I go there, I would love it for you to visit me frequently.¡±


    ¡°Can you do that for me?¡± I assured Nicole sincerely that I would love it if she visited me often so I would not die of boredom.


    ¡°Sure, I would do that whenever I was chanced. I would even go to the extent of creating time for you. I will miss you so badly, I am already feeling like I have lost you already,¡± Nicole said calmly as the tears finally rolled down her cheeks.


    It made me so emotional that I hugged Nicole and we cried once again on each other¡¯s shoulders.


    ¡°I will miss you too, Nicole, so please stop crying. You know I hate to see you like this, it hurts me when I see you like this,¡± I told Nicole as we kept on crying out our hearts so emotionally in each other¡¯s arms.


    ¡°Okay, I will stop crying when you stop crying,¡± Nicole said as she moved out of my arms and looked at me as she held back her tears.


    ¡°I am serious, you have to stop crying and be emotionally strong to hold in all the ill-treatment you will get from your boss,¡± Nicole added, and immediately I startedughing and crying at the same time.


    ¡°Okay, I will not cry again, I promise you,¡± I said as I used the napkin I was holding to wipe the tears from my eyes.


    ¡°You see that? I just want you to keep onughing like that,¡± Nicole said as Iughed.


    Then my phone beeped, and I swiped the screen upward and found out that it was a message.


    An address was sent to me, and I gasped immediately.


    ¡°I will, Nicole, please can you tell me what the time says on your phone?¡± I asked immediately after I saw the address message.


    ¡°It¡¯s 4:30 p. m., is there any problem or do you have ns?¡± Nicole asked when she saw me gasp, and her facial expression changed.


    ¡°Oh my God, actually I do not have ns, it is just that I need to be at Mr. Gavriel¡¯s apartment by 7 p. m., and it¡¯s already 4. 30 p. m., I have not even started packing up my things,¡± Iined.


    I did not want to go therete, and I hoped and prayed to God to help me live a peaceful and quiet life with my boss, Mr. Gavriel.


    ¡°Tina, there is absolutely nothing to worry about because since I am here with you, I would help you out and, of course, I would also drop you off at the location you are heading to,¡± Nicole said briefly as she patted my shoulder.


    Those words meant a whole lot to me, and I thanked God for giving me someone like her. I hope in our next life that we will still be there when we needed each other the most.


    ¡°What can I do within you?¡±


    ¡°I appreciate all these kind gestures you have shown toward me,¡± I said.


    ¡°Come on, what are friends for?¡±


    ¡°Let us start packing so you would not bete, and of course, I do not want that bastard to punish you for beingte,¡± Nicole argued as she dragged me to my room I childishly smiled at her.


    When we got to my room, Nicole opened my wardrobe and brought out a big box. She started folding my clothes neatly as she ced them in the box.


    On the other hand, I was packing my shoes, handbags, and some important books I needed.


    Of course, I could not afford to forget my diary, so I nced around the room and found it lying on the bed, then picked it up and put it inside the box while Nicole was arranging my clothes. Then I suddenly had the urge to ask Nicole what happened to herst night.


    ¡°Nicole,¡± I called, and immediately she turned around to face me.


    ¡°Yes, do you need something?¡± Nicole asked, and I suddenly felt likeughing at her caretaker attitude, but I just held it in because she was looking out for me.


    ¡°No, I do not need anything, I just wanted to ask you a question, so do you mind if I do so?¡± I asked Nicole as she was still arranging all my things into that one box.


    Wow, she is a genius.


    How would someone pack a lot of properties into one box? That is so unusual because I could not even do that.


    ¡°Why are you asking me for permission? Just go ahead and ask me whatever you want to ask me, and I will answer you if I know something about it,¡± Nicole said so seriously as she looked at me in disbelief.


    I believe she was disappointed that I sought her permission before asking her a question.


    ¡°We have been friends for a long time now, so why would I be asking for such a thing? What a fool I am,¡± I thought to myself when I realized my mistake, and I was so sorry about it.


    ¡°I am so sorry for asking that question. I did not mean to get you upset.¡± I apologized as I made a baby face so she would immediately forgive me.


    ¡°Stop making that face, you know that I would forgive you if you made that face right?¡± Nicole asked.


    ¡°Please, I am sorry, forgive me,¡± I continued pleading as I maintained my facial expression.


    ¡°Okay, you win, I have forgiven you, but next time do not try asking me that again because I would not forgive you the next time you do that,¡± Nicole said, and I jumped up as a result of my happiness and hugged her, and of course, she hugged me back.


    With that, I knew she had forgiven me. ¡°Thank you so much, I promise I would not do that again,¡± I said to her, smiling as we left each other¡¯s arms.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.

 CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

    ¡°It is fine, so what was it that you wanted to ask me?¡± Nicole asked as she sat down on my bed.


    ¡°I have been concerned about where you werest night after you ran out from the counter,¡± I asked Nicole.


    ¡°Well, I cannot certainly remember, all I knew was that I woke up on a man¡¯s bed,¡± Nicole replied, and I did not just want to believe what she said.


    ¡°So¡­ you did what?¡±


    ¡°Tell me you are joking right now,¡± I asked her.


    ¡°Hell no, I am not joking, why would I even joke about such a thing?¡±


    ¡°I was as shocked as you are right now,¡± Nicole exined.


    ¡°Hmm, so who was the person that took you in for the night?¡± I requested because I needed to know.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, but when I woke up, I saw a handsome man lying with me on the bed, he was so cute, and you know what? He was just sleeping peacefully, like he did not bring in a stranger into his house,¡± Nicole said as she blushed so hard and his cheeks already had a faint color of pink.


    ¡°Wow, that is to say that he must be really nice to take in a strange drunk woman into his house, clean her up, and not have such an evil intention towards you. I am beginning to sense something,¡± I said, and I was really happy that no one hurt her while she was drunk.


    ¡°Yeah, me too, like seriously, I have been thinking, Who on earth can take a drunk woman home without touching her or having sex with her?¡±


    ¡°I am thinking that he likes me because that is the only thing that can make a man act like that,¡± Nicole stated as she hoped the man had something for her.


    ¡°Exactly, I get your point, and I also hope that he likes you, because with that, you would move out of the singles group,¡± I told Nicole as we bothughed.


    ¡°Well, let us not just rush into conclusions because I did not even get to talk to him.¡± Nicole said bluntly as I looked at her in shock.


    ¡°What!  What do you mean by that, Nicole? that you did not do what?¡± I asked continuously without giving her a chance to respond to any question. ¡°Yeah, I didn¡¯t, and it¡¯s not like it was my fault, when I woke you, I saw at first that I thought I was in my room, but when I turned, I saw a man sleeping close to me, and I wanted to shout until I nced around the room and found out that I was not in my room,¡± Nicole said, as I was so speechless and did not even know what to say to her.


    ¡°And I waste for the meeting I was supposed to host at work this morning,¡± Nicole added as she took a deep breath.


    ¡°I had to hurry up and leave without waking the man up, and I had a reason for that, I might wake him up, and I know for sure that he would probably start asking me some questions, and I did not want that, like I said, I was alreadyte for work,¡± Nicole finally said as she got up from the bed and continued helping me with the packing.


    ¡°I really do not know what to say right now, but you did not do well. I am telling you that because that man helped you out when you were drunk, okay, that means you did not even appreciate his kind gestures towards you,¡± I argued.


    ¡°Well, I did appreciate him, but I wrote it down on a piece of paper,¡± Nicole defended herself immediately.


    ¡°And you are proudly saying that you appreciate that young man with a note written on a piece of paper, Gosh, Nicole, I cannot believe you did that,¡± I said to her, and with the expression on her face, I knew that she was really sorry for doing that.


    ¡°Tina, I am sincerely sorry for doing that, but I know that with the note I left behind, the young man will understand that I had to leave in a hurry and that I did not want to disturb him from sleeping, but I promise you that I will look for him and appreciate him properly,¡± Nicole promised me.


    ¡°Okay, I am not upset with you, but make sure you do so, because that man would have started looking for you or something like that, just make sure you appreciate him properly.¡± I advised her to do that because that was the right thing to do, and if I were the one she did that to, I would never want to see her again.


    ¡°I just hope he understands and forgives you if he is upset with you,¡± I said to myself as I massaged my head vigorously.


    ¡°I¡¯m sure I will look for him and thank him as well as apologize to him for leaving like that,¡± Nicole said as she smiled.


    ¡°Okay, it is already after six, and I have to be there by seven this evening, soe and drop me off,¡± I requested from Nicole.


    I really enjoyed the happiness, arguments, and tears we shared between ourselves today, and with that, I knew this friendship was worth it and wouldst till death do us part.


    ¡°Of course, let us start going, I pray we will meet up before the traffic starts,¡± Nicole said as she zipped up the box and carried it outside. I followed her with a handbag I was carrying. ¡°I hope so too,¡± I said.


    When we got out of the house, Nicole ced my box in the backseat of the car as I turned to look at my house for thest time.


    To be sincere, I would miss this house so much, but eventually I will get over it.


    ¡°Nicole, I am going to miss this house and everything,¡± I told Nicole, and she turned as well as she stared at the house.

 CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

    ¡°But with time you will eventually get over it. Come on, enter the car, I would not want you to get therete.¡± That was all Nicole said, and she entered the car. I followed her as I also entered the car, and she zoomed out of thepound and finally out of town.


    ~


    ~


    ¡°Why do you think our son sent all the housemaids away, including the butler? What is he up to this time around?¡± Mrs. Camille asked her husband.


    She knew her son was too stubborn, but she could not bring herself toe to a conclusion about what he was up to.


    ¡°Well, I do not know, but I am sure he has his reasons, or you should ask Ivy,¡±


    Mr. Adrian and Gavriel were not that close to each other like other fathers and sons were.


    Gavriel always distanced himself from his father because he thought that by doing that he would learn to be a better, hardworking young man.


    ¡°Well, I think I should ask the butler about what is going on, you and I know that Gavriel, our son, does not take hasty decisions like this, and I hope that you talk to him like how every father will talk to his son.¡± Mrs. Camille requested it from her husband, who has been trying his possible best to make sure that he and his son create a father-son bond, but Gavriel never wanted that, he wanted to grow into a rich, hardworking, responsible young man, he wanted to rule his own world with his money, and he never wanted that father-son rtionship, he wanted to talk to his father like the man he had be.


    ¡°I will try my best to talk to him, just tell the head maid to share the duty with the maids our son sent here,¡± Mr. Adrian requested from his wife as Ivy walked in.Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Okay, dear, I will do just that,¡± Mrs. Camille replied.


    ¡°Good day, Dad,¡± Ivy greeted as she hugged her father.


    Ivy is the youngest child of the family, she has Gavriel as an elder brother. Mr. Adrian and Mrs. Camille gave birth to only the two of them.


    ¡°Good day Mum¡± she also greeted her mother and hugged her too and sat on an empty chair avable.


    ¡°It seems like you are going out,¡± Mrs. Camille asked her daughter.


    ¡°Yes, Mom, I have something to attend to right now, and I am alreadyte,¡± Ivy replied as she got up.


    ¡°Oh, okay, just take care of yourself and be careful,¡± Mr. Adrian advised his beloved daughter.


    ¡°When was thest time you spoke with your brother?¡± Mrs. Camille asked.


    ¡°Well, it has actually been long since I spoke with Gavriel, that was actually when he came along with Raymond,¡± Ivy said as she remembered that she wanted to ask her parents some questions.


    ¡°Okay, in case you get in touch with him, please do not hesitate to let us know,¡± Mr. Adrian requested from his daughter.


    ¡°Sure I will, and father, that reminds me, I saw Gray¡¯s maids and butler in the house, did anything happen?¡± Ivy asked out of curiosity.


    ¡°Well, I and your mother are still confused about the whole thing. The butler said earlier when they arrived that they received a call from your brother saying they should move down here,¡± Mrs. Camille replied to her already anxious daughter.


    ¡°That is true, Ivy, that is why we were asking you if you had spoken with your brother,¡± Mr. Adrian said as he sipped from the ss of wine he was holding.


    ¡°No, I have not, I just hope all is well, at least he should have called to say something,¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Well, I think we should not bother ourselves with this, because I do not think there is any problem since the shares that fell early this week are back to normal, maybe Gavriel wants to stay alone,¡± Mr. Adrian exined as he looked at both his wife and his daughter.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so,¡± Mrs. Camille said as she took the pill. a deep breath.


    ¡°Okay, I think I should be on my way now, I would not want to get stuck in traffic,¡± Ivy said as she picked up her bag from the couch.


    ¡°Okay, dear, take care of yourself out there,¡± Mrs. Camille advised her daughter.


    ¡°Okay, Mom, I will, and I will be back when I am done,¡± Ivy said, and with that, she walked towards the door.


    ~


    ~


    In twenty-five minutes, we were still on the road, and luckily for us, we got away before the traffic started.


    I nced at the map on my phone as I gave Nicole directions because I had never been there before.


    ¡°Tina, are you sure we have not missed our way?¡± Nicole asked me. ¡°No, we have not missed the way, the map is showing that we are getting closer.¡± I exined to Nicole, who was already scared, that it would soon be 7 p. m., and it seems like we already missed our way.


    ¡°I hope so,¡± she replied as she focused on her driving. Then she pressed on the elerator, and the car sped up.


    Slowly as we drove, we saw arge gate painted red that was closed, but suddenly it opened on its own, and I urged Nicole to drive in since we did not want lots of time to start admiring the ce.


    As we drove in, I looked at the map again, and it showed that we were very close to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s house.


    ¡°Nicole, drive a little bit faster, I think we are almost there,¡± I said to Nicole as she sped up a little bit as she ced one of her hands on the steering wheel and the other she used to arrange her scattered hair.


    I could tell that she was already stressed out, and that was because of me.


    Finally, the car stopped in front of arge mansion, and I took a deep breath and got out of the car along with Nicole.


    ¡°Finally¡±

 CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

    ¡°Wow, we finally made it without losing our way,¡± Nicole said as she hopped out of the car and nced at the exquisite mansion.


    And at that moment I was so speechless as I started imagining what having an alluring house like this would be like, though I have always wanted to have a home like this with an interlock.


    As my imagination about the alluring house began to go deeper, I was brought back to reality by Nicole, who was bringing out my box from the back seat.


    ¡°Tina, you have to hurry up, so you would not bete, you just have ten minutes remaining,¡± Nicole cautioned me as she started walking towards the mansion, and the box made some annoying noise on the interlock as I followed behind her.


    Every corner of the mansion was so exquisite and well designed, which showed that they were takenplete care of.


    ¡°Nicole, I cannot help but admire the beauty of this mansion, it is so alluring,¡± I said as sparks of admiration appeared in my eyes.


    ¡°Yeah, me too, but no.. this house is not alluring, it is bewitching,¡± Nicole said as I stared at her with bewilderment.


    As we began to approach the building, I could see that the mansion was a four-story duplex that had abination of dark red and beautiful purple colored paint, and with that, I would call it the home of a viin. But I was not sure I described it well because even though my boss acted like the devil, that does not mean his house would be described as the home of a viin.


    No sound was heard as we walked towards the house, not even the sounds that houses make like air conditioning, furnaces, stairwell creaking, or the refrigerator cycling on. I thought I was the only one who noticed it, but Nicole asked me, and with that, I knew she was also trying to understand the surroundings of the house.


    As I continued to look around, I saw a big swimming pool at one end and, at the other end, a tennis pitch.


    ¡°Tina¡± Nicole called me.


    ¡°I am all ears,¡± I replied hesitatingly.


    ¡°Why isn¡¯t any sounding out of the house? It is dead silent like no one lives there,¡± Nicole asked as she moved closer to where I was like she was scared.


    There was nothing but a silence that seemed to have been thickening since we entered the building.


    ¡°Nicole, I can not possibly answer that because this is where the address stated and the map also did the same, so do not be scared,¡± I answered and also assured her at the same time as she nodded her head in approval.


    As we approached, I remembered that I had to bid Nicole farewell so she could go back safely and on time because of the traffic.


    ¡°Nicole, I think I can manage from here, you have to be home on time, and you can only do that if you leave here now. I would not want you to get stuck in traffic,¡± I said to her with concern in my heart.


    I was going to miss her.


    Like seriously, I was going to miss her a lot.


    ¡°But I wanted to help you unpack,¡± Nicole said, but no, I could not let her in because it was my first timeing here and that boss of mine is a demon.


    ¡°Nicole, I would have loved it for you to help me with that, but you know, you remember how I described him, Nicole, please, that man has nothing good to talk about and I am not ready to separate any fight.¡± I said this inly because I knew that Nicole would not take such an insult and she would not go down without a fight.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°If you say so, then I will leave, but remember to call me once you settle in okay,¡± she said, and I was so d she epted the offer of going home without quarreling.


    ¡°Sure, I will,¡± I said.


    ¡°Do not be so d that I just epted to go home, in fact, I am ready for any argument, but I am going home because I want you to get in there if possible a minute before 7 p. m.¡± Nicole defended herself as I smiled happily.


    Nicole was really the best thing I had in my life.


    ¡°Okay, I love you so much,¡± I said as I hugged her immediately, and she hugged me back.


    ¡°I will miss you too,¡± Nicole said.


    ¡°Okay, good bye, you have to go now,¡± I said to her as I released myself from the hug and collected the box she was holding.


    ¡°I will go now, but take care of yourself, bye,¡± Nicole said, and I waved at her as she headed back towards the car and I continued walking towards the mansion.


    As I walked, I began to notice the house very well.


    Nicole was actually right, this house is really bewitching.


    ording to what my eyes calcted, it was a ten-acre plot ofnd that had a scrub and a little garden at one end with lemon, guava, banana, and avocado trees that were fully loaded with ripe fruits.


    Before I knew it, I had arrived at the main entrance of the house. It was a veryrge door that could amodate twenty to twenty-five people passing through at the same time.


    It had a perfectly designed eight-foot-long door that looked like a caved image of a lion, painted ck, with a shiny white golden knob in the exact middle, which was so tempting that you would be definitely tempted to turn those handles.


    I was also tempted to open the door, and without a second thought, I turned the handle, and it opened so widely that what I saw was a hall that led to arge sitting room. The walls were designed with mirrors, and I took my first step into the house as I saw my reflection everywhere, even on the ck tiles.

 CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

    I wondered who would build a house like this with mirrors everywhere, including the tiles.


    I was certain that building this house would cost a lot of billions of dors.


    I saw couches, which I knew were imported from outside the United States.


    I was still lost in my admiration when I perceived a familiar scent and also heard footsteps walking towards me, and immediately I turned and saw Mr. Gavriel walking towards me.


    I started feeling unwell down there in my stomach, but I tried my best to hold it back. Maybe I was hungry because I have not eaten anything reasonable since morning.


    ¡°Good day, sir,¡± I said.


    ¡°I can see you are early, it is just seven already,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he raised his hand to his face level and looked at his wrist watch for some seconds before he looked up at me and smiled.


    ¡°You just passed this test, if you had arrived here any second away from seven p. m., you would have received a severe punishment,¡± Mr. Gavriel added.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    At that moment, I already made up my mind that I would do anything he asked. Maybe when he notices that I am not affected by his rudeness and wickedness towards me, he would set me free from this God-forsaken punishment and contract and just allow me to work as a secretary.


    ¡°As you can see, I sent all my staff, maid, chef, and butler out of the mansion, so all the work here is your duty, you must not miss a day not cleaning my house because I hate dirty with a passion, and when I say all the work here is yours, it certainly means that you will clean the inner part of the house and the outer part of the house, you will do myundry, you will cook my breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and lots more I cannot certainly mention, so you will have to find out about the rest yourself, most important, you are to work in thepany as my secretary.


    Mr. Gavriel said as he gave a wicked smile that he wanted to see her angry facial expression when he listed out her job, he wanted to see her look back at him with a lot of questions in her eyes, he wanted her to question him about the work overload, but she said nothing as she just stared at him like a statue, and he was totally confused. He brought her here to suffer, to be punished, but here she was acting like he was not saying anything. He would watch her closely and know if she was capable enough to get the job done, her punishment, but she stood there so emotionless, so


    ¡°Your room is on the second floor, my room is on the third floor, and you are not permitted to go to the fourth floor. I do not think I need to exin the reason to you. Another thing, I hate it when everything and everywhere is disorganized, and I also hate it when my things or properties are mishandled or destroyed. I am saying this just in case, and also for you to avoid trouble because I act wild when I am angry,¡± Mr. Gavriel added after staring at me for a long time.


    I just could not bring myself to say anything after everything he mentioned. I just found out that he is actually more than the devil I thought he was. Initially, he employed staff, chefs, maids, and a butler to do the job in his mansion, now he has sent them away and left the whole job for me. I am just starting to hate him more, it is just like my hatred for him has upgraded to level five. He would have just stated in the contract that I would die in this job. I thought to myself.


    ¡°I just hope you do not die with the whole work on you,¡± Mr. Gavriel said with a harsh tone.


    ¡°I understand everything you said now, including my work here in your house, if you do not mind, I would love to go upstairs and unpack.¡± I said neither rudely nor calmly, all I knew was that at that moment I needed to take a shower, today has been stressful for me.


    ¡°Yes, of course you can. I hope you enjoy your stay here in my mansion,¡± Mr Gavriel said as he immediately walked out of sight.


    I did not bother as I already had loads of work to do. I immediately carried my box carefully as I walked out of the sitting room and entered the hallway, where I found the stair case. Then I carefully climbed it so that Mr. Gavriel would not say I destroyed his tiles, and then I would be done for.


    When I got to the second floor, I saw a veryrge hallway, and as I walked through the hallway, I saw one door on my left and another on my right.


    The door on my right side had a key on the handle, and immediately I assumed it was my room. I went closer to the door, picked up the key, and I inserted it into the key cylinder. Then I turned the key twice, and the door opened.


    At my first step into the room, I suddenly felt the urge to just run and jump on the bed and have a nice rest.


    The room was incredibly awesome, and I loved thefortable bedroom because it is very unique to me and it was what I had always wanted.


    The color and brightness are perfect in almost every way possible.


    On the other side of the room was a designer couch and a normal-sized dining table with four chairs.


    The furniture was so beautifully made. Though I was not too sure about the size of my new bedroom, it certainly felt like a master bedroom to me, and I loved it.

 CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

    The windows were so captivating, there was also a couch and a small center table in front of the window, but it was not the main source of light since the room had a veryrge chandelier glowing with different colors.


    As I entered the room and dropped my box, I saw the wardrobe on one end, which is built into the wall, and a vanity room on the other.


    I went closer to open the wardrobe and gasped, there was already enough designer clothing, fancy bags, and shoes, of which I instantly knew it was the handiwork of Mr. Gavriel.


    There was a mirror hanging on the wall, which was fully decorated with wallpaper.


    As I moved in to observe my already personal room, I saw arge set of drawers, and I already knew they were meant for clothing, so I did not hesitate, I quickly carried my box and carefully and neatly arranged my clothes in the wardrobe, then I ced my shoes in the wardrobe alongside my fancy handbags.


    There was a moderately sized table close to the bed with an rm clock, there was also a lily-white touchmp.


    While admiring the room, I practically used my hands to feel it, then I continuously switched on and off themp. Its glow was absolutely nothing to argue about, it was so calm and elevating.


    And of course, what I loved the most was the Bluetooth speaker.


    I was so happy that all these were avable.


    And the walls were filled with different kinds of wallpaper that were emitting some rays, and it was so calm, they were filled with photos of celebrities like Selena Gomez, Zandaya, Rihanna, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, and Billie Eilish, although I was not a fan of any celebrity, I just loved all their music.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    Then I took a closer look at the bed. The bed is king-sized, and on it is a light-dark blue duvet with a big nket folded on the end, alongside two normal-sized pillows sitting on top of my bed behind a small, blue square pillow.


    Then I turned and saw arge t-screen television with a home theater, it was so beautifully made.


    I also took a closer look at the vanity, which seemed to contain a lot of female necessities like candles, make-up holders, different designers make-up, lipsticks, cologne, jewelry, a close-up mirror, and lighting.


    ¡®Tina, you do not have time for now,¡¯ I said to myself as I red at the wall clock just to find out that it was almost eight and I needed to prepare and serve dinner.


    I certainly forgot that I was now working under a contract with my boss, Mr. Gavriel.


    After I was done arranging my things where they should be, I carried the box and kept it in a space left on top of the wardrobe. I quickly pulled off my dress, which I had been wearing since morning, to thepany¡¯s interview.


    I let the gown slide down from my curvy waist as it fell on the ground, and I moved to another position to pick it up and keep it in an empty basket.


    I rushed to the bathroom, which had a wide space for showering, another space for the bathtub, and a space for the toilet.


    There was also a sink and bathroom vanity that had a lot of soaps, moisturizers, liquid soaps, assorted body creams, tooth whitening toothpaste and plugs, gtin, face scrubs, and body scrubs, I just could not lose them all.


    I walked towards where the shower was located, turned it on as I walked into it, and let the cold water pour down my skin.


    For some minutes, I forgot everything that was happening, as I got lost in the coldness of the water that poured down my skin. It was like, as the water poured on my skin, it washed away my pains, my sorrows, and my joy for some minutes, as I was left without emotions.


    I picked up a liquid soap as I poured it on my body and slowly rubbed and massaged my bare skin at the same time.


    I massaged from my neck, my nape, my shoulders, my breast, my belly side, my belly button, my waist, my buttocks, myp, and then my hands moved in between my thighs, then down my legs, and finally my feet.


    God, I was already feeling so refreshed and pumping inside of me that I turned the shower to the highest level as I let the water pour from my head to my feet.


    After some minutes, I came out of the shower and put on a bathrobe, then tied a towel on my head.


    For a moment, I wanted to ask Mr. Gavriel if I could use the things that were in the bedroom and bathroom because I did not want any more issues, but then I thought to myself that since I already had issues with Mr. Gavriel earlier, I could also use those things. I cannot be punished for nothing. I took a body moisturizer, poured out some of the contents in my hand, and slowly rubbed it on my skin, massaging the content into my skin pores.


    ¡°Dear God, is this the feeling of being rich? If so, dear Lord, bless me with my riches,¡± I thought to myself as I stepped out of the bathroom, fully refreshed.


    I opened the drawer where I initially kept my clothes, and I picked up a pair of pajamas and wore them, since I hated to wear pants and, even worse, a bra at the night.


    After that, I put on a flip-flop as I walked out of my room. I had a lot to do since I would be going to work tomorrow morning, and I also needed to do a lot of work here at home since this mansion is veryrge. To make matters worse, it is a four-story building duplex, and I thank God that I am not allowed to go to the fourth floor.

 CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

    As all these were running through my mind, the feeling of being hungry came back to life in my stomach, and I had to search for the kitchen so I could prepare dinner.


    As I was wondering where the kitchen would be, I remembered that I saw the dining room on the first floor, so the kitchen can be there. I quickly ran up the stairs to the first floor I walked to the area where I saw the dining room earlier, and finally, I saw it, but the kitchen was my problem, I thought as a reasonable idea shed through my mind.


    That particr idea that shed through my mind was that I should go through every door on the first floor, then I would be likely to find the kitchen, and the worst thing was that time was running out and I had not prepared dinner, not to mention finding the kitchen.


    ¡°Dear God, please help me,¡± I muttered to myself as I started implementing my idea.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    The first door I opened, I found out it was a bedroom. It was not as beautiful as my bedroom, and I wondered why the room had nothing but a medium-sized bed to contain two persons and a couch. Then I thought it was a guest room, but the more I thought about it, the more I came to realize that even a guest room was not supposed to be like this. But I had to let those stupid thoughts of mine about the unusual bedroom go since I needed to find the kitchen, so I closed the door and moved toward the next door. The second door I opened, I found out that it was a library, it just looked like the library I used to study at when I was in college.


    It was so perfect, the shelves were sized ordingly, and the books were neatly arranged in order on the shelves. ¡°I would surelye back here to read a book or two,¡± I said to myself as I walked out of the library and quietly closed the door.


    I still had about five doors to check, and I was already devastated that I could not find the kitchen.


    The next door I opened was another bedroom, and it was not as cozy as the one I saw earlier, this one was almost like my bedroom, it had a nice chandelier, two couches, a normal-sized dining table with four chairs, a big-sized mirror, and there was also a t-screen television that was almost like mine but was not, there was also a king-sized bed in the room. Then I thought that this would be a guest room and not the bedroom I saw earlier.


    Then I walked out and closed the door behind me as I walked towards the next door.


    When I opened the door, I found out it was a restroom, not exactly like mine but nicely put together. When I found out it was not a kitchen, I signed and closed the door behind me.


    ¡°Why did Mr. Gavriel not tell me where ces like this were in his house? He should have given me a map or something, I just cannot help but have a feeling that Mr. Gavriel just wants to punish and stress me out,¡± I thought to myself as I opened the door of another room.


    Then I walked into it and I discovered that it was a room meant for games.


    ¡°Wait, so almighty Mr. Gavriel ys games?¡± I asked myself as I looked around the room.


    There was a badminton board, a t-screen, a control for ying video games, a chess board, and other games I could not possibly describe.


    I walked out of the room and closed the door as usual because I would not want Mr. Gavriel to indirectly insult me because I touched his things and left them in a mess. That man can be so annoying, and I am already upset that I have not eaten since morning and now I cannot find the kitchen in his house.


    I was so upset that I opened the next door in the hallway and barged into the room, but the room was so dark and I saw a light not that bright shining at one end, then I quickly put on my phone light as I searched for the switch and finally I saw it and turned it on, and then it dawned on me that I had run into what I had been avoiding for a few minutes and that I was left speechless because I did not know exactly what to say.


    It was like a study room, or rather, I would say it was a study room, there was an office table and chair, and aptop was on the table along with some envelopes, files, and journals.


    The devil I have been avoiding was sitting right in front of me after I tried my best to avoid him until I served dinner.


    ¡°Oh my goodness, not now,¡± I muttered to myself because I knew exactly what woulde next.


    ~


    ~


    Mr. Gavriel was so busy with work in his study room that he needed to find out how hispany¡¯s shares went down while he was not in the country.


    But he was so lucky because he solved the problem as quickly as possible, which caused him to travel back to see what was going on.


    Seamus Group of Companies shares could not just go down to that amount percentage if someone did not tamper with it, and he was suspicious of one person but could not bring himself to mention that name until he was sure, and he was not the type toy a false usation on someone, so he needed to be sure so that he could act fast.


    And when he found out who the hell that person was, he would not take it likely with that person.


    Mr. Gavriel, who was still lost in thought, heard the door open with force, though he could not see who the person was.

 CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

    He knew that it was Christina because she was the only person that was in the mansion with him.


    Her shadow moved in so fast like she was in a hurry or something.


    She stood for a while as she looked in the direction he was going, possibly because theptop screen was on and was at the highest brightness.


    Then he saw her pressing her phone, and shortly after, her phone touch lit up as she looked for the switch and turned it on.


    While she looked around the room and turned back to the direction where he was, she stood in shock.


    All he did at that moment was looking at her from her head to her feet.


    ¡°Wow, I never expected this,¡± he said to himself as he could not believe that she could look so good in pajamas, she looked like a child while dressed up like that.


    Maybeter he would confront her about that, who knows?C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    Finally, he came back to his senses and he began to question her.


    ¡°Christina, I did not employ you to barge in here like this,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he stared at her.


    ¡°I am sorry, Mr. Gavriel, I did not mean to barge in like this. I was¡­¡± Tina was still trying to exin herself when Mr. Gavriel interrupted her.


    She had tried her possible best to avoid him, and now she did not just run into him but barged into his study room.


    Finally, fate has decided that she will not get what she wants.


    ¡°Did your parents not teach you manners? Did they not teach you how to knock before entering someone¡¯s room or disrupting their privacy?¡±


    ¡°Did they not teach you that?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked furiously as he got up from the chair in which he was sitting and walked towards her.


    ¡°How could he mention my parents in a matter like this? It was my fault for not knocking before barging in because I never expected to see him here, and now he is mentioning my parents,¡± Tina thought to herself as she instantly felt like crying because those words hurt her so much, but she promised herself never to shed her precious tears in front of this devil called Mr. Gavriel, and it would not happen today is her first day here. She finally decided to endure all the ill-treatment, insults, and shoring she would receive from Mr. Gavriel and


    Now she started missing her parents because of the statement he made as tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back because she did not want to show him that she was a weakling.


    ¡°I am so sorry, Mr. Gavriel, I was looking for the kitchen so I could prepare dinner, I did not mean to barge into your study room.¡± Tina apologized rather than talking back at him about the words he spoke about her parents.


    ¡°Wow, you have got nerves to speak back at me, while you are at fault, how dare you talk back at me, have you suddenly forgotten your ce in this house?¡± Mr. Gavriel said in a very splic tone, and it made her so sick in the stomach.


    ¡°Tina, what wrong have you done to deserve this?¡± She asked herself this question because she did not know how else to respond to her wrathful boss.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, I definitely know my ce here at your house, I just needed to find the kitchen because, when I came into this house, you did not tell me where important ces like this were located, so I had to find them myself. And I am so sorry for badgering you into your study room, but I think I would have to continue my search by myself,¡± Tina said sarcastically with a clenched jaw.


    She was so frustrated as she wondered what she did wrong. She had already apologized to Mr. Gavriel, why was he making such a big deal out of it? It seems like he is bent on frustrating her.


    ¡°Get out this instant!¡± Mr. Gavriel ordered in a murderous tone, and the way that voice sounded sent shivers down her spine, and she criticized herself for speaking in that manner to him.


    Since he ordered that she get out, she would rather leave because he might strangle her any moment now.


    Without second thoughts, Tina walked out of the study room and closed the door behind her, leaving Mr. Gavriel to handle his senseless mood swings.


    ~


    ~


    TINA


    ¡°Oh, my goodness, what was that in there?¡± I asked myself while taking deep breaths as I carefully opened thest door in the hallway and peered inside to check if anyone was there, and finally, it was the kitchen I had been searching for that cost me an annoying insult.


    I finally entered the kitchen and I nced around.


    ¡°So all the while I was searching for you, you were here all that time,¡± I said as my voice echoed in the kitchen.


    The kitchen had light ck cabs with triple doors, and I opened the cab.


    Wow, these cabs were filled with dishes, cups, and bowls on one side and spices along with a box of assorted celestial seasoning tea and boxes of assorted individual packs of oatmeal on the other.


    To the right, below the cab doors, is the sink, which was very neat and free of dirty tes.


    There are inbuilt cabs where the gas, microwave, and heater are located. Another dish rack was on the other side of the cab.


    There was a shiny white refrigerator that was located about 20 centimeters away from the cab. There was another ck microwave and a biscuit-colored convection oven about 10 centimeters away from the refrigerator. There was also a wine cab, which was filled with assorted wines of different kinds, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic.


    I kept on moving around the kitchen in awe and bewilderment.


    ¡°This kitchen is way bigger than the sitting room.¡± I thought to myself.

 CHAPTER THIRTY

    Right in front of the wine rack stood eight chairs and a gold dining room table with silver trimmings.


    Some assorted groceries and cereals upied a cab.


    I did not bother to know the contents of the fridge because I needed to prepare dinner before Mr. Gavriel burned me down in this house.


    I thought about what to prepare for Mr. Gavriel because I did not know exactly what he normally consumes.


    While I was thinking, I saw a food menu on top of a cab. As I quickly picked it up and nced at it, I saw different recipes, and I decided to prepare at least ten recipes so that he could make his choice.


    Within fifty-five minutes, I had prepared bacon, egg ¡®n¡¯ cheese sandwiches, recipe buffalo chicken wings, Manhattan meatballs, Manhattan-style m chowder, potato chips, chocte truffle, cheesecake, scrambled eggs, and a potato pie.


    Then, when I was through, I set them all on the dining table along with apple juice, red wine, and water.


    Now, this is the main job. ¡°Tina, how are you going to tell him that dinner is served?¡± I thought to myself.


    While reminiscing on what to do, I remembered movies I watched and how the maid would knock at their owner¡¯s door and then they would say what they had to say.


    Along with that thought, I took courage and went to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s study room and knocked carefully. I kept on knocking for about five minutes and heard no response. I was so sure that Mr. Gavriel did not leave this study room.


    ¡°Now, Tina, you have to take a risk right now,¡± I said to myself as I slowly and carefully opened the study room door. Yet again, the light was switched off, and since I already put it on earlier, I figured out how to put it on again even though it was dark, so I stretched out my hand in the direction where the switch was located, and when my hand touched the switch, I immediately put on the light.


    When I raised my head to know if Mr. Gavriel was there, I saw my boss, Mr. Gavriel, sleeping like a child on the table where he was working initially.


    ¡°Oh no, I am going to receive another round of insults when he awakes, he must have waited for long. What do I do now, Tina? Think fast!¡± I said as I simultaneously used my hands to hit my head, ¡°This is the most anxious thing that has ever happened to me in my life.¡±


    ¡°Okay, now I will try waking him up, I just pray he wakes up, or else I would be done for,¡± I thought to myself as I gently tapped him on his shoulders as my heart beat multiplied by five. I was so scared.


    When he did not make a move, I did not stop trying to wake him up as I continued tapping him with care and consistently checking his shirt to know if my hands stained it. I was not in for trouble or insult this night because I already had a long day.


    Oh God, why is he not waking up, Mr. Gavriel? Are you looking for a way I would be prey and fall into your trap while you devour me? I did not even know where those words came from until I did.


    Yet again, I started hitting my head like I wanted it to offer me something.


    Unlike me, I did not start gazing at my boss or admiring his face, while sleeping, he looked so calm and peaceful, but when he was awake, the devil in him awoke.


    While I was hitting my head continuously, a thought shed in my mind, and without thinking it through, I immediately agreed to my mind¡¯s idea.


    ¡°That is a good idea,¡± I said to myself as I began to execute the idea my fragile mind gave me without thinking twice about what the advantages and disadvantages were going to be.


    I rushed out of the study room to the dining room and I carefully carried all the dishes to the study room.


    I made sure I carried each dish I prepared, including the juice, red wine, and water.


    I closed theptop on the table in the study room and ced it on a couch along with every paper and document, then I set the table with the dinner I had prepared.


    Then this was where the problem was. how do I get Mr. Gavriel to eat his dinner, it is not a good thing to sleep on an empty stomach. I had to do something, or maybe I should feed him.


    ¡°Arrgh!¡± I screamed out loud, but thank the goddess, it was not that loud.


    Then I looked at Mr. Gavriel, and I found out that he was still sound asleep. I was lucky he did not wake up, if he had, I knew that I would cry myself to sleep.


    Then I moved closer to Mr. Gavriel as I carefully raised his head and made it rest on the chair head, in that position, it was going to be possible for me to feed him.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    Gosh, I could not just believe I was about to feed my boss on my first day of arriving here, it is more strenuous than I thought.


    After I ced him in afortable position, I stood in between Mr. Gavriel and the table so I would have easy ess to both the food and Mr. Gavriel.


    Then I washed my hands since I decided to feed him with my hand, but on second thought, I wanted to just set the table and leave, but if I did that, only God knows the condition he would put me in tomorrow.


    God, please help your little child and protect her from the wrath of this devil called Mr. Gavriel. I prayed silently to my Creator, he is the only one who would hear my cries and grant my heart¡¯s desires.

 CHAPTER THIRTY ONE

    I summoned enough courage as I picked up a piece of bacon in my hand, and with fear, I carefully called Mr. Gavriel¡¯s name before putting the bacon in his mouth.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, please eat your food,¡± I said as I wondered why he slept so deeply.


    ¡°Oh God, I am doomed,¡± I said as I forced the bacon into his mouth.


    To my greatest surprise, I saw his mouth moving, like he was eating the bacon, and then a lot of questions appeared in my head.


    Is Mr. Gavriel really asleep?


    I really did not expect Mr. Gavriel to chew the bacon.


    Is Mr. Gavriel doing this to punish me?


    ¡°But anyway, I am happy he is eating the food, at least I will be able to feed him more¡­ and I have a lot of things to do,¡± I said to myself with a little bit of anger when I remembered that I had a lot to do.


    I had to quickly feed him so that I would be able to finish my duty tonight.


    With that courage I summoned, I started feeding him quickly but carefully, like a child, because I did not want him to wake up and shout at me.


    I fed him some potato chips, then I used my already washed hands to extract the chicken meat out of the wings because of the bone they had.


    I divided it into small pieces and fed them to Mr. Gavriel. I also did the same to the scrambled eggs and potato pies, the Manhattan meatballs, the Manhattan style m chowder, and the cheese cake.


    Within fifteen minutes, I had finally fed him half of the food.


    The  I picked up the ss cup where I put the juice as I reached it to his mouth, and luckily he took a sip of it.


    I wondered if people who were asleep ate without knowing they were eating.


    Finally, I had fed him to my satisfaction, at least I would be able to move ahead to get my other jobs done.


    As I turned to leave with the leftover dishes I had in my hands so that I could drop them off in the dishwasher, I looked at Mr. Gavriel, and he was not in ce properly, his head was bent, leaving his neck in a very bad position, which would leave him in pain when he woke up.


    I headed straight to the kitchen as I dropped the leftover dishes in the dishwasher. When I was done washing the dishes, I decided to check on Mr. Gavriel, and when I did that, he was in a very bad position.


    ¡°Poor child,¡± I said to myself as Iughed at my stupid statement.


    Who was I calling a child, my boss? I was sure he would kill me if he ever heard that.


    I needed to do theundry this night so that the work would not be on my neck in the morning.


    Then a thought struck in my head.


    ¡°Yeah, exactly. Since Mr. Gavriel was around and asleep, I could use this opportunity to get him upstairs to lie down so he could get to sleep properly and I could get his already worn clothing so I could do theundry,¡± I thought to myself.


    First, I ran to the second floor because I needed to know where his room was, and luckily for me, the second room I opened was a bedroom, and I knew immediately that it was his bedroom because it smelt like him. I did not bother looking in anymore as I ran down the stairs to get him to his room.


    When I got down the stairs, I carefully put his hands on my shoulder, and we staggered upstairs to his room.


    I was so thankful to God that he did not give me much stress while I was taking him to his room, though he was so heavy.


    When we got to him, I carefullyid him on the bed.


    Then I looked around the room, it was what was supposed to be called a master¡¯s bedroom, it was so spacious and had everything a house should have, there was a dining table with four chairs, a space where was set for the living room, and a television to suit the taste, I could not see everything clearly because it was so dark in there.


    Dark wallpapers, a blue light, dark purple curtains, and dark furniture-I just had to wonder why my boss, Mr. Gavriel, loved dark surroundings. Whatever it was, definitely it was business.


    While his body was on the bed, his leg was still touching the floor, and he still had his suit and shoes on.


    ¡°This man is purposely doing this to me,¡± I said to myself as I peered at his sleepy face. I definitely knew he was doing this to know my reaction because it was so obvious that he was destined to make my life miserable.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    I carefully carried his leg and ced it on the bed as I pulled off his shoes and stockings, then I ced it in a corner.


    ¡°I have to clean the shoes, right?¡± I asked myself, then I remembered that I had some clothing that I obviously will not wear again. I brought it for the purpose of cleaning things, maybe this was the reason I brought it.


    Immediately, I rushed to my bedroom as I opened my drawer, pulled out the clothes, and ran back to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room.


    I needed to do anything I was doing fast because I did not want him to wake up and see me in his room, if that eventually happened, it would be my death.


    Then I carefully opened the door as I sat at one end of the bed and picked up the shoe, which I cleaned with the cloth I brought from my room seconds ago.


    After that, I nced around the room while I was looking for a polish or spray so I could do justice to the shoe.

 CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

    ¡°After all, it was my job, right?¡± I asked no one in particr.


    The room was so dark that I could not see anything. Finally, I saw a shoe spray, and I got slowly up from the bed so Mr. Gavriel would not notice that someone was on the bed with him.


    I picked up the spray from the table where it wasid and sprayed it carefully on the shoe after I had checked if it was the same colour as the shoe.


    When I was through, I opened the wardrobe and ced it on the space avable for a shoe in the shoe rack.


    Then I remembered that Mr. Gavriel still had his suit on, so I climbed the bed and carefully put him in a sitting position as I pulled off the suit he was wearing and carefullyid him back on the bed.


    After I had gotten off the bed, I picked up the stockings I had initially pulled from his feet as I red around in search of his dirtyundry, and finally I saw a heap of clothes inside a basket. I then went in the direction it was as I added the suit and stockings inside it and closed the basket.


    I quickly carried the basket filled with dirty clothes out of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room as I carefully closed the door in order to avoid the annoying sound doors normally make.


    ¡°Phew, that was a close one,¡± I said to myself as I tried to remember where I saw theundry room earlier.


    ¡°All thanks to my annoying boss, Mr. Gavriel, since he could not tell me where ces were located in his mansion, he is really destined to punish me and make life miserable and a living hell for me,¡± I added as I carried theundry to the first floor because I knew that that was the only ce theundry room would be located.


    ¡°Goodness, this basket is so heavy,¡± I said as I tried to carry the basket filled with clothes down the stairs, and BOOM, it slipped out of my hands and rolled down the stairs. I could only stand and watch how the cover of the basket went off and how the clothes scattered all over the staircase.


    I just started my work here at his house today, and it was already weighing me down. Only God knows how it will be tomorrow in the office.


    May God help me.


    I summoned enough strength as I got up and started picking up the clothes thaty scattered on the floor of the stairs, and then I raised the basket up as I put the clothes I had picked up earlier inside it and closed the basket.


    This time around, I made sure to be more careful as I carried it to theundry room.


    ¡°Hmmm, this ce looks like theundry room,¡± I said to myself as I stared at the door a few metres away from the staircase.


    Although this was not the time to admire things, I quickly dropped the basket and opened the door.


    Well, it is theundry room, of course.


    There were lots ofundry machines arranged in order of size and quality, along with the drying machine and spinning machine.


    I quickly poured out the contents of the basket as I sorted them out, then I opened all the washing machines. I needed to be fast so I could get some sleep.


    I put the suits in one washing machine, then I put the designer¡¯s shirt in another washing machine, then I put the trousers in another washing machine, then I put his inner wear like his singlet and boxers in the smallest washing machine, and finally I put the t-shirts in another washing machine.


    After that, I poured enough detergent inside each of the washing machines, depending on the type of clothes, and then I connected the water hose to all the washing machines and waited to get the sufficient amount of water I needed to put on the washing machines.


    After which I sat down and waited for the washing machine to do the job.


    ¡°Really nothing is easy in this world, using hands to do the washing was a stressful thing, and also using the washing machine was a stressful thing, gosh,¡± I said to myself as I patiently waited for the clothes to finish washing so that the noise of the five washing machines would stop because theundry room was so noisy and Mr. Gavriel was asleep.


    In less than thirty minutes, all the washing machines beeped, and I poured out the water I used to wash as I put another clean batch of water into all the machines and rinsed the clothes. I then dried and spined the clothes, after which I arranged them on different hangers in theundry room and turned off the washing machines.


    Then I set the ironing board as I put on the iron.


    I carefully spread each piece of clothing on the ironing board as I ironed it neatly. I made sure that any one of the clothes I ironed was neatly hung on the hanger before moving on to the other ones.


    I was so tired as I was yawning continuously, and I was feeling so sleepy as my head banged so much.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    I could not let that happen, if not, I would definitely burn one of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s clothes, and that would be my end.


    ¡°Woah, finally I am through with thisundry of a thing,¡± I eximed when I saw that there were no more clothes to iron except for the inner wears, which could not be ironed, so I carefully folded them as I put away the iron, and I sat down on a chair to rest my head for a bit before I would go back to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room.


    ¡°What a stressful night!¡± I eximed, looking around, I grasped my head and shut my eyes tightly.

 CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

    Mr. Gavriel turned around to the other side of the bed as he felt uneasy.


    Firstly, he was not putting on his suit and his shoes.


    Secondly, he was on the bed instead of the chair in his study room.


    ¡°What am I doing here?¡±


    ¡°I was supposed to be working in my study room, what the heck am I doing here?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked himself over and over again as he finally opened his eyes.


    ¡°How on earth did I get to my room?¡± he asked again.


    Suddenly, an unimaginable thought came to his senses.


    ¡°Or could it be that I took in Christ? No, it cannot be possible,¡± Mr. Gavriel said to himself as he became alert and looked beside him. He turned to the other side of the bed, but Christina was not there.


    ¡® Goodness! That was a big relief,¡¯ he said. He sat up on the bed and took a deep breath.


    Then he got up from the bed as he took his time to remember how he got to his room, and when he could not recall, he wondered how he slept so deeply not to recall how he got to his room.


    ¡°It possibly can¡¯t be Christina because she would not dare do such a thing like that, not to mention touching him,¡± Mr. Gavriel thought as he walked to his vanity and stared at himself in the mirror.


    But where are my suit, my shoes, and my stockings? Mr. Gavriel asked no one in particr, shortly after he recalled that he was hungry and was waiting for dinner to be served, but why was his stomach so heavy and full, like he had already eaten?


    Then he stared at the wall clock hanging in the wall, and it was already 12. 45 a. m.


    ¡°This is Christina¡¯s doing. She is definitely going to hear from me.¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he staggered out of his room.


    He checked Christina¡¯s room, but she was definitely not there.


    ¡°Where could she be?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked himself.


    When Mr. Gavriel was still thinking about where Christina would be at this hour of the night, he heard some noise from theundry room, so he decided to check it out.


    When he got to the entrance of theundry room, he saw Christina.


    She eximed after she folded thest piece of clothing she was ironing, then she sat on the chair there as she said something to herself, which Mr. Gavriel could not hear as she rested her head on the wall.


    ¡®What a stressful night¡¯ she gasped.


    ¡°Christina,¡± Mr. Gavriel called out.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


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    I did not know I had slept for a long time, but when I heard my name, my heart literally popped out.


    ¡°Christina,¡± Mr. Gavriel called, and I immediately jumped up from the chair and faced him.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, is there any problem, or is there something I could do to help you?¡± I asked, but I sincerely didn¡¯t know where that question came from because of the way Mr. Gavriel stared at me with the eyes of a boiled volcano that was about to erupt.


    ¡°I am sorry, Mr. Gavriel, I really did not know that question came out of my mouth, and I never thought of asking you such a thing. I am sincerely sorry,¡± I apologized.


    ¡°You are sorry?¡± ¡°For what exactly, tell me!¡± Mr. Gavriel replied furiously.


    Heck, I was so tired, I did not want this now, and I am feeling so sleepy right now.


    Why is this man always my problem?


    Why does something that is not supposed to cause an issue cause one for him?


    ¡°I am so sorry for sleeping here, and I am so sorry for asking you that question, and most importantly, I am so sorry for apologizing,¡± I said without thinking because I was already having a serious headache.


    This one!


    That one¡¯s that!


    ¡°What the heck is this man problem? Now I have spoken without thinking about the consequences.¡± I said to myself while staring at the floor.


    ¡°What did you say just now?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he raised his voice at me and stared at me like I had collected something that was very important to him.


    ¡°Mmm, actually I did not say anything, but if you heard something then you heard it wrong, so if you would excuse me, I need to get some chores done,¡± I said as I briskly walked out of his presence and went to put theundry clothes back in the basket and carried the basket out of theundry room.


    From the corner of my eye, I could see him stare at me with disbelief.


    Maybe he thought that I would get scared of him because of a crime not told.


    What the heck is actually wrong with him? I am already stressed out because of the load of work he gave me.


    I am sorry for walking out on you, Mr. Gavriel, but I had no other option because I was not ready for your rantings and insults. I apologized to no one in particr, but my heart just needed to apologize, and I do not know the reason, so I had to at least say it out.


    ording to me, the reason I walked out was to get to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room to put his clothes in ce without him being in the room, so I quickly walked into Mr. Gavriel¡¯s bedroom despite the heaviness of the basket I was carrying as I opened the door and carried the basket inside.


    ¡°Oh God, please help me, so Mr. Gavriel would not enter here.¡±


    ¡°Oh God, please help me, so Mr. Gavriel would not enter here.¡±


    ¡°Oh God, please help me, so Mr. Gavriel would not enter here.¡±


    I kept on repeating this sentence continuously with anxiety and fear, I did not want Mr. Gavriel to meet me here, and if he does, that would be another problem, and I do not want that.

 CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

    Quickly, I started arranging the clothes into his wardrobe, and then I heard the bedroom door creak open, so I peered out and saw Mr. Gavriel walk in, and I hid inside the wardrobe as I continued peeping.


    Then he started unbuttoning his long sleeve as he pulled it off from his body, and I saw his biceps.


    ¡°Goodness, that is a really nice chiseled chest,¡± I said as I gasped because I was loud.


    I saw Mr. Gavriel look towards the wardrobe for a long time and then look away as he sat on his bed.


    ¡°Thank goodness, I think he did not see me, I would have been doomed,¡± I said to myself this time quietly.


    I kept on peeping at him since my n was to wait for him to go to bed then I would leave, but as things are going now, I am not sure Mr. Gavriel will go back to bed because I saw him standing in front of the mirror as he stared at his stomach, then he turned back and looked at the wardrobe again while he touched an area of his stomach in a circr motion, then he tore out the treatment patch on it as he looked away from the wardrobe.


    When he looked at the wardrobe for the second time, I could not hear my heartbeat for five seconds, and then I looked at the area in his stomach where he had pulled out the treatment patch.


    ¡°What the hell is that?¡± I asked myself because obviously it looked like a partly fresh gunshot wound, and as I tried to look very well from my hiding position, I kicked the basket and it fell down, and immediately Mr. Gavriel turned and looked at the wardrobe for the third time as he walked towards it, and then he opened the wardrobe door.


    ¡°What the heck are you doing here?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as his eyes looked transfixed at me.


    ¡°What have I gotten myself into?¡± I asked myself that instead of replying to the question he asked me.


    ¡°Are you deaf?¡± Did you not hear what I asked? Okay, I will repeat myself for the second time.


    ¡± What the hell are you doing in my room without my permission?¡± Mr Gavriel asked for the second time as he looked down at me like a prey he wanted to devour.


    ¡°I can exin,¡± I replied calmly. I could feel my shaky hands.


    ¡°Oh, so you know how to reduce your voice while talking to someone right, because if I remembered that you actually talked back at me and walked out on me too on your first day of work, well, I think the best thing to do here is to fire you from your job as the secretary, and with that, you would be my full-time house help, I think that is exactly what you want,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as I kept looking at my feet, but the moment I heard that he would fire me, immediately I fell to my knees and begged him not to do as he pleases.


    ¡°I am sorry, Mr. Gavriel, I did not juste to your room with any bad intentions, I came to put the clothes I took earlier in order to wash them, I am so sorry, I would not do that ever again, I would not repeat this mistake, I promise. I just did not want to meet you here because she was already fed up with your insults and misunderstandings, you just insult me even when you do not know anything about me, please, Mr. Gavriel, I really do need this job, I really do need it. Please forgive me. ¡°I cried as I exined myself, but the devil in him did not move him to his tears, he just kept on staring at me as if I was not kneeling before him or not apologizing to him.


    ¡°To tell you the truth, I am tired of all these things. this contract, all these insults, and everything in it. I am tired, but I have to endure, so please do not fire me, I beg of you,¡± I added as the tears freely fell from my eyes.


    ¡°Since you said that you are tired, then I would fire you because I have not started with you and you are already tired, you must be a weakling,¡± he said arrogantly as heughed out loud.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir, for saying that. I am not tired, I will like to continue the job,¡± I pleaded. I could not just start a job today and get fired the same day.


    ¡°I will forgive you this once, but if this repeats itself again, I will take action in a way you would never expect it,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied as he picked up a first aid kit and retreated to the couch in his room as he treated himself.


    ¡°Finish up what you are doing there and get lost,¡± he ordered.


    ¡°Okay, I will be done in five minutes,¡± I replied as I hastened up with what I was doing while I kept stealing nces at Mr Gavriel as he treated himself.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°Would you stop staring at me and finish that up quickly before I lose my cool?¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he kept on cleaning his injury and kept making funny faces that looked so funny to me that I tried tough but restrained myself because I did not want to get fired.


    Finally, I was through with arranging his clothing in his wardrobe, then I closed the wardrobe and carried the basket along with me so I could keep it back where I saw it.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, I am through with this, so I am leaving now,¡± I said as I kept the basket in front of the bathroom door as I saw him looking at me.


    ¡°Yes, you may leave now,¡± he said, and I walked out of his room and closed the door behind me as fast as I could.

 CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE

    ¡°Yes, you may leave now, I do not need you here anyway. Just get out!¡± he said, and I walked out of his room and closed the door behind me as fast as I could without hesitating.


    When I got out of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room, after thinking about leaving him like that, I came to the conclusion that it was not a good idea and maybe he just wanted to test me to see my reaction, and I was already feeling sleepy.


    ¡°I think I should just help him out and go to bed after that,¡± I said to myself as I rubbed my hands together before knocking at the door again and waiting for a response.


    When I did not get a response, I decided to keep on knocking, and after what seemed to be ten minutes or so, I heard him respond.


    ¡°Come in,¡± Mr. Gavriel said, and I opened the door and walked in slowly in fear as my heartbeat was sounding so close to my ears.


    ¡°Christina, I told you to get out, and you are still here¡­ What the hell do you want from me?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he shouted at the same time, and when I looked at his face, I could see that he was in pain.


    Then I rushed to him and kneeled in front of him.


    ¡°I am so sorry if I am bothering you right now, but I cannot leave you like this. In as much as you are my boss, I still have a human conscience, so please let me handle this,¡± I pleaded as I sped my hands together.


    Mr. Gavriel did not say a word, all he did was make a scornful expression, and then he nodded.


    ¡°Make sure to be fast and not to add more pain,¡± he added.


    ¡°Yes, sir, I will be fast,¡± I said quickly as I took the methted spirit from him along with the cotton wool.


    Then I kept them aside and took a clean piece of cotton wool and poured not too much quantity of methted spirit on it as I carefully cleaned the spot where the injury was located, and all I heard was a series of heartbreaking grunts, and I quickly withdrew my hand.


    ¡°What is the problem?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked me as he noticed that I quickly withdrew my hands from him.


    ¡°I am sorry, I think I am hurting you,¡± I replied, so scared that I could not look at him, I knew he was going to shout at me.


    ¡°What have I put myself into?¡± I whispered to myself.


    ¡°Do not worry about it, after all, it does not hurt much. I am a man, so I can bear it,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied, but I knew it was a pure lie, he did not want to possibly ept that it was hurting him because of his ego.


    ¡°You can continue,¡± he added calmly as he wondered what kind of courage this youngdy squatting in front of him had toe back when he asked her not to, she seems to be fearless, but she knows nothing.


    He had to ept the fact that she was caring, but he needed to deal with her because of that huge embarrassment she gave him at the bar.


    ¡°Ok sir,¡± I replied as I continued cleaning up the injury, but I could sense he was so restless, even though he tried his possible best not to make an audible sound.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel,¡± I called him.


    ¡°I have a request,¡± I added as I got up from my squatting position.


    ¡°Ok, go on, but make sure it is not something stupid, otherwise, get ready to be sacked,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied as he rested his head on the armrest of the couch.


    Is he threatening me or what? Here I am feeling so tired, dizzy, and sleepy, but I want to help him out as a good secretary and housekeeper, and he is here acting like the grumpy boss he is.


    ¡°To hell with you and your threats, I really do not care about them after all, I am just here to help you,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked because he was sure he heard her say something but she was not audible.


    ¡°No, Mr. Gavriel I did not say anything. Maybe you heard wrong.¡± I replied, so scared. I thought he heard what I said.


    ¡°Do not y games with me, I am sure I heard you utter those words,¡± Mr. Gavriel insisted.


    ¡°No, sir, I did not, I promise.¡± I lied, but anyway, I had my reasons.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    I summoned enough courage that I took my hands in his and raised him. At first, I was scared, but I had to do it so I could get out of there and get enough sleep.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± I heard Mr. Gavriel ask me as he forcefully took his hands out of mine.


    ¡°Please, Mr. Gavriel, I am not doing anything wrong, I just intend to make this easier,¡± I replied as I took his hands back and held his shoulders as I safely led him to his bed and helped himy down as he faced upwards so I could get him treated quickly.


    ¡°You will see and get to understand that this isn¡¯t going to get you killed, but on the other hand, it will help you out, I promise,¡± I said as I quickly walked back to the couch, carefully carried the treatment kit, and went back to Mr. Gavriel and dropped the kit beside him on his bed.


    Then I picked another clean and fresh piece of cotton wool and added methted spirit to it as I bent down facing Mr. Gavriel¡¯s wounded spot.


    ¡°Please, you have to rx your muscles so it would not hurt you too much,¡± I said to Mr. Gavriel calmly and waited for a response before getting started.


    ¡°Okay, just make it fast,¡±

 CHAPTER THIRTY SIX

    He replied as he stared nkly at her and watched my every movement.


    ¡°Okay, I will start now,¡± I said as I carefully cleaned up the wound with the stuff I was holding. After that, I cleaned it up again for the second time, but during this period, Mr. Gavriel did not flinch for a single bit.


    ¡°You see, I told you it would not hurt you, and it didn¡¯t,¡± I said as I looked up at Mr. Gavriel, expecting to hear a response, but I did not, I just found out that he had fallen asleep, and I smiled, why?


    I brought out the ointment from the treatment kit and rubbed it on the wounded part and covered it with a fresh patch.


    Then I covered him with a nket, kept the treatment kit back in its normal position, and quickly closed the door behind me as I left his room.


    I sluggishly walked down to the second floor as I opened my bedroom door and went inside.


    I quickly took a cold shower as I jumped on the bed, and shortly afterward my eyes closed as the wind of sleep overwhelmed me.


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    Nicoley on the bed she kept turning to different sides because she was feeling so ufortable and she did not know why.


    Probably because she was worried about her best friend, Christina.


    Probably she was worried and angry with herself for not appreciating the man who helped her at the bar when she was drunk.


    Probably because she was worried about her job, for which she had been expecting a promotion, but when she got it, it came in the wrong way.


    Finally, shey in a particr position as she faced the ceiling and kept contemting as tears fell from her left eye.


    She hoped Tina was okay over there at Mr. Gavriel¡¯s home, she knew it would be a tough start for her, and she was not there to assist her best friend.


    The man who took her in without minding who she was was the bravest person she had evere in contact with, and she hoped to meet him someday soon. She needed to appreciate him and also buy him breakfast, lunch, or dinner since that was her next method after oral appreciation.


    ¡°I wish I could meet you as soon as possible, even if it¡¯s tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or any day close, I just hope to see you and make it up to you,¡± she said as she faced the shining moon and stars that glittered on her window ss.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    And as for Mr. Gilbert, he should be thankful for the fact that he was a family friend to her parents, if not, she would have filed charges against him for making such a move toward her.


    The thoughts were so overwhelming that she got so weak that she closed her eyes and drifted off to wondend.


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    Raymond, on the other hand,y on his bed as he fixed his gaze on the letter Nicole had left behind earlier and wondered when he was going to meet up with her.


    He remembered how she smiled, the tears in her eyes when she was at the bar, how fragile she looked when one of those rascal guys pushed her down and the courage she picked up as she fought them back, how she threw punches at him so mercilessly, and how she looked like a child when she was asleep, and now the note she left behind just made him feel that everything he had been working for was already burnt down.


    He really needed her in his life, and this was the only moment that would make it work out, and he definitely would not let it go to waste.


    ¡®I believe that we would meet each other again.¡¯


    ¡®I do not care about this scribbled shite that was written on this piece of paper. All I know is that I would meet up with you one day or another, but I know fate will bring us together.¡¯ Raymond said as hey fully on the bed and closed his eyes as sleep overtook him and he dozed off.


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    Mr. Gavriel slightly opened his eyes and looked around, but he found out that Christina was gone, and he was through helping himself get treated.


    ¡°What the fuck, how did I end up sleeping so deeply again?¡± I said to myself as I ced a hand on my forehead.


    He saw himself covered with a nket, and he slightly removed the cover as he saw the patched paper on the wounded part of his stomach, and all he did was sign.


    He did not know, but he became so angry that he could not see her leave.


    She could be sleeping now because she has loads of work to get done.


    And that is because she also needs to be avable in the office as his secretary tomorrow.


    ¡°Even though you have a soft heart towards me, that does not mean I will be soft towards you either. I do not know what you are trying to do, but I must teach you a lesson you deserve, and in your next life, you will never tamper with other people,¡± Mr. Gavriel thought to himself as he closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.


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    ¡°Did you do as I ordered you to?¡± A woman in her mid-twenties asked with so much vengeance in her voice.


    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am, but I think he survived it because he was seen at work today.¡± A young man responded with fear in his voice.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± The woman raised her voice at the man.


    She had given a simple job to him because he called himself an expert but he turned out to be useless.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, ma¡¯am,¡± the young man apologized.


    ¡°Your apologies would not do me any good,¡± she added as she got up from where she was sitting and picked up a ss of wine.

 CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN

    ¡°I want him to suffer and die, and that is final¡­ Now get out and get your job done,¡± she added as she sipped wine from the ss she was holding and gave a devious wide smile.


    Tina was already up when the rm she had set to wake her up at five in the morning rang. She got up from the bed and did a few facial yoga poses to rx her muscles and relieve stress. She gently massaged her head, chubby cheeks, eyes, and neck, then got up from the bed she quickly entered the bathroom and washed her mouth along with her face.


    She then turned on the tap and let some amount of water enter the bucket. As she took some detergent and poured it into the water, she vividly remembered Mr. Gavriel¡¯s words saying that his house, especially his sitting room, must be cleaned every day.


    Then she carried the bucket in her left hand, and she used her right hand to pick up a mob stick as she walked out of her room and went down the stairs to the sitting room.


    She needed to get her chores done and prepare breakfast before Mr. Gavriel woke up, then she hoped that he was feeling better because of the pain he was inst night.


    When she got to the sitting room, she used an already abandoned piece of clothing to dust the cushion and center table. Then she picked up a brush broom and swept the whole ce, after that, she began to clean the sitting room.


    In less than an hour, she was done with that sitting room because it was too big. She carried the bucket of water she used to the restroom and poured it away as she put clean, fresh water with detergent in it as she carried it to the dining room, and she did the same as she did earlier in the sitting room.


    When she was done with the sitting room, she then moved to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s study room, and with that, she cleaned up every room on the first floor.


    When she was done cleaning up the first floor, she checked, and it was already after seven in the morning, and she had to be at work in less than an hour since today was her first day at work as a secretary in the office.


    Shen then hurried to the kitchen and arranged the dirty dishes in the dishwasher as she started preparing breakfast for Mr. Gavriel. She just prepared a simple meal, an Italian baked egg and fried beacon, as she quickly served it on the dining table for Mr. Gavriel when he was ready to go to work, after which the tes were already washed, so she arranged them inside the te rack and put the rest of the utensils in the cab.


    She quickly ate the leftovers as she literally ran out of the kitchen, up the stairs, and then to her room. Immediately she got to her room, she quickly pulled off her pajamas and dashed into the bathroom, where she put on the shower as she ensured that she had a quick bath.


    After which she ran out of the bathroom and opened her wardrobe, as she thought about the clothes she should wear.


    ¡°Should I wear my clothes from home or should I wear clothes from this wardrobe?¡± she asked herself, and she wondered why Mr. Gavriel would put clothes, shoes, handbags, and otherdies¡¯ essories there without telling her what to do with them. Then she became confused about what to do as she quickly nced at the rm clock and it was already seven thirty.


    Finally, she decided to put on her clothes as she opened the drawer and brought out a tightly fitted gown that had a jacket along with it. She quickly put it on as she quickly walked to the vanity and put on some light make-up that perfectly matched her skin tone and ran ab through her hair before putting it into a ponytail style.


    Then she picked up a four-inch wedge shoe that fit perfectly with her dress as she finally stared at herself in the mirror, and when she was assured that she was satisfied with it, she was good to go.


    She picked up her phone and her bag as she made for the exit.


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    Mr. Gavriel was still asleep when his phone kept on ringing continuously, and after the fourth ring, Mr. Gavriel stretched his hand in the direction where the sound wasing from, and finally, his hand touched the phone, and he picked it up.


    ¡°Good morning, son,¡± Mr. Adrian greeted his son from the other side of the phone, and with the sound of his voice, you would have to agree that Mr. Adrian was just waking up from his slumber.


    ¡°Good morning, Dad.¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he yawned at the same time the words left his mouth.


    ¡°Son, are you still asleep by this time? Would you not prepare for work today?¡± Mr. Adrian asked with shock when he heard his son yawn.


    ¡°Dad, I will prepare for work, it is not like I wouldy in bed all day,¡± Mr. Gavriel responded as he covered himself up.


    ¡°Okay, I know you would be a little bit upset that I called you this early, you know, but it is not actually what you think, Son. Your mother is worried about you, and I also need to talk to you, so can youe over during the week?¡± Mr. Adrian requested from his son.


    ¡°Okay, Dad, I will be there when I am chanced,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied.


    ¡°Okay, son,¡± Mr. Adrian said.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    ¡°Yeah, send my regards to Mother and Ivy,¡± Mr. Gavriel added.


    ¡°Sure, I will do that. Take care of yourself. Okay, we would be expecting you,¡± Mr. Adrian said as he hung up immediately.


    Mr. Gavriel got up from the bed and sat upright, dropping his phone beside him as he stared nkly and emotionlessly.

 CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT

    After some minutes passed, he got up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom he turned on the shower and took his bath, not too fast nor too slow, and when he was through, he tied a towel around his waist as he walked out of the shower and stood in front of the bathroom sink where he washed his mouth and shaved, then he washed his face as he walked out of the bathroom.


    He put on some body moisturizing lotion as he entered his dressing room and put on a pair of matching outfits alongside his turkey shoe.


    When he was done, he put on a wonderful, fully scented, manly cologne, and then he put on his wristwatch. Then something drew his attention, he saw the shoe he had put on yesterday in his shoe rack, and he wondered what it was doing there as he went closer to confirm.


    He picked up the shoe and saw that it was already taken care of, and all his mind could think of was Tina, she did hisundry and possibly handled the shoe.


    He would get confirmation from herter in the day.


    He nced at his wrist watch to check the time and saw it was already eight o¡¯clock, he wondered if Christina was still in the house because everywhere seemed too quiet, unlike yesterday when she was handling theundry.


    Mr. Gavriel walked out of his room, and everywhere was so unusually quiet. Even when his house was filled with housemaids, a gardener, a butler, a driver, and his chef, it was still quiet, but unlike the quietness he was experiencing now, this was the beginning of his loneliness again, and since he was harsh to Christina, she would not like to go closer to him if it was not something concerning her work.


    ¡°I think I have to live with this,¡± Mr. Gavriel signed as he said to himself.


    When he got to the second floor, he could not see any sign of Christina in the house.


    ¡°Could it be that she has gone to the office?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked himself as he continued walking towards the first floor, he was indeed hungry.


    When he got to the first floor, he noticed everything was sparkling clean.


    ¡°Hmm,¡± Mr. Gavriel signed as he walked into his study room and noticed that everything was neatly arranged, unlike the way he remembered it beingst night while he was working.


    Anyway, he did not want to bother himself about it since he was going to ask Christina, so he went straight to the table and carried his office bag as he headed towards the dining table.


    He had his breakfast, and for the first two times he had ever finished a dish served to him. That has never happened to him, but now even when he tried his best to stop eating, he just found himself devouring the dish more and more.


    Finally, when he was done with eating, he drank a full ss of water and headed out of the mansion to the car.


    Later, he was going to deal with Christina for leaving him behind and not driving him to work, of course, it was part of her job.


    Immediately he got to his car, hopped in, started the ignition, and then he zoomed off to work.


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    I got to the office at exactly eight o¡¯clock in the morning, and I was so happy about it.


    It feels so good to arrive early at your work ce if it is the first time.


    Suddenly, I remembered Mr. Gavriel. I wondered what he was doing now, if he had eaten the food I prepared for him, if his stomach was still hurting, and I was so damn worried about him and I did not know why.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.


    ¡°What the hell is wrong with you, Christina? Mr. Gavriel is your boss for God¡¯s sake, and you hate him, so where is all this caring and emotioning from?¡± I said to myself as I pped my head continuously.


    ¡°Hey, good morning,¡± a familiar voice greeted, and I turned to see who it was, it was none other than Zoey.


    She looked so beautiful, and her dress made her look perfect, unlike yesterday when she wore a casual dress.


    ¡°Hi Zoey, good morning,¡± I said as I admired her.


    ¡°Congrattions! I heard you got the job, I am so happy for you!¡± Zoey eximed joyously.


    ¡°Yeah, I did, thank you so much,¡± I replied. I was so happy to hear that she was happy for me.


    This was indeed a dreame true for me.


    ¡°I just hope you can work with the boss because I heard that he has never employed a secretary to work for him in twenty years, so I think he will feel a bit weird when you guys are working together.¡± So just put yourself together and endure our nasty boss. Zoey said as she stared transfixed at me.


    ¡°Yeah, Mr. Aaron told me about it, and I know I would manage,¡± I replied to her in a calm tone as I admired her baby-like facial features.


    ¡°Okay, just take care of yourself and do not get into any sort of trouble with the boss or involve the boss, or else he would not think twice before making a hasty decision,¡± Zoey added voluntarily.


    ¡°Sure, I have to get going, so I would prepare his tea before he arrives. Thank you so much for the advice, I really appreciate it,¡± I replied, and Zoey smiled as she nodded her head in approval as she walked towards the receptionist¡¯s office and I headed to the employees¡¯ elevator.


    Bing


    The elevator clicked, indicating that I had arrived at my destination. The door opened as I gracefully walked out of the elevator.


    I headed to my office and dropped my bag and my phone as I checked my time and it was already twenty-four minutes past eight, and I was already worried about Mr. Gavriel. I wondered why he had not arrived yet, as then I also headed straight to the tea counter to prepare Mr. Gavriel¡¯s morning tea, which was said to be his morning routine.

 Chapter Thirty Nine

    Mr. Gavriel drove into the premises of hispany as he packed his car at the garage and walked into the building.


    Everywhere seemed so quiet to him today, on other days as he walks into thepany he normally sees some of his staff and employees and they greet him, but today everywhere was so unusually calm and he did not meet any of his staff, so he quickly walked towards the elevator he uses to get to his office floor and he pressed on a button and the elevator door opened as he went inside.


    Bing.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    The elevator beeped and opened, indicating that he had arrived at his floor. A lot of things were on his mind.


    He needed to go to the brothel to ease the stress on his mind.


    As he walked out of the elevator, he rubbed his hands all over his face and signed. He wondered where his secretary was as he looked at his watch and saw that it was already nine in the morning.


    ¡°Shit, Dad told me about thisteness earlier,¡± Mr. Gavriel said out loud to himself.


    ¡°Why am I even bothered by what he said?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked himself again.


    He does not even understand the terms for why he was upset with his father, all he knew was that his father never wanted him to learn a hard way, his father wanted him to take over after his reign, but Gavriel did not want that for himself, so he rejected his father¡¯s offer and told his father what he wanted, which was to set up his career, hispany, and his life as a whole by himself, he wanted to work hard to achieve his dreams, he wanted to sweat for all he wanted and see the fruits of hisbor, but no, his father objected to his opinion.


    During that period, there were lots of troubles, problems, or one thing or another because his father was not supportive of his dreams.


    But his mother, Mrs. Camille Seamus, was always in support of his dreams and stayed by his side alongside his sister, Ivy, they were his only pir.


    After two years of that incident, he was already fourteen. Then he ran away from home to pursue his dreams, where he came in contact with Mr. Chen Park, an Asia billionaire businessman who also had a sessfulpany in Asia and the United States.


    Mr. Chen Park picked him up and taught him the basics and everything he needed to know about starting up apany, and because Mr. Gavriel was a fast learner, heter became his manager in the Asiapany and was known for his power to rule.


    When he was neen years old, Mr. Park helped him build hispany, which is currently Seamus Group of Companies, and Mr. Gavriel was so appreciative because it came out sessful.


    Since his father did not support his idea, Gavriel was so happy that Mr. Park did, and he treated him like the father he had always wanted, and Mr. Park, on the other hand, treated him like a son.


    Mr. Gavriel was still in deep thought when his phone rang. He looked at the screen of the phone to know the caller as he signed and swiped the green icon as he ced the phone beside his ear and entered his office.


    ¡°Hey, bro, what¡¯s up?¡± Raymond said from the other side of the phone.


    ¡°I am good, but nothing is going on, it¡¯s just me and my secretary in the big house, and everywhere is so quiet and boring, so I was thinking..¡± Mr. Gavriel exined as Raymond interrupted him.


    ¡°Woah, I think this is happening everywhere because here is so boring as hell, I think we should go to our favorite spot, you do your thing, and I do mine, right?¡± Raymond asked with sincerity.


    ¡°Yeah, I was about to say that before you interrupted me, so I will be at your house around six in the evening,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as she sat on his chair in his office.


    ¡°Okay, that is perfect,¡± Raymond finally said, as he immediately hung up.


    This was exactly what Mr. Gavriel wanted, he needed to have some fun with his women, and his girlfriends, and he remembered how he smacked their asses. They were his fuck buddies, his sex toys, and he did not have enough time to spend keeping a genuine girlfriend because he did not want love, all he wanted was fun, nothing less, nothing more, no strings attached.


    He saw women as ridiculous beings, theycked self-esteem, and most of all, they always took advantage of any single moment or opportunity they were given.


    He did not even want them as mistresses because they were always going to be under him, no matter what, he was always going to be their dominant.


    Mr. Gavriel was still captivated by his deep thoughts, and just then he heard a knock on the door, interrupting his train of thought.


    ¡°Yeah,e in,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as the door creaked open, and Christina walked in with a ss of tea in her left hand as she used her right hand to handle the door.


    ¡°Good morning, Mr. Gavriel,¡± Christina greeted immediately, then closed the door behind her.


    ¡°There is nothing good about this morning, so go straight to the point as you can see, I am busy right now,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied fiercely to her greeting.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir, I brought your tea,¡± Christina apologized as she dropped the tea on his table.


    ¡°Why did you leave for work this morning when you were supposed to drive me to work?¡± Mr. Gavriel threw the question at her,pletely ignoring the fact that she dropped the ss of tea on his table.


    ¡°I am so sorry, sir, I was not aware that it was part of my job. I am sincerely sorry.¡± Christina apologized as she wondered why he was making up things so life would be difficult for her.

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    She tried to remember if she saw that part that stated that she would be responsible for driving him to work, but she could not possibly remember, and with that, she decided to go through the contract immediately after she got home.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    ¡°Well, I forgive you, and now you know that anything that concerns me also concerns you,¡± Mr. Gavriel said.


    ¡°Now tell me what my schedule for today is and get out of here,¡± Mr. Gavriel added as he took the ss of hot tea and put it in his mouth to drink.


    Then he suddenly poured the hot tea on poor Christina from her barely open chest to her feet, and she gasped.


    ¡°Oouh!¡± Christina shouted as she wrapped her hand around her chest immediately, it hurt her so much.


    ¡°What did I do to deserve this ill treatment?¡± Christina asked herself as tears flowed freely from her eyes, and she let them be because the pain was too much and her skin was already burned, which would leave a scar on her forever.


    ¡°How dare you put sugar in my tea, were you not told that I do not use sugar to take my tea?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked to cover himself because there was no reason for him to pour his secretary that much hot tea, and when he heard her scream, he felt guilty for doing it.


    ¡°Get out of here,¡± he added.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir, I will make you another one.¡± Christina apologized as she tried to remember if she put sugar in the tea, but no, there was nothing like that, she did not do that as she picked up the empty ss cup and made her way to the door.


    Mr. Gavriel was so surprised at her reaction, he expected her to rain abuse on him, but she did otherwise, he expected her to im her right that there was no sugar in the tea, but she did not, and when he saw the glittering tears in her eyes, then it dawned on him that he had hurt her.


    ¡°What the hell is wrong with me?¡± Mr. Gavriel roared at himself.


    When Christina got outside, she cried her eyes out as she asked herself what she had done to get this as a reward.


    She quickly walked to the tea counter and made another fresh ck tea without sugar.


    She wondered why Mr. Gavriel hated her so much and if he hated her because of what happened at the bar or if there was something else.


    Then she cleaned up the tears on her face and the tea on her chest, her body had already formed some reactions due to the hotness of the tea.


    She quickly carried the tea to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office as she knocked on the door and went in.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, I have made you a fresh tea without sugar, I hope you enjoy it,¡± Christina said as she dropped the ss cup on his table.


    ¡°I will go to my office now so I can get you your schedule for today, and once again, I am so sorry for the inconvenience and sugar I have caused you this morning,¡± Tina added calmly as she walked out of the office.


    Tina entered her office, took a notepad from her table where she had drafted Mr. Gavriel¡¯s schedule for today, and walked out of her office to Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office.


    She knocked as usual before she entered his office.


    ¡°If that is the schedule, then read it out and leave.¡± Mr. Gavriel ordered, and Tina did not disobey, rather, she went straight to the point.


    ¡°You have a meeting with Mr. Jisaan Park by eleven thirty this morning, and that would be all for today¡­ You are also to be informed about an emergency board meeting tomorrow morning, I will be on my way now,¡± Tina said quickly as she turned and immediately made her way for the exit.


    ¡°Okay, so that is your way of exining my schedule, whatever¡­ I hope you have already made reservations.¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he watched her turn to face him, waiting to hear a response.


    ¡°I am sorry if I made a mistake in exining your schedule. I will put more effort into learning it, and I have not made reservations yet. I will do that immediately after I get to my office, so if you do not mind, I will take my leave. If you need anything, I am one call away.¡± Tina said as she immediately took her leave, the burn on her chest hurting so badly.


    She entered her office and closed the door behind her as she kept the notepad and went straight to her handbag as she searched for something vigorously.


    ¡°Oh, thank goodness you are here,¡± she said happily as she brought out an ointment from her bag and kept it on her table.


    Then she picked her phone up as she clicked on the contact icon and stared at it.


    She had to make reservations for the meeting with Mr. Jisaan Park, but she had no idea where they had always been making reservations.


    ¡®I did not expect this, I just started, and it seems like I have been here for ages. Must I have to suffer in every aspect of my life? Why does he hate me so much? I made a mistake at the bar, and it does not make me an irresponsible person because everyone makes mistakes, but why does he hate me and hurt me so much? I promised myself to endure this, but I cannot possibly think! I can not leave because I need money, I can not be useless at this point in my life, I have nothing, I have no money, I have nothing I can show off, I have just my college certificate, I am just as useless as someone who did not go to college¡­¡¯ Tina said to herself as she cried so hard. She just had to let the tears fall so they would ease her pain at that moment.

 Chapter forty one

    Christina cried as much as she could, as she could not hold back her tears.


    Then she stared at her phone screen.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°Gosh, it is almost ten,¡± Tina eximed as she dared to touch the famous bar.


    She waited for someone to pick up the call as it was ringing she pulled her jacket, revealing her bare arms because the gown she wore was sleeveless, then she ced it on too if her table.


    ¡°Hey, McMurray¡¯s Bar is speaking,¡± someone said from the other side of the phone as Tina put the phone close to her ear.


    ¡°Good morning, please. I would like to make VIP reservations for four,¡± Tina said.


    ¡°Okay, I will do that now. By what time is it needed?¡± the person asked from the other side of the phone.


    ¡°In an hour, just make it nice and perfect, also in a very quiet ce,¡± Tina replied as she used her left hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes.


    ¡°Okay, I will do just that,¡± the person said.


    ¡°Thank you so much, I appreciate it,¡± Tina said as she smiled.


    ¡°Yeah, you are wee,¡± the person said and hung up immediately.


    ¡°Phew, thank the goddess, that was already done,¡± Tina said to herself as she kept her phone on the table.


    Then immediately her phone rang, and she swiped the green icon as she ced the phone close to her ear.


    ¡°Good morning, Park¡¯s Al Enterprise secretary speaking,¡± the secretary of Mr. Park said in an Asian ent.


    ¡°Good morning, I was just about to call you to inform you that the VIP reservation has been made at McMurray Bar,¡± Tina exined.


    ¡°Okay, that is perfect. I would inform Mr. Park right away and also inform your boss,¡± the secretary said.


    ¡°Sure, I will also inform Mr. Gavriel,¡± Tina said calmly as she hung up. Mr. Gavriel followed Tina immediately after she left his office.


    He wanted to give her the contact information for the bar where he normally has his meetings.


    On getting to her office, the door was slightly open, and he looked in without going in.


    He saw her crying, she was crying so much, so bitterly, it was so bad as she sat on her chair, as she was talking, and he heard her loud and clear, she looked depressed, and then she picked up her phone and made reservations for the meeting, which was to be held in less than an hour.


    When she was done with the reservation, she answered another call, saying


    ¡°The VIP reservation has been made at McMurray Bar,¡± she said, and after some seconds she hung up.


    Then he saw her use her hands to adjust the gown she was wearing, baring almost her chest, which made Mr. Gavriel take a closer look.


    ¡°Wow, that is a nice chest, but too bad I burnt it, at least you would have nothing to show off, and no man woulde your way knowing you have a burnt chest.¡± Mr. Gavriel said to himself proudly like he had achieved something great as he swallowed a bump of saliva, which made him lust over her, but no, he would not let lust outgrow his attitude toward her.


    When she was done adjusting her sleeveless gown, she applied an ointment to the burn as she made some painful sounds.


    Mr. Gavriel gave a devilish smile and headed straight to his office.


    When Tina was done applying the ointment, she adjusted her gown back to normal and wore the jacket back as she buttoned it up so no one would see the injury she had sustained.


    She thanked God for the fact that she had the jacket with her.


    When she was through adjusting her dress, she wiped away the traces of tears on her face, as she wears an ordinary white powder on her face and lip gloss on her plump lips, as she picked up her phone and headed for Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office.


    When she got to his office, she discovered that the door was open, so she still decided to knock before entering.


    ¡°Come in,¡± Mr. Gavriel ordered before she could knock.


    Tina walked gracefully into his office, and one could not tell she had been crying and weeping some minutes ago. ¡°What is the problem?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked nonchntly.


    ¡°Nothing is the problem, I just came to inform you that I have booked VIP reservations at McMurray¡¯s Bar and I have also informed the secretary of Mr. Park about the reservation, so they will be there in thirty minutes,¡± Tina exined the new urrence to him as she stared at her wrist watch.


    ¡°The time now is eleven twenty-six, so you should be there in thirty minutes, and that is all I came to inform you about,¡± Tina added without leaving a room for Mr. Gavriel to speak.


    ¡°If you do not mind, I will be taking my leave now,¡± Tina concluded as she walked out of Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office.


    Immediately she walked out, she took a deep breath as she was happy about her boldness, if not given Mr. Gavriel a chance to reply to anything she had said if not he would have found fault in whatever she did or said.


    When she walked into his office, Mr. Gavriel did not know what to say to her, and when she walked in, she came in with a type of aura that he found difficult to exin, and then she started speaking without giving him a chance to reply, and then she walked out.


    ¡°Wow, so you are trying to outsmart me,¡± Mr. Gavriel said to himself as heughed out loud.


    ¡°Christina, I would not stop tormenting you even if you improved on your boldness,¡± Mr. Gavriel added.


    ¡°So you can even act pretentious, a while ago you were shedding tears, and now you are acting like nothing like that ever happened,¡± he finally said as his phone rang and he picked it up.


    Taking a deep breath, he rested his arm on the armrest, cing his phone on his ear.

 Chapter Forty Two

    ¡°Hey, baby, it seems like you forgot me, and I am worried about these new changes of yours,¡± ady in her early twenties said over the phone.


    ¡°Okay, there is absolutely nothing to worry about, and I did not forget, just get ready for me tonight,¡± Mr. Gavriel said to thedy over the phone as he gave a wild smile when his mind disyed an image in his head.


    ¡°Then I would be expecting you,¡± she said as Mr. Gavriel hung up immediately.


    Tina, still holding her phone, walked to the elevator as she nned on going to meet Luca.


    She entered the elevator and pressed the first-floor button, and after some minutes, she came out as she walked towards the receptionist¡¯s table.


    ¡°Hi, Luca,¡± she greeted Luca, who was working on his system, as he looked up at her.


    ¡°Hey, Christina, Wow, since you are here, it seems like you got the job, right?¡± Luca asked as he walked out of his section.


    ¡°Yes, I got the job, and that is because of you, Anabelle, and Mr. Aaron. I appreciate all you guys did for me that fateful day.¡± Tina appreciated it, and she did not notice that a button on her jacket had gone off, which immediately caught Luca¡¯s attention.


    ¡°What the hell is this?¡± Luca asked himself as he tried looking at Tina¡¯s burned chest without getting suspicious.


    ¡°Yeah, you do not need to thank us, all we did was what was supposed to be done, so I do not think there is a need for that,¡± Luca said,pletely ignoring what he saw.


    ¡°Seriously? I still want to appreciate you guys, that is just my nature,¡± Tina said as she smiled at Luca.


    ¡°Okay, I ept your appreciation, but are you okay? You look stressed out,¡± Luca asked, as he could not bear to keep the question to himself any longer.


    ¡°Yeah, sure I am, are you trying to say that I look stressed out? No, that cannot be possible, and I assure you that I am okay.¡± Tina lied subconsciously as she tried to make Luca believe that she was fine.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so, I asked because your skin looks pale, your face and eyes look swollen, and in total, you looked stressed, but if you say you are fine, then that is not an issue, but as a friend, I will advise you to get enough rest, and if anything is bothering you, we are here for you, okay?¡± Luca advised.


    ¡°Are you serious? You guys would ept me as a friend?¡± Tina asked as her eyes glittered.


    ¡°Yes, of course, we would do that,¡± Luca replied.


    ¡°Thank you, thank you, thank you,¡± Tina said continuously as she sped her hands together like a child.


    ¡°Do not worry, once I am free, I will hang out with you guys,¡± Tina assured Luca.


    ¡°That is good. We will be expecting you then,¡± Luca said.


    ¡°Please, I would like to ask you a question,¡± Tina said.


    ¡°Sure, go on. I will answer you as far as the question is within my capability,¡± Luca replied.


    ¡°Please, does Mr. Gavriel suffer from mood swings, like does he act rascally for no just reason and get happy for hurting other people?¡± Tina asked, and Luca stared at her with confusion because he knew exactly what she was saying.


    ¡°Ehhmm, yeah, he does, but not to the extent of making the person sustain injuries, the highest he can do is fire the person, but he does not get happy doing it, it is just a normal thing for him since he does not care about other people¡¯s feelings,¡± Luca exined.


    ¡°Really?  But why is he happy troubling me?¡±  Tina asked without knowing when the question came out of her mouth, and when she looked up at Luca, his facial expression exined that he was already interested in the conversation.


    ¡°Can you exin better, Tina?¡± Luca asked.


    ¡°Okay, this morning I prepared hot ck tea without sugar as instructed by Mr. Aaron, and I took the tea to Mr. Gavriel, but when he tasted it, he poured the hot tea on me, saying that I put sugar in it when I did not do that, so I had to prepare another one,¡± Tina exined while demonstrating with her hands.


    ¡°What? He poured hot tea on you because he imed that you put sugar in it. That is bad it is total wickedness.¡± Luca said so angrily that he understood that he was talking about his boss.


    ¡°Hey, Luca calm down, someone might hear you shouting,¡± Tina said as she patted Luca on his shoulders.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°But that is not fair, you could press charges against him for that, but the problem is that you would not win the case because he has the power to buy the judges, it is really bad,¡± Luca said, expressing his mind, and that was true, no one could bring him down because he is the devil himself.


    ¡°Yeah, that is true, but I will just have to be careful around him so I do not get hurt,¡± Tina said as she massaged her neck.


    ¡°But you are already here.¡± Luca was still talking when Tina¡¯s phone rang.


    ¡°I think you are having a call,¡± Luca informed Tina as she raised her phone to her eye level and stared at the unknown number as she sluggishly slid the green icon and put the phone on her ear.


    ¡°If you ruin this meeting for me, consider yourself dead,¡± the person on the other side of the phone said furiously as he hung up immediately.


    Tina, confused, brought down her phone as she tried to recognize the voice.


    ¡°Oh God, it is Mr. Gavriel, I have to go now, have a nice day,¡± she said to Luca as she bade him goodbye.


    ¡°Yeah, have a nice day too,¡± Luca said.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± Tina appreciated as she walked towards the elevator and Luca went back into his section.


    ¡°What the heck was that on her chest?¡± Luca asked himself as he continued working on his system.

 Chapter Forty Three

    Tina knocks on Mr. Gavriel¡¯s office door and walks in as he stares at her like a lion who wants to devour his prey.


    ¡°God, please help me,¡± Tina prayed to God because it seemed like there was going to be a big fire on the mountain.


    ¡°As I said earlier, if you ruin this meeting with this unthinkable behavior of yours, just consider yourself a dead human,¡± Mr. Gavriel said furiously as he picked up hisptop along with his phone.


    ¡°How do you mean, sir? I do not seem to understand your point,¡± Tina asked as she heard her heart beating on her shoulder, but she needed to ask why he made such a statement.


    ¡°How dare you ask me such a question, I told you something, and you are here replying with a question, who gave you that right?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he walked towards her with his eyes beaming with anger.


    ¡°No one dared me, Mr. Gavriel, it is high time you stop this arrogant behavior of yours because I would kill you before you kill me, every single second, minute, hour, and day you just keep on getting upset with me because of what? You do not even know. You hurt me badly, and to tell you the truth, I am not scared of you. Never. I tried my best in every single aspect I could. I understand I made a mistake, but everyone makes mistakes. Do you not understand that? I never treated you badly the way you have treated me within this first day, which is not even up to twenty-four hours, I fed you while you were asleep, carried you as heavy as you were to your bedroom, made youfortable, helped clean your wound, I did yourundry, I tried to do everything possible so you would stop this ill treatment towards me but Hell No, you were born with it, and I am not the type to disclose what I did for people but you are not human you are the Devil himself, yes, that is exactly what you are, and one more thing, I have never ruined an important day for a person so you have no right to say that to me.¡± Tinained proudly, without being scared of what Mr. Gavriel would say to her or what he would do to her.


    While she waited for Mr. Gavriel to talk back at her with his usual blood rage outburst, what he said snapped her out of her imaginary world.


    ¡°What did you say just now? You just walked into my office and stood there staring at me as if I were a ghost when I am saying that I am alreadyte for the meeting and if Mr. Park gets there before me, you are doomed,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he was already pissed up, but why is he saying that to her? It is not like she was following him to the meeting or what exactly.


    ¡®Thank goodness that was imagination. How did I even get the courage to see that in my imagination?¡¯ Tina asked herself.


    ¡°Why are you still standing there? Get the keys and drive me there, if I get to the car before you, you will not like your punishment,¡± Mr. Gavriel said in a harsh tone as she headed towards the door and then the elevator.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir, I will be with you shortly,¡± Tina assured as she quickly rushed to his office table she picked up the car keys and headed for the exit as she closed the door behind her, then she rushed to her office to get her phone and her handbag along with other necessary things.


    She ran to the elevator despite her heels as she entered the second elevator as she pressed a button indicating high speed, and within a minute she was already on the first floor.


    She then looked around to check if she was going to see Mr. Gavriel, but he was not in sight.


    ¡°I know for sure that Mr. Gavriel hates me with so much passion, what in the hell did I do to him to deserve this? I know he has used his devilish powers to get to the car just to get back at me. How in God¡¯s name did he expect me to drive? At least I am on the safe side since Nicole taught me how to drive,¡± she said to herself as she quickly walked into the garage as she used her eyes to scan through the environment because she did not know where Mr. Gavriel packed his car.


    So an idea strikes her mind as she looks at the key in her hand and smiles as she brings the key up to her face and presses a button on it to indicate the car. Immediately, the car makes an rming sound, so she walks toward the car, opens it, and goes inside.


    TINA


    When I got inside the car, I did not seem to see anyone, but when I got inside, I knew that someone else was inside the car with her.


    ¡°You have only five minutes to drive me to McMurray¡¯s Bar now,¡± Mr. Gavriel ordered, and I got the shock I had been expecting, gosh.


    I did not waste any single moment, so I sped up and I also prayed so I would not provoke him, and that was all I wanted because Mr. Gavriel Seamus is the worst person I had ever met, and I prayed to nevere in contact with him again, even in my next life.


    In less than four minutes, I drove into the premises of McMurray Bar, then I packed very well as Mr. Gavriel stepped out of the car and straightened up his suit, and I also stepped out of the car when Mr. Gavriel asked me a question that could get someone a serious beating.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°Where do you think you are going to?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he straightened up his necktie.

 CHAPTER FORTY FOUR

    ¡°How in heaven¡¯s name is he asking me this? When he initially asked me to follow him, Gosh, this man is sick in the head,¡± I said to myself.


    ¡°I am following you for the meeting¡­ that is what secretaries do, and it was stated in the contract I signed¡­ you even asked me to follow you,¡± I responded as I carried my handbag from the driver¡¯s seat and closed the door of the car.


    ¡°You must be a joker¡­ I asked you to drive me here¡­ you dare not follow me with that scar on your neck to chase my business partner away, right? Just stay here in this car while I go to the meeting. Wait here and do not go elsewhere,¡± Mr. Gavriel said without emotion as he walked into the bar and left me standing transfixed there.


    I had no other option but to do what he said, which was to enter the car and wait for him.


    Immediately I entered the car, pulled away my jacket so I could take in the fresh air, and made the driver¡¯s seat go down so I could lie down.


    Mr. Gavriel enters the bar, and luckily, Mr. Jisaan Park had not arrived, but within some minutes, Mr. Jisaan Park arrived with his secretary.


    Mr. Jisaan Park, an Asian of Asian descent, 29 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, the only son of Mr. Chen Park who is currently running his father¡¯spany, Park AI Enterprise, had this aura, and his manner was very gracious and honorable. He had a broad chest, emerald eyes, spiky ck hair, and a short, perfectly chiseled facial structure.


    He was perfect for the Asian breed, as he was the true definition of an Adonis.


    Mr. Gavriel and Mr. Jisaan had always behaved like brothers because Mr. Chen Park trained both of them as his sons, and they became very close until they became owners of their variouspanies, so they parted ways.


    ¡°Good day, Mr. Gavriel. It is so nice meeting you¡­ it has been months since we met.¡± Mr. Jisaan greeted him as he brought forth his hand for a handshake, which, of course, Mr. Gavriel epted, after which they took their seats.


    ¡°I am grateful,¡± Mr. Gavriel responded before he took his seat.


    ¡°We are so sorry for beingte¡­ the traffic jam was something else,¡± Mr. Jisaan¡¯s secretary apologized on behalf of her boss.


    ¡°No, you do not have to be¡­ after all, I just got here,¡± Mr. Gavriel said, smiling.


    ¡°I am Karina, Mr. Park Jisaan¡¯s secretary¡­ Please forgive my nonchnt behavior,¡± Karina apologized.


    ¡°That is not an issue¡­ I just hope our meeting here will end sessfully,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he called a waiter and ced orders for wine and an Asia sandwich as he was paying respect to his saviour¡¯s son.


    After some minutes, the waiter arrived with the order that Mr. Gavriel had ced, and he arranged the dishes on the table.


    ¡°I hope you enjoy the dishes prepared by this eatery and bar, of course,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he took a bottle of wine, popped it, and poured it for himself, Mr. Jisaan Park, and his secretary as they made a toast.


    When they were through with their dishes, they discussed things rted to the sudden fall of Seamus Group of Companies shares.


    ¡°I could not believe it. I traveled out of the country for a business trip, and mypany¡¯s stock just fell so much,¡± Mr. Gavriel exined to Mr. Jisaan.


    ¡°That is suspicious¡­ I think there is a traitor in yourpany,¡± Mr. Jisaan says in his Asian ent.


    ¡°I also thought of that, but I have one person on my mind, and I need to investigate and also gather evidence,¡± Mr. Gavriel said.


    ¡°When I heard the news on the television, I had to call your father, Mr. Chen Park, for help, and that was how I escaped that load of disgrace,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he took a sip of his wine.


    ¡°Yeah, my father informed me about it, and I am investigating it on my way¡­ my father is also doing his part¡­ nothing will go wrong¡­ remember, you are like a son to him, and ourpanies are in partnership, so we must find out who is doing this,¡± Mr. Jisaan assured.


    ¡°Thank you so much, Jisaan. I will also investigate this, and when I get that person, he or she will pay with his or her life,¡± Mr. Gavriel finally said.


    ¡°Oh, I forgot this chair is empty. I heard you got a secretary¡­ why is she not here with you?¡± Mr. Jisaan asked.


    ¡°She is mischievous, so I could not let here with me¡­ after all, she is paying for her wrongdoings,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he smiled like he had won an award.


    ¡°Gavriel, do not tell me you made her sign a contract.¡± Mr. Jisaan asked.


    ¡°Of course, she tried to disgrace me in public, so currently she is my secretary, housekeeper, and submissive. Is that not nice?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked, waiting to hear a real answer from Mr. Jisaan.


    ¡°I am not in support of this Gavriel¡­ she is ady, and you cannot be doing that to her¡­ she must be a strong woman to live under the same roof with you,¡± Mr. Jisaan advised, and Mr. Gavrielughed.


    They talked about the progress of their respectivepanies before they bid themselves farewell and went their separate ways.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-


    ¡°Hey, Anabelle,¡± Luca greeted as she walked into her office.


    ¡°I am good¡­ what about you?¡± Anabelle asked curiously as a friend.


    ¡°Yeah, I am great¡­ Are you sure?¡± Luca asked as he stared at her passionately, waiting for a response.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Of course I am avable now¡­ do you need anything from me?¡± Anabelle asked curiously as Luca quickly took a chair and sat down, facing her.


    ¡°Yeah, there is something I want from you,¡± Luca replied as he took her hands in his and massaged them with his hand. She stared at him passionately, and she flinched backward.

 CHAPTER FORTY FIVE

    ¡°Okay, go on, I am all ears,¡± Annabelle replied as she typed on the keyboard, making it give out some annoying sounds he did not like.


    ¡°Ana, you promised me that I would have lunch with you¡­ please, can we go now? At least it is lunchtime,¡± Luca pleaded as he used his other hand to arrange his already silky hair, which had a nice texture.


    ¡°Is that the reason you are acting so childish, Luca?¡± Anabelleughed out loud as she got up from her chair.


    ¡°Yes, no, I did not do that because of you¡­ I just wanted you to notice my new hairstyle, but I think I was wrong, so I am sorry for showing you,¡± Luca exined as he got up and walked towards the exit when Anabelle ran to him and held his shoulders.


    ¡°Luca, where are you going? You just got here, and you are leaving already,¡± Anabelle asked subconsciously.


    ¡°I thought you wanted to make fun of me, so I decided to leave,¡± Luca answered calmly, with a nk expression.


    ¡°No, I was not making fun of you¡­ okay, I was joking,¡± Anabelle said as she took him by the hand.


    ¡°Luca, you do not have to be upset about everything¡­ some of those annoying words might be a joke, so now let us go for lunch,¡± Anabelle added as she released her grip from his and patted his shoulder, indicating that they should leave.


    Annabelle picked up her cell phone from her table as she left the office, and Luca followed behind her.


    He was very happy about those words she said to him¡­ she was just like Zoey, his assistant, in that she always supported and wanted the best of him, even when he acted bossy towards her. She exined a lot of things to him and always stood up for him.


    But he had another phase of feelings toward Anabelle.


    He was so happy and lucky that the women he had in his life were worth everything.


    They got to thepany¡¯s canteen and sat down on an empty chair as Anabelle stared at Luca.


    ¡°Luca, are you still upset?¡± Anabelle asked because of the look on Luca¡¯s face.


    ¡°No, I am not upset¡­ rather, I think I am happy that you are here with me.¡± Luca smiled as he replied.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    ¡°Okay, well, since we are here and you promised to buy me lunch, I would say you can do that now. You might not get one next time,¡± Anabelle said as she smiled widely at him.


    ¡°Okay, but remember that I will always be opportune for next time,¡± Luca said courageously as he made a facial expression at Anabelle, saying, ¡°You would never know.¡±


    ¡°We will see about that,¡± Anabelle said as Lucaughed and got up from the chair to walk to the counter to order lunch for the both of them.


    He came back with a tray filled with different recipes and two bottles of juice, which he dropped on their table and sat down on.


    ¡°You can eat to your satisfaction, and when that happens, you will keep running to me for more free dishes,¡± Luca said as he rubbed his hands in a circr motion.


    He kept a ss cup in front of Anabelle while he poured strawberry juice into the ss, just as he did for himself.


    ¡°Anabelle,¡± Luca called.


    ¡°Hey, Luca I am here and you are calling me¡­ what is going on?¡± Anabelle asked as she picked a fried crayfish from a te and put it in her mouth.


    ¡°There is something that just started bothering me¡­ do you mind if I share it with you?¡± Luca asked as he sipped a little of the juice in his ss cup.


    ¡°Of course you can tell me, but you have to eat first, okay? Then after that, I would listen to you, or would I say I would hear you out? Remember food first,¡± Anabelle said as she continued digging into her food, and Luca stared at her with his mouth apart.


    ¡°Do not tell me that you eat this much and you still have a stature like this¡­ you are a glutton,¡± Luca said with amazement.


    ¡°I am not a glutton, you know. I just happen to eat until I am fully satisfied, so it does not mean I am a glutton. For my shape, I do workouts to maintain my slender body, and hey! Luca, were you not the one saying you would keep on buying free food for me? Why are you nowining about the fact that I am a glutton?¡± Anabelle asked as she focused her attention on Luca, who was saying that she was a glutton.


    Of course, she loves to eat, but that does not mean she is a glutton.


    ¡°Who cares if you are a glutton? I do not care because all I know is that no matter what you are, I will keep on buying you breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and I will make sure that you feed to your satisfaction.¡± Luca imed.


    ¡°Zoey, is that not Luca having lunch with Anabelle?¡± Phillip asked when he spotted Luca and Anabelle sitting in one corner of the canteen. He wondered what was going on between those two.


    ¡°What the heck, that is Luca and Anabelle¡­ let us go and meet them,¡± Zoey said loudly as she smiled deeply.


    ¡°You know, Luca is surely going to get lunch,¡± Zoey added.


    ¡°Okay, if you say so, then let us go meet them,¡± Phillip said calmly as they walked toward the table where Luca and Anabelle sat.


    ¡°Hey, Luca What¡¯s up, bro?¡± Phillip greeted him and, at the same time, asked a question as Luca raised his head and their eyes met.


    ¡°Nothing really¡­ I¡¯m having lunch with ourdy in charge,¡± Luca answered.


    ¡°Hold on, Luca, is this an official date or just lunch? Because it does not look like an ordinary lunch to me,¡± Zoey butted in.


    ¡°Zoey, you can¡¯t speak to your senior colleague like that¡­ can you not see that we are having lunch?¡± Anabelle said.

 CHAPTER FORTY SIX

    ¡°I am so sorry, Anabelle, it just looked like a mini date to me,¡± Zoey said as Anabelle pulled out a chair for her to sit on, on which Zoey sat, and Phillip took out a chair for himself as he sat down.


    ¡°It is okay¡­ I am not upset. I just wanted to inform you that respect is reciprocal¡­ age does not matter who you should respect, so just think about what I told you,¡± Anabelle advised as she patted Zoey on the head.


    ¡°Okay, I will do just that¡­ thank you,¡± Zoey appreciated.


    ¡°Luca, please, can you buy lunch for me and Phillip? Our stomachs are grumbling,¡± Zoey pleaded, keeping a baby-like facial expression that would make anyone fall easily.


    ¡°Okay, Phillip, you can follow Zoey to get you guys lunch,¡± Luca said, because if he did not ept, Zoey was going to pester him, and he did not want that.


    ¡°Luca, thank you so much. I am so d to be your assistant,¡± Zoey said joyfully as she got up from her chair.


    ¡°You should not pretend here, Zoey¡­ just tell us you have gotten what you wanted.¡± Phillip shunned her, and they allughed as the two went to order their lunch.


    Shortly after, Zoey and Phillip were back with a tray containing their desired recipe in each of their hands. As they kept the tray on the table and started devouring their food, it seemed they were so hungry.


    ¡°Guys, have you noticed somethingtely about Christina, Mr. Gavriel¡¯s new secretary?¡± Zoey asked as she sipped arge amount of her juice.


    ¡°How? What do you mean? Anabelle asked.


    ¡°Have you not noticed it? I thought you were in charge of the employees¡¯ affairs,¡± Phillip said, which made Luca feel disgusted.


    ¡°Phillip, we all know that Anabelle is a very busy person in thispany¡­ If she does not know what is urring, it is definitely not her fault because the Christina in question just resumed her post today, and you guys are already noticing stuff about her. Even if you know something, please do not treat Anabelle like that¡­ she is our superior and has been very nice to us,¡± Luca said truthfully to Phillip, as Anabelle got surprised at Luca¡¯s reaction towards Phillip.


    Anabelle has been doing a great job and has also been nice to the employees working in the Seamus Group of Companies, but most importantly, she cherishes Luca, Zoey, and Phillip. Of course, Phillip was right about the fact that she did not know what was going on because everything felt suspicious to her, but Tina resumed today and she has not set her eyes on her since morning¡­ Maybe that is the reason she did not seem to know what went wrong.


    ¡°Guys, let us not fight over this, okay? I am sure we can talk it out, right?¡± Anabelle asked.


    ¡°Yes, Phillip, Luca is right¡­ you should not have spoken in that manner, so I am not in support of that, and Anabelle is also right¡­ we should not fight over stuff like this¡­ we can always discuss it,¡± Zoey added as she looked at her feet.


    ¡°Okay, Anabelle, I am so sorry I did not think before spilling out those words.¡± Phillip apologized to Anabelle.


    ¡°That is okay! I am not upset or something¡­ I just feel like we can talk about this together, like everyone would say something about what he or she noticed recently,¡± Anabelle said as she looked from one person to the next and sipped her juice.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    ¡°That is right, and Anabelle, I was trying to tell you this earlier, but you said foodes first,¡± Luca said as Zoeyughed at the way he said, ¡°Foodes first.¡±


    ¡°I am serious¡­ that was exactly what she told me,¡± Luca said sincerely.


    ¡°Okay, I thought you wanted to tell me something else, so who wants to go first?¡± Anabelle asked.


    ¡°I will,¡± Zoey said.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Phillip said.


    ¡°This morning when I saw Christina, she looked pale, like she did not have a good rest, and she had dark circles under her eyes,¡± Zoey said, as she demonstrated by touching the underside of her eyes.


    ¡°So what does that have to do with her job?¡± Anabelle asked, looking more interested in hearing more.


    ¡°Exactly, I do not seem to get your point,¡± Luca said when he could not fix the picture, and Phillip nodded in affirmation.


    ¡°Exactly, but see how thates into the picture. I overheard Mr. Aaron talking to someone on the phone. Mr. Gavriel gave the new secretary a contract to sign before she could resume her work here. She said the contract entitled her to be his secretary, housekeeper, and submissive. That was all I could hear before I got a call from my mom,¡± Zoey exined, and Anabelle looked so surprised, but Luca was not that surprised, as was Phillip, who kept an emotionless facial expression.


    ¡°What the hell! Christina came to work today, which possibly means that she signed the contract.¡± Anabelle stammered.


    ¡°Now I get the picture of why she looked so scared when Mr. Gavriel called her earlier this morning, which was before noon,¡± Luca said as he kept staring at the dishes in front of him.


    ¡°Woah, I never thought or expected a thing like this to happen, and I actually did not notice anything, but I knew something was not right, like Mr. Gavriel has never employed a secretary here in twenty years and suddenly he employed her, but if my brain is still functioning, what I understand about this contract is that she is currently his secretary, and of course his house help, which means she is living in the same house with him, and as his submissive, she has to submit herself to him¡­ he dominates her, and she has no say in whatever Mr. Gavriel does to her, whether good or bad, because that was the contract she signed,¡± Phillip exined.


    ¡°Oh my God, this is bad!¡± Anabelle eximed as she poured another round of juice into her ss cup.

 CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN

    ¡°Of course, it is really bad¡­ I could not fix the picture earlier when I saw Christina¡­ she acted weird,¡± Luca said.


    ¡°She asked me questions like if Mr. Gavriel suffers from mood swings and if he sustains happiness from hurting or making other people feel bad,¡± Luca added.


    ¡°Well, of course, what was your answer to that question?¡± Zoey asked, and Luca signed.


    ¡°I said the opposite¡­ I did not tell her the truth¡­ I told her that Mr. Gavriel would not go to the extent of hurting other people or making them sustain injuries,¡± Luca exined.


    ¡°Geez, how could you? You should have told her the truth¡­ she works hand in hand with Mr. Gavriel, so she has the right to know what type of boss she has. As we all know Mr. Gavriel, none of us can stand being in the same room with him for thirty minutes, not to mention that now that she has signed a contract, she is probably going through hell,¡± Phillip said furiously.


    ¡°Bro, calm down¡­ I could not just tell her¡­ I did not know where to start telling her from, and if Mr. Gavriel finds out that I told her stuff about him, I will probably get fired, and that¡¯s not all,¡± Luca exined.


    ¡°Luca, what exactly is the main story here?¡± Anabelle asked.


    ¡°She sustained an injury, a burn, but she did not tell me that¡­ I found out without her knowledge. She said Mr. Gavriel poured her a ss of hot ck tea because he imed that she put sugar in the tea when she did not. That is so abnormal of our boss. ¡± Luca added.


    ¡± What?? I cannot believe this! That burn would probably leave a scar on her for a very long time,¡± Anabelle screamed.


    ¡°A hot tea!¡± Zoey eximed.


    ¡°That is so bad¡­ even if she puts sugar in his tea, it does not warrant him to do that to her because today is her first day,¡± Phillip imed.


    ¡°Exactly, but the issue is that she said she made sure there was no sugar in the tea, and we all know that Mr. Gavriel¡¯s tea counter does not amodate sugar,¡± Zoey emphasized.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel is just being wicked¡­ what would that poor girl have done to him in her past life or this present life that she has to go through this? It is so uncalled for, and I am just beginning to hate Mr. Gavriel,¡± Zoey added.


    ¡°But Luca, can you exin what you meant by what you found out without her knowledge? Zoey asked as she gave a facial expression, saying, ¡® I did not know you could go to this extent ¡®.


    ¡°Well, she covered the sustained injury with her jacket, but I managed to have a slight view of it, but Christina did not know,¡± Luca exined as the picture of Tina¡¯s chest appeared on his head.


    ¡± God! Luca ¡°You should have just informed her about it,¡± Phillip insisted.


    ¡°Please guys, can we stop arguing? It would not solve any problem, okay? The problem here is that no matter what we say, we still cannot approach Mr. Gavriel or confront him. We cannot approach Mr. Gavriel, and since I am in charge of the employees¡¯ affairs in thispany, I would haveined to him, but the culprit here is the boss himself and no one else. I cannot report him to himself, so this means I cannot involve myself in this, but there is one thing we all can do for her¡­ ¡± Anabelle said, and they all looked up at her as she nodded and supported her chin with her hand.


    ¡°That is to look at for her,¡± Anabelle added.


    ¡°Yeah, you are right¡­ you should not risk your job, or we should not risk our jobs because of this,¡± Phillip said.


    ¡°Exactly, because we will all get fired, so the best thing to do, as Anabelle said, is to look out for her,¡± Luca said.


    ~


    After the sessful meeting, Mr. Gavriel walked Mr. Jisaan and his secretary to their car and bid them farewell, after which he went to the spot where his car was packed by Christina and entered the car.


    He met her sleeping peacefully as she made the driver¡¯s seat go down t so she couldy down properly facing upwards.


    ¡®I see, you seem to know much about operating a car, even though you do not have one,¡± Mr. Gavriel said to himself as he took a closer look.


    She pulled off her jacket and ced it on the steering wheel so she could take in some fresh air as the burn she sustained earlier kept stinging her.


    Mr. Gavriel stared at the burn and her perfectly round breasts, which popped up as a result of her lying posture.


    He remembered he had to meet up with Raymond. ¡®Oh God, dammit, Raymond¡­ shit, he must have been expecting me, and now it is almost 2:30, I have to rest,¡¯ he added as she stared at his wristwatch and then at Christina, who was sleeping and did not know that someone joined her in the car.


    ¡°This is bullshit. Christina, Christina!¡± Mr. Gavriel eximed as he shouted her name loudly, and she blinked her eyes.


    ¡°Christina, I do not remember asking you to have a nap in my car, so what the hell are you doing?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked, and still, she did not move. At first, she opened her eyes, then closed them back as she reminisced if Mr. Gavriel was really in the car.


    ¡®Can I not have a nap if I am less busy? I just entered the lion¡¯s den,¡± she said in her heart as she quietly got up she pulled her jacket from the steering wheel and wore it, then she raised the driver¡¯s seat upwards, back to how it was.


    ¡°How dare you sleep in my car?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he looked at her like he was about to swallow her. Tina wanted to sayContent ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    ¡°Mr. Gavriel, I had a tough day today, so please let me just drive you home. Do not talk to me, and I would not want to believe you are seated here. If you do not mind, I am now driving out on your seat belt.¡± But hell no, she brought herself not to say that else she would not be able to sleep for the rest of her life.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir¡­ it would not happen again¡­ I made a mistake,¡± Tina said as she buckled up her seat belt.


    ¡°Every single second, minute, time, hour, and day that passes by, you just keep on making mistakes¡­ now unbuckle that seat belt and get lost¡­ get out of my car¡­ you can take a cab home¡­ you disgust me.¡± Mr. Gavriel spat out, and all Tina could do was stare at him in disbelief as her eyes glittered with tears.


    She unbuckled the seat belt, picked up her bag and her phone, along with her shoe, which she had pulled off initially as she held all of them in her hands, and hopped out of the car. She was speechless. Immediately after she hopped down from the car, she winced in pain as her feet hurt so badly as a result of the hotness of the tarred floor.


    She picked up her phone and ordered an Uber to pick her up, then turned, and Mr. Gavriel¡¯s car was no longer there.


    ¡®God, what have I done to Mr. Gavriel? Why does he hate me so much when I am the one supposed to hate him? I disgust him, he said. ¡°I cannot leave with him like this for a year because he has to stop his harsh attitude towards me. I cannot take this anymore. I can¡¯t. It hurts so much that my heart is being torn apart.¡± Tina said to herself as she sat by the side of the road and broke down in tears.


    Hopefully, the Uber she ordered arrived within ten minutes, then she hopped in and the car sped off.

 CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT

    Raymond decided to meet up with Gavriel so they could go to the bar from his home. He quickly had a shower, went out in a designer¡¯s long sleeve and fitted jeans, a ck and red spotted can, and of course, his highly rmended cologne.


    He then entered his car and zoomed off. On his way, he remembered Nicole and wondered if he was going to set his eyes on her again. He did not know where this feeling of loving a stranger came from, but all he knew was that he needed her. As he kept on driving, his organ of sight caught the attention of something he had rarely seen, and that immediately reminded him of Natasha.


    Natasha is a nice, beautiful woman who was twenty-four years old as of the past year. She was Gavriel¡¯s fiance, and she really loved him, but Gavriel did not love her back to the extent she loved him. Things were going well between them until a night before their marriage when Natasha came home wasted as a result of being in a drunk state in her bridal shower and threw up on Gavriel, and he called off their marriage.


    Everyone was shocked and against the fact that he called off the marriage because of one mistake. Gavriel wanted to kill her for that, but because her father and his father were business partners, he sent her out of his house as well as his life. She sat by the roadside outside his house and cried so badly. She begged and apologized, saying it was a mistake and it would never happen, but Gavriel did not let her in.


    Natasha was in pain for months¡­ she barely ate or drank, nor did she leave her house. She was so devastated that she lost two precious people at the same time because of a mistake, her fiance and her wedding.


    The youngdy by the roadside reminded him of Natasha so much that he felt bad for Natasha then, but all the advice he gave Gavriel helped with nothing as Gavriel insisted, saying he had made up his mind and no one, even his parents, could change that.


    Now he felt bad for the youngdy at the roadside who had entered a cab.


    ¡°Man, what¡¯s up? I was about toe to your house, but I had an urgent meeting, and I am just getting home now,¡± Mr. Gavriel exined when he saw Raymond enter his house and stroll toward him.


    ¡°Well, now that I am here, I decided toe over so we could go from here, and most importantly, I miss your chef¡¯s food, and why is this house so quiet and scanty?¡± Raymond said as he sat on a couch in the sitting room and wondered what was going on.


    ¡°What are you saying, Raymond? Did I not tell you that I sent them to my father¡¯s house because I employed a secretary who signed a contract to be my house help?¡± Gavriel said as he wondered if he did not tell Raymond the situation at hand, but he knew that he made sure Raymond was aware.


    ¡°Oh, forgive my manners¡­ how could I forget? I just remembered because you reminded me,¡± Raymond said, covering himself up for looking stupid.


    ¡°Now, I would not get to eat that wonderful meal your chef prepares,¡± Raymond added.


    ¡°Okay, would you like to have a drink? ¡°And if you want the meal, you should go to my father¡¯s house,¡± Gavriel said as he walked towards the wine counter a few feet away from his living room.


    ¡°No, there is no need for that since we would drink at the bar¡­ just go upstairs, freshen up, and rest because I know for sure that your women will be all over you¡­ I will be in my room shortly after I rest my head here,¡± Raymond said as he remembered something.


    ¡°Okay, make sure to rest also,¡± Mr. Gavriel replied as heughed at Raymond¡¯s mindset, but that was true.


    ¡°I think something is missing because I have not found it,¡± Raymond said.


    ¡°What are you insinuating?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as his friend looked around as if he were searching for something.


    ¡°Where is your secretary?¡± Raymond asked as the mansion entrance door opened and a fragile-looking creature walked in, looking stressed out.


    ~


    Christina walked in so helplessly as she held her heels, bag, and phone in her hand.


    She did not notice the two men in the sitting room as she walked in and went straight to the staircase and then to her room. What mattered to her right now was the fact that she needed a bath.


    ¡°Gavriel, who is that youngdy who just walked into your apartment without saying a word?¡± Raymond asked


    ¡°Well, that is my secretary you were asking for a few minutes ago,¡± Gavriel said as he loosened his tie.


    ¡°Gavriel, did she not see us here?¡± Raymond asked.


    ¡°How do you expect me to know that? I am very sure that with what you have seen, you now understand why I chastise her. She is such a dumbass! ¡± Mr. Gavriel replied, and of course, he lied. He knew that she was like that because of what he did to her on the road, but he did not care at all because he believes that she deserves it.


    Raymond could not get the point¡­ she was the samedy he saw crying at the roadside¡­ his eyes could not deceive him, not now, not ever. He was so sure that she was the one, and if that was true, then Gavriel must have had a hand in it or probably did that to her. He needed to speak with Christina.


    ¡°What are you thinking about?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked when he noticed Raymond staring at him without saying anything.


    ¡°Why is your secretary¡¯s face long? And she looked stressed out too? ¡°Or is she not your secretary?¡± Raymond intentionally asked.


    ¡°Of course, she is my secretary¡­ please forget about her for now. Let me go upstairs, have a shower, and rx. Remember to have your rest. ¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he walked towards the staircase, avoiding the question asked of him.


    ¡°Hell no, he did not even answer my question¡­ I think I would have to see thedy first,¡± Raymond said as he got up from where he was sitting and went upstairs to freshen up since he was feeling so hot.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    He had a room on the third floor, where Mr. Gavriel¡¯s room was also located. Mr. Gavriel gave him a room there because he saw Raymond as a brother¡­ he was more than a friend to him.


    Tina, who had finished taking her bath, walked to the mirror and stared at herself as tears fell from her eyes and her fingers ran around the injury she had sustained in the morning. She looked lean, and that was a result of the stress that resulted in her losing weight. Since she signed that contract, she had never had peace of mind.


    ¡® God, it is obvious that my situation has be worse than before. Did I make a mistake by looking for a job? Did I offend anyone? Did I do the wrong thing by going to the club that day? Did I make a mistake by getting drunk? God, I have a lot of questions, and I do not know how to answer these questions. I am so tired that I do not think I can go on anymore, but I cannot quit. What type of fate is this? I have just stayed in this house for twenty-two hours, and it already seems like I have been here for twenty-two years. I cannot believe that a lot has happened in less than twenty-four hours. Tina asked herself numerous questions she could barely answer¡­ the tears kept on falling freely from her eyes to her cheeks, some falling on her hands and chest, some rolling down her neck, and the rest on the floor as she tightened up her grip on the bathrobe she was wearing.


    She just hoped something bad could happen to her so she could just die and her existence on earth would be wiped off. She hoped that a car would just run her over. She kept wishing for death for herself, but that would nevere.

 CHAPTER FORTY NINE

    When she was through crying out her pain, she cleaned up her tears, washed her face, put on some home clothes, and since it was time to prepare lunch,


    As Raymond walked through the staircase, he heard a silent sob, and he decided to know where it wasing from, and to his greatest surprise, the sound wasing from the second floor. He walked through the hallway and stopped in front of the door where he was sure the sound came from. He did not mean to eavesdrop, but he had to clear his confusion because he knew that Gavriel would never go easy on his secretary. Raymond could not just understand why Gavriel was so harsh to the extent of maltreating a youngdy who had a lot that awaited her in the future, and his actions could lead thedy to think about death or suicide. He was sure that his friend had gone insane.


    He heard everything the youngdy said while she cried, and it touched him. It was high time Gavriel stopped this because, ording to what she said, she had just been in this house for twenty-two hours, which is not even up to a day, and she was already crying, saying she wanted to give up.


    Raymond sighed and went back to the sitting room. He needed to find a way to talk with her without Gavriel finding out.


    Tina, who was not aware someone was standing in front of her door eavesdropping while she cried, quietly walked out of her room as she walked down the staircase and made her way to the kitchen to prepare lunch.


    She just wanted to prepare something simple so she could go back to her room and rest her head to ease her pain.


    She opened the fridge and brought out three chicken wraps, tomatoes, carrots, green peas, green peppers, red meat, and five eggs. Then she went into the food store and took enough packets of noodles.


    ¡°Hey,¡± Raymond said as he walked into the kitchen, and Tina, who quickly turned as a result of shock because of the unknown voice she just heard,


    ¡°Hi, I am sorry, but I have not seen you in this house before,¡± Tina said because she did not know how the handsome man got into the house.


    ¡°Goodness, this man is handsome and looks familiar, but where did I see him?¡± she said to herself as she ransacked her head, trying to remember where she had seen him.


    ¡°Yeah, I am sorry for not introducing myself¡­ I am Raymond, Gavriel¡¯s best friend.¡± Raymond introduced himself and smiled.


    ¡°Oooh, wow, it is nice meeting you,¡± Tina said as an image shed in her head. He was the man who was with Mr. Gavriel that day at the bar, but she could not find him after some seconds.


    ¡°You are Mr. Gavriel¡¯s best friend?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Yeah, why do you ask?¡± Raymond asked as he perceived a feeling of doubt in her voice.


    ¡°I am sorry, but I have to be in with you,¡± Tina said as she broke the eggs into a bowl.


    ¡°Okay, go on,¡± Raymond replied eagerly, waiting for her to say what she wanted to say.


    ¡°I have two questions. First, how do you cope with Mr. Gavriel being your best friend? And secondly, I want to know if you are just like your best friend, who is a devil. ¡°Sorry for saying that, but I just want to know,¡± Tina said as she moved to the sink and washed the chickenps but suddenly turned to face Raymond, who was currentlyughing.


    ¡°What is funny?¡± Tina asked.


    ¡°I am so sorry forughing, but I have been friends with Gavriel for twelve years now, and I do not see anything wrong with him. I am not like my best friend¡­ we have different characters,¡± Raymond said as he wondered how bold she was to ask him those questions.


    ¡°Are you trying to defend him because he is your best friend, and I know that you are aware of your best friend¡¯s character and way of life?¡± Tina insisted that he knew Gavriel, and she knew for a fact that he was covering him up.


    ¡°Eehhmm, can I know your name since you already know mine?¡± Raymond asked.


    ¡°Christina, but you can call me Tina,¡± she replied.


    ¡°Nice name,¡± Raymondplimented.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± Tina said as she washed the carrots, green peas, green peppers, and tomatoes.


    ¡°I think I have something I need to apologize about,¡± Raymond said as he walked towards the fridge.


    ¡°We are just meeting now, and you already have something to apologize about¡­ well, at least you are not like your friend, who can never apologize for doing something hurtful,¡± Tina said, as she could not believe that she wasparing the two friends.


    ¡°Yeah, I think I overheard you crying in your room. I am sorry, but I am not a pervert, but I just needed to clear my confusion,¡± Raymond said as he took out a bottle of water from the fridge, and Tina turned to face him.


    ¡°You heard me crying?¡± Tina asked with shock.


    ¡°Yes, and I am sorry about that. I think I understand what you are going through here¡­ it is just like hell, and I also saw you crying by the roadside today when I was on my way here, but I never knew you were the youngdy Gavriel told me about,¡± Raymond exined as he drank the water in his hands.


    ¡°It is okay¡­ like you said, I have been here for just less than a day, but it seems like I have been here for ages,¡± Tina said as she picked up a knife and started chopping the carrots, pepper, green peas, and tomatoes.


    ¡± I understand, the fateful day you signed that contract I could not believe that Gavriel could do such a thing because when he told me I strongly objected to it, I was never in support of it up till this moment, Gavriel was not like this, he just happened to start creating hatred for people who threw up where he was or worse, those who threw up on him and when I noticed it, I thought it was just something he hated but I never knew it would get to this extent, I do not know if you have been told that this happened months ago when Natasha, his ex finance threw up on him, he never forgave her, he even called off the wedding and sent her out of this house, Natasha would sit by the gate crying day and night, begging him when he drove past but he never brought her back and her¡¯s is betterpared to yours because she got the chance to live her life but you can not because you are bound to him, I understand you are really hurt and it pains me because I can not do anything about it even at the point where he is my best friend, I told him inly that I would not want to sow what I would not want to reap but please endure him and when it gets to a point where you can not endure it again, I will advise you to face him, go hard on him, if you can not endure it anymore then show him you can¡¯t but for now just endure, please ¡± Raymond exined and pleaded with her because he felt she should know. Without even looking at her, he saw the light, kindness, and love she bore, but Gavriel was turning them into darkness, wickedness, and hatred.


    ¡°I also want to endure, but it is not as easy as it is said, you know, but if you say so, I will do so. I just hope I live a long life during my stay here,¡± Tina said as she fried the chicken wraps and also the eggs.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    ¡°I know you will survive his wrath if you do as I say, so do not ever think about death,¡± Raymond assured, and Tina nodded. At least she felt a bit of a burden leaving her, and she was happy about it.


    ¡°Okay, I will leave you to finish up your cooking¡­ I will be upstairs so I can freshen up,¡± Raymond said as he walked towards the door.


    ¡°Wait!¡± Tina called him back, and he turned.


    ¡°Thank you for advising me¡­ I appreciate it, and right now I feel like a burden has been lifted off my shoulders,¡± Tina appreciated.


    ¡°You are wee¡­ I will always be here in case you need any more advice,¡± Raymond said.


    ¡°Sure,¡± Tina said, and Raymond left as she went back to finish up her cooking.

 CHAPTER FIFTY

    After Raymond left Tina to finish up her cooking, he went to his room to take a shower as he pitied Tina, but somehow he knew that she was going to survive it in Gavriel¡¯s house. She was a strong and determined youngdy, and for the fact that she had gone through hardships on her first day and did not leave, she would be able to continue, but Gavriel had to stop this, or else she would turn her back on him or he might end up doing something that will make him rush her to the hospital or rather kill her in the process. The worst of it is that she might end up trying to kill herself.


    He entered his room and took off his clothes as he entered the bathroom to have a quick shower to calm his nerves. He knew that he would never do that to a woman because it would surely hurt her, and in the end, where would he start to apologize?


    As he put on the shower and the cold water poured on his head, suddenly the image of Nicole appeared in his head, and he sighed, wondering when he was going to see her again as he suddenly found himself missing her. Her warmth, God, was all he needed right now.


    As she arranged the dishes on the dining table, she heard footsteps walking through the hallway, and she hastened up because she knew who had those footsteps, Mr. Gavriel.


    ¡°What is that?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked as he stood at the entrance of the dining room.


    He wore casual clothes, but it was obvious he was going out, maybe with Raymond. ¡°Good day, sir.¡± Tina flinched as she heard the question and turned around as she greeted him.


    ¡°There is nothing good about this day since you dared to walk past me and my best friend, so I do not think there is a need for your greeting¡­ hold it to yourself,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he walked closer to the dining table.


    ¡°I ask for the second time, what is this?¡± He added as he pointed at the dining table.


    ¡®God, what is this now? Is he not seeing what is on the dining table, or he wants to hear my response to him? Now I certainly know that he wants trouble,¡¯ Tina said to herself as she looked at Mr. Gavriel.


    ¡°Sir, I prepared lunch for you¡­ you must be starving,¡± Tina said as she shivered with fear and her hands rubbed against each other.


    ¡°Did I ask you to prepare lunch for me? Why are you wasting my resources? Hmmm, why do you like doing what you were not asked to do? Are you dumb? answer me,¡± Mr. Gavriel roared furiously as he pushed a dining chair aside.


    ¡®I knew it¡­ this man was up for trouble. What would I do now?¡± How will I answer him? I am sure if I reply to his questions, he will use them against me. Tina thought to herself as she was interrupted by Mr. Gavriel.


    ¡°Are you suffering from hearing and speaking disabilities?¡± Mr. Gavriel asked again, and Tina nodded as a result of being tensed up.


    ¡°I can see you are dumb because you suddenly cannot talk anymore,¡± Mr. Gavriel said.


    ¡°I am sorry, sir, I should have asked, and this would be thest time it would happen. I would make sure to ask next time, and I promise it would not happen again,¡± Tina pleaded, ignoring all the questions he asked her.


    ¡°You are sorry after you have wasted the resources. I hate when I use my hard-earned cash to buy things that are wasted unnecessarily, but instead of you wasting it, I would rather do that myself,¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he used his hands to push down the te where the fried eggs were, and they fell as the tes broke and scattered in every corner along with the eggs.


    ¡°Please, sir, do not waste them in that way¡­ I can eat them since I have not had anything yet.¡± Tina knelt and pleaded as she saw how the dishes she prepared were scattered all over the ce, and tears fell from her eyes.


    People were out there and did not hear anything to eat, and here he was wasting such nice food.


    ¡°If you have not eaten, it would be so nice for you to eat them from the floor¡­ is that not your lifestyle, a beggar?¡± Mr. Gavriel said as he was about to push down the next dish, which was the noodles.


    Raymond was just through with his shower when he heard his stomach gurgling and remembered seeing Tina cooking.


    He quickly dried up the water on his body, put on fresh, clean clothes from his wardrobe, and rushed downstairs.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    Then he heard tes breaking and being scattered, and he ran down to see what was going on as he hoped Tina was alright.


    When he got to the kitchen, he did not see Tina there, so he went to the dining room, and what he saw shocked him as he stopped and stared in awe as he watched his best friend show off the beast he was to the poordy who was kneeling and pleading before him, and then he told her that she could eat from the floor and called her a beggar as he wanted to push down the second dish in the direction Tina was.


    Raymond could not believe that this was what Tina was going through at the hands of his best friend¡­ this was not punishment, as Gavriel initially told him¡­ this was pure wickedness because he never did this or acted like this when his maids, and chef were still in this house.


    Then he rushed to Gavriel and held his hands as he was about to push the second dish to the floor.


    ¡°Gavriel, stop this¡­ it is enough¡­ she is already pleading¡­ forgive her whatever offense she hasmitted.¡±


    ¡°Raymond said calmly as he looked down at Tina, who was sobbing.


    ¡°What do you mean by forgiving her? She wasted this already¡­ I did not ask her to prepare anything, but see all the dishes she served here,¡± Gavriel said to Raymond.


    ¡°But she has apologized¡­ please forgive her.¡± Raymond pleaded.


    ¡°No, I would not do that¡­ she is my business¡­ she is my submissive, and as her dominant, I can do whatever I choose to do with her, and that is also my business. I will not forgive this mannerless girl here¡­ it is obvious her parents did not teach her good home manners.¡± Gavriel burst out, and Raymond was taken aback by thest statement. It was really bad to add her parents into this, as he thought about how Tina had felt hearing him mention her parents not teaching her food and home manners.


    Tina looked up at Mr. Gavriel, and immediately he mentioned her parents. Tears flowed down her face as her chest ached.


    This was the second time he called her parents into something that did not concern them, but she did not say a word¡­ rather, she kept on sobbing more and more.


    ¡°I am so sorry, sir¡­ it will not happen again,¡± Tina pleaded.


    ¡°Youngdy, hold your apology to yourself¡­ he talked about epting him.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I hope she will,¡± Raymond said.


    ¡°But do you know something? You are a really good cook,¡± Raymond added as he sipped wine from his ss, and Tina smiled.


    He served her noodles and chicken wraps to eat since she said earlier that she did not have anything.


    ¡°No, I would not eat till you are done eating,¡± Tina insisted. ¡°Yes, you have to eat now as I am eating¡­ you are not a beggar because it is only beggars that eat the remaining of a dish or leftovers, but that is not what you are.¡± Raymond convinced her, and after some arguments, she agreed as she picked up the fork and began to eat the noodles.


    ¡°Yeah, make sure you eat enough so you can gain some weight,¡± Raymond added, and Tina nodded.


    ¡°You are nice¡­ there is a lot of difference between you and your best friend-a real lot of differences,¡± Tina said as she took a ss of water and sipped.


    ¡°Yeah, there are a whole lot of differences, but Gavriel was not like this¡­ even during thest incident, he was not as wicked as this. It is really weird and eating me up.¡± Raymond exined.


    ¡°But now he is already like this¡­ in fact, let us not talk about him right now¡­ I already feel like tearing up again,¡± Tina said as she picked up the ss cup again as finished up the whole water it contained.


    Sure, so what else do you want to know?¡± Raymond asked as he looked up at her as he silently chewed the food in his mouth. ¡°Okay, I might sound too intrusive, but if you do not want to answer the question, you do not need to say anything,¡± Tina said, and Raymond tried thinking about the question he thought she would ask him, but he could not ce his hands anywhere.


    ¡°Uuhhm, you have been kindhearted, so I wanted to ask if you had someone in your life¡­ if you do, then she is really lucky to have someone like you,¡± Tina said sincerely because if he had someone in his life, thedy was really lucky¡­ men like him are scarce to find.


    ¡°You have really been straightforward here¡­ okay, let me answer your question, firstly, I do not have anyone in my life, but I am currently trying to work on one, and if she epts, I will bring her over for you to see how she is,¡± Raymond assured as he smiled and bisected the chickenps and chewed them.


    ¡°Wow, I hope she epts¡­ in fact, I have a feeling she would,¡± Tina said she was not happy about the fact that he did not have anyone to share his wonderful feelings with, and she hoped the person he talked about would ept him.


    ¡°Yeah, I hope she will,¡± Raymond said. ¡°But do you know something? You are a really good cook,¡± he added as he sipped wine from his ss, and Tina smiled.


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