Chapter 15: CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“Were you that hungry?” He asked with an amused smile.

It was like a bucket of cold water was poured on me.

I'd been gulping the food like I was just rescued from a kidnapper or something.

I looked at my hands filled with the delicious oil from the food and I began to clean up, feeling really terrible at how I'd just disgraced myself.

Suddenly, his hands held mine, making my stomach flutter.

“Please don't feel bad, I'm sorry I said that okay?” He said and his eyes were quite genuine, “I actually find it cute how you eat. It shows when you go for what you want, you don't treat it with levity,”

I nodded but his words only made things worse internally. I lacked social etiquettes and yet I was a personal assistant to one of the richest men in my city. I didn't want to lose this job because I went outside and disgraced myself.

I decided then and there that I was going to work on my outward personality to fit into this new world of rich and affluent people.

I'd spent my entire life living at the edge of civilization, being limited in every way but I didn't have the excuse of ill luck anymore and in a month 's time, I would be able to afford everything I needed to look like I actually belonged here.

But I was going to visit goodwill again this evening after work to get more clothes and hopefully pass as a good pretender until I could become a part of them.

He was done eating some minutes before me and was content watching me eat.

It was the most nervous meal of my life.

I didn't finish it and ordered for a to-go bag and he ordered more food for me.

‘Sir you're doing too much’ I groaned in my mind as not only was he making my pussy fall head over heels for him but now my stomach has joined the circus too.

If my heart went anywhere close to this madness, I'll simply resign.

There's no way I'm going to disgrace myself by having more than a little, okay fine, a huge crush on my kind boss.

He drove us back to the office and I ran out of the car and went ahead of him. I didn't want people to realize I was like a charity case on my first day of work.

I got into the office and it was to a livid Melanie.

“Where did you abandon this office to? What if someone had come in here and tampered with important files?” She screamed at me and I opened my mouth to explain but she didn't let me. “So you couldn't even wait two minutes before running off to eat? Is that all you came here to do? I already told you, You need to get your shit together or you'll be out of here with the speed of light! I still don't see why he employed someone like you,”

I stood in the middle of the office, tears pouring out of my eyes as her words sank into my mind.

I guess she was right to an extent. I had no idea why Mr Alaric hired me and I didn't see what he saw in me. Yes, my CV was a bit impressive but half of Brooklyn had something like that and they could eat like a normal human being.

“Melanie, pack your things,” I turned around in shock.

Did he hear all of that?

“Sir, what do you mean? I don't understand,” she was more shocked than I was.

“I do not have a habit of repeating myself. Get your things and get out of my company!” He screamed at her, making me jump aside in shock.

She scrambled to pack her things, sending me hateful looks as she did.

He strode past us and walked into his office.

I was confused.

Did my bad luck take a different turn? Was it now going to be passed on to people I came in contact with? I really needed to visit that Shaman Elena spoke about.

“I'm sorry,” I whispered to her and she gave me a scalding hot look.

“Don't get relaxed, you're gonna be out of these same doors soon enough,” she promised before walking out immediately.

I rolled my eyes. Even when down, she still managed to be a bitch.

I sat down, confused with what to do next. She was supposed to put me through my job but I guess I'll have to become self-sufficient on my own.

I went over to her desk and began to go through the things I saw needed to be done and it was obvious she had been spending time doing other things because there was a pile of stuff to get done.

I filed them in boxes of urgent and later, and by the time closing hours arrived, I was really tired.

But I wasn't done, I still needed to make sure Mr. Alaric’s meeting in China the next week didn't interfere with the business partners he had to meet up with in Manhattan so I began to figure a way with that as well.

“You're still here?”

I looked up and he was ready to leave the office.

“Um, I needed to get some things arranged so it'll be easier to deal with tomorrow,”

“We'll look at you,” he beamed, “you're actually doing everything without that bitch’s help. But it's time to go home, come, I'll drop you,” he said and my mouth opened in shock.

“Mr Alaric, I can get home by myself, thank you very much for the house. I've never been so lucky in my life and I'm grateful for everything,”

“You do realize that's like the very least I could do right? Like, it didn't cost me anything,”

“But it means the world to me so please, allow me get home by myself, you've already done so much for me,”

“Well, if you insist,”

He raised his hands in mock surrender and threw the office keys to me.

“Make sure you leave soon, don't stay here overworking yourself.”

“Yes Sir, thank you so much,”

I listened to his instructions and packed up my things, including the food he'd gotten for me.

I realized, aside from Melanie's drama, my first at work had gone very well.

I walked home with a smile on my face.

Finally, things was going great for me

Or so I thought.