CHAPTER 10

A SURPRISE PROMOTION

Andre knew one more minute with her, he did find himself wrapping his hands around her. God he did never felt the need to hold a woman so close, he hated she is gradually getting into his head, no she is all in his head and now he had to stop her from getting into his heart too, which seems like impossible.

He rolled his eyes irritably then cleared his throat intentionally but Arianna seem not to have gotten enough of him. She continued sobbing into his chest as if he was her emotional support pillow.

He lips twitched with grimace , he had to pull her face out like a kid.

"What do you think you are doing".

He arched his brow and looked down at her, his jaw line more defined.

Arianna sobbed then the first thing she saw was the mess on his suit, her eyes widened.

"I am so sorry sir, I didn't mean to..."

She panicked unable to look up.

"The first coffee, now make up , are you always this careless? Why did I ever get you back into the company".

"My apologies sir"Arianna replied tartly.

"You may have con Max into convincing me that you are good for the job".

She looked shocked at his statement.

"What... I didn't con anyone sir".

"So then I wil assume you're sleeping with him because I can't think of any other reason why he had the guts to come to office requesting you back".

It was all out of content for Andre, all he wanted was to find out the relationship between the two, he don't know why, but it never get off his mind after he saw him back then at the restaurant and then he had to come to him and take about a woman who slapped him, there must be something going on between this two, but the look on Arianna's face after his statement said it all.

She would have slapped him again if not for the promotion letter in her hand.

"With all due respect sir , I am not a whore!"She snapped angrily then she paused, lowered her gaze and dded quietly. "I don't sleep with men for a favour, it's an insult to me sir, I and Max are nothing but good friends".

His eyebrow twitched at that reply. Some how he felt relieved to hear her refer him as just friend.

"I guess I gave you too much credit then, there's nothing sexually attractive about you anyway".

He stated and folded his length on his office chair.

Arianna shook her head in disbelief at his cruel remarks fighting back the urge to throw that letter at him and put him to his place.

"Does hurting people's feelings make you feel happy?"she questioned with a slight grimace.

Andre glanced at her beneath lowers eyelids.

"I am never happy, do I look like a clown?"he sneered.

"No, because clowns have hearts"Arianna bluntly replied.

Andre stood there unable to say another word, he did never given a damn about what anyone born of a woamn says or feel about his personality, but now hearing this from her get like a spear straight into his heart that's if he actually own one.

His jaw clenched but yet he showed no sign of anger or emotion.

"You know I can fire you right away".

"What are you now, heartless fireman?"Arianna mummured.

Seeing that he was about to blow hot, she decided to surrender.

"I will be leaving, thanks for the promotion once again sir"she said slowly and left the office.

Praying he won't call her back, outside the officshe exhaled deeply.

God what was I thinking, taking back at him like that, oh Arianna you will get yourself in a big mess one-day.

Trying not to let his statement get onto her , she quickly put on a smile and rushed towards Max's desk.

"I've been promoted".

What . no way!"

Max shouted, he did it on a purpose, tired of hearing gossips and backbiting from the other colleagues.

Arianna did a tiktok dance move, creating a scene.

"So what position?"Max stated after he was sure they had everyone's attention.

"Huh?"Arianna replied absent-mindedly.

"What promotion did he gave you?"He repeated breaking it down, but still she looked lost, her smile suddenly disappeared.

"I will be right back".

She quickly collected the letter from him and rushed back runing in the escalator, almost breaking a tooth.

Max watched and shook his head in amusement.

Getting to the door, she crossed her fingers and thumbed the button then opened the door.

Andre's eyes lighted as though they are excited to see her again, then narrowed , his long lashes and dark thick brows were something Arianna envied , why will a man be created with such such incridible features and as a woman I looked like a potato.

Snapping out from her thoughts, she lowered her voice.

"Sorry Sir, but it didn't state what my promotion was in the letter".

Andre stumped off the smoked out cigar off his finger and looked at her with an expression taht embarrassed Arianna.

Arianna inturn found herself worried about him smoking all the time, she had the thing of worrying over things that shouldn't bother her.

"Why then did you leave without finding out then, I thought you are smart".

"I thought so too".

Arianna replied pouting annoyed at how she embarrassed herself then she heard something like a soft chuckle.

She looked at him searchingly and found him almost smiling, not smiling but looked like he wanted to but don't know how.

"Personal Assistant".

"Personal assistant?"

She repeated with his accent as though she have no idea what that meant.

Andre studied her reaction, trying to think about his decision, yes he wanted this, she may not be suitable for the job , but he wanted to keep an eye on her, basically not go any particular reason but .

"Get ready, we have some work to do".

He stood up towering over her, his height intimidating her.

"Now?"

Arianna wailed, no one told her this is going to be a lot of work.

Then she saw him unbuttoning his stained suit.

She tried not to look but those muscles were calling her directly, he had such a physique that can make any woman's ovaries beg to be fertilized.

Arianna swallowed uneasily, he noticed and eyed her.

He had never appreciated his looks, even though he had many women dying to date, he thought it was infact the reason he was abused at a young age but he did enjoy Arianna's thirsty glance.

"You can look the other way if you feel uncomfortableness".

"No I am not uncomfortable at all"Arianna replied awkwardly, stealing glances.

Yeah right she must have seen lots of naked men in her past relationships, he thought , suddenly feeling hatred towards this unknown and yet to be identified men.

Snap out of it man, he cautioned himself.

He pulled off the suit off his hands and started unbuttoning the shirt.

Aurora felt a chill down her lower body when he pulled his shirt off revealing an unreal god-like boy designed with lots of marks, that made her wonder how he got such being a spoilt brat.

It looked so painful, yet tempting Arianna to touch and feel them with her fingers.