CHAPTER 16

DARE DEVIL

Arianna got to the Company the next day wearing one of the designers, she got from the Humilton fashion company. It took her hours to decide on whether she will wear the outfit or not, since she isn't used to wearing tight fitted clothing it was uncomfortable to wear this body hugging outfit.

Also her mother had fun styling her hair, she let her do the style of her choice and fortunately for her, it was bomb on her.

When she entered, the key lock was already unlocked, she put her pass card and the door opened for her. she didn't expect another person to be that punctual, she got to work early to avoid the scene of having everyone stare at her because of her new look.

The only soul she met was Alecia, the highest rated employee, nosy and sassy as Zoey but she make hers look classic and elegant.

Alecia apart from being a child model, a teen actress and a popular model, she is one of the, if not the richest employee in the company which had made many question why she decided to be an employee instead of building her company. She is rude, prideful and also so her reason is certainly not humility.

“What are you wearing?”Alecia said looking as though Ariana was covered with dog poop. Arianna found her rude stare irritating and replied.

“You can see clearly or you need glasses too”she snapped tartly.

Arianna never let anyone get to her, her self-confidence gave her a lot of enemies in the company, aside from her smartness, she doesn’t care if she is the least fashionable, se did tell you whatever she want straight to your face.

“Are you that miserable you had to borrow designers to impress who, the new CEO?"

Alecia throw back confidently.

“First I did not borrow this clothes and secondly, I did rather seduce the devil than the C..."

She paused hearing the door opened.

Andre was standing at the spot, he definetly looked like he heard the voices and the contents too.

Alecia folded her hands ad tilted her head to the side, giving Arianna the 'I challenge you to complete your statement' look.

Arianna swallowed and tried to walk towards her section.

“Your things have been moved to your private office upstairs. Next to mine”.

Andre's voice froze her.

She nodded nervously, couldn’t look at his face or utter a word, so scared he might kill her with his eyes before finally finishing it physically.

Andre exchange cold stares with Alecia and walked to the escalator.

Alecia scuffed.

“You don’t stand chance, I know the CEO is dreamy honey and everyone wants a share, sad you don't have what it takes honey".

Arianna grained inwardly, seriously why is 5his lady so annoying.

"Well guess what? I agree with you now can you please move on, I am not the one responsible for your miserable attitude"She sneered.

Alecia was pushed to the wall, on e a normal day, who is Arianna to talk to her in such way.

“You better learn how to talk to me you dirt or I will make you”.

*****

Andre got into his office and slammed the door,

Leaning his back on the door, he closed his eyes, muttering curse words to himself.

He was punctual only because he knew Arianna would be.

After yesterday torture of longing to see her face and groaning all night. For the first time staring at the mirror, he appreciated his looks because of her compliments and tried to look even better and then the perfume, he had put it on again, so much that everyone at home could smell it in the air and for what, a girl who would choose a devil over him?

A sad chuckle spilled from his lips as his face blank with anger.

He clenched his fist angrily into a fist and hit on the wall.

“Coward!”he cursed himself and hit on the wall again.

‘Coward!”

“I did rather seduce the devil than,,” he remembers and cursed again.

"Coward!"

Thinking about telling her he was Teddy, Teddy is nothing but her imagination of her perfect man, she would never love him, even if he let her know.

He opened his eyes slowly , his eyes darkening with resentment.

"The hell you become a simp to worry about some bitch feeling towards you? Snap out of it, Idiot".

He got to his office desk and pulled his suit off.

****

Arianna took the stairs to her new office, she had her heart racing in fear about the outcome of her hate speech against Andre. She felt bad but she had no choice, it’s more like she was forced to put it that way, inorder to convince Alecia Williams.

That annoying spoilt brat! Why will she talk to people as though they're less human, but still there’s no justification for making such statement about a person, she paused in her thoughts and drew a deep ragging breath and sighed.

“I’d better apologize to him” she muttered to herself and stopped at the door of her new office.

The door requested a settings for passcode, Arianna could only thought of Teddy, so she inputted the name and saved it as her passcode.

The door cracked opened.

“What the!”

She gasped in excitement and ran towards the big galss window. It was a great view, the room is noting like that of a personal assistance, this is some boss lady shit! Arianna yelled in her mind excitedly.

Then she suddenly froze for minute and wondered if she had entered the wrong room but she was sure of te description at the door. It was written personal assistant and also her name.

The room was so big she can run around it like a child, it had a great design and also a big restroom too.

Then her smile vanishes, as she thought of the morning encounter.

I don’t derserve this, how can I accept such treatment from someone I disrespected in front his employee.

Even though he is rude and all but still.

Arianna fought every fear, syness and nervousness out of her system.

" I have to apologise no matter how shameful it may look, I wronged him and have to take responsibility".

Standing infront of Andre's door. Fighting back the final wave of fear down her tummy. Arianna thumbed the button for the second time, yet no answer.

She knew she can't leave like that , she had worked all that energy and courage to speak to him and she definitely will do that.

Slowly she opened the door and peeked through the narrow opening, praying no one sees her in the awkward position.

Her eyes went through the corner and finally found it's wanted image.

He was seating on his office chair, his head backwards, exposing his masculine neck and sharpening his Adam's apple.

Arianna immediately felt her breath harden, she opened the door wider slowly.

"Mr Andre?"

She called softly.

Then she quietly shut the door and proceeded forward.

"Mr Andre?"

He made no movement or even blink his lashes.

"Is he dead?"

Arianna asked but most definitely not. She answered herself after seeing the heavy compression of his broad chest. He looked really exhausted like he had little sleep last night.

His black shirt was unbutton down pass his collar bones, a necklace in-between shining like crystal and a designed in a shape of a tear.

The pale skin beneath looked buffed and hard, the dark shadows from the shirt making it even more attractive.

His face and the way , his lips was slightly open.

How can one look so hot in this miserable state.

Arianna shook her head, telling herself to snap out of her crazy imaginations and discoveries.

"Mr Andre?"

"Piss off".

She heard him gasp out hotly.

"I am leaving untill you hear me out, I am so...

"Looks like your mother isn't the only sick person in your family".

Arianna knew he said that on purpose to annoy her, but still how can he do cruel to mock her mother yet again.

She bit her lower lip as she wanted to put him in his place but then she had to follow Max Instruction.

She sighed and smiled.

"I apologise for my statement back then, it was cruel and inhuman, I am deeply sorry".

She stated and left the office as soon she can before she'd do something she will regret