CHAPTER TEN
“ I’m sorry Mr Harlow but I don’t want to be your secretary “
“ why not ?” he asked
“ I love my job as a fashion designer , I don’t want to be seated in one place setting up meetings and taking notes “ I said and he looked at me for a split second before smiling .
Again ? Stop smiling you good looking jerk …
“ Miss Paley I don’t think you understood what I just said , I wasn’t asking “ he said and at that moment I realized that I was talking to the owner of the company , how could I argue with the CEO ?
“ Mr Harlow please don’t do this “
“ Don’t do what ? You know I’m starting to think you really want to be in a scandal with me “ he said
Here we go again
“ No I just –“
“ Trust me You don’t want that “
“ Ok Mr Harlow I don’t want to be in any form of scandal with you ok” I said
“ That’s great then kindly resume work Tomorrow “
“ Tomorrow ? But the Letter said Monday “ I said
“ As I said earlier the reporters will be here tomorrow to ask few questions from you , you’ll be given a script on how to answer the questions “ he said
A script on how to answer the question ? What is this … an exam?
“ Ok then, I hope I can go back to my real job after all this is over “ I said
“ Of course But I don’t think it will die down anytime soon “
“ What do you mean ?” I asked
“ Someone took a picture of me whispering in your ear in this building , what does that mean ?” he asked
“ umm… I don’t know “
“ It means people are very much interested in our private lives , it means there are moles here “
“ moles ?” I asked
“ Yes , people who won’t hesitate to tip off reporters and bloggers if something goes wrong “ he said
“ But I’ve got my own life to live , I have things that I need to accomplish “
“ The choice is in your hands Miss Paley , if you want to keep appearing on the screen with your personal life as the latest gist then you don’t need to take this offer “ he said
“ I’m sorry can I think about this ?” I asked
“ you have till tomorrow , if you don’t come , I won’t be able to defend you this time “ he said
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I dragged my feet lazily to the elevator as I stepped out of the black themed building , I entered and pressed on the last floor .
There’s no way out of this , I have to be his secretary . I mean it’s just for a shirt period of time so it’s gonna be cool … right ?
The elevator suddenly stopped and someone else joined , I looked up and saw that it was Hayden .
Great , just the person I needed to see right now .
“ Miss Paley “ he called
“ Mr Sommers “
“ Fancy seeing you here “
“ yeah same “ I said dryly
“ I heard about the scandal , are you ok?” he asked
Yeah … like you care ?
“ Yes I am “ I said and a deafening silence descended in the room
“ So about your project …” he said breaking the silence
Shit ! The project , I must have forgotten about it , but wait a minute I’m no longer a part of the department team , does that mean I don’t have to submit the project?
“ Ummm yeah I’ll submit it first thing next week “ I lied
“ ok then “ he said and the silence descended again
How slow is this elevator ?
“ So you and Mr Harlow huh ?” he asked
Wait why is he asking ?
Are we friends ?
“ I’m sorry , why are you asking me ? I don’t think we are close enough to chat “ I said
“ Laura –“
“ Wait did you just call me Laura ? This is a place of work it’s Miss Paley to you ok ?” I said and the elevator doors opened
“ have a nice day Mr Sommers “ I said walking off
That jerk , I can’t believe his audacity .
I went to the parking lot and located my car , I entered the car and drove off .
My mind wandered off to everything , why did I have to go to the gym on that day ?
Why did I have to fall from that treadmill?
And why did he have to whisper in my ears ? … Dammit !
I held the steering wheel tightly as I tried to block out the thoughts in my head , my head was spinning round and –
I heard a loud sound as a force hit me hardly making me hit my head on the steering wheel slightly
Awwww ,that hurts …
I parked the car immediately and looked behind me , a car had just hit mine .
Dammit !
My poor car
Of all cars on this road this stupid car had to mine .
I got out of the car and saw a man standing outside the car already , he was dressed in a black suit with dark sunglasses , he was giving off this dangerous vibe but I ignored it , how could he smash my car ?
My dear car …
I walked up to him angrily
“ You hit my car “ I said angrily
“ so ?” he asked
Wait what ? This asshole …
“ You just hit my car “ I said
“ Yes so ?” he said
What the fuck ?
“ I’m calling the cops “ I said bringing out my phone and in a flash a soft fabric was placed on my nose cutting off my supply of oxygen . I struggled to remove the fabric but It was held by a strong hand , my head felt light as I inhaled something concentrated suddenly my whole body was limp and I couldn’t move .
I felt my body being dragged to a cold place and I was thrown into what seemed like the back seat of a car .
“ hello ma’am , I have her “ That was the last thing I heard before falling into the arms of darkness .