4. A plan

Madison's POV

He's a playboy, a fucking womanizer and I can't believe that I'm not able to prove it to my best friend. Obviously, I had to expose him, but the main problem was, how? I was jammed and not even a single second pass without me trying to figure out how I can help my friend, get out of a ditch she has almost fallen into. My mind was already was fussed when I got a call from, Sasha.

“Hey, girly. How you doing?” I heard her cheerful voice which made me smile immediately.

 But I replied in the most unenthusiastic way, “I’m alive.”

I could sense the rage, as she added, “That motherfucker isn’t getting away easily." I laughed, trying to hide the fact that my life was a lot more fucked than she had assumed. My life had a more serious issue than David.

“How are you?”

"I'm fine. Just getting bored without you, in the office." She sighed.

"My little vacation is almost over, as well. I'll join the office in two or three days, I suppose." I said scrunching my eyebrows together, thinking.

"I know. That's why I called you up to tell you a hot gossip." She said and I knew she had an interesting news.

"I'm all ears, darling." I said and she laughed continuing.

"Our boss is retiring, as you already know." She said.

"Honestly, he is too good at his work, I’ll give him that. But I would be lying if I say, I’m not happy he is retiring." I heard Sasha chuckling.

"And you know, his son is taking over though?" she added like a question.

“You mean that hot boy who was the chief guest of the last international conference?” My curiosity built up questions, though I already knew the answer.

“I don’t know… but maybe? You’ve met him before.” Sasha enquired.

“Didn’t meet him, but I have seen him, like uh, twice, I think.” I said, thinking hard, trying to make a correct guess (trying to make it seem believable).

“Damn, that’s cool. I heard people saying, he is fucking hot. Everyone’s already getting obsessed with him." she seemed excited.

"Well, being the personal assistant, I'll get to spend more time with him." I said with a smirk on my face, flipping my hair trying to make her jealous.

"Yeah, you bitch! If I’m guessing, right, his name is Theodore, I’m not sure." She said.

>>

Theodore Brown.

I pretended I didn’t know that gorgeous man, but in reality, I have had the best interaction with him. Theodore Brown, had been a heartthrob since, his very first appearance in the company. It was then I got to know, he will take over the firm soon, as he is Mr. Brown’s heir. Though, a little part of me blushed at the idea of a hot man being my boss, I felt like I was almost like living in a fictional world. Even at first, when I just had a few glances at him, he was jaw droppingly handsome.

It was only after a few days when he made frequent visits to the office, usually very late at night, mainly to pick his dad (my boss) up. One night, Mr. brown was over working himself, again, and that’s when I had a conversation with Theodore Brown, for the first time. As expected, he was the man that literally stepped down on earth from heaven.

It was a late night at the office when, I sighed looking at the clock, as I saw it striking two in the morning. I glanced over at old man dozing off on his seat. Obviously, if he kept working like that, the day isn’t too far when I would be sleeping here in the office itself.

I quickly gathered all the scattered files, reviewing the ones I had to send for inspection the next morning. Just when I sat down on the couch, I heard footsteps approaching and slowly the door opened revealing a breathtakingly beautiful man. Yes, I recognised him in the very first glance (who could forget than man’s face).

‘Good evening, sir.’ I almost whispered, seeing how Mr. brown was sleeping on his chair.

‘Thank you, you too, uh, I didn’t get your name.’ He asked, politely.

‘I’m Madison Smith, Mr. brown’s personal assistant.’ I smiled.

‘Ah yes, Maddy. Dad usually uses your nickname, I almost forgot.’ He nodded with a cute smile. He knew my nickname. It made me feel special? A piece inside me tingled for sure. I pursed my lips, hiding my blush and curved up lips.

‘Thank you, for taking care of my old geezer, Maddy.’ He looked at his dad with a smile, shifting his glance back at me. If only I had my dad around, I’d give him a tight hug, because this man made me miss my father even more.

I chuckled nervously, ‘That’s my job, sir.’

‘I will send the schedule for tomorrow morning, by eight.’ I said, looking at my wrist watch one last time, as I calculated the estimated time I would be reaching home, included the amount of sleep I would get if I hurry up.

‘It’s two in the morning, Maddy and you are still here.’

‘Uhm. It’s fine, I manage usually.’

‘Well, not this time.’ I met his eyes and he looked at me, giving me the prettiest smile.

‘I’ll distract him, so he would come late tomorrow. You can report during the afternoon, okay?’ He whispered, making me chuckle softly.

‘Thank you, sir.’

‘Wait, how are you going?’ He enquired.

‘My car.’ I picked up my bag simultaneously.

‘You sure you can go by yourself? I will drop you.’ The offer seemed extremely attractive, but I decided to decline it, since I had my own car here, and also a boyfriend whom I loved with my whole heart.

‘it’s fine, sir. I will go, thank you.’

‘My name is Theodore; you can call me that.’ He smiled.

‘Nice to meet you… Theodore.’ I saw him smile as I left the office.

Oh, what a night it was.

>>

“Cute name.” I muttered under my breath.

“Maddy, I can sense you blushing through the phone, stop.” My ears heated up.

"Shut up, sash." I cried and heard her laughing.

There is always something charming about a person, for Sasha, it was her laugh. The most contagiously attractive attribute of hers, she can simply swoon anyone off their feet with the way she talks. I remember talking to her for the first time, I couldn’t believe how her voice just melted so gently in my ears. She has the voice you can hear for days and would still crave for more. I shamelessly call her my ‘cotton candy’ as my dignity isn’t required for this maneuver. And apart from being my favourite person at work, she is also my support system. 

Sasha is my colleague and also a really close friend of mine. We've known each other for a long time (since I started working about three years ago) and she's the most amazing girl you can be friends with. A perfect combination of sexy and stylish, she is the social butterfly, adding to her splendid personality. She has always supported me in every way I could, possibly imagine. A major reason of me being so careless is her presence, because she handles almost everything, before even me worrying about it.

“Oh, by the way, how’s Lush, haven’t seen her in a long while.” She said and the thought of Lush's new boyfriend came in my head.

“Uhm, she isn’t-” I couldn’t complete my sentence with full confidence and Sasha understood.

“Wait, what happened to her?”

I had to let all these thoughts out. I couldn’t keep it in, I had to tell her everything. So, I poured out to her because I was really worried about Lush. The very idea of letting her, be in love with someone, who is destined to break her heart, doesn’t fit right with me in any respect. He was provoking my senses in every way possible while my mind couldn’t help but revolve around his existence.

I was angry, at her for being innocent, at myself for not being able to prove to her that it’s all wrong and most importantly, him. That asshole made me rageous and his beautiful face never seems to get out of my head. I still regret not being able to beat him to pulp.

Wait did you just call his face beautiful?

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME!

“But, Lush? Did she say anything?” Sasha asked.

“No, she isn’t even picking up my calls.” I sighed. “All she said was, that she wants to be alone.”

“I mean it’s understandable, but the situation needs to be figured, because we can’t let that bastard take over Lush’s mind.” My words, her mouth. Of course, she was sensible enough to understand.

“What are you planning?” She asked, again. A question I had no answer to.

“I…. I really don’t know Sash; I just want Lush to be fine.”

“Yeah, if only she could see what was going on.”

Her words suddenly struck my head. See. EXACTLY! She needs to see what was happening with her own eyes. And suddenly a plan evaded my brain. Perhaps that’s going to make the situation all fine. I should’ve stepped down from this situation, but I can’t ignore how that man still has a chance to break my best friend’s heart and I can’t let that happen.