Chapter 3 OLIVIA - I Have my Eyes on Him

8 years ago

I stepped into the office for the first time. My dad forced me to take over the company due to his health issues. I like New York more than London, to be honest. My career in New York was doing great but then as the only child, no one can take the responsibility out of me, I must go back to London and run the family business. 

I entered my office and my PA, Isla, greeted me. She is the same age as mine, she was my dad's PA earlier and I decided to continue to use her since she knew the company better after working with my dad for more than 5 years. I can learn from her slowly. 

“Good morning Ms McKenzie, here’s your today’s schedule,” She smiled at me 

“Call me Olivia, Isla. After all, we're the same age. I hope we can work together well,” I smiled back at her

“Noted Olivia. The first meeting will start in 10 minutes. Let me know when you’re ready.” She was about to leave my office

“I’ll read my schedule first and go. Give me 5 minutes, okay?” I turned to her and she nodded

Me and Isla went into the meeting room and there were only around 6 people inside. They’re the top managerial in the company. When I sat down, I noticed one man, similar to my age, I guess. Apparently he is the youngest among others. What can I tell you about him? He is hot, a breathtaking one. 

After the meeting, I found out that he is Damian Smith, the cyber security manager. I will have a personal meeting with him later after lunch and to be honest, I can’t wait to get to know him personally. After having a meeting with him, I can tell he is a good talent, my dad was lucky to find him. I saw he was so focused on the work, he kept things professional. I was hoping he might flirt or be interested with me, guess I am wrong. 

A Month has passed and there’s no progress between me and him, even though we have regular meetings, twice a week. He clearly shows no interest but the more he ignores me, the more I want him. Tonight, the company has a party and I decided to go all out. Let's see if he finally ‘sees’ me as a woman.

It was my 6th glass of wine and I don’t know if I hallucinated or not but I saw a couple times Damian glanced at me. ‘This is the right time!’ I whispered to myself and yes, it didn’t take long. I got a chance to be with him alone. We’re in one of the balconies of the ballroom, chatting. A waiter came to offer a drink. I don’t want to take it, because I know I will be drunk after another glass. My alcohol tolerance is quite low, to be honest. However, I took one glass because Damian took one. We had a light conversation and by the time I finished my glass, I felt dizzy. Damian seemed to notice it and he asked me if I wanted to go home. 

“Will you drive me home?” I asked 

“Yes, sure! Tell me your address,” He answered

I told him my penthouse’s address and as we entered his car, I secretly smiled. ‘God loves me. I won’t let go of this chance!’ I told myself. Damian is a good man, I admit. He helped me to get to my bed and he didn’t really try to do anything to me. As he laid me down, he was about to leave when I stopped him. I held his hand and he looked at me with a confused face. 

‘I can’t be like this! I want him!’ I thought

“Damian, wait! I want to ask you a question,” I said with a low tone

“Yes,” He said shortly

“Am I not attractive in your eyes?” I said bluntly 

“What? Why do you ask that?” Damian was surprised 

“You’re attractive. You have it all! perfect figure and intelligence.” He smiled at me

I smiled hearing it and I spontaneously pulled his hand and kissed him. What happened next led us to be together in the end for at least 2 years. As he wanted, we kept our relations a secret in the office. He told me he wanted to be professional and wanted to avoid gossip around. I agreed to that but I made Isla as an exception. I believe she will find out anyway, so why not tell her about it to make it easier, especially for me and Damian to meet in my office. Slowly, Isla is not only becoming my PA, but she becomes my friend who I talk to whenever I have things going on about him. 

I think we’re good, being with him for two years makes me love him more but it was weird when I, almost never, heard him say he loved me. However, even though it bothers me, yet seeing how he treated me well, I keep telling myself that maybe it is his way to love me instead of saying it in words. In 2 years, I fed myself that lie, until one day he told me he will move back to the States with his mom. I was devastated when I found he wanted to end our relationship and said long distance won’t work and he wanted to start over and ask me to do so. 

‘How come he says it lightly?’

‘After 2 years together and he just want to walk away, like there’s no feelings left’

Being together with him for two years, I knew that he rarely spoke, so when he told me he would leave and he didn’t explain further why we can’t be together anymore, I didn’t go after him, demanding for an explanation. I want to know but I was too broken at that moment. I drowned in sadness alone and what hurt me the most was he left me without second thought. 

‘Damian Smith…...I won’t forget that!’