Part Five.

For the first time in Beatrice's life, she thought everything happening around her came to a sudden pause and the world came to an end.

"Are you just going to stand there?" Ben's voice came out with a slight tinge of mock in it as Beatrice swallowed the heavy lump that was desperate in choking her.

If only the grounds would split and open up, she'd gladly throw herself in it to avoid this catastrophic moment she found herself in.

She wasn't expecting he would occupy this seat so soon, or let's say it totally slipped her mind that the company where she was working was bought entirely by her weird ex.

'Fuck! Mr. Fin should have at least emailed me that he would stop coming as at yesterday,' She thought in dismay as she brought her left hand forward to support the cup of hot coffee she was carrying.

She averted her gaze to the side of the inner office to notice Vanessa was staring at her with a big tab in her arm as her pale blue eyes eyed Beatrice from head to toe.

How cool? Now she would have to deal with a pair of two sociopaths.

'Seriously, was he planning on keeping two assistants or she would be saying bye-bye to her job,' She thought as she annoying dragged her gaze away from Vanessa and focused on the main devil, Ben.

'Be strong Beatrice! Don't show them your weakness, you can do this,' Her mind encouraged her as she summoned up all the courage she had and found herself walking to her old boss's table which was now Ben's who did nothing but glued his cold dominant stares on her every move.

She was Beatrice and the Beatrice she knew wasn't a weakling and she won't be weak, not right in front of her ex, even if he was her boss.

"Good morning sir," Beatrice said firmly but her voice sounded coarse as she decided to clear her throat with a light cough.

'Now great! Who would have thought I would be using, 'Sir' for this nincompoop sitting all bossy and arrogant on my old boss's seat,' She thought rolling off her inner eyes.

'But you don't have a choice do you?' Her mind asked.

'Certainly, I don't have a choice but play my cards well,' She responded to herself.

Ben didn't reply but his piercing looks didn't leave her either.

'He can't even reciprocate my greeting, such a dickhead!' she thought as she felt hot suddenly.

"I suppose you have a tangible reason for coming late to work, or should I say this is how you resume like you own this place," Ben said coldly with no emotions on his handsome face staring at her.

Beatrice felt blown in the face as she stared at Ben in the face but immediately diverted her gaze from him and stared at the coffee in her hands.

Gosh! He was too intimidating...

Her sleepy head caused all this which warranted Ben to have the audacity to bluster her.

"I-I--"

Beatrice sighed when she thought it was useless explaining to a jerk like him, that her precious alarm decided not to ring on an annoying day like this knowing it was him she was going to face instead of Mr. Fin.

"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again," Beatrice apologized bowing her head slightly.

Fuck! How she hated to use that sorry word for him, but she has to be professional to keep things cool.

"I suppose it has,"

" Ms. Parker," Ben called Vanessa diverting his attention towards her shortly as a devilish smirk curled up his sexy lips.

"Yes sir, " Vanessa answered stepping forward as she walked over to Ben, standing by his side.

"Make a query letter regarding Ms. Coleman's lateness, I'm sure this hasn't been her first time coming late to work," Ben said as Vanessa nodded with a slight bow and stepped a few feet away from him.

Beatrice's eyes widened as she glared at Ben, "What? A quer--"

"You ca-can't d--"

Ben snapped his face towards her in a fiery way making Beatrice swallow whatever word she was about to say in her throat.

"I'm sorry Sir," She said, annoyance and frustration evident in her voice as she bent her neck making her face look at the ground.

"Is this how you lose your cool?" Ben asked Beatrice cockily, he was really enjoying this moment.

"Ms. Parker make sure to add that in the query too," Ben said.

"Okay sir," Vanessa answered and Beatrice felt like pouring the hot coffee in her hands on Ben's face.

How dare he?

He just attained his position as a boss of this company today and all he has to do is query her immediately.

Beatrice closed her eyes and opened them immediately, she was feeling extremely hot and wished he could just send her out of his office.

She bit her lower lips and her grip on the coffee tightened almost crushing the pitiful cup.

"Ms. Parker as your new boss, you're to resume at 7:00 a.m sharp with my coffee and any slight mistake you do will be queried, am I understood?" He asked dominantly in that crazy deep voice of his that cringed her darling ears.

Beatrice made a dreadful laugh quietly.

'Someone has to tell me he is kidding!' She cried in her mind as her hands squashed the cup of coffee almost making it spill out.

'He's kidding, right?' She asked herself.

This was worse than any heartbreak she heard of. How was she going to deal with that crazy time with his coffee especially when she was a deep sleeper?

He was truly here to torture her, to get back at her and this wasn't funny, not a single bit was funny at this moment.

'I better resign and forget about this whole nonsense, who is he to think he could boss and inconvenience me,' She thought to herself in annoyance.

"Ms. Coleman, I believe you heard me?" Ben said impatiently as Beatrice snapped out of her thoughts.

"Ye-Yes sir," She stammered with a thin smile on her lips.

She's ending this very soon.

"Good!" Ben smirked devilishly like he was enjoying every moment of her agony.

Silence fell and Beatrice thought of a solution to escape from the trap she found herself in. 

She stared at the coffee in her hands for a moment and thought about what she was going to do with it. She needed to get out of this office, his sight right this instant.

"Here's your coffee, sir," She said irritatingly bending a bit over the table as she placed the cup of coffee on the table, She caught a glimpse of his jaw twitch as he stared at her when she bent over, maybe he saw her cleavages which were evident in the transparent sheer black shirt she was wearing. 

She took a step backward and bowed her head slightly like a loyal servant.

"He already had one," Vanessa said as Beatrice was about to turn around.

"That's good!" She said amusingly, walked over to the table, and was about to grab the coffee she made.

She didn't even want this damned jerk to have a taste of her coffee right now.

"Let's see how good it is," Ben stopped her as he grabbed the cup of coffee instead while Beatrice scoffed and straightened herself.

She watched how Ben brought the coffee to his lip and sipped it and he immediately dropped it on the table making some of the coffee spills on the table as he gave Beatrice a disgusted look.

Beatrice rolled her eyes as she arched a brow at him questioningly.

"Too cold and creamy, make another one for me," He ordered as Beatrice glared at him.

She heard Vanessa chuckle slightly as Beatrice gave her an annoyed look before taking the cup of coffee from the table.

"Okay Sir," She said dragging the 'Sir' word annoyingly, and marched out of the office with her heels making angry sounds when hitting the ground.

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