"Too bland!" Ben said dropping the cup of coffee cruelly on the table as some of the content of the coffee spilled on the table while Beatrice's eyes widened with hate and aggression.
Vanessa marched forward with a napkin in her hands cleaning the table as she smirked at Beatrice, then moved back to her spot, she seemed to be enjoying her agony just like Ben.
'This is humiliation!' She thought frankly as she boiled with anger and any god-damned thing this bastard says again she would lose her entire cool.
She doesn't want to know if he was her boss or not, he couldn't keep on frustrating her this way.
"Another one," He requested more like a command from her with no emotions on his face.
"What!?" Beatrice shrieked frustratedly as she glared at Ben.
This was the fifth time she was remaking his coffee and for crying out loud, her feet aches badly from walking to and fro in heels from his office to the second floor just to be making coffee for this son of a bitch.
"Did you just raise your voice at me?" He asked callously raising one of his well-shaped brows at her, his blue eyes staring icily at her.
"I didn't Be--,"
"Sir!" Beatrice said deciding not to call him his name while Vanessa was still there as she stared at the floor.
Ben's jaw twitched suddenly as he leaned back on his swiveled seat clasping his hands together.
"Ms. Parker," Ben called, a devilish smirk appearing on his lips as Vanessa stepped forward with a slight smile on her lips knowing what he was about to say as Beatrice looked up staring at him curiously.
'Was he?'
"Make sure to add that in her query," He said.
"Yes Si--"
"Stop!" Beatrice said suddenly, she wouldn't let him finish her like this. Ben's lips curled up in a smirk as he gazed at Beatrice.
"I'll make another coffee," Beatrice fumed with agitation as she walked closer to the table and grabbed the cup of coffee on the table.
Ben signaled Vanessa to go as she bowed slightly and stepped back.
"Good!" He said cockily with a mischievous and mocking smirk on his face.
"How do you want your coffee?" Beatrice asked trying her very possible best not to raise her tune because all she wanted to do was to scream her frustration at him.
Ben raised a brow at her...
"Sir," She added if that was what the idiot was looking for.
"Make another coffee perfectly and I'll tell you to stop when it matches my taste," He said bluntly and Beatrice felt like telling him to Fuck off.
'This was so unlike him, this wasn't the loving ex she remembered in high school days, he was so cold and much more of a devil," She thought.
She nodded and walked out of the office furiously almost breaking the glass door when she closed the door with a heavy bang.
She walked a few feet away from the office, and muttered to herself, "I hate you more than ever, Benjamin Clarke," She cussed bitterly as she got to the elevator and pressed the button for it to open.
The elevator door opened and she walked in wearily as she hit the button to the second floor while the elevator door closed immediately.
Her stomach grumbled, she hasn't eaten anything since morning and she felt so tired all of a sudden.
This was typically the worst and most frustrating moment of her life.
"Oh, God!" She muttered when her dear stomach grumbled again and having coffee on an empty stomach will surely make her feel so weak.
"I hate you. Ben!" She screamed all of a sudden as she laughed at her plight.
"I can see you're here to torment me," She cracked and the elevator door opened as she marched out trying to endure the aches her feet were giving her.
She walked straight into her office. Placing the cup of coffee on her table and searched for her purse which she saw on the floor.
She bent and picked it up and opened it as she brought out her phone and unlocked it as she walked out of her office to the coffee Brewer machine.
'Different varieties of Coffee drinks,' She typed on the search box of her G****e application.
Honestly, she was fed upon what kind of coffee to make again.
She had made black coffee, coffee with honey with 1 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa, and espresso and the Jerk rejected every single one of them with distaste.
She kept on scrolling through her phone when her eyes caught hold of 'Iced coffee' and her mind told her she had been making hot ones since.
'If he hates the hotness of the coffee then I will go for cold and this will be the last I'll be making for him,' She thought annoyingly.
Her eyes scanned the preparation of making an iced coffee on her Samsung Z fold as she walked to the coffee Brewer.
Beatrice kept her smartphone carefully on the wooden counter after studying how to make an iced coffee and went over to the fridge where soft drinks were kept with a tall glass cup and filled the ice cubes to the rim of the glass then shifted to the coffee Brewer and brewed the coffee in a warm temperature and poured it into the glass cup filled with ice cubes.
"Fuck him," She seethed while pouring cold water into another cup containing powdered milk.
"Fuck who?" Someone pryed behind her as Beatrice got startled and turned around to see Mia with a naughty smirk on her lips as she gaped at her before letting a sigh of relief.
"No one," Beatrice muttered.
"You need to stop scaring the crap out of people," Beatrice said rolling her eyes and turning back to what she was doing.
"Well, I would say you," Mia shrugged leaning her elbows on the counter as she eyed how Beatrice poured the cold milk into the coffee and then added two more cubes of sugar into it before stirring everything together to give her a light brown color.
"What are you doing here by the way?" Beatrice asked sharply staring at Mia.
"To get coffee, I suppose," She smiled.
"Okay!" Beatrice sighed.
"So, how is it going with that hot boss of ours?" Mia asked with a smirk while raising a brow at her as Beatrice's stomach churned bitterly as she tightened her hand around the cold glass cup.
"He's annoying!" Beatrice flared.
"He's basically the craziest person I've ever crossed paths with," Beatrice fumed as Mia let out a hearty chuckle.
"Do you think this is funny?" Beatrice snapped at Mia with a burning gaze she wished could burn through her.
If only she knew how frustrated she was at the moment.
It wasn't anywhere near being funny.
"Woah! Take a cool girl, you need to see how red you are with anger," Mia chuckled again moving away from Beatrice slightly.
"He made me remake his coffee and this will be the sixth and he keeps giving me queries like I won a lottery, what kind of crazy boss does that?" Beatrice was vexed as she fisted her left hand on the table with a bang.
"I didn't think he was going to be that bad," Mia said truthfully staring at Beatrice.
"Well, he is and he's surely going to regret treating me this way," Beatrice snapped angrily as she unbuttoned her houndstooth suit.
'You caused him pains too,' Her mind retorted.
'That was emotional not physically,' Beatrice responded unremorsefully.
'Then, he's giving you both now,' Her mind said.
"Are you done? It looks good," Mia's voice brought her out of her thoughts.
"Yeah!" Beatrice answered pouring a little of the iced coffee she made for Ben into an empty cup and pushing it over to Mia who grabbed it and brought it to her lips while Beatrice looked at her expectantly.
"Wow! This is so good!" She said placing the cup back on the table wishing she could get more.
"If he rejects this, then, I honestly don't know what to say again," Mia said eyeing the filled cup of iced coffee that Beatrice was holding.
"Good!" Beatrice smirked and picked her phone along too as she marched to Ben's office in her grumpy state.
Beatrice knocked once and turned the doorknob opened the door and was about to get into Ben's office as she met Vanessa on her way to approach the door.
A mock smirk appeared on Vanessa's lips as she walked out of the office.
That was great, which meant she would be left with that idiot alone for a while.
Beatrice closed the door gently behind her and turned the knob for a reason she didn't know why.
If at all, she would beat the crap out of Ben, there would be no one to save his ass.
She gazed forward to see Ben on his feet and his back facing her as he stared at the views outside.
She breathed a couple of air into her lungs and started walking making sure the click of her heels was the only sound made but still Ben didn't bother to turn to check who it was.
His right hand was shoved into his dark blue pantsuit, his shoulder was broad and from the way his suit fitted to his skin, you'd know he was muscular.
He just stood there like some sort of Greek god looking so tall and bossy.
"Here's your coffee," Beatrice notified without bothering to add 'Sir' at the end of her statement as she placed the iced coffee on the table. Her right palm was so white and cold.
'I pray he doesn't like it, so this would be my opportunity to scream at him,' Beatrice thought as Ben turned around with a taunting smirk plastered on his lips as he walked forward his right hand still shoved in his pocket.
He got closer to the table while Beatrice gave him death daggers.
He stared at the cup and gave Beatrice an arched brow, questioningly.
"Cold?" He asked deeply while Beatrice rolled her eyes at him.
"Remake it!" Ben ordered and turned his back without even bothering to touch it.
"No, I won't! If you're not having this coffee then fuck yourself off," Beatrice shouted at him as he stopped in his tracks.
"What did you just say?" Ben said icily turning to her as he approached her.
'Now, he looked so dangerous,' Beatrice thought but didn't move from where she was standing.
"You heard me right Ben," Beatrice said with a smirk on her lips as he stood in front of her inches apart.
'Oh Gosh! He's so freaking tall!!,' She thought as he overshadowed her.
"You sure have some gut to say that," Ben said.
"What do you want from me, Ben?" Beatrice seethed beginning to get angry as she thought about how he had been frustrating her since morning.
"You already know," Ben smirked at her.
"Then you're pathetic if you think frustrating me is the way out for you," Beatrice flared at him.
"What the fuck did you just say?" Ben growled as he grabbed her elbow and yanked her towards him as she crashed her face on his bulky chest.
"Let go of me!" Beatrice struggled at his chest as he held her firmly while she felt her heart hammered fastly against her chest while Ben pushed her to his table.
Beatrice gasped as her both hands rested on his table she breathed frighteningly but she needed to be strong she won't give weakness to that domineering side of him.
Ben covered the distance between them placing both of his hands beside hers on the table as he trapped her with him.
Beatrice could feel the heat radiating between the both of them as his eyes burned with fire and rage.
"Let go of me, Ben!" Beatrice begged now in a more shaky state while her voice became vulnerable with her body being pressed against his torso, she became weak immediately.
"You want to know what being pathetic is, huh?" Ben asked as he stared deeply at her, his blue eyes a bit shade darker as they dilated.
Beatrice gulped down the lump in her throat as Ben slammed his lips against hers.
Beatrice tried to struggle against him but she was fucking trapped that she couldn't move, she felt Ben's hand squeeze her breast through her clothes as she gasped giving him entrance for him to slide his tongue into hers.
A deep chuckle escapes his lips as he savored every bit of Beatrice's mouth not giving her time to move her lips against his... He kissed her so hungrily while his left wrapped on the small of Beatrice's back as he carried her up making her sit on his table.
Beatrice on the other hand couldn't process what to do at the moment, her mind went all fuzzy, she couldn't think straight as she found herself wrapping her hands around Ben's neck and moving her lips against his too.
Fuck! He taste so good, she could still taste the flavor of the coffee he had minutes ago.
A little moan escaped her lips when Ben squeezed her breast through her clothes again.
She was aroused and never felt so turned on before like this.
Ben widened her lap with his other free hand and then made Beatrice wrap her legs around his torso.
Oh! How much does she miss him?
She could feel her inner thigh throbbing with need as she felt extremely wet, then she got carried away releasing one of her hands from Ben's neck and arched her back as she swung her hand back and mistakenly hit the glass cup of coffee as a loud shattering and clattering echoed through the entire office making Beatrice withdraw her lips from Ben as she gasped with shock.
"This just makes how pathetic you are," Ben said deeply with a satisfying smirk as he gazed intently into her eyes while Beatrice tried so hard to catch her breath as she felt blown in the face.
"Sir, are you okay?" Vanessa's voice rang
alarmingly as several knocks accompanied on the door while Beatrice shot a sharp gaze to the door terrifyingly.
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It was another crazy day for Beatrice as she knocked on the door then turned the knob and walked in with a cup of coffee and a resignation letter in her hands.She was leaving this damn job immediately. Her eyes glanced at Vanessa who was busy scribbling something on a notepad.'The devil's schedule for today,' Beatrice's thought with a scoff.She didn't even know her job any longer except to be making stupid coffees for this insane being sitting proudly on his chair as he stared at the computer screen positioned by the side of the desk.No one noticed her or maybe they decided not to since they knew she would be bringing coffee by 7 in the morning."Here's your coffee," Beatrice notified dropping the cup of coffee on the table as Ben shifted his gaze from the screen of the computer to hers.Beatrice felt a chill run down her spine but she decided to terminat
"Hello, mum!" Beatrice said exhaustingly as she slumped on her black leather seat and stared at the big smart TV in front of her.She just returned from the gym room."Beatrice! My one and only child... My sweetheart," Beatrice's mum chirped as Beatrice rolled her eyes. She doesn't need to be reminded of being the only child of her parents.It's been a long time she had a conversation with her parents always claiming she was busy here and there, but right now, she needs their help, especially her Dad's."I need to speak with Dad," Beatrice deadpanned as she got straight to the point of calling her mum.She just resigned from her work and so be it but right now she needed to speak with her father to lend her some amount of money to start her fashion firm, which had been her dream ever since she was in university."Uhm!" Her mum said lowly, her happy tune getti
It was Friday and Beatrice stood in front of Ben's office door contemplating whether to knock or not.'I can still turn back if I want,' She thought frankly almost crying at her misfortune.Aish! She was so stupid for dropping that resignation letter in the first place, she should have heard the bomb news her mum dropped first or got herself another job before acting as a fierce nursing cat.Now, she would look so doltish and vulnerable in front of that devil's eyes while he gives her a satisfied mocking smirk.She could just imagine how the smugness on his face will escalate when he lays his eyes on her.Checking out her designer black skirt that reached above her knees a bit and the black Zara heels she was wearing, she let out an exasperated sigh.'I guess I have to squash and let my pride down, I need money, especially this period dad's not fine, and what
"Oh yeah! You feel this place?" Mia asked loudly as she rocked her body to the blaring music played in the exotic club amongst some dudes on the dance floor."Yes, I do!" Beatrice screamed at the top of her voice for Mia to hear as she swayed her hips to the rhythm of the music.It was Saturday night and Mia had forced her to come to the party Beatrice gave it some thought maybe it would relieve her of the emotional stress she was going through.Having some fun shouldn't be that bad, she thought.They didn't go to the regular club they use to go to when Mia suggested a new club she found in town and they decided to try it out.Beatrice was putting on a blue body con dress which was sleeveless showing off her perfect curves, the length of the dress was short but okay enough to cover her butt and reached her middle thighs with matching blue killer heels.Her lo
BEN'S POV."Fuck you! I learned karate, don't fucking come near me," Ben heard Beatrice drop venomously in the restroom as he tried to keep track of the guy following behind her when he felt something off about him.He wasn't expecting to see her so damn sexy in the club, so he kept on watching her discreetly and when she glanced back and took notice of him as she gazed at him, he felt the uneasiness in her face and he hated that although he had sworn to take his revenge on her for what she did to him sometimes he doesn't want her all that terrified of him.Without thinking twice, Ben barged into the restroom and gave the crazy guy a jaw-ripping blow as he fell flat on his face on the floor."Don't you fucking touch her, ever!" Ben seethed angrily at the guy and quickly glance up to see if Beatrice was okay but he was amused to see her in a position ready to fight.'So, she wasn'
BEATRICE'S POV.She woke up the next morning with a slight ache around her neck, it felt cramped as she tried to turn and noticed her legs were tangled in the blanket and her cheeks were placed on a hard surface, then suddenly her mind traced back to the event of yesterday as she sprang up noticing she was laying beside Ben and they both slept off on the cushion seat instead of the bed.'Oh, God! Did we have sex?''No! We didn't... I won't succumb that easily,' She tried to remember while she eagerly tried to get away from Ben. She fell on her butt on the ground and clamped her hands around her mouth to stop herself from making a groan as she glanced at Ben who turned in his sleep facing her.She closed her eyes trying to remember what transpired between... Then a memory of Ben grabbing her wrist and pulling her towards him came into her memory and also the part she was kissing him back desperately.
Beatrice was walking solemnly to her office drowned in thoughts on how she was going to face Ben, when she sighted Vanessa standing by her doorway while the securities carried out her desk as she fastened her pace, her heart beating wildly wondering what was going on.'What's going on?' She thought dreadfully.“What's happening here and why are the security men taking out my desk?” Beatrice inquired from Vanessa who rolled her eyes and adjusted her glasses now staring at her with a smug look.Beatrice gazes at the men taking her desk away as she moved to ask one of them what was going on.“To the boss's office,” Vanessa retorted annoying stopping Beatrice in her tracks as Beatrice's face fell, and her knuckles turned white as she slowly turned around swallowing the lump in her throat as she faced Vanessa.'Why the hell does Ben have to take my desk to his office?' Beatrice pondered as her heartbeat faintly, and she felt sweaty all of a sudden.“Why is that?” Beatrice asked her anxious
“Where are your manners?” Ben fired at Vanessa while Beatrice scurried to her desk, so, nervous to gaze at Vanessa one more time.She just caught her and Ben making out and would think otherwise.Who wouldn't anyway?“I did, sir, I guess I didn't knock loud enough for it to be heard, I'm sorry,” Vanessa apologized, Beatrice shifted her gaze to Ben who stared sternly at Vanessa.“Why are you here, then?” Ben asked her nonchalantly, adjusting his tie as he sat on his seat and stared at her.“I'm here to inform you about your scheduled meetings for today, Sir,” Vanessa responded while Beatrice snickered lowly arranging her files on her desk.“From now on, Miss. Coleman. Will handle that!” Ben announced as Beatrice shot her gaze to Ben surprised while Vanessa stared at her boss in shock, her lips parted slightly as she glanced towards Beatrice who caught hold of her gaze which was filled with threats.Vanessa turned her attention back to Ben, putting on a forced smile.“But sir, I've been
"What would you like?" Chloe asked as she went through the menu and he shrugged."Nothing, I already drank my coffee today.""You should still eat something since I invited you here, cake?"He shrugged again, and the waiter took their order for a red velvet cake with a cup of latte."So how are you doing?"He raised an eyebrow, "you brought me out here to ask that?""I just want to know how you're doing. It wouldn't hurt to know.""As you may have already seen, I'm fine."She scoffed, "still as cocky as ever. Anyway, can you guess what is happening next week on Friday?""What?"She was pretty excited about whatever it was, and he thought about it, "Your birthday?"She nodded and smiled, "I didn't think you'd remember.""I didn't remember, I only guessed. Well, good for you.""Thank you. You're going to come to the party, right?"He shrugged again, "I'm a busy man, Chloe.""But not too busy to attend your betrothed's birthday surely...""I've told you not to mention that, Chloe.""But
The party was over and Beatrice could finally breathe. It had been crazy meeting Santiago like that, but she guessed she would have had to meet him sometime later.“See you tomorrow,” she said when they got to her apartment building and she got off. He didn't bother to tell her bye or act all cocky like he usually did, and that hurt her for some reason.He was probably still angry at the presence of Mr. Santiago, but there was nothing she could do about that. She turned around to go in, and she pressed her door code when she got to her apartment.“Ah, you scared me!!” She uttered the moment she saw Mia in her house and Mia stared back at her startled too.“Did you then have to shout like that?”“Why not? An intruder came into my house.”“What is all this, by the way?” She pointed to the bags, and Beatrice tried to avoid the conversation.“Did you cook anything?”“Hmm, hmm, no, no, no, you aren't escaping this,” she was in her pajamas, which told Beatrice she was going to be staying ov
The hotel front was filled with paparazzi, and it was no surprise considering how huge and popular the family was. They had the largest number of properties in New York and had their hands in almost every industry there was.“Ben you came,” his mum said enthusiastically when they entered, and she hugged him almost immediately. His dad wasn't so smiley, though, and he just nodded to Ben.“Uhm… You brought your secretary?”“Yes, I thought it'd be fun.”“Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Clarke, congratulations on your wedding anniversary,” they all turned around as a petite but beautiful lady walked up to their table, and she had on the sexiest dress that Beatrice had ever seen. It made her inferior in some way.“Chloe, you came…" Ben's mum purred at the sight of her.“Of course, I wouldn't miss your anniversary for anything.”“Ben, you remember Chloe, right?”He turned to the lady, smiling half-heartedly, and Beatrice could tell that he wasn't having this whole gathering.“Of course, hello, Chloe.”“It
“What are you doing here?” Beatrice asked, clearly angry that he was there, but Ben was just glad that she had opened the door.“Making sure that you're getting ready,” he answered indifferently.“I'm not going if you didn't get that from our latest conversation.”He walked past her into her apartment, gently brushing her shoulder, and stared at all the bags he had sent her way.“What the fuck, Ben? You know what? It's even great because you can take all of your property from my apartment.”“They're all yours, if you didn't get that from our latest conversation too.” Ben turned to face her, a slight smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.She couldn't believe that he was still being cocky after making her go through that hell.“Just get out then, I'll make sure to send them to the trash if you don't want them.” Beatrice fumed.“Beatrice!” He stopped her in her tracks when she tried to walk past him to her room or something.“What is it now?”She was backed up against the wall with hi
Ben walked into his house that evening, loosening up his tie, which was suffocating at that point, and he collapsed onto the bed in his room. He had let Beatrice go cause well, he had started to get swayed by her seduction, and he had seen her face change by his suggestion. He wondered what she was going to choose; date him or be his maid?It was even crazy because he hadn't thought of the options before meeting her, maybe the latter, but it had come out spontaneously while talking to her. He sighed and stood up to pick up his phone when it rang,“Hello,”“Ben dearest, how are you doing?” It was his mom.“Good and you, mum?”“Splendid. I hope you haven't forgotten about our anniversary party coming up tomorrow?”Wait, what? That was true. Fuck, how did he forget?“You didn't forget, did you?”“What? Uhm, no, of course not, I was even thinking of what to get you guys.”“Oh, you don't have to get us anything, just bring yourself and prepare to party all night.”He smiled without realizi
“Your maid?” Beatrice asked in disbelief as Ben gave her a cocky look.“I want to believe this is a joke,” Beatrice laughed while rolling her eyes and placed her both hands on her waist, she snapped her gaze back to Ben and realized he was being serious with that look he was giving her.Ben has got to be kidding her, what does he mean by her being his maid?“You heard me right,” Ben cleared his throat and leaned back in his chair, a devious smirk playing on his lips.“I don't understand what you said just now!” Beatrice fired at him as she widened her eyes at him.“Your maid?”“Maid as in what?” Beatrice questioned him furiously, maybe if he explained what he fucking meant by being his maid, she will understand.Ben gave her an amused look and laughed, he stood up from his seat and straightened his suit while Beatrice glared at him. She watched him murderously as he approached her.Ben quirked a brow at her and stopped a few feet away from her and shoved his hands into the pocket of hi
“Are you okay?” Ben asked worriedly as he rushed over to Beatrice, who was trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to trickle down her face.'Why does he have to do it?'' Why did he have to come to my aid when I didn't need it? He would be the last person I would ask help from?' Beatrice fumed, she was angry and sad at the same time.Angry that Ben went behind her back to do something he wasn't supposed to do, and sad that she didn't deserve such a gesture from him because of the way she had treated him.How did he know about this? Is he stalking her, or does he have a monitoring device on her?What is the exact reason he did such a thing to her?Ben straightened to his feet, taking Beatrice's phone which she dropped on the floor, and staring at her, he had expected that reaction from her, and he knew he had hurt her pride paying that money because he knows Beatrice too well.But, he had to do it if he wants his plans to work.“Your phone,” Ben said, stretching his hand
Beatrice got to the office very early in the morning, she has some work to do before she asks Ben for permission to meet a new realtor, Lady Zara told her about.“It's 7:30,” She muttered as she glanced at her wristwatch and then stared at Ben's empty seat, she has been in the office for some minutes to seven in the morning.'Is he not coming to work?' Beatrice thought when Ben hadn't come into the office, she sighed and stood up, telling herself not to bother since it wasn't too late for him to come to work, after all, he's the boss, and she is the one who came very early to work.'Let me make his coffee before he comes,' She told herself and stood up from her seat, she arranged the files on her table neatly and proceeded to walk out of the office.The elevator tinged as soon as she got to the second floor and the elevator door opened, Beatrice inhaled sharply, flapping her long hair to the back, and began walking towards the coffee machine, her hips swayed and rocked slightly in the
Beatrice threw her hair into a messy bun as she walked into the kitchen, she sighed staring at how lovely the kitchen was, and right now, what she was thinking about is how to make her next move.With her current job as a secretary, she can't keep up with that amount of money to pay for house rent, and again her pride won't let her ask anyone for money to help except her parents, and she wants to avoid bothering them too.She plodded tiredly to the fridge in the kitchen and wanted to have a soda drink and got disappointed with herself when she opened the door of the fridge and couldn't find any drinks inside the fridge, just bottled water.'I need to make time and go to the grocery store,' She frowned inwardly, she had been telling herself that for like two weeks now without taking a step to the grocery store and now all her foodstuffs had completely gone dry.'I guess I will go for water instead,' She thought and grabbed a bottle of water, she opened the lid and gulped down the cold