“You are terrible,” Beatrice laughed, walking into her apartment, while Mia followed behind her with a packed paper bag in her hands.“Yeah, I know, get moving,” Mia smirked, Beatrice moved out of Mia's way as she walked further into her apartment.Cody, came out of the kitchen, wagging its tail as it ran over to Beatrice, who squatted immediately and spread her arms out to him.“Hey, big boy,” Beatrice smiled, carrying her pet dog in her left arm while her right arm was holding the files she brought from the office.Beatrice walked into her living room and placed the files neatly on the table and settled down on the seat, while she ran her fingers through Cody's fur.Mia was busied unpacking the drinks and the mini bucket of chicken in a paper bag as she kept them on the table.“Yeah, so how are we starting?” She asked, staring at Beatrice, wriggling her brow at her.“Can't you take a break?” Beatrice fired at her and placed Cody on the seat beside her.“Must you know what happened?”
“Good morning, Lady Zara!” Beatrice exclaimed, panting hard when she got to the receptionist's table.“Take it easy, dear,” Lady Zara tried to calm her down while she typed on the keyboard and stared at the computer screen.“I'm late,” Beatrice breathed out, still trying to catch her breath.It was all that silly Mia's fault. They had talked and talked, when Mia left her apartment late at night she decided to have more drinks, and she got drunk, waking up late.“Have a nice day,” Beatrice wished Lady Zara and began running towards the elevator, she was late even though Ben was her boss and she could mask her way out from being queried, she doesn't want any of his favors.Beatrice pressed the button of the elevator repeatedly, wondering what was taking the elevator door to open immediately.Finally, the elevator door opened, and she rushed inside almost making the files in her arms fall to the ground, she quickly turned around and pressed the button to the first floor.The elevator doo
Beatrice entered the office, with the two cups of coffee in her hands. She didn't know how Santiago would like his coffee, so, she just made it the same way Ben likes his coffee.She walked closer to them, seeing the two men in a deep conversation, Beatrice coughed slightly to get their attention.“Your coffee, Sirs,” Beatrice notified, giving Ben his coffee and then Santiago his coffee too.Ben grabbed the handle of the cup and brought the cup close to his mouth and sipped the coffee while he openly stared at Santiago.Santiago brought the cup to his lips and drank out of the coffee. “Hmm! This tastes nice, Ms. Coleman,” Santiago remarked, while Beatrice smiled and bowed her head slightly in response.“If you don't mind, I'll teach you how to make a wonderful type of coffee, you'll love it,” Santiago said.“That's ni--”“There won't be such, Mr. Santiago,” Ben fired, dropping his cup of coffee on the desk cruelly, almost spilling the coffee content on the desk as he glared at Santiag
“Mum?” Ben muttered, staring at his mum, who was beaming happily at him.'What the hell is she doing here?' Ben thought, staring at his mum like he had seen a ghost.“My darling, so good to see you, won't you hug mama?” His mum cooed, spreading her arms widely to him, all the jewelry adorned her body made clanging sounds.Ben put on a tight smile and walked over to his mum before he got crushed in the tight embrace he found himself… Almost choking.Beatrice stood rooted to her spot, “Mrs. Clarke is here?' She thought, without thinking, turning around.Everyone knew Mrs. Clarke was a god-damned drama queen… Beatrice remembered when Ben had taken her to his home when they were dating back then in high school, and she was all worked up about her. It's not that Mrs. Clarke was a bad person, she wasn't, but she had this type of manipulative mindset.Beatrice was finding it difficult whether to turn around and greet Ben's mum or just stay rooted to the way she was backing her, afraid she mig
After collecting the important files from each department, Beatrice opened the door to the office, fatigue creasing her face, then her gaze fell on Ben who placed his head on the table.'Is he sleeping?' Her thoughts outstripped her while she traipsed her way to her desk.Beatrice dropped the files on the table, then turned her face back to Ben, and she found herself moving closer to him.Her eyes glistened at him when she was close to his seat. Ben was taking a quick nap, resting his head on one of his arms he straightened on the table.His gray suit was hanging around his swiveled seat, leaving him in the blue shirt he wore.Beatrice's smile was linked with a sigh as she stared, then she leaned closer to him and studied his face. 'He's so handsome,' Beatrice thought to herself, chewing on her lower lips, her gaze traveled to his thin and narrow eyebrows which were curved like that of a crescent of the moon, then her eyes trailed from his alluring eyelids to his thick black lashes,
“Aah!” Beatrice yawned for the sixth time, and tap her left palm continuously over her mouth. She blinked her eyes severally just to drive away sleep.She leaned closer to her table, sorting out the important files that Ben will sign first thing in the morning.Her eyes darted to her wristwatch on her left hand and saw that it was past six, almost close to seven in a few minutes.“Goodness, I need an energy drink,” Beatrice muttered to herself, her eyelids felt so heavy, but she still stubbornly widens her eyes and stared at the black text on the white paper, closing the dark blue file she just checked through before she placed it among the less significant files, then she grabbed the black file which was the next.Beatrice yawned again, making it the seventh time, and she turned her head over to Ben's side to check if he was still there, but he wasn't.'Maybe he left already,' Beatrice thought wearily, staring at Ben's empty seat.'But how come did he leave, and I didn't notice?' She
Ben parked his car in front of an exquisite skyscraper where Beatrice rented her penthouse apartment.“This is where you live?” Ben asked, quite impressed, staring at the building through his window while Beatrice unbuckled her seatbelt.“Yeah,” She breathed out and grabbed her handbag and Ben turned his face to her side staring at her, his eyes gleaming with admiration for her.She unlocked the door and was about to get out of his car, but she stopped suddenly and turned her face to Ben, who was still staring at her, a hearty smile curling its way up her lips, their eyes met and Beatrice inhaled sharply.“Thank you,” She muttered and Ben nodded at her, a warm smile plastered on his lips, then they stared at each other for a while, the both of them drowning in their alluring gazes.Ben's eyes flickered down to her lips, and he found himself leaning closer to Beatrice, who held her breath and watched as he got closer to her.Ben darted his eyes back to Beatrice's eyes, seeking permissi
After the meeting ended with the Domino limited company, Beatrice began walking towards the elevator when her smartphone rang on the files she was holding in her arms.She stared at the caller ID and realized it was the housing agent who linked her in renting her current penthouse apartment.'Why is he calling?' Beatrice thought, stopping in her tracks, then she grabbed her phone.'Maybe he wants to tell me that my rents are due,' She thought to herself as her hair fell over her shoulder and she flipped them back immediately before she clicked on the accepting icon.“Hello, Mr. Shawn,” She greeted and at the same time tried to hold the files in her right arm properly, so they won't fall to the floor while waiting for the response from the other side of the call.“Hello, Ms. Coleman,” He responded after a few seconds, in a deep baritone voice that vibrated through Beatrice's left ear.“I guess you know the reason I'm calling you, ma'am,” He said audibly.“I know,” “My rents are due, a
"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