Following in his father's footsteps, Evan Hollen became CEO of Hollen Tower. Handsome, successful and rich, he was a playboy and wasn't looking for love anytime soon. But despite his playboy habits, Jasmine Blackman, Evan's assistant, had a secret crush on him. Things didn't stay a secret for long especially when one of Evan's ex showed up.
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Jasmine's POV
"This can't be the proposition she was going on and on about for weeks with her annoying ass voice, which always makes my damn ears ring! Miss Rhino can't be serious! This has absolutely no benefits or profits behind it and, as matter of fact, if we invest, we would be at a loss! I'm not interested in this. Why the hell did I hire her?"
He looked at the documents in the folder on his desk I had brought in for him by his Chief Operating Officer, Miss Rhino.
"Get Ms. Rhino on the line and instruct her to find herself in my office immediately!"
"Yes sir," I answered sharply.
"And, Miss Blackman, reorganise my schedule for the upcoming week. Cancel that nonsensical meeting with Mr. Hoggers since I'm not interested in investing one billion dollars in his shitty business. Also, fax those documents to the sixth level and proofread these for me before one p.m. And can you send Julia a bouquet of white roses with a note attach to it that reads 'thank you' and get my father on the line," he ordered.
I nodded yes and took two stacks of paper from his hands and exited his office immediately.
I called Ms. Rhino and informed her that she was needed in Mr. Hollen's office.
"Sir, your father is on line one," I said once I had phoned his father.
"Mmmh," he answered back and took the other line.
I ordered the bouquet of white roses and had it delivered over to Julia's apartment then began faxing the documents to the sixth level as he said.
Afterwards, I began to proofread the other stack of papers he had given me. I would call Mr. Hoggers last because I knew he would request to speak to Mr. Hollen directly, and since he was on the phone with his father, and Miss. Rhino was on the way to see him, he wouldn't appreciate being distracted by Mr. Hoggers' call.
Evan Hollen was my boss and a very successful, rich and powerful one. I had been working for the company for a total of one year. Finishing college, it was a drag finding a decent job that paid well within my city but, lucky for me, I applied to Hollen Tower when I saw an ad in a newspaper for a personal assistant role.
Hollen Tower was established and operated by his father before him. The company was one of the most successful and well developed organizations around the world. A great cooperative, solid partnerships, and a body of well-educated and experienced and trained staff took the company to its highest peak, and Evan Hollen stood above it with his father's relinquished crown and well-deserved title. He would be damned if anyone tried to damage what his father started and worked so hard for. He had the temper of a shark, the personality of a dragon, and the untimely patience of a baby.
But let's not forget about his best features. His dark, silver grey eyes were everything. His sexy fit body always carved sharply in his expensive Armani suits. Okay, you got me. I had the biggest and most unstoppable crush on my boss and I couldn't help myself. Evan Hollen was too fine not to have a crush on.
It's okay to have a secret crush on a very attractive man, right? Even if he is your boss.
"Miss. Blackman! Can I be buzzed in please!"
A voice snapped me right out of my lustful thoughts.
Ms. Rhino was at my desk, pencils and folders in hands, and tapping her left foot impatiently on the tiled floor.
"Yes, one moment please," I responded, putting the images of my boss to the far back of my mind.
I called Mr. Hollen's line and informed him that she was here. After he told me to let her in, I hit the buzzer and she strolled into his office with her head held high. She always thought she was above everyone else working at Hollen Tower. I hated the best bone in that woman.
She was a tall, slim woman with pale cream skin. She was thirty years old but she liked younger men like Mr. Hollen. There was once a rumor circulating about the two of them but I found that very hard to believe. She still had the body of a model, but she was utterly not his type. The woman had a personality of a beast and she thought she was better than everyone in the company, except Mr. Hollen of course. She possessed a high position, she was the COO after all, but she still had to answer to Mr. Hollen.
I continued to proofread the documents in front of me, making the necessary changes and corrections. I enjoyed my job because it made life easier for Mr. Hollen. He had a personal assistant but he fired her on the spot when she developed feelings for him and began flirting with him in his office, and, since then, he hadn't hired another one. I was the one doing the duties a personal assistant ought to be doing, plus my secretarial duties, but I didn't mind or complain one bit in light of the fact that I was being paid double my monthly salary until he hired another personal assistant.
He should get a male assistant who doesn't have a thing for the handsome boss.
The ladies always lusted and drooled over him, always wanted his attention and time, always talked about him. He was indeed handsome, one of the most handsome man I'd ever laid my eyes on. His skin tone was perfectly tanned and I always wondered why.
Is his mom a black woman or does he have black people in his family?
He didn't talk about his parents much and he didn't like the beach and the outdoors much either, so how the naturally tanned skin?
Half an hour later, I was already finished. I was a quick, but assertive, employee. I had to be because the boss hated it when his employees were skylarking on the job or not meeting his deadlines.
My deadline was one p.m.
I looked up at the wall clock, it showed fifteen minutes to one.
Then Miss Rhino barged out of his office and stormed passed me with a frown and unpleasant look on her face.
I peeled myself off the chair and knocked on his office door afterwards.
"Come in Miss Blackman," he spoke.
His voice was August Alsina to my ears. I gave a smile and walked into his office.
"Here are the papers you asked me to proofread. I've made the necessary changes and corrections for you. Before I leave for lunch, I will get Mr. Hoggers on the phone because I strongly believe he will request speaking to you."
"Mmmh. I've been thinking about something," he began, leaning back in his big leather chair and staring at me with those beautiful, grey, luminous orbs.
I gulped my fear but his eyes were easy to read. One thing I had quickly learnt when I began working here was that his eyes were a tell.
I avoided trouble and getting mixed up with gossip and falling in with the wrong crowd. I couldn't afford to lose my job any time soon. It paid very well and my mom and my younger sister were depending on me. Mom had Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-- a lung failure condition. My younger sister was still in college and depended on me financially to put her through. It was just us living together in my apartment in the city.
Recently, my mother's condition had gotten worse, but, with the medication and treatment I was managing to pay for, she always pulled through and felt better again.
"How would you like to be my personal assistant and I'll hire someone to fill your place?"
I was dumbfounded for a moment. Me as his personal assistant? I would be honored.
PA's had a higher salary than the basic secretary and I couldn't do both jobs forever so, obviously, I was going to pick the one with the higher income behind it. It wasn't just about the money though. I had the knowledge, skills and experience to be his Personal Assistant, and that was what I had applied for at the very beginning but the position had already been filled. However, since my resume was so impressive, Mr. Hollen didn't want me to work any where else but Hollen Tower, so he hired me as his secretary.
I worked my tail off in high school and all throughout college. I hardly had time for boyfriends and dates and fun. My mom was diagnosed with COPD at the beginning of my freshman year of high school, but it wasn't that bad back then as it was now. She managed to work and she supported me in every way a child needed support from their parent. I never knew my dad, and mom never talked about him much. She would only mention him when I asked about him; but as I grew older, I saw the pain in her eyes every time, so I stopped when I understood what he had done. Bottom line, she was there for me, so now it was my turn to be there for her.
"Thank you Mr. Hollen, and I accept," I said as I beamed a bright smile.
He nodded and gestured for me to leave his presence. He was a man of very few words; he only spoke to me when he was commanding, and he hated repeating himself to people, even to his father and the women he dated.
Don't get me started on those women he usually dated. He was always spotted with famous celebrities or they were frequently throwing themselves at him like prostitutes. The last one he dated, he dumped because she was annoying and nagging and always popped up at his office without notice. He hated those things in a woman, and whenever he was done with them, he sent them white roses.
I don't get why he does it. Roses are nice flowers so wouldn't it just lead the women on even more?
I took my purse and changed into my flats and went to lunch. I always changed my heels when I left the office. I hated heels. They hurt my feet so much, but Hollen Tower had a dress code one must abide by or else be out on their ass and searching for another job without recommendation or references from the company.
As I walked out, Julia Starlet, a famous movie actress and the woman Mr. Hollen already dumped that morning, walked in.
Three weeks laterJasmine's POVEvan and I had been lying in bed when an idea crossed my mind. I had realized that there were so such to him that I didn't know about as yet and so many unanswered questions.I gently tugged on his shoulder and he turned towards me with a smiling face and messy hair."Can't sleep?" he asked."Can I ask you something?" I asked, ignoring his question."Sure, what is it?""Why do you give women white roses when you're through with them?"He chuckled and ran his hands over his face."When I was a little boy, I used to go to my great grandmother's house a lot before she passed. Right before she got sick, she started planting a garden of white roses, and I assisted her sometimes. Right before the very first blossom of the roses, she passed. She never got the chance to see her white garden, and I took it very hard. So, I use white roses to tell women goodbye, and that they're dead to me."I was shoc
It was April 10th. Three more days to his first birthday, and she was already planning a huge surprise for him.His tiny heart desired one thing and one thing only. His mother knew just what that was, and she was going to give it to him on his very first birthday.The following day, she had set out and prepared for her gift to him, and to herself as well. She had sent in her resignation letter to the the law firm, where she had worked for six months, and booked a flight to Brooklyn, New York.At six p.m., they had already landed and were making their way to their home.Although there were strict guards at the huge, familiar gate, they were let in without hesitation. After all, the little one with her was the heir to everything around them.She stepped out of the taxi with her son in her arms. She took a deep breath, inhaling and absorbing the fresh scents surroundings around her. She walked up to the main entrance's double doors and pushed t
Evan's POV"Son, we cannot seem to get an exact location on Jasmine. We tried tracking her cellphone, but we lost the connection," my father explained on the other end of the phone.I was already settled in my private jet, EJ next to me.Zenia! I thought and dialed her number."Hello?""Zen. It's Evan. I need Jasmine's exact address.""I can't provide you with such.""Zenia, please! I need to get to your sister as soon as possible!" I begged."I swore to secrecy. I'll be betraying Jasmine if I tell you."I knew, at this point, she wasn't going to give me the address unless I did something I never enjoyed doing. Bribery."Zen, if you do this for me, I'll give you the capital to start your own clothing line and boutique, and that's a promise."There was a long pause on her end, which was a good sign because I knew she was considering my proposal. Jasmine had told me that i
Evan's POV"I'm going upstairs to get Aria," I told my mother."I'll be waiting right here," Mom replied before sitting on the couch I had slept on for the night.I climbed the stairs while my head floated to another dimension. My memories were only of putting Jasmine and Jevan out the house. The way she cried and pleaded to me. The way she looked at me when she tore up the check. The way Jevan looked at me when he was out the door in his mother's arms. The way her last words hurt me: "Go to hell Evan Hollen."It was haunting and it was painful. My heart squeezed against my chest as if it wanted to break free. I couldn't handle all of the heaviness. I needed to fix this and fast."Aria, we have to leave right now," I said as I entered the bedroom.She was sitting at the dressing table applying her makeup and already dressed."What's going on?""Mom is downstairs. She did a DNA test and the results stated t
Jasmine's POVEmma and I sat down on the patio while Zenia was inside with Jevan."Jasmine, I need you to be very honest with me. I'm not here to judge you or yell at you and belittle you. I'm here for the truth. Can someone else be the father of baby Jevan?"I shook my head no."Could Bradley Pittsburg have drugged you and had sex with you without your permission and knowledge?""No, Emma!" I snapped at her but quickly regretted it. "It never got to a stage where anything like that could have happened. I know what I did at the gala was messed up, and I know why Evan had doubts in the beginning, but I never slept with Bradley, or anyone else for that matter. I was always conscious when I was with Bradley, and never once had he forced himself onto me. We never even kissed. It was just a friendly get together whenever we got together and nothing more."I was reaching a point where I couldn't stand this anymore. Ev
Jasmine's POV🎶Hush little baby, don't say a wordMamma gonna buy you a mockingbirdAnd if that mockingbird don't singMamma gonna buy you a diamond ringAnd if that diamond ring don't shineMamma gonna buy you a--"JASMINE!"I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard him yell out my name. I had just put Jevan down for his nap and I was singing sweetly to him. I kissed his little cheek and went to find Evan.A large brown envelope was thrown at me when I approached him in the living room."Who else you slept with, huh? YOU LYING, CHEATING BITCH!" he blasted out at me.I stood there, dumbstruck by his sudden behavior and tone of voice."What are you talking about?""You're going play dumb now? You're gonna stand your ass there and pretend you don't know what the hell I'm talking about?!""Evan! I don't know what the hell you're talking about!"
Evan's POVHe had my grey eyes, my hair texture and color, and my complexion when I was newly born. Mom took countless pictures of when Emily and I were babies, and Jevan resembled me. I had no doubt in my mind; he was absolutely my son.Jasmine had been discharged the following day after she had given birth. I took her and the baby back home. I knew I said that, when the baby came, Jasmine would have to find somewhere to stay, but Jevan was too young to be outdoors so soon, and the police detectives still hadn't found out who attacked her during the early stage of the pregnancy. All of that just made me unsettled to have Jevan out there.I had already bought everything a baby needs: from cribs and countless pieces of clothes, to newborn baby formula. She had everything she needed for Jevan, and she wasn't to worry about a thing.I watched him as he slept so peacefully in the crib. Mom, Dad, EJ, Emily, Susan and Zenia met us at the hospital
*Three Months Later*Jasmine's POVI was definitely round like a ball. My C cup became a DD cup and my butt got huge. The baby's birthday was approaching so I had been preparing for his arrival.Evan and I went to parenthood classes and exercise classes together. They taught us how to be excellent co parents so it doesn't have a negative impact on the child.Evan was engaged Aria and set a wedding date for after the birth of the baby. He said he wanted his son to be apart of the wedding.I'd learned to accept his engagement and decided to move on with my life once the baby arrived. Evan promised to get a place for us and put money into an account for me until I could get back on my feet and find myself another job. I was grateful for him, though I may not have had him to myself. He was a very wonderful man; he was amazing and had a heart, even after I broke it.It was my fault for him not wanting another
Evan's POV"Preg... pregnant?" I stuttered, taking the box of tissues on my desk and attempting to clean myself up."Yes.""How? We've been very careful. You told me you were on the pill, and I still used protection with you most of the time.""I know that Evan. But accidents do happen."Lord, give me strength."You're mad, aren't you?" She looked like she was about to tear up."No. I just wasn't expecting this. Have you taken a pregnancy test? Have you been to the doctor?""No and no. I've just been throwing up a lot this morning and not feeling like myself.""Okay. Lets go." I took my jacket off the back of the chair, took my car keys and guided her out the office.I decided to bring her to Dr. Matador. He was an excellent OBGYN and didn't leak any information to the press for a quick buck. My parents trusted him and so did I."Hello, Mr. Hollen. What can I do for you today?
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