Loving The Man I Wanted To Hate

Becky's POV“She is joking right!” Jennifer said when I told her all that had happened the previous evening.I shook my head. “She is dead serious. I tried talking to her this morning, but her mind was made up.”“But why is she doing this? You are her daughter too.”“Maybe she is grieving.”“So are you. You are grieving just as much as Wendy.”“But I am an adult. Wendy isn’t.”Jenny snorted. “Grief is grief, no matter the age. He was your dad too. Why is she making your life so hard? What are you going to do now?”“Get a job, get my own place.”“In eighteen days?”“Seventeen!” I said, depressed.“Don’t you have relatives who could take you in?”“No. My Dad was an only child. My mom has only her sister, that is where she will be going, and I’m not welcome.”“I wish it was okay to live with me in the dorm,” she said.“I will be okay. Like my mom said, I am an adult now.”“Where would you find a job to pay you enough to get a place of your own in a few days?”I thought. “I can wait tables

Phillip’s POV I felt bad about getting her fired, I had truly behaved like an ass and her response had been justified. After she had left, the supervisor bent over backwards to make sure I wasn’t mad at her behavior.“Please forgive this insult, Mr. Dale,” he said, a little panicked. He was worried I would report to the manager and he would lose his job. “I promise it won’t ever happen again. I don’t know how she was hired, but please rest assured I will make sure you never encounter such ill-mannered staff here ever again.”“You should not have fired her like that. I already told you it was nothing, it was just a slight misunderstanding,” I insisted.“But she insulted you, sir, that is completely unacceptable.”“And I have overlooked it. Please give her another chance.”He stared at me as if wondering if I were drunk.“I am happy you can overlook the incident, sir, but she cannot work here again. She went against our policy. It would set a bad precedent if she was allowed back, sir

Becky's POV I couldn’t believe my prospective employer was Phillip Dale, the Adonis who had gotten me fired. Seeing him, I thought I would be angry, but all I was imagining was his lips on mine.And his apology surprised and pleased me.Maybe he wasn’t such an ass after all. I thought. I was contemplating forgiving him till he said,“You should have controlled your temper though, when dealing with customers you have to be polite no matter the provocation.”I was wrong. You are still an ass.Then he talked about my not having a college degree as if it were a crime.But despite my dislike of him, I couldn’t help the way my heart beat by merely looking at him. He was handsome and I was already falling for him. "Behave yourself Rebecca, he doesn’t notice you," I told myself.Throughout the interview he treated me as if he were doing me a favor talking to him, like I was too socially inferior to him and it annoyed me.But I needed the job, and luckily I had been able to persuade him to g

Becky's POVI was up by 6 a.m and sat beside my window watching the sun rise.I had laid awake most of the night, too restless and excited to get much sleep. I went to my drawer and took out Anna’s timetable. I read through it like a test paper trying to memorize everything. I was anxious not to make a mistake and give Phillip Dale an excuse not to retain me. By 8 am, I was dressed and ready. Since Anna seemed like a woman who liked people acting naturally, I dressed in a green t-shirt and blue jeans. I drank a cup of coffee, and afterward I felt restless, so I decided to head out and explore the garden.I strolled around the mansion admiring it when Phillip came out, dressed up in a blue suit and white shirt, with a matching blue tie. The morning sun caused his gold-coloured hair to glow. He was reading something on his phone and didn’t seem to notice me.My heart beat quickened as I looked at him.Wow! I thought, could a guy be this handsome?He raised his head and our eyes met. I

Becky's POVI slammed into my lodging, furious. I told myself I was annoyed because I was tired, and my heart ached because I was missing my mom and Wendy. It had nothing to do with seeing Phillip Dale making love to a beautiful woman in the hallway. I knew I was lying to myself.I had a very hot shower, hoping the hot water would burn the anger out of me. Then I changed into a sleeping gown, and began to comb my hair. My hair kept getting tangled in the stupid comb. Angrily, I threw it across the room. It hit the wall and I wished Phillip's head had been on that wall.Jealous! My mind mocked me.“No, I’m not,” I said aloud.Yes you are. You wish you were the one in his arms, but you’re not and will never be. Accept it! He doesn’t like you!I sighed sadly. I wondered how a day that had started so well was now ending so sadly.I went out, straight to Anna’s room after leaving Dom, and knocked gently on the door.“Come in, Rebecca dear.”I entered to see Anna sitting up in bed.“Good mo