“Well, I am Ava Thomas HR and this is Ms. Caroline Martinez, CEO of the company. So, Mr. Wright I just saw in your cv that you left your previous job. Why did you quit?” Ava asked him but his eyes were on me and looked embarrassed and nervous and maybe a little bit scared after knowing he spilled the coffee on the CEO of the company he is trying to join.
Well, he ruined my shirt, he deserves to be nervous. His fingers tangled with each other and he gulped randomly, he is nervous.
‘This is going to be fun!’ I thought with an evil smile on my face.
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Samael’s POV
I stopped the car as soon as I reached the school and looked to my right.
“I know you don’t need it but all the best for your interview and I know you are going to get the job.” Ella, my little sister said. She is 10-years-old but has behaved like she is a lot older than that. Her blonde hair was tied in a ponytail and her green eyes matched her jumpsuit.
Ella is my world and I love her so much. She is my little sister but sometimes behaves like she is the older one and not me.
“Thank you El, I love you,” I said with a smile.
“Love you too, brother. And don’t worry about me I will be fine.” She said as she took her bag from the back seat.
“I know, just call me when you reach home,” I said with a nod.
“I will, bye-bye.” She said as she opened the door and got out.
“And text me if I don’t pick up the call! Bye.” I shouted from the car to which she showed a thumbs up over her head.
I pulled out from her school and started driving towards ‘Martinez’s Company’. I have the interview for the position of the CEO’s assistant. The job is not foreign for me as I have experience of a few years.
After a few minutes, I parked the car in the parking lot of the Martinez company. Taking a deep breath, I looked at myself in the rearview mirror.
“You can do nothing in your life Samael, you are a loser and a scumbag!”
I shook my head and got rid of the unnecessary thoughts and focused on the interview.
‘I can do it.’ I thought and got out of the car. I took the elevator from the basement parking lot itself and pressed the ‘G’ for the ground floor. I stood alone in the elevator when I opened the message box and saw a few messages from my apartment owner for money. I replied that I would by this weekend.
As soon as I heard the elevator open, I got out and suddenly bumped into someone.
“Seriously! Are you blind or what?” the person said and I looked up at the person. A woman stood in front of me probably in her mid-twenties. Her blonde hair was put in a nice ponytail. Her blue eyes, resembling beautiful morning blue sky, were looking at me as if she wants to kill me.
Then I noticed that I accidentally spilled her coffee on her white shirt, which she wore with a black formal skirt that fitted her body perfectly. Her blue eyes held red fire in them which intrigued me.
“I am so sorry,” I said apologetically and sincerely to her.
“Well, your sorry won’t take the strain away from my white shirt mister.” She scolded me and narrowed her blue eyes at me.
“I am really-” I started but she cut me off mid-sentence, “I don’t have time for this.” she hissed and entered the elevator leaving me standing there as I looked at her apologetically.
Shit, I bumped into her accidentally. I slipped my phone into my pocket and walked towards the reception. The girl looked at me and smiled politely.
“Good morning, I am Lucy Lopez, how may I help you?” she said.
“Good morning, I am Samael Wright. I am here for the interview.” I said as I smiled back at her.
“Okay, Mr. Wright may I have your basic information please?” she asked me to which I nodded. She took some information about me like my contact number, email address, home address, etc.
“Okay Mr. Wright, the interview is going to be held in a few minutes. You can wait in the lobby area till the interview starts.” She told me.
“Sure, thank you,” I said and went back to the lobby area which is in front of the elevators. I sat on the single chair and waited.
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After some time, Lucy came and informed every candidate to move to the 15t floor where the interview was going to be held. Few people went in and came out of the interview room and then it was my turn.
I entered the room and saw a chair which was in the middle of the room, in front of the two interviewers. As soon as I looked at them, I recognized one of them. It was the woman on whom I accidentally bumped and spilled her coffee on her shirt.
‘Congratulations Samael. You got the job.’ I thought sarcastically in my head.
“Good morning, Mr. Wright. Please take the seat.” Another interviewer said to me with a smile.
“Um, Good morning. Thank you.” I said nervously as I saw the woman I bumped with looking at me.
“Well, I am Ava Thomas HR and this is Ms. Caroline Martinez, CEO of the company. So, Mr. Wright I just saw in your cv and in that it is mentioned that you left your previous job after working there for almost five years as a personal assistant. Why did you quit?” Ava asked me but my eyes were on the CEO, THE CEO who was smiling at me evilly and I gulped.
I SPILLED THE COFFEE ON THE CEO OF THE COMPANY!
“Mr. Wright, are you alright?” Ava, the HR asked me and I looked at her with a nod.
“Yes, I am alright.” I said and cleared my throat as I thought, ‘I need to focus, I need this job.’ Before I continued, “I quit my previous job because I moved out of my previous home and the office was almost two hours far from my new place, so I had to look for a new job.”
“Okay, so can you-.” Ava started but was cut off by Ms. CEO. Well, that name just seems suitable.
“So, Mr. Wright I have a question for you.” Ms. CEO said, Ava nodded her head at her.
“Do you like coffee?” she asked me and I coughed automatically. Ava looked at Ms. CEO with confused expressions, probably thinking how that question was related to this job.
“I- I do,” I answered hesitantly while she smiled after hearing my answer. I think she was enjoying making me nervous and embarrassed.
“That’s great! You are hired MR. Wright.” She announced and my jaw hit the floor and my eyes were wide. Ava looked at her like she had gone crazy or something.
“Ma’am?” Ava asked Ms. CEO as she looked at her in shock and so was I.
“What, the position we are offering is for my assistant and I choose Mr. Wright.” She explained to Ava clearing her confusion and then turned towards me.
“From tomorrow, 9 am sharp.” She said and got up from her seat. As soon as she stood me and Ava stood up from our seats. Without giving me a second glance, she went out of the room.
It was silent for a few seconds before Ava spoke with a bright smile on her face, “Congratulations Mr. Wright, the boss has spoken. We should probably discuss salary, please take a seat.”
“Thank you,” I replied with a smile and took the seat.
Samael’s POV I looked up from my phone when I heard the door opening. Ella entered the house and a smile appeared on her face when she saw me sitting in the living room. “How was your school?” I asked her as I kept my phone aside. “Same old, same old brother. We changed our place, not my school. It’s still the same.” She said as she took off her shoes and kept her bag on the floor before sitting beside me. “Wait why are you home early? Did you get the job or not?” she turned towards me and asked me excitedly. “Yes, I did. I start from tomorrow.” I answered with a smile and her smile brightened. “Oh my god, that’s amazing. Congratulations!” she said and hugged me. “How are the office and your boss? Is he good or rude?” she pulled away and asked me. “The office is amazing and huge and the boss, well it’s not he it’s she,” I said while she sat beside me comfortably looking at me. “Something happened? W
Caroline’s POV “Good morning mam.” Lucy greeted me as soon as I entered the Martinez’s Company. “Morning Lucy,” I said with a small smile as I walked towards the elevator. I got out of the elevator as soon as I reached my floor while I took a sip of my coffee. I opened the door of my office and I saw someone standing in front of the glass wall. The person turned after he heard the door opening. “Mr. Wright,” I said as I walked towards my table. “Good morning, Ma’am.” He greeted with a smile. His glass reflects the sunlight coming from the glass wall. “You are on time, Mr. Wright. I am glad we dint bump again.” I said with a teasing smile, as I kept my bag and coffee on the table. He cleared his throat awkwardly which made my smile grow more. “I know I have already apologized but I am sorry for bumping into you yesterday.” He said sincerely while adjusting his glasses before continuing, “And I also wanted to ask
Caroline’s POV As soon as I was out of the meeting room I am face to face with James Maxwell, the accountant who works here. He was holding a stack of files in his hands. “Mam, there is a problem. You need to see this.” He said, concern written on his face. “Okay Mr. Maxwell, in my office,” I stated and started walking towards my office, James Maxwell followed behind me. After we settled down in my office, he started to open some of the files. “What has happened?” I asked him as a frown appeared on his face. “There are some transactions from companies account that are unknown.” He said as I looked at those files and papers presented by him. As soon as I heard him, I halted and looked at him. “What?” I asked him as I was not able to believe him. “From the past few months, there are some transactions from the company’s account that are unknown. We have no idea who is behind this.” He explained to me with a fearfu
Samael’s POV I sat and occasionally sent Ms. CEO some hateful stares while typing and sending a whole lot of emails which seems to be endless. She kept typing on her laptop and phone while I was trying to concentrate on my work but was not able to because my mind kept worrying about Ella. After a few hours, I got a call from Justin. Excusing myself I went outside the room and answered the call. “Hello” I greeted as I closed the door behind me once I was out. “Hey, bro. I made Ella dinner and played with her, but now it’s her time to sleep and she is not able to do so. She says that she wants you, man.” Justin said and took a sharp breath. “Thank you, Justin, can you give her the phone?” I said as I massaged my forehead with my fingers, while Justin passed the phone to Ella. She is big enough to sleep on her own but it’s been a habit for years for her. I use to make her sleep every night when dad and Mia use to have fought almo
Samael’s POVAfter I tucked in Ella, I kissed her forehead as she slept peacefully on her bed. I slowly got out of her room and walked into the living room where Justin was sitting on the couch scrolling through his phone as he moved his hand through his blonde hair.“Is she asleep?” Justin asked me without taking his green eyes off the phone.“Yeah. Thanks for coming, Justin. Tough you were not much help, like always.” I said playfully as I sat in front of him on the chair.“Seriously bro? I left my date for you, to look after Ella. I played with her toys with her and fed her what she wanted to eat when you, we’re sitting in the office because you had work. Come on man, give me some credit!” Justin said with unbelievable expressions which made me smile but he knew I was always thankful to him whenever he had helped me.“Yeah, I think I lost my job today.” I blurted out as
Caroline’s POV This business trip to London is one of the longest ones, most of the business trips I do are for two to three days but this one is going to be four to five days, as I am going to do more meetings with all the huge companies to tie them with us. I have got a few presentations done by myself and a few by Samael. As soon as I reach the parking lot of the airport, Peter took my luggage with him as we enter the airport. I spot Samael and a girl around 10-years-old, who I assume is his sister. She is wearing jeans and a yellow top, and her blonde hair were tied in a ponytail as she looks at me with her green eyes, curiously. Samael waves his hand at me as I walk towards them. He is wearing a peach t-shirt with a black jacket and black pants. He looks good in casual as I have always seen him in formals. “Good morning, Ms. Martinez.” Samael greets me with a smile as soon as I reach them and sit on one of the chairs, in front of him.
Samael’s POV The dinner went well as Ella kept talking with me, Caroline and Peter. Peter seemed like the serious guy at first to me but with Ella, he was joking and smiling around. Caroline was silent most of the dinner as she made few conversations with Ella, but nothing more. After we had our dinner, everyone went to their rooms and Caroline dint spare me another glance. “I am going to take a bath, I am tired,” Ella said as she searched for her clothes. “Okay” I replied and I went to stand on the balcony of our room after I heard the bathroom door close. I took a deep breath as I remembered what happened in the elevator with Caroline a few hours ago. It was the first time we were standing so close to each other I was able to feel her body’s warmth while she stood in front of me. When she turned and looked at me, I was so lost in her blue eyes that I forgot to breathe. They looked different up close that was more beautiful than befo
Caroline’s POV Knock, Knock I got up from the sound of knocking. I looked at my phone and it was currently 1:47 am, I frowned thinking who might that be this late. Getting out of the bed I walked towards the door and switched on the lights before opening the door. “Ella?” I saw her standing with worry laced on her face and her eyes teary. “Ella, what are you doing here darling? It’s so late, where is Samael?” I asked her as I frowned and looked behind her to find no one with her. “Caroline, I – I don’t know what to do. I woke up and I was alone. I got afraid when I dint see Sama anywhere and I don’t know where he is.” She said and her voice was so small that I could barely hear what she was saying. I decided to take her to her room and then talk with her. I took my phone from the bedside table before walking towards her and switching off the lights. “Come on, let’s go to your room,” I said softly and we went t
Caroline’s POVI sighed and looked up when Samael held my hand, while aunt Maria and the man sat in front of us. The place was not too crowded, after an awkward silence I decided to speak up.“What is going on with you aunt Maria?” I asked directly.“Fine, I'll tell you everything. But in exchange of the truth, I want something from you.” she said trying to look confident but could tell she was nervous. “What is it?” I asked.“I want you to put Victor in jail.” she said making me frown.“What? For what?” I was confused and weirded out by her demand. “Not everything you see is truth and Victor is the prime example of that.” she said with a sigh, I saw the man beside her holding her hand and aunt Marie giving a small smile at him before turning towards me and continuing. “Victor is abusive. He has been for a long time now. At first, I tried to keep it a secret because of Mason and then when he grew up Victor threatened me to harm Mason if I said anything to anyone. He is greedy, he w
Caroline's POV“How do you like the food?” I asked when I saw her eyes sparkle when she ate. We were currently eating our dinner in a restaurant after we finished watching the movie. “It’s good.” she said happily eating another mouthful of bite, making me smile at her adoringly. She looks cute and “Better than mine?” I asked teasingly knowing she likes my cooking. “Hm, yes.” I said and we both chuckled before continuing to eat and have some random topics to talk about.After the dinner, we walked outside, it was dark outside but as we walked, I heard the noise of seashore.“Let’s take a walk around the shore.” I suggested to which he gave me a nod before we walked towards the beach. We stood for a moment looking at the sea silently, cold air swept around. The moonlight reflected in the water and the scene was beautiful, which made me calm and feel content in way. I felt something touching my hand and I looked down to see, Samael’s hand holding my tightly. I looked at him, who was
Samael’s POV“Hello James.” I greeted as soon I answered the call, while walking in the room.“Sam, I need to speak with Ms. Martinez. I have been trying to connect with her but her phone is out of range.” James said making me frown as he sounded nervous and serious.“Oh, what happened you sound serious?”“Yes, it’s urgent. I need to speak with Ms. Martinez. Is it possible for you to connect with her.”“Um, yeah. Hold on a second, will you.”“Okay” he exhaled and I walked down stairs to find Caroline. I saw her watching television with Ella beside her. I signaled her to walk outside for a minute, she frowned but followed me out.“It’s James, he wants to talk with you, it seems urgent.” I said and handed the phone to her and walked inside when I saw Ella calling me by waving her hand.“What?” I asked her taking the single chair.“What are you going to do now?” Ella asked me making me frown.“About what?” I asked raising an eye brow to which she rolled her eyes.“Bro! Aren't you going t
Caroline’s POVI shifted closer to the campfire as the heat from the campfire cut the coldness of the air. It was dark, I was able to hear the water flowing and the beautiful moon made everything much amazing.It was late and everyone was in the tent, but I stayed outside because I was not sleepy yet and it felt amazing outside. I felt calm and content, a small smile stretched on my lips as I sighed and closed my eyes for a few seconds. “Aren't you cold?” my eyes snapped open as I heard Samael’s voice. He walked towards me and placed a blanket around my shoulders.He wasn’t wearing his glasses again, which made me admire his beautiful eyes and I noticed he was wearing a thick jacket on his casual attire now. He sat next to me looking at the campfire and I looked at him observing his handsome face. His black hair was sickled back, his skin looked golden because of the campfire, his sharp nose and jawline looked prominent. His hazel eyes looked like they were dusted with golden power m
Samael’s POVOne thing that takes my mind off everything is cooking, which slowly became my hobby as it helps me relax in a way. Turning off the stove, I turned and kept the breakfast on the dining table with some bread, butter, fruits, and omelets.“Good morning!” Ella walked down the stairs with a huge smile on her face which instantly made me smile. I saw Caroline who was just behind Ella, she looked like she must have just showered because of her wet hair. Even though she was just wearing casual clothes, she looked beautiful.“Good morning though it’s almost afternoon now, you are just on time brunch is ready,” I said while filling plates for both.“Wow! Thanks, Sam, let’s eat.” Ella and Caroline sat beside each other with their plates and started eating. I deliberately took a seat in front of Caroline who still hasn’t made eye contact with me yet.“Look at you. Doesn’t even bother for me to join.” Justin snorted at Ella as he came and sat beside me, who has not showered.“I know
Caroline’s POVAfter I told Justin to go and help Samael, I took a quick shower. Ella was taking a nap on our bed so I walked toward the balcony. It was dark now, the beautiful evening sky was gone, replaced with a dark blanket decorated with shining stars.I was unable to see the river flowing by the house but was able to hear the retelling of the water through it. a breeze of cold wind made my eyes flutter close and sigh in contentment. I felt peaceful, I like this feeling.A small smile stretched on my lips as I remembered how Samael was stealing glances at me the whole ride back from the market. I was able to feel his gaze on me but choose to not react to that. I have felt his gaze on me many times in the office too but brushed it off. But I never admitted that I liked how his eyes follow my every action. I like his attentiveness towards me, it makes me feel special.“Wow, the sky looks so beautiful!” I turned to look at Ella who has her eyes fixed on the sky.“You are up,” I said
Samael’s POVI am stupid.She looked so pretty in her casual clothes, hair down, light eyes, and soft smile, as she gazed at the sky above that was turned in the shades of orange, red, purple, etc. Tough for some reason my eyes dint left her face, looking at her I somehow felt … content.While driving back to the rented house, the car was silent and I liked that it was a comfortable silence. While Caroline dozed off in her seat and I drove while taking a few glances at her.When we reached the house, it was dark I stopped the car and sighed. The lights in the house and street lights around were also turned on. I was able to hear the river water flowing and music playing in the house, which I confident was played by Justin. He loves music, a lot, and because of him, Ella has started to like music a lot.I turned to look at Caroline and a soft smile stretched on my lips. She looked so beautiful in the moonlight. I slowly and softly brushed strands of hair from her face trying to not wak
Caroline’s POV“You seem excited and nervous at the same time,” Peter said as we drove to the airport.“I am. It’s my first vacation after working hard for so many years, I need a break so I feel excited. But at the same time, it’s my first vacation without my parents, it feels a little wired and I feel a little nervous.” I said with a shrug.“I understand and I am glad you invited Mr. Wright and his sister Ella to join you,” Peter said making me nod in agreement.“Yeah, I think I will be fine as I won’t be alone,” I muttered to which Peter smiled at me.“Here we are.” He announced making me sigh and get ready to start my vacation. After parking our car, we walked inside and met with Samael and Ella who were already waiting for us.“Hello, Caroline and Mr. Peter!” Ella greeted us with a huge grin on her face and excitement in her eyes, making me smile at her.“Hi, Ella. Good to see you.” After all the greetings, Ella introduced a man who was standing with them.“Caroline, this is my f
Samael’s POVI was surprised when Caroline said that, making me freeze but something made my heart flutter. I could sense Justin and Ella looking at me wide-eyed when they heard Caroline, as the phone was on speaker because Ella wanted to talk to Caroline. Ella took the phone from my hand while I was sitting there thinking about Caroline’s offer.“Yes! It’s me, Ella. I would love to go on a vacation with you … and also Samael.” Ella said with a huge grin on her face.“Oh, Ella. Hi, that’s good to know. I will inform you after planning everything.” Caroline said and I could sense relief in her voice.“Yes, that would be great. Wait, would you mind, if my friend tagged along with us?” Ella asked making me frown. Who does Ella want to go with us?“Um, … yeah, okay. No problem.” Caroline said a little unsure but Ella dint picks it.“Yay! Thank you, Caroline! Here talk with my brother.” Ella said holding the phone in my hand. Turning off the speaker, I stood up and turned around to talk wi