Chapter 5: First Day

Isabella stood in front of the woman who guided her yesterday to Dominic’s office.

She learned that her name was Anne, and that she has worked in the company more than half of her life which she highly commends, since it’s probably not easy to maintain such a high position here, which only means she must be really good at her job.

“That’s everything you have to know. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask me or anyone, okay? And I really hope you last longer than his previous assistants,” Anne told her.

“Why? What happened before that made them quit?” Isabella couldn’t help but ask. She’s still wary about everything, and hearing her talk like that made her restless heart even more restless.

“Well, to tell you the truth…” Anne stopped for a moment and looked around, making sure that no one was eavesdropping on them.

“Mr. Russo is a bit of a playboy before,”

“A little bit?”

Anne laughed, “Well actually not a little, more like this much,” she said, spreading her arms, causing both of them to laugh.

“And what does that have to do with his assistants quitting their jobs?” Isabella asked, not following her.

“Because he hits in all of assistants that enters his office. And it’s rumored that once he is bored with them, he just kicks them out and hire a new one. And frankly speaking, the one before you, only lasted a week,” Anne told her the truth.

Isabella can’t process what she just heard. Is that the reason why she warned her before she entered Dominic’s office?

“Isn’t that illegal to do to?”

“It’s not illegal if they like it,”

Well she can’t deny that. But…he already has a fiancé. Though, based on what she saw yesterday it seems like they don’t really have a good relationship. It doesn’t even look like they’re in love.

“But hey, don’t think too much about what I said, It’s all just rumors, nothing has ever been proven, so you just do your best, and hopefully, you’ll last longer than the others,” Anne uttered, gently patting her shoulders before leaving her to herself.

Isabella watched as she walked away.

She faced the elevator and got in as it slowly lifted her to the top floor.

…

[Knock!Knock!] She knocked gently on the door, hearing no response she opened it and peaked inside, looking left and right to see if Dominic was around, but he wasn’t, and she felt relief, she’s still not ready to face him, or to be more precise, she doesn’t think she’ll be ever comfortable seeing him. But sigh, she needs to swallow her pride since the pay is extremely good.

“I wonder where he is,” she mumbled walking around his office.

She ended up on his table and noticed a frame that was facing down. Weird.

She got curious and lifted it, and she was fascinated by the picture that was displayed. It was a picture of a beautiful kind looking woman with honey blonde hair and blue eyes, and she was hugging a young boy who was laughing. They looked so happy together in the frame that she felt her heart flutter just looking at the photo.

‘Is this him and his mother when he was young?’ She thought.

“What are you doing?”

A loud voice suddenly boomed making her flinch in freight, accidentally letting go of the frame.

It created a loud crashing sound, and she immediately bent down to clean up the mess.

The glass shards were all over the floor, and she was about to clean them up bare handed when out of nowhere her wrist was caught by a strong grip as she was pulled up by Dominic.

“I’m really sorry I didn’t mean to…” she turned to Dominic to apologize but stopped mid sentence when she saw that he wasn’t wearing anything!

Ok, a little bit exaggerated, he’s in fact wearing a towel around his waist, but still! He was standing naked in front of her, and the only piece of fabric that is preventing her to see all his glory was the white towel that’s wrapped around him.

She could see the pulsating muscles in his arms and chest, the way the water slips from his hair and cascading down his cheeks, it was like looking at a walking greek god that just finished bathing.

“Ummm…uhhh…” she wanted to say something, but for some reason her tongue was tied and she can’t even utter a single word without stuttering.

“You don’t have to clean the mess, just call someone, or else you’ll hurt yourself,” he said with concern laced in his voice.

He stepped away, walking to the room connected to his office to get changed, but when he took a glance back at Isabella, she was still standing there, however her eyes were still stuck on him, or to say the least, she was looking at his body.

He grinned, “You’re drooling,”

Isabella quickly moved her gaze away, having been caught ogling his boss’s body, she cursed in her head, wanting to bury herself on the ground.

“Sorry, I’ll get someone to clean this right away sir,” she said, scrambling to the telephone to call someone to clean the mess she made.

Dominic chuckled at her quirky actions, and proceeded to get changed, feeling that his new assistant this time was both interesting and fun to look at.