Arrogate

Arrogate: take or claim something or something without justification

Henry’s pov

I knew I had hired the wrong person when Amara walked into my office the next morning to talk about what she said. 

“Talk about what exactly?” I thought she had come to apologize for saying such a thing.

“Yes. I know you’re expecting me to apologize about it but no, I won’t. I’ll rather you apologize for walking out like that yesterday but no, you’re my boss and I’ll be damn stupid if I ask for your apology”

“But indirectly you’re asking me to apologize for walking out on you yesterday” I’m so damn unlucky.

I waited for a second, tried to remember what year I had hired this girl, the number of years she had known me by working with me to have the fucking effrontery to talk to me like this. 

“No, I’m not asking you to apologize sir, that’s absolutely not what I’m saying. I’m just trying to get to talk to you about yesterday. I know what I said might have scared you off but I never meant for it to be that way. It’s just that I’m kinda attracted to you and I’m planning on showing it so you won't get to date any other person while you think no other person is interested in you. I don’t want to come off as a slut or maybe a leech, I’m just laying my claim” 

By the time she stopped talking, I thought I was going to die from every of what she said, especially the last part where she mentioned the claim. 

“What you’re saying right now is that you’re laying a claim on me, Henry Salvatore. Do I look like a bag or shoe to you?” She's annoying me so bad like I’ve never been annoyed before. 

She’s frustrating and yet at the same time fascinating. This is not the first time a woman would ask me out but this is the first time a woman would tell me she’s laying a claim on me. 

“Did I come off like that? Like you’re a property or something” She tucked her shiny black hair behind her ear and that made me give full attention to her facial look. 

With her full pink lips that looked scrumptious enough, her pointed nose and her round brown eyes, she’s what you can actually tag as beautiful. Beautiful but not attractive and yes! She’s seriously in need of medical checkup. 

“How old are you Amara?” I asked 

“21 in a few months” She replied smiling. 

“Good for you. Don’t you have better things to do than laying claim to a man you just met for like three times? You’re young, you’ll still meet more men and I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to go about laying claim on every man you meet” I advised 

“I didn’t just meet you days ago or maybe three times like you’ve said” She replied seriously. “I know I may sound off but I’m just telling you just so you should know that you’re mine”

“Get out of my office, Amara”

“But sir…”

“Use the door” I screamed at her, making her jump out of her seat. “The next time you walk through my door or open your mouth to say such an annoying and disgusting thing, I would not hesitate to fire you. Mark my words, Amara '' I threatened for the second time since she started working. 

She walked out of my office, murmuring under her breathe words that I couldn’t hear properly, not to talk of deciphering whatever she was saying. 

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Apart from other regular official duties, I had managed to avoid my mentally ill personal assistant for the rest of the week. I needed the peace of mind and I actually appreciated the non talk of her owing me or laying some stupid claims on me. 

Derek has invited me to a bar tonight to discuss something he called important and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s nothing of importance but rather a medium to set me up with one of his girls. 

I don’t believe in things like this. I was brought up in a home where we were trained to always wait for our soulmate and stay pure till our wedding night. It might sound too traditional for the type of century I’m in but it’s one of the things my parents taught me before they died and I've promised to hold all their lessons to heart. 

“Why am I here, Derek?” 

“I come with good tidings, I mean I have some really great news” he said and I wondered what the good news was. 

“I think I have confusing news, tell me yours first”  I asked. 

“The first one is this, since you’ve been so busy with work like Sebastian and refused to live life a little, you missed out the fact that your former best friend, Lucas, came back last week!”

What! For seven years, he disappeared and now he’s back. Just like that! 

Derek, Sebastian, and Lucas have been my childhood friends since age 11. I met them after moving to California with my parents. Lucas was not that friendly but he still befriended me after Derek introduced us. 

Surprisingly, Derek just opted one day and left home immediately he turned 18 and we all tried looking for him, including his parents, without knowing he didn’t want to be found. 

“Don’t tell me you’re joking brother?” I furrowed my eyebrow in confusion, hoping he was just joking about it.

“I’m serious, Henry. He came back last week looking all lost and dead, I can’t say. He looks so different from the Lucas that we’ve always known. He looked so lost in one word” 

“What the hell happened to the guy? Where has he been? Where did he go?” I have thousands of questions to ask, yet, none seems right or good enough to ask someone who has disappeared for seven years. 

“We’ll get to know at his welcome party next weekend. It’s just weird seeing that guy again after so many years” He said 

“I’ll try contacting him tomorrow,” He nodded. 

“Your weird news?” 

“Nothing to worry about, I’ll tell you later” 

“If you say so, care for some drink, honey?” 

Derek has been fond of calling me that since we met. He decided I was the girly version of the rest of them since I was less tough unlike him, less secretive, unlike Sebastian and less hot tempered unlike Lucas.

“No I’m good. Thanks” I replied waving off the waiter in front of us. 

I stood up from our VIP section to put my hands on the railings separating us from the full party going on down there. 

One minute later, my eye caught something or should I say someone heading up towards the VIP section. 

“Fuck me already!”

“What’s going on?” Derek asked. I suddenly realized he was right beside me and also looking at the same girls that I was looking at. 

“They’re hot! You’ve got a great taste in girls Buddy” He said, hitting me lightly on the shoulder.

“They are off limits Derek, don’t even look at them twice” I turned ready to go back to our table when Derek whistled at them.

“What the fuck are you doing?” I asked angrily 

“Bringing them over to ours. I love disobeying you” He replied, giving me one of his unpopular evil smirks. 

“Hi! I’m Derek” he said introducing himself a few minutes after they joined us.

“I’m Miykal and this is Amara” the other girl who is obviously Miykal said.

“Amara? Your personal assistant?” Derek asked, pointing at the both of us at intervals. I didn’t wait for him to continue before deciding to take actions.

“I’m leaving, Derek. I have some work to do” I stood up ready to take my leave when the little devil also stood up. 

“I’m also not enjoying the night anymore so I think I’ll go as well. Would you mind dropping me off sir?”

 I glared at her hoping she'd give up but she just took her bag and followed me outside the club, provoking me more and more. 

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Amara’s  POV 

“That’s my boss over there” I told Miykal upon sighting him as we walked over to the vip section of the bar. 

Miykal had insisted we go out tonight much to my dismay and I had tried persuading her to go alone but she insisted I followed.

“The same one you like?” rhetorically, she asked.

“One and only” 

“Do you think we should go there and meet him?”

We were about discussing the answers to that question when Derek whistles at us to join. I guess he didn’t recognize me because of the clothes and the heavy makeup.

“Do you want to go? This might be your chance at getting to know him better”

“Or maybe seduce him to get his attention” 

“You’re scaring me right now. This is your first time of liking a guy and yet you’re being so possessive and desperate” 

“I don’t like taking things slow girl. They’re are too many ants around that guy.” She gestured for me to move towards them.

“Your job is on the line, girl”

“He ain’t that heartless, trust me” I replied confidently. 

Few minutes later, we walked slowly towards the parking lot and he suddenly stopped and turned.

“Why are you still following me?” He barked

“I’m sorry if I came off like an insane girl the other day but I’m really sorry” I apologized.

“Your parents really did a great job with training you up to leech on every guy you meet, right?”

“They didn’t stay alive that long to teach me about boys” I replied sadly, hurt by his words. 

That calmed him down a bit. “I’m so sorry I said that. I’m just not comfortable with this claim of a thing” He confessed.

“It’s okay. I’m used to their absence but their spirit might bless you if you give their daughter a ride home tonight” The side of his lip twitched.

“Okay, come on let’s go” I happily jumped into the car, happy that I’d successfully went back to his good side and obviously on the first stage of the CEO’s seduction. 

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