Chapter 2

MILDA CAN still remember the man's face yesterday. It still lingers on her head. She's distracted because she can't forget how handsome and gorgeous he is. That's the first time that she praised a man, even tho it's in her head.

She's a nerd so it's understandable that she's not affected how handsome or beautiful a person is. Just work, money, work and money. That's all. So Milda's wondering why she can't trash the man's face! Damn, even his scent, she can still smell him! I must be hungry! Milda thought.

It's lunch and as usual, no vacant sit for her. Sometimes she's assuming that their doing that on purpose so that they will not eat having her around. That's how disgusted and mad they are to her.

I even didn't do anything bad...

This is how human nature works, if your physical appearance doesn't look too appealing for the people around you, theg will judge and hurt you. They will look at you with judgement like you did a very bad thing to them to the point that they will hate you to the core.

How unfortunate for the likes of me who have a very unacceptable appearance for them. I seldom think of myself as a black sheep but sometimes when my loneliness eats me, I just want to vanish and be at my home, lying on my bed and hugging my pillow, whispering some quotes to myself that I must strive to survive, that there's no one out there that will give a sympathy for me except for my cousin.

Milda found herself walking out at the building where she's working. She stood at the road side and wait for a taxi. Her below the knee skirt was waving as the wind blew to her.

Even the wind's mad at me, huh?

Her curly hair was tied so that she can see her surroundings but some strand was falling because it's too short to get tied.

She almost drop her bag when someone beep at her back. She quickly turn her head and hurriedly took a step side ward so that the car would get out.

If Milda's not mistaken. It's her boss car! Oh god! Could lucky she could be, even just for a day?! She bit her lips when the car stop in front of her. She's preparing herself for loud shouts and yell. Well, that's what everyone does when she did something unpleasant. And it's her boss! Naturally, he will be mad at her for hindering him.

When the window got down. Her boss handsome face shown. He is smiling, that caught her off guard.

I thought... He's going to fire me...

Milda bowed her head and pinch her fingers. Her mannerism when she's nervous.

"I-I'm very sorry, S-Sir!" She said panicking.

She heard a laugh. A very manly laugh. "That's okay... You're not blocking my way, if that's would make your mind at peace." she can't look at him.

"S-Sorry... "

"Enough. Are you working with my company?" Mr. Brandon Carson said. Her boss.

Milda nodded her head. "Y-Yes Sir... " She answered still bowing her head.

"Why don't you face me? Don't you know that it's rude? Am I not good looking?" She can read the playfulness in his boss voice.

Quickly, Milda held her head up. She came face to face with her handsome boss. "No... "

Mr. Carson brows knotted. "No? What do you mean by "No"? I'm not handsome?"

"You're handsome!" Her eyes get big. Shit. She can feel her face slowly heating. She's blushing because of shyness.

Mr. Carson laughed. "I'm just teasing you. Anyway, what's your name?"

"I-I'm Milda Asuncion, Sir..." She answered stuttering.

"Oh, fucking drop the Sir. Just Brandon. " Mr. Carson said firmly.

"O-Okay, just Brandon..."

He laughed again.

Am I some sort of a clown? Milda thought to herself.

"Brandon, Milda." He said, half laughing. I felt my cheeks getting hot. "Where are you going, by the way? It's lunch time."

"U-Uh... I'm planning to have my meal at the 7/11…" Milda said hesitantly.

"7/11? Why don't you eat in restaurant?" His brow was knotted.

"I can't... Afford... " I said shyly.

"Then I'm going with you too! Let's go to that fucking 7/11!"

Milda's shocked at the sudden changes. What was just happened? She just found herself, sitting in one of the 7/11 benches with her boss. Eating her cup noodles, she look at her boss that's happily eating his food too.

He's not picky, huh?

After eating. Milda thought that they would come out quickly, but she found herself laughing with her boss corny jokes.

That's the first time that she laughed with someone she just knew. She never thought that her boss is very kind.

When Milda recover from the laughed, her eyes got widen when she saw who was about to get in.

It's the man she saw yesterday! The handsome tall man! There is a camera hanging on his neck. He look more gorgeous and dangerously handsome.

Maybe Mr. Carson saw that she got distracted and follow who she was looking.

Now that I saw him again, I can't throw him out of my mind again. I got distracted to my boss's corny jokes then he came in the picture and he occupied my mind again.

"Know him? " Mr. Carson suddenly asked.

She averted her eyes at the man when she saw that he's about to look at her direction. Maybe he feel my blazing gaze. Damn. I'm indeed weird.

"W-Who?" Milda pretend.

Mr. Carson brows knotted. "Him. " He pointed the gorgeous handsome man. She quickly put down his hand.

"No... You know him? " Milda fired back the his question.

"Of course! He's a motherfucker. Why wouldn't I know him? " He said sarcastically.

I turn my gaze at the man again. He's wearing a white v-neck shirt and a khaki short paired with a old school shoes. Damn, he look hot!

Shit! This not so me!

What have you done to me, Mr. Tall handsome man?