Chapter 4 04

Fabian POV

SHIT!

I was stammering my words to say something to her but couldn't wrap in my mind how she found out that I had a hickey.

She snickered again and said, "Your secret is safe with me Mr.Lange." Anastasia walked out from the room leaving me to myself.

I went back to my office and quickly got the treatments to apply for the hickey.

Damn it!

I knew I was going to get caught! I shouldn't let those Instagram models get to my head. I was so naive, wanting to flirt in the DM's and ended up having a one night stand with that random chick.

Knock

Knock

"What?!" I barked, placing all my treatments away from my desk.

"Sir, meeting starts in five minutes, " said Jenny.

"I'll be there in five minutes leaving me alone."

She popped her gum out and replied "Okie Dokie."

"If you don't spit out your gum, you're fired!" I yelled. Her heels clicked away quickly from the door. I let out a rough sigh and begin to gather my belongings for the meeting of the collection here at the corporations.

At the Lange Board Room, there were twelve members of my board including the new girl, Anastasia. They were sitting in their assigned seats as I placed my briefcase on the table to get their undivided attention.

"Morning, " I said.

"Good morning, " they replied back.

"Thank you all for coming here, I want to announce our new executive member, Anastasia Washington, " I pointed to her. She waved a hello to everyone as they responded the same way.

"Today, we are announcing our third annual collection at the corporations. This collection would be called Infinity Apparel, hosted by Justin Harvey, editor by Christine Paul, and the designers would be Kate Davidson and Kim Davidson."

I begin to go in depth about the process of the new clothing collection. I presented in my PowerPoint how well we're going to profit from the company and shipments of the corporations going through other brands across the countries.

"I want to be able to finish by the end of next week so we are able to make it in Fashion Week where we can present it with C.L. corporations. I got a call saying we are on the list for the first hour of the show so that is why we need to get this done as soon as possible. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good. Each of you would are going to have an assignment of each department duty for the next two weeks. I expect effortless in this collection. No excuses, Whatsoever. You are all now dismissed."

Everyone got up from their seats and went their separate ways in the building. I stuck to myself, lurking through my phone and continued to look at my hickey.

It's still there?!?!

What the fuck man!

"Mr.Lange?" A soft-voiced pitched through which caused my heart to pound in frighten. I jumped a little and saw that Anastasia was standing right in front of me.

"What do you need?"

"You haven't given me my own email yet from the corporations."

"Oh... umm... yeah, follow me." She fixes her glasses a bit and walked behind me to my office. I was covering my hand over my hickey, trying to not get any attention to the people who were on the same floor as me.

In my office, I pulled out my MacPro Book and begin to set up the email for Anastasia and wrote it down on a piece of paper.

"Here you go, you're all set, " I said, handing the paper.

"You know if you continue to do that you're gonna leave a mark on your neck. That's not how you supposed to do it, " she responded, referring to my incident.

"I tried everything, nothing is working."

"Hate to say it but that's your fault, " she added with a soft laugh and got up from her seat walking towards the door. I followed her and blocked her away from the door, crossing my arms together for her attention.

"How's that funny?"

"You don't know the rules? If you're getting a one night stand by a stranger, no hickeys shouldn't be involved. It's the golden rule ."

Golden rule? What?

"Not like you got one before."

"Trust me, I know things more than you do."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Knock

Knock

"Mr.Lange there's you have a phone call from your brother, Axel, " said Jenny.

"I'll get to it, Jenny."

"- Well, I should get going?" Anastasia said, leaving my office to hers."

"You didn't answer my question, " I said to her.

She let it a soft laugh again and closed the door. I arched my brows in confusion trying to figure out what she meant to say that.

Was she trying to be sarcastic?

Or is she just playing games with me?

Or maybe, trying to make me feel like shit?

It's only her first day here and already she is causing me to feel like I'm not better than her?

Who the fuck does she think she is!

"Fuck, " I whispered.