The door opened and I knew exactly who it was without looking up, he slumped into one of the chairs and I looked at him.
"Boss man (he said sarcastically) Hope you ain't frustrating Alexa too much?, she's been frowning every time she comes out of your office"
"She's just doing her job, and I don't care if she's happy doing it or not" I said, rubbing my forehead.
"Okay boss man, what's poppin tonight?, we should go to the club tonight, yunno it's been long since we went there, and I really need to cool off" Mark said.
"I thought of that too, I need......" the beeping of the door's remote distracted me, I looked at the camera through my cellphone and I saw it was Karl.
I pressed the open button on the remote, the door opened wide and Karl entered.
"Good morning boss" Karl greeted and I nod at him.
"Good morning Mr Mark" he greeted Mark too, who acknowledged his greeting by a wide smile and a wave.
"Is anything the matter Karl?" I asked.
"Nothing boss, I'm here to remind you we have thirty minutes left until the board meeting," he said politely.
I looked at my watch and truly it was thirty minutes remaining, I guess he calculated the time before coming.
"Oh okay, has everything been prepared?" I asked.
"Yes boss" he said and I nodded.
"Okay good, Mark i need you to monitor Alexa, she's supposed to go up and down the staircase fifty times" I said and both Mark and Karl looked at me shocked.
"What?!" Mark asked in shock.
"That staircase has more than three hundred stairs, and you asked her to go up and down fifty times?"
"Well she disobeyed me, and she had to do work, she's not here to help me attend to business meetings yunno" I said, standing up from my chair.
"Bro, that's too harsh"
"You're gonna help me monitor her or not" I asked.
"I..I..I I'm gonna monitor her" he said and I nodded.
"Karl, let's get going" I said and we both walked out of my office.
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"I'm not in support of this!" One of the boards of directors, Mr Wilson said and I smirked slightly.
"And if I may ask Mr Wilson, why are you against it?" I asked, staring at him deeply.
"I..I'm not going against you, but then, creating a that type of a toy will make kids more unserious, they'd prefer to have fun more than learning from it"
"Oh great, I like how you put in feeling as a parent, but Mr Wilson, kids nowadays love to have fun, and studying with fun will really be impressive" I reply calmly while smirking. I have a bad feeling about him, he seems like a spy, he's not always comfortable with plans that'll make the company grow..
"Mr Knight is right, if parents find out there's a toy that could be a study partner and a friend to their kids, they'll definitely get it" Mr Boston added and i smiled, he's one of the best here, ever so supportive.
"We may actually think........
ALEXA'S POV
I sigh tiredly as I get to the last stair of the staircase, why is this guy so wicked? If not that I'm a strong girl and I won't allow anybody to ever break me again, I'd have been crying by now.
How the hell am I going to go up and down this staircase fifty times if I'm this tired? I can't just wait to get this one year over with. Heck!, this is just the first day, I really have to make it in this life.
"You're not thinking of committing suicide, are you?" Mark asked jokingly as he came out of the blues and I laughed.
"I'm not in mood for jokes Mark"
"I understand, you must be very tired" he said and I nodded.
"Let's go to the company's restaurant and eat some food" Mark said and a smile spread across my face, but it dropped down when I realised I had a punishment going on. I'm pretty sure he's monitoring me.
"I'm sorry Mark, I have some things to do" I muttered slowly.
"You mean going up and down the staircase?" My eyes grew wide, so he knows.
"It's fine, he asked me to monitor you, so you're free" he said and I smiled brightly.
"Can we go now?"
"Yeah, sure" I nod my head quickly, standing up from the stair I sat on.
We walked towards the exit and people kept looking, or me rather, I can't blame them, they'd probably be asking each other what a maid is doing here. We went on and on before I saw a building with the inscription KNIGHTS COMPANY RESTAURANT, they have a lot of buildings here, everything here is orderly, and it's kinda wise of them, how rich are the knights?
My stomach growled loudly and Mark looked at me chuckling.
"We are here already ma'am" he said and opened.
We entered and we took a table, and a waiter rushed to us.
"Good day Mr Mark, what can we offer you?" He asked bowing slightly.
"My favorite pls" he said, the waiter nodded and looked at me.
"Your order Lexa" Mark said and a "ohh" sound came out of my mouth in realization.
"His favorite" I said quickly and the waiter left.
"You're not gonna regret your choice Alexa" Mark said and I nodded smiling.
NICKLAUS'S POV
The door opened and Mark entered with Alexa trailing behind him, he sat on one of the chairs and Alexa sat on one too.
"How was the meeting Mr Knight?" Mark said and I scoffed.
"It didn't go as planned but it still favors my side more, and of course Mr Wilson was against it" I explained.
"Do we need a private investigator to dig out information on Mr Wilson?" Mark asked.
"No, not yet" I said and sighed.
"Okay, I have some things to keep in check at the other company, I'll leave now" Mark said standing up.
"Alright bro, catch you up later" I said and he nodded before walking out.
"You've had something for lunch?" I asked Lexa before facing my laptop.
"Ermm..yes sir" she replied, but what's wrong with her, well that's none of my business.
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I checked the time and it was almost 7 o'clock. I looked over to where Alexa was sitting and she's already, I put some things in order before walking up to Alexa.
"Alexa" I called tapping her, she started to shiver.
"No..no, leave my mum alone" she muttered inaudibly, still shivering, her hands flew to my shirt and she held it tight.
I don't know what's going on with her, I should probably wake her up. I slapped her hand and she sprang up.
"What's happening?" She shouted looking around.
"Seriously?" I wanted to laugh at her reaction but held it in.
"It's time to go home, let's get going" I said and she glared at me before following me.
ALEXA'S POV
We have already arrived in his mansion, Nicklaus was walking to the elevator before I stopped him.
"Mr Nicklaus, I think I should get off work now, it's late already" I said and he looked at me weirdly before laughing out, he looks more handsome when he laughs.
"You really didn't read the contract, did you? (He asked and I became dumbfounded)..well I don't need your answer, maids only go home for weekends" he said and my eyes grew wide.
"I..I..I th..thought.." I don't even know what to say.
"I don't care about your thoughts, that's just the contract" he said and started walking to the elevator.
"The first room you see when you get upstairs is your room" he said before finally walking away.
NICKLAUS'S POV
Music keeps blaring, I keep taking shots, my eyes roaming around, Mark was making out with a girl, I should too but I'm trying to be a better person and stay loyal to my girlfriend.
I took another shot and Mark looked at me with his eyes wide open, wait I thought he was making out with a girl.
"Wtf dude!!!, you're gonna get drunk if you keep taking shits like this" he shouted into my ear and I laughed, actually I know I'm kinda getting tipsy.
"N..no..I..I..w..will, no..I..can't.get drunk" i hiccups.
"You're drunk dude, let's get you home" he said, dragging me and I jerked free from his hold.
"T..the night is still young" I said, taking another shot.
"Okay, but you gotta stop drinking" he said and I nodded drowsily.
"I'm not gonna look for a hot chick to fuck" he said and dash out.
"Give me one whiskey" I said to the bar attendant and gulped down another shot.
ALEXA'S POV
I dropped my phone on the nightstand and I was about to sleep. I just finished talking to my aunt and I explained the situation to her. My phone started ringing and I got reluctant to pick it up from the nightstand. I should pick it up, maybe it's my aunt and she forgot to tell me something. I picked my phone and to my surprise it was Mark, why is he calling me this late?
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I was downstairs in a minute, he was reeking of alcohol.
"Pls get him to his room, I have something important to attend to" I nod my head and he leaves.
I supported him to the elevator and we left for his room, he kept muttering inaudible words and I was forced to laugh, so he can be this childish.
We got to his room and I dropped him on his bed, I turned to leave but he pulled me back and I fell on him.
"You (he points at me) ..y..you..th..think..you can be r..rude to me" he hiccups.
"Be..because y..you're cute, you t..think you can do anyhow?" He said and I tried standing up from him but his grip on me was so tight.
"Y..you d..didn't let me ha..have fun with my girl, now I..I'm gonna have it with you"
"What?!" I shouted.