Chapter 2 Secretary or maid

Helena waited for the impact that never came.

Had she died instantly and therefore felt no pain?

Slowly she opened her eyes, first one and then the other, and found the trunk of the elegant car with a foreign license plate very close to her face, her body convulsing with fear at how close she had come to dying.

He almost left his little brother an orphan, the mere thought of how lonely and sad he would have been made his sky blue eyes fill with crystalline tears.

- What the fuck were you thinking?! - Sebastian shouted as he got out of his vehicle, after a stranger came out of nowhere and crossed in front of him. He almost almost ran her over if it wasn't for his good reflexes.

Helena heard the man curse and, frightened, she slowly stood up, feeling a sharp pain in her knee.

- Can't you see where you're walking, woman? - he shouted harshly

The girl did not dare to look up, she felt ashamed for having caused the accident by not looking when crossing the road.

-I'm so sorry," she exclaimed with her head down.

She didn't see the man's face, but just by looking at his perfectly polished black leather shoes and tailored tailored pants of the same color she knew he was an important and powerful person, far from having a life like hers.

-Next time watch the damn traffic light!

exclaimed Sebastian with contempt, when he saw the exaggeratedly thin woman bowing in front of him in shame. She's a board! Thought the young heir as he looked at her non-existent curves. He couldn't see her face, because her long reddish hair covered her face like a cascade of fire, but he was sure she was not very graceful.

-Excuse me!

The woman kept trembling and apologizing. Fed up with so much humiliation on his part, he decided to return to his vehicle and forget about it, he had more important things to do.

He got into his late model luxury vehicle and honked at the woman, who had not yet moved out of his way.

Helena jumped in fright at the honk and Sebastian couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous she looked.

The unemployed young woman walked as best she could and got out of the way, as soon as she set foot on the sidewalk the vehicle accelerated passing very close to her making her stagger and turned at the corner of the big company.

Lunatic" she thought in bewilderment. She took her second step and realized she had stepped on something bulky, she looked down, it was a purse, a very elegant leather one.

She took it curiously and opened it.

His eyes lit up in surprise when he saw that inside the wallet was a large wad of dollar bills, as many as he had ever seen in his 24 years of life. That amount of money could pay off his debts and more!

He took the ID inside and found a young and elegant face.

-Sebastian Aller," he read aloud.

What did that last name sound like to her? She thought confused.

She couldn't remember, because her mind kept thinking about the money. The man had been despicable to her, someone like that didn't deserve a nice gesture.

-No Helena, you're not like that," she challenged herself, "You're going to return the wallet to its owner.

She put it in her purse ready to return it after the interview.

-What's all this mess?" shouted Sebastian as he entered his new office and saw the furniture full of dust, piles of papers and an unbearable smell of confinement. -Hey you!" He called the attention of an employee who unfortunately was just passing by.

-Yes, Mr. Aller," she said, frightened.

-Why isn't my office clean and shiny?

-I'm sorry, sir, but I don't know....

-I don't want an explanation, I want action! Find out at once and solve it as soon as possible! - he shouted throwing a notebook towards the door.

The woman ran out in panic looking for help

Helena entered the large building, and marveled at the large windows that illuminated the imposing reception room of white marble and minimalist style. She looked at the large sign on the desk of the beautiful and stunning receptionist.

Industrias Aller S.A.

Of course! Silly her, the ID said Aller. But did that mean she had the wallet of the owner of the company where she was going to apply for a job?

Her stomach churned.

Oh my god, she had to give it back before they misunderstood her intention.

-Hi, excuse me, I was just coming..." He didn't get to introduce himself at the front desk because the same woman who had crossed paths with the new ogre boss caught his eye.

-Hey you!" shouted the girl who came running straight towards her.

Helena was startled and clutched her purse tightly, where she had the wallet she had found.

Had she been discovered?

The woman grabbed her by the arm and pulled her tightly.

-Wait," Helena begged, "I swear I didn't....

-There's no time, the boss is here!

No no no no, they had caught her!

-I'm sorry, but I came here for the interview for the new position of...

Helena didn't make it clear that she was here for the secretary's position.

-There's no time for the interview, I need you to clean out her office before she kicks us all out.

Helena let herself be dragged along resigned that they weren't going to listen to her, I guess she had to obey if she wanted the position, maybe it starts at the bottom literally cleaning floors.

The woman took her up the elevator several floors, and to be exact, to the top floor.

Helena felt cold sweat, she had never been in such a fancy place, she had always had low paying jobs. She looked at herself in the elevator mirror and realized she was a mess, her knee was bruised and bleeding, her legs and heels were splattered with muddy drops from the street, and her hair was messy, plus her makeup had smeared from crying.

-We're here," said the woman.

Helena got out of the elevator and realized that the woman had not left behind her.

-Wait..." said Helena.

-Good luck," said the woman and closed the doors before she could say anything.

Helena was left alone in the long hallway, at the side of the road there was a bucket with water and several cleaning products, she took them as she could and walked to the end of the hallway limping in pain, she found a single reddish oak door with drawings of angry lions. The redhead swallowed nervously and knocked on the door. She received no answer and entered.

-Permiso," she said, startled.

She saw that behind a large red oak desk similar to the doors was a man with his back to her, looking out at the big city on the other side of the large window while talking on the phone in an angry tone.

-I don't care if it comes out to a million dollars! You bring it to me anyway," he shouted into the phone.

-Excuse me, sir," said Helena, trembling in a whisper.

-Alan? And what does my idiot brother have to do with all this? The CEO is me, so take care of it....

The girl put the products on the floor and rinsed the rag in the bucket mixing various liquids, then rolled up her sleeves and dipped her thin arms in the ice water. He put the rag on the floor and began to scrub on his knees, he felt a twinge of pain in his injured knee, he had to swallow the moan of suffering.

Sebastian was in the middle of a hot conversation with his accountant about whether or not to buy the new watch that had come on the market when he felt a strong smell invade his nostrils, stinging with discomfort.

-I'll call you back," he said and hung up the phone.

He turned around with the intention of insulting the cleaning person when....