Chapter 10 Ethan's POV

Chapter 9

Ethan's POV

"Are you still not going to give me a reply?" Josh asks.

I decide to ignore him. There was no point in giving him a reply and I knew him, there was no way he was going to let this siuje drop and once I tell him what really happened, he was going to be broadcasting it to all our friends. I knew I made a mistake when I employed on eof my best friends. Although, judging by how we met, I wouldn't really say I was the one who employed him. My parents or rather my father was the employer bit who cares.

"You know if you don't give me an answer I'm just going to keep on bugging you." he says to me.

I knew that which was why I decided to ignore him once more and catch up with work. It's been a few weeks since I joined the company as CEO and there were a lot if things I had to put in place. While I was familiar with most thing, I still needed to get up to date with them.

"And also, you do know that Susan is going to loose her job as your personal assistant one way or another right? Why did you lie to her?" He asked me.

I released a sigh. "I didn't lie per se. It's just, I can't deal with her obvious interest in me especially since I'm walking on a thin rope with my father."

"And the fact that you are not interested in her."

"That too. And I don't just what her to loose her job especially if she is good at it. The only issue I have with her is how obvious she wants me." I said to him.

"And that does a lot for your ego." He chuckled.

It does but there was one issue. I was not into her. The one woman I was into wanted nothing to do with me. She had poured coffee on me because I was being a jerk to her.

"So...."

I knew where this was going. He was going to ask me about the suit again.

"How exactly did your suit get soiled?"

I knew it. I chuckled when he asked the question. I have no idea why this nosy ass was a friend of mine.

"Did you not get the message?" I asked him.

Josh dated at me in shock. He had no idea what I was talking about. "What message?"

"That I wasn't going to give you an answer." I said to him.

"Oh." He chuckled as he placed a sweet in his mouth.

"You know what I think?" He asked me.

"I don't know but obviously you are going to tell me."

He gave me a wide smile. "Exactly. I think it's a female." He paused with wide eyes before he continued. "Wait, hold up. Don't tell me you've already run into one of your lays in the office?"

"Lays?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow.

How the fuck did he come up with these terms?

He gave me a nod. "Yep. You know like the girls or women you sleep with."

"Okay?"

"I can already picture it." He said to me as he stared info space. I think he was doing it mainly for the effect he thought it would have although it made him look ridiculous to me.

"What exactly.."

"You step into the elevator and there she is. She tries to approach you but you ignore her because you are a jerk." He said to me as he turned his attention back to me.

"So you think she would pour coffee on me just because I ignore her?" I asked him.

"Did you miss the part where I said you are a jerk?" He asked me.

I shook my head. "And what makes you so certain that it's a female. What if the person is a male?"

"Nah, you do not do guys."

"For the nth time, I don't care about gender. I.."

"Yes, I know that." Josh says interrupting me. "But when was the last time you were attracted to a man?" He asked me.

I frowned. Truthfully, I could not remember. Especially after Alexandra came into my life like a whirlwind and also disappered like one.

"I get your point."

Josh chuckled. "See, it's a female."

He wasn't so far off though. It was a female and she happened to be someone I had slept with. The only difference was that she was someone I could not et out if my head no matter what I did. Alexandra was different from the other women and I was obsessed with her. Although, I'm not going to deny it, when I first saw her in the meeting, I thought she knew whj iwas when we had slept together. The thogght had crossed my mind buti pushed it away because it made little sense.

And after our stint in the elevator, I was sure she had no idea who I was before. She was just finding out. I wondered if she thought about that night the same way I thought about it. If she obsessed about it the same way I did.

I wanted her. I wanted her badly but I had to be careful. My father had his people stationed around every corner. Who knows what will happen if I just decide to pursue something with her especially when I've not even been here for a month.

There was a reason why I was here. Although if I was given the opportunity, I would rather stick with the other side of business that involved using my hands. But I made a promise to my brother. And there were suggestions I had given to him to get this company to where it was. I want going to let my brother's legacy die down. And even with him six feet below, I was going to show him that there was a reason why he believed in me. There was a reason why he thought I could head the company.