Chapter 9 Ethan's POV

Chapter 8

Ethan's POV

There was a smile on my face as I gazed at the fiery blonde who had just poured her coffee on me. The elevator closed after she got out and I just couldn't help the laugh that spurted out of me.

I should not be feeling things for this woman. I knew I had behaved like a jerk towards her and I probably shouldn't but I just couldn't help myself.

I was walking a thin line with my family taking over a company I wasn't all that interested in heading but because I had promised my brother on his deathbed, I couldn't give up.

And I did not want my family to think that I was hooking up with someone when I had just started working at the company. My father had called me a whore, slut, Playboy...whatever name in the dictionary that suggested I sleep around like no man's business. But what he doesn't know is that it's been months since I slept with someone else. Not after the night I spent with the blonde bombshell.

She was everything I could think about and at some point, my friends thought I was making her up. Kael had suggested checking the footage for her because Lush was his club I was a co-owner but I did not care about it that much. I just enjoyed the passive income.

I refused to check the footage because it would lead to my friends tracking her down and I did not think Alexandra would appreciate it if I did so.

I walked out of the elevator, with that smile plastered on my face as I made my way to my office. Susan was at her desk and she stared at me with wide eyes when she saw I was drenched. I had no idea why this woman was even working here. The first day I came in she had tried to seduce me and she wasn't even being subtle about it and now she was fussing around me like we were in some relationship.

"What happened to you?" She asked worriedly as she rounded her desk to approach me.

The first offensive thing I perceived this morning was from her perfume. Why was it so harsh and how much did she pour on herself? Did she bathe in the whole thing?

I tried to move back to put some distance between us not that it was helping though but she approached me, giving me a chance to breathe.

"How are you so clumsy?" She asked as she picked up a tissue to clean me.

There was no way a tissue was going to work. I did not want to be hasty in my judgment and I also did not want to make huge changes when I just started working here but now I was rethinking my decision. While I tried to believe she was good at her job, after what happened yesterday I wasn't so sure.

How did Bryan work with her? He was a goody two shoes and I only bother enough that tomorrow he wouldn't have cheated on his girlfriend but damn, how did he put up with this woman?

"Susan," I warned but she wasn't listening to me.

"Boss." I heard a voice speak from behind me and I said a quick prayer in thank you to God.

I turned to the voice. He had a small smirk on his face as he took in the scene before him. There was a reason why I liked working with Josh. He was effective and there was the fact that we had become friends after being together all this time. Hence why I brought him here. He would be much better to work with as an assistant than Susan.

"Josh," I said in relief.

"Who are you?" Susan snapped like he was interrupting a private moment. He wasn't. I was not in the mood to deal with Susan this morning, especially after seeing the girl of my dreams and I mean it literally.

Josh moved to her with his hands extended for a handshake. "I'm Josh Waters, we will be working together from now on."

Susan turned to me with a frown on her face. "What is going on?" She asked me.

I removed her hands from my body as I turned to Josh who was still standing with his hand outstretched.

"Josh is going to be my personal assistant," I said to her

"But you have me so why would you need him?"

"I have no reason to explain that to you."

"Am I losing my job? Is this because of what happened yesterday? I already apologized for that." She said to me,

Tears were gathering in her eyes but I knew enough about fake people to know that she was faking it. She wasn't a really good actress. Josh coughed trying to mask his laugh but I ignored him.

"You are not losing your job but I'll be working with Josh now. For every piece of information you need to pass to me, you pass it to Josh first. You communicate with me through Josh." I said to her,

"But..."

"That's enough, as you can see, my suit is soiled and I need to change." I ignored her protests as I made my way into my office.

I left the door open because I knew Josh was going to follow closely. Josh was more than an assistant. He was also a bodyguard of sorts. Although, that was a story for another day.

"Nice meeting you." I heard Josh say as he walked into my office before closing the door.

"You are lucky there is an extra suit ready." He said to me,

"Don't I know that?" I said as I moved into the small bedroom.

When I first found out there was a bedroom in the office, I tormented my brother. Always sleeping in the room. It's funny how this time, I was here for a different reason. Whoever had come up with this decision was brilliant though, I had to give it to them. There was a toilet next to the bedroom and although the bedroom was small, it served its purpose.

"So...." He said, fishing for information which I was in no mood to give to him.

"What?"

"I'm not going to ask about how your suit got soiled." He said but I knew him well enough to know that was what he was asking and his curiosity was going to be the death of him.

There was silence for all of thirty seconds before he spoke up like I knew he would.

"So...how did your suit get soiled?" He asked.