Chapter 5 A hectic first day

" Where is she?" she asked referring to Lydia.

"I haven't seen her Ma'am, I wanted to ask her about the projects as well, but couldn't find her"

She sighed in frustration, then said

"Listen, I will have an online video conference with our London branch, that will probably take 2 hours minimum. There is a lot to discuss. I want no disturbance, you understand?"

" Of course Ma'am" I said .

"As about the projects , you can find everything on the server, I believe your laptop is connected already to our big server, I asked the IT team to take care of it during the meeting. Everything will be in the Ongoing projects folder."

What? She took care of that as well while on the meeting... I was so swamped listening to everything but she was working during the meeting while hosting it too. She really was a machine.

" Thank you" I said.

" No problem, not like Lydia would be any help anyway" she said.

Her phone rang and she dismissed me . Lydia was still nowhere to be found, so I went to my office to relax a little and searched for these ongoing projects. A couple of minutes later she entered my office with a seductive smile on her face.

"What's up handsome, how was the meeting?" she came next to me and brushed my arm. I couldn't help but notice the two top buttons on her blouse were undone and she was wearing a red lipstick.

" I see you already took my place"

" I didn't take anything from you" I said concentrating on my laptop.

"Ah honey, it's OK, I forgive you. On one condition.... how about a drink after work? "

" No, thank you" I said

" Ah, come on, don't be a buzz kill! Just one drink, then we could go to your place, how about that?" she said with a wink.

I stood up from my chair as she was uncomfortably close, pushing her breast towards me.

"How about...." I said, looking deep in her eyes

"you go back to your desk and do your job. Ms Anderson is on video conference and asked not to be disturbed. It's your job to make sure about that. I am not interested in your little games here, nor I will cover for you. So go on, do your job and leave me alone, I am not interested"

Lydia's face instantly turned red , her previous seductive smile was completely gone and was replaced with an angry snarl

"Huh.. you're a jerk Robert, you'd be lucky to have me!! Well, that was your only chance, so don't come begging me, cause there will be no next time" she said and walked out of my office, shutting the door behind her.

I sighed and went back to my computer to search about those projects. I was eager to get every information about them, so that I could have my hands on what I needed then get the hell out of here, and go back to LA. After an hour and a half, I still couldn't find anything worthy, when the sound of my intercom got me out of my frustrated search. I picked up

" Robert, my office please" I heared her demanding tone.

I went right away. Walked past to Lydia's desk and knocked. I could hear her scoff at me but I couldn't care less. I won't be engaging in any office affairs and jeprodize my mission here. I entered the office.

"The conference is over" she announced .

"We have to get to the site of the Dock project and you are coming with me. Is Leo back yet?"

"No, Ma'am, you need me to call him?"

"No, no let him be. You'll drive"

" Of course, but Madame. Didn't you say at the meeting that you will visit tomorrow?"

She looked at me like I was the stupidest person in the world .

"Do you think that an announced visit regarding safety issues on a construction site has the same effect than a surprised one?" she said giving me a questioning look. She got a point. She went on.

" No, we have to go now, but don't let anyone know, you got me? That bastard Cooper probably informed them anyway but they expect me tomorrow.....Please cancel my meeting with Mr Holt and inform the Financial Department and Mr Howard that our meeting will be delayed to 3 PM. We are leaving in 15 minutes." she said and gestured me to leave.

I went back to my desk to process everything and sighed in frustration. Quite a hectic first day. I felt like I didn't know a damn thing. I was already exhausted, I couldn't think, I was tired, sleepy and hungry. I closed my eyes and started daydreaming about my careless life in Cali, when a sudden thought came into my head. Shit, she said something about cancelling a meeting. I checked her schedule on the laptop. Yea, Financial Department , yea, and that Howard guy... wait where are the contacts.... how do fuck would I know.... I went out to ask Lydia, but again, nowhere to be seen.... God, she really is useless. Went back to my office, searching for the numbers but couldn't find any. Then my door was busted opened suddenly. Elizabeth stood there in all her might wearing an angry expression.

" Robert, I said 15 minutes, not 15 hours! Did you do what I asked?!"...

"ummm not yet Ma am.. I can't find the ... and I ..." I couldn't come up with an explanation. She took a deep frustrated breath

" God, why is everyone so useless in this office....... move! " she ordered .

I rolled to the side with my chair. She came closer and bent down to my desk to reach my laptop. With her slender fingers she begun to type in the search motor, and placed an icon to the desk on my computer.

" You know Robert, sometimes in life, it can be very useful to use your brain.....Here, there are the contacts of everybody and every department at Anderson's. Now, call the financial department to delay the meeting to 3 pm. I will handle Mr Holt. Then meet me outside the hall. We are taking your car because Leo has mine. You have 2 minutes, don't make me angry.".

Make you?!! So this is your calm self... pff this woman... but I didn't have time to dwell on her behaviour. I quickly made the calls and got my stuff together to meet Her Majesty in the hall.

I quickly walked to her and said

"I'm here."

She sighed

" yeah, congratulations, you made it. Now, let's go."

I frowned and followed her to the underground parking lot of the building. She was busy typing on her phone all the way down in the elevator. Her whole being was cold and she always kept a certain distance with everybody. Being this close to her , I could examine her features for the first time. Her face was clean, lips are full with a pair of almond brown eyes she had long eyelashes and when she moved them ...it was really something majestic about that. She was wearing minimal make up and her straight hair was cut and designed in a very simple manner. She glanced at me unexpectedly and said

" You want to say something, Robert?!"

That caught me off guard...

" Khmm.. no, no Madame" .

She sighed and rolled her eyes then went back to typing . Well, that was embarrassing - I thought to myself. I never was the type to gawk at a woman, they always came to me. Actually, I never really had to convince anybody to come to my bed. They came willingly, what came, jumped rather. But there was something about her that made me want to look at her. Maybe it was the stories I've heared about her, or what my dad told me about her family. There was something, I couldn't explain what , that made me feel extreamly uncomfortable in my skin when she was near, and made me hate and dispise her even more when she opened up her mouth to speak. She addressed everyone in a polite way one could say, but something about her tone made you hate her. I tried to look down to stare my shoes to avoid any kind of emberrasing situation like before, but I just couldn't take my eyes away.

The elevator came to a halt, a few people stepped in, so we had to make room for them. I somehow happenned to be behind her and couldn't help but look at her phisique. She had an hourglass figure I could tell, her legs seemed extreamly long and she had a nice round butt, even though she hid it behind that stupid pantsuit. She was wearing high heels but I was taller then her. She was still busy with her phone, when suddenly she flipped her her away from her face and her scent hit me. Man, when I tell you, I've never been so mesmerized by a scent before. Like I was on the edge for real. I had to admit to myself, If she wouldn't wear that ugly frown on her face, she even would be considered beautiful and tempting.

We arrived at the parking lot and stepped out. She looked up and asked

" Where to?"

Shit, I had no idea... Leo never told me where he parked the car! She noticed my shocked expression

" Please don't tell me you don't know !?" she retorted again.. There... The magic was gone.. What was I thinking.. Tempting my ass..

I looked at her with my mouth opened.. my ears turned red in emberresament

"Ma'am I'm really sorry, I have no idea. Leo just gave me the car keys but didn't tell me where he parked the car."

She looked at me furiously. I looked at her like a fucking kid waiting for his mom to scold her because he forgot his homework or something. We stared each other for a long time. It felt like an eternity. She finally opened her mouth to speak

" What is this a staring contest?! What. Are. You. Waiting. For.?"

She emphasized every single word, like she was talking to a retarded person.

I just froze, I couldn't even think under her gaze. She sighed , and dialed Leo's number on her phone. He picked up and told her where the car was, but the whole time she kept looking at me. She started to walk and I followed her like a lost puppy. I really was making a fool of myself. She stopped when we reached the car and pointed towards it.

"Tada ! Magic. ... "

She said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. She rolled her eyes as I was searching for the keys in my pocket. I opened the car, and she hopped to the back seat while I sat in the driving seat.

" You know, YOU are MY personal assistant, not the other way around. If you could just use those two brain cells of yours and rubbed them together maybe you could solve such an easy problem as having a contact info or findig a car in a closed parking lot" - she said giving me a lecture.

I really felt like a stupid little boy. She made me feel that way and that made me hate her even more.