Chapter 3 THE WARNING

I, Lucien Kings, will claim her.

Naomi's POV

He dismissed me, after I was done checking his files.

I learned about his age, his hobbies, and many other things about him. Nothing shocking really, just the fact that he had no relationship record. He had been single.

I moved over to the secretary desk that had been prepared for me, very close to Lucien's office. I settled down, and before I could even think about doing anything, the woman from the interview room appeared in front of me.

Apparently, she is the HR director of the company. I stood up to greet her, but the woman wasn't interested in what I had to offer.

She slammed some documents on my desk and barked at me to sign them, her voice low yet deadly.

"Onboarding papers. Sign them" She said, looking away from me as I bowed. I took a pen and imprinted my signature into the papers like she wanted.

"Here is it, ma'am" I stretched the papers over to her as respectfully as I could, but instead of her taking them from me, she only glanced at me. Her gaze filled with disdain.

One thing was certain. The woman doesn't like me, not even a bit.

"I guess the reason why you came here was to grab attention to yourself and to seduce the boss" She said and I squinted my gaze, wanting an explanation to what I didn't understand.

"Your first impression was to show up here without a bra?" She asked and my eyes widened, moving swiftly to my chest and I found out that she was right. Shock jolted through my body, and I found myself covering my chest with my hands when that could barely do anything.

The HR director only scoffed, her eyes gawking at me with a scorn.

I must have been crazy to come here without a bra on. That explains why Lucien was acting all flirty since the moment he first saw me. He must have thought I was some sort of slut who was craving attention.

I had woken up late, and just dressed hurriedly when I remembered that I had an interview. But as it turned out, I almost dressed naked.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I didn't......" I wanted to apologize, to prove my innocence, to let her know that I didn't even mean it like this but she didn't even let me. Her voice cut me off.

"Hey" she called, the voice dripping with so much venom. "Stay professional. Mr. Kings doesn't mix work with pleasure" She said, saying the words like I was really here to seduce the CEO.

She didn't allow me time to defend myself, but just turned, the sound of her heels the only thing that cut through the silence until they fades.

I was finally able to breathe, and then I slumped into my chair, disorientating my hair as I tried to keep myself sane.

Naomi. You are going crazy! You really are.

It was my first day at work, but my boss was already interested in me, and the HR director was already hating me. How doomed are the days that are yet to come?

**

Time for lunch and I went to Lucien's office to ask if I was permitted to eat in the cafeteria along with other employees and he gave his approval. I walked alone, like a lonely bird among other hawks. The cafeteria was buzzing with other employees, all eating while discussing but when some of them sighted me, their voices turned to whispers, but I could hear them.

Talks that I was there to seduce the CEO. Talks that I was a slut who deserved to work in a cheap motel. They said tons of words among themselves, not caring that I could hear them.

I froze, adrenaline coursing through my veins. I couldn't withstand it, but there was also nothing I could do about it. They heard about what happened in the interview room, and there was no denying that it happened. To couple it all, I was wearing a tight shirt without a bra underneath it.

I couldn't sit there, couldn't eat with them, and suddenly, I felt like an outcast. I staggered backward, trying to block the rumors that filled my ears but it was impossible, unless I leave.

I raced away from there, my legs carrying me away from the cafeteria as fast as I could. I left there, and ended up in the restroom. My hands on the washing basin as I took in deep breaths, then I turned, trying to walk back to Lucien's office when I saw them. Two of them standing in front of me like high school bullies.

"What do you want from me?" I was quick in asking, voice laced with venom as I refused to be afraid of the two ladies in front of me.

They were from the HR department, I could tell from their office ID cards.

"The CEO has interest in you?" One of them asked, taking slow threatening steps towards me, and I couldn't help but step backwards.

"You are here to seduce him?" The other scoffed, also walking towards me.

"What are you? Bullies?" I asked, and even though I was scared, my lips didn't tremble.

Before I knew it, the duo was right in front of me, making me flinch.

"Do you think he would even look at your side?"

"Do you think you can succeed in taking him for yourself?"

They asked, and as much as I wanted to yell at them to stop, I couldn't because I was so scared, so scared to death, not entirely because of them, but also because I kept thinking about the hell I had just walked into. Lkings.

She touched me. She pushed me on my chest, and I couldn't help but stagger backward.

Just when I thought I was really going to get bullied, he appeared, pulling my waist into himself.

"You dared touch my secretary?" He asked them and they flinched, their body shaking and their lips trembling.

"Mr. Kings...." They wanted to talk but couldn't utter words.

He made a call, sending their names out to someone.

"I want them fired. In five minutes. No, two" He said, getting me completely shocked.

He's firing people. Because of me.