Chapter 4 THE FIRST CRACK

Lucien's POV

A knock came on the door. I was in my room and wasn't even supposed to hear the sound of the doorbell coming from downstairs but I did, because it was a knock I had been expecting.

I walked downstairs in my bathrobe, my hair wet as I had just finished taking a bath.

I saw the maid rushing towards the door as I walked down the stairs. She saw me and stopped. To show respect. Her head bowed deeply as she stood like that for seconds, waiting for orders to rise and that, I gave her.

"Go back to whatever it is you were doing, Elena. I will get the door" I said and she bowed again, before disappearing into the hallway leading to the kitchen.

I walked to the door, and opened it to reveal Naomi.

Good.

The way I wanted her to dress. Exactly one of the dressing styles I had added to the contract we signed two days ago.

"Good morning Mr. Kings" She greeted, her voice the same cracking voice that always sounds timid.

"Get to your daily schedule" I said, and disappeared back to the stairs, ignoring her greetings.

She didn't speak further, but just disappeared like I had wanted her to.

It had been two days since I fired two ladies because of her and since then, they all had been seeing me as crazy, but I didn't care.

Naomi found out in the contract I prepared for us to sign that she wouldn't only be working as my secretary in the office, but as a personal secretary who had access to my house, and a lot of my things.

Walking back to my room, I stripped myself of the robe and got dressed in my pants. I was getting ready to slide the shirt on when the door opened, revealing Naomi.

Her hands fumbled as she couldn't take her eyes off my chest and that made my brows furrowed. She saw this reaction of mine, and quickly had herself composed.

"Why are you here? Without knocking at that" I asked, as I took slow steps towards her. She staggered backward, until her back hit the wall.

"I..... I came to deliver your morning juice, sir" She said, more in a stutter.

"You're sure that's all?" I asked, wanting to tease her a bit.

"And I also came to inform you that your breakfast is ready" she added, trembling in fear, like I'd hurt her.

"I swear, I didn't mean to see anything" Her voice suddenly went up, as she defended herself. It made me chuckle.

"What exactly did you see?" I asked, locking my eyes with hers and then she gulped.

"N-nothing sir" She said, and scrambled out of my grasp.

"Next time, Miss Naomi, knock" I said, my gaze not wavering from hers. "Unless you were hoping to see me like this" I said and that made her gaze go to my chest again. The gulp.

"Yes , Sir" She said and I nodded curtly.

"Right. Get out" I said, the words coming across my lips, cold and unforgiving.

"Yes sir" she said, then moved out.

I stared at her back before she closed the door behind her and then went to my nightstand, dropping the juice on it. I went back to my dresser to finish my dressing then went downstairs, leaving the juice untouched.

My meal was prepared as she had said, the maid cooks the meal, while I made Naomi make sure everything was set, in place and organized.

I settled down on the dining chair while she stood beside me, her lips shut, and her eyes glued to the table.

The meal was done without a word as I had eaten in silence and when I was dabbing my hands with the napkin, my gaze finally shot to her, acknowledging her presence.

"I told you to send some files to Mr. Quinn. To deliver a message to Mr. Robert, did you take care of them?" I asked, and then she gasped, giving me the confirmation I needed. She didn't do the two jobs in which both were extremely important to me.

"I......I forgot for a brief moment, sir. I'm really sorry" She apologized and that's when I stood up from my chair, and leaned in close to her while glaring so hard.

"You are sorry?" I scoffed. "Will you make up for the two million dollars I'm going to lose because of you?" I said, and she trembled, her body shaking. I loved the feeling of fear in her, her eyes which kept glowing with nothing but anxiety.

"If I knew you were this useless, I wouldn't have hired you when I didn't even need you!" I snapped and her mouth went open in shock.

"What?" She asked. She wanted to hear it and I repeated what I had just said to her. Tears brimmed her eyes and all I could think of was a situation where she was almost crying like this while I fucked her.

"It wasn't intentional....I just....." I didn't let her finish, I cut her off as it was apparently something I love doing.

"I hate flaws, Miss Naomi. Making mistakes only makes me hate you" I said to her, and wanted to walk past her when she suddenly turned towards me, blocking my path.

"Why not just fire me if you hate me so much!" She yelled at me and that made adrenaline coursed through my veins. I was angry, not entirely at her, but mostly at the words she had uttered.

My gaze darkened, eyes boring into her like I could hurt her with those eyes. She flinched, knowing she had pressed the wrong button on me. She moved backward, afraid I'd hurt her, and I so much wanted to.

"You hate this job so much? Then so be it. Naomi Trent, you are fired" The words fell from my mouth. No restraints, no remorse.

She wanted it and I will give it to her.