My Sassy Boss

Damon threw his Stuart Hughs Ipad2 on the gray ceramic tile floor but fortunately, Edward, being his forty-year-old best friend and a very attentive assistant of him, is too fast to catch it in one hand. Knowing that he's been doing this for so many years of working for the young CEO who loves to throw things on the floor whenever he's mad. "What the hell is that?!" Damon yelled as he ran his fingers on his pale, yellow-colored hair.

Edward put the iPad on the wooden desk then he stood straight, looking at his boss whose face is now turning red because of what he just read. "Mr. Furlord, based on our sources, an aspiring writer named Sunny Peruvian used a photo of yours as a book cover of one of her erotic romance novels. And since the people know you well, they were quick to find it and thought that you somewhat have a relationship with that...er...writer."

"What?! I don't even know who that asshole is!" he scowled. His sharp square jaw tensed and slightly jutted forward as his thick black eyebrows furrowed. But despite the fearful feature that he showed, his assistant was not taken aback, Edward cleared his throat and remained still. "I don't think the woman knows you either."

Damon's brows wrinkled even more and his parallelogram-shaped green eyes widened as if it's burning with fury. "Edward, who the hell in this world wouldn't know about the Great Damon Furlord? Perhaps she came from a different planet!"

Edward held back his laughter. Despite being the most well-known self-made CEO in the country, the immature side of his boss hasn't changed even a bit. "Get her, Edward." Damon looked at him with sharp eyes. "Get that woman and bring her to me!"

The old assistant nodded. "Very well, Mr. Furlord. I'll bring her to you as soon as I was able to find her." He said then warded off the office. As soon as the door closed, Damon sank on his swivel chair, massaging his temples. His eyes found the iPad once more which made him feel insulted again. Who the hell is that woman who had the audacity to use his photo in an erotic novel?! And she didn't just use his photo, she even made a character out of him that seems like someone who has satyriasis. Damon already had sex with few women but only when he's bored, he never had a girlfriend or someone he loved, or did he?

His phone suddenly rang. Damon erased the thought of killing the woman who used his photo for a while and pressed his matte black iPhone 11 pro max on his right ear. "Furlord."

"Lemon?" a sweet voice of a woman was heard over the phone. "I mean, Damon? Is Mr. Damon Furlord there?" she asked. Damon was speechless for a moment, he can't be mistaken, the voice of the woman was the same as the girl she used to love back when he's in his second grade. He was stiffened and couldn't find his voice for a minute but then he gathered all of his strength and tried to speak. "E-Eris?" he almost whispered. He gulped, "T-This is Damon, D-Damon Furlord."

The woman didn't speak for a while so Damon thought that she already hanged up the phone but then she spoke again. "Oh My God, lemon!! Your voice sounds different now, I almost mistook you for another man!" he heard her chuckle and he smiled as he leaned on his swivel chair. "Your voice didn't change at all, it still sounds like a voice of a ten-year-old girl."

"Oh, here comes the biggest bully in my life again!" she laughed. Damon's smile became wider, he missed the sound of her laughter. "Why did you call me by the way?" he asked. Eris stopped laughing. "Mom's planning to have a welcome party in our house next week, can you come over?"

Damon looked at the note on his table where Edward wrote all of his appointments for the next few weeks. He knows how forgetful Damon is, so he puts it everywhere his eyes could look at so he would be always reminded even though he tells it to him every single time. Damon heaved a sigh as he shifted the phone on his left ear. "About that, actually... I have so many appointments waiting for me next week so..." he heard Eris sigh. "I understand, maybe you can just come when you finally have the time."

"I'll come." He spoke. "I can always ask Edward to move the meeting anyway."

"Oh come on Damon, I don't want to mess with your job. Let's just hang out when you're no longer busy okay? Just call me." She insisted. "But Eris-

"I'll always wait for you. Bye, Lemon!" she said then hanged up the phone. "I missed you, Eris..." Damon was about to tell her but it's too late.

He stared at her name from his phone for a while before he finally put it back above his desk. He heaved a sigh and took a picture frame inside his drawer and there, a photo of a little girl smiling sweetly at the camera, holding a cute brown teddy bear in her arms. "Eris..." he mumbled as he rubbed his fingers on it. "I'm so glad to know that you're finally back."

Eris was his first love, the only girl that he loved for the past few years and the one that he has been waiting for. He didn't have serious relationships with anyone after she left. He has been waiting for her to come back, thinking that maybe this time, he would be able to confess the feelings that he has been keeping inside his heart. The feelings that caused him to have a cold heart with other girls. It was Eris, his childhood friend, the only woman in the Great Damon Furlord's life. The only girl he will love.

Sunny's POV

"Mira, I'll throw a welcome party for you next week okay? Don't forget to call your friends especially Natalie. I'm sure she'll be delighted to see you." Said Mom. I can hear the three of them talking from the living room even though I'm washing the dishes here in the kitchen. "A welcome party? Sure, mom! I really really missed my friends so much! I'm sure they'll be surprised upon knowing that I already arrived."

Mom's favorite. She's been her baby ever since. I was jealous of her before, but not now. My sister is kind, reliable and she may tease me a lot but she loves me so much. I'm not good at fighting or arguing with someone that's why she's always the one who fights for me. "Have you called Henry too? I'm sure he'll be so glad to see you again." I heard mom said to her again.

My heart suddenly raced. It's been quite a long time ever since I last heard his name. Henry was my first love, I've been liking him for ten years already. My sister and I knew him from our piano lessons, he's five years older than us and he's already working as a music instructor in a university. But of course, Henry likes my sister. I tried to confess to him before but he told me that he only sees me as a younger sister. Mira likes him too, but he already has a girlfriend so my sister and I got drunk one summer night and mom scolded us the whole night and the day after. "I already called him and he said that he'll come."

I smiled. I will be able to see Henry again.

After washing the dishes, I went back to my room and took a bath. I was surprised when I suddenly saw Mira lying on my bed while talking to someone over the phone. "What are you doing here? Mom has cleaned your room for you!" I scowled at her. She widened her eyes at me and hushed me to stop because she's still talking with her boyfriend, I guess. She keeps on smiling like an idiot so I'm certain that it's her boyfriend.

I just sat on the other side of my bed and started drying my hair using the towel. "Let's go to the mall tomorrow, I'll buy you some clothes." Mira suddenly said. "I'll be meeting someone tomorrow," I replied. She got up from the bed and sat next to me. "Oh my God, you already have a boyfriend?! I'm so proud of you my SUNSUN! You finally grew up!!" she cooed while hugging me so tight. "I can't breathe! Let go of me already!" I protested. But she didn't let go of me, she started planting kisses all over my face. "Ugh Stop it already Mira, I don't have a boyfriend!"

She stopped kissing me so I quickly moved away from her and wiped my face using my towel. "Then who are you meeting with?" she asked. "I'm meeting with my editor."

"Editor? You're a writer?" she asked as if she's very surprised. I just nodded. "Sunny, you're still studying. That might cause you a distraction."

Oh right, writing would cause distraction but having a boyfriend won't. "I can do both at the same time," I spoke. I put my towel in my hamper then sat on the swivel chair to continue polishing the draft of another story that I will be presenting to my editor tomorrow. "Oh really, that's why you failed five of your seven subjects last semester?"

Mom probably told her. I'm not as intelligent as my sister, I don't excel at anything, well except our literature subject. I'm not even interested at studying anyway, I just want to be inside my room the whole day, while writing some stories. "Sunny, two years from now and you'll finally graduate if you do well. But if you continue being too uninterested in studying, you might not be able to graduate at all."

There she goes again. "Do you already have a boyfriend?" I asked her, just to change the topic. "W-What?" I moved my chair towards her and put my hands under my chin while smiling at her. "Based on your reaction, I think you already have one."

She averted her gaze. Oh, my cute older sister, she can't really lie to me. She's so bad at lying because her face automatically turns red whenever she does. "What's his name?" I asked her. Mira lay down on my bed, reached for a pillow, and hugged it. "He's not my boyfriend yet, but I think he likes me too..."

"How do you say so? Did he already confess?" Her hazel eyes glimmered. She shook her head while smiling. "He didn't do anything, but he told me that he's happy whenever he's with me."

I furrowed my brows. "Wait, is he from London?"

"Nope. I actually haven't seen him for five years and we almost lost contact with each other but I was delighted to know that he didn't change his number, I was able to call him a while ago."

"So, I'll meet him next week?"

She smiled. "I'll introduce him to you."

Now I'm wondering what that guy looks like. I don't remember her liking some other guy except Henry. Or maybe she did meet one but was afraid to tell it to me because she knows I'm gonna tease her. But from the smile on her face that she showed me, I guess that man really makes her happy nowadays. How I wish she gets the man she really deserves this time. If that's Henry, that would be alright with me. I admit that I still have feelings for him up until now but having him as my sister's boyfriend is another story. I'm willing to sacrifice my feelings just for Mira to be happy.

God knows how I missed her so much although I'm not good at expressing it. I know she knows it too.

Sunny's POV

I was yawning while walking down the road off to our University when a man suddenly appeared in front of me. He's wearing a black suit and black shades on his eyes looking like a complete member of men in black. "Sunny Peruvian, am I mistaken, ma'am?"

I blinked. "H-How did you know my name?"

The man took his shades off and bowed at me. "I apologize for the unexpected approach. I'm Edward Winkinson, Ma'am Peruvian."

Oh, so he's a middle-aged man. I wonder what does he wants from me. I furrowed my brows at him and scanned him from his head down to his feet. "Do you need something from me?" Edward cleared his throat and stood straight. "May I ask you to come with me for five minutes ma'am."

"W-What?! H-Hey old man, I-I don't play with people that are way older than me! T-That's pedophilia!" I was about to run away but then two men suddenly hopped outside a black limousine and take a hold of me. "Who are you?! L-Let go of me!"

"I apologize Miss Peruvian but our boss wants to see you so please cooperate," Edward said again. "Boss? Who's the boss? Are you a member of a mafia?!"

Edward didn't reply. He beckoned the men to drag me inside the car and so they did. "Let go of me, please! Don't know what I did wrong! And my parents don't have that much money to give as a ransom! I still want to meet my prince charming, please! I still want to accomplish Denver's story!!" I yelled and yelled inside the car but the men seem not to hear any of it. Ugh, for sure Seb's already waiting for me. I tried to get my phone inside my bag but one of the men grabbed it from me. "What the-

"Sorry Miss Peruvian but you're not allowed to use your phone until you finally able to talk with our boss."

"Who's that boss you're talking about, huh?! And what does he really want from me! It's impossible that someone's really mad at me because I don't even talk to people!" I scowled. But just like what they always do, they pretended not to hear me. I'll surely kick that man's ass when I see him.

The limousine suddenly stopped and the men stepped out of the limo while dragging me with them. It was a huge twenty-five-story building made from spandrel glass and steel.

My eyes widened. "F-Furlord?!"

The men kept dragging me inside the company then we rode the elevator. Everyone, there was looking at me with furrowed brows and some are judging me quietly and some even laughed. Furlord, that's the surname of the man in that photo! But why does he want to see me? Is he going to sue me or kill me?! Oh My God Sunsun, what have you done!

"Please, go inside Miss Peruvian." Said the man named Edward when we finally reached a grey oakwood door with 'CEO'S Office written inconspicuously in steel. My heart started beating fast, I gulped as I glanced at Edward. "D-Do I really need to g-go inside?" I showed him pleading eyes but the old man ignored me and just nodded.

Why does it feel like I'm going to enter hell? Oh God, for sure there are cops waiting for me inside. Edward opened the door for me. I took the deepest breath I could ever have before I finally stepped inside. A different fragrance wafted through the air, a fragrance that encourages me to sleep. I roamed my eyes around the office and saw how big it was. Everything is made with grey, the wall, the ceiling and even the large couch located at the center under a huge chandelier hanging on the ceiling.

There's a grey wooden desk near the couch and behind that was a man wearing a charcoal-colored suit, glancing at the ceiling-to-wall windows, making me only see his sexy back which perfectly showed by his perfectly fitted suit. His hair is blonde which fell perfectly down to his nape. "M-Mr. Furlord?"

His back straightened as I spoke as if he was startled. He slowly tilted his head towards me and I was agape the moment that I finally saw his face. Damn, he looks exactly like an angel. He's so handsome in the photo but what he looks in real life is so ethereal. I was just staring at him when he suddenly spoke. "Miss Peruvian?"

How can be a man be this handsome? His eyes were emerald, his pointed nose has a mole on the side of its tip and his lips were red as if it has been kissed a million times. "Miss Peruvian?" I came back to my senses when he spoke again. "S-Sorry." I immediately said. Did I almost drool over him? This is the very first time that I saw a handsome man after Henry.

He chuckled and that was the sexiest chuckle I've ever heard. He gave me a smile, "Please take your seat, Miss Peruvian." I nodded. "O-Okay..."

He sat on the couch across mine and crossed his legs. His stare was quite intimidating, I kept my head low while playing with my own fingers. Why am I so nervous? He's the most handsome man I've ever seen in my life. "So, I guess you already know why I made you come here?" his voice was calm and bright. I finally had the urge to look at him and I almost fell from the couch when I realized that he was smiling at me. I bit my lower lip as I averted my gaze. "I-I'm really really sorry for using your photo Mr. Furlord, I didn't mean it, I really thought no one would ever notice it and-

"But you do know that stealing someone's photo without their permission is inappropriate, right?"

I nodded my head and shifted my gaze towards him again. "I'm really sorry Mr. Furlord, I promise not to do it again please forgive me." He suddenly stood up, so I stood up too. "My face has been on the front page of a newspaper and my name can be heard all over the news. That makes every person that I meet ask me whether I had sex with you when I barely even know you. Do you know how that could affect my business?"

My head remained lowered. "But I understand, I know you only wanted to catch the audience's attention and weren't able to see any photo that can be used as your book cover." I glanced at him. "Y-You do?"

"Of course." He said. "And how can I sue a woman?"

My eyes sparkled. Oh, what a kind man he is! He's truly an angel Prince! Not just because of his looks but because of his character too!

"Thank you so much Mr. Furlord! Thank you so much, you are the most handsome and the kindest person I have ever met!" I blurted out. He then laughed again. Even his laugh sounded so handsome oh God, why are you so unfair!

He sat once more and crossed his legs. "Now give me five hundred million."

My smile suddenly faded. "H-Huh?"

He crossed his arms and fixed his eyes on me but this time, the smile on his face isn't there anymore, and all I can see is his sharp gaze as if he's going to eat me alive. "I won't sue you unless you pay me."

"P-Pay you? But I don't even have that much money. A-And I thought you have already forgiven me?"

"Forgiveness is only given to those who deserve it. But to people who use other people to get attention like you? You don't deserve it." He said nonchalantly. My mouth was agape, why is he suddenly talking like this? The last time I check, he told me that he has already forgiven me and he even smiled at me like an angel, but now, where is that Angel Prince?!

"B-But I didn't intend to use your photo just because I wanted to be famous or to get noticed by people, I-I had no choice..." I muttered. "P-Please, Mr. Furlord, d-don't sue me... I'm willing to pay you little by little..."

He suddenly laughed. His laugh sounded like that of a demon. "Miss Peruvian, I don't take bits of money, I want it whole, in cash, RIGHT NOW." I blinked. "But I already told you that I don't have that amount of money, I'm still a student and an aspiring writer!"

"I don't care. You should've thought about that before you used my photo."

My blood suddenly boiled. I balled my hands into a fist and looked at him with sharp eyes. "I already said sorry, okay? Isn't that enough? I know I was wrong but you have no right to treat me like this! I would pay you! Even if that would mean to pay you until the day I die!" I yelled which made him widened his eyes.

"Here's my I.D and, take that as proof that I have no intention of running away from my mistake from you. I will pay you every month, or every week if I can, okay? Sorry but I still have classes." I said as I turned around, ready to step out of his office but then he suddenly grabbed my hand. "Don't you dare turn your back to the great Damon Furlord."

I looked at him skeptically. "I already said that---

"If you can't pay me, then be my slave instead." He said.

"W-What did you say? S-Slave?!"

He crossed his arms. "You'll do anything that I want you to do."

"Are you insane?! Just because you are insanely rich, you can already boss everyone around!"

"Then just let me sue you. What a bad start for an aspiring writer, right? For sure no one's going to read your books now." He said. I gulped. I'm not rich so I can't pay him, and just like what he said, I'm still an aspiring writer. I love writing so much and I love having people to appreciate what I write, if ever they knew that I used someone's photo without his permission, and knowing that someone is not just an ordinary person but a CEO of a well-known company, for sure this would be the end of my career. I heaved the deepest sigh I could ever have for my entire life as I glanced at him, "Fine."

His brows rose up. "That's my girl. Well then, you may go now. I'll call you tomorrow."

"O-Okay..."

I walked towards the door. As soon as I closed the door behind me, I screamed so loud without even knowing that the people outside are all looking at me as if I'm going crazy.

"Ehehe.. S-Sorry..." I said as I walked past them. Damn you Damon Furlord. I'm really going to kill you one day."