The demon ceo

In a dimly lit room, a lady was frantically kicking and punching anything close to her, in her sleep she was whimpering and mumbling some incoherent words.

She was sweating profusely "no... mummy don't go..." Her lips quivered as her eyes shot open immediately.

She was breathing heavily, she sat up from her bed.

Her bedside lamp turned on immediately to reveal her friend's worried face.

Lyra patted Racheal's back slowly it has become a usual routine for them to wake up in the middle of the night because of her nightmares.

Racheal lost her parents at an early age to a car accident on their way to a family picnic.

Unfortunately for them they couldn't make it there after the car fell off a cliff, only Racheal survived and was later taken to an orphanage where they both met and became best of friends.

She couldn't bear seeing her friend like this, so she hummed a lullaby that Racheal loves to listen to since she was a child.

Few minutes later Racheal calmed down and soon drifted to sleep on Lyra's laps.

Lyra maintained that position and rested her back on the bed still humming the lullaby till she drifted into sleep again.

The next morning the alarm clock beside the bed woke the two from their sleep.

Racheal was the first to get up only to realize she slept on Lyra's laps. She must have been uncomfortable throughout the night.

Lyra sluggishly opened her eyes "is it morning yet?" She mumbled loud enough for Racheal to hear.

Racheal's eyes darted to the clock and hurried out of the bed.

She had an interview today and she has only twenty minutes to get ready or else she might miss it.

She rushed to her wardrobe ransacking it for a suitable outfit to wear,"don't worry go and freshen up I will take care of that" lyra hurriedly got out of bed to help her friend.

Racheal came out of the bathroom to see lyra fast asleep, she smiled shaking her head. She knew lyra was tired because of her.

She picked up the outfit lyra brought out, lyra loves fashion a lot and she has helped her a lot whenever it came to her dress.

It was a black pencil skirt and a white chiffon blouse she nodded at Lyra's choice.

She got ready immediately and kissed lyra goodbye before leaving the apartment hurriedly.

Racheal arrived at the front desk of the company " hi I'm here for the interview" Racheal casually stated to see the scrutinizing gaze the receptionist gave her.

"You are late by five minutes, anyway it's the last seventeenth floor.

The receptionist smirked at Racheal's back seeing her hurried footsteps. She was quite sure their boss won't take it easy with her.

Racheal took in a deep breath as she saw his messenger came out of the office."you can go in now".

Hearing his words for some reasons made her heart beat faster than usual, she gulped and entered the office.

Her face brightened immediately she stepped into the large office, she almost forgot the main reason she was here.

She felt a strange aura in the office, all her hair stood on ends.

She met the gaze of a pair of black orbs, she unknowingly quivered his eyes something was different about them.

She unconsciously started checking him out. His midnight black hair was neatly gelled and permed perfectly that she couldn't see a strand out of place, her eyes moved down to his pointed nose, his well defined cheekbones and lips.

Her eyes trailed back to his lips.....

He was flabbergasted by the weird girl in front of him that was obviously checking him out.

Racheal met his viscous gaze once again, she mentally face palmed herself and smiled.

He was taken back by her beautiful smile.

None of his employees ever smile in his presence instead they get frightened.

" Good morning sir" she smiled politely while he remained unmoved.

She has done her research about him, he usually maintained a stoic expression.

"I'm sorry l arrived late" she explained.

"You are late, leave" he replied coldly.

Racheal sighed in frustration, it seems she was jinxed or something whenever she gets a job she always ends up fired.

And now she hasn't even been interviewed yet.

Her face looked sullen, she didn't miss the mocking face of the employees.

She knew something would definitely go wrong today so she wasn't so surprised.

Racheal returned home in frustration, why was all these happening to her. She was really happy when she was called for an interview because she heard that the company pays a huge amount to their employees.

She unlocked the door and went in and breathed out. She was tired of staying at home all day.

Only lyra pay all the bills and she has been feeling really bad wondering why she was jinxed.

Her phone rang for some time before she decided to pick it up it was a video call.

She stared at the caller and smiled it was Marcus, her friend."hi" she smiled

Marcus noticed her sullen expression behind that smile" what is wrong? are you alright?" He asked worriedly.

Racheal narrated her plight and he sighed in relief. "Come on you will get another opportunity" he tried to ease her stress they both spoke for a while before they ended the call.

Later that day..............

It was very windy in the city, dusts filled the air, parents calling after their children because if the strong winds, this reminded her of her parents.

Racheal smiled widely knowing it will rain soon, her smile was innocent and beautiful that it showed her cute dimples at the side of her face.

She rubbed her arm slightly, her black long hair was swaying on her pretty face that she could barely see.

Days like these always made her happy, she smiled as she reminisced on those beautiful memories.

Flashback

On a windy afternoon, everyone was running in different directions but little Racheal sneaked out from her room and went out, this sneaky act did not miss her mum's eyes who was busy on the phone.

Nancy called after Racheal but she was long gone, she ran after her mischievous daughter who was making her run in circles.

"Racheal don't stress mummy, come to me sweetie" Nancy pleaded panting slightly, her daughter has always loved rainy days, she worries about catching a cold but this daughter of hers was something else.

"Mummy I want to stay out for a few minutes, please".

The seven year old girl pleaded with pouted lips and puppy dog eyes which she knew her mum couldn't resist.

Nancy sighed and smiled, she caught up with Racheal and twirled her around.

Soon it began to pour heavily. Racheal's happy laughter synced with the thunderbolts.

She spread her arms looking up to the sky while her mum continued twirling her.

Racheal frowned when the rain stopped pouring on her, she looked up to see an umbrella over their head.

"Nancy you both will catch a cold, come inside" Andrew scolded.

Racheal slipped out of her mum's hand and took off, leaving her parents to run after her.

The three has a blissful moment under the rain.

Lyra stared at Racheal's back, it has started raining but she just stood there smiling not daring to make a move.

She knew rainy days were attached to her childhood but she could still get a cold.

So she pulled Racheal in, drying her hair with a white neat towel.

"So how was the interview" lyra asked worriedly, she knew Racheal was trying really hard to get a job even though she told her not to worry herself.

"He threw me out before I could even sit or begin" she grumpily stated.

Lyra smiled and patted Racheal's head "is that why you are feeling down, look I got takeouts for us" lyra brought out a brown paper bag.

Racheal smiled revealing her dimples as she opened the bag to devour the contents in the bag.

Later that night at Aidan's penthouse.

Aidan freshened up and took out his laptop to continue with his work, when his eyes darted to the necklace with pendant on the glass table.

He was sure it belonged to that weird girl that came to his office earlier.

He picked it up to analyze it properly, he took a closer look at the love pendant which had a slight opening by the side, it was a locket.

He opened the locket to see a picture of a man and woman each on both sides of the heart, Aidan immediately assumed them to be her parents.

It must be important to her, the door pushed open as a tall guy stepped in, he had similar facial features as Aidan.

He had a playful smile on his handsome face which complimented his jet black hair giving him a cassanova vibe and looks .

Aidan sighed in frustration, this cousin of his likes making an entrance and it annoys him more when he comes to his house unannounced.

Now he watched him roll a key on his index finger, however the necklace caught Brian's attention, he immediately walked over to Aidan and snatched the necklace.

Brian stared awkwardly between the necklace and Aidan.

"Wow bro this belongs to a lady" Brian commented as he fondled with the gold necklace.

" Does it belong to your girlfriend?" Brian asked feeling a bit confused because his cousin doesn't show any interest in ladies, so seeing a lady's necklace with him is quite weird.

Aidan snatched it back " give me that, and how many times will I tell you not to badge into my home late at night" Aidan barked suddenly regretting why he didn't lock the door.

Brian wriggled his eyebrows with a grin on his handsome face, " Come on bro you are always alone no one to talk to in this boring house, so who does it belong to?" Brian said which made Aidan sighed loudly.

" It belongs to a lady who came for an interview today she was quite weird" Aidan simply stated before he returned to his laptop.

" Well return it to her" Brian suggested. " I didn't hire her" Aidan explained, he didn't know why he is answering his cousin's questions, he knew well that Brian will tease him nonstop.

Brian excused himself, while Aidan tapped on his laptop the pendant kept drawing his attention back. "Godammit" he cursed loudly as he threw the necklace further away.

The next morning at Racheal's apartment.

Racheal was making breakfast while lyra laid lazily on the bed watching TV, when she heard the door bell.

"Racheal are you expecting anyone?" Lyra lazily mumbled."no I'm not" Racheal replied.

Lyra got up from the bed mumbling under her breathe. She opened the door to come face to face with a handsome guy smiling at her, she thought she was seeing things so she closed the door and opened it again but he was still standing there except this time he was looking at her head weirdly.

She unconsciously touched her head only to realize her hair was a complete mess, it looks like a birds nest.

She cleared her throat to gain his attention back. "Well who are you here to see?" Lyra asked while brushing her hair with her hands.

Brian was awe struck at that moment his cousin was right this girl is really weird, he went loss for words at that minute all he could do was open his mouth and close it like a fish.

He regained his composure and tried to act cool " I guess this belongs to you" he brought out the necklace from his pocket.

Lyra recognized it immediately and snatched it from him. "How did you get your hands on it" she asked and called out to Racheal.

Racheal popped her head from the side of the door, she saw the necklace dangling from Lyra's hand and touched her neck.

Brian was now confused on who owns the necklace, since there are two ladies.

"Ummm..it fell off yesterday at the office you went for an interview" Brian explained before they misunderstand him.

Racheal smiled sweetly at him showing off her cute dimples "thank you so much, you have no idea what this mean to me" she expressed her gratitude.

Brian's brain ceased to work as he was caught in that pretty smile.

Lyra knew what was going on in his mind so she reacted fast. "Well thank you, have a good day" she hurriedly said before slamming the door shut.

Racheal was quite surprised "lyra that wasn't good at all he returned this to me and you treated him that way" Racheal complained.

Lyra rolled her eyes, her friend was too naive to notice what was going on around her a while ago, if she hadn't done that she was sure they would get married on that spot. "Racheal don't worry about that loser he only did that to feel important" lyra shrugged and returned back to the tv.

Some moments later she screamed which alerted Racheal from the kitchen." What is it?" Racheal asked worriedly as she followed Lyra's line of sight to the tv and was a little shocked.

It was a commercial of the Wilson's brothers, and the guy who just left now was a Wilson...........