Aneesa's POV
"Come on Aneesa you really don't have to go to work there today....I could always look for another job for you at different company, Xander was just outrightly rude to you" Reena said for almost the hundredth time today while chewing some of the fries I had made earlier on,she had been trying to convince me against going to the Job due to xander's attitude but I was not budging a bit. "Renna I can't do that, just imagine it as the case of another annoying boss......and besides the pay is good and I really need the money, I'd see you when I get back" I said after sighing and then took my bag while heading out the door. On getting to the office,I found myself rushing to my desk, hoping against all odds that my boss would not be around, because I was 5 minutes behind time regarding the fact that I was met with an heavy traffic on my way to work and also being that he had specifically told me not to come late to work the other day at the club."Miss copper, if you continue coming late to work like this, I don't think I'd be needing your services.... cause I don't need an employee who would not be efficient at their Job"." I'm sorry sir.....I didn't mean to,there was a very huge traffic and I tried my best to make it here early" I said trying to catch my breath after practically running all the way to the office while raising my eyes to be met with a very angry looking Xander standing right in front of me looking as intimidating as ever. "I don't want to hear any of your excuses miss copper.....if you can't abide by the rules, you can always leave....I have a lot on my plate already , the last thing I need is an inefficient worker" he said angrily while leaving me there totally speechless while wondering as to why he was that angry due to the fact that I was only five minutes behind time, shaking my head while snapping back out of my dazed state, I took a deep breath while sitting down knowing it was going to be a very long day. 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Xander's pov I came to work earlier than usual cause there was a lot of work I needed to do in the office because I was trying to seal a certain contract with a company. I picked my phone to scroll through the internet as well as reply important messages in case there was any, only to be met by different pictures of Diane my ex girlfriend and Richard my ex best friend happily kissing and sharing an ice cream together in front on an ice cream shop, I was totally pissed at the sight in front of me as I hated the fact that one of the people I trusted most in the world could betray me like that, I stared at the pictures angrily while feeling different emotions which I couldn't comprehend flood through me, I hated the fact that I was still attracted and had feelings for Diane despite what she has put me through, checking my phone and seeing the that it's was already five minutes past 8, I stood up to check if my PA was already present so I could know my schedule and so it would help me take my mind of Diane, only to be met by an empty desk, I felt my anger risen as looked forward only to find her running to her desk while catching her breath, I couldn't hold it any longer hence I just transferred all my pent up anger towards her and threatened to sack her if it persisted while storming off very angrily not minding her explanations. "Can the day get less annoying" I said to myself while getting to my desk to find my phone ringing against it, I groaned inwardly while picking it to see Andrew's name, one of my closest friends on the screen. "Yes....what do you want" I said rather rudely after picking the call as I wasn't ready for his constant teasing any longer." Woah.... it's like someone woke up from the wrong side of bed this morning" he said from the other side of the line, while hearing the amusement laced in his voice as to how I sounded." Whatever Andrew..... could you at least move straight to the point" I said firmly not ready for his jokes and teasing as I wasn't in any mood for that." Come on Xander, you really have to loosen up, you are always uptight Everytime and it isn't right" I rolled my eyes as looked upward while listening to him talk further and waiting for him to get to the point as to why he called me so I could hang up the phone."Anyways....I just called to confirm if you'd be meeting up with the guys and I at the bar as we had planned to do earlier on". "No, I unfortunately won't be able to make it.....I have a lot of things on my plate right now and also an important meeting came up that I would like to attend to" I answered sharply while tapping my fingers on the table in an hurry to get the conversation over and done with."Alright....I already expected that,I told the other guys not to expect you already,but still wanted to hear from the horses mouth" He said from the other side of the line sounding rather bored and uninterested."Whatever Andrew" I said while hanging up on him caring less if he still had anything he wanted to say as I pressed on the intercom to call my PA in order to get my schedule for the day. In less than 5 minutes I heard the door open and also heard it close but I didn't even bother to check whoever it was that came in, totally sure in was my PA. "What is my schedule for the day miss copper?" I said still typing away on my laptop without granting her as much as a glance as I heard her read out loud my schedule for the day."Okay....that would be all miss copper" I said noticing she had been waiting for my response after she was done reading our my school."Wait miss copper,get me my coffee from the coffee stand.....I like it black absolutely no sugar" I said while looking up at her for the first time since she had worked into my office, I noticed she was dressed on white long sleeved shirt which she tucked in on a gray penciled skirt that ended just few inches below her knees,which brought out her perfect figure making her look smart but sexy as ever, I quickly averted my gaze cause I didn't want it to seem like was gawking at her and continued typing away on my laptop even though I was already distracted. 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Aneesa's pov I was looking at file in my hands repeatedly while try to check if there was any mistakes in the schedule I had written down for my boss about a while ago as I didn't want to "annoy" him any further that he already was, when I heard the intercom buzzed,so I went into his office while taking a deep breath with his schedule in my hands."What is my schedule for the day Miss copper?" I heard him say while typing away on his laptop and barely granting me as much as a glance, as I hurriedly read it out loud to him."okay....that would be all miss copper" I heard him say as I stood before him waiting for his response."Wait miss copper,Get me my coffee from the coffee stand and I like it black, absolutely no sugar" he said firmly while looking up at me for just a minute as his attention went back unto his laptop."Yes sir" I said while marching my way out of office and headed for towards the coffee stand to get him his coffee. I got out of his office while releasing a deep breath which I didn't even realize I had been holding earlier on, as I headed towards the coffee stand, I glanced at my right to see the secretary who I later found out to be Lisa giving me a very disgusted look as I hurriedly went towards the coffee stand while wondering what I ever did to her to getting all the reactions she has been giving to me. I walked towards the coffee stand in haste as I didn't want any more trouble with my boss,but I suddenly bumped into "something" or rather someone which looked to me as a strong wall. "I'm sorry... that was totally my fault,I wasn't looking were I was going" I heard someone say as I looked up to see a very handsome man in front of me while beautiful gray eyes ." But not as beautiful as Xander's" I heard a voice say in my heard, confused as to where the sudden thought came from,I shook my head to get the thought out of my head " it's fine.....I also wasn't looking,we are even" I said while smiling trying to convince him that I wasn't angry to the fact that he bumped into me." Thanks for understanding,I'm Willams by the way and I must say you are quite a beauty" he said while stretching his hand out to give me a firm shake ." Aneesa...nice to meet you and thank you for the compliment" I said while blushing slightly at his compliment ."Nice to meet you too Aneesa.....I hope to see you later" he said while winking at me playing as he proceeded to the direction he was heading for, I then quickly headed to the coffee stand to get the coffee after remembering my boss would be waiting for it.Xander's pov"Arggghh" I groaned inwardly while scrolling for the umpteenth time today , through Diane's and Richard's pictures which was displayed all over the screen of my phone.I hated the fact that it only took a look over their pictures to send my insides and mind spinning. I switched to Andrew's insta story to see if I would find anything to get my mind of her even though it was just for a second.As I scrolled through his insta stories,I was met with several videos and pictures of himself and the guys chatting over loud music, while downing excessive alcohol.Smiling at the sight before me as I thought it would serve as a great distraction,I decided to put a call across to Andrew telling him I would be going over to the bar, which was against my earlier said decision."What's up buddy?.... decided to change your mind?" I heard a very drunk Andrew from the other side of the Phone, after picking up on the third ring. "How long does it take to pick up a
Xander's pov Two days LaterI shook my head while coming down from my car on getting to the front of the company building, it's been two days since I met met the guys at the bar,but that still didn't make the drunken voice of Andrew exceed my brain as I continued to ponder on the obvious jokeful " Advice" he has given me bar, I mean it was constantly ringing in my head like an alarm clock.As I made my way into the office building, I noticed my employees murmuring from different directions, as each of them tried to adjust whatever it was they were doing, I wasn't surprised though,since I got it everyday considering the fact that I never even tried to do as much as send them a smile in a day, I even heard the rumors that went around about me being a very ruthless boss and always being very serious but I never did as much as try to pay any attention to them.Ignoring all the tantrums going on around me, I made my way towards my office as I
Xander's povI was sitted in my sitting room after getting back from work late at night ,while consistently pondering on the possible ways to put my plans in motion thereby making it effective,I knew I had to thread carefully as any decision I made was enough to ruin me as well as my business, but I felt I needed to do this to clear my head so as to give myself closure and enable me to move forward as regards other things.After delebrating on several ways but constantly deciding against them I decided to put a call across to Andrew, as I knew he always had the craziest ideas as regards things like this." Heyyy Xander....what is it you want from me this fine evening" he said as I rolled my eyes while looking at the the frame of my whole family picture hanging on the wall of my sitting room, just near to the flat screen television hung up on the wall next to it. Andrew and the guys,as well as my brothers always claimed I only tried to place a call across to
Aneesa's Pov"he whaaat?" Reena shrieked, clearly in shock and obviously finding hard to believe what I had been trying to explain to her for quite some time.I had been trying to make Reena believe the fact that Xander actually apologized to me in the office for quite sometime,but she didn't seem to believe me, I mean who would right?, Xander was not one to come off as one who would render an apology when he has been in the wrong, heck why would he when he always thought he was right at everything he did." He apologized" I said for the umpteenth time since I got home,after practically jumping her on the three sitter couch she had laid on in the sitting room, but that didn't stop her from still staring at me blankly, trying her best to put together what I had said. I didn't blame her though,I also was still in denial as to if I had heard correctly despite being the one who was apologized too." They really had to be something fishy in all of this......I mean
Aneesa's pov"Reena could you help me get my mobile phone, which I placed on the couch?"I said while raising my voice at an octave and checking if I had everything I needed for the buisness trip in place." Ohh Alright"she replied as I saw her go over the couch while coming back to stretch the phone in my direction.Looking at the screen of my phone, I squinted my eyes as I saw a notification come across the screen noting it to be form Williams."I'll definitely check on you when you come back from that trip which Xander stole you away from.....I would like to know if we could plan the date for another time" I smiled while reading the message on my screen and finally decided on just sending an emoji in return.Suddenly I heard my phone suddenly vibrate as I looked to check who it was and was surprised to see my bosses name on the screen." Ohh shit" I muttered under my breath after checking the time in my phone, while hurriedly taking my bag and heading out
Xander's pov"you don't have to answer it if you are not comfortable" I uttered while staring at Aneesa as she shifted severally on her chair, clearly uncomfortable at the question I had asked her about half an hour ago."I lost my dad in a crash" I heard her say while I began eating my food, totally disregarding the fact that she was going to answer my questions."I didn't mean to bring back hurtful memories"I started to say not expecting what she has just revealed to me to say the very least."It's fine sir..... I'm fine, happened a long time ago, already over it though or so I thought" she answered while chuckling dryly without humor "Okay.....And what did I say about the name basis?" "At least we are not at work right so it would not be tagged unprofessional like you call it" I said while making signs of an hypen in the air.I really sucked when it came to consoling people,I didn't have the slightest idea on how to go about it,so I brought in the convers
Anessa's pov "Xander asked you on a date?"Renna screamed while looking at me with wide eyes."Yes he did"I answered also shocked at my own revelation.Xander and I had become friendly towards one another since the buisness trip,but i definitely wasn't expecting him to ask me on the supposed date.I mean we already started of as friends and had been chatting non-stop via social media, plus I already gotten on the hang of calling him by his name but I definitely didn't think that he would ask me out on a date,but then again it was an harmless date right?I had gotten the message from Xander earlier on while we were chatting talking about the latest movie which had just been released and trending online, "from scratch" which had been trending online but was still in the Cinema's ,as a result of that he suggested we go see the movie together at the cinema."Earth to Nessa"Renna squealed bringing me back to reality."And are you really going to go out on the date?"i
Xander's pov"so how did it go?I heard Andrew ask inquisitively,as his wide eyes shone with obvious curiosity.We were currently in my apartment having wine together,after Andrew had told me he was coming over to the house a moment ago."How did what go?"I replied feigning total ignorance of the fact that I didn't know what he was referring to as I was not in the mood to reflect on what had transpired at the cinema house not more that two days ago."Ohhh, come on Xander.... stop playing dumb with me,you definitely know what I am talking about"he said as he looked at me rather frustrated at the fact that I was behaving oblivious of what he was talking about."Okay fine....went well asides that I ran into Diane and Richard strapped into each other's arms beaming happily at one another" I said while rolling my eyes as I felt a sudden twist in the depth of my belly."You have got to be kidding me" I heard him reply as his eyes widened as he acted surprised."Yeahh