Kylie's P. O. V
I walked fast towards my office. It is only ten minute's walk from my apartment. When I reached in front of my office building I looked at the tall building in front of me. Star Advertising Company was once the biggest advertising company in New York. But now it is losing its fame and on the verge of bankruptcy. After the sudden death of the previous CEO Mr. Sterling, his sons couldn't manage the company and it went down. Though half of my colleagues left their jobs here and transferred to some other company I couldn't leave this job. This is my only way of earning. I cannot take risk of leaving this job and searching for another. Who knows if the next job will be decent like this? Now I am just hoping the new management will keep me in my old job. Yes, you heard it right. We have new management as the sons of Mr. Sterling sold this company to some billionaire who can take it back to its old position of number one. As I heard the new management will take over this week. I hurriedly entered the building, and security guard John smiled at me. He is a jolly guy. I directly went to the elevator and it was empty. I pressed sixteen as my desk was on the sixteenth floor. I worked as a secretary to Mr. Sterling when he was alive. After him, I was the secretary of his elder son Jack Sterling. Now that we have new management I don't know what will be my position. I just hope they won't fire me.
Soon I reached the sixteenth floor and got off the lift. I walked directly to my cabin. It's a small cabin just in front of the CEO's office. It has a medium-sized desk with a desktop on it and a chair behind the desk, a shelf for files, and a coffee machine in a corner. I settled behind my desk and put my bag inside the drawer. I was relaxing a bit leaning on my chair when Cindy came into my office. She is my colleague and my only best friend in this city. She is a brunette with a model-like figure and a heart-shaped face. She is a pretty girl and very energetic. She only has one bad habit and that is gossiping.
"Have you heard the rumors?" she asked as soon as she entered my cabin.
"Good morning to you too. And no I haven't heard any rumors I was waiting for the great gossip queen to break the news." I replied to her with a bored expression. She laughed at my remarks and continued.
"You are so funny. Now listen to me. Everyone is saying that the new management will take over from today and the CEO is already here. And he is a deliciously handsome man." she explained with such an expression that she is going to eat the new CEO.
"Come on Cindy you said the same last month for the new accountant." I mocked her.
"That accountant is nothing near to the new CEO. He is a young billionaire and most eligible bachelor. I wish he would fall in love with me." she said dreamily.
"Keep wishing girl. Now let me take some rest," I whined.
"You just came to the office. Why do you need to rest right now? Haaa. Girl, what is wrong with your eyes? You have such big eye bags. Don't tell me you had another dream about your ex," she looked at me frowning and I just avoided her gaze like a guilty child.
"Girl, you should date someone. Most importantly you should get laid. How long will you be stuck with your past?" Cindy asked me with concern in her voice.
"It is not like that I want to stick with the past. I can't just control my dreams. What should I do?" I asked frustrated by my problems and ran my fingers through my hair in frustration.
"Okay, okay, I am sorry. Now I am going to make a new wish for you," she said dramatically and I looked at her. She clasped her hands and stood in a praying position and started chanting, "Dear god please make our new CEO fall for my best friend. I am sacrificing one handsome man for her," she continued her childish prayer. I couldn't control it anymore and burst into laughter.
"Stop it or you will kill me. I cannot stop my laugh," I told her in between my laughing.
"I am sacrificing one handsome man for you and you are laughing at me?" she glared at me placing her hands on her waist.
"Thanks for sacrificing the man that you have not even met yet. Now go back to your cabin or we both will be kicked out of the company." I told her and she left my cabin angrily stomping her high heels. See she is such a child.
I concentrated on my work. I checked the pile of files on my desk. After that, I prepared a report on our sales and business for the last ten years. I prepared all the account information too. I desperately wanted to impress our new CEO, so that he will let me be at my current job. Soon everything was done. I was feeling very tired from all of the work and my sleepless night. So I decided to make a cup of strong coffee for myself. I got up from my desk and went to the coffee machine. I had just taken my coffee cup when I heard some commotion outside my cabin. I put the cup back on the coffee table and walked outside my office. A few men were standing there in black suits. They were all very muscular and from their serious look, it was evident that they were bodyguards. But who carries so many bodyguards with him? I looked behind them and saw a man's back at me. The man was in a grey tailored suit. His hair was neatly brushed and he was very tall and muscular. Though I cannot see his face from here I was sure he is the new CEO, Cindy was talking about. The man was talking with my former boss Mr. Sterling.
I was standing at my cabin's door when Cindy came to me with a huge grin.
"Have you seen how handsome he is? He is the CEO of Smith Industries and the only son of Mr. Reynold Smith." as soon as Cindy finished her sentence the man turned around and our eyes met. I felt like someone had just taken away the air I was breathing.
"Sebastian." I spelled his name in a whisper.
Kylie's P. O. VHow could it be possible? How can he be here, standing in front of me? The world suddenly stopped moving under me from the moment I saw him. It can't be him after all this year. But my eyes cannot lie to me. It is Sebastian, my ex-boyfriend, who is currently talking with Mr. Sterling junior, my current boss. Though many things changed in him I can still remember every single thing about him. I have been seeing this man every night in my dreams. But the man in front of me was nothing like the Sebastian I used to know four years ago. The Sebastian I knew before had always a happy aura around him and a boyish smile plastered on his face. But the man standing with my boss has a cold aura around him and there is no sign of a smile on his face. Suddenly both of them turned around and our eyes met for the first time in four years. He also seemed a bit taken aback after seeing me here. It was sure he didn't expect me here. After looking at me for a couple of minutes the surpri
Third person's P. O. V Kylie came out of the CEO's office looking lost. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize where she was going and bumped into the door of her office. "Ouch", she cried out in pain and rubbed her now-red forehead. "Watch out girl. Where were you lost?" Cindy asked her from behind. Her voice was full of concern. "I was just thinking about something, don't worry I am okay now." Kylie opened her office door and entered her small office followed by Cindy on her back. She went to her chair and Cindy took the chair opposite her. "You seemed lost since this morning, don't tell me the dream of your ex is still haunting you here," Cindy tried to crack a joke but Kylie didn't seem to laugh at her little approach. Which made Cindy worried for her best friend. She placed a hand on Kylie's hand and squeezed softly. "Hey, what's bothering you? You know that you can tell me anything right? Is it something related to your father's health?" Cindy asked with co
Third Person's P. O. VKylie ran out of the room out of embarrassment. She never felt this humiliated in her life. Her white blouse was soaked with black coffee. She went directly to the washroom to clean her dress. Cindy saw her running to the washroom so she followed her to the washroom.In the washroom.......Kylie was looking at her reflection in the big mirror. Her white blouse became black with the coffee stain. Her eyes were red due to crying and her mascara was all over her face. She recalled back what just happened to her. Sebastian was never like this when they were dating. Or she never got to know the real him? cause the Sebastian she met today was the total opposite of the old Sebastian she used to love.She was lost in her thought when Cindy burst into the washroom. The moment her eyes fell on Kylie she became shocked. She rushed to her and hugged Kylie to calm her down. Though they are just been friends for the last two years Cindy knew her better. She knew about the ner
Sebastian's P. O. VIf she thought she could get away after playing smart with me then she was overestimating her intelligence. I won't let her go that easily this time. She has to pay for what she did in the past. I will make her beg for death to me. I become a beast every time I reminisce about my past and her betrayal.knock.... knock......."Here comes my prey," I smirked after hearing the knock on my office door."Come in," I said then concentrated on the laptop screen pretending to be engrossed in work. Though it was tough to concentrate on anything with the clicking sound of her high hill. So I fixed my eyes on her."You asked for me, Sir?" she asked with a fake smile plastered on her pretty face. How couldn't I see the intentions behind this pretty face in the past?"Sir?" her voice pulled me back to the present."I need you to accompany me to somewhere after office," I said and patiently waited for her response. She seemed to think for a while before replying to me."But, Sir
Kylie's P. O. VI still couldn't believe he humiliated me in front of everyone saying that I wanted to seduce him. What had gotten into his mind? Why is he treating me like this? As if it wasn't him but me who was responsible for our break up. I wish I could just leave this job but I had no other choice but to continue working under him.Earlier today.......I reached the office earlier than my usual time this morning. I had to complete a few files before Sebastian came. I was also planning to leave early today to visit my father. But life never stops surprising us."I thought you had a problem waking up in the morning when you were in college. But it seemed you had changed a lot and became an early bird, impressive," Sebastian retorted. I looked up to see him leaning on my cabin door."Good morning Mr. Smith. Do you need anything?" I asked him as professionally as I could. Though in my head I was writing a book about 'fifty ways to shove off a jerk boss'."No, thanks," he said and le
Sebastian's P. O. V Her teary eyes tormented me the entire night. I couldn't sleep at all so decided to go to the office early morning. On my way to the office, I paused and peeked inside her cabin. There she was engrossed in her work. I checked my watch, it was only 7.30 am. The office time starts at 8 so why did she come so early? She always loved her morning sleeps. I couldn't resist myself from asking, "I thought you hated mornings, how did you become an early bird?" She looked up from the file and my eyes met with her big amber eyes. They were still the same from my memories. "Good morning Mr. Smith. Do you need anything?" she asked with a fake professional smile reminding me about our present relationship. "No, thanks," saying that I turned back to my office. I didn't want to think about the past so it's better to leave her on her own for today I guess. I was too busy with my work to check on the time. But the commotion coming from outside of my office door was too loud to
Kylie's P. O. VI stood frozen in front of his big wooden table as he slowly placed three papers in front of me on top of the table."What are they?" I asked in a broken voice. Crying for a long time made my throat swollen."You can read, so go ahead and read them," he said with a smug look, placing his hands on the armrest of his big swivel chair.I took the first paper swiftly as I was short of time. It was a marriage registry from. Was he kidding me? I grabbed the next paper and it shook me to my core. A slavery contract? He wanted me to be his sex slave for one year? I looked at the last piece of paper. It was a cheque of fifteen million dollars but there wasn't any signature on it."Are you making fun of my situation? What are they?" I yelled at him as anger surged through my veins."I am not making fun of anything and I am interested in doing so. I am simply making a deal, you know as a businessman," he said with a smirk."What kind of business deal consists of a slavery contrac
Kylie's P. O. VBy the time I came out of the CEO's office, I realized the full executive floor was empty. I searched through the floor for Sebastian but couldn't find him. Desperately I dialed the number of the receptionist, Clara."Mr. Sebastian left for his home about an hour ago. He asked me to inform you that if you have some urgent business deal to discuss with him, you can go to his apartment."I hung up the call. Damn you Sebastian Smith, I cursed out loud. It was already 7 in the evening and I need to deposit the money before 10 pm. I have to get his signature on the cheque before that.Without wasting any time, I rushed to the elevator. When I reached the exit, it was heavily raining. Can this day be any worse?It took me another fifteen minutes to get a cab. I was fully drenched when I stood in front of his apartment building. The guards eyed me down from head to toe before dialing intercom."Mr. Smith is waiting for you, please take the elevator on your left and go to the