Rose

Chapter 2- The BOSS

It took me a two and a half hours to get back to college with the help of the GPS! How did I run that far off? I should definitely keep track the next time, that is, if I muster up the courage to go again.
But I can't stop thinking about who that was? Were they following me? What could somebody be doing in the jungle? Endless questions ran in my mind so I decided on asking someone about the forest tribals.

After taking a long hot shower, I change into Iris' dress pants and a white shirt along with my navy blue sneakers. Those are the only decent pair I have

'Well, if I get the job I'll buy myself a new pair of heels' I promise myself internally.

Iris works in a small diner, just a few blocks away from the academy. It handles most of her basic expenses, and I'm hoping if they keep me it'll be a little something for my pocket too!

I finger comb my hair and tie them up in a top-knot. My brown hair were usually always on fleek but lately they've been complaining about the weather. They are all frizzy and dry. Maybe I should just cut them short? I cringe at the thought of chopping all my hair. Applying a pink lipshade, I check myself out in the mirror. Decent. It'll have to do for today.

Taking the 4'o clock bus, I reach the diner Iris told me about. 'Skyler's Kitchen' . It was a small but fancy place, small little blue and pink flowers lined the entrance and two huge lanterns hung below the signboard.

Cute.

Contradictory to my previous statement, the interiors of the diner were anything
but small. Just at the entry, it spread out into four aisles leading to different rooms separated by glass walls. The one on my left had the bar.This was where Iris worked. She made excellent drinks and served them from behind the counter. On my right was a HUGE exhaust just above the big grill. It had a few benches along with chairs as seating arrangement.

The two rooms on my front were what I suppose were the dining rooms. One of them was casual, like how you'd expect McDonalds to be. But what caught my eye was the plush, beautiful room adjacent to it. It had huge booths with sofas covered in blue and pink velvets. The furniture was definitely expensive wood. Each booth had smoke exhausts above it. There were curtains to each booth that could be closed for privacy. Beautiful diamond chandeliers that split yellow and white light into every direction hung above each booth. It all screamed money and I only hoped I'd get to serve in it to get bigger tips!

Walking into the bar on my left, I waved at Iris to catch her attention and she waved back calling me to the bar front.
There she introduced me with the sweetest lady I've ever met, Eliza, the manager of the diner. She must be in her late fourties judging from her greying hair...

I greet her and she returns it with a warm smile that causes her undereyes to wrinkle. The wrinkles giving a separate smile to both her eyes.

"This is not an interview dear, one of our waitress quit without prior notice and we are in need of a substitute. The work gets hectic here." She said.

"Iris here recommended you for the job, I have no doubts about her choice, she is an outstanding one" she continued.

"Although, we will require identity proofs, your college ID, and two passport photographs. Get them with you when you start your work tomorrow itself".

She explained the work which was quite simple actually, I had to take orders on the iPad provided, send it to the kitchen/bar/grill and then serve them when they were done accordingly. I would have to Greet customers at the time of initiation and when leaving their company. Easy! I could do that and for 1000$ excluding the tips? definitely doable!

"Lizz can I give Rose a tour of the place to accommodate her better?" Iris asks innocently, jumping off the tall barstool.

"Sure, why not dear" Eliza cooly replies gesturing a hand towards the doors telling us to go ahead.

"Oh my god Rosey! I'm so excited! We can come here together and we can leave together now! Yayyy!" Iris giggled.

"It gets so dark by the time I'm done at 12am, and it's so scary to walk those streets alone.." she whispers, almost as if hiding a secret.

I look at her only to find her staring intensely at someone ahead of us. Following her gaze, my eyes land on a tall, muscular figure standing in the posh room. I look back at Iris and catch her in a dreamy state.

"Back to earth 'ris!!" I tap her shoulder, bringing her back beside me.

"Who is that? Someone has a CRUSHHhh" I pull her cheeks in a tease.

"Shhh... That's Mr. Skyler" she replies still not looking away from the man.

"As in the Skyler of the Skyler's kitchen?" I ask dumbly.

"Yes, idiot. He's the owner of this place and also most of Kolova. Gorgeous man" she winks at me.

I try to get a good enough look of the man she is describing, but in vain! He's standing with his back towards us!

So,we walk towards the grill, both of us avoiding any confrontation in the posh area. Even with his back at us, he freaks the hell out of me. I have never been so lucky as to be in the company of rich, good-looking men and by the way iris is describing the man, he seems like a charmer. Rich, gorgeous and charming.

Intimidating.

The smell of beautifully burnt steaks hits my nose and my Nosetrils flare in response gathering as much of the it as possible.

I'm shown the various counters that have different items of foods grilling, the seats, the outdoor seating area of the grill, and then we walk towards the casual dining room. After walking around for a while we decide that we can't avoid the posh room any further.

As we open the glass door to enter the posh area, Mr.Skyler turns around to look at us and my heart skips a beat.

This man is beyond Breathtaking.

He is the reincarnated version of a sexy demon with an angelic face. I am immediately drawn to him, like he has the power of captivating me WITH my consent! His lovely olive skin holds nothing but faint stubble, his beautiful hair are dark brown and all over the place. Maybe he wants me to touch it, fix it? I lower my gaze to his eyes- black and piercing. His eyes threatening mine, telling me to be careful. What is that look? Did I do something wrong? Did we interrupt a very important discussion?

As I continue to stare, I realise I'm being absolutely impolite to my employer, who might 'unhire' me. Tearing my eyes away from his mysterious ones, I look at Iris who too is fawning over the man with her mouth open.
I elbow her lightly, bringing her back to reality.

"Good evening Boss" Iris bends in courtesy.

Really? What's with the going-an-extra mile?

"Good evening Mr.Skyler" I follow Iris's courtesy and bow a little awkwardly.

This time, it is Iris who elbows me but it isn't lightly at all!

"OUCHH. WTF?" I scream in pain whilst shooting daggers at her with my eyes.

"B-O-S-S" she mouths. Her eyes wide with fear.

What is suddenly wrong with her? Sure he is our boss but he doesn't expect us to call him that, does he? What's wrong with sir? Respectful and polite!
Not giving another thought, I speak again

"Why BOSS? bow to the master and speak as a slave?" I whisper ignoring the presence of a now fuming Mr. Skyler.

Then I turn to him, bow a little, and speak to him looking him in the eye.

"Good evening sir, BOSS, pardon my behaviour since I'm new here."

He looks at me, his eyes missing nothing, unraveling secrets from my pockets but also lingering a little longer on my chest. Hell yeah, bitches.
I catch him looking at me or should I say- my girlies and a smirk forms on his precious pink lips.

"Get out" he says whilst still smirking.

It was almost a whisper. If I hadn't been listening, I wouldn't have known that he had spoken. But even though it was barely audible, the warning was loud and clear. Those two words were scary enough to have us both running down the hills.

Without another look at him we both turned around to leave. Too overwhelmed to talk about what just happened.