Rose "Pov"
I just woke up it's seven thirty in the morning I've been fighting to wake up for half an hour this is torture, yesterday was really tiring I arrived home at nine and went straight to sleep
after taking a hot bath and doing the usual, I got dressed in a simple knee black dress with dark red mid heels and bag, I looked hot yet professional, I went downstairs to find Tina making some coffee
"morning Tina" I say kissing her cheek "morning to you too honey, how was your first day?" she asked while pouring some coffee in her cup
"it was fine, everyone is so nice" I say to her, am not going to say anything that would make her worry more about me
"good to hear sweetie" she said smiling not before taking a sip from her coffee
I drank a cup of orange juice in hurry "sorry Tina am running late, oh this is killing me already" I say to her showing her my sleepy eyes like a puppy
"you will get used to this rose, it's not that bad" she says chuckling at me, everyone knows my sleeping issues, I smiled at her comment and with that i went straight to my car
I just arrived to the company building and was walking straight to the elevator when I saw the elevator door closed
"god I missed it" I whisper to myself, I looked to my left and saw another elevator in the corner, I walked fast almost ran towards it and saw Mr.Robbins standing in front of it
"Mr.Robbins" I said loud enough for him only to hear me, but what he did shocked me, he just looked at me from the corner of his cold eyes and went in the elevator and closed the door while I was standing in front of it staring at me with cold expression on his face
did he just ignore me! Just when I thought he's not that bad he's back to the same old arrogant jerk, I guess somethings never change
some guy who was standing in front of the elevator said to me "sorry ms this elevator is for the manger's only"
"okay.." i tried my best not shout at him, i mean it's not his fault "urgh.." I sigh hoping for this day to end peacefully
It's almost five and I didn't see Mr. Robbins since this morning, i wonder what is he doing right now, god rose hold it together why am I thinking of him, I won't let his devil charm work on me, I won't be like the other girls in here, I won't let him affect me
"Rose. Rose" I hear James voice calling me, I had lunch with him and Julie earlier today and he told me a lot about himself, he is three years older than me, and was in long term relation until his old girlfriend who ditched him for some spoiled rich brat, his family got a company named va&lu it's really known in newYork ,It's one of the companies I alibied in ,but he didn't want to work there, he wanted to depend on his own and see where that leads him, maybe one day on the future he will take over his parents company but not now, I like that about him, he didn't want to be like the others and take the short cut, he wanted to make his own way, we had that in commonm and it's nice to meet someone who understands you
"sorry I didn't hear you" I say looking over my shoulder smiling, he looked at me with worry
"am sorry rose but I need you to do something" he said with apologetic tone
whatever he was going to say he knew am not going to like it, I turned my chair now facing him and nodded my head
"I need you to take these files to Mr.Robbins right now he doesn't like to wait" he said with sorry tone
"it's okay James I work here, there's a few things I have to do even if I don't like to" I reply I don't want him to feel bad about sending me to the lion cage, besides I work here so I can't complain, it's my job and am sure if he did have another option he wouldn't ask me to do it
"oh good I was so worried about sending you, thought you would make another argument with him that would make you lose your job, but now I could tell you won't, you seem calm, okay then see you tomorrow rose" he said with a relived smile and walked away
he was worried about me making another argument with the ceo! never mind I won't even talk to him, I can't let this attraction or whatever it is to last any longer and believe me he is making it so much easy.
I walked to the elevator and pressed the button, the elevator was already here, guess it's because almost everybody left by now, I went in and pressed the 50th floor button, after arriving to the floor I walked straight to his PA office to find her not there
i wonder where is she? maybe she left I mean it's the end of the day, I would just knock on the door place the files on his desk and leave, maybe he's not in there, with that I knocked twice on the door but no one replied
maybe he already left, I can't go back without handling these files so I guess I would just go in and leave as fast as I can, once I opened the door I heard some voices, maybe he is here talking on the phone
I went in and that's when the view came clear, his back was facing the wall and his PA janet was kissing his neck and his hands were on her waist
I was frozen .... I know there is nothing between us but I felt like my heart is going to burst out, when he felt my presence he looked at me and then moved his PA away from him leaving her confused, He looked at me with regret maybe ? Nah I must be wrong , I just want to get out of here
"am..am sorry for interrupting I will come back later" I say almost like a whisper turning my heals to the door
"no it's okay, what did you come here for?" he asked his voice is calm covering everything he showed earlier like nothing happened, sitting on the chair behind his desk, Who am I to talk? it's his life and not mine, and it's not shocking to see him in that position with his PA, I mean it's obvious every girl would throw herself at him, he's a man with money and power and looks, and his PA is super sexy it's clear he would want her
"james asked me to deliver these files to you" I say walking to his desk placing the files on it, he just looked at the files with anger like he just heard something he didn't like, maybe he's still mad because I interrupted his erotic moments with the hot blonde of his
I turned around walking to the door, I don't want to stay any longer in here, this is really awkward
"Ms.lawarence" he said my name in stern tone, damn why is this always happening to me, why do I have to be stuck here with him, I just want to go home and never see his face again, I don't understand this guy and I don't want too anymore
I looked over my shoulder "what is it Mr. Robbins?" I asked trying to stay calm, I don't want to show him that am about to explode, and I won't let James down
"never mind" he said and then took one of the files and begin to read it
What did he just wanted to tell me ... right now I can't care less, I was mad maybe sad I don't know what I was feeling I just knew I don't want to be near him at this moment, he is my boss not my friend and he made that clear
"then excuse me" I said and walked out of the door
I closed the door behind me and was greeted by janet, she was like a model, long slim legs blond hair and blue sky eyes she looked so beautiful and with that tight short red dress that didn't do that much of a cover for her body, of course he would want her, I mean look at me am short, am normal in size some say am chubby with hazel eyes and brown hair, nothing special about me, there is nothing to look at, am normal in everything
again why am I comparing myself to her and why would I want him to want me ? I can't be really falling for that arrogant boss already, I have only known him for what !! two days and it wasn't a good known so far, I must be really tired
"Why did you have to interrupt, and I can't believe he just pushed me because of you, I mean who are you!" she says almost yelling pointing a finger at me with disgust look in her eyes
"am sorry I didn't know, I knocked twice but no one answered" I reply trying to sound calm am really not in the mood for arguing with anyone right now I just want to leave and meet up with Sam ,Sam called me last night asking if I wanted to eat dinner with him and of course I said okay
"When no one answers that means don't come in bitch" she said with expression like she is talking to some idiot, okay now she hit the nerve and when am not in the mood then am not in the mood for real
"What did you ju..." i say but she was about to slap me when someone stopped her hand from meeting my face, Was she seriously going to hit me? Is she insane just because Mr.Robbins is her boyfriend or whatever doesn't give her the right to slap me or talk this way to me
I looked up at the man standing beside me holding Janet's hand from slapping me to see Mr. Robbins, he was so angry, his eyes are cold like ice and his face held this blank expression
"Janet don't bother coming tomorrow you are fired please take your things and leave" he said letting go of her hand like it burned him and then looked at me checking if I was okay
Why was he worrying about me when he just fired his girl
"but Mr. Robbins she was the one who provoked me" Janet said trying to defend herself by blaming me
"what! I said am sorry and that I knocked" I said trying not to yell and then I paused for a second and sigh
"Mr. Robbins you don't have to fire your girl just because she was about to slap me, am not that worth it, am just an employee here, I will just leave you both" I said with low tone I was getting really uncomfortable
i turned my heels to the elevator and then I felt a hand held my arm, I looked up to see it's Mr. Robbins.
"ms.lawarnce, Janet is not my girl and I didn't fire her because of you, I was about to fire her anyway, her only mission these days is only seducing me" he says while looking at her giving her the look of what are you still doing here take your things and leave
"and hell what a success she made" I whisper to myself but from the angry look in his eye I can tell he heard me
"what I do in my life is not your concern ms.lawarence am your boss and I don't appreciate your attitude this is the last warn I won't repeat myself" he says looking into my eyes trying to be demanding letting go of his tight grip on my arm
I could see something he is trying to hide behind those cold green eyes and behind this mask, but like he said his life is not of my concerns and somehow these past two days I just kept on getting in his way without me wanting it, and I know am just an employee and I should really stay in limits
"am sorry Mr. Robbins, I will leave now" I said that with calm tone trying not to break down, he didn't say anything and I didn't look back
With that I left the company, it's my second day and I feel like I've been working there for half a year already, rose don't let him upset you, he is no one to me I'll just go have dinner with Sam and hopefully forget about everything at least just for tonight.
Me and sam agreed to meet at some restaurant he picked named golden I don't really know this place but Sam is a huge fan of it, I just hope it's not some cheesy place
Once I arrived my jaw dropped open, this place got every meaning of luxury, it's a rich people place, the shining marble floors the lights the tables everything in this place screams rich! What was Sam thinking asking me to come here dressing like this, I went to the reception lady
"hello" I said to her "hello, how can I help you MS" the lady replies with a smile
"I have a reservation here at seven" I replay looking around the place
this place is not for me, especially when dressing this way, all the ladies in here are in expensive dresses with diamond earrings hanging from their ears or huge diamond necklace on their necks, without realizing I found myself holding my heart shaped necklace, to me it's worth more than any material thing
"Under what name MS?" the lady asked for the second time
"oh am sorry, under mr.sam smith" I say and the lady's brown eyes were open slightly and then she smiled at me
I always knew Sam is popular with girls, I mean he's handsome rich and a really nice man, any girl would fall for him in a heartbeat, it's hard to find a gentleman these days
"right this way MS" she said with a smile, I followed right after her, I could see Sam sitting on the table beside the huge glass window writing something on his phone, But I know he is not really typing, he is properly playing some game
"hello Sam" I say smiling shyly, god I missed him, he smiled back at me showing his perfect set of white teeth
"hello rose, how are you, I missed you" he says standing up hugging me and giving me quick kiss on the cheeks
"am good, I missed you to Sami" I say to him shyly
he took my seat out for me to sit, what a gentleman i wish if jack is the same, rose no, you are not going to think of him and defiantly not comparing him to Sam
I cleared my head and sat on the chair, Sam sat on his chair after me
"I feel like I haven't seen you for a month, you look so pale, is there something wrong?" Sam asked with worried tone once he took a good look at me
" no am fine, am just not used to the work thing yet" I reply with calm voice I don't want him to worry about me, I mean there is nothing to worry about I don't even know what is happening to me anymore
"okay, like I told you if you need anything am here for you" sam says placing his hand over mine, looking into my eyes with concern
I don't know the reason but for the first time I didn't feel the spark I used to have when he touched me
"thank you" I reply smiling "sam why haven't you told me that we were going to such a place I would have worn something more suitable" I yell whispering to him
"rose you look perfect in everything, and I know if you went back home to change I will starve till death here" he says chuckling at me
well he got a point there I can't argue with that, am a girl and like most of the girls I take hours to get ready for a date, wait is this a date? no I mean it's not, this is not the first time we go out together, I just laughed along with him, trying to not think hard about it
"so, how have you been and how's your girlfriend?" I ask sipping some water from the Chrystal glass the waiters placed in front of me a while ago
"what girlfriend?" he asked confused for a second and then said "oh that girlfriend, yeah I broke up with her two days ago, am done with relations for now, I don't think I will ever find a girl who is not after money or looks" he says looks pointing at himself
I laughed at his action
"am sure you will find the right one on the right time, you can't look for her because you will never find her, she will come into your life without even noticing, maybe she is now... in your life" I say to him looking deep into his sky blue eyes
"maybe she is" he replies looking back at me, holding my hand in his and playing his fingers in circle motion on my palm, I was frozen, what's going on? what does he think about, why he is acting strange tonight, Some part of me wanted anything that includes him and the some just pushed it away
"from here Mr.Robbins, Ms. Wonder" I heard the waiter say from behind me, I couldn't believe my ears, I looked over my shoulder to see him with this amazing beautiful model kind of a lady, she was wearing a knee black dress that hugged her body perfectly showing her curves and a really tall black heel with tanned skin and hazel eyes and she had the perfect black shinning hair, strangely she didn't look cheap only elegant, she must have came from a rich family, they looked perfect together, I felt a slight of pain thinking about that, I bet I will look pathetic beside him
his eyes met mine and moved to look at sam and in a second his eyes were full of anger, why is he angry ? and god can't I go anywhere without meeting him in the same place
he is walking straight to my direction like expected with that model hand's wrapped around his, he looked furious, I removed my gaze from his to look back at Sam hoping he would just pass us
"what the hell is he doing here?" I whisper to myself shutting down my eyes
"you mean Mr. Robbins" Sam says with amusement in his voice I just nod my head
"well it's not a surprise it's his restaurant so its normal for him to be here" sam replied calmly
"what ? it's his restaurant!? why didn't I see that coming" I say to Sam while he just smiled at me, not removing his gaze from mine like he was searching for something.
"nice to see you here again Mr. Smith" Mr. Robbins says to sam looking down with angry vibes at our hands, I totally forgot that he still held my hand, I removed my hand from Sam's surprising me and sam both
I don't know why but I didn't want him to think that there is something between me and Sam, not that it matters to him
"well it's a really good restaurant, It became my second favorite place already" sam says to Mr. Robbins with a smile even though I knew it was a fake one.
Sam always smiles even if he hated the person, I wish If I was like him, he could control his feelings unlike me, jack just faked smiled back shooting glares at him, am i missing something...
"would you like to join us?" sam asked Mr. Robbins with polite tone, I could feel sam is up to something which I hope it's not embarrassing, he could get really overprotective sometimes and I can't say I like his methods
"Sam, I think Mr. Robbins is bu.." I was interrupted by Mr. Robbins's voice "it's okay I will join you" he replied looking into my eyes with amusement in his, damn him
"am sorry for the late introduction but this is demi my friend, demi this is sam smith the executive manger of the plane production company skylim, and this is Ms. Rose Lawrence an employ at the accountant department in my company" jack says looking at demi smiling and then at us
I felt slight of jealous seeing him smiling at her like that, they seem to be really close
"hello nice to meet you Mr. Smith and ms.lawarence" she said with a friendly smile that made her look more beautiful
"nice to meet you to demi, and call me just rose" I reply politely, I don't know how a girl like her is standing with icy man like him
"nice to meet you too" Sam replied giving her his perfect smile I could tell he already like her but I don't know is it because she looked a nice person or is it because she's hot , for me I think it's both
I changed my seat to sit beside Sam and both of them sat in front of us ,with jack in front of me and demi in front of sam, it was very awkward and the whole time I could feel Mr.Robbins's gaze on me, after the waiter came and took our orders we had a silent long five minutes
"rose so you work at jack's company" demi asked me smiling, Thank god she broke the ice !!
"yes I am, am still new though" I reply smiling
"I hope jack is not giving you a hard time he could get a little annoying at times" she says playfully slapping his arm, they look really close, they looked in love like a couple, i felt my heart beat faster and hurt even thought I knew I meant nothing to him and we were just boss and employee but it still did hurt, i don't know what's wrong with me, i mean i just met the man and i hate him ... i think
He smiled at her "annoying you say ..." he said still smiling at her, he looked relaxed beside her, he looked happy, he was treating her differently
My hands were placed on the table and suddenly I felt sam's hand on mine, I looked at him, he only looked at me with knowing look we kept on looking at each other forgetting everyone around, not in a romantic way, it was like me telling sam what I felt and him assuring me everything will be okay
"I guess we are interrupting something here, we're sorry we should leave you two to your date" demi said looking at us with apologetic look while jack looked ready to kill
"no it's okay, your not, you could stay" sam replied looking at demi with a soft smile
demi and sam kept talking about planes, demi looked beautiful but she was also smart, she's studying plane engineering, I wound't even dream of her being this smart not that she looked ugly or geeky but most of girls that were in the engineering department didn't look like a super model, sam and her they had a lot in common, they both were funny smart good looking and came from a really good knowing family
The whole time I could feel jack's gaze on me, I turned my face from sam and demi to his direction, but he only looked away talking with sam and demi about traveling and some places I've never heard of
everyone was eating and talking, laughing ,and I felt unwelcome there, I felt unneeded and not in my place like I was the third wheel
"rose are you feeling okay?" sam asked almost whispering "am fine sami am just tired, it's okay" I replied looking down at my phone not really doing anything with it
"rose we could leave if you're not feeling okay?" sam asked me looking concern
"no am fine" I say to him, I felt jack's gaze on me and I looked up at him but he didn't look away this time, I just kept looking back at him
His eyes held no emotions as he stared at me and I felt like I was in the middle of a dark green stormy forest in his eyes
Sam was talking with demi again but he kept on looking at me from the corner of his eyes, I knew him enough to know he wanted to drive me home and make sure am okay, but am not going to ruin his night and he looked interested in demi
"ms lawrence" jack said almost like a whisper still looking at me "yes" I replied waiting for him to say something
"are you okay?" he asked me and I would be lying if I said I wasn't surprised by his question, he did notice I wasn't feeling comfortable, I nodded my head with a soft smile that I don't know how I managed to do, and I saw a small smile in the corner of his lips
l excused myself to the ladies room, I needed to get away just for a moment to breath, that's what I have been thinking about the whole time .....