Avery Lockwood's POV:
I was in the waiting area with hundreds of other girls, waiting for them to call my name for the interview.
After that whole thing happened and I moved in with my Dad, I took online courses to complete college. I had sent out resumes and application to other companies when I completed my online college courses.
A girl with platinum blonde hair and green eyes stood up, whose name I think was Laura, said with a smirk making eye contact with every girl including me, "You all can go home because I'm pretty sure he's going to choose me. After all no one can deny me, even a billionaire like him. It wont take him even a week to fall for me." I tried to bottle in my laugh. Tried. Her eyes snapped to mine as she sent a glare my way.
"Avery Lockwood." My name was called out by the receptionist before Laura could say anything to me. " You can go in, please." The receptionist said with a polite smile. Smiling back at her, I made my way inside the room.
A woman in her late thirties came up to me, "Hello, I'm Mrs. Stevenson. But you can call me Amber." She said as I shook her hand and she told me to take a seat.
Seeing my CV and resumé, she asked me a couple of questions for the interview.
She, looking impressed with my qualification and answers, said "Avery, to be honest, I like you. You seem like a very hardworking and honest girl. I think our company would love to have you here." She said and I smiled. Looks like I just got accepted. A smile made it's way towards my face thinking of how proud Dad would be of me.
"Let me get you the contract and I can tell you the details of your job." She said as she opened a drawer and took out an envelope. "You will have another girl working with you. Both of you will be working as assistants for the CEO. He doesn't like lazy employees or people who fail miserably at their jobs. He believes everyone's work should be perfect. I expect that you understand that as well." While signing the contract, I looked up and smiled.
I didn't really go reading much in detail with the contract because I was excited and wanted to get home as soon as possible to tell it to my Dad.
"I understand. I really do respect people with strong ideals." I said while shaking her hand.
She smiled and said, "Oh Boy, Mr Finlay's going to love you...." She said as her eyes suddenly widened. "Uhh... See you tomorrow." She said waving me goodbye.
I stopped in my tracks when I realised what she had said.
Mr. Finlay?
Oh my God!
What the hell, Avery? Stop panicking. They're are a lot of Finlay's in this world. Mr Finlay could be a fifty year old man. And you're not even in the same city that Kyle lives in.
Plus no one is that unlucky to become the assistant of the guy she gave her virginity to.
You're right. I should stop stressing over things that are probably never going to happen.
Of course I'm right. I'm your brain, Stupid.
I smiled, relieved. Getting in my car, the first person I called was my Dad.
*****
Kyle Finlay's POV:
"Yes sir. It's done. Thirty-one percent shares of Lockwood Inc now belongs to you." He said over the phone and I smirked.
"And you acquired all these shares secretly. James Lockwood has no idea about this, right?" I asked my agent, talking on my phone while I was walking on the streets of New York.
"Yes Sir, all the shares were acquired with quite discretion. James Lockwood has no idea what's happening right under his nose." I smirked.
Payback's a bitch.
"Good. And What about the other twenty percent of shares?" I asked, scrunching my eyebrows.
"There are two other shareholders who have ten percent shares each. If we acquire them, you will then own fifty-one percent shares and automatically will be the new owner of Lockwood Inc. I offered one of them the amount that we discussed and he seems to be considering it. While the other, seems a hard one. He's refusing anything that we're offering him. Says that his loyalties lie to James Lockwood."
"Offer him double the amount. After all, there's nothing that money can't buy in this world. Not even Loyalty." I said as I made my way through the crowd.
"And if he refuses, Sir?" He asked, hesitant.
"Then Kill him." I said in a hard voice. A small little thing bumped into my waist which resulted in my phone dropping on the road.
"Hey, Weren't you looking-" The anger died when I saw a cute little boy that had fallen on the foot path as he bumped into me.
I was actually cut off as the little boy with blue eyes stood up, dusted off his brown hair and said while sighing, "Well you were the one who wasn't looking when he was ordering around someone to kill people." He said with an innocent shrug.
Oddly enough, It reminded me of the first time I met her.
He pouted at me and a gentle smile made it's way towards my face.
"What's your name, little boy?" I said as I gently ruffled his hair.
"It's Kaleb with a K." He said as he gave me a toothy smile.
"Well Kaleb with a K, Where's your Mommy and Daddy?" I asked looking around him as I crouched down next to him.
"I'm alone. I'm here to surprise my Grandpa." He said giving me another one of his smiles which made my heart surge through my chest. I don't know why but his smile reminded me of Avery's.
A weight settled in my chest when I thought of this innocent little boy wandering alone through the streets of New York.
"Listen, you cant walk around alone-" I started but was cut off with a shout.
"Kaleb!"
A nine- year old girl with blonde hair and green eyes came behind Kaleb, staring seriously at him. "What did I tell you about talking to strangers?" She said as she sent a glare my way.
"But I was just talking to him..." He said innocently.
"Mam. Sir." Two bodyguards arrived as they nodded towards them and both of the kids got in a car. I shrugged and picked up my phone to call my driver.
*****
Avery Lockwood's POV:
After waking up the next morning and dropping off Bree and Kaleb to their school, I went to work.
As I dropped my bag at my desk, I realised that the other assistant Mrs. Amber Stevenson was talking about was none other than Laura.
Oh God, Kill me now.
Why did they had to take such a snob as an assistant?
Laura was sitting behind her desk applying lipstick on her lips when I noticed her.
Seeing me, she smirked. "So you're the one who they choosed as the other assistant, eh? Well guess what? You have a lot of work to do." Taking out an envelope from her desk drawer, she handed it to me.
"The boss told me to give this to you. He wants it all done by noon. Good luck." She said with a smirk as she strolled down the hallway.
The list consisted of a whole bunch of errands; filing some documents, picking up clothes from the dry cleaners, grabbing a cappuccino latte with no sugar or milk and the list goes on....
Come on, Avery. If you can give birth to a stubborn boy and take care of him while studdying for two online college exams. Girl, this shit should be nothing for you.
Yeah. I guess you're right.
After an hour or two of running errands, I plopped down in my chair. Jeez, This job is so tiring. And I still have to give the coffee to him.
Sighing, I stood up and picked up the latte. I made my way to the double doors of the CEO's office. After knocking two times on the door while I was carrying the latte with my other, I gently opened the door.
"Yes. We will talk when we meet-" A hard voice came that seemed vaguely familiar and I stopped dead in my tracks.
The door opened and my eyes met familiar hazel- coloured eyes but this time they were as cold as the wind in winter.
The cup of hot latte dropped from my hands from the sudden shock, spilling all over my shirt and I yelped.
Oh God, this couldn't be happening right now.
Maybe I really was that unlucky.
**************
Hey guys, sorry for this late update. I have exams in two weeks but I'm still trying to update as soon as I can.
See you soon.
XOXO
-S