Chapter 2

Blae Pov

"Hey Blae!!, can you hold up a minute?" asked my unit head, Dale. "Son of a bitch!!" I muttered to myself, I was so close to leaving.

I turned around and said, "uh...yeah...sure! wassup. I was just heading out." I blew my hair out my face regretting leaving my band at home this morning.

"When you come in the morning, go to HR for your new sign- on information," he said. "Uh...What! Why!" I asked.

"You'll be the new PA to Thayer Burks until his PA comes back from maternity leave."

I was floored, who and what the hell?!!

"Uhmmm," I muttered, but the whole time I'm thinking you got me fucked up. There wasn't much I could say to him because he walked off. Bitch!

I walked from the building in a daze, it's not like I have a problem with doing the work. I could work the copier and type in my sleep. But Thayer freaking Burks! That's a seriously mean looking guy.

He looks like a damn Viking or some kind of warlord. He looks like he's two seconds away from raising a battle-ax with a vicious war cry and killing everyone on the planet. I got a bad vibe from him earlier. It wasn't the look he gave me but a feeling I got, a sense of dark and deadly.

Even though his face was blank, but it was his disposition, some things you just can't hide no matter what. I get into my car and head home. I called my dad. My dad's my favorite guy in the whole world.

He picks up on the second ring.

"Hello," he said.

"Hi, Papa."

"Hey pumpkin head, you sound upset."

I explain to him what's been going on and how I felt about Mr. Burks.

"Hunni," he said, stopping my ranting - "these are all what ifs," he said.

"Just go in there and do your job and don't worry about all these questions that are worrying you right now. Are you worried that he might not like you?"

And there it is. Did I really care? - Yes. I want him to like me. I think I'm attracted to him. He is so handsome, and he makes me nervous, but I feel drawn to him.

"I don't know dad, maybe." I sigh.

I heard some rustling, and my mom got on the phone going off. " Oh, so you can't call and talk to me, huh."

"Hi, mom."

"Don't hi mom me, why are you always calling your daddy like you don't have two parents." She was cut off, and then I heard more rustling. Then I heard a noise that sounded like a smack then it got quiet.

I'm turning in my driveway right now, but maybe I need to back up and head to my parents' house. Before I could, my dad got back on the phone.

He says, "your mother had to go, I will call you tomorrow and see how the first day of your new position goes, goodnight pumpkin head."

That was strange. My mom and dad have always had a weird relationship. My mom has always been a strong woman, sometimes it's like she's two different people. One minute she's nurturing and the next she's biting your head off about something. I still love her. My mom is a very adventurous woman. We've been everywhere together sometimes without my dad.

I got out of the car and let myself into my small duplex apartment. I'm so nervous about tomorrow that I can't even eat. I just grab a shower and pull out my latest book and read until I fall asleep.

I walk into work the next morning with a nervous step. My steps were small and unsure, I felt like I was walking to the guillotine. Not that extreme, but I'm feeling some serious butterflies. I made my way to HR to get my new sign- on.

After that, I make my way up to the executive's floor. I walked past the unit secretary desk and heard her scoff. I stopped and turned to look at her, she looks older than my 21 years, she looks around 34 if I had to guess. Her red hair was pulled back into a bun, making me wonder if I should have put my own curls into a bun. I gave her a small smile and walked off; I mean what else could I have done. Go off on her.

I made my way to the lounge. Since I am early, I decided to make some coffee. I pulled out my own packet of Blue Mountain coffee from Jamaica, courtesy of my mom. I decided to make Mr. Burks a cup. I don't know how he likes it, so I decided to make his cups like mine.

2 sugar and 1 small cup of hazelnut cream. After making both cups, I head to

Mr. Burks office. When I walked into his office, he's at his computer typing away. I started panicking and wondering if I'm late or somehow got the time mixed up. I started apologizing profusely.

"Oh Mr. Burks, I had no idea you would be here this early, I was told to come at 8:00 am. I...i..i m...m..made you c...co..offee sir." I ran forward to set the cup on his desk. I grab my tablet getting ready to start taking notes. He says nothing, so I drop my gaze. He gets up and comes around his desk and stands close to me. He stares at me like I'm a puzzle and he couldn't be more wrong.