Chapter 4

I'm waiting for this douche to come and tell me what I would be doing in this huge building, and just as I think about standing and leaving ,he enters, wearing a grey suit that looks perfect on him. His black hair is cut slightly on the sides leaving the hair in the middle longer and gelled to the side. His grey eyes fixed on me as walks towards me. His strong jaw line, damn. This guy was perfect.

It takes me a few seconds to notice that the dude is right in front of me.

"I'm Nathan Ryder, your boss. "He says and gestures for me to follow him .

He leads me to a big black door and turns the door knob . He enters and I do the same, it is beautiful. An office with white walls, white furniture except the big red chair behind the glass desk. I spot a coffee maker at the far end of the room. Nathan's voice knocks me out of my train of thoughts.

"This will be your office Miss Sanchez “he says and I immediately turn to face him with wide eyes.

"Are you serious? " I say still staring at him.

"Yes. "

"But I'm new here, shouldn't I be on the first floor with the receptionist or something? " I ask.

"No because you're my new personal assistant, as you may have noticed, my office is next to yours. "he says, shoving his fists in his pocket.

"Oh ,thanks. "I say moving deeper into the room.

"No need to thank me, I ho-"

He is cut off by the buzzing of my phone. I take it out and reveal my old busted Phone ,I open the text from Aunt Lisa.

Lily :

Did you ask him yet?.

I type "no “and shove it back in my purse.

"I have something for you, follow me. " he says and walks out.

shocked , I follow anyway.

I walk into his office and he goes to his drawers and pulls out a big bag. He opens it to reveal a big box and a smaller one beside it. He hands it to me and I hesitate but take it anyway. I open the bigger box and see a white apple laptop and from my knowledge it was the latest. I open the smaller one and it reveals the latest iPhone . I push the boxes forward.

"I can't take that, thanks though. "I say. But my heart ached for the iPhone, but I was taught never to receive gifts from strangers. But it's shiny and it's slick form is winking at me in the brightly lit office, take it!!!

"Please just take it, you need it. " he says and I narrow my eyes at him.

"What are you trying to say about my phone? "

"Don’t overthink this gesture Sanchez every new staff member gets new gadgets for many reasons plus it's an old version and I'm simply doing you a favour here. "

Unbelievable!, how dare he say that!

" Much appreciated. " I grab the gadgets and storm out of the room.

***

It took a few minutes for me to settle myself in my office. Right now I'm sitting on my red chair and fiddling with my new phone and I think about what he said earlier.

He had the nerve to say such a thing.

I hear my name from the tiny speaker on the wall that was connected to his office for only the two of us to communicate. He instructs me to head over to his office.

I open the door and enter. I fold my arms across my chest and wait for him to say whatever it is he called me for.

"Take a seat" he says

"I don't plan on making myself comfortable, I've got work to do. "

"I'm sorry ."

"It's company policy ain't it? So your apology is not needed."

" Don’t be petty ."

I stand there still fuming with anger and I realize I had to go meet up with Aunt Lisa.

"How long is the lunch break? "I ask disregarding his apology.

"Its an hour. "

"I need to head out , I will be back by an hour before closing. "

"Sure go ahead. " he says.

***

"He had the nerve to call my phone old, Lily!! "

She guffaws clutching her stomach and wipes the tears at the corner of her eyes.

"Sweetheart, your phone is old. "

I stare at her a blizzard slowly brewing behind my stare , I lick my bottom lip.

"At least I don't own a Nokia ."

Gotcha !

She narrows her eyes at me and licks her bottom lip imitating me mockingly.

"At least mine is the latest so screw you. It doesn't matter as long as it calls ,sends and receives messages that's what it was made for am I right? "

My smile of victory falls in realization of what she just said, noticing this she laughs again.

"Look what I got Auntyyyyy."I drawl taking my new phone out and once she see's it, her laughter dies immediately and she knows she's just been defeated.

Haha

***

We had already bought tons of clothes but she keeps insisting on getting more. Right now I'm trying on a black knee length dress with laced sleeves. It hugs all my curves and has a sweetheart neckline. I like it.

"This is the last one Lisa. "I tell her in a stern tone as I walk out of the fitting room. She grins.

"Okay ." She says and waits for me to take the dress off. She pays and we exit the store. I go back to work and she goes home.

I enter my office, drop my purse on the couch and take a seat in my chair. I go through some papers that require Nathan's signature and place them away from the others. Once I'm done I take the papers and head toward his office, I open the door to find him staring into space and looking so deep in the thought. I clear my throat to get his attention. He turns to face me.

"I've got some papers for you to sign, Mr Ryder. "I say handing him the sheets of paper.

"Call me Nathan , there's less eyes here and no need to be formal please, "he says ,going through the sheets.

I walk towards the door and open it full force. I bump into something hard and jolt backwards. I'm ready for my body's impact with the ground but a hand wraps around my waist .

"Whoa, slow down, what's the rush? "

I look up and stare at a pair of electric blue eyes. I'm steadied on my feet and I see clearly the guy that caught me. He has brown hair and wearing a black suit. He clears his throat.

"I'm sorry. "I smile embarrassed and proceed towards my office.

***

I'm exhausted by the time I'm done with all the work. All the others were gone an hour ago and Nathan and I were left alone.

I fetch my purse and walk out only to come face to face well more like face to chest with Nathan who was right in front of me with his hands in his pockets. He standing in front of me was practically making me seem shorter than I already was.

"What are you doing here? " I splutter

"Waiting for you. " he replies.

"Why? " I ask confused.

"To take you home of course. "He says with a simple shrug.

"I can catch a cab, thank you. "I walk past him and he follows.

"It's late, just let me."he says.

My hair is slowly undoing itself from the bun due to my fast pace , causing me to bounce a bit with every step I take. It finally flows freely along back and starts swaying from side to side .

"Please. " After hearing this I come to a sudden halt and face him

"Are you normal? "I ask furrowing my eyebrows.

"Yes ,why? " he says.

"Because you've known me for only two days and you already offering to take me home? "I ask in disbelief.

"Is that rare in Spain? " he says with a smirk on his face.

I look at him shocked that he was actually listening to me yesterday.

"So you were listening. "I say.

"Only for the first few minutes. " he shrugs.

I huff and walk towards the main door. As I turn to look for a cab he pulls me back the other direction to a car with Ryder where the license plate number is supposed to be. A black Pagani Zonda. He walks around the car and opens the door for me to enter. I slide im and he shuts the door and walks around to the driver's.

He starts the car , pulls out of the parking space and I focus on the road ready to tell him the directions.