“ARABELLA!” I nearly jumped out of my wits by that voice.
'Ooh no! He is here to tell me about his stupid feelings. Such a shameless man' I sighed with frustration.
Where was the sharp knife that I was to stab him to his very own grave?
Here he was now, ready to annoy me as always with his satanic words that annoyed me to the core.
How I wished he was not my boss, I would have ended his life long time ago.
When I said long time ago, I meant the first day I arrived here as his secretary.
But I knew I could not do that. He was my boss, the only man who hired me after being rejected in all the big companies that I knew in this beautiful city.
Well, they rejected me not because I was not learned, but because my father was nothing in this city. In fact, my parents were poor, so getting a job was not easy for me.
I was smart and intelligent as most people called it, but the problem with our modern world was corruption.
If you had no connection in this city, then no one would hire you, and that was my situation for the past three years.
I had been seeking employment after my graduation but each place I visited, they rejected me except here where I just got the chance a year ago. But still, things were not okay, I had to tolerate all the humiliations of this man because I needed this job more than anything else.
“This is not funny boss” I regained my thoughts from my wonder world by the annoying hug he gave me when I went quiet as I struggled to get out of his shameless embrace. But who was Mr. Enzo? A cunning and manipulative man who would do anything to get his way back from anyone. Sporadically, I felt like he hired me to seduce me.
How I hated that feeling, but I had nowhere to go. If I resigned, my family would die with hunger and all this while, I had promised to help them out of poverty.
What would happen if I resigned this job? My dream of helping my parents and building them a beautiful house would be shattered because I was sure no one would want to hire me again despite my beautiful grades and certificates. So, I had no choice but to tolerate this snake.
“Wow! Wow! Wow! I am always obsessed with your beautiful emerald eyes and that cute little face with that long brunette hair” The shameless Enzo did not stop there. Good thing was that he loosened his hug and I did not waste my time before pulling away from him.
“Please sir, stop!” I yelled in defense as I gazed at the ground with a fake smile so that he would know that I was not serious with my loud voice.
“Arabella Turner, I am here to remind you of our offer” I snapped my head high and gazed at him as I opened my eyes wide while my heart started throbbing.
'No! Not this again! Why do I always think he would forget about this shameless offer?' I argued with my mind, unknowingly to me that my mouth could betray me.
“What? Why are you murmuring?” He brought me back for the second time from my daydream.
This man was really evil.
How could he suggest such a thing? As long as I remember, I was his secretary, not his secret lover.
“No sir! Haha! I-I w…was just trying to remember what you were talking about” I was able to lie as I continued to gaze at the carpeted floor.
“Well, well, well,” He went quiet as if to think then closed the gap between us, causing me to almost vomit. I really hated him!
Why couldn't he just stop coming to my office? What irritated me was that he always came to seduce me, not for work.
“…. If you agree to my offer, you will be able to get one mansion under your name from me. Apart from that, your family could also have any amount of money they could need,” He stopped then bent on my shoulder and murmured in my right ear,
“Think about the life your parents and siblings will have if you agree to this, just some minutes, and you would earn yourself anything you like in this world, anything, just name it. Don't deny your parents a beautiful life”
With that, he gazed at me with that ugly smirk of his and walked out of my office.
I was sick of this!
“Ooh, no, no!” I smashed the table harder that I was certain that other employees could hear the noise. But who cared? This man was sick on his head and a pain in the ass!
What did he take me for? Or was it because he knew all the story about my life? Was it because he knew I struggled seeking employment before I landed on this one? This was not supposed to happen to me!
I just felt my long lashes wet with tears. I really hated this, but I was stuck.
What was I supposed to do? To resign? Then what? Or to agree to…
“No! I can't sleep with that ugly fat old man! Why can't he see that I am almost the same age as his daughter?” I felt my tears cascading down my cheeks.
Was it the reason Patrick was against me working here?
No, I needed to forget about him. He could not help me, so I had to keep fighting by myself.
Well, My name is Arabella Turner, the first daughter of Mrs. Turner and the stepdaughter of Mr. Turner and their only hope to change our background. And this was the life I had been leaving for the past eleven months I had been working here. All the time was harassment in my working place, but because I had nothing else to do, I had to give myself hope and continue working while trying hard to put all negative thoughts behind my back.
But what Would I do about this offer? Was there a room to deny it? I did not want his mansion nor his money, all I wanted was my respect and peace in here.
“There she is! Our beautiful miss Arabella!” I jumped out of my wits by that voice. But without wasting much time, I realized who it was.
“Giana. Thank God you are here” I ran to her and embraced her into a tight hug. I couldn't stop myself from feeling overwhelmed with happiness because she was here, she was always my savior. I knew now that evil boss wouldn't come when there was someone else in my office. Thank goodness, I was safe from his harassment.
She was Giana Lewis and my best friend since I joined this company. I met her here and she had been helping me adjust to this environment to date. Even if I told her I was okay, she would insist on helping me. She also was my savior, as I had mentioned earlier.
Giana Lewis-Jovial, loving, hot-tempered, breathtaking, selfless, judgmental, caring.
“What's wrong?” She broke the hug and gazed at me with worry all over her face.
Should I tell her? No, I would lose my job. The last thing I wanted was to be fired.
“Ooh nothing. Haha. I just miss you. You really worry too much” I tried to suppress the tears that still wanted to get out of my eyes and faked a smile.
Faking was the life that I was used to from the day I joined here that sometime I would forget to smile genuinely.
“Okay, can we just go and enjoy our lunch in peace?” She giggled, causing me to smile genuinely at her as I high-fived her. I'm not sure though if it was a genuine smile. Hahaha.
“Yeah, of course, let's go and grab something” We intertwined our hands and took off like teenagers trying my level best to forget about that shameless man's offer.
