•6• Gerrard

It's been twenty minutes by the clock, and Bru still isn't back. It's making me wonder if all's well with her and Keith; he's a tough nut, I know that best.

Sighing, I decide to make my way to the kitchen. 

If what I'm guessing is right, and they both are having an argument or something, then she's really going to need the coffee I'm going to brew just now. I make my way out of my conference room and to the kitchen, but I see something in one of the rooms down the corridor which makes me stop dead in my tracks.

That rascal.

Ruben's just entered one of my offices, and guess who he's brought in tow with him?

The novice.

My jaw ticks.

As I watch them without their knowledge, I see Ruben's lips moving. My eyes shift to Gard, and I notice she looks uncomfortable. Ruben laughs suddenly, and I wonder what it was that he laughed at, because the next thing I know is that Gard takes a step back. I wish I could see her face and not her back, because something about her stance tells me she isn't very happy to be here.

When Ruben opens and rummages through one of my drawers, I feel a snarl adorn my face. 

The fucker's dead.

I'm almost about to stampede my way to that room when I see Bru coming down the corridor from the corner of my eye. I pause where I am when I see her confused gaze rake over my face before understanding dawns on it, and she looks where I was heading before she came.

When she sees what I see, she purses her lips tightly.

But right then, out of the corner of my eye, I watch Gard walking towards the cabinets, and I swear I feel a twinge of betrayal spike in my head. She's my employee, yet she's assenting to being his accomplice? Immediately, I curl a finger Bru's way, calling her to me.

She's by my side in a jiffy.

I'm watching Gard's back as she starts to bend down to a lower shelf with hatred glowing in my eyes. 

My hands might be tied when it comes to Ruben, but they sure as fuck aren't in Gard's case. And right now, as she sticks a hand in my cabinet to get my files, I see the perfect opportunity to kick her out of my company.

"Get me the termination letter," I tell Bru, who then looks at me in shock. 

"But, Gerra-"

I give her a steely look, and she lowers her head and leaves. 

The only reason I didn't like Gard in my company till this morning was her inexperience. But now, after seeing her true colors, I know I'm not wrong in wanting her out. I watch her trying to pull out a file, and I frown when it doesn't come out.

The fuc-

That asshole.

When Ruben purposefully brushes his leg against Gard's thigh, I swear I feel my blood boil. It's not because I give a shit about her, but because I've known all along what a piece of shit he is, but I still can't do anything about it. 

It makes me feel like shit, because there is such a predator in my company, and I can do nothing about it. 

I feel like ripping that asshole's heart out, but then, to my utter surprise, I see Gard shoot up when she feels him behind her. My heart thuds in my chest when I see her expression. She's scared. I swear to god when I see Ruben grin at her evilly as he says something that I'm going to go in there myself and get him away from that girl if-

I can't believe my eyes.

Gard- just made him step away from her. I mean, sure it isn't much of a differenc-

A laugh escapes my mouth suddenly, when she makes him take two big steps away from her. I almost have to pinch my lips together so they don't hear me. Ruben looks sour when she finally pulls the file out and piles it on top of the folders, and pretty much glowers at her head murderously when she skips out of the room before him.

I shake my head to myself as I watch them leave, the smile on my face a proud one.