"Don't back out when it gets tough." He warned, pointing a pen to her. "You're hired"
"Thank you, Sir. I promise to do what you ask me to do." She smiled and grabbed her bag.
"See you on Monday, Sir" She got ready to go.
"I didn't ask you to leave my office, Miss Kim." The CEO said. "And, I didn't say you will start work on Monday. You're starting today."
"B-But today is friday. I don't even think I can work with this ruined dress."
"You don't know me, do you? Well, I'm Damien and no one, I repeat, no one disobeys me. Do you want this job or not? If you still want, your desk is outside this office waiting for you right now. You know what I mean."
"Yes. It means get to work." Kimberly replied and sighed.
She was planning on going home after getting the job. She'd celebrate alone and get ready to be a secretary on Monday.
"You'd see few blue files on the table. Sort them out." Damien instructed.
"How do I sort them out?"
"Secretary Kim, I guess I have to give you some rules. First, don't make me talk too much. Once you ask a question and I don't reply you, don't repeat it." His eyes went to her fingers but he tried to ignore it. Probably, fashion.
Kimberly became uncomfortable but answered with a nod.
"Yes, sir."
"Secondly, you must bring me coffee every two hours. Black coffee." He said again and sat upright. "I will tell you the remaining rules when it's time. Get back to work." Said Damien as he faced his laptop and began operating it.
"Sir, where do I get the coffee? I don't know anywhere here."
As she expected, he didn't answer her. She won't repeat the question so her job won't fly away from her hands.
She left the office and met others outside though three are no where to be found but two are still here.
"Did you get the job, Miss?" One of the two asked.
"She can't. Who would even work with that man? He's a lion!" A guy answered instead of Kimberly.
"Shut up. I thought you said you needed the job badly. Miss, did you get the job or he yelled at you to leave his office? You know he's kind of weird. He behaves like a wounded lion." The girl chuckled with a shrug.
"His fiancee probably left him a day to their wedding." The guy said and they all laughed till they forgot that someone was watching them. Damien.
He kept nodding his head as he watched his so called new secretary laugh with the two fools.
To let them notice is presence, he knocked on the door he was leaning on and cleared his throat.
The trio stopped laughing immediately. Kimberly looked like she was bitten by something and without telling her what to do, she ran off without looking back.
"I'm going to be in trouble someday." She mumbled.
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She got to the empty desk and sat down, looking at the files scattered in front of her.
"What am I suppose to do with these files?" She asked herself.
"Take them back to the boss. He needs to review and sign some documents. Those files are from Dante Enterprises." Kimberly turned to see the man he met earlier when she came late ad wished them good luck.
"Thanks." She appreciated.
"I can't believe you got the job." The man groaned before stretching out his hand to Kimberly. "Nice meeting you. I'm Mr Ben, the managing director here. I'm still single." He winked and licked his lower lip.
"I'm Secretary Kimberly. Secretary Kim for short. I'm engaged and will be getting married in a few weeks time." Kimberly showed off her engagement ring in front of Mr Ben. "Don't try to flirt with me. You're old enough to birth me." Kimberly gave him one last look before packing the files and head to the lion's den.
She opened the door and walked to his seat but he wasn't there. He was under the table.
Doing what?
She decided to bend down and found out that he was trying to pull a book out.
"Sir, can I help?" She asked him but he gave no response , so she kept quiet.
"Pull it out from there." He ordered like a Major in the army.
"Yes sir."
In a second, she drew the book out and placed it on the table.
It was written 'Life goes on'
"What do you want?"
"I bought the files for you to sign sir. Mr Ben told me that I should bring it to you." She explained.
His face was expressionless. Unreadable.
"Take the files and follow me. We are leaving for Canada today." He stuck his left hand into his pocket and grabbed his phone and laptop at once.
"Sir!?" Kimbeek gasped. "I..I just started work....f*ck! I should be happy I'm traveling out of te country for the first time. I didn't hear about this and I'm not with anything."
"We are having a meeting there with the Canadians." He further explained. "We are going today and arriving today. No worries. Take the taxi, I don't want your stained cloth in my car " He admitted sternly and walked away.
"He's so f*cking rude! How i wish he isn't my boss. That rude son!" She cussed.
**********
The sky suddenly turned dark. It was about to rain. The wind blew hard. Kimberly packed her hair while he followed the sudden strange Damien.
He's beginning to act strange.
The rain suddenly poured which made others ran inside except for Damien and Kimberly. He stopped and stood in the rain shaking till he knelt down immediately.
Worriedly, Kimberly ran to him since she hadn't gone far from him.
"Sir, sir! Are you okay? Let's leave! The rain is pouring hard on us." Kimberly kept shaking him. The two of them were totally wet.
Damien with his eyes half closed, said, "Mama! Papa! Emily!" He stretched out his hand like he was reaching for someone. He fell into Kimberly's arms and stared at the sky then Kimberly.
"Call the ambulance." He ordered strictly even in that situation. And soon, he passed out.
He fell into Kimberly's arms and stared at the sky then Kimberly."Call the ambulance." He ordered strictly even in that situation. And soon, he passed out.*******Kimberly called out for help and they took Damien into his car to the hospital.The nurses assisted them and took him to the VIP ward for treatment.Kimberly walked to the reception and sat among others waiting for someone to come out of the room and tell her what's wrong with her boss.She remembered how he had called his papa, mama and the last person, Emily. Why would he call them with so much pain in his eyes.Yes, she saw the way his face looked so painful.Did he lost his family or something?No, she needs to mind her business.Soon, the doctor came out and looked everywhere like she was looking for someone. Kimberly knew she was looking for who brought him here.
Kimberly could hear him mumble something out.If she wasn't mistaken, she heard him mumble,"I don't want to die like them. I don't want to die the second time."*******The taxi got to Dam-Ton company. Kimberly paid the man because Damien walked inside as soon as they got there."He won't even pay." She scoffed before going to catch up with him."Sir, are we still going to canada?" She asked."Yes. Call Mr Ben for me." He instructed while he headed to the car garage.Soon, Kimberly came with Mr Ben."Mr Ben, When the Dantes come, tell them I'm out of the country. I won't be around till next week Monday. Don't turn my company upside down. If you do, a sack letter on your table is going greet you a good morning." Damien warned while Mr Ben nodded his head before going out of the garage.Kimberly stepped f
"And it's because of the way you run your mouth like tap water made you look ugly more than a gorilla." She insulted before the men could descend on her.*********But she was able to run out before they could get to her side."F*ck! Those stupid people that Sir Damien called business partners." She groaned and removed her heels to start walking on barefoot.She almost at her hotel room when she heard two men speaking."Okay, are you sure the goods are going to work? What if he check them before leaving?" One of the men said while Kimberly hid herself well from them and continued to hear their conversation.Someone she was engrossed and she sensed that they must be talking about her boss. And it was finally confirmed when she heard one of them say,"Damien can't check those goods. We will have to do our best for him not to o
But it seems Kimberly has been carried away. She was staring at the man from afar who was holding a pregnant woman's waist."Nathan?" She said in shock.The man she has been looking for.********************Damien looked at the direction she was looking at."Who's Nathan?" He asked, facing her."My fiance. We are getting married in two weeks time." Kimberly explained."Married?!" Damien shrieked. He didnt even know why."You're getting married? Wow! I never thought you'd be getting married at that young age." He scoffed."Sir! I'm twenty-three! I'm old enough to get married." She frowned."I need to check if that's him or not. He can't possibly be with another when he should be preparing for our wedding. Or maybe the woman is Nathan' sister.""Don't be dumb. He's holding the woman's waist and can
Damien looked down, his hands was covered with blood and he realized that Kimberly had released his shirt. She wasn't moving at all.He raised his head to the girls and said, "Call the ambulance immediately" They obeyed.******************The ambulance arrived and took Kimberly away."That son of a b*tch!" Damien growled before entering his car and drove out of the church.Anita and Chloe had followed the ambulance.The doctors kept treating Kimberly till few hours passed and one of them came out before the another one came out with two nurses."How's she, doctor?" Anita stood up immediately the doctors came and ran to one of them while Chloe followed her."The surgery went well. But she's still unconscious. In the next two hours, I'm sure she will wake up."The doctor explained and left.
"No! Don't involve any police. She's just going through emotional stress or something. I will find her." Damien spoke and left the room.'I shouldn't involve myself into this. But I can't stay and watch my secretary dying.' Damien thought.Damien sighed as soon as he got out of the hospital.Where did his secretary go to? Where is he going to find her?He took out his phone and dialed one of her friend's number which he'd collected hours ago. Both Chloe amd Anita's number."Is this Anita?" He knitted his brows waiting for an answer."Yes. This is Anita. Who am I speaking with?" She drawled. Her voice sounds like a tired one."It's Damien. Kimberly's Boss.""Oh my! The hot angel....sorry, I know you're looking for Kimberly but I don't think she's in her right mind to see anyone." She responded.
He'd wanted to go to that beach but he just can't.His phone rang and he checked the caller.It was Clara.At first, he didn't want to pick it but he finally did."What the hell did you want again? I thought I told you to stay away from me.""Damien, calm down, will you? I just wanted to ask how you're doing." Clara answered."Okay. I'm doing good okay? Now, can you leave me alone? I need to rest my ass out right now and I don't need any disturbance." He rolled his eyes."Fine. I will hang up. But please, take care of yourself, huh? And get enough rest too. I love you, Damien." Her voice sound so soft at the last part.Somehow, it made Damien cool down."Thank you. Good night and sleep well too." He replied calmly and unknowingly he'd put a smile on her face because of those words he said to h
Damien flew up to catch Kimberly but she ran away. And that was when they heard a knock.The pizza man is here."Who's there?" Kimberly asked as she walked to the door and opened it."Ohh! The pizza and coke. Boss, the man is here." She told her boss.Damien came and paid for the pizza then shut the door before turning to Kimberly."Sir, you're not going to beat me right? I'm too old to receive a beating from someone." She pouted."I wasn't going to do that. I was only looking at you so you could hand me the pizza." He stretched his hand out to receive the pizza while she held the coke."You can join me if you want.""I ate not too long. I don't want to get fat by eating too much." She answered and opened the coke to drink."I didn't give you permission to drink that!" Damien uttered.He got up and grabb