8 years ago
I stepped into the office for the first time. My dad forced me to take over the company due to his health issues. I like New York more than London, to be honest. My career in New York was doing great but then as the only child, no one can take the responsibility out of me, I must go back to London and run the family business.
I entered my office and my PA, Isla, greeted me. She is the same age as mine, she was my dad's PA earlier and I decided to continue to use her since she knew the company better after working with my dad for more than 5 years. I can learn from her slowly.
“Good morning Ms McKenzie, here’s your today’s schedule,” She smiled at me
“Call me Olivia, Isla. After all, we're the same age. I hope we can work together well,” I smiled back at her
“Noted Olivia. The first meeting will start in 10 minutes. Let me know when you’re ready.” She was about to leave my office
“I’ll read my schedule first and go. Give me 5 minutes, okay?” I turned to her and she nodded
Me and Isla went into the meeting room and there were only around 6 people inside. They’re the top managerial in the company. When I sat down, I noticed one man, similar to my age, I guess. Apparently he is the youngest among others. What can I tell you about him? He is hot, a breathtaking one.
After the meeting, I found out that he is Damian Smith, the cyber security manager. I will have a personal meeting with him later after lunch and to be honest, I can’t wait to get to know him personally. After having a meeting with him, I can tell he is a good talent, my dad was lucky to find him. I saw he was so focused on the work, he kept things professional. I was hoping he might flirt or be interested with me, guess I am wrong.
A Month has passed and there’s no progress between me and him, even though we have regular meetings, twice a week. He clearly shows no interest but the more he ignores me, the more I want him. Tonight, the company has a party and I decided to go all out. Let's see if he finally ‘sees’ me as a woman.
It was my 6th glass of wine and I don’t know if I hallucinated or not but I saw a couple times Damian glanced at me. ‘This is the right time!’ I whispered to myself and yes, it didn’t take long. I got a chance to be with him alone. We’re in one of the balconies of the ballroom, chatting. A waiter came to offer a drink. I don’t want to take it, because I know I will be drunk after another glass. My alcohol tolerance is quite low, to be honest. However, I took one glass because Damian took one. We had a light conversation and by the time I finished my glass, I felt dizzy. Damian seemed to notice it and he asked me if I wanted to go home.
“Will you drive me home?” I asked
“Yes, sure! Tell me your address,” He answered
I told him my penthouse’s address and as we entered his car, I secretly smiled. ‘God loves me. I won’t let go of this chance!’ I told myself. Damian is a good man, I admit. He helped me to get to my bed and he didn’t really try to do anything to me. As he laid me down, he was about to leave when I stopped him. I held his hand and he looked at me with a confused face.
‘I can’t be like this! I want him!’ I thought
“Damian, wait! I want to ask you a question,” I said with a low tone
“Yes,” He said shortly
“Am I not attractive in your eyes?” I said bluntly
“What? Why do you ask that?” Damian was surprised
“You’re attractive. You have it all! perfect figure and intelligence.” He smiled at me
I smiled hearing it and I spontaneously pulled his hand and kissed him. What happened next led us to be together in the end for at least 2 years. As he wanted, we kept our relations a secret in the office. He told me he wanted to be professional and wanted to avoid gossip around. I agreed to that but I made Isla as an exception. I believe she will find out anyway, so why not tell her about it to make it easier, especially for me and Damian to meet in my office. Slowly, Isla is not only becoming my PA, but she becomes my friend who I talk to whenever I have things going on about him.
I think we’re good, being with him for two years makes me love him more but it was weird when I, almost never, heard him say he loved me. However, even though it bothers me, yet seeing how he treated me well, I keep telling myself that maybe it is his way to love me instead of saying it in words. In 2 years, I fed myself that lie, until one day he told me he will move back to the States with his mom. I was devastated when I found he wanted to end our relationship and said long distance won’t work and he wanted to start over and ask me to do so.
‘How come he says it lightly?’
‘After 2 years together and he just want to walk away, like there’s no feelings left’
Being together with him for two years, I knew that he rarely spoke, so when he told me he would leave and he didn’t explain further why we can’t be together anymore, I didn’t go after him, demanding for an explanation. I want to know but I was too broken at that moment. I drowned in sadness alone and what hurt me the most was he left me without second thought.
‘Damian Smith…...I won’t forget that!’
I saw Damian from far away, touching Olivia’s headstone. I took a deep breath and released it. ‘It’s over, Fai!’ I told myself. My eyes stared blankly at the open space of the cemetery. ‘Olivia, I won’t forget you!’ I whispered to the wind I got into my car and waited for Damian inside. When I saw Damian walking toward me, I got a text. It is Brian. ‘Endgame?’ ‘Yeah!’ I replied Damian opened the door and sat on the passenger seat. We left the cemetery, heading to the southeast. I drove the car for like an hour and we arrived at a vineyard. Both of us took off our suit and put it in the car. “It’s so quiet here,” I said as I sipped my wine
I dropped the tray in my hands and screamed, “Olivia…..”I saw Olivia was confused and I quickly ran to call the servants. Two servants came and were shocked to find Olivia laid on the floor full of blood.“Tell the driver to meet me in the lobby. One of you will go with me to the hospital. We need to bring her there,” I told the servantsOlivia’s condition is too weak, she wants to speak up but she has no energy to do it. I left her for an hour and that’s enough to make her lose some blood. I brought her to the ER and it was like half an hour later, the doctor who examined her walked out.“How’s she?” I put a fake panicked expression“
Going for a check up alone, again. I really hate doing it, especially this is Fai's child, not Damian’s. I need to wait and be patient, I will get rid of this baby later after I make Damian marry me. I already planned it, after we married, I will pretended I experience miscariage and I’ll have our own child for real, not this fake child. As usual, it didn’t take long for me to check up, I went to the office and was surprised when Isla wasn’t there. I was about to get my phone to call her, but then I got a text from her. She said she suddenly needed to go back to her hometown, her dad was sick. I quickly replied to her, telling it is okay, I can carry things alone here during her absence. A week later, I got a text from Damian, telling me he has come back. I was overjoyed, especially because he t
I stood near the window, my eyes looking at the river in front of the office building blankly. I noticed Anna walked in and she hugged me from behind. She didn’t say anything, we stayed silent for a while. Anna’s arms warm me inside. I didn’t turn around to face her, but then I said, “Don’t ask me to forgive Damian.” Anna released her arms, she sighed, then said, “You can't walk around telling people what to do with their feelings. You can’t control others, you know that!” “One thing, Damian is like my own family. If you ask me to cut my ties with him, you’ll be disappointed!” She walked out, leaving me alone “You!!!” I turned around seeing her walking out “Go ahead! Want to pick a fight with me? That’s what you want, right? Mad at Damian clearly isn’t en
Spending time with Ben and Brian really helped me to heal from the previous incident. It was our last day in Davos and I suddenly got a text from Damian. He wants to meet me alone and I agreed to have lunch with him soon after I arrive. However, I was surprised when in the next text, he told me to keep it away from Brian.‘What’s going on?’ I was wonderingBrian paid bodyguards to watch me and Ben and I was thinking it a little bit disturbing and I believe Damian won’t like it. Then I texted him to meet up in the office instead, easier for us to talk in my room. Earlier, Brian against the idea that I went to the office but I successfully persuaded him. We’re going to the office together and he said goodbye to me by giving a quick kiss when the elevator’s door opened.A
I just got up from my bed, about to go to the toilet when my phone suddenly rang. I grabbed my phone from the table and saw Damian's name on the screen.“Morning, Damian!” I said lazily“What? Why?” He asked me to come to an address, I was confused“Alright! In half an hour I’ll be there,” I told him and he cut the callI was wondering what’s happening. During my drive, my thoughts wandered, thinking about why Damian asked me to go to an apartment complex. As I parked my car, I got a text from him informing the apartment unit. In less than 10 minutes, I knocked on the door and heard someone walking to open the door, it was Damian. When I walked inside, it surprised me when I found Isla was there, tied in the cha