Ava`s POV
“SUSAAAAAAAN!!!!” I shouted out loud in excitement as I stared at the new email which I had just received.
“Ava what Is it? Why are you shouting?” Susan immediately asked after rushing into my room. I almost laughed at how battle ready she looked, as if she was expecting to come beat up someone for me. She was even holding a knife in one hand.And yes, sadly after graduation, I had difficulty finding a job.I even reached a low point in my life, becoming depressed after being rejected many times and my money for rent was running out too. Soon I would have been forced to return back to my childhood neighborhood to move back with my mother. How embarrassing. But I would not allow myself to be a freeloader and live off Susan no matter how much she said she would not mind.Even while having a degree, job hunting turned out to be a nightmare because of this very hard economy of ours. Many of the entry level jobs were now demWho the hell was willing to pay a million dollars just to stay in some bloody room for a single night? And I was supposed to stay for the whole year of my internship. How many millions was that going to be? “I totally agree with you, someone must have made a mistake.” I finally said now in agreement with the snobby witch. It must have been someone from Payne company who made the mistake when organizing my accommodation. We had to fix this; I did not want to end up responsible for making the company lose millions because of some room.After hearing my reply, she quickly went to the phone and called her other coworker to help sort the mess. Apparently, he was the one who did the night shift while she did day shift. “Brad, why did you put Avania Smith`s name for the Presidential suite when she looks like she cannot afford it.” The woman then said on the phone making me glare at her for the petty Jab. With a mean smile, she even put the phone on
Ava`s POV“Hie, my name Avania Smith. I am the new intern.” I said to the receptionist after entering into the gigantic skyscraper building of Payne Enterprise. “Oh Avania, nice to meet you. My name is Faith. Let me take you to your manager and boss, Miss Fay Simpson. She is in charge of the IT department.” The lovely woman quickly said while leading me into the elevator. I really enjoyed her energy; she was very nice and friendly. We arrived on the third floor and we passed through many offices. They all not only looked fancy but were comfortable and inviting too. There were even some open space offices too. “Fay, this is the new intern.” Faith then said while introducing me to my new boss Fay. First impression, the woman knew how to dress. She wore a designer red dress and her make up was on point. Luckily for me my new boss seemed nice as she gave me a really nice greeting with a smile as welcome. She then l
The intensity of his eyes as he first stared at me, had me blushing with red stained cheeks. I was now sure that he had realized who I was. “Miss Smith, we finally get to properly meet again.” He then uttered while gently taking my hand into his and slowly placing a lingering kiss on it. I felt as if my whole body had come to live upon feeling the familiar touch of those lips. The same lips that had once tasted my whole skin. I ended up lost in those deep sexy grey eyes of his as his lips lingered more on my skin. It was as if it was now only just the two of us and everyone else had faded in the background. It was only when we had the sound of Ben clearing his throat on purpose, that we both snapped out of it and realized that everyone`s eyes were on us. “uh, I am very glad to have you here. Miss Smith” He then finally said while reluctantly letting go of my hand. He seemed to be as shaken as I was. As he started leav
Damien Payne`s POVFinally, she was here. Right here where he wanted her to be, in New York city, his home base and where he spends most of his time. Everything had gone according to plan. From monitoring all the places that she sends her Cv to in her hometown. Then buying shares of each of those small companies to make sure they did not hire her excellent employee profile. It was the only way he could get her desperate enough to move to New York for a job and end up here...with him. Now she was an employee of his company and near him, by his side. He would be able to see her every day. He had spared no expense, he was mostly proud of the million-dollar suite he had organized for her, after all she was his Queen and deserved to live like one. This time it all felt different unlike his relationship with that previous gold digger. This time it was his own choice to spend money on his woman. She had neither begged nor asked him, instead it was his own free will to sp
Ava`s POVI thought slapping the shit out of that sexy face would do the trick to convey my anger at him. But instead it did the opposite. He looked as if he had not even felt the slap. Then he did the unthinkable, going all caveman style shit on me. Like what the hell? Who the hell still did that kind of shit of carrying a woman as if they were a sack of potato? At a bloody workplace too!After coming out of my shock I quickly went back to my anger and was now hitting him on the back to put me down. I had just had enough of Damien Payne in only one day and wanted him to leave me the hell alone!He instead ignored me and talked to his assistant, something about shutting down the elevators. Like what the hell, where was his mind going at. Forcing people to use the stairs was just being cruel. His next comment though about me being his little vixen, made me hit his back harder on the back. And then he did another unthinkable thing, slapping my ass. Althoug
Ava`s POVI finally left the elevator cheeks blazing red at what we had just done in a company elevator! And Damien, he had confessed and told me that he wanted me.But I had rejected him.Truthfully, I wanted him too. He just had this way of bringing my body to life in ways that no one had ever done.But still, I was scared. I was scared to have my heart broken again. And with him I knew the pain of heartbreak would be worse, for I could see myself falling hard for him. It was better to end it right now before it was too late. Plus men like him would have thousands of women vying after him and I could not compete with that.I first headed for the bathroom and cleaned myself up.Once done, I came out feeling confident again.The only relationship going to be between me and Damien Payne would be a boss employee professional relationship. And nothing more.Luckily for me, it was already closing time, with everyone having left already.
Damien`s POV“What's with the sullen look little brother,” Damien looked up from his chair. Where he sat with his office desk in front of him in his Ceo office. And of course, it had to be his troublesome brother Aleksander coming to disrupt him. The only person who could barge into his office uninvited as even his assistant Ben was afraid of him. Aleks was always calling him little brother, loving to throw it in his face that he was older and should never forget that.But Damien was still thankful for if not for Aleksander, he would have been made to inherit their family's other shady side of the business. The Payne Mafia Empire. Aleksander stepped up and was now the billionaire Mafia boss while he, Damien got to handle the cleaner side, the legit side companies and businesses. Sometimes he worried about Aleksander`s safety as his brother had now dominated the whole city, making it his whole turf and was now the Mafia King. Taking dow
Ava`s POVI slept in my new cheap motel room, then got up on my one mattress bed. I took out my laptop and posted an ad for an affordable apartment and also that i did not mind sharing with a roommate.I was hoping by next week I would finally have some better accommodation.I bathed with cold water, as there was no hot water from the rundown facilities and went to work all readied up.I could see everyone was happy, the coworkers on my floor. They all seemed excited for the upcoming party tonight and we were even given a half day so we were all clocking out earlier. I promised Lisa to go shopping for what to wear. So as soon as we left, done with our half day of interning, we headed for the mall. It was fun, hanging out and shopping as girls. We entered who knows how many stores and tried who knows how many dresses. Ones which we did not buy and just took pictures for fun. Acting like we were models but promising each other that once we would both