Beatrice went to make coffee for herself on the second floor when Mia popped up beside her suddenly, almost making Beatrice spill the liquid coffee on the floor.“Mia!” Beatrice gasped out, shockingly, and turned around to glare at Mia.“How many times do I have to tell you to stop sneaking up on me that way, you know how I easily get startled?” Beatrice frowned at Mia, who rolled her eyes at her.“How are you doing?” Mia chirped, a mischievous smirk playing on her lips.She was the one who picked Beatrice late at night when they arrived in New York from Austria, although Ben had insisted on taking her home, which she turned down stubbornly.“Breathing and alive,” Beatrice scoffed as she sipped the coffee, staying with Ben in the office for almost ten hours per day was more than a punishment to her.“So,” Mia smirked, she was still waiting for Beatrice to give her some gist and details on how her day went with the boss.“Mia, we're still at work, get that ass of yours patient,” Beatric
“Is she following us, sir?” Vanessa asked, irritation clearly evident in her voice as Ben and Beatrice approached her in the car park.“I suppose you don't have a problem with that, Ms. Parker, or do you?” Ben questioned her sternly when he got close to her, raising a questioning brow at her, while Beatrice just stared plainly at her.'She's been getting on my nerves lately whenever she's me around Ben,' Beatrice thought to herself as she made her way to Ben's car.She unlocked the passenger's seat door and sat inside, waiting for Ben and Vanessa to finish with their discussion.“No, sir,” Vanessa answered her boss with a sigh and glanced over to Beatrice, seeing that she has made herself comfortable in the front seat.'How dare she?' Vanessa fumed in her mind as her teeth clenched.'I intended to seat at the front,' Vanessa thought to herself.“Good,” Ben smiled casually at her when one of the drivers in the company approached them.“Sir, you called for me earlier,” The driver alerte
“You are terrible,” Beatrice laughed, walking into her apartment, while Mia followed behind her with a packed paper bag in her hands.“Yeah, I know, get moving,” Mia smirked, Beatrice moved out of Mia's way as she walked further into her apartment.Cody, came out of the kitchen, wagging its tail as it ran over to Beatrice, who squatted immediately and spread her arms out to him.“Hey, big boy,” Beatrice smiled, carrying her pet dog in her left arm while her right arm was holding the files she brought from the office.Beatrice walked into her living room and placed the files neatly on the table and settled down on the seat, while she ran her fingers through Cody's fur.Mia was busied unpacking the drinks and the mini bucket of chicken in a paper bag as she kept them on the table.“Yeah, so how are we starting?” She asked, staring at Beatrice, wriggling her brow at her.“Can't you take a break?” Beatrice fired at her and placed Cody on the seat beside her.“Must you know what happened?”
“Good morning, Lady Zara!” Beatrice exclaimed, panting hard when she got to the receptionist's table.“Take it easy, dear,” Lady Zara tried to calm her down while she typed on the keyboard and stared at the computer screen.“I'm late,” Beatrice breathed out, still trying to catch her breath.It was all that silly Mia's fault. They had talked and talked, when Mia left her apartment late at night she decided to have more drinks, and she got drunk, waking up late.“Have a nice day,” Beatrice wished Lady Zara and began running towards the elevator, she was late even though Ben was her boss and she could mask her way out from being queried, she doesn't want any of his favors.Beatrice pressed the button of the elevator repeatedly, wondering what was taking the elevator door to open immediately.Finally, the elevator door opened, and she rushed inside almost making the files in her arms fall to the ground, she quickly turned around and pressed the button to the first floor.The elevator doo
Beatrice entered the office, with the two cups of coffee in her hands. She didn't know how Santiago would like his coffee, so, she just made it the same way Ben likes his coffee.She walked closer to them, seeing the two men in a deep conversation, Beatrice coughed slightly to get their attention.“Your coffee, Sirs,” Beatrice notified, giving Ben his coffee and then Santiago his coffee too.Ben grabbed the handle of the cup and brought the cup close to his mouth and sipped the coffee while he openly stared at Santiago.Santiago brought the cup to his lips and drank out of the coffee. “Hmm! This tastes nice, Ms. Coleman,” Santiago remarked, while Beatrice smiled and bowed her head slightly in response.“If you don't mind, I'll teach you how to make a wonderful type of coffee, you'll love it,” Santiago said.“That's ni--”“There won't be such, Mr. Santiago,” Ben fired, dropping his cup of coffee on the desk cruelly, almost spilling the coffee content on the desk as he glared at Santiag
“Mum?” Ben muttered, staring at his mum, who was beaming happily at him.'What the hell is she doing here?' Ben thought, staring at his mum like he had seen a ghost.“My darling, so good to see you, won't you hug mama?” His mum cooed, spreading her arms widely to him, all the jewelry adorned her body made clanging sounds.Ben put on a tight smile and walked over to his mum before he got crushed in the tight embrace he found himself… Almost choking.Beatrice stood rooted to her spot, “Mrs. Clarke is here?' She thought, without thinking, turning around.Everyone knew Mrs. Clarke was a god-damned drama queen… Beatrice remembered when Ben had taken her to his home when they were dating back then in high school, and she was all worked up about her. It's not that Mrs. Clarke was a bad person, she wasn't, but she had this type of manipulative mindset.Beatrice was finding it difficult whether to turn around and greet Ben's mum or just stay rooted to the way she was backing her, afraid she mig
After collecting the important files from each department, Beatrice opened the door to the office, fatigue creasing her face, then her gaze fell on Ben who placed his head on the table.'Is he sleeping?' Her thoughts outstripped her while she traipsed her way to her desk.Beatrice dropped the files on the table, then turned her face back to Ben, and she found herself moving closer to him.Her eyes glistened at him when she was close to his seat. Ben was taking a quick nap, resting his head on one of his arms he straightened on the table.His gray suit was hanging around his swiveled seat, leaving him in the blue shirt he wore.Beatrice's smile was linked with a sigh as she stared, then she leaned closer to him and studied his face. 'He's so handsome,' Beatrice thought to herself, chewing on her lower lips, her gaze traveled to his thin and narrow eyebrows which were curved like that of a crescent of the moon, then her eyes trailed from his alluring eyelids to his thick black lashes,
“Aah!” Beatrice yawned for the sixth time, and tap her left palm continuously over her mouth. She blinked her eyes severally just to drive away sleep.She leaned closer to her table, sorting out the important files that Ben will sign first thing in the morning.Her eyes darted to her wristwatch on her left hand and saw that it was past six, almost close to seven in a few minutes.“Goodness, I need an energy drink,” Beatrice muttered to herself, her eyelids felt so heavy, but she still stubbornly widens her eyes and stared at the black text on the white paper, closing the dark blue file she just checked through before she placed it among the less significant files, then she grabbed the black file which was the next.Beatrice yawned again, making it the seventh time, and she turned her head over to Ben's side to check if he was still there, but he wasn't.'Maybe he left already,' Beatrice thought wearily, staring at Ben's empty seat.'But how come did he leave, and I didn't notice?' She