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[ Mr. Pierce's name will soon be revealed, there's a reason why it's not revealed yet.]

Taking a bit of the food on the plate, he gazed at her. Truth to be told, he was taken aback by her sudden question. 

Sienna looked down on the plate, regretting her decision to ask him such a question. Far more, he was a total stranger to her. 

That sudden even-tempered gaze of his threw her off the track as he questioned, "A wife?"

'He is not angry that I asked him a personal question, is he? I asked because I am staying in his place, I don't want to be in any trouble. What if his wife sees me and this causes an issue for him...' 

Sienna nodded her head in agreement and uttered, "Yes."

"No." He answered shortly. 

On the breakfast table, deep silence took over as they both didn't talk again. Though she wanted to say something but seeing him continue eating, she didn't. 

"Mr. Pierce... He was here earlier, where did he go?" Not seeing him anywhere around, Celeste put down the cup of juice on the table. Just as she took a step back, her head hit against something and before she could turn around, someone held her left upper arm. 

Her gaze fell on the warm hand and they quickly shifted to the person standing behind her, her head dug in his chest as she leaned backwards. Sienna was at a loss for words, her eyes widened as she saw his face from closer.

"Watch out." His gaze fixated on her as he looked down.

A gulp seeped down her throat and she quickly moved away from him. In a shaky voice, she uttered while holding her hands together. "Mr. Pierce."

"Find someone else, as long as they can work with flexibility I'm ok with anyone." Hanging up, as he put his phone in his pocket Sienna took a sneak peek at him. 

'He is so tall, but this trend coat of his makes him look taller.'

"Uhmm, are you going out?"

"Yes."

"Ohh..." Pursing her lips, she held her hands together again. "Do you perhaps need someone for work?"

"Yes."

Upon hearing him, her face beamed with excitement. 'Though I thought of taking revenge on Lovell, I don't even have the power to stand in front of him. He is the most powerful man here, being his ex-wife everyone knows me so with the situation now... I'm sure I won't be able to land a job easily. Far more, I don't yet want to see that scumb*g's face. I need to have a solid foundation before I do so. Something... Something that can help me stand still even if the tornado comes.'

"If you need anything, you can tell the butler. He will help you. I have a meeting so I'm leaving." Saying so just as he took a few steps ahead, she called out, "Uhmm, Mr. Pierce."

"Yeah?"

"I need a job, it doesn't matter what kind of. I am flexible, I can do anything I'm given a chance for." She explained in a desperate tone of voice.

"You want to work?"

"Yes."

Moving his sleeves up a little, he casually asked in his cold tone of voice, "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Then you can be my assistant."

"Yes, thank y... Eh?" Sienna kept looking at him with her mouth wide open. Did she hear it wrong?

* Two Days Later *

"Miss, you look so beautiful. It looks like these clothes were made for you." Maria complimented her while staring at her in awe. 

Nothing out of the ordinary yet seeing her pale face for the past days, Maria didn't even hide how happy she was to see her healthy.

Sienna looked at her reflection on the mirror and a bright smile curled onto her lips. To think she could recover after getting hurt so bad, she was surprised. 

In a black pencil skirt and white blouse paired with classic pumps, her hair loose on her back made her look so elegant.

'I look like an assistant now, guess this one is perfect... At first, I thought that Mr. Pierce was probably pranking me but later it turned out he was in need of a personal assistant and since I needed a job, he decided to give me one.'

"I will go with this one then." Changing back to her clothes, Celeste scanned through her surroundings. After getting the job offer, when she was worrying about something else she was handed a card from him to do the shopping. 

Thinking she could pay him back when she would have the money, Sienna took Maria along with her and headed to the mall. 

"Miss, where are we going next?"

"I'm done with the dresses, now. Let's go buy some shoes."

"Yes." 

Looking at the shelf of different styled shoes, Sienna called Maria. "Why don't you help me choose a shoe?"

"Me?"

"Yeah."

Maria was busy choosing the shoes when suddenly Sienna paused on her track, her gazes shifting to a certain direction. 

"Miss, how about you try this? I think it will look good on you. Well, everything looks good on you though... Where did she go to?"