6. First day at work

MIRABEL

"It's over!" I muttered in the realization that I had woken up late.

I was certain I set my alert to wake me up by 6:00am but somehow I overslept and woke up at 7:30am, the time I was supposed to join Giveon at the car to go to work.

My first day at work was already a mess and it was evident that Giveon was going to punish me for coming late. 

The first thought that came to my mind when I woke up late was how I was going to find out where the company was. I didn't have a good relationship with my grandfather to call him and ask for some directions asking why I didn't know it already. 

I left the bed after moments mentally fighting myself for waking up late although I slept early to go take my bath.

I barely used ten minutes in the bathroom before I came out to get dressed. I settled for my two-piece grey office outfit that I had prepared for today before touching my face with a little makeup as I didn't have enough time to waste.

I didn't want to arrive at the office later than normal. I went around asking the maids and guards for directions but none gave me a proper response as if they'd been told by Giveon to not tell me.

"You shouldn't have woken up late dear." I heard the voice of an old women behind me.

I turned around to look at her. She was dressed in a long brown dress and had a walking stick with her she was using to support herself. It was the first time I'd seen her but she had a smile on her face which was a little surprising. 

“I didn’t mean to. And who are you?” I asked.

“I’m Miranda. I’m Giveon's nanny. I was away for some weeks but I’m back now. I heard you are his wife and I’ve been wanting to meet you. It’s nice to meet you dear.” She introduced herself. 

I was surprised to see her and I was most surprised that she was nice to me. She seems to be excited to meet me.

“I’m Mirabel. You can call me Mira for short,” I said to her.

“It’s so lovely to meet you, Mirabel. It seems you are late for work and don’t know where the company is located, I will help you with that.”

“You will? Thank you so much!” I felt glad to hear that.

“Sure. Follow me,” she said a shoveled me outside of the mansion.

She called for one of the men who was standing guard in the mansion.

“Take her to the company, now will you?” She said to him.

“But Boss has instructed that we don’t help me find her way,” the man replied finally proving to me that my instincts were correct that he asked for nobody to help me. 

He wasn’t lying when he said he gave me a week and I’d leave by myself because he was making it easy for him to have reasons to fire me. It wouldn’t be a bad idea if I lost the job but he was doing too much.

It was as if he could tell that I’d wake up early or he snuck into my room to turn off my alarm so I end up not waking up early.

I’ve seen lots of wicked people in this life but Giveon takes the crown. This only made me want to take action against him just as I intended to before. 

“He instructed you and that’s fine. When he asks then tell him that I told you to take her to work, is that clear?” She replied.

Judging from how she spoke and how they listened to her, it was evident that she was important to Giveon and he listened to her. 

“Alright then. I will go get the car,” he said before leaving.

“Thank you so much,” I said to her feeling grateful.

“You are welcome. I don’t know why he has chosen for you not to be able to go to work today but when he comes back, I'd scold him,” She said.

The man returned shortly with the car. She waved at me as I settled in the car before the driver drove off.

I arrived at the company, a skyscraper building after some minutes. I thanked the man before he drove off.

I began to feel nervous as it was past nine by the time I arrived at the company. I didn’t know the way to go or how to find Giveon. I was more worried about how he’d treat me.

I met with one of the receptionists to ask for her help and directions.

“Hi. I’m Mirabel, Giveon Jameson's new personal assistant. I was hoping you could direct me to his office,” I introduced myself to her.

“The last floor, that’s where his office is,” she answered.

“Thank you,” I said before making my way towards the elevators. I pressed the 100th floor button.

The closer I got to that floor, the more my stomach churned from worries. I didn’t know what to do or how he’d react the moment he saw me. The bell rang signaling that I had arrived at my destination and the door opened for me to step out.

I took in a deep breath and exhaled before making my way over to his office. With every step I took closer to his office, my heart scarily pounded in my chest.

Once I finally arrived at the door of his office, I forgot my manners as I didn’t knock. I opened the door to his office just as I realized I was supposed to knock but was left shocked.

I immediately regretted opening the door before knocking as on the table was a lady with blonde hair and Giveon was pounding into her from that position. 

“I’m so sorry.” I voiced out before closing the doors.

My heart was hammering in my chest and my eyes widened like that of an owl. What a Monday morning, I thought to myself.