"Don't even dare say it.” I snapped at Luke who has a smug smile on his face.
"I didn’t even say anything." He said.
"Yeah but I'm sure you were planning to.”I said just as the elevator dinged and we stepped out of the elevator.
I saw a guy that looked to be in his mid-twenties behind the front desk. He has a beautiful pair of hazel eyes and blond hair that he styled perfectly with gel. He looks cute. I gave him a smile and he smiled back.
"Jonah, this is McKenna Wright. She's the one replacing Ian for the time being. Kenny, that's Jonah. Ian's personal assistant." Luke said.
"Hi, Ms.Wright. Please, accept my condolences. I look forward to working with you.” Jonah said giving me a handshake.
I took his hand in a gentle handshake. "Thank you. Pleasure meeting you, Jonah. I hope we'll work well together" He nodded.
Luke cleared his throat. "Is the office ready, Jonah?"
He nodded, " Right this way, sir.”
He led us through the hallway heading straight for the room on the far end. He opened the door and stepped aside for me to walk in first. Nothing really prepared me for this sight.
The office is really spacious and definitely the biggest I've ever seen. There was a big white couch with accented pillows and a small table sitting in the corner of the room. Two additional white chairs stood facing the table and the couch. Wow, cool, I can sneak a nap or two once in a while.
The windows are floor to ceiling facing the streets of New York and being on the 60th floor, I'll enjoy this view so much especially at night. In front of the window was a big modern desk where I can work most of the time. The leather chair had a blanket thrown around it, making it look very comfortable. The whole office is covered in rugs.
Looking around, the decorations really suits me and the walls are painted my favorite color; blue. I knew instantly that Luke had a hand in decorating this office. I smiled at him hoping he gets the message that I loved it. He smiled back.
"Okay, let's get to work, alright?" Luke said. I immediately went behind the desk to sit on the leather chair. I almost moaned out loud at how comfortable it feels.
"So, Ms. Wright, You have a meeting scheduled with Mr. Greene, CEO of Greene Enterprises for 2.30pm later today. Apart from that, you're free till tomorrow.”Jonah said looking up from his iPad as I stared at him with my mouth agape.
"Honey, you're cute but opening your mouth like that is totally unladylike."Luke said making me glare at him as he shrugged his shoulders with his hands in his pockets.
I turned to look at Jonah, " I have a meeting with that sex god? Dixon Greene, the same Dixon Greene?" I asked him. He looked at me in confusion but nodded his head all the same.
"Really, Kenny? That's what you're bothered about?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, why? I'm a single lady who appreciates the hot guys that have oh-so graciously graced this planet. It’s not my fault you ain't one of them.”
"What? Well, I’m proud to tell you that a lot of women think I'm hot.”
"Yeah, that's probably cause they all have their head in their asses." I sassed as I smirked.
"You know you're really mean, all I've ever done was to love you unconditionally, McKenna.” He said placing his hand on his chest feigning hurt. Jonah kept looking back and forth between us slightly amused. He was trying so hard to hide his smile.
"Yeah, I was saying the truth because I love you too, obviously.”I rolled my eyes at him and turned to Jonah.
"What's the meeting about, anyway?"
"That was what you should've started it in the first place.” Luke scoffed and I rolled my eyes.
"Well, apparently, Greene Enterprises is planning to renew their contracts with our hotels and malls, they also insisted that they go through the contract with us before doing that. And apparently, they want us to be in charge of their newly constructed office in Seattle." Jonah said.
"Hmm, so if I'm not wrong, Greene Enterprises own an aeronautical company and a fashion line. From what I think I know, they have their shoes line, clothes lines, jewelry line and their aeronautical company right? So that means they want to work with mom’s interior design section?" I asked.
"That's correct." Jonah nodded.
"Okay, so can I get their file so I can do my research before they get here?"
"Yes, of course...right away." He replied and stepped out of the room.
I turned to see Lucas staring at me, smiling softly.
"Stop staring, it's creepy.”I said while putting a strand of my baby hair behind my hair.
"I'm not staring. I’m observing.”He said making me raise my eyebrows in question. "You really didn’t recognize him?"
"Who?" I asked in confusion.
"The guy you met in the lobby." He said,making me even more confused.
"Ummm, no... Am I supposed to know him?" I asked him.
"No, it’s fine. I just thought you did with the staring contest you guys had going on." He smirked.
"Ughh, don't you have work to do? I'm the boss now so I can easily fire your ass."
"I got you the job, girl. Don't even think about it.” He said while I smirked picking up the phone.
"Try me.” He stood up and ran out of the room. I laughed shaking my head.
Hearing a knock, I muttered a come in as I'm trying to access the computer on my desk. Jonah came in passing me the file I requested for.
"Thanks, Can I be alone while I go through this? I hate being disturbed while I’m trying to work."
"No problem, beep me if you need anything."
"Will do, thanks." With that, he stepped out of the room.
After my accident, I almost didn’t go to college. Deciding my major was hard. I got accepted to UCLA to study Pharmacy. After the first year, I gave it up simply because I couldn't catch up. At first, I thought my parents will be disappointed but they supported me. A year later, I got a better offer to study Business Management at Yale. My parents were so happy mostly because it's the family's pathway. I graduated the top of my class and I've never seen my dad so proud of me.
I decided not to work immediately I got out of college. I wanted to live life a little and spend more time with my boyfriend. Well, we can see how that worked out.
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A knock on my door got my attention making feel the slight headache coming in. I muttered a come in rubbing my temples trying to ease the pain I’m feeling. Luke came in, looking all cool with his hands in his pockets.
Always the charmer. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Have you been here all along? Did you even eat lunch?" He asked and I shook my head no.
"Girl, I knew I should've checked up on you. I just didn’t think you'll forget to eat, you never forget to eat.”I scoffed.
"Well, I obviously had a lot to catch up on.”
"Yeah, I know. Wanna go grab lunch?"
"Yes, please. I’m starved.”I stood up stretching my body that feels so stiff.
We made our way to the elevator. I noticed Jonah isn't by his desk, he must've gone for lunch, I thought.
"Where do you wanna go?" Luke asked.
"Let's just go to the cafeteria, I have a meeting in less than an hour." I said checking my wristwatch.
"Wow my baby is getting all bossy." He said, ruffling my hair.
"Buzz off." I said stepping out of the elevator.
I entered into the cafeteria noticing how everyone are chattering among themselves.
"Go sit, I’ll order our food.”I nodded and took a seat at the closest table to me. Sitting there awkwardly, I tried distracting myself by playing with my phone.
"McKenna? McKenna Wright?" I looked up to see Adeline, my friend from Yale.
"Adeline, is that really you? oh my God.”I stood up to hug her. She hugged me back.
"My God, Kenz, why did you just disappear like that? I tried calling and texting but nothing obviously.” I smiled immediately feeling guilty that I ignored her.
"I’m sorry, Ada. Things just sort of happened.”I said pulling her to sit with me.
"I get it. It's okay." she smiled. "I'm just glad I finally get to see you again.”
" I know, I’m happy to see you too.”
"So seeing as you're here now, I'm guessing you work here. What department? I heard we have a new boss now... I wonder who he is... I hope he's hot, I need a boyfriend ASAP.”
I laughed at her joke. Back at school, no one knew I was the famous Wright's daughter. To them, it was a pure coincidence that I had their last name. Enjoying the peace it gives, I didn't try to correct them.
"Here you go, boss." I shot a glare at Luke who never know when to shut up.
"Hello, Mr. Walker.”Adeline smiled at him with a slight blush on her cheek. Oh, someone's got a crush.
"Hey, Ms. .." He raised his brows in suggestion.
"Smith, Adeline Smith.”She answered.
"Yeah, Ms. Smith...nice meeting you." He smiled at her. You see my Uncle isn't exactly old, infact he's just two years older than I am. He's the kind of child that the parents didn't plan having. He's more of an elder brother than an uncle. He turned to me.
"Eat up, Kenny, we've gat work to do.” I nodded as I started eating the lasagna he got me.
"Ohh, can I have your number, Kenz? I'll really like to catch up." She asked looking at me with hopeful eyes.
"Yes, of course...type it in. And I’m sorry for how I disappeared." I said handing her my phone.
"You don't have to. I really like you as a person and I also want to be your friend" Ada smiled as she handed me back my phone. "I don't know what you've been through but I know you do need a friend... just so you know I'm always here" I hugged her happy that I met her again. She has always been a nice person to me.
"Thank you. We should hang out sometime." I told her.
She nodded " I’ll love that. I’m sorry but I've to go. The new boss might be really strict, who knows? and trust me, I love my job." She chuckled making me smile. She hugged me and waved to Luke before running off.
"Wow, you made a friend that fast?" I shook my head at how dumb he really was.
"We went to college together, dummy." I said rolling my eyes.
"Oh, I see. She's cute." He said clearing his throat. I didn't miss the way his skin looked flushed. Well, that's a good sign. I smiled to myself. "She doesn't know you're the boss now, does she?"
"Nope, my identity was pretty anonymous in college so I’m not surprised." I said. "She'll know sooner or later but right now we need to get to that meeting. God, I can't wait for the day to be over."
He laughed and stood up, helping me up too. We both made our way out of the cafeteria.
"Oh, baby, you just started." He said putting his arms around my shoulders.
"Why do I have a feeling your words have a double meaning?" He laughed.
"You'll see."
Luke excused himself while I made my way to my office. The meeting officially starts in 10 minutes, I've got to be prepared. I plan on making a good impression. A knock on the door brought me out of my thoughts."It's time, Ma'am, they just arrived and are waiting in the conference room." He said."Really, Jonah? Ma'am? Seriously?" I asked with my eyebrow raised. He smiled."Just call me McKenna." I said and waved my hand to dismiss him."But..." He said."Don't worry, I’ll be there in a minute." I said. He nodded and left.I looked around the office and sighed. There's no going back now. If I plan to make my parent proud, I have to do it the right way and learn to trust myself. This is step one to greatness. Please, guide me mom and dad. I need your strength, Ian.I took all the documents I needed, my laptop and my phone. I took a deep breath and stepped out
It’s official; today is the longest day ever.I spent all my spare time going through different projects that are yet to be completed and a few that were left unattended. I have never felt so stiff in my life. I just need a nice, hot and steamy bubble bath and my bed right now.Lucas called a moving company to help move our stuffs to Ian’s penthouse after seeing how tired I was.I’ll help lessen your stress anyway I can,I remembered him saying before he went to Liam’s school. Although I’m pretty sure he did all that so he could escape helping me with the work Ian left in the office.A sigh left my lips as I felt the headache coming in. I leaned back on my seat bringing my finger to my temple, pressing it slightly hoping to reduce the slight pain in my head. My phone ringing snapped me out of it. Reaching for it,I answered without looking at the caller ID;
I laid down on the bed ready to pass out any moment.Dinner ended 30 minutes ago. Liam fell asleep 10 minutes later, I had to carry him to his room after Luke left. That boy is growing so fast. Before Luke left, he showed me everywhere I needed to know in the house.Thankfully, he managed to arrange most of our things before I got home. He even chose our rooms, claiming he knew I and Liam’s taste, and I got to say he was right about everything.I guess he’s not that useless after all, even though I know Vicky had a lot to do with that.Speaking of Vicky, I got to know a lot more about her during dinner. She seems like a nice person. She works in a magazine publishing company, apparently she loves taking pictures. I saw some of her photos and I must say they all are fantastic.A cold breeze swept around the room reminding me that the window is opened but I’m too tired to stand up to c
I got to the office exactly around 5 minutes to 8am. For some reason, I’m thankful I wasn’t late.I walked into the building feeling slightly nervous. My first meeting as an acting CEO didn’t go too well. I wondered what they’d think about that; will they think I’m some daddy’s girl who doesn’t deserve the luck she got? I know yesterday was a failure but that doesn’t make me a bad leader. I just hope they’re willing to take a chance on me.“Good morning, McKenna. Running late again?” Tony asked with a small smile on his face.“Hi, Tony. Yeah, something came up that made me lose track of time. Again.” I said.” Weren’t you here last night? Why’re you still here?”“Uhh, I have a double shift this morning but aside from that, today’s the day we meet the new boss. I’m pretty curious, y&r
Dixon’s POV.She’s even more beautiful than I remembered.My first love. My best friend.McKenna Maven Wright.She has grown into a very beautiful and strong woman. I’m more than proud of her. She doesn’t remember though but I still have memories of us that I’ll always cherish and hold dear to my heart.I remember when I saw her again after 14 years. That day she crashed into me at the lobby. My day started like every normal day until I saw her.“Here’s your coffee, sir.” My assistant, Jonathan said.I nodded going through the papers scattered on my desk.“Do I have anything special for today,Jon?”“Yes, sir … actually you need to go to Wright Enterprises. You have a board’s meeting there for 10am today.”
“That went better than expected. I’m so proud of you, baby girl.” Luke hugged me, immediately we stepped out of the conference room. I smiled and hugged him back.He pulled away before dragging me to my office.“You have a press conference soon too. Now that you’ve been accepted by the board, the world ought to know you.” Luke said.“How sure are you…” The sound of my phone ringing cut me from finishing my sentence.Checking the screen, I see that it’s a call from Vicky. Oh, no…I completely forgot about Liam. I answered the call immediately.“Hey, Vicky…how’re you?? How’s Liam?” I asked at once.“Hey, McKenna. Sorry to bother you.I’m okay and Liam’s good too, but he insisted I call you.” Her voice came through.“Can I speak to him?”“Yes, of course.”Then I heard his voice. That small angelic voice. My little brother is my life. I love him so much.“Hello, McKenny.”He said.“H
I felt more tears coming in as I stared at the paper in shock. I smiled when I saw what he last wrote. I always called him my hero because he was always there for me no matter what. I miss him so much, I miss them all. I’ll do whatever he wants me to because for some reason I feel like he’s still here.“McKenny, are you okay?” Liam asked. I nodded in response and wiped my tears.“Do you want to go visit Ian?” I asked Liam to which he nodded his head. He stood up and ran upstairs, I think to get changed. I looked at Victoria who was looking at me in sympathy.“You wanna come along? I don’t mind.” I smiled sadly.“I’ll love to. Just so you know If you ever need anyone to talk to, I’m always here for you.”“Thank you.”I stood up and hugged her. In a day, I got myself two friends who promised to always stand by me. I released her from the hug and took my phone out. I immediately texted Adeline to meet us at the hospital to which she responded to
The doctor attended to us and we were done in no time. He prescribed some drugs for Liam and advised to let him rest more. Ever since my encounter with Stella, I haven’t been at peace with myself. I took my family for granted,something they don’t deserve at all. Dixon offered to take us home to which I agreed but not before seeing my brother.“Hey, where were you guys?” Adeline rushed to me immediately I entered Ian’s room.“Sorry, Adeline. We had to take Liam to see the doctor.” I looked at Dixon who smiled warmly at me.“Ohh, it’s fine then. It’s no biggie.” I made my way to Ian’s bed. He’s still sleeping peacefully. His bruises seem to be healing perfectly and he looks fine except he isn’t waking up yet. Remembering my encounter with Stella earlier today, I realized how lucky I was and I didn’t even know or appreciate it.I felt more tears threatening to spill. I really miss my brother and my parents.It’s funny how we never appreciate the people in our live