THE EX WHO BECAME MY BOSS

The rain came down steadily, unwelcome and ill-timed. I’d always disliked it, but today, it felt almost personal.I hurriedly walked into the nearest building to a shelter for myself from the unforeseen downpour. It was a Little bistro, thankfully it wasn't as packed.Lately, my life has been a steady deterioration. I was jobless, had a couple of dollars to live on, and to top it all off, I was recently single. At the age of twenty-five, my life was screamingly boring.Today I went job hunting. I searched high and low but found absolutely nothing. It was either that I was over-qualified or the income was far too low. Sure, I was desperate, but I still had my pride.My hair was wet, and my clothes were not any better. All I wanted to do was get back to my apartment, take a hot shower, and watch a movie while snuggling into a warm blanket.But I couldn't do that, you see. The rain came down in sheets, and I was completely unprepared, no umbrella and not enough money to hail a cab.Befor

I should have known that something was up. In some twisted way, I was not as surprised as I ought to be because this had his name written all over him. I was sort of angry because I had not figured it out sooner myself.I looked at him through furious eyes. "This is some kind of joke, right? Why did you do this?"He smirked. "Is that how you respond to my Charitable gesture?""Charitable, my ass, Adrian. I cannot believe you would do this! I'm so out of here." I turned on my heel to leave, but his voice interrupted me."Please wait,” he said, and I halted in my steps. “At least hear what I have to say.”I whipped my head around so fast that I could have sworn I heard it crack. "And why would I do that?"He rose from his chair and walked over to sit in front of his desk. "Because I said so. I hired you as my P.A., and now you're just going to turn the job down? So ungrateful." He said, matter-of-factly.I just scoffed and turned back around to leave, but what he said this time made me