CHAPTER THREE

MIA'S POV

I knocked on his office door before entering with my breath held not knowing what was coming.

"What the hell was that all about Madeleine?"

"My name is Mia not Madeleine ".

"I don't give a damn what your name is. Don't you ever speak to me in that manner let alone in the presence of my staff or anyone else at that".

He stood up from his chair and stopped right in front of me.

I swallowed the lump in my throat as I took in his intimidating size.

"Look here missy, I don't know what your problem is and I definitely do not give a damn about it. But I'm telling you right now, if you love your job and want to keep it, you better do as you are told. Because if this insolent behavior of yours repeats itself again, I won't hesitate to fire you.Do I make myself clear? ".

Waiting for an answer from me, I decided not to give him any.

He stared at me for some time without a word.Then he repeated the question but this time with an hard glare.

"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR ?".

"Yes sir"

"You are dismissed".

Just as I was about to leave his office he called me back

"One more thing, I want your phone on. ALWAYS".

I nodded in response.

That got me mad. I wanted to challenge him on that but instead I chose not to say anything to him.

But before I left his office, I shot him a poisonous arrow with my stare knowing fully well that it would make him even mad. I didn't give him the chance to say one more word before I hurriedly left his office.

I finally let out the breath I have been holding for a long time as soon as I got into my office. His words just resounded in my ears.

The nerve of that man.

Who does he think he is?

He should not even for a second think just because he has money that he can control me or tell me what to do with my phone.

I despise him so much. The pain of what he did to me came back again. And I started tearing up uncontrollably.

Unknown to me that he was standing right in front of me.

"I thought I just told you now to always keep your phone on?" His voice brought me back to reality as I raised my head which was on my lap a few seconds ago.

However, before I could answer him, he saw the tears in my eyes and was confused as to why I was crying.

"Why are you crying?" I heard him ask with a bit of concern in his voice.

I wiped away my tears and chose to ignore his question.Why was he acting like he cares?

"Do you need me to do anything for you sir?" I asked him instead.

"What? " He asked.

"Do you need me to do something for you sir?" I repeated my question to him again.

"Oh! That? Yes, of course. I need you to arrange a meeting with Mr. Daniel the CEO of Make and Believe company for me by 2pm today. Check your ledger and you will see his contact".

With that, he went back to his office. I turned on my phone and immediately saw the text he sent last night. I just stared at it without opening it.

For crying out loud, why must he call my number now when I'm in my office.

Shouldn't he be calling the office phone?.

I called his office line to inform him that I was unable to get hold of Daniel as I was told that he just stepped out of the company.

From the other side of the line, I could hear the irritation from his voice.

"That's fine, just try and book a meeting with him for tomorrow later on today".With that, he hung up the call.

Just as I dropped the phone, I saw two of my colleagues standing right beside the glass door of my office.

"Mia right? " One of them asked. At that moment, I knew they were there for gossip.

"Yes " . I answered. "Is there anything I can help you both with? ".

"Not precisely" one of them answered me.

While the other who seemed a little odd said to me.

" Didn't you get fired for your behavior this morning?" The other one asked with an attitude.

I equally answered her with the same attitude.

"Well, if I was, you wouldn't see me sitting down here would you? ".

"It seems like you've got a sharp tongue Mia". She said to me,

"If you see it that way,then maybe I do". I retorted back. " Sorry, if you don't mind, I have urgent matters to attend to. So, if you would excuse me, I don't have time for this chit chat".

I stood up to leave and heard her say "My advice to you is if you want to last long here, don't make enemies with anyone here and bridge that tongue of yours".

"Advice taken. You may take your leave now"

I left them standing there as I headed up to Miss Margarita's office.

I know how to treat her type. She better watch her back if she thinks that she can intimidate me here.

I returned back to my office and I started sorting out some documents that Miss Margarita gave to me.

I was able to schedule an appointment with Mr Daniel for tomorrow.

Closing hours came and I was happy to go home.

The next day,we headed up to the place of meeting. As his personal Assistant, I was to go anywhere he is going. Provided it has to do with work.

As we got there, I took a seat opposite theirs as I waited for him to finish his meeting with Mr Daniel.

He beckoned me to bring a document to him which he left in his car. I obeyed and went to attend to his bidding. I got the document and rushed back to him.

I handed it over to him. Just as I was about to return back to my seat, Mr. Daniel grabbed my butt.

I turned around and slapped him, taking everyone by surprise.

Without thinking twice,I stormed out of the building in anger.

As soon as I left, Mr. Black came after me in anger.

"What was that all about, Miss Anderson? What did you just do?". He shouted in my face.

"Didn't you see what he did to me?".

" You could have allowed me to take care of it. I'm your BOSS".

"I will not allow any of your business partners or anyone else for that matter disrespect me in that manner. I won't let anyone treat me like a whore and that includes you".