CHAPTER TWO

MIA'S POV

"You?" I blurted out to him accusingly and angrily as soon as I recovered from the shock of seeing him again.

I could not refrain from using my tongue. The next thing I heard him ask me arrogantly was.

"Do I know you? Have we met before?" How belittling that question was to me.I glared at him in response.

I wanted to say more to him right there but his sister interrupted.

"She is Mia Anderson, your new personal Assistant" She replied.

"Miss Anderson, please watch the way you speak to me. I hate clumsy, tacky and loud mouthed people who don't think before they speak. Did you get that?".

How dare he talk to me like this?. I was fuming with anger within me but I couldn't say anything.

"Please see her out Audrey. Tell Margarita to show her what she needs to do and make sure she does her work well"

"Way to go Mia, what a great impression you made there. If you must work here, you must learn not to overstep your boundaries with my brother"

I heard Miss Audrey saying to me while we were leaving Mr. Black's office but I wasn't concentrating on a single word she was saying.

My head was spinning inwardly so was my heart. What is this? I asked myself. Is this some kind of fate?.

Just a few hours ago, I was so excited about getting this job but now, I am not so sure about it anymore. I couldn't concentrate on whatsoever that was being said to me as we walked to my office.

His image kept flashing back to my vision. I smiled a bitter smile as a drop of tears fell from my eyes. Lost in my thoughts, I heard Audrey calling out my name.

"Miss Anderson, are you listening to me at all?.Is anything wrong? ".

"No ma'am" .I said to her. She called Margarita into my office and asked her to explain everything to me.

After explaining all the necessary things I'm required to do she finally left me to myself .

There were thousands of thoughts running through my mind. Thoughts like confronting him or just running away as far as my leg can carry me.

But instead of running, my legs were glued to the ground. I just couldn't wait for the time of our working closure so that I can go home.

I was so mad at him right now. I don't even know which is more annoying; his arrogant behavior for calling me clumsy or the fact that he acted like he had never met me before.

The nerve of him asking me if we have met before. God!!! . I feel like punching him on his lips. I folded my fist in anger.

I almost collided with him as I turned. Lost in my thoughts, I hadn't heard him open the cubicle door of my office.

"My goodness woman, are you always this clumsy? Watch it will you?" He said without a flinch. "Grab whatever it is that you might need and carry this with you together " He handed me his briefcase.

"You and I are going out. I have a meeting to attend". I heard him say. Without even looking twice at me, he left.

Left with no other option, I followed him behind. From that moment, I knew that working with him wouldn't be easy. In fact, I'm beginning to think that working here will be a huge mistake.

While we were in the car, I could feel my anger towards him rising again. I didn't even glance at him for once or say anything to him until we got down.

It was already evening before we were done with all the meetings he had. I was asked to go home since it was closing hours already. I took a cab and went home.

I was so glad and relieved to be away from him after meeting him again. I was finally in my own bedroom. I freshened up and just as I was coming out from the bathroom, my tummy grumbled and I remembered that I had not eaten anything since morning.

I grabbed something to eat from the kitchen and went back to my room. As soon as I took a bite of my food, my phone started ringing. I looked at the number, and it wasn't saved among my contacts.

Exhausted both physically and emotionally, I declined the call. But the caller persisted and I ended up switching off my phone.

I don't feel like talking to anybody. I just wanted to sleep and forget all of my problems even if it is just this once. I ate my food silently with a wandering mind.

Ha! I smiled a bitter smile once again to myself. Fate must be playing tricks on me. I closed my eyes as streams of hot tears flowed down my eyes. Exhausted from crying, I finally fell asleep. Surprisingly for me, I slept soundly without any nightmares.

I woke up a little late the next morning feeling so energized all thanks to a good night's sleep without any interruptions of any kind.

I stretched out on my bed and my eyes landed on the clock hanging on the wall.

"It's 7:05 am in the morning. Oh! My God!" I screamed out.

I scrambled up from the bed and rushed to the bathroom to freshen up. By the time I left the house, it was almost 7: 20 am.

Goodness me! I don't only have to worry about facing Mr. Black now. I have to worry about my lateness to work on my second day of work.

What a good impression to make!!!. I'm definitely getting it hot from Mr Black today .

From my aunt's place to the BLACK INDUSTRIES was like a thirty minute drive.

Already having a feeling that today was going to be a bad day for me at the office, I stepped down from the taxi on my arrival to the company.

As soon as I entered the company, I was greeted by the angry voice of Mr Black.

"Why the heck are you just coming to work by this time?"

Before I got the chance to answer or apologize for my late coming, I was faced with his angry voice again.

"Why is your phone switched off up until now? And why the heck did you not pick my calls last night? "

Paying him back in his own coin, I arrogantly answered him.

"You called me? But how was I supposed to know you have my contact let alone call me at none working hour?"

"If you had picked your calls last night, you would have known who was calling". he said irritated.

"Well , if you had told me you were going to call me last night, maybe I would have considered picking up your calls". I snapped back in the presence of some of the staff including Margarita.

I could tell that he was stunned at the boldness of me speaking to him that way.

By his expression, you could tell that none of his staff or anyone else has ever spoken to him like that before.

"IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!!!". His voice thundered.

Looking so furious, he left without looking at me for the second time.

From my side vision, I saw some of the other workers shivering in fear at the sound of his voice. I felt the impact too. I know I was going to get it from him this time around.

He will definitely fire me this time. I was afraid that he would do just that to me. As much as I hate working with him, getting fired because I disrespected my boss could ruin my record of ever getting a job in DANTON FASHION AND BEAUTY modeling company.

Having a clean slit is one of their requirements. I became scared at that moment and regretted my actions.