It's 5am and my alarm is going off, ready to throw it out the window. "7am really?" I yell.

I slowly get out of bed and head for the shower. While in the shower I think about if I should even go back to work. I know Sandy warned me about him, but I never expected him to be that much of an asshole.

I get to the office 15 minutes early and start the coffee. I get my desk organized and set up for the day. Just as I was pouring his coffee I heard the elevator doors opening I looked up at the clock and it was exactly 7am.

I walk out with his coffee in hand, he looked at me with a mischievous grin. "Set it on my desk." I didn't say a word but went and set it on his desk.

He came in as I was setting his coffee down. He sat at his desk and took a sip of his coffee. "Perfect." He says as he sets it down.

"Mr. Matthews, may I ask why I had to be here at 7? When I was hired I was told my hours would be 8am-5. Yesterday you tell me differently."

"That is what Sandy told you, but I set the hours, those hours were when I was away, when I'm here you are to be here when I say."

I just look at him wanting to tell him how much of an ass he is, I end up turning around to walk out of his office "Oh Ms. Miller." He blurts out.

I turn around "Yes?"

"Be ready to leave at 11, we are to meet with a potential buyer for lunch."

I look at him confused "Why do I have to be there?

"You are my assistant are you not?" He questions.

I nod my head yes. "Make sure you grab the file for the Ozark project." He says.

I walk out and dig through the file cabinet looking for the Ozark project, looking it over to get myself familiarized with it.

As I'm looking over the file Sandy walks in looking over at me with a confused look. She walks over to me, "Why are you here so early?"

I rolled my eyes "I was told I had to be here by 7am." Sandy looks at her funny "Seriously? He's never asked anyone to be here that early, not even Ms. Adams."

"Would you like to go for lunch today?" She asks.

"I can't, I guess I have to be with Mr. Matthews for a lunch meeting. Maybe tomorrow?" She smiles oddly at me and walks over to her desk.

I was on the phone when he was standing at my desk staring at me pointing to the clock. I nodded my head and finished with the phone call. I picked up the file, and we walked towards the elevator.

I could feel eyes glaring at me, not understanding why. I turn to look at Sandy and she hurriedly put her head down. Is there something on my back? I think to myself.

We get in the elevator and all I could smell was him, he smelled so good, almost like sandalwood. I stood there quiet. As the doors opened he held his arm out blocking the door so I could walk out without the doors closing on me.

We walked over to his car and we headed off to meet with his clients. "I assume you went over the file." He says.

"Yes I did."

"This is an important one, it's a big project, don't screw this up." He insists as he looks at me like he would kill me if I did something wrong.

I take a hard swallow and look forward not saying a word. "Weren't we here last night?" I question quietly looking at the building. "I wasn't expecting to take you to dinner last night, and this meeting had been planned for a while. I believe you are the one who set this meeting up." He says to me with a smirk.

"I am. I guess I didn't realize it until now." I tell him.

"You can have your salad now if you want." He says as he grabs my hand and helps me out of his car.

We sit at the same table as we did last night, I'm guessing since its quiet and away from other people. His clients show up and we stand to shake their hands. Introducing ourselves.

The waiter asks if he wants the usual to drink and I just ask for water. We sit and discuss the project as I show pictures of the area to be built upon.

They were impressed and decided to close on the deal. I saw a smile out of Mr. Matthews that was quite pleasant. I didn't think he even knew how to smile.

On our way back to the office I felt impressed with myself and hoped that by my presentations for just learning about them today and selling the deal for him, that he would back off and be a little nicer to me.

We walk in and I give Sandy a two thumbs up and a big smile as I walk behind him and sit at my desk. She mouth's "what?" As I sit down I point for her to hold on.

I get up and head over to Sandy's desk once the boss is in his office. "I sold the Ozark project for him today." I tell her excitedly. She jumps up smiling and giving me a hug. "You know what this means don't you?" She asks.

"No,what?" I ask looking at her confused. "He didn't tell you?

"Tell me what?

"We all get a bonus from this, he told us in a meeting that if this deal went through we all would receive a nice bonus, this is a multi billion dollar sale Alexis!"

I turn around with my mouth open shocked to hear what she just told me. I wonder what kind of bonus will he be giving everyone? I then hear him call me to his office.

He has me sit down, "When you get home tonight pack your bags for a few days, and make sure you pack nice clothes."

"Excuse me?" I ask.

"You're coming with me to Paris."

"Paris? Why? I have to be here."

"Haven't you learned yet to never question me, and just do as you're told?"

I sighed. "Yes."

"You may leave, also you may leave at 5 tonight like everyone else." He says winking at me with a side smirk.

5:00 comes and was heading out with Sandy when I was called into his office. "What the hell does he want now?" I say to her frustrated.

I walk in his office "I thought you told me that I could leave at 5?" I snapped.

He walks over to me "I'll give you a ride home."

"No thanks, I can manage my own way home."

"I insist." He says as he opens the door waving me out.

He places his hand on the small of my back as we walk to the elevator making me feel weak at the knees. I don't even like the guy and he makes me feel all weak whenever I'm around him.

While he's driving me home I look at him "Doesn't your girlfriend or wife get upset that you're never home or giving female employees rides home?"

He let's out a laugh "I don't have a wife or a girlfriend." He says as he looks at me making me feel uneasy.

"Would you like to go have a quick drink? I'd like to talk about the Paris deal." I turn to him "I thought I had to pack?" He smirks "Just one drink."

He pulls up to a hotel. "Why are we at a hotel?" I ask worried. "There's a nice quiet bar in there."

As we sit at the table he keeps giving me a look that I'm not sure how to take. If he wasn't such an asshole I'd probably look at him differently. Not only that he's my boss that I find quite handsome. I just can't let him know that.

He explains to me about the Paris deal, the hotel properties and to make sure I have something nice to wear for a dinner that he has to attend to. "You do have something nice to wear?" I think about it for a moment. "I believe I do." I say quietly.

The more I spend time with him and get to know him he doesn't seem all that bad, I think it's just the way he presents himself. He just wants everything done perfect with no mistakes. I just don't like the way he's so hard on me. I look at the clock and see that it's already 8pm "I should get going and pack." I say to him as I slam down the rest of my drink.

He waves over the waitress "One more round and we will take the tab." He says to her. "I thought we were having only one? I have a lot to do if were leaving in two days."

"Do you have a boyfriend waiting for you?" He asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Not that it's any of your business, but no. I was engaged once but then I walked in on him with my best friend." I say hesitantly looking away.

He looks at me with a serious look in his eyes, "Sorry to hear that, that had to be hard to see." I take a drink and set it back down biting my bottom lip.

"What about you? Someone like you I would have thought you would have someone in your life."

He smiles and let's out a small laugh "I haven't met the right one, everyone I get together with all they care about is my money."

"Oh, that has to be hard then."

We look at each other for a minute not saying a word and I look away taking a deep breath. "I really should get back home." I say to him standing up.

We get to my place, this time he gets out to open the door for me. He grabs my hand to help me out. As I was about to walk away he grabbed my hand pulling me close to him.

He stares into my eyes and my heart starts to pound. I start to feel weak in the knees and my inner core starting to throb. "Thanks for the ride and the drinks." I say softly to him. He leans down and I close my eyes nervously as he places a kiss on my cheek. Making me feel warm inside.

"See you tomorrow Ms. Miller." He smiles as he releases my hand. He starts to walk back to get in his car. I stand there not knowing what to feel or think, my body just feels numb.

"You can be there at 8am tomorrow." He says getting in his car and driving away.

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