It's 11 am and I'm standing in front of a very pissed off boss.

I'm in Mr Alvarez's room and he's in the last stage of being brooding. He could lose his shit any minute now.

The reason is that we lost the deal. Longo sold the factory to Armsden. Mr Alvarez is not one to accept defeat so calmly. I was pretty upset about it too because I spent weeks trying to find Longo's loophole.

This morning, after Mr Alvarez and I had breakfast in the diner, I came back in my room wondering what I could do to spend the day. An hour or so later, Longo called. He was given my number to contact me about the deal.

"Good Morning, Mr Longo."

"Good morning, Ms Annesley", came his thick accented voice.

"I thought about your deal. But someone else offered something much more important than money. I'm sorry but you don't have the deal."

"You sold it to The Armsden's ?"

"I didn't think you'd know but yes. I did."

"But why ?" I asked in frustration. Why would he do that ? Wasn't 3 million enough ?

"Because he promised to give me what I've wished from the moment my wife died. Have a nice day, Ms Annesley."

Huh. That happened.

The moment he hung up, I started to worry about how I'm going to tell Mr Alvarez. He's not so good at anger management, he basically fires every one of his employees that goes in front of him when he's in a bad mood.
How on freaking hell, am I, the sweet little creature, gonna face his wrath ?

The sooner I get this over with , the better it would be for me. So, I decided to just blurt it out to him. Fingers Crossed.

I knocked on his door. A few seconds later , Mr Alvarez opened the door with his phone to his ear. He gestured to come in. I went and sat on the sofa.

"What is it, Adara?"

He's calling me Adara.

"Sir, Mr Longo called. It's bad news." I said the last part with my head down.

When I heard no one talking after a few seconds, I looked up to see his face.

Oh, boy.

I saw Mr Alvarez with the face he's so very famous for.

He's angry. Like a lot. His blue eyes are now clouding with anger. A Strom was coming. A wrecking one.

Well, duh ! Even if I saw it coming, I'm still terrified.

I don't like it when someone's this angry. I never liked it. They do bad things in times like this.

"That bastard sold it to Armsden." He whispered.

I guess I didn't need to answer that.

So, that's what led us to the current situation where we're sitting on the sofa and nobody's talking.

"What did he say?"asked a hoarse voice after a long silence.

"Um..He said the Armsden's are offering something more valuable than money. I didn't quite understand, sir."

"I'm going to kill that fucker !" He stood up and kicked the table in front of him.

Shit !

He was striding out of the room, fuming with anger but I couldn't let him. I needed to calm him down. So I grabbed his bicep to stop him.

"Sir, please don't. You're angry. But you need to think rationally. It's his factory and he can sell it to whoever he likes."

"I wasn't talking about Longo, Adara." He jerked my hands off of him and was about to walk out.

What are you doing ? Don't let him get away like that !!

So, I act without thinking, I hug him really tight, from behind. And he freezes in the spot.

Way to go, Ada !

And milliseconds later, I understand what a huge mistake I've made. He's my boss and I literally threw myself at him.

Peyton's going to kill me.

He slowly turns around and puts his arms around me.Which, of course, makes me shiver.

"Please calm down, Ethan." I whispered, ignoring everything that's going on inside my body and mind.

"I don't know how to." He breathed after a brief pause, while setting his chin on the crown of my head.

He took a long breath and his hold tightened on me.

"But you're helping. Thank you."

His hands were clutching my waist unbelievably tight but I let him. He needs comforting.

Umm, you can let go now, weirdo. That's enough comforting.

I look up and see that Mr Alvarez is looking at me too.

Why does he have to look at me like that?

I blush and let go of him. He does the same but in a manner that showed that he didn't want to.

Enough touchy feely moment.

"We leave at 7:30. For the party."

I nodded and looked at his face.

Was he- No, he wasn't !

He's smirking !

Because you're blushing like an idiot.
It's just a hug.

I was literally about to run out of the room when he grabbed my wrist.

"Can I ask you for a favour ?"

"Sure." My voice was small.

"Call me Ethan from now on."

I nodded but blushed even harder.

Get outta there before you burst.

Good idea.

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Peyton sent me the link of an eyeshadow tutorial which I was trying to do on my eyes. Because it would 'go' with the dress. I don't know how much I succeeded but I looked good. (Not to be cocky or anything.)

I started getting ready from 6 pm because I knew it would take me a lot of time to do those makeup.

So a couple of youtube videos and many eye-pokes later, I was done with the makeup. Then I put on the dress and stand in front of the mirror.

Sweet mother nature.

I looked... different.

I've never dressed up like this before. But surprisingly, it suited me. I look like how I always want to look.

Confident.

It was 7:15 now.

Time to shine.

As soon as I take my phone in hand, Mr Alvarez calls me.

"You ready ?"

"Yes, si-...I mean, yes. I'm ready."

I'm having a really hard time teaching myself to call him Ethan. Which I've never done.

Okay, Maybe a couple of times.

"Great. I'll be at the reception,"He said with a straight voice and hung up.

I spot Mr A..I mean Ethan (Awkward) sitting in the waiting area. I try to walk normally as I make my way towards him but these stilletos aren't helping.

They just make your butt swing when you walk !

Which is supposed to be sexy but I don't wanna look sexy when I'm with my boss !

I clear my throat when I'm within hearing range of Ethan. He turns his head and his eyes lock with mine.

And that same look from the gym is back. The 'Lion' look. His mouth is a bit open and he slowly stands up.

He walks up to me and gently touches my right arm.

"You look beautiful, Adara." He uttered. But I got a weird feeling. Something felt off.

Or is it just me ?

"Thank you for the dress."I blush anyway.

"I don't think you should thank me. That was one of the wisest decision I've made."

And we start our stare contest. He's staring into my eyes and I'm into his.
His eyes held something I couldn't figure out that forced me not to look away. I was held captive by the bold blue that was his eyes.

"We better get going," He said but still not breaking eye contact.

"We should." I had to be the one to put an end to this. I point at the exit.

"Ladies first."he smirked while placing his hands at the small of my back.

What was he doing ?

I wasn't at my most comfortable state in this dress. And as gentlemanly this gesture is, now was not a good time.

But like the too tolerable bitch that I am, I say nothing. I LET him do that even when I'm uncomfortable.

We finally reached Russo's house where the party was being held. There were a lot of fancy cars there.

But one car in particular catches my eyes. It was an Audi. (Duh!)

A shiny navy blue and probably the sexiest car I've ever seen was right in front of us. And of course I would recognize any Audi from any distance by those angelic 4 circles. I know an Audi when I see one.

I bit my lip to stop myself from gasping.

Good god, Ada. You can't be this turned on by a freaking car.

But I am. Turned on like never before. I don't care if its weird. The person who owns this is one lucky bustard.

As we enter the house, a soft pop was playing. We make our way through the crowd to where Russo was standing.

"Mr Alvarez, Ms Annesley !You're here. I'm glad you could make it," he said with a cheesy grin on his face.

His features was not that special. The classic businessman look. A big fat belly, suited up and a thin moustache.

"Our pleasure." He said while smiling, for the sake of formality.

"Papa. Won't you introduce me to the guests ?" chirped a really annoying voice.

"Sure, sweetheart. Mr Alvarez , this is the birthday girl, Nina. Baby, this is Ethan Alvarez,one of my american colleagues. Also an old friend."

I scoffed inwardly.

"Happy birthday, Nina. May I call you Nina ?" Mr Alvarez said with a smirk.

Uh oh, he's into play boy mode.

"I wouldn't want you to call me anything else."She winked.

"And who might this be ?" She looked at me like I'm a cockroach.

Well I don't give a flying fuck. I introduced myself.

"I'm Adara Annesley, Mr Alvarez's secretary. Happy Birthday."

"Well, thank you. Now, Ethan, how about we grab a drink ?"She said while ignoring everyone else around.
And Ethan is looking in her eyes with that flirtatious smile on.

Somebody wants to get laid tonight.

It's okay. I don't mind. Why would I ?

Nina was like a model, to be honest. She was wearing a long red dress which wasn't covering much of her body. Her blonde hair fits perfectly with her bitchy attitude. She's the perfect candidate to tame Ethan's hunger tonight.

Nina grabbed Ethan's hand and led him to the bar area. He followed her without looking back once and I was really pissed. He might as well have left at the hotel alone than at a packed party where I'm supposed to be his secretary.

What a douche !

Agreed. But I do love the paychecks he gives me. So, I'm just gonna play along.

"Enjoy the party, Ms Annesley." With that, Russo left to attend to other guests.

"Not much of a good companion, is he ?"
I heard someone say beside me. I didn't bother to look. I was too busy glaring at Ethan.

"Looks that way." I bitterly replied.

"Is he always like that, Ms Annesley ?"

"Well, practically, he's a manwhore and I've walked in on him and some girl almost like 5 times so..."

Wait a minute.

How did he know my last name? We just came here an the first person we talked to was Russo. And I'm spilling Ethan's personal life to a stranger.

Idiot !

I snap my head to the side so fast that I get whiplash. And my eyes widen.

In front of me stands a very handsome and suited up, the one and only, Jadon Arthur.

What on holy hell is he doing doing here ?! He followed me to Italy ?! What's going on here ?

So many things running in my mind but I could only whisper one thing.

"What the fu..."

"Nice to see you too, Adara. Now, let's go say hello to your boss."

Before I could say anything, Jadon started walking towards Ethan's direction.

Oh, boy.

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A/N

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