KIDNAPPED BY THE MAFIA LEADER

CHAPTER 2 : PERSONAL ASSISTANT

-CARTER POV-

I walk into the front door. I walk to the front desk and John says to me. "Good morning Mister Ciantro." I hold up a picture of Natalie as I say. "Keep a close eye on the front door, as soon as you see her outside, you call my meeting room, got it?" He nods as he says "Yes, sir." I walk to the elevator and go in. I go up to my office, I walk past Donna and say "Would you please bring me a coffee." She says as she nods "Of course, sir" I walk into my office and walk to my desk. I put my briefcase down and take the file on my desk.

I look on my watch at the time, its 08:45, I take the file and walk out of my office. Donna hands me a cup of coffee. I take a sip and say to her "Donna, sweety; next time please don't add any sugar to my coffee." She says as I hand her the cup back "I am so sorry, sir. I will make you another one right away." I give her a smile as I say "Its fine, sweety, you don't have to worry about it." I walk to my meeting room. I walk to the head of the table and sit down. I open the file that the twins gave me this morning, her background check is still too clean. I don't like it. I know there must be something else.

The phone rings and I answer the call. It's the front desk. "She is here, sir." I grin to myself. I can't wait to see her. "Keep the line on." After a moment, I hear her say "Good day, I am Natalie Harper, I have an interview with Carter Ciantro at 09:30 and I will be ready to see him at 09:00. And believe me when I say, hell will be upon you, if you don't take me to see him within the next two bloody seconds. Got it, sweetheart?" The line goes dead. I can clearly hear her fluent British accent.

I already like this girl and I haven't even seen her yet. She wants to be early to meet me; she knows exactly what she wants and she goes for it. She has an ambition. After a little while, I see her walking to my meeting room. She walks into the meeting room. I turn my gaze to her as she closes the door. She turns to me and walks towards me as her gaze stays fixated on me. She puts her briefcase down on the table and extends her hand towards me as I stand up. I turn her palm down and kiss the top of her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Natalie Harper." She smiles at me as she says "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Mister Ciantro." I look her straight in her beautiful eyes.

She raises her chin a little as I say "Please, call me Carter." She smiles at me as she takes her briefcase and walks to the other side of the table. She says to me as she looks at me "With all due respect, Mister Ciantro; but I don't feel comfortable calling you by your first name, seeing that you would possibly be my boss." I grin at her as I take my seat. She also takes her seat and looks at me.

I pick up her file and open it. I say "So, Miss Harper, tell me about your dreams. What do you want in life?" She says as she its back. "Well, I am one hundred percent sure you read my résumé, Mister Ciantro. I have a PHD in accounting and a MBA degree in business. I graduated top of my class and to be frank, I wouldn't go through all of that for nothing. It wasn't hard for me, not at all. I have a talent for it. I don't have dreams, what's the point of having dreams if you can't remember them, right?" I smirk at her. She is stubborn and bold. And I am loving every second to have her here.

She sits forward and rests her forearms on the table "What you want to know is why I believe that I deserve this job?" I say as I copy her movement "And why do you believe you deserve this job?" She grins at me "Because not only am I absolutely qualified for this job, I do my work fast and correct. I am well organized and neat. I like being early, I am very good at handling a hard situation on the spot. I am a very quick thinker, I always work with as much detail as is needed. I hate shortcuts. I hate work being handled over due date. I work hard and might I just add, I make a mean cup of coffee. And without you having to tell me, I can do anything exactly how you want it to be. So you pick a reason why I deserve this job."