"No,no,no!" I hollered as I went over to the movers and stopping them from setting my metal table down, "Over there, sorry" I said as they grumbled at me. "How do you like it?" My landlord Victoria Benson, asked as she was standing in the apartment with me. She put her small daughter on her hip as I exhaled and ran a hand through my black hair. "They are killing me" I said with a laughed and she joined me. "Awe your daughter is so cute!" I cooed as the little girl giggled. She was a spitting image of her mother, blond flowing beach wave licks and blue eyes that captivated my green ones. Victoria smiled and looked at her mini me, "Lilly, what to we say?" She aid with a smile. "Thank you!" she said with a giggle as she put a thumb in her mouth and leaned her head on her mothers shoulder. "Oh and Victoria, if you ever need a last minute babysitter," I added grabbing my wallet from a nearby table, brushing my hair out of my face, and pulling out my card., "I would be happy to watch little Lilly" I smiled at her and made a silly face as she responded with another one. "Oh, thank you so much.. You'll love this town Hun, you can call me Vicky.I think you and Lilly are gonna be he best of friends" she laughed and I showed her out and waved goodbye to Lilly and Victoria.
After the movers left I sighed and locked my door. They had unpacked my stuff too, which was so worth the extra money that I was supposed to use for a car. I started to unpack my clothes, which I told them not to unpack, but gave up as I had work the next day and had to get up early. My TV wasn't set up yet, so I settled for Netflix on my iPhone; I watched a couple episodes of Law and Order: SVU then went to sleep.
~~~ Morning ~~~
"No..." I said as I held my cell phone to my ear with my shoulder and poured myself some coffee into a to-go mug. And my radio played in the background. "Well can I be put on the top of your list please, I need Wifi for my work." I said as I pulled my black pencil skirt down and running my hand through my freshly straightened hair. "Thank you..You too...Bye Bye" I said clicking the end call button and setting my phone in my purse that was on my kitchen island, I looked through my fridge, nothing. "Great" I growled and grabbed my purse and putting my black blazer over my turquoise, tight fitting, tang top. I put on my black heels on and and hurried to the street and hailed a cab. Luckily I did not have to wait, "Where to miss?" the fat, old, greasy guy asked, his ugly brown eyes looking at me hungrily. "Um. Starbucks, then work" I read off the address as I climbed in and got everything in place. "You new? I ain't never seen you, and I've been working this block for 20 years" he said eyeing me in the rearview mirror and scratching his chin. I nodded and looked at my make up, I didn't put a lot on, just a bit. Starbucks caught my eye, "Is it just down this way?" I asked. He nodded and gave a approving noise, I told him to pull over and he did so. "How much do I owe you?" I asked shuffling through my wallet. "This ones on me " he said with a smirk. "Welcome to New York" he said before picking up another fair. I smiled and walked in and watched the suited business men and women. I waited in line and looked at my watch, I was still early, but the line was moving ever so slowly. "Next!" A female said and I walked up to her, "A chocolate muffin please" I said and got out my wallet to pay. "Your total is 3.67" she said tapping the screen to the register. I handed her a five dollar bill and she handed me my change and a small bagie. "Thank you" I said with a grateful smile I said as I started to walk out. I stuffed the muffin in my purse and started toward the offices. I looked around and smiled as some of the more attractive men noticed me and others, I smirked victoriously and moved forward to the offices.
I walked through the revolving doors and to the front desk as others bustled around, some on phones and others not. "Good morning" I greeted with a warm smile, my coffee in my left hand and my purse on my left shoulder my other hand waving and resting on the top of the tall desk."Well! Your so cheery dear! I like that" the receptionist said and swiveled in her office chair. "I'm the new receptionist for Mr. Desdemona" I said taking out my neatly folded paperwork and handing it to her. "Well! Your such a nice young lady, I can't believe you were paired with Mr.D, he has fired all the past secretary's. I wouldn't worry, they were nothing like you. I'm Maria Sanchez" the lady said and held out a hand, I took it and smiled warmly. "Serenity Flare, great to meet you" I chuckled and she started to bustling getting everything in line. "Ok" she stated setting a large Starbucks cup on the desk along with a key card, paperwork, missed call notes, and a ID with my face on it. "Ok, this is for that elevator. It's a private one and it's really fast." She beamed pointing to the key card. I nodded and clipped the ID to my blouse. "You can exit and enter and room in the facility with that ID, but you are the only one who can access Mr. D's office besides he himself. So don't lose that" she said and waved me off. "Your early, I would get a start if I where you. Mr.D is hard to please!" Maria said and waved me off. I thanked her and headed for the elevator.
I arrived at my office that was just in front of Mr.Desdemona's office. I set down the Starbucks cup, which I had learned from Maria, was a grande caramel macchiato with two shots. I opened my computer and could see all the files being very unorganized which sent my OCD over the edge. I went imidately to work fixing that. After about 30 or so minutes, smiling at my work, I looked at my watch and set his paperwork aside as not to confuse it to mine. I started to file, but turned around when I heard the elevator ding. I looked over my shoulder and saw him.
Damn he looked good. He had a jawline that could slice my heart in half and black neatly spiked hair along with the prettiest blue eyes I had ever seen. He had a five o'clock shadow and it added a sort of ruggedness to him. 'Yummy' I thought then shook my head. "Good morning sir" I said with a smile and picked up the paperwork and his coffee. He said nothing and snatched the coffee out of my hand and pointed for me to follow him into his office as he opened it with his card that was at his waist, like mine. I did as told, with a smile even tho I wanted to punch him straight in his beautiful face for being an ass. He sat down and he grumbled in a deep, sexy, husky voice. "Anything I need before my meeting at 11:00?" He asked and sipped his coffee. I nodded, "Yes sir," I set the paperwork I front of him. "You have a few missed calls from the Well Service and a few more from natural gas companies." I said, I was pretty educated in the topic of natural resources, I went to college for it, I better be educated. He nodded and excused me with his hand, "Leave" he chuffed looking up and looking me over quickly. I nodded and smiled, but as I turned around I cursed him silently and closed the door behind me and gritted my teeth. I sat down and took calls until 10:54, when Mr.Desdemona emerged from his office with a frown. "Come on" he said and handed me a issued iPad. "This is your work iPad, you pay for any damages, ect. You also take notes on it at these meetings, which you will accompany me" he stated and started for the elevator. I smiled and kept it for the next two hours. Now my cheeks fucking hurt. Great, I sighed and Mr. D went to his office again. I didn't take my lunch break, because I had so much work fixing the mess of the last receptionist. Maria had informed me that she had only worked for three days before she packed her bags and left. I leaned back in my chair and looked at the time. It was 5:37. I got off of work at 6:00 so I decided to clean my desk up a bit and make a shopping list. As I got lost in time, Mr.Desdemona came out of his office and gave me a look as I was working intently on filling, cleaning, and sorting the office. "It's 7:00, Miss.Flare" he stated as I looked up. "Oh excuse me sir." I said and got up and grabbed my stuff and some paperwork I needed to finish along with my iPad. He shook his head and waited patiently for me. He went down the elevator with me and I stopped to say hi to Maria. "So?" She asked a bit exited. "His body tells me 'Yum' but his personality says 'Yuck'" Maria laughed hard at that. "This is true." She stated and took my paperwork. "Bye Serenity!" She said waving. "Bye!" I said and walked outside. I couldn't hail a cab, but a Bugatti pulled up next to me and the passenger window rolled down. To my surprise it was Mr.D. "Need a ride?" He asked plainly his eyebrows raised ever so much. "Would you mind?" I asked and looked at his facial expression attempting to read his hard face. He shrugged and unlocked the door. "Thank you so much" I said gratefully. He didn't say anything and asked my address and he silently drove. I stayed awkwardly silent and straightened my skirt as he drove. He seemed transfixed on my skirt the whole way, but I pretended not to notice.
He dropped me off and stayed silent as I said thank you. He drove off and I growled, "Wow he is such a..." I sighed and took my heels off on the sidewalk and walked up to my apartment. I opened the door and threw my shoes down and yawned. I ordered some food and made a shopping list for the next day. I looked around my small apartment and turned on some music as I danced around like a dork, but who gave a fuck, it was my house. A knock came to my door and I assumed it was the Chinese food I ordered. "Hold onto you panties, it's just shrimp fried rice!" I said as I looked around for my purse, I couldn't find it, which was weird because I remember having iTunes my car. I gave up and wrote a check. I opened the door only to find my boss holding my purse.My eyes widened, "I-I'm so so sorry" I said and he only smiled, or at least I thought it was a smile. "Don't leave your stuff everywhere, that's how you get your stuff stolen, Miss-" I cut him off tho "Serenity" he stopped and closed his mouth, "Well Serenity, don't leave your things around" he said as his face went back to emotionless and he shoved the bag toward me. I sighed and grabbed it. I hadn't noticed it before, but he towered I've my 5'5 frame at his 6'2 frame. I blushed a bit and thanked him. He only looked inside my apartment quickly and nodded and left."It's Xavier" he stated before leaving. "What the fuck?" I said and looked at my apartment. "It's not that small you ass" I said and put my hair up in a bun and changed into an oversized Tshirt and some boxer undies. I watched some more Netflix then went to sleep, weirdly I had dreams about Mr.D.
