THE EXCAPE

Chapter Four

Before she could say a word Zack already stepped in and spoke first. "It's this woman she's just so unprofessional. She shouldn't be here. She clearly doesn't know her place"

Sophie scoffed, "me...unprofessional? At least I have manners. Where'd you leave yours?"

"That's enough both of you I believe I asked a simple question, I'll ask again. What's going on here?" Mr. Pierre demanded.

"Let me explain Sir" Sophie quickly jumped in before Zack had a chance to speak.

"Since I got here, he has been so rude and mean. I tried to apologize for earlier and he started ranting and yelling. He just feels he's better than everyone"

"Look, i don't have time for this. Dad can she leave already?" Zack asked sounding like a five year old. Sophie rolled her eyes at the thought of that.

Mr. Pierre gave a loud sigh. He looked up and said "miss...miss" snapping his fingers. Apparently he didn't know her name.

"Sophie, Miss Sophie Devion" Sophie quickly chipped in.

"Thank you Miss Devion. Now look, for the fact that you stood up to Zack here, i have to say I've developed some sort of respect for you."

Sophie looked shocked and so did Zack as though he had just told them that he was making her the new owner of the company.

"But on the contrary, he is your boss, so you have to keep up with him and whether you like it or it he has the power and authority to fire you. And I know even with your pride you really didn't want to quit. Or did it get wrong somewhere? "

Sophie couldn't say a word. "I'll take that as a no" he said. "And as for you Zack" he said turning all his attention to his son who seemed to be shivering under his father's glare. "You shouldn't let your ego keep on driving employees away from here. We've been over this countless times".

Zack looked down at his shoes, the same ones that got them in this situation.

He knew that his dad was right. But he also didn't want to seem like a daddy's boy. There was nothing he could really do.

"Yes sir" was all he could say. He could see the look of surprise on Sophie's face like she couldn't believe he gave up that easy. What did she expect him to do? Argue with him? That would b insane. But he discarded the thought as he wondered what her opinion mattered anyway.

And Sophie was straight up surprised she expected a 'but' or something just not submission.

"Very well then, Zack my office now." Zack followed Mr. Pierre into his large office.

Mr. Pierre was an old folk as Zack liked to think. The scent of roses filled the air in his office due to the constant presence of fresh roses which his personal assistant gets him each day.

His dad preferred the natural scent. Zack always tried talking his dad into buying a Gadget for that instead. But his dad was as stubborn as Zack was. He constantly refused.

"what's going on? Zack managed to ask to avoid any awkward silence. Mr. Pierre briskly walked over to his heavily polished desk. One could almost see the pores on your skin just through the reflection on the table.

"So Zack you know we've been trying to get the Lodges to sign an agreement with our company. We really need their partnership for the project" Mr. Pierre said.

Ughhhh the Lodges , Zack thought as he could barely stand the sight of them but they had a daughter a little younger than he was. He decided that would be the only reason to not barf at sight of the rest of her family.

Her name was Mia. There was this erotic thing about her that seemed to drive Zack a little crazy.

Whenever he was around her all he could think of was her body. He wanted to explore the curves on her body. The way her lips curved when she smiled turned him on. Zack began to feel the energy move into his groins.

"Zack are you listening" his dad quickly brought back his attention. "uhmm...yeah...yeah I am. So what do you want me to do?" Zack quickly responded.

Mr. Pierre sighed."I knew you weren't paying any attention. As I was saying, we are going to host a party with the hopes of swaying them into finally signing the contract. So now I need you to promise that there wont be any funny business and you mustn't get in a fight with Sophie or any employee. We need them to have a good picture of us. Do I have your word?"

Zack smiled "sure Dad no funny business. But does 'she' actually have to come?"

Mr. Pierre gave Zack a discerning look. "Of course she's coming. She's you're personal assistant after all."

Zack heaved a sigh. "fine but that
doesn't mean I'd be nice to her". He looked at his dad who was giving him some kind of dirty look.

"Id be on my best behaviour dad". Zack said as he put his Hands into his pocket. They talked about other things before his father dismissed him.

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A/N

Hey guys, thank you for reading. Its so hard to edit these things lol. I hope you enjoy reading. Don't forget to comment and vote. I'd try as much as possible to update regularly. Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts. Id love to hear them.

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