Chocoholic... a healthy love story

Chapter 5

Isabella walked to Mrs. Alexis's office, she knocked softly on the door and she heard her said come in.
She walked in and put on a big smile trying to forget the incident with Mr. Dukas.
" How did it go dear?", Mrs. Alexis asked her.
" Well, Since I don't have any experiences  in office management so I can't replace you but ... he gave me the job to assist the person he will hire to replace you whilst you are away", Isabella replied.
" That's good! Regardless of his tough appearance I am sure Kal has a soft heart", Mrs. Alexis said as she removed her glasses and put them on her desk.

Soft heart ha! That man is a machine and machines don't have a heart!!, Isabella said to herself.

" Thank you Mrs. Alexis, he did mention you wanted him to help me, I am most grateful! I cannot depend on my parents all the time so this job is very important for me!", Isabella said .

" No worries dear ! Now you just listen and obey your bosses", Mrs. Alexis said giving her a piece of advice.

" So I guess I'll see you tomorrow!", Isabella said as she stood up.

" Tomorrow then. I'll start showing you the things that you need to know around the office and other details such as coffee , how to set the conference rooms for meeting and chocolate tasting!", Mrs. Alexis said that with a smile.

" Chocolate tasting as well! Gosh now I will definitely have to sign up for that gym class!", Isabella said and Mrs. Alexis laughed.

She left the company feeling happy. She got a job and she hoped that her salary would be good at least something for her to be able to do a savings .

"Finally making some progress in that area", she said to herself.

She couldn't wait to tell Emma about her interview, as she walked in she saw her friend sitting down on the sofa with her laptop on her lap.

" Emma I'm home!", Isabella shouted from the entrance of the sitting room.

" Hey How did it go!?", Emma asks excitedly as she sat up on the sofa and putting her laptop aside.

" Well ... I got a job! The assistant of the boss's assistant if I can put it that way", she said taking out the uniforms she took from the reception and showed it to Emma.

It was a plain light blue T-shirt with the word
" Trainee", written at the back.

" Isa, I told you, the dress did it's work !", Emma said as she hugged her friend smiling .

" Well, I think it was more of the nice assistant that Mr. Dukas has, she requested that he helped me out and she even believed that ... that guy has a heart... I was like ...hell no! This guy is a machine.. he is nothing close to human ... I just couldn't understand how she could think of him as someone with a soft heart !", Isabella was saying when she noticed that Emma was looking at her weirdly.

" Did you just have a conversation with yourself right in front of me! ... who is Mr. Dukas the
" Machine"!?", Emma asked as she crossed her arms and stared at Isabella the way a school teacher would look at her students.

" Well he is one of the big boss there and though I have to admit ..., he is good looking but, he his is extremely rude!", Isabella said.

Emma grabbed her laptop, " What is the company's name? And your boss?", Emma asked as she opened her laptop .

Isabella sat next to her as she typed the name of the company on google search .
" The Dukas family one of the richest families in Greece. The " Passion and Chocolates", company had been in their family generations after generations", Emma read as Isabella looked at the photo of the company and then a family photo of the Dukas.

" Which one is the " mean machine"?", Emma asked and Isabella pointed at Kal in the family photo.

Emma clicked on his picture, read his name and then typed it in google search.

" Kal Dukas 38 years old....", Emma looked at Isabella .

" That's your boss! ... good looking is not even close !! My gosh he is like a God!! And those eyes...", Emma said looking back at Kal's picture.

" Well don't let those eyes fool you!", Isabella said getting up from the sofa  and walked  to the kitchen.
She came back with two bottles of water and offered one to Emma.

" Well his younger brother is not bad looking either! Adrian Dukas. Did you know their dad suffered a stroke two weeks ago and that's why this one .. Kal came back from Spain to take care of the chocolate company. Look he has a girlfriend.. some Heidi.. a model .. so not pretty! Anyways ... when do you start?", Emma asked putting her laptop away.

Isabella was still thinking about what Emma said about Kal's dad being sick and the fact that he has a girlfriend that she didn't hear when Emma called her name.

" Isa!!", Emma called her friend's name again and threw a piece of paper at her.

Isabella felt something hit her on her head, she turned and looked at Emma.

" Are you ok?", Emma asked her.

" Yeah! Was just lost for a minute", Isabella said smiling.

" Probably thinking about those eyes!", Emma said mockingly.

Isabella looked at her and she had to laugh,
"Oh hell no!", She said taking a sit opposite Emma.

" Isa, on a serious note now. I wanted to tell you since yesterday but I think today is more appropriate! Since you were a bit down yesterday. ...I got a job as part of my internship and..... it's with Nick & Herz!", Emma said and looked at her friend who got up and started to clap and Isabella opened her arms to her friend.

" Emma that's great news! The Nick and Herz !", Isabella said as she hugged Emma.

" I am so proud of you! Super happy for you!", Isabella said to Emma.

" Thank you Isa! I will keep making you proud! When I take the award at fashion week... I'll surely dedicate it to you!", Emma said as the two friends looked at each other smiling.

" Maybe you should name one of your collections after me... I was your inspiration!", Isabella said with a big smile.

" Hmm ...your sense of fashion!", Emma replied and they laughed .

" Do we go out to celebrate!", Isabella said.

" Well ..Chinese tonight !!", Emma said and they both laughed.

Isabella , tossed in bed , she looked up at the ceiling and thought about her meeting with Kal. He was rude and she was partly to be blamed since she was acting like an idiot in front of him. " I need to stop being a clown!", Isabella said a she closed her eyes and slept.

Tomorrow will be the beginning of her working days at the Passion and Chocolate!