CEO // t.h

Chapter five - Sunday

Warnings: none.

Avery's P.O.V

It's now Sunday and it's around one in the afternoon. I've done possibly anything that comes to mind to procrastinate and forget about my meeting with Tom today plus I don't even have Ellie to help pep me up since she has already left with James for the day, I decide to get in the shower to at least feel as if I'm doing something active towards the day.

After my shower, I brush and dry my hair and get changed into a causal outfit as it's technically not a work day. I put on some navy jeans, white t-shirt and a grey coat to dress up the outfit just a tad and then put on some black boots, I check the time and realise it's already two and decide to head to the meeting so I won't be late.

As I'm grabbing my things for the day such as my laptop and work bag, my phone buzzes telling me I have a new notification. I grab my phone from my bed and see it's a text from Ellie, "New Message from Ellie: Have fun on at your meeting but not too much fun xx" which makes me laugh, I reply and leave the house.

I arrive at Hiddleston Towers and walk into the lobby. The lobby is beautiful – the marble floors, hanging lights, leather couches – everything looks amazing and expensive might I add, I walk up to the reception and see a blonde lady typing away at her computer. Before I even say anything, she says "sorry, we aren't open today" not looking away from her computer "I have a meeting with Mr. Hiddleston" I explain looking at the her.

She rolls her eyes and calls Tom, "Hi Mr. Hiddleston, there is a woman claiming to have a meeting with you" she says in a fake cheerful tone. "Okay sure thing" she says after a moment, she hangs up and says "wait here" in the same annoyed tone she spoke to me as before, "can I ask you something?" she asks "um sure?" I say although it comes out more as a question "why are you dressed like that?" she says "what?" I asked screwing up my face in confusion.

"You're seeing possibly one of the most attractive men and you wear that." She says, as I look at her I take in her appearance and what she is wearing. She is dressed in tight clothing – her black shirt basically see through and her leather skirt (if you even consider it a skirt) barely covering anything much different compared to our receptionist at R&R's, "I'm here to work, not to do a fashion show" I say a bit taken back by her comments.

"Not that it matters, he wouldn't go for someone like you – I'm his type, I can tell" she says checking out her own reflection in her computer. "Whatever helps you sleep at night" I mumble to myself, thankfully I hear the elevator door open which is followed by footsteps echoing against the marble floor, "Good afternoon, Miss. Johnson" Tom says when he walks towards me "Hi Mr. Hiddleston" the receptionist says; however, Tom only responds with a nod.

"Shall we?" Tom says, I nod and follow him back to the elevator, the doors shortly open and we walk inside. Tom presses the top floor as the doors begin to close, the ride up is immediately filled with awkward silence "I see you met Stacey" Tom says breaking the silence turning his head to face me "who?" I ask following his actions, "the receptionist" he explains "oh her" I say "not a fan?" he asks. "Unfortunately no" I say "she is a bit stuck up, isn't she" he says with a small grin "just a bit" I say with a small laugh.

The doors open and Tom leads the way to his office, we stop at the room is at the very end of the hall which the two doors tell me it's his office as I read the bold letters that say "Mr. Hiddleston, CEO" across them. I step inside following him and I'm immediately in awe, his office is probably the most impressive office I have ever seen – the big glass windows that show off the view of the city, his awards presented in frames across the walls, the sleek furniture, wooden desk – it's all amazing "wow" I say without even realising. "Nice view hey" he says making his way to his chair behind his desk "nice is an understatement, it's beautiful" I say looking out the windows as I sit down on the chair on the opposite side of the desk.

He then pulls out a folder with different sets of documents and presentation ideas displayed on some of the pages. "So myself and some workers have been discussing everything from your presentation and here is what we have come up with so far but to be honest I'm not loving any of them and we have hit a road block" Tom explains passing me the folder, I flip through the pages taking in all the information "there are some good ideas but I see what you mean" I reply looking through the folder.

"I could go through them all and write notes and change some aspects, then you can go through them" I suggest. "Good idea, I will go through the documentations whilst you do that" he says pulling the documents out from the folder gently as I grab a pen from my bag, we both start working away and the office is filled with silence – not the awkward kind but the comfortable kind. After a while I hear my phone start to ring causing both of us to look up from what we were doing "sorry" I say as I reach into my bag to find my phone, "Mason is calling" the screen says – which confuses me, all the workers at R&R's have each other's numbers but are meant to be used for work purposes. "You can answer it" Tom says looking at me, "okay, thank you" I say answering the phone "Hello" I say as I watch Tom continue to fill out the documents he was doing.

"Hey Avery" Mason replies, "I'm working now, what's this about?" I ask. "It's Sunday" Mason replies not answering my question "I know it's Sunday but I'm in a meeting for work" I explain "I just called to see if you still were going to the charity ball" he says "yes I'm going to the charity ball, you asked me this at work" I reply confused as to why Mason was calling about something he knew about. As I reply I see Tom glance at me "and if you were still going with Ellie" Mason adds "Yes I'm going with Ellie" I reply "I don't mean to be rude Mason but you already knew all of this and I have to get back to work" I explain slightly annoyed "okay see you tomorrow" he replies then hangs up.

I put my phone back in my bag and pick up my pen again, "was that the same guy who walked in during our meeting?" Tom asks looking up at me. "Yeah, that's Mason" I say with a laugh feeling a bit awkward "what was he asking about?" Tom asks, "oh just if I was going to the Charity ball and if I'm still going with someone" I explain "are you going?" Tom asks "yes I am, I'm going with my roommate Ellie" I explain, "good, I'm glad – it sounds like it will be fun" Tom replies, I nod and write the notes on my last piece of paper which I quickly finish. I place my pen back in my bag and put the paper on top of the pile with the other ones, as I do this Tom also finishes his documents "well thank you for coming on such short notice, Meryl gave me your number yesterday" he explains "no problem" I say.

"Oh and sorry if my roommate's comments offended you, I didn't know she would say that" I say with an awkward laugh "I wasn't offended, however I was intrigued" he explains "oh well that's good, I guess?" I say not knowing what to say since I didn't understand. Tom then leads me back down to the lobby, "thank you again, see you Friday" he says I reply by saying bye and head home.

Authors note: Hope you enjoy this chapter! let me know what you think of it and the whole story xx