Just an ordinary girl

Armani

"You are fired!", I snap at the man in front of me.

I watch as he runs out of the door. This has been the third assistant I had to fire this week.

I needed a replacement for my assistant Rose, who was on leave. I regret allowing her now, as I cannot find a decent person to do the work, I might just give up.

"Come in," I say as I heard someone knock on the door.

I sit up preparing to meet the new assistant I made Antonio hire, but I invited her to my office because I wanted to interview her personally.

"Take a seat, miss," I say pointing to the chair opposite me.

" I am Grace O'Brien," she introduced herself.

She was dressed professionally unlike the other ladies who I interviewed before.

"You are hired," I say without waiting for her to say anything.

I knew she was right for this job, even though she hardly said anything, and I trusted Antonio's judgment.

" That's it?" she asks astounded.

" Yep, welcome to De Luca & Co, Miss O'Brien ", I say as I shake her hands.

From the look on her face, she clearly had not recovered from the sudden news.

"Thank you so much sir, I will not disappoint you " she beams.

" I hope so, you can leave. You start on Monday," I speak and go back to work on the paperwork in front of me.

I spend the rest of the day going through a bunch of paperwork and signing off documents.

When I glanced at the clock on my desk, it read at 10 pm. I was exhausted, but I remembered I had to go and meet Matteo and Antonio at the club we owned.

Matteo De Luca is my younger brother by a year, we mostly worked together even though he owned his own company. He owned hotels, restaurants, and clubs all over America and some parts of Asia. Antonio Rossi, my best friend since childhood. We grew up together as our parents were close. Antonio is my right hand and the only person I trust other than my family. He has proved his loyalty over the past years.

My phone goes off, startling me.

"Hello" I said without checking who the caller was.

" Man, where are you?'', I recognized my brother Matteo's voice.

" I am leaving the office, I will be there soon," I reply as I grab my coat and leave.

" You won't believe who just got here" Matteo speaks while snickering.

" Who?" I respond hoping it was not who I thought it was, but I was wrong.

" The Giordanos" he said

Of course, they decided to come to my club out of all clubs. I could get them thrown out, but they had not given me a reason, yet.

Killian and Khloe Giordano, my business rival and the girl who broke my heart.

Khloe was my everything, until she showed me her true self. It was their father's fault; my dad's company went bankrupt. He deceived my father into buying shares of a company that belonged to him.

My father could not live with his mistake, so he killed his business partner, Knox Giordano, and killed himself after.

My hate for Killian Giordano began the day I found out it was his idea to deceive my father, he wanted to take over my dad's company and now he is trying to take mine.

Khloe and I were high school sweethearts. We were happy, or that was what I thought until I found her in bed with one of my business partners. He was like twice her age but that never stopped her cos he was rich. She would do anything for money.

She later confessed she was with me only because her brother had asked her to and for the money too, but since my father's company was gone.

She had no reason to stay, I recall pleading with her not to leave me, even though she cheated on me. I was ready to forgive her for the sake of love.

From the day, I swore to never love any woman the way I loved Khloe. She destroyed me when she left me, I nearly gave up on the company.

I snap out of my thoughts when I pull up in front of the club. I cut through the line and get to the front. Danny, the bouncer lifts the bar to let me in as he recognized me, but someone pulls my sleeve when I took a step.

I turned my head to see a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes looking at me.

" Why are you cutting through? We all want to go in, so please get to the back of the queue", she says sharply.

I watch her in surprise, she obviously did not know who I was. I opened my mouth ready to answer her question, then I saw Grace O'Brien, the new assistant.

" Miss O'Brien, what are you doing here?", I asked shocked to see her.

" Omg, Mr. De Luca, what are you doing here?" she asked equally surprised.

" I asked you a question first.", I said calmly.

"Oh, my friends and I are trying to get in", she says as she points to the blonde girl who pulled my sleeve and another girl, who I could not her face clearly, because she had her hair down.

" Follow me", I say, and I nod at Danny, who allows us to get through.

I take them to the VIP section, where Anthonio and Matteo were sitting.

" Wow, who are these pretty ladies", Anthonio asks as he sees the ladies.

I ignore him and ask them to sit and get comfortable and take a seat beside Matteo, that was when I saw the face of the girl who had her hair covering her face.

She was beautiful, no doubt. She had brown hair and hazel eyes and her fully plump pink lips. I scan her from head to toe, she looked hot in the dress. I watch as she tried to pull her dress down, she looked out of place unlike her friends.

I offered her a drink, to which she refused.

Why did she come to the club then? I thought.

I see Killian join us in the room from the corner of my eye, making me take my attention away from hazel eyes.

" Armani De Luca, fancy seeing you here" he says with a proud smirk.

" Wish I could say same", I replied coldly.

He laughs and glances at the girls, my anger starts to surface as I see his eyes lingering on hazel eyes longer.

" Oh, Armani my boy, why did not you introduce me to your lady friends", he says with a smirk on his face.

I ignore him and sip on my drink, hoping he'll leave soon.

" Excuse his manners, I am Killian", he says as he puts out his hand. " Grace ", Miss O'Brien says while blushing.

" Mila", the girl with the blond hair says clearly not interested.

" Catherine", the pretty girl says innocently.

Killian's smirk widens as he sees me glaring at him.

" Nice meeting you Catherine", he says as he pecks the back of her hand.

" What do you want?", Matteo demands.

" Oh nothing, just decided to come and say hi when I saw Armani walk in", he replies while grinning.

" No one cares, so get out" Anthonio speaks seriously.

Killian lifts his hands in surrender and leaves not before flashing that annoying smile of his to Catherine.

I do not want him anywhere close to Catherine, with that sick mind of his.

I turn my attention back at Catherine, only to find her already looking at me.

I grin as I see her blush and look away.