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Chapter 32. Professional

Alexander's p.o.v.
We are in the elevator on our way up to my office when she turns to me in a worried look.
"In here we are strictly boss and employee." She demands seriously.
"Yes, sir." I make fun of her. "Lighten up, I've already fucked all of the decent looking women in this building, so they will know, I am at least fucking you." I say in all seriousness, only to burst into laughter seconds later.
She hits me on my right arm and I exclaim in pain.
"I didn't, I am only messing with you. You are the only employee I ever fucked."
And she then punches me in the chest, causing me a groan.
"Ok, Ok... The only one I was intimate with." I say in a low voice, causing a smile on that beautiful face of hers.
"That's much better" She says and exits the elevator before me.
I love how independent she is and I feel like grabbing her and kissing her right there on the spot. Even little insignificant things she does like that, have this effect on me. I have to admit I am so scared of the possibility of another emotional downfall, but I want to be there for her if it happens. She is a strong girl and she's come a long way on her own, but now she has me.
"Follow me" I say reaching her and then slowing down until I am walking besides her in the same pace.
We enter my office's greeting area and I immediately explain to Alicia, what she is to do with Claire. I leave them and I enter my office shutting the door behind, as I have so much piled up for me to do when I already came in late, because of my little get together with my girl. The thought brings a happy smile to my face, but it immediately disappears when I see Mingmei sitting on my couch.
"What are you doing here?" Before I finished saying that, Alicia follows right behind me.
"Why on earth would you allow anyone in my office and especially her!" I say, being beyond pissed.
"Sir, I am so sorry. Your father brought her here and he told me she was your fiancé and that I was to let her in. I would never allow it, had I known you wouldn't want me to."
"Get out!" I shout. "Both of you!"
I approach Mingmei enraged and I am trying to control my words towards her.
"I don't ever want to as much as to even see you again! EVER!"
And at that moment Claire enters the room approaching me.
"Look, I don't agree with your father saying I am your fiancé, but as from today, I will be working here as a trainee and frankly, you are so rude and conceited that I don't want to go through with this deal either. I've had enough of you Mr. Anderson and I will not tolerate anything else, that offends me or my father. You think of me as a child, but I assure you I am not. Now, please excuse me because I think you are only wasting my time, as I don't think I will be learning anything from you!" She states and leaves my office.
"Fuuuck!" I exclaim through grinned teeth, while hitting my hand on the office with both my fists. Claire moves closer, embracing my face in her hands, while lifting it up so that my eyes meet hers.
"Alexander, no matter what happens, you should keep your coolness. You can overcome your father and be whoever you want to be. If you don't want her here, you can ask from Alicia to keep her away from you. If you remain calm, nothing and no one can force you on doing anything you don't want. You are the boss of you and although that little robot can surprisingly actually speak up for herself, she only managed to upgrade from a robot to a bitch. Don't let her, or your father get to you."
"Claire, this is not going to be easy, you don't know my father the way I do." I say in despair.
"I know, but I believe there isn't anything you can't handle. I have faith in you!"
I kiss her right there, while the door is still open and aware that Alicia is looking at us. I don't care! I'll do as I wish.
"Now, go to Alicia. I have a million things to do and you have a million things to ask her I'm sure. So go bust her balls, to make her pay for letting that robotic bitch come in here." And to the sound of that new nickname I gave her, we both laugh heartily.

Claire's p.o.v.
He was right. I had so many questions, about Alexander's schedule and habits, that we were talking for two hours straight, me taking notes and her only offering me more. I think I found my soulmate. She reminds me of myself so much, as she was as eager to tell me everything as I was to learn it. She gave me her personal phone number and told me she would be daily informing me of Alexander's schedule from the previous day through email. This way I could prepare in advance for all the routes I had to take and carry him to his appointments, without wasting a minute of his time.
I write everything down and I look at my watch. Alexander will need to go to a meeting in less than twenty minutes and I decide to take a walk around. I visit the restroom, as I had too much coffee while I was talking with Alicia and it needed to be out, but as soon as I close the toilet's door behind me, I hear the main entrance's door opening. When I come out I look around but no one is there so I move towards the sink to wash my hands before leaving, but I could swear I heard someone coming in.
"He will be mine eventually, you know." Mingmei's voice scares the shit out of me.
"I did hear you come in, but I didn't see you there in the corner. What were you doing, hiding?"
"No, my dear. I am definitely not hiding, but you will be, by the time I am done with you."
I ironically laugh assuring her I am not the least intimidated by her.
"Oh, I can't wait." I provoke her and exit the room.
I stumble across Alexander and he immediately sees right through me. I pass by him and I practically ran towards the exit. He gets in the car and I am already driving him to his meeting, but my steering reflects on my emotions and he immediately senses it.
"Try to calm down, stop speeding and tell me what happened." He requires.
"She followed me to the restroom and she threatened me." I yell out, unable to keep my coolness anymore.
"What? Oh, no she didn't."
"Don't worry, I handled it."
"Yes, but you are still upset."
"No, I am not upset, I just firmly understood what you meant when you said this will not be over easily.
"Why? What did she say?"
"She said I will be hiding by the time she is done with me."
"What? No, she didn't! That tiny little bitch." He angrily says.
"Look, let's not talk about her anymore. She is not worth being upset over." I finally say.
"Ok, you are right. Do you even know where you are taking me?" He humorously asks.
"Yes, don't worry about explaining this to me anymore. As long as your schedule doesn't get updated or altered by you, I will know where you need to be and what time to take you there."
"So, you've teamed up with Alicia already?" He says smiling.
"Yes I did. She is so lovely and has been of great help. She should get a raise."
"Oh, trust me, she is being overpaid already, though I agree with you that she deserves it, but don't you dare tell her I told this!"
He leaves the car and tells me to wait, as he won't be long. This is the difficult part of my job, as I have a lot of time of inactivity. I am afraid of my mind's wonderings and where they might lead me, so I decide to call my mother as she hasn't contacted me for two days now and that is very unlike her.
"Hi mom. How is everything?"
"Hello sweetheart, I am ok. John has taken me out for a day trip."
"That's great. I hope he treats you the way you deserve."
"He does honey, I promise you that."
I can see she wants to tell me more, as if she is hiding something from me, but I am just not in the mood to get into a deep conversation with her. I wish her a good time and we get off the phone.
I see a little bookshop around the corner of the street and I get off the car, as it seemed as a good idea to buy a book to keep my mind busy, during the waiting times between Alexander's meetings. I buy the first thing I see on the shelve under the sign 'New best sellers' and I head back to the car.
Alexander is leaning against it and he is on the phone, so I startle him when I unlock it from a distance. He enters the car, still talking and he doesn't hang up until we reach our destination.