Penitence (ON HOLD)

Chapter Five

Okay well here is Chapter 5, which is in Anderson's POV. The guy is in the multimedia (corbin bleu) is what I imagine Trent would look like. Enjoy (: (:

"Anderson get up so that you can eat and be at work on time." She says.

"Why can't Nina be like you?" I ask just to make her mad.

"Why can't you shutup about Nina?" She retorts.

I roll my eyes and walk into the kitchen.

"I pinky swear promise to not say one more word about Nina as long as you don't tell her about us." I say wrapping my arms around her waist.

"Why would I do that? I don't even like her." She says fixing me a plate of food.

Nina is blinded by her ability to see the positive in everyone. That's why she doesn't know what kind of people she has in her life.

"Here, eat and then we can take a shower." She says walking into her bedroom.

I quickly eat the food she has prepared for me. No need to keep her waiting. I place my dirty dishes into the sink and walk into her bedroom.

Instead of being ready for me like she should be, she's on the phone. It's probably one of her many boyfriends. I reach over and attempt to grab the phone, but her grip on it doesnt fail.

"Lizzie can you hold on." She says putting the phone on mute.

She points towards the bathroom and I get the message. I wonder what Lizzie wants. I hope she doesn't know about my little affair. Then again, why should I care? Nina won't leave me.

I shower quickly and wrap a towel around my waist hoping that Lizzie would have already hung up by now. Much to my dismay, she's still running her mouth.

I put on a suit that I left here a couple of days ago. She gives me her silent aporoval as I grab my keys and head out the front door.

Once I'm in the car, I check my phone and notice the missed calls from Nina. No matter what I put her through, she still loves me.

My drive to work is filled with country music and the chime of a worried Nina texting my phone.

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I pull up to the office and get out with a smile on my face. My dream job is to be the manager of this company, but right now I'm just an assistant.

It might not sound exciting, but it truly is. This is one of the finest companies in America and getting the position of an assistant is not easy to come by.

As I enter the glass doors, I see people glaring at me. Do they know what I did to Nina? I get onto the elevator without a second glance at my peers.

Before going to my office, I need to ask Brian, my best friend, what's going on.

"What is going on man? People are looking at me like im Adolf Hitler." I say barging into his office.

"The old man is retiring and everyone is pissed because you are the person most likely to get the job." He says sighing.

"I haven't even been here two years." I say confused.

I overheard him saying that the man next in line is youthful, trustworthy, and works close by. No one fits that description better than you man." He explains.

Before I can object, one of the ladies pops her head in to tell us that an emergency staff meeting has been called.

Only the workers on the top floor are allowed in staff meetings. Any other meeting is called by floor. For example, if the second floor needed to have a meeting, it would be called a Floor Two meeting.

Brian and I walk into the conference room trying to avoid the hateful glares people are sending me.

Most of the floor is already there and chatting heavily. I stay in the back, careful not to draw attention towards myself.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a special day for this company." Mr. Costanzo says smiling.

"I'm very old and I don't want my business to fail. That's why I've decided to give my position to one of the most genuine and hardworking men I know. We've been working together for some time now and I'm proud to have him officially on board." He continues.

Maybe he is talking about me. I make sure that my suit is fitting perfectly. This is the oppurtunity I've been waiting for.

"I would like to introduce you to your new boss, Mr. Trent Westbrook." He says shaking Trent's hand.

The same Trent that tried to steal Nina from me. That bastard. He tried to steal my woman and now he's stealing my job too.

All of the women are whispering about how cute he is. One woman even asks him if he's single which makes him blush.

"No, but I do have my eye on a woman I met two nights ago.

He has to be talking about Nina.

"I was not informed about this girl. We will talk later, but right now you should tell them more about yourself." Mr. Costanzo says.

"My full name is Trenton Paul Westbrook. My father is Clinton Westbrook. He is the CEO of one of the largest banks in Japan. Unfortunately, I didn't want to go into the banking business." He laughs.

No wonder he got this job. His family is rich and has a finnacial background that could make Steve Jobs look poor.

"I am 21 years old and I have three brothers that are all older than me. Michael is a lawyer in Virgina, Riley is a police officer in Los Angeles, and Jack is a model who also stays in Los Angeles. Their mom passed away a long time ago and then their dad married my mom. Her name is Dorthy Westbrook, but her maiden name is Costanzo. When she was three Mr. Costanzo's parents adopted her and raised her well." He says leaving everyone shocked.

Mr. Costanzo has a sister? An adopted sister? That is not something a Costanzo does. To them adoption basically says I'm weak and incapable of making heirs to take over my company when I die.

"Everyone, can I have one more moment of your time." Our boss says loudly.

"Mr. Anderson McCall. " He says, looking at me.

"Yes sir." I say never breaking our eye contact.

"I want you to work closely with Mr. Westbrook. You'll be his right hand man and you will be getting payed more than what you're making now." He smiles genuinely.

"Would you like to accept or decline." He says already knowing my answer.

"I accept sir. Thank you for this oppurtunity. " I say smirking at Trent.

What they don't know is that on the inside I'm thinking about how much trouble I'm going to get into just being in the same room as Trenton Paul Westbrook.

Ok you guys idk if there are any mistakes. I'll edit this tomorrow bc right now I can barely open my eyes and they re burning.