He Belongs To Me

Chapter 7

Writer's POV

Jake enterprise...

"Good morning, Mr Jake" Grace Greeted immediately Gabriel steps out of his car.

But Gabriel ignores her greeting...and head in with his anger from earlier, still pumping in his veins.

The once noisy floor quiets down immediately he steps in.. they can all feel his anger as he walks in.

He's scowling all the way, his hands tucked in his pocket and nobody can tell if he's clenching his fists or not.

Everyone concentrated on their work because nobody wants to have a taste of his anger this morning.

He finally stops at the elevator, Kael presses the open button and they walk in when it opens.

He presses the 27th button and they silently wait until they arrived at Gabriel's floor.. the elevator doors open and they steps out.

"Are you gonna tell me my schedule for today? Or you're just Grace's lookalike doll?!" Gabriel growls, walking towards his office.

Grace quickly opens her note and glances through it.. while Kael bites back a laugh at Gabriel's last question.

"Mr Jake, you have lunch with Mr Mathew by 1:30pm...."

"Why 1:30pm?! That's my nap time!" Gabriel said, pushing the door to his office open.

He steps into his office and walks straight to his big chair, he unbuttons his jacket and sits down.

"I'm sorry, Mr Jake.. Mr Mathew told me he's landing LA at 12pm. So I...."

Gabriel raises his hand, cutting her off.

"Anything else on my schedule?" He asked.

She looks at her note and shakes her head.

"No, sir, but today is..." She trails off.

Gabriel picks a file on his table, he opens it and glances through it.. he raises his head when he realizes Grace is not speaking.

"Today is what?" He asked.

Grace clears her throat quietly.

"Your father's death anniversa...."

Gabriel clenches his teeth and closes his eyes briefly, he sucks in some air and puffs them out.

"Do the usual" he said.

"The usual? Aren't you gonna visit his gra... "

He slams his fist down onto his desk so hard that the files on the table shake.. he swallowed down his frustration.

Grace flinches back from shock...or fear.

"Go order some goddamn flowers!" He growls.

Grace nods quickly and rushes out, leaving Kael inside.

Kael watches Gabriel cautiously as he looks around his table.

"And now, where the hell is my coffee?!"

"I'll go get you one, Mr Jake" Kael said and rushes before Gabriel can reply him.

12:33pm....

Gabriel drops his pen and push aside the last file he just finished signing... He massages his forehead and yawns tiredly.

His gaze moves to his wrist watch, he picks his office phone and calls Grace in.

In a few minutes, Grace has found her way to his office.

"Mr Jake you called for me?"

"It's almost time, have you confirmed everything?"

Grace quickly looks away from Gabriel, that confidence in which she walked into his office.. is suddenly gone.

"M-mr... Mr Jake..."

Gabriel leans back on his chair and folds his arm around his chest.. his eyes narrowing down as he glares at Grace awaiting her excuse.

"Mr Jake, I'm sorry... I didn't remember to make a reservation in time.. so there aren't any..." She trails off.

Gabriel raises an eyebrow.

"There aren't any what?!"

Grace stays silent briefly and speaks quickly.

"There aren't any table left!"

"Then check in with other restaurants or hotels!"

"I did, sir, but they're all booked"

Gabriel shuts his eyes and sigh.

"Grace?" He calls still not opening his eyes.

"Yes, Mr Jake"

"Do you know why I haven't fired you?"

Grace shakes her head but Gabriel didn't see her because his eyes were closed.

"Do you wanna know why I'm still tolerating you?"

"Yes, sir"

Gabriel opens his eyes.

"Because I promised your dad I'll take good care of you.. you know that, don't you?"

"Yes, sir, I know"

"Good! Don't do something that will make me break that promise!"

Grace nods quickly, folding her lips in her mouth.

"Now go and find another alternative!"

"Yes, sir"

She turns and head to the door, but stop and turn when she remembers something.

"Mr Mathew's PA called, they have landed LA few minutes ago!"

"Hmm" Gabriel hums and waves her off.

Celine's pov

A happy smile spread over my face, seeing how packed our coffee shop is, is giving me great joy.

It's just our opening day, but we've got so many customers already.

"I see you've been smiling non-stop" Ray whisper in my ear.

I pull out a stool and sit on it, next to the counter where he's standing.

"I can't stop smiling when I'm making money" I reply.

Raymond laughs and shakes his head, he makes a cup of coffee whipped with extra cream and hands it to me.

"Thank you" I told him and take a sip.

I close my eyes and lick my lower lip as I savour the taste in my tongue.

"You're welcome, senorita!"

My eyes glance around the shop, some of our customers are already done with their coffees and are leaving.

"Jesus, I don't believe we'd have so many customers today" I said.

Ray looks around and nods in agreement.

"Yeah, me too!"

My eyes catches a customer drop a large tip on his table before heading out.

I quickly rush to the table and picks it... I count the money and my eyes grew wide.

"That's a lot of tips" Ray said walking towards me.

"Are we supposed to share this?" I asked.. silently praying he'd say no.

He laughs and snatches it from me, he race back to the drawer where he keeps money.

"Hey! I'm the waitress, that's supposed to be mine!"

"These money are Jack's!" He said.

I didn't argue anymore, I sighed and sits down. Just then, Gina walks in looking angry.

Ray and I shared a look, we're surprise to see her here because she's supposed to be at work.She pulls out another stool and sits down, tossing her bag randomly on the counter.. knocking off some glasses.

"Give me one cup of ice tea!" She demands.

Ray quickly get on with it, she breaths heavily as she scowls.

"Gina, are you ok?" I asked.

"No, I'm not!" She replies quickly.

Ray comes back with her cup of ice tea and places it in front of her.

She reaches for it and finishes it in one gulp, then slams the glass on the table. I flinch back slightly, same as Ray.

"What's wrong, Gina? Why are you back from work so early?" I asked.

"I'm not going back to that crappy company.. I'm never going back!"

"Why? What happened?"

She glares blankly at a particular spot on the counter.

"The boss is a douchebag! How dare he?" She exclaims.

I frown, it's rare to see Gina being so angry, I wonder what her boss did to her.

There's a small deskphone on the counter, it starts ringing..he excuse us and quickly rush to receive the call.

I tone him out and faces Gina.

"What did your boss do?" I asked.

"He's not my boss, he's my ex boss!"

I nod and sigh.

"Ok, what did your ex boss do?"

"He is a big time womanizer, he thought I'm like those sl*ts that is desperate for jobs... "

I frown...ok, I know where this is going.... maybe her boss wanted to harass her sexually.

"... I gave him the beating of his life and I quit the job!" She said.

I almost laugh at her expression as she describes how she beat up her boss.

And I believe her because Gina is a man in a woman's body...Ray comes back with a big smile on his face.

"Celine, Celine!" He calls me.

"Hmm" I hums and finishes my coffee in a gulp.

"Go clear a table, we are gonna receive a VIP customer!" He said excitedly.

We're already receiving VIP customers? That's quick...not that I'm complaining though.

"Celine! Did you hear me?" He asked.

"Yeah, yeah!" I replied "Gina, I'll be back!" I head to an empty table by a window.

I begin to dust and clean the table, making sure it's sparkling clean.