The One Night Stand

Chapter 10

Alyssa's P.O.V

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ri- I tapped on the alarm clock continously hoping I wouldn't be reminded of the awful job I had but that was unavoidable and I had to accept it.

I moved from a lying position to a sitting one and just stared at nothing in particular... for a while.

Was he?- No... you shouldn't think of that right now.

I got up from bed and headed into the shower. I needed this again.

I looked through my wardrobe and settled for a black office trouser and a cream turtle neck I owned. I put them on, tucking the turtle neck into my trouser then moved on to my hair. I decided to put it in a side part bun... I put on some powder, mascara and some colored lip gloss. I checked the time and it was just 7:15 am... I looked in the mirror and my lips quirked up a little in satisfaction. I put on my heels, took my handbag and left for work.

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I entered through the doors of Ross Enterprises, trying to be in high spirits when I saw Mike running towards me.

"What happened? Are you okay? Did you sleep at the office? What were you doing so late here?" He bombarded me with questions all at once but I had no way to answer them as I was very confused. I glanced behind him and realized Mr. Ross and some staff were standing beside the reception desk. It seemed Mr. Ross looked very relieved about something but I didn't even care about that because I was so confused and just needed to know

'What the heck was going on?' .

"Mike could you explain what you mean? I don't understand, I'm so confused as to what's going on."

"Why di-"

"Why didn't you sign out yesterday Miss Brown?" Mr. Ross beat him to eat. Wait what? I looked at Mr. Ross as he walked over to me. I was nervous and confused.

"Sorry sir but please I don't understand what you mean."

"I mean why didn't you sign out of the building yesterday Miss Brown? What work were you doing so late that you couldn't leave for the day?" Sign out? Sign out wh- Oh my God. I facepalmed myself internally. What is wrong with you!

"No sir.. I was just trying to finish up some work you had given me to do and when I was done, I wanted to leave but yo-" he raised his hand shutting me up. Rude A-Hole.

"I do not want to know any further. We have things to do. Sign in and let's go to the office." Saying that, he started walking to his personal elevator and just like that, like the ending of a movie scene where the director says 'cut!', everyone moved from a point to the other, getting back to what they were all doing whereas I quickly signed in and followed behind cautiously. I rushed over to him then stood a bit behind him. I scratched my thumb and glanced at him but he still had that neutral expression on his face. Ugh. The elevator doors opened and we entered inside.. time for the minute of tension filled silence.

"Were you really planning on telling the staff that I offered you a ride home?" He asked, not even looking at me. I glanced at him and yup you guessed right, he just had his normal neutral expression. I scratched my fingers once more cause I didn't know what to say.

"Yes sir." I replied with my head down.

"Are you really that dense Miss Brown?" Excuse me?!

"But sir you did offer me-"

"And so what if I did? I only did that out of pure kindness and its not like its ever going to happen again since you can't appreciate someone's act of kindness towards you and again, why would you in your right mind tell the staff about that? You sh-" The elevator doors opened and I came out, not bothering to see if he was coming. I was tired!!!

"Miss Brown I wasn't done talking to you." He said calmly which sounded quite scary. Go back Alyssa!Ignore.

"Miss Brown stop right there!" Ignore.

"Miss Brown you are a staff whch means you can be fired and will easily be replaced so if-" I immediately turned and walked back to him poking a finger at his chest looking at him dead in the eye.

"Then do just that. Replace me! Fire me! I have had it with you dear Mr. Ross. This is just my second day working here and you're literally making my life miserable already. Why are you so mean to me? You know, I'm your secretary and you should actually be really friendly to me cause you never know if I spat in your coffee cause you pissed me off- not that I did that but what I am trying to say here is if you do not like me then just tell me what I did wrong and fire me if you please because I can't take ths. I know its just the second day but its already much for me. I mean, you may not have known this but I just came out from a bad job and I thought getting this job would be an amazing opportunity for me but it seems its almost as the same as my former job and I don't want that...I cannot go through that again. I don't think my mental health can take it." At this point, I knew I had lost my job but I was happy to have gotten all that off my chest. I really needed to. I started walking away as tears welled up in my eyes when I was turned back forcefully and facing Daniel again. He gripped my hand a little bit strong but not strong enough to leave a bruise. I could see the anger dancing in his eyes but at this point, I didn't care.

"What do you want to say? I already know I have lost my job so if you do insult me once more, I will throw it back at you." I said confidently but he just looked at me, saying nothing and I found myself looking back, saying nothing either.

"You scare me." He breathed out as we looked at each other. His eyes held so many emotions I couldn't decipher and I badly wanted to. I finally realized we were in a close proximity and I should've moved away but I didn't want to. Daniel was beautifully handsome if I could say that. I sadly couldn't deny that. I continued staring into his eyes as he did to me and I dare say something might have happened after that if not for the 'ding' of the elevator that brought us back to our cruel reality.

We both looked immediately to see a smug looking Mr. Ryers.

"Well this is an amusing position to see." Daniel immediately let my arm go whereas I moved far away from him.

"Good morning Mr. Myers." I greeted to which he nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"And it seems it has been a pleasant morning to you already Miss Brown. " He winked at me and I bent down my head, trying to hide my red cheeks. Why was I blushing? What was I? A 16 year old? No offence to ya'll.

"Shut up Sean. Why are you here?" Mr. Ross started walking towards the office and I followed suit. Mr. Myers jogged past me not before smirking again and once he reached Mr. Long legs, he put his arm over his shoulder but Mr. Ross shrugged it off and also giving him a nasty look.

"We're at work you doof!" I heard him say and it made Mr. Myers smirk.

"So I can put my hand over you after work eh?" Mr. Ross just shook his head and opened the door and went into the office.