My Billionaire Saviour

Chapter 3 - Mr Elevator

Paige P.O.V

I close my eyes and start to breathe, the man just sighs and looks my way "they will get it started again soon" he tries to reassure me.

The pain of my leg becomes to much and I need to sit down so I just chuck my crutch on the floor which makes the man jump. I then start to slide down to sit on the floor. At this point I'm not caring what I look like...it's not like I can or want to pull this gorgeous man, infact being on my own is the best plan I have right now anyway so I don't need to impress him. He looks down at me with amusement in his face.

I look up "what's funny" I say now feeling a little annoyed

He looks at me and puts his hands in his pocket "how you getting up from there"

I look up and smirk " I will figure something out" at this stage I wouldn't care if I was stuck here.

"What did you do to your leg?" he looks down at my feet.

I hate this question as I still to this day never know what to say, do I go with the long version of how I was born with a muscles and nerve wasting disease, or do I avoid the question and just say I broke it drunk as it sounds cooler.

I think about my answer and look down, before I say anything he cuts in and says "you don't have to tell me if your not comfortable with telling me"

I am now wishing the lift would start to work, I stay looking down but start to speak and tell him I was born with bad legs, short and sweet version.

I then change the subject and ask what he thinks has happened to the lift which we speak with small talk and then there was a long awkward silence.

My phone starts to ring again and I look down and see that my consultant is calling.

After rejecting the call the man looks at me and says "boyfriend?"

"oh no it was my doctor" I say quickly, he looks at me and smiles.

"I would block my ears if you wanted to answer it" he says softly.

I sigh and say honestly "to be fair I'm avoiding the call, I have a huge decision to make ..."

The man comes and sits next to me, now he is close I can smell mints and aftershave. I find it quite soothing, I look at him and ask what he is doing here, I know he is not working due to his clothes.

The man plays with his hands and says he is visiting a friend on the 5th floor and then going to go have dinner with his dad. This makes me smile as for me family is the most important thing even if I live far away there is never a day where we don't contact or facetime.

"What's your job then in this building?" he says making conversation.

I smile as i tell him my job role and then get worried as I really need to speak to Max to make sure the work is going to be done today I'm going to be in trouble if we don't meet todays deadline

"you sound like you love your job" he smiles.

"oh gosh I really do, I have worked so hard to be here, if I didn't love my job so much believe me I wouldn't be here!"

His smile fades a little "why so?" he asks.

"let's just say me and the big boss do not get on what's so ever!" I say quickly.

The mans lips curl into a little smile "one of those hard bosses then?"

By now my filter has gone, all my professional attitude with it as I blabber my thoughts "He is a huge Arsehole!....let me say this he can't even be a civil boss to you if you reject him when he makes a pass at you!..What kind of boss is that! I'm pretty sure he is married...and the son of a b***h won't even let me have paid time off for an operation"

I look up after my rant and see that he is staring at the door. I now feel so silly and unprofessional so I apologize for my outburst. He looks at me with a really straight face but kindly says "completely understand it"

We sit there in silence for a few minutes and as I was about to say something the lights come back on and the lift starts moving. The man stands up and then picks me up and delicately puts me on my feet. He passes me a crutch and wishes me look on everything before leaving the elevator on the 5th floor. I say to him "hope you enjoy your lunch with your father" which he says thanks and the doors close.

I get back to my desk feeling flustered and in pain, I sit and take some pain killers as I tell Shelly where I have been. She was mad to start with but realized it was not my fault and actually felt sorry for me. Once Shelly returned to her office I looked over to Gemma and started to tell her about the man I had just met in the elevator. She was loving the sound of this man and thinks I shouldn't have been wasting time in there talking which made me blush and laugh.

She knows I'm not that kind of girl..I always thought I would marry the first man I slept with. How wrong was I but still I am just not that type of girl that does that to people I hardly know. Gemma is always having one night stands and different dates which I don't judge her for. Sometimes I envy her for the way she is so comfortable with herself and free even though she is already trying to set me up on dates. I tell her I am actually wanting to stay on my own it's so much easier this way especially with me needing this operation who would want to take on that.

My phone rings which causes our talking to stop and I see that it is Max. I pick up straight away hoping for some good news and then he tells me that they are nearly finished the deadline but have now ran out of resources!.

I'm in panic mode...how can this be I made sure that everything was there that was needed. I tell him i will see what I can do and tell him to stay at site. I start ringing round when Shelly tells everyone in our team that we have to go to the end of the office as Mr Dodd has an announcement.

I grab my crutch and start walking with Gemma hoping it won't take long as I really need to get resources to Max so he can finish in time.

Mr Dodd walks out and I see that he is with Mr Elevator I smile at the fact that I got to see him again but then I'm wondering what he is doing with Mr Dodd.

"Everyone I have called you up here so you can meet someone that will be by my side in this business" Mr Dodd says proudly.

I have no idea where this is going but I have a bad feeling in my stomach was Mr Dodd his friend that he had to see before meeting his father for lunch?

Mr Dodd continues and breaks my thoughts " This is Declan, he has been managing the other offices in Edinburgh and Manchester and we find that this office needs alot of work so he has offered his assistance to get us back on track "

My heart starts beating fast, with me being one of the main project managers in this office I know the other offices. I also know that there run by.. oh god no!

Mr Dodd announces "Everyone meet my son Declan Dodd"