The Billionaires' Darkest Secret

Seven

“Yes, she’s my girlfriend Icy. I thought you knew about her when you went here in the Philippines again,” Liam uttered and that girl named icy looked at me again from head to toe and her eyes got stock at where Liam’s hand was.

“Uh, your mom never told me about these things Liam and it doesn’t matter if I knew it or not,” she said and let out a fake smile on me.

I let out a fake smile to her too and smirked after what she let me find out about her. She found her way to escape the scene that she made a while ago. All of the employees here saw what she did earlier and I think right now she knew her mistakes.

“What are you two doing?” Liam asked me when we got inside his office.

“I tried to calm down but I guess being annoyed can let me be,” I said and I sat on the couch.

“I think you need to know her,” he said and looked at me with his serious eyes.

“Uh, what is it?” I replied and looked at him seriously too.

He holds my hand and gently touches it like this is a hobby of him while we are alone.

“Did something bad happen?” I asked him and he looked straight into my eyes and he stopped touching and playing with my hand and holding it.

“Icy Rivera is my ex-girlfriend but telling you this doesn’t mean that she and I will have something or what. I just want you to inform me about things that happen in my life because you are a part of it,” he stated and kissed my hand.

I am just looking at him and analyzing things and the words he just uttered by now. So, Reese and Klea are right about that girl. I am a girl too and I know she still has feelings for him.

“I am not an i***t,” I murmured and he got curious about it.

“What?” He asked me if that made me flinch.

“Uh, nothing!” I said and took my hand away from him and stood up.

“See you later, do your tasks and meetings,” I said and closed the door of his office and after that, I sighed.

“i***t, iris,” I said and I do facepalm when I went back on my seat.

I let myself be busy making all the work files that I needed to pass within this day when the two girls sat on the couch near my table.

I look at them and they are just looking at me with meaning. I know they want to talk to me but there are parts of them that they don’t want to disturb me. I continued to type and focus on my work but still managed to look at them and saw that they didn’t even look away.

I got bothered and I sighed hard and looked at them seriously.

“Now, talk to me,” I stated and they went beside me now.

“I told you! there's something on that girl,” Klea started our conversation.

I look at my monitor to continue what I am typing about and sigh as I heard what she said.

“You know what Klea is, it is just a small thing from the past,” I stated and looked at her for a moment.

“No! I know there something is, she is a double-sided woman!" Klea uttered with anger and disgust in every word.

I smirked and just shrugged at what she stated and so Reese is.

“What do you think of her Reese?” Klea asks her and Reeses just looks at me.

“She’s nothing compared to Iris,” she stated and shrugged her shoulders and they did high five in front of me.

“Let's buy our food in the cafeteria, I know Sarah will scold us once she knew that we are talking about Ms. Icy again,” Reese said and I fixed my things.

“But you know what, I think she will cause something here in our company. I don’t know why but I am just feeling something weird with her presence,” Klea started again.

“Don’t anticipate things Klea,” Reese said and I looked at them tired of hearing those perspectives of them.

Time goes by here in this office. I feel so weak and cannot fight for myself and stand. Yes, they are right, Klea is right about this girl. There is something on here that I can’t handle.

“You can’t work on this right?!” She started scolding me and threw the papers in my ace.

I sigh heavily and looked at her. She screams superiority and authoritative look but I am Iris Saavedra, I am not raised to be like this.

I didn’t study hard to work for this kind of lady. I stand up and look at her straight. She’s raising her eyebrow and a little smile drawn on her face.

“What’s with that look, Iris Saavedra?” She asked me with her playful tone.

I smiled and looked at the other employees who started to look at us again and look back at their work when they saw us looking at them.

“Ms.,” I started and still tried to calm down.

“Icy Rivera, I told you that it’s not my job to help you do those things. I am not your secretary. If you do not mind, you can have your own,” I said politely even though I wanted to punch her face right now.

“So you're telling me that I am wrong now because I want you to do these tasks?!” she said and then rolled her eyes.

“Oh c’mon!” she said she placed her hands on my table and stared at me.

“I want you to do this and pass it to me within an hour or else,” she’s trying to blackmail me.

I smirked which caused her to be irritated more. I look at her eyes straight like a gun that anytime will trigger to release its bullet.

“Like what I’ve said earlier, I am not your servant,” I said and I sat on my chair trying to relax and do the things that get interrupted by her.

“Ah! you are so annoying! How dare you!'' She raises her voice again when suddenly an old woman comes in and her voice echoes the whole office.

“Icy!” she said that we all looked at her.

She screams authority and superiority too like what this girl is trying to be. I think she is her mother based on the looks they too look alike. From their cat eyes and the way, they talk and walk.

“Mom,” she said, surprised.

“What’s happening here?” The old woman asked the other employees but no one dared to answer her question.

She looked at Icy right now and looked at me too. She walked slowly towards us and still staring as she knew already what it.

“This girl doesn’t want to do the tasks that I wanted her to do, besides I am part of this company and still I am her boss,” Icy started and looked at me with her evil smirk.

I stand up and look at the old lady who’s judging me the way she looked at me.

“Who is this young lady?” she asked ic and stopped staring at me like she was disgusted.

I am just looking at them with my usual look and still trying to make this scene good and calm. I don’t want them to tell Liam that he fell in love with the wrong woman.

“She is Iris Saavedra, Liam’s secretary,” Icy stated and pointed the word secretary while looking at me.

She seems very competitive and I know now how she is trying hard to get Liam back. Like what Klea and Reese are always telling me, this time I figured out that it's all true.

“Oh! Iris Saavedra. I think I heard your name before, wait, let me think of it,” the old woman stated and looked at me very carefully.

“Oh! I remember it,” she said and walked near me and held my face, she is smiling at me and still touching my face like it is soft cotton.

“Iris, I heard that name is trash!” the old man stated and I am surprised at what she has done to me.

She slapped my face hard that made the other employees scream by surprise.

“Continue what you are doing!” The old woman shouted at the other employees who are trying to stop this scene.

I try to handle and ease the pain that I am feeling right now and stand up again as nothing happens.

“Just do what she uttered you, poor girl!'' The old woman stated and she walked away when she heard what I said.

Now, this is not between calmness and Liam’s girlfriend. This is about me, being Iris Saavedra that they are trying to belittle.

“I am not! Don’t try to belittle me by the power you possess here in this company. I am not working for you so don’t tell me what to do,” I said that made her turn and look at me again.

Her stares now say that I step on her pride and power. She smiles at me like she’s saying that I lost everything.

“How dare you!” Icy screams and will try to slap me too but I manage to hold her wrist very tight and look at her with a blank expression.

“Don’t you dare hurt me like what your mother did,” I said and let go of her hand.

“Iris!” I heard a loud shout from afar.

I saw Liam walking towards us and everyone is silent but still surprised by his presence.

“What are you doing?!” he asked me like he is mad at me without his knowledge that I am the victim here.

“She’s a brat, Liam. I don't want her to be here in this office again tomorrow. Fired her,” the old lady stated and walked away from this scene that they caused.

I am trying to calm down again by breathing hard. My blood rises but still, I can’t fight for myself with this matter.

Truly if you don’t have enough powers and reputations you can’t earn respect from others.

“How dare you talk to my mother like that?! Liam can you please teach this girl how to act with manners, how disgusting,” she said and crossed her arms while looking at me like she was in the battle.

“Don’t flip the story,” I said and she just raises her eyebrow and smiles differently.

“This poor girl needs a very classy discipline. Try to earn manner, until next time Iris Saavedra,” she said and patted my shoulders and moved closer to reach my ears.

“I’m sure you inherit your attitude and manners on your parents, poor people has a poor attitude, just throw it away huh?” she said and after that smiled at me and tried to get out of this scene when I didn’t want to let this happen ever again.

I grabbed her wrist and she looked at me and I gave her a hard slap that she deserves. I must have done this earlier.

She looked so surprised at what I did so Liam is.

“How dare you!” she said and tried to slap me again but I grabbed her wrist again and the anger was drawn on her face.

“How dare you try to insult me with my family. Grow up girl, try to fight correctly. I can handle what you and your mother did to me earlier but bringing up my family, it’s a different story,” I said and took down her hand that made her scream in pain.

“Iris!” I heard Liam shouted at me.

I turn to him and look at his eyes that stated angriness and he can’t believe in what I’ve done.

“You too, don’t judge me by how you saw how this scene ended. Don’t let them fool you,” I said and I went out of this place as fast as I could before the tears fell off my cheeks.