Guns and Romance

Chapter 9

Cole POV

I looked at Charlotte sitting at the other end of the table I could see a smile if satisfaction building up on her face and I couldn't bear it anymore. I walked out of her office without being told,I could hear her calling my name but I didn't answer her I wasn't in the mood for a mockery. I got into the elevator and clicked the 5th floor which was where my department was located. In the elevator I remembered the task that Charlotte gave me and I couldn't help but hate her with an undying passion. But even with the hatred I had for her I was also impressed by her. She is beautiful, physically endowed with curves, able to fend for herself, she doesn't depend on any man for her money,she's strong and she's everything I want in a woman.

These were the thoughts that crossed my mind in the elevator. As I got to my destination the door of the elevator opened and I got out of it just about moving into the hallway, I looked out the window and saw Sam having a chat with a huge and scary looking man. I wondered what Sam would be doing with such a person but I stood by the window watching them discuss and their discussion started getting tense as the man pushed Sam continuously. At that point I knew I had to step in ,I quickly got back into the elevator and it took me downstairs . I walked past the security guard who was asleep on duty,he was lucky he wasn't caught or that act could have cost him his job. As I got closer to where Sam and the huge man were standing I noticed that the huge man was about to bring out a knife but stopped when he saw me.

Sam walked right past me and into the company building, I looked in the direction he walked for a while before turning to look at the huge man again. He glared hard at me before walking away, as he turned I noticed a tattoo on his neck it was a claw of an animal. I stood outside for two minutes thinking what Sam would be doing with such a person, but I couldn't get an answer to that question as Sam had refused to talk to me. I was certain that Charlotte must have warned him to stay away from me or risk losing his job,I hated that lady she loves using people's jobs to threaten them.

When the company had closed for the day everyone left all except for me who was busy editing manuscripts and filing them ,I kept on working till about 11:30 PM when I decided I had to go home so I called an Uber and when the driver arrived I got into the car and the driver started driving me to my house. In the car I was still working with my laptop and so many files in my hands. When I got home I didn't stop I kept editing till 5:17 AM and I was to be at work before 6:00 AM if I didn't want a salary cut. So without sleeping at all the whole day I got ready for another day at work and lucky for me I came to work right on time. I submitted the work that Charlotte had given me to her in her office and she gave me another one though this one was a lot lesser than the one of yesterday

I took it to my department where I was the only one that came to work there because Charlotte had given them a day off and left me doing their entire day's work. But as the saying goes "You can't cheat nature" I tried so hard not to sleep at work but I did and that is something I was going to regret

Charlotte POV

I was in my office going through Cole's work, I don't usually go through an already edited script but because I hated him I did. Even though I hate him I have to say that he did an excellent job in editing the manuscripts I gave him. I whispered to myself "He's such a talented young man". Editing is not his field but still he performed an awesome job in the task I gave him even though I gave him to punish him. Sometimes I wonder why I hate him,he's a handsome, strong, muscular, and self dependent young man, he's everything I want in a man unlike Jay who was a man child. I was the one who almost hit him and I didn't apologize,he has every right to be angry and I ended up shouting at him ,I let my pride and anger control me.

As all these thoughts raced through my head I decided to go and check on him and how he was holding up with the task that I had given him. I stood up from my seat, walked out of my office and into the elevator and finally into the editing department section. As soon as I saw him I got so angry,he was sleeping with his head on the laptop keyboard. I screamed his name and he jerked up, I yelled at him for sleeping at work and he tried explaining that he didn't sleep the whole day yesterday but I didn't even let him speak.

Then I dropped the bombshell and I said "You are fired!!"