Phisanthrophobic Millionaire

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Red is smiling from ear to ear while looking at the hoard of people swamping along the way. She stands at the corner while waiting for her turn to enter the elevator. One, two… eight minutes. She’s been standing there for eight minutes now. She is probably smiling outside but her patience is already running out.

It’s her first day of being the secretary and she does not want to engrave to her boss’s mind that she’s not capable for the job. Tapping her sandals on the floor, she saw the elevator from behind opening and a man entering alone. She bites her lower lip and takes a deep breath before making her way to the man.

On the other hand, Victor shakes his head while looking at the employees and guests in chaos. He steps in the VIP elevator, but before it close and he could press the button, a woman with a copper color without flecks of blue or green typical of hazel eyes stands before him. Her fair skin looks good in her black long straight hair. She stands nearly inch lower than him. Her pencil cut skirt just below the knee and is tailored for a close fit emphasizes her perfect shape waistline. Victor couldn’t take his eyes off her.

She got conscious with the way the man looks at her. She admits that the man infront of him is nearly a god of perfection. She could say that his face has no flaw and a goddamn hottie. She felt something building inside of her, the need to touch and feel him makes her face heat up.

‘This is weird, I haven’t felt this way before.’ She looks up at the man again and saw his blue eyes sparkled. She felt her heart skip a beat, and the moment she realized she has been standing there of a minute, snapped her out from her imagination.

“Ah, hi!” She radiantly greeted Victor with her perfect shiny teeth, not minding the tingling sensation that’s bothering her, she faced Victor with jolly and confident look. “Ah, I’m wondering if I could ride the elevator with you? Because as you can see the others are swarmed up and I bet, that elevators will nearly slump to end, ha-ha. I-if you don’t mind?”

Victor just nodded and slightly gave her a space. He positioned his hand like he is welcoming someone, so Red immediately move inside and gave Victor a smile. She waited for Victor to react and speak but she just received his bored and stoic face. Despite the awkward situation, Red looks at Victor and plans to initiate a talk. She faced Victor who barely move, and pressed her lips before speaking.

“Sorry for the late introduction, my name is Red. I am 29-year-old and I was a former model. I took up medicine and graduated with a degree. It’s just that I’m the kind of person who likes to challenge myself so I study again for BMA and took the test and luckily, I passed. I started managing businesses, at first it was so ideal but I feel like I have to do something to suffice myself again, so I tried my lack and applied as the CEO’s secretary and again, for the nth times, I was luckily accepted. This is my first day today actually,” She gleefully uttered with matching claps of her hands. The happiness and excitement can be felt from her voice and the way she delivered it.

She smiles even though Victor hasn’t responded to her long introduction. She looks at him who stands like a mannequin. She examines him like a pro, and she is not just glancing at him, she is obviously staring!

“Stop staring,” Victor replied.

Her eyes widen with Victor’s short reply. She didn’t expect that he’ll actually talk to her.

“Y-you can speak!”

Victor’s forehead wrinkled and he couldn’t believe that she really thought he can’t speak. But instead of saying anything, he shakes his head and his stoic face is back again.

“What’s your job? Are you a model? You really look like a model though! Are you an actor? Wait! Are you a designer? You look like someone who loves fashion! Are you a gym instructor? You are really well-built! What do you do for living? How old are you?”

Red, also known as sassy girl. A woman who talks too much. A woman who does not know how to shut her mouth. A woman who never had the word ‘give up’ on her vocabulary. A woman who innocently wander around the world of careers. She is bold and full of life. She has a lot of friends, and wherever she goes, no one had ever told her that she is unlikeable. Red Smith, the girl with special personality.

“Give me silence,” Victor said. She finds it amazing every time words or phrases are coming out from Victors mouth. She couldn’t help it but be stunned as how his voice is perfectly toned.

‘What’s happening to me? No one have ever made me excited like this.’

Red is amazed and at the same time confused. She only got this kind of feeling when she is thinking about getting into new career. The way her heart beats and the way she reacts whatever Victor’s actions are, made her felt bizarre. She had met man and none of them excites her like this.

‘Snap out of this right now Red! You are here to work! No more no less!’

Red took a deep breath. She said to herself that she wouldn’t let things distract her. She stands like a professional and looks at Victor.

“Just tell me your name and I’ll shut up,” She said calmly while timidly smiling. Before he could speak, the elevator opens. They both went out. Victor stopped in front of her that is why she also stopped and wait for him to continue, but what he said shocked her even more.

“I need an efficient secretary; you can talk as much as you want but make sure that the ferocity of how you talk is proportional of how the way you work. I am Victor Nikov,” Her mouth almost fell on the floor. Victor turns around and face her, “You are Red, right? My new secretary. Suit yourself,” After saying those, Red couldn’t move a bit. She was shocked and thrilled at the same time.

“I am unusually happy. What the freaking hell is wrong with me?”

She laughs at herself and walks towards the direction which Victor took.

‘So, he is Victor Nikov, known as ‘the prodigy’. The owner of Nikov Company. Amazing.’   

Red is busy compiling the papers on her desk. She was told to start her job without proper briefing as Victor’s secretary. She was used to do a lot of works but she did not imagine that her boss will make her work complicated stuffs knowing that she stated in her resume that it was her first time as a secretary. She did not complain about it. She just works there and she nearly felt her belly oozing off.

“This is what you get from being a career wanderer Red, serves you right,” She’s speaking to herself. She is used to speak to herself whenever she feels like doing it. It helps her relaxed herself and it was a self-meditation for her. She might be crazy to other people but it was her way of coping up from something.

Her telephone beeped, signaling that her boss’s is asking for her presence. Red did not even look at the mirror to check herself. She immediately walks to Victor’s office and knocks. When she heard Victor’s voice, she opens the door and enters.

“Do you need anything boss?” She asks him with a very big smile plastered on her face. Her smiles are electric as if she did not do anything a lot that time.

“It’s 12 o’clock. Are you not planning to feed me?” Red blinks multiple times as if she heard it wrong from her boss’s mouth. ‘Did he just say, feed him? Me? Feeding him? Damn.’ Figures start to move in her playful mind. She imagined herself feeding Victor while she holds his hand with her. She unmindfully giggled infront of her boss. Victor’s eyebrow becomes connected with Red’s action.

“I don’t know if you are plainly stupid or what. I said I need my lunch now. Don’t let that mind of yours becomes delusional,” She was forcefully out from her imagination with what Victor said. She just awkwardly smiles and slant her neck.

“I-I’m just thinking about something else boss, don’t get some wrong ideas in that handsome head of yours,” Victor was taken aback with her simple complement. He is used of getting a lot of complements but her effect to him is on another level.

“I’m not getting malicious ideas Ms. Smith. Another thing, don’t call me boss. You can simply call me sir or Mr. Nikov. I don’t like your tone calling me boss, you sound feeling close,” Red pouted with what he said but she did not mind what he said and immediately leave the office.

Victor actually likes the sound of Red calling her boss. It’s turning him on because it sounds sexy whenever she says it. It was like she was calling her sweetly. Before he turned himself badly mad, he told Red to stop as soon as possible. He is afraid he can’t restrain himself from touching Red if she will to utters his name again.