Fated not

Chapter five

Chapter 5

Dressed in my short white v- cut flowery flare dress, which made me looked professional decent and hint of sexy altogether. Bringing out my black heels from my box , which was a perfect match to the dress.

With no time to apply make up on my face, I left the hotel hurriedly as I ran to take the next bus to the headquarters of the Bennett's enterprise .

I was exactly 5 minutes late when I arrived, I went straight to his office to deliver the coffee I got on my way to the office.

Getting to his office, he was already there as he sat magnificently on his office chair , raising his head from whatever he was doing on his laptop when he noticed me come in.

Miss Lucy, you are late" he simply stated as he goes back to whatever he was doing before .

Your coffee sir, I said as I drop the coffee on his table.

Without raising his head he pointed at the small coffee table at the side of his large office directing me to keep the coffee. Confused on what to do next or whether I had an office or not, I stood there like a confused person. Noticing I was not moving he asked;" aren't you going to find something to do?. Sorry to bother you but I don't know what to do. Meet Clara, she is the COO of the Bennett enterprise, she is by the other end of this floor she will brief you on what to do. He simply stated before going back to what he was doing.

He did not seem like he was angry about yesterday event but it did not seem like he was smiling either.

After a little direction from Co- employees I finally got to Clara's office, a blonde sophisticated Oman with high taste, if I was guess her age she looked as though she is in her late thirty at least, from head to toe she reeked off money, she passed me smile as I walked towards her. Good morning ma'am I said as I walked towards her office.

Ordering me to sit on a chair she asks if I was the new P.A. Yes ma'am I replied.

Briefing me on the my job . She calls on her male PA to give me a tour of the floor and direct me to my office .

My office is behind the CEO's office. My office was smaller than his but it was beautiful for a PA .there was a door that connects the room to the back stairs.

My eyes flickers to meet Nate still busy with his pile of work. i wanted to speak to him , to ask him why he gave me the job or at least get to know him.

After he was done and about to leave, I decided to take this as my chance to ask him but he bit me to it as he tells me that I would be traveling with him to New York to close a business deal with an important client and I was to prepare since it was next day. Well at least I was entering my first private plane.

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After a long stressful day at work, I decided to call Jessica to check up on and maybe tell her of my new job, maybe not entirely everything but maybe the PA part and I texted Anthony that I got the job as he has bugged my phone all day for updates.

Showering in the hotel, I decided to get something to eat as I left to hotel to the same restaurant I met Nate in. This time around I didn't meet the same waitress. After eating a work load of chips and fries, I decided to head back to the hotel as I prepare for the next day.

Next day.

It is Thursday, and we are supposed to travel to new York today, using Nate's private plane.

Nate sat just right in front of me, which made quite hard to be comfortable, not when he kept staring at me unabashed which undeniably for unknown reasons made me blush. I tried focussing my attention to the fashion magazine I was holding but his unaverted boring is not going to let me.

Why are you staring?, I asked undetared. I enjoy staring at you, he blunted out which made me blush harder. -he is messing with you L, I reminded myself as used this opportunity to the question that has been bugging me to ask since; why did you employ me after everything.

Well if you mean you bursting out last time, I forgive you. You were angry, understandable, but never to be repeated. He simply stated. And why I employed you,you were honest, and I like honest people, dishonesty is a deal breaker for me and we'll you have not disappointed me yet. He added.

Thank you, I replied. As I turned back to my magazine.

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From the airport, a driver took us to a star hotel where we were to spend a night.

Getting to the hotel, we met the receptionist a sharply dressed Burnett lady.

After saying his name and asking for the two rooms he had reserved days ago. The hotel had checked only to discover the room was only reserved for one, as they had thought we were couples. Asking for another room for me to stay the night but all the rooms were already booked.

It's not a problem with you both sharing a room, is it?, The receptionist asked.

No, I said almost immediately .

Do you have a choice he asked or do you plan on sleeping on the road, come on he simply said as he Collected the key to the room, we were both directed to the fifth floor where our hotel room was located.

I dreaded having to lie in the same bed with Nate, not because It was so bad sharing a bed with him but because just the thought of it feels too good, his smiles, those unsettling grins that never fails to keep her on her edge .

Getting to the room, he wandered around the room looking at the wood panels and the beautiful fire place, the hotel was built on old architectural design,Nate looked as though it was normal, of course it was for filthy rich fellows like him but for me,I was totally astonished,The room was so huge it could fit in four king sized beds, the huge glass windows gave a perfect view of the sea, and beautifully built bathroom accompanied with a beautiful jacuzzi is one of the most beautiful things i have seen in a long time. the reason it was unique.

As Lucy watched Nate dropped his bags as he loosened the shirt at his neck and rolled up his sleeve and was lying with his hands behind his head. She contemplated on how she was going to get the documents she was asked to get, she was going to sneak and search all documents in his office when he is away, maybe even sneak into his house to find any documents connecting to the drug cartel, she had to get it fast and to get back to her normal boring life before she gets too deep.

Dropping their luggages, shedecided to take a good advantage of the hot tub by taking a bath while he was lying adamantly on the bed .

After taking a hot bath she stood just inside the door, her eyes frantically around the room in an effort not to look at him. She decided that they should talk on how they plan on sharing the bed.

I could sleep on the floor, she offered, considering he was the one paying for the hotel room the least she could do was give him his space.

As much as I would enjoy lying in the bed alone, I would not want to be the devil by allowing you lie on the hard cold floor. How about we share the bed, it's a king size bed. She didn't need to worry, he said to her. They will be pillow in the middle of the bed.

Thanks she simply replied as she limped into the bed, but just almost immediately her stomach started groaning loudly due to lack of food in it.

With a lazy smile, he offered to order for food for them,she immediately accepted as she knew she was really hungry, and as her mother says when life offers you something you take it.

When the order came, she hurriedly took the food.

You know the food is for us both he teased as he could see how hungrily she look at the food.

Bringing the two large plates of sushi close as they both sat next to each other on the bed as they ate.

As Lucy could feel Nate's boring gaze on her, she asked again. Why do you keep looking at me?".

You are beautiful, he simply replied.

Those few words got Lucy pink and on her toes, she couldn't remember when last someone told her she was beautiful, she couldn't even remember when last she felt so, not when she was always working never having time for herself.

Thanks, she replied blushing, though she had her doubt that he was lying to her.

So I hope you don't mind but I wanted to ask why go that restaurant, I mean I might not be rich but I know most rich guys do not go to restaurant like that, why?, She asked.

Well unlike most rich men am different, he stated simply again.

So what brought you to Toronto?, He asked smiling.

How do you know am not from here, she fired back. Well for starters, you didn't know who I was the first time we met, everyone around here knows who I am. He said grining.

Well you are so full of yourself ain't you. What makes you think everyone around here must know you?, She asked.

For starters, I am Nathaniel Bennett, I control the biggest company in North America, I pay over a hundred employees, should I continue?, He asked as he gives off a disconcerting half smile as she was lost in a morass of sentence.

Okay, that's reasonable, well I was born in Louisiana but me, my brother and my mom left Louisiana to live in Alabama after my dad died, until she got sick with grade four cancer where I had to leave school to take care of her, so when she died, my brother got a scholarship in Africa where he is schooling right now, I decided to move here to start a new life.

Seeing the sadness in her eyes as she told the story, he could only guess what she has been through. Hugging her tightly as she hugged back, he could imagine how lonely she had been.

After a long hul hug, keeping the empty plates on the table beside the bed, Nathaniel went to take a hot bath by the time he was back, she was already fast asleep. Tucking the blanket around her as I lie at the other end of the bed. As I watch her small body coil up in the bed like a child as her long Burnett hair flow around her face, raising her hair so I could get a better view of her face, I could hear her sweet soft snores as she slept. Gosh, she is beautiful.

Forcing myself to go to sleep, knowing that I had a policy never to mix business with pleasure, more of a rule I might say. After what felt like hours I finally fell asleep.