Falling Over

| Chapter 3 |

Angelina

As I entered the office Maximillian got up from his chair, a blank expression on his face. All business like.

Standing a few feet away from me he spoke in an authoritative business like tone.

"I see you are on time."

"Time is money, Mr. Cesare."

"Sure it is. Well, I would like you to see your new office before you start working here."

Before waiting for me to reply he already had his hand on the door and held it open for me.

"You first." He said.

Chivalry is not dead after all.

I stepped into the large office lobby with Maximillian by my side. He looked hot. With all his attire as it was in the morning minus his suit jacket. His sleeves were folded till his elbows and I could see his muscles bulging from his arms and the veins running across his forearms.

I caught myself staring and quickly averted my gaze to the Secretary who was busy on a phone call.

"Follow me," Maximillian said walking towards the right side of the lobby. As he passed me I caught a whiff of his cologne. A mixture of woody and earth-like smell. Or both. But so manly all the while.

We walked in silence all the way until we came to a door which was one room after his own office. Taking out a small key from his pocket he opened the door.

Space was huge. It had a desk and chair as in any other cabin. Behind it were windows overlooking the entire city. The view was amazing.

But what caught my eye was the multiple Cork boards fixed on the walls and a small easel placed in the left-hand corner with a drawing board placed on it. Several small tables were placed beside it. A small couch was placed on the right side of the room.

Almost everything was white. With the exception of a few things.

"This will be where you work." He said turning towards me.

"I have arranged for all the material that you could possibly need. It is kept in the cupboard right over there." He said pointing to one in the far corner of the room.

"How could you possibly know what will I need?" I asked giving him a confused expression.

"I had Julian contact Vincent."

"Who is Julian?"

"He works directly under me. His orders are equivalent to mine when I am not around."

"Okay...so when do you want me to start working?"

"I would like you to start working from tomorrow. Here is your access card. Your details are already entered in here. Without this, you can't get in or out of this building."

I looked at the small key card in his hand.

"Here, this is yours." He pushed it towards me. I picked it up with as little contact as I possibly could make.

Turning back towards the room I took in the office. This is where I would be working, for God knows how long.

I let out a quiet sigh.

Walking back towards his office we stepped inside. He motioned for me to take a seat on the couch. The door suddenly opened and the same man who escorted from the restaurant came through. With long strides, he crossed the space between us and whispered something in Maximillian's ear.

He nodded his head once and stood up from where he sat, with me following his actions.

"We have an unexpected situation that needs my attention immediately. Julian here will explain the rest of the things to you." He said.

I looked over at Julian who gave me a curt nod. He matched Maximillian 's blank stare. With dirty blond hair and steel blue eyes, Julian had the same aura as him.

"This way please Miss Thompson." He said in a flat tone.

I looked over at Maximillian once. But he was already facing the huge glass windows talking on the phone.

Sighing I followed Julian out of the office.

He explained the office timings and other schedules with emphasis on how Maximillian hated anyone who was late.

I nodded my head in agreement.

"Thank You." Replying, I smiled at Julian.

"It is my job." He said and directed me towards the elevator.

I heard Julian walk away as the elevator door closed.

*****

Today was club night. Brianna was a wild party animal and I was just the opposite. There was a new club in town and as usual, she knew about it.

"Here wear this." She said throwing me a skimpy red strapless dress. It was so short covering just the essentials and did not even come mid thigh.

"No way! You really thought I would wear this?"

"Oh come on Angie! How long are you going to keep that sexy body of yours hidden like a precious treasure? Live a little darling.''

"Living does not mean wearing skimpy dresses."

"Well, that also has its perks."

"Like what?"

"Oh forget it. You won't get."

"Hey, I can wear this." I picked up a black bodycon which was longer than the first one but still short enough. It was full sleeved and with a deep v-neck that showed just the right amount of cleavage.

"I'll try this."

When I stepped out of the bathroom Brianna practically jumped where she was standing.

"Oh my God! " Oh, my god! You totally have to wear this!! " She almost screamed.

"You like it?" I asked her twirling around in front of the mirror.

"It's the just perfect babe and it fits you at all the right places."

"Okay, then I will go with this."

As she went to her room to change I did my make up. Giving a smokey eye effect to my eyes, some blush and a bit of pink lip gloss I was good to go.

When I stepped into the hallway Brianna was already ready. She wore a dark blue dress which was all covered in the front but was backless all the way till her waist.

"Oh my God Brianna did you even wear underwear?"

"Of course you stupid. Now let's hurry."

After kissing Isaac goodbye we locked the door and headed towards our car.

As soon as I stepped out of the house, a weird feeling crossed me. Like something was going to happen. Something big. I didn't know what it was but the feeling just increased as Brianna started the car, driving at the limit.

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