The Loved Trap.

Who is She?

When Brianna was taken into the office, she didn't know what she was expecting. But this, was beautiful. It had white walls, paintings and a few sculptures around.

" There is a suite in here ", Henry interrupted her thoughts, " You can move a few of your personal items for comfort ". "Oh. I didn't know it was that much of a large place. ", she chipped, surprised. Henry smiled, a little smugly and replied, " It is. ". " Does everyone have this much space? ", she queried, genuinely curious. " Not exactly everyone. We all have offices according to the work demanded of us. Just so everyone can be comfortable. ", Henry replied. " Impressive. " Brianna murmured.

"I'll leave you to it, then. ", Henry bade.

Brianna slumped into a seat the minute the door shut. There was something about the whole place that was extremely unnerving. And Nathaniel Gray. The last time they met, he hadn't been this scary. Her phone rang abruptly and she almost jumped with a start. "What have I gotten myself into? " she thought as she picked up the phone from her bag.

" Are you settled? " came the voice of her employer. Her actual employer. She out up a brave act and whisper-yelled into the phone, " Are you crazy? Do not call me when I'm here. Ever! " .

The person at the other end groaned in annoyance. " Watch your tone with me, woman. " he hissed. " I'll call you when I get home. Everything is in place. " , she replied , ignoring her thumping head.

" Good. " , came the last retort before he hung up.

"Stupid." she cussed in annoyance.

You're wondering. I like that.

Who am I? Do you really want to know? Why I'm here? Why I'm doing this?

Me too. I want to know too.

Later

" You brought in a new worker and I'm now hearing about it? ", Ashley questioned a tired looking Nathan who was on the verge of giving in to anger. " She came today. I told you that already. Stop making a big deal out of this, Ash ", he tried to reason.

" Who is she, Nathan? " came another question. " You never care about who I employ and who I don't. Why care now? " he retorted.

" If you haven't realized, Nathan, this is the damn hunting season. Anybody, can be used to infiltrate this work place. They won't stop at nothing to bring us down. To bring you down, Nathan. " , Ashley stated.

" Seriously, Ash, you're more on the pessimistic side than I've ever been. She's a personell from Albert's hospital. Recommended personally by Albert. We know her background information and all that can be used against us. She is clean. " , he reasoned with an unconvinced Ashley. " Fine. But I'll keep an extra eye on her. ", she gave.

" You're just worried that she's another pretty girl who gets to work with me. You don't want no competition. That's what it is. " , Nathan teased, trying to ease the tensive atmosphere. Ashley's cheeks went red. " Tha- That's all I am to you? A jealous ex? " , she asked, looking hurt.

" It's all play. You know I was joking. ", he said softly, grabbing for her hand across the table. " Jerk. ", Ashley simply spat and left the office.

Nathan sighed. A second later, someone opened the door and entered. " You two got into a fight? " Henry noted as he entered, seating himself comfortably. " Nice observation, Sherlock. " Nathan said in sarcasm. " She'll come around. They always do. Just get them some flowers, chocolate and a night of steamy... ow... ", Henry was cut of by Nathan throwing his tie in his face. " Get out. I've got work to do.", he commanded.

" Naa, naa, naa, Nathan. When it's just us, you do not get to use that stupid bravado voice on me. " Henry said, amused as Nathan gave him an iconic death glare. " Fine I'm out. But that girl, damn, she's fine, man. " , Henry informed, doing a wolf-whistle for emphasis. "You're so stupid, I don't know how come you work here. ", Nathan thought out loud, a genuinely confused look on his face. " My best friend's the Boss, duh. ", Henry replied before strolling out.

" Ugh, I hate that guy. "

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"I'm honestly very thrilled to be here. The working conditions are all in their right places. ", Brianna commended standing across Nathan's desk. He smiled and replied, " That is a great compliment, seeing that you've only been here a few hours " . " Do I have to do anything else before I leave? ", she asked. " No. I can be a slave driver but It is your first day, after all. I'll go easy on you today.", Nathan joked.

" That is great news. I'm overjoyed. " Brianna replied, a smile taking up her face. " Do you live around here somewhere, Brianna? ", Nathan suddenly asked after a second. " No. Actually, yes. I used to live in the North Lands some years back but I came here for work purposes. ", she explained, lying through gritted teeth.

"Hmm. Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, then. ", Nathan stated. " Sure. And just to be clear, meeting's at 10, break at 12, Extensions at 2 and that is all? " , she asked. " Yes, please. I love how keen you are. Will I ever be like that again? ", Nathan said, a silly look on his face. Brianna was caught off guard as she watched him being extremely playful by every passing moment. " Okay. Have a Good Night, Sir", she said as she turned to leave. " It's Nathan", he called after her. " Bye, Nathan" she spoke amused, shutting the door behind her.

"That sounded so damn familiar"- Nathan thought.."Where did I hear that voice?".

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