Captivated by the Tycoon

“Omg I’m so late”, Eva said, hurrying into the doors of Berkeley inc. She was trying to balance two cups of coffee in her hands. Her car had been towed away that morning because she had accidentally parked it in a no-parking zone close to the coffee shop. This particular morning, the line there had been insanely long. She had considered going elsewhere for it, but she knew he would notice it wasn’t from the usual spot. “Hi Kate”, she called out, breezing past her friend at the reception table. “How are you so late?!”,kate asked. Kate worked as the receptionist at Berkeley inc. and they had applied for the job together except that while Kate got the position of a receptionist, Eva got employed as the personal assistant of the boss Mr Marcus Berkeley. “You look a mess”,Kate pointed out the state of Eva’s clothes. “I was in a rush and my car got towed. Is he in already?” “I think he slept in here actually”, she whispered and they both exchanged a knowing look, it was just never a good day when Marcus slept at work. “Really? Ew!” Eva rolled her eyes and walked faster towards his office. She hated when Mr Berkeley slept at work, he never took his women home like a decent person. Eva took a deep breath as she stepped into the main office. The first thing that hit her was the smell of whiskey and just hot rancid air,she gagged feeling like she was about to throw up. “You’re late”, she heard his incredibly deep voice mumbling from the office couch. She crossed over to the desk and dropped the cups in her hand to pull up the blinds, and it was an action she regretted almost immediately. On the couch, Marcus was sprawled naked with an equally naked redhead in his arms, there was a discarded bottle of whiskey on the floor and several shot glasses on the center table. “Oh God,no!”,she exclaimed, turning away from the direction. “What? You’ve never seen a naked man before?”,he laughed, slowly getting up to stretch from the cramped position he had been in. “And it's something I would like to never see again”,she said, still looking away. This was definitely not in her job description and she couldn’t imagine being the woman in his arms, at his place of work walking out in yesterday’s clothes while everyone else resumed work. And no she was not a prude, she just felt like it would be more respectful for him to take them home instead of bringing them to his office. “I said you’re late…”, he uttered He was now right beside her in nothing but boxer briefs, and it felt like her heart was going to explode. “My car got towed sir, I’m sorry it was a mistake on my part”, She said calmly. He reached behind her and for a moment, she panicked, but he stepped back with his coffee cup in his hand. “Your car got towed?,well that’s a new one” “What do you mean sir?”,she glared straight at him this time. “I don’t know, it's just that I employed you for efficiency and now my personal assistant somehow got her car towed away…not very efficient”, he said, walking away from her and starting to wear his shirt. “You have a meeting in the next ten minutes with the shareholders, a flight to London at 12 and a dinner date with a certain Miss Veronica at the Marachek here in New York at 8pm”, she calmly responded. “I’m just pulling your leg, Eva”, he said softly, laughing at her “I wouldn’t have employed you if you were a lazy person and have I mentioned how beautiful you look this morning?” She opened her mouth to reply but didn’t know what to say. “You know I need a plus one to the Alvandrez’s party this weekend…” “There’s a list of potential candidates–” “Eva…” She looked up at him and realized what he was insinuating, and the audacity he had just pissed her off. Especially when he had last night’s fling right there in the room with them. “I mean, since you’re my assistant and that will all be convenient…” And it just got worse, convenient? What did he take her for?,one of those girls he would just call on a whim? “I would rather lose an arm sir”,she said, smiling icily at him wishing she could bash his head in. “Whoa, that’s extreme”,he wasn’t smiling this time “may I ask why?…” “I’m sure you have plenty of options sir” He stared at her confused and thought for a moment at why she would turn him down. It wasn’t an unusual thing for bosses to show up at social events with their assistants as a plus one was it? “Marcus baby” He felt someone’s arm wrap around his torso, he turned around to see the redhead he had brought back with him from a party last night. Marcus struggled to remember her name. “Ann?Anne?,Anna?…Fanny?”, he said confused. “I can come with you right?” She asked, smiling sheepishly. “I'll go cancel those meetings now”,Eva said, excusing herself from the room. The offer of going with Marcus was tempting but she couldn’t risk it.