"Hmmm! Stop!!" Beatrice whined with a slight groan straining her voice in her sleep as she tried to stop her little dog from licking her face.
"Cody! Come on!" She groaned annoyingly as her dog kept on disturbing her from her precious sleep but on the other hand, little Cody was trying to save her ass.
Beatrice forcefully opened her eyes and grabbed Cody as she turned on her side, cuddling her pet dog while she ran her fingers through its soft fur sleepily.
"Be a good boy and let mama sleep!" She murmured with a sleepy smile on her face but Cody was adamant as it began to bark and scratched her arm with its claws.
"Oh! Jeeez! What now?" Beatrice asked, her temper rising frustratedly at her dog as she sat up and turned and stared at her alarm to know what time it is, soon enough her eyes widened and wanted to fall off their sockets when it finally dawned on her she overslept past her actual time for work.
"I'm dreaming, right?" She asked no one in particular wiping her hands over her face, so she could see clearly as she scraped off the duvets from her body then dragged her butt on the bed closer to her draw and picked up the alarm on it hurriedly when her eyes don't seem to be playing her.
"Why the fuck didn't you ring?" She screamed at the alarm in terror as she stared at the time which says, '6:45a.m' and she needed to be at work, latest '7:30a.m'
"Fuck!" She cussed standing up from the bed with a loose nightgown covering her nudity as she threw the alarm on her bed.
"Cody! You should have woken me earlier," She cried accusingly while her dog curled up itself on her bed with looks that gave the expression, 'I did so,' and barked at her as she ran into the bathroom.
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One hour fifteen minutes later,
"Oh, God! Oh, God!! I'm fucking late," Beatrice whispered to herself in agitation as she ran into the building.
"Oh, dear! You're late," Lady Zara said behind the desk as Beatrice ran past her.
"Morning! Please write my name and Time, I'll sign later," Beatrice said loudly for her to hear in heavy breaths as she ran over to the elevator, brushing past people on her way to the elevator while she kept on mumbling sorry to them.
She pressed the elevator button repeatedly as she bent her back placing her left hand on her knees while she tried to catch her breath.
The elevator door opened and she quickly got in and pressed the number 2 button as the elevator door closed.
Beatrice closed her eyes while her chest still heaved up and down.
"Dear Lord, don't let Mr. Fin get annoyed with me," She spoke softly praying heavily in her heart.
Even though Mr.Fin was the coolest and kindest boss anyone could hope for, he doesn't tolerate lateness. To him, it was as if you were taking your work for granted.
She brought out her Pink scented handkerchief and wiped off the beads of sweat that invaded her forehead.
"Open! Open!! Open!!!" She said impatiently, as she glanced at the time on her wristwatch, which was screaming, '8:25 a.m Beatrice!'
She patted her right palm on the houndstooth suit she was wearing with a black sheer shirt as an inner while she held her black purse in her right hand.
The elevator door beeped and opened suddenly as Beatrice scurried out to her office. She got into her office, dropped her purse at God knows where and hurriedly left her office to prepare Coffee for her boss.
She couldn't eat anything in the morning and she had no gut of making a coffee for herself even with how badly she was craving to have one at the moment.
Luckily for her, the coffee machine was on the second floor where her office was. Making the texture of how Mr. Fin wants his coffee, all creamy with 2 cubes of sugar giving it that foamy and golden brown color, the way Mr. Fin liked his coffee, she marched hesitantly to the elevator careful enough not to spoil her boss's coffee as the sounding clicks of her heels to the ground added to her disrupted frustration as she pressed the button to open it.
Getting to the first floor which was remote and very quiet with only the sounds of her clicking heels heard, Beatrice got to her boss's office.
With a deep breath and a pleading prayer in her heart, she knocked on the door once and firmly, then turned the knob of the door as it swiftly unlock and she walked in.
"I thought you weren't going to come," A sarcastic deep icy voice echoed in the entire office as Beatrice's feet became weak immediately while the hairs on her body stood straight due to terror as her hand which she was using to hold the cup of coffee became jelly as she gazed at the piercing blue eyes staring at her seats away.
"Ben!" She muttered so lowly under her breath as she became all sweaty immediately.
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For the first time in Beatrice's life, she thought everything happening around her came to a sudden pause and the world came to an end."Are you just going to stand there?" Ben's voice came out with a slight tinge of mock in it as Beatrice swallowed the heavy lump that was desperate in choking her.If only the grounds would split and open up, she'd gladly throw herself in it to avoid this catastrophic moment she found herself in.She wasn't expecting he would occupy this seat so soon, or let's say it totally slipped her mind that the company where she was working was bought entirely by her weird ex.'Fuck! Mr. Fin should have at least emailed me that he would stop coming as at yesterday,' She thought in dismay as she brought her left hand forward to support the cup of hot coffee she was carrying.She averted her gaze to the side of the inner office to notice Vanessa was staring a
"Too bland!" Ben said dropping the cup of coffee cruelly on the table as some of the content of the coffee spilled on the table while Beatrice's eyes widened with hate and aggression.Vanessa marched forward with a napkin in her hands cleaning the table as she smirked at Beatrice, then moved back to her spot, she seemed to be enjoying her agony just like Ben.'This is humiliation!' She thought frankly as she boiled with anger and any god-damned thing this bastard says again she would lose her entire cool.She doesn't want to know if he was her boss or not, he couldn't keep on frustrating her this way."Another one," He requested more like a command from her with no emotions on his face."What!?" Beatrice shrieked frustratedly as she glared at Ben.This was the fifth time she was remaking his coffee and for crying out loud, her feet aches badly from walking to
It was another crazy day for Beatrice as she knocked on the door then turned the knob and walked in with a cup of coffee and a resignation letter in her hands.She was leaving this damn job immediately. Her eyes glanced at Vanessa who was busy scribbling something on a notepad.'The devil's schedule for today,' Beatrice's thought with a scoff.She didn't even know her job any longer except to be making stupid coffees for this insane being sitting proudly on his chair as he stared at the computer screen positioned by the side of the desk.No one noticed her or maybe they decided not to since they knew she would be bringing coffee by 7 in the morning."Here's your coffee," Beatrice notified dropping the cup of coffee on the table as Ben shifted his gaze from the screen of the computer to hers.Beatrice felt a chill run down her spine but she decided to terminat
"Hello, mum!" Beatrice said exhaustingly as she slumped on her black leather seat and stared at the big smart TV in front of her.She just returned from the gym room."Beatrice! My one and only child... My sweetheart," Beatrice's mum chirped as Beatrice rolled her eyes. She doesn't need to be reminded of being the only child of her parents.It's been a long time she had a conversation with her parents always claiming she was busy here and there, but right now, she needs their help, especially her Dad's."I need to speak with Dad," Beatrice deadpanned as she got straight to the point of calling her mum.She just resigned from her work and so be it but right now she needed to speak with her father to lend her some amount of money to start her fashion firm, which had been her dream ever since she was in university."Uhm!" Her mum said lowly, her happy tune getti
It was Friday and Beatrice stood in front of Ben's office door contemplating whether to knock or not.'I can still turn back if I want,' She thought frankly almost crying at her misfortune.Aish! She was so stupid for dropping that resignation letter in the first place, she should have heard the bomb news her mum dropped first or got herself another job before acting as a fierce nursing cat.Now, she would look so doltish and vulnerable in front of that devil's eyes while he gives her a satisfied mocking smirk.She could just imagine how the smugness on his face will escalate when he lays his eyes on her.Checking out her designer black skirt that reached above her knees a bit and the black Zara heels she was wearing, she let out an exasperated sigh.'I guess I have to squash and let my pride down, I need money, especially this period dad's not fine, and what
"Oh yeah! You feel this place?" Mia asked loudly as she rocked her body to the blaring music played in the exotic club amongst some dudes on the dance floor."Yes, I do!" Beatrice screamed at the top of her voice for Mia to hear as she swayed her hips to the rhythm of the music.It was Saturday night and Mia had forced her to come to the party Beatrice gave it some thought maybe it would relieve her of the emotional stress she was going through.Having some fun shouldn't be that bad, she thought.They didn't go to the regular club they use to go to when Mia suggested a new club she found in town and they decided to try it out.Beatrice was putting on a blue body con dress which was sleeveless showing off her perfect curves, the length of the dress was short but okay enough to cover her butt and reached her middle thighs with matching blue killer heels.Her lo
BEN'S POV."Fuck you! I learned karate, don't fucking come near me," Ben heard Beatrice drop venomously in the restroom as he tried to keep track of the guy following behind her when he felt something off about him.He wasn't expecting to see her so damn sexy in the club, so he kept on watching her discreetly and when she glanced back and took notice of him as she gazed at him, he felt the uneasiness in her face and he hated that although he had sworn to take his revenge on her for what she did to him sometimes he doesn't want her all that terrified of him.Without thinking twice, Ben barged into the restroom and gave the crazy guy a jaw-ripping blow as he fell flat on his face on the floor."Don't you fucking touch her, ever!" Ben seethed angrily at the guy and quickly glance up to see if Beatrice was okay but he was amused to see her in a position ready to fight.'So, she wasn'
BEATRICE'S POV.She woke up the next morning with a slight ache around her neck, it felt cramped as she tried to turn and noticed her legs were tangled in the blanket and her cheeks were placed on a hard surface, then suddenly her mind traced back to the event of yesterday as she sprang up noticing she was laying beside Ben and they both slept off on the cushion seat instead of the bed.'Oh, God! Did we have sex?''No! We didn't... I won't succumb that easily,' She tried to remember while she eagerly tried to get away from Ben. She fell on her butt on the ground and clamped her hands around her mouth to stop herself from making a groan as she glanced at Ben who turned in his sleep facing her.She closed her eyes trying to remember what transpired between... Then a memory of Ben grabbing her wrist and pulling her towards him came into her memory and also the part she was kissing him back desperately.