Tristan watched the lady from his window, she hailed a cab and left. He told her he would make her pay, she had dared to hit him, in public for that matter, he’ll make sure to put her in her place. Who the hell was she, he was Tristan Perry, billionaire, son of Travis Perry, no one not even his own father had hit him in his life and this lady, a criminal, a commoner from the gutter dared to breathe the same air with him and even worse, hit him? He would make sure that this would be the first and last time she’ll ever try it.
He got his private detective do a little research on her and that’s how he was able to get his hands on the video, he has more details about her that he won’t yet reveal to her, he’ll wait for another perfect opportunity to present itself again, then he’ll use it on her. His phone rang and he picked it up. It was his detective
“Talk to me Sean”
“Sir, there’s something else you should know about miss Cameron”
“Okay? I’m listening….”
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Angela’s POV
How did I get myself into this mess, this has got to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to me and bad things happen to me a lot.
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I walked into the store ‘grandiosa y hermosa’ a very beautiful and expensive store, it was known to sell only the most exquisite and beautiful items,the clothes there were designers, the shoes were simply to die for and not just anyone could shop here.
The cheapest thing in the store ranges from three hundred dollars and I didn’t have such money with me, I just thought I’d look around a bit and try on some beautiful shoes. I went to the shoes aisle, I needed to get a new pair of shoes fast before Monday, I had a job interview to attend and I didn’t have any nice shoes or clothes to wear, I usually shop at a thrift store and I’ve already gotten a really nice outfit but I was unable to get good shoes.
I honestly don’t know why I came to this store to buy shoes, everything here is crazily expensive and I could see some shoppers giving me weird looks but who cares.
I saw bunch of beautiful shoes but most of them were too expensive, ugly, or not my size. After checking out several shoes, I finally found the perfect one, it was a black diamond studded heel, it was perfect. I just needed to check if it was my perfect size.
I tried it on and it fitted perfectly, just as I was admiring myself, someone bumped into me hard making me fall and break the heel.
I stood up and turned furiously to the person who bumped into me. It was a man with the most arrogant look ever, he didn’t even look sorry, he just stared at me and shrugged. He was about to turn away when I shoved him around angrily.
“Hey, what are you? Blind or stupid? You bumped into me and you’re leaving like nothing happened? Are you crazy or something?” The man looked shocked for a second and then pissed
“How dare you touch me? Do you know who I am?” He roared
“Oh I’m sorry your royal highness, I didn’t realize that your skin was made of gold”
“You insolent peasant…..” I delivered a tight slap to his face and he looked more furious and shocked
“Who the hell do you think you are? God? You walk around arrogantly and act like you own the place….”
Suddenly two employees came rushing in, one had red hair and she was tall and slender, she had a mean girl look and vibes, the other lady who looked like she just started working here was a young smallish brunette.
They both addressed the man with respect which seems crazy because he was a very young man, even though he looked very important. One of them, the redhead, spoke to me “What’s going on here?” She demanded harshly
“We heard a loud noise” the other lady said
“This lady, this peasant slapped me!” The man said angrily and both of them looked shocked. The redhead turned to me again
“You did what? Who are you anyways? Do you know who he is?” Then she turned to the man “I’m terribly sorry about this Mr Perry, I promise this won’t happen again…”
“It better not, people like her will ruin this store’s reputation” he turned to leave but then stopped abruptly and turned to me “you’re going to pay for this” he said and then left.
The two ladies turned to me and they looked livid “you’re gonna have to pay for that” the redhead lady said while pointing to the broken heel on the floor
“How much is it?” I asked
“Three hundred and fifty dollars” the second lady said casually
“What? Three hundred and fifty? but you didn’t give me a chance to even explain myself, he bumped into me, if anything, he should be the one paying for it, not me”
“Do I look like I care? Listen to me, you either pay for the shoe you ruined or I’ll have you arrested”
“Arrested? But it’s not my fault…. I didn’t ruin it on purpose…. It’s his…..”
“Oh I see how it’s gonna go, Clara, call security and have them hold this lady down until I call the cops” the other lady ran to call security while the redhead stood looking me up and down
“I know your type, you walk into expensive stores, start trying on things you can’t afford, take pictures of yourself and post it all over social media so people think you’re rich not knowing you’re just a filthy lowlife with no money and judging from your appearance, you probably don’t have a job either” tears welled up in my eyes at the lady’s harsh words
“You can’t stand there and judge me, do you have any idea…”
“Oh please, save the waterworks, nobody cares about your life or your sob story.” She smirked as a security guard approached us “I’ll make sure you never have the guts to show your face in public again, you’re gonna regret the day you stepped foot in grandiosa y hermosa” she said
“Mark? Please escort this lady to the counter and see to it that she remains there until the cops get here”
“Yes ma’am” the security guard replied and gripped my arm firmly “this way ma’am” he said and I followed him silently with my head bowed in shame as shoppers turned to stare and whisper.
I must have been waiting at the counter for what feels like forever but in reality, I’ve only been there for five minutes when a phone corner rang and Clara went to pick it up, she spoke into the receiver for a while and then called the redhead whom I just discovered that her name was Stacey “Stacey, it’s for you” Clara called and Stacey walked up to the phone and placed the receiver in her ear
“hello?….oh hi sir…..yes sir….absolutely…..excuse me?….seriously?….um, okay…” she glared at me before whispering into the receiver even though I could still hear her “three hundred and fifty dollars sir…..okay sir, I’ll do that….thank you sir” she slammed the receiver down and walked back to me
“Well, aren’t you a lucky bitch, Mr Perry just agreed to pay for you, guess you’re not going to jail today but that doesn’t mean you’re welcome back at this store, in fact, I’m banning you from this store, you are not to step even one foot close to this store, do you understand me?” She asked and I nodded slowly feeling dazed, embarrassed, slightly relieved and a bit shaken. She called the security guard
“Mark, see to it that this lady never returns here, she’s banned” Mark nodded and escorted me out.
I drove back home in tears, the humiliation was too much. But who was that man, I wondered. I had a feeling my whole life was about to change
“Angela? Angie? Angela, are you planning on getting up anytime soon” Angela yawned lazily as she turned to put her alarm on snooze yet again “Angela, aren’t you going to get up?” Jane asked “What time is it?” Angela mumbled sleepily “It’s six a.m….”“Six a.m?” Angela yelled as she jumped off the bed and flew to the bathroom “why didn’t you wake me up Jane?”“Your alarm’s been going off for thirty minutes now, I thought you’d be awake by now” Angela flew to the small adjoining bathroom that connected her and Jane’s room as she hurriedly took a shower while brushing her teeth at the same time. She had done it again, why couldn’t she just be organized for once in her life, it’s such an irony that she got a job as an assistant because assistants are supposed to be organized.She was out of the bathroom in less than four minutes as she hurriedly got dressed. Jane came into the room and Angela saw that she was already done dressing, she was even about to leave the house. ‘She’s mo
Tristan stared at the lady walking ahead of him. Such audacity she had, no one in his life had ever spoken to him in such a way, she even had the guts to tell him to shut up and then used her smart mouth to belittle him. He had promised to make her miserable, he was going to make her so miserable to the point where she learns to tame her mouth. He walked to the secretary and signed in and she did the same. “Good morning Mr Perry” his secretary greeted him warmly but he didn’t respond, he was in a terrible mood this morning “Good morning, my name is Angela” he heard her say to the secretary in that her annoyingly gentle voice and it made him angrier. He turned to her.“What is this? An introduction? This isn’t your office, so why are you introducing yourself?” He saw a confused look cross her face and he smirked “But I thought….”“Well, you thought wrong. Your office is upstairs, just outside my office” he said and began heading to the elevator with her following him. They entered t
Angela stared at her plate in horror. She was fighting the urge not to throw up, she had never been in a fancy restaurant before and she didn't even know what kind of food she was being served. It looked strange, mushy and sick. She looked at Tristan who was chowing down on his equally disgusting-looking food while she kept pushing the food around pretending to eat it. Why on earth would Tristan even order for her and what was it he called the food? ‘The special?’ what's so special about this? It looked like somebody vomited onto her plate. She glanced around uncomfortably, it was like everyone can see through her because people were giving her weird looks. It’s like they were judging her with their eyes.Tristan had an amused expression on his face as he stole glances at her squirming uncomfortably.“What's wrong miss Cameron,” he asked with a mocking smile…Angela's POV Oh, I so hated this guy, I wanted to slap that stupid smirk off his stupid face. Who does he think he is?“Nothi
“I swear to you Jane, he really did. It's so confusing, you know. One minute he's cool, the next minute, he's a pain in the ass”Jane stared at his picture again and bit her lower lip “he is very hot though” Angela rolled her eyes “That's really not the point” “Seriously Angie, what if he likes you? Rumor has it that he’s never been in a relationship” Angela burst into laughter “Yeah right. I bet he's so crazy about me, you know, that’s probably why he yells at me and embarrass me at any little chance he gets. By the way, I’m not surprised about him not ever having a relationship, who would date a guy like that? His manners are disgusting”“He took you to his HOUSE! Don’t you get it? This guy never brings anybody to his house except his family, not even his close friends”Angela shrugged “he probably felt bad about what he said and wanted to make up for it”“I bet you, you would end up falling for him. It’ll be like those workplace romance” Jane said as she was already imagining i
The door to Tristan’s office opened and Ivy jumped up, pushed past the people that were coming out and marched straight to Tristan’s table. She slammed her bag on his table and pointed to me furiously. “I want her fired!” she yelled and Tristan raised a brow“Oh?”“Oh? Is that all you have to say, Tristan? This girl here was just rude to me. She insulted me”“Well, that doesn't sound unlikely. I know she's rude but I'm not so sure about the insult part. I did hear you screaming though, do you know you were being way too loud and disturbing my meeting?”Ivy pouted and crossed her arms, her loud voice suddenly becoming gentle “it's her fault. She was just giving me this wild attitude”Tristan turned to me “Miss Cameron, what happened?” I told him everything including the part about her threatening me “I don't know why I should be feeling unsafe at work because of your guests….” I deliberately let my voice break to sound as if I was about to cry and I could have sworn I saw a look of
The meeting ended an hour after midnight and Tristan and Angela were so exhausted. On their way back to the hotel, Tristan asked Angela if she would love to go grab a drink and she agreed. They went to their suite to get changed and Angela was surprised to see that there were some clothes for her on the bed with a note that read ‘hope you like it. Tristan’ She picked up the clothes and inspected them, there was a blue, glittery, strapless short dress with matching pair of boots and a gorgeous black jumpsuit. She wore the blue dress, applied some lipgloss and luckily for her, her hair still looked okay, she patted it and headed out. Tristan was waiting for her at the reception, when he looked up, his eyes sparkled and he gave a warm smile as he looked her over. It was the first time he smiled at her, he usually only smirks and he looked so handsome when he smiles.“Wow, you look stunning.”“Thanks. How did you know what size of clothes to get me?” she asked curiously and he smiled ag
She went downstairs and met Tristan in the lobby, he was on a call, he sounded very pissed and his face was red with anger“I need you to get rid of it NOW! What do you mean you can't do it now…? Do you love your job and do you want to KEEP your job…? Then I suggest you remove it right now! Don't tell me that shit!” Angela's phone began to ring again, she checked and saw it was Jane but just as she was about to answer it, Tristan spoke to her “Don't answer that!” She looked up at him confused “why?”“Trust me, you don't need to answer it” he screamed into his phone again “I don't have ten minutes to spare, I WANT IT DONE NOW!” Angela stared at her phone screen till it stopped ringing. She was about to put the phone back in her purse when it began to buzz consistently, notification after notification kept popping up and she was confused. She was about to unlock her phone to check it when Tristan spoke to her again “Don't check those” Now she was really confused, why would he tel
“Hello? I’m here…” she said and checked her phone again. The text said ‘I have information about what happened last night. Meet me by the docks’ Even though she had a bad feeling about the whole thing, she decided to go anyway. She suddenly heard the clicking of heels behind her and turned. She gasped and growled when she saw who it was “Ivy?” “Yep, it’s me,” Ivy said as she sashayed over to her “surprised to see me?” “After what you did? I’m surprised you still have the guts to show your face to me” Ivy smirked “so you figured out it’s me. You’re smart, but not smart enough”“What do you want?”“To make you suffer”“Why? What did I ever do to you?” Ivy scoffed “so you don’t know?”“Why does everybody keeps saying this? Of course, I don’t know. If I knew, I wouldn’t be asking”“Tristan likes you!”Her eyes widened at the statement and she burst into laughter “no he doesn't”“Yes, he does. Don’t think I don’t know about the way he looks at you, he has never looked at me like no ma