My Broken Billionaire Husband

First Day First Interaction

Bethany’s P.O.V.

“What are you going to do, Beth? I am really worried for you now”, my mom asked me in a worried tone while holding my hands tightly. “Mom… what else I can do here, huh? I have no choice but to join as his PA tomorrow. This is my first job and leaving this after getting selected would make a bad impression on my career”, I said to her and then lay down on the couch. I put my hand on her lap and she immediately started stroking my hair gently. I closed my eyes and let myself relax on her lap. Today was one hell day for me. I got the job in my dream company, but I was still not happy.

“Are you sure that you can handle him, huh? You have no idea about how he works and how he deals with his staff. You will work directly for him”, my mother was still worried and it made me smile faintly. She knew me so well and that was why she was worried. Hunter Knight held a reputation for being merciless and ruthless. What I heard from his staff was enough to make me shiver in fear. He had fired almost seven PAs in the past two months. The reasons were unknown, but some said that he hated slutty behavior and a few of them tried to approach him in that way. It was a relief for me because it meant that he would keep his distance from me. It was not like I was a beauty queen. I still had some curves and everyone said that I was beautiful and could look sexy if I wanted to.

“Leave it, mom… I will see it when I get there. I don’t want to disturb my beauty sleep. You also don’t want to see me with dark circles under my eyes on the first day of the job”, I said in a helpless tone and joked in the end. She slapped my head playfully making me giggle and then I sat up again. “Where is dad?” I asked her when I saw the time. It was already past 10 at night. “He is with James and will be back by 11. You go and sleep now. You have to reach the office by 8. So, you have to wake up by 5”, she instructed me after telling me about my father’s whereabouts. I groaned a little because I was not a morning person.

“You have to change your habits now, honey”, mom patted my cheek playfully and I pouted while giving her puppy eyes. “Grow up, girl… you know that this will not work on me”, she said in a playful tone once again and I huffed this time. She was right. My mother was the most loving mother but she could be strict at any time, she wanted. I sighed and then stood up from the couch. “Good night, mom… and please wake me up if I shut off my alarm”. I called the night but asked her at the same time. It was my habit to go back to sleep after shutting off my alarm. “Yeah.. I know… I am doing the same thing for the past 19 years”, she teased me while winking playfully and I pouted innocently once again. She shook her head while laughing at me and then ushered me to go to my room.

I slumped down my shoulders and dragged my body towards my room. We had a small apartment of three bedrooms, enough for all of us as I was the only child of my parents. I dragged my tired body inside the bedroom and closed the door behind me. I was already in my nightgown. So, I didn’t need to do anything but let sleep embrace me. I was a heavy sleeper and loved to sleep as much as I could. I yawned aloud while sliding myself under the sheet. I didn’t know what the future was going to bring for me, but I wished that it would be for the best.

I whined in my sleep when I felt that someone was shaking me badly. I just closed my eyes and someone came to wake me up. This was not fair to me. I tried to move my shoulder but it was held tightly by someone. “Beth… wake up… you are already late”, I heard my mom yelling at me. “Mom… I just slept”, I whined again and tried to go away from her grip. “O God, Beth…. You are screwed on the first day of your job…. Wake up… you …. Are….late”, she screamed while emphasizing every word in her last statement, making me slowly open my eyes in irritation.

“Mom”, I yelled while throwing a tantrum at her. “Don’t yell at me, young lady…. You are late for your job now… so get the hell out of the bed or else I will throw the water on you”, she yelled back and I opened my eyes widely in fear. “What? What did you say?” I asked her in a calm tone trying to process what she was doing in my room when she was the one who asked me to go to sleep. “It’s already six in the morning, young lady… you are late again”, she said in a flat tone and my eyes widened in horror. I once again slept past my alarm. “What did you say?” I yelled while jumping off the bed. I heard her chuckling behind me, but she was not what I was fearing the most right now. I was late for the first day of my job.

I took the quickest shower that I could manage while finishing everything in a hurry. I went out of the washroom after wrapping a towel around my chest and went straight to my cupboard. I was glad that I had prepared my clothes already or else, I didn’t know what I was going to do. My home was far from the company and I had to take the bus first and then the subway. I needed almost one and a half an hour to reach the office. It meant that I had no time for breakfast. I got ready for the office in record time and ran out of the room while putting on my heels.

“Beth… breakfast”, my mother ran towards me with a glass of juice and sandwich in her hands. “I am late, mom”, I yelled while running towards the door. “Stop, Beth”, she commanded me in a stern tone and I stopped in my tracks. She dashed towards me in anger and thrust the glass of juice into my hand. I passed a sheepish smile to her and then gulped down the whole glass in one go. “Eat this while going to the bus station”, she then put that sandwich in my hand while glaring hard at me. “Thanks, mom… you are the best”. I grinned and then gave him a quick peck on the cheek before running out of the house.

I was so happy when I got the bus on time. I was panting heavily due to my running to the bus stop when I rode the bus. I checked the schedule of my new boss on my phone which I got from Rachel yesterday. She was the head of the secretarial department and I was really wondering about how my boss’s brain functions. I meant no ill to him but he asked the head of the secretarial department to take the interviews when it was HR work. Rachel told me that I didn’t need to worry about my job stability if I do my work sincerely and with all honesty. It was assurance from her side as she was working with the company for a long time.

I looked at the time increasing my pace when I saw that I had only fifteen minutes left to reach the office. I was in heels and it was making me irritating as I was not used to of heels. Rachel asked me to wear heels with formal attire and that was why I was in heels now. Why had I to be in the wrong place? I cursed the person internally who did that mistake and now my life was upside down. I almost ran towards the reception where I needed to punch my card. Rachel told me that Mr Knight reached the office at exactly 8 every day and needed his coffee by 8:05. I only had five minutes left to reach the top floor and then go through the whole day's schedule once again before preparing his coffee for him. After punching my card, I ran towards the elevator which was about to close but someone hold it for me.

I thanked that person while breathing heavily and he just passed a tight smile on me. I leaned on the elevator’s wall to catch my breath and also gave some rest to my aching legs now. I had to do something with my sleeping habits or else I would be dead from this much running every day. After exiting the elevator on the top floor, I ran once again without looking in front of me and immediately regretted it. I bumped into a wall and fell down on the ground on my butt. I yelped in pain and looked in front of me to see the wall, as there was no wall yesterday.

My eyes widened in shock when I saw a devilishly handsome human being standing there with raised brows. I just blinked dumbfounded, still sitting on the floor. “Care to tell… why were you running?” that human being asked me in an amused tone. “Because… I am late?” I answered him but I felt that I was questioning him. He was so handsome and he had the most beautiful blue eyes. He looked at his watch and I just followed his movements, still sitting on the floor. “You have only one minute, Ms Hopkins, or else you really will be late”, he said in a light tone, and then moved back on his way.

My eyes widened in shock again when the realization hit me hard. “O My God… I am late”, I screamed and then immediately stood up. I ran towards my cubicle and saw Rachel standing there with an amusing smile on her lips. “Good morning, Rachel”, I greeted her after stopping near her and trying to catch my breath again. “Good morning, honey… I guess the first encounter with our boss was not that bad, huh?” she greeted me back and asked me something that really made me confused. “Boss?” I asked her in confusion while putting my bag on the table. “Yeah… the person with whom you collided”, she told me and my eyes almost went out of the socket. What have I done?