His Pretend Wife

CHAPTER 2: The assignment

~Flora~

I felt a pair of strong arms holding me and preventing my fall. I looked up and was met with the most striking pair of blue eyes I had ever seen. It reminded me of the ocean. I scanned the face that held those beautiful blue eyes, he had a firm jaw line, a slender nose, beautiful pink lips and a head of brown silky hair.

I was tempted to run my hands through his hair, he oozes s*x appeal. I quickly snapped out of my thoughts when I remembered where I was.

“I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention to where I was going to”, I apologized, my cheeks flushing crimson in embarrassment.

“It's okay, I apologize for bumping into you,. Anyway, I'm Samuel”, the stranger said.

“I'm Flora, Flora Anniston”, I say

“I guess you're new here. I work in the accounts department here at style scape”, Samuel said.

“Yes I'm new here, and I work in the design department as a corporate interior designer”, I say with a proud smile,

“That's nice, I probably shouldn't take up much of your time, I'll see you around”, he says before he walks away.

I stared at his retreating figure, what a fine specimen he is, I think, before shrugging and heading to my office.

I got to my office and continued working on my sketches as there wasn't much left for me to do. I couldn't wait to start on my first assignment. I felt flutters of excitement and nervousness in my belly just thinking about my first assignment.

After I got back from work, I felt so exhausted and tired, I headed into my room for a much-needed shower. I took off my clothes and got under the shower, I was met by the refreshing spray of the hot water which soothed all my sore muscles and I instantly felt better.

I put on some comfortable clothes and headed to the kitchen to microwave yesterday's leftovers for dinner and watch my favorite show, which was Pretty Little Liars. I watched the show for a bit before heading to bed as I had a big day ahead of me tomorrow.

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I woke up bright and early the next day, so I wouldn't be late. I did my usual morning routine and put on a pair of pants and a chiffon top before heading to my kitchen to make myself some breakfast before Malory gets here.

I make scrambled eggs, toast and a cup of coffee. I settled down for my breakfast. I'm clearing out my dirty dishes when my phone rings, I check the caller and it's Malory. I rolled my eyes before answering the call.

“Hurry up and come out or were going to be late”, she says in a rush.

“Good morning to you too, my night was fine and how about yours”, I say sarcastically and roll my eyes.

“I'm sorry Flo, you know how I get sometimes and good morning”, she says

“It's okay Lory, I understand and I'm already prepared I'll be out soon I just need to grab my bag”, I tell her

I grab my bag, binder and sketchbook before heading out and locking up. I get to Ash's car and get in and she immediately drives off, we make small talk and vibe to random songs on the way to work.

We get to work and part ways to our various departments. I settle down and make a note of things I'd do today. I was making my list when the telecom in my office rang.

“Hello, good morning you've reached Flora Anniston”, I say in a polite but formal way.

“Flora I need you to come to my office so we can go over your assignment”, Mr Patrick says.

“Okay sir, I'm coming right away”, I say while trying to hide my excitement. Immediately I heard the beep indicating the end of the call, I squealed and did a little happy dance before composing myself and heading over to my boss's office.

Knock knock…..

I wait outside Mr Patrick's door before he says “come in”, and I enter his office.

“Good morning sir”, I say

“Good morning miss Anniston, please have a seat”, Mr Patrick says

“Thank you sir”, I say and take my seat.

“So as you know you'll be receiving your first assignment today, here are the details of the assignment, the client you'll be working with and everything you need to know is all stated in there”, Mr Patrick says and passes a file to me.

I collected the file from him and did a quick scan of the file. I'd be working with the head of Omnia group and I would be designing one of his new corporate buildings, I should be able to handle this.

“Thank you sir for this opportunity, I'll just set up a meeting with the client”, I tell Mr Patrick

“Okay miss Anniston, make sure you don't mess this up, Mr Walton is one of our top clients here and he is very picky with things like this, just one flip and he'll immediately stop working with this company. So try your possible best to attend to his every wish”, Mr Patrick says with a hint of warning.

“Okay sir, I'll do my best sir”, I say with determination in my voice.

“You may go now and get a head start on your assignment”, Mr Patrick says

“Okay sir”, I say while standing up and leaving for my office.

I got to my office and immediately placed a call to the office of Mr David, the call got picked up on the second ring.

“Hello you've reached the office of Mr David Sheila speaking, what can I do for you?”, a lady I'm guessing is his secretary said

“Hello Sarah speaking, what can I do for you?” A chirpy voice asks

“Hello I'm Flora Anniston. I'm calling from Style scape interiors and I would like to speak with Mr David concerning the interior designing project”, I say with my best professional tone.

“Okay, just give me a minute”, the lady says. “He is in a meeting right now, but if you have any message you can drop it with me and it will be relayed”, she says after some time.

“Okay, I'm the interior designer assigned to his project and would like to set up a meeting with him so we can go over a few things and start working”, I say to the lady.

“I'll let him know when he gets back and when the meeting date is set I'll let you know”, the lady says.

“Thank you, I'll be expecting a call from you”, I tell her before I hear the beep signaling the end of the call.

“At least that's done, now I'll just have you be prepared and wait for the meeting with him”, I say to myself and sigh.

I dive right back into my work while I wait for response from Mr David's secretary, soon lunch time rolls around and I have to pause my work and head out for lunch.

I met up with Malory at the office lobby as we had planned to go out for lunch at a café close by, we got there, had our lunch and got back to the office.

Immediately I got back to my office, I received a call from Mr David's secretary with d

etails of the meeting and a warning to not be late.

Well here goes nothing I thought to myself.