.Amirah pov .
I continued to stare at Ray as he approached me looking as elegant as ever since the first time that I set my eyes on him. But his appearance cannot stop the hatred that I feel towards him .
But at this moment however, all that did not matter at all . His appearance is what caused all the numerous unanswered emotions and questions flowing into my head like River Nile flows at its source. Ray continues to move step by step until he is finally less than ten inches away from me .
I tried to stare right into his eyes but it was not helping . At all attempts I was still feeling to get the confidence which was the most thing that I needed at the moment . I was used by the fact that he was my ex but again him being the boss , this was something else for sure .
In a blink of an eye, we were lost in each others’ glares . The fact is I did not have any idea what was going through his mind but on my side , what ever was going through my mind was so much for me to even think about any in particular .
“Give us a moment .” he said authoritatively to my manager who without any word left the room which meant that it was only the two of us . The atmosphere in the office got intense instantly . I instantly felt hot even though it had just rained so heavily and the whole place was actually so cold from the rains .
I wondered about what we were going to talk about , Personally , I would swear over my dead body that I did not have anything to talk to him about .
“Are you sure about that ?” My subconscious asked me immediately .Of course I knew what she was actually talking about but what the hell was I going to do about it . I felt the whole place get hot and at the same time tensed .
I thought about getting out of the room and leaving him all alone but then I did not want him to think that he had me where he wanted . I had promised myself that I was not going to let him think that he was won it all .
The other thing was my mom , she urgently needed her treatment and if I let myself loss this job and that was going to be the end of her. It is something that I will die trying to do. The only option that I have left is to let him bubble whatever he has to do .
With his hands in the pockets, he moves around the gigantic office feeling as usual bossy like he always does. I just stared on waiting for his speech to finally begin .
What I was not going to forget was the fact that he was actually doing everything that he was doing intentionally and indeed wanted to feel so small and needy like he has always done in the past .
After acting like that for almost a donkey’s years , he turned with a plastic smile this time moving towards me . He continued to move until he was only a few inches away from me and then suddenly stopped.
“Am sure you need this job .” he spoke without a hint of essence in his voice but his eyes glued onto me. What did he mean by that statement . it was a kind of line removed from one of Shakespeare’s books which are all the time so hard to interpret without giving it a second thought .
I opened my mouth with an intention of saying something but the truth is I failed to say even a single second . It was like my mouth was no longer controlled my me which as a result made it possible for me to say even a single word .
“Oh , little one . So you will not say a word or it is just that you don’t want to say anything ?” he was saying this in a provoking way and I would of course see that .
Once again I was able to open my mouth but at the end of the say not able to say a single word. However , that did not stop what I felt for him . I felt so much hatred for him.
Ray moved towards me more and more closing the gap between the two of us . He went ahead to rise his hand putting it on my chin and then used it to left my chin in that my face was now looking directly into his eyes.
“Do you accept being my secretary or you give up completely on this job ?” it was the question that I was actually waiting for all this time . It was like this was all more than coincidence. It appeared like even losing this job was a plan .
But if it was a plan what was I going to do . I actually did not have any say in the whole of this at all . I Just had to think over everything and see what I actually wanted .
“Little one , I have other important works to do so I think it would be better if at all you give me the dam answer on time .” at this moment , he was no longer standing in front of me but was at this moment standing at the window with his back at me .
I thought about everything and knew what my answer was actually supposed to be .
“I don’t need to work for you .” I would not believe my own words but I was able to say them out . I think I did not need to work under this guy any more . I did not to stop being used by him .
“Thanks for saving my time .” it was all that he said and them got out of the room leaving me wondering if what I had done was the right thing . But after some time I counselled myself and knew that I was any time soon going to get all that I need .
After putting myself right , I got out of the office and headed to my own locker to pick out all my things so that I would leave for good . As expected my fellow workers looked at me with so much sympathy some even crying as they felt pity for me .
Being the strong girl that I am , I kept telling them that all was going to be okay and even lied about how I had been called some where which was even better than this place . But I knew very well that I was actually just lying and did not have any place at all .
When I got out of the building , it was when I knew that I was indeed doomed . How the hell was I going to handle everything for sure . Suddenly , my phone started to ring . I quickly got it out of my wallet receiving it .
“Yes good morning .”
I replied and the next news did not leave me exactly okay . Mom had fainted once again and admitted to hospital . She needed to be operated on and I had to pay a deposit of 1500dollars before anything was to begin .
What my account at the moment was 100dollars . Where was I going to get the remaining money , there was only one option left . I knew it was not the best thing but if helped in healing my mom then I did not have another option , it was what I was going to do .
I turned back towards the building that I had only a few minutes a go vowed not to go to again .i moved sluggishly until I was right where I wanted to get . I did not knock but rather stormed into his office .
“I accept to be your secretary.” I rather yelled.. Ray was occupied with something on his laptop but looked up immediately the moment I said that . His facial expression was so full of surprise .
“SURE!”
Thanks for giving it a try.