I wake up. It's exactly 5:00 AM. I go in the shower and after that, I grab my white dress. I put it on and go to out. I go to the train station and then I take the train. After arriving, I still have to endure an hour of traffic before reaching my office building.
It's already 7:30 and I'm already in front of the office building. I go in and put my id on the scanner and I take the elevator to go to Elizabeth's office.
As the floors go up, I feel a sickly sensation envelop me. I feel my heart beat faster and faster the nearer I am to Elizabeth's office. I am afraid of what's going to happen to me. I've seen her fits. I don't want to quit after two days just like my predecessor. I hope she becomes kind to me.
The doors of the elevator open. It's oddly quiet. The air in the room feels very stale and because of this, it's hard to breathe. I see Ms. Kelsey in her desk near the office door. She looks jittery. She has a pained smile on her face. "Ms. Kelsey!" I called. She didn't respond immediately. "Ms. Kelsey!" I call again. She faces me as quick as a fox. "Did something happen?" I asked in a worried tone. She went to me and she held my shoulders. Her face tells me she's not very happy. Her eyes, her furrowed brows and the many lines on her smooth face really scare me. "What did you do?" She angrily asked. "Why?" I asked. I am confused on why she'd act like this. She's seems so reserved. She has this ladylike aura to her. "Whenever Ms. Schmitt is like this, it means something bad happend. What did you mess up for her to be like this?" She asked. "I, um- bought her the wrong brandy?" I nervously answered. "Well, good luck to you. You really pissed her off on YOUR first day. I hope you don't quit just like the last one." She growled. She let me go and I nervously walk to Elizabeth's office.
I open the door and Elizabeth is at her desk, oddly very calm. Everything looks tidy and there's nothing broken. Now that I look at her closer in this form, she looks very beautiful. She has long, black eyelashes and she has smooth skin as smooth as porcelain She looks better without her eyebrows furrowed and without the lines that anger creates on your forehead. Her skin is smooth and light reflecting off it. Her eyes give off this sheen, they draw you in even if she isn't looking at you. I never really got the chance to see her like this. Her anger always hid this side of her.
I go to her desk and I greet her. "Good morning Ms. Schmitt." I greet her. "You're already here." She said. "You seem very calm today." I told her. " I'm in a good mood. Don't ruin it by having that stupid face for me." She said. "Stupid face?" I asked before looking at my phone screen to see my reflection. "Start packing, we're going to Paris this week." She told me. "Paris?" I asked. " Don't get your hopes up Ms. Conner, we're going there for business." She added. "When?" I asked. "Exactly 3 days from now. It's your first time there isn't it?" She said. "Yes." I answered. "Why are we going there exactly?" I asked. "Well, I donated a huge sum to a university there, by huge sum I mean 1 million pounds." She answered. "Why?" I asked. "I'd rather not say." She answered.
She looked at the ground and her face turned somber. I better not ask any more questions. "Deliver these two documents." She ordered. She handed me two folders. One folder has "Logistics report" written on it and the other one had "Media" written on it. "Deliver the file that has logistics report written on it to the 7th floor and the deliver the other to the 5th floor." She told me.
I went out the office to go downstairs to the 7th floor. Come to think of it, I never really saw the other floors aside from the lobby and the floor where Elizabeth's office is situated on. I am curious on what the other floors look like.
The elevator arrived at the 7th floor and I go out. I walked to the office there and the atmosphere is chill. I envy the office workers here. They're not the direct punching bag of Elizabeth. I walk around and I look at their offices. A woman then walks up to me. "I assume you're the new assistant?" She asked. "Well, yes I am." I said. "It's quite the job they say, well just good luck." She said. I handed her the folder and I went down to the fifth floor.
I gave the folder to the secretary of the leader there. I go back to Elizabeth's office because I still had work to do.
It's finally 8:00 PM. I am at my desk preparing to leave when Elizabeth came up to me. "Hey Ms. Conner, I need you to come with me." She said with a sly tone. She's smirking for some reason. What is she planning? Despite my gut feeling telling me not to go with her, I didn't have any choice to refuse because she's literally my boss so I was forced to go with her. We went down the elevator to the basement.
We walked to her black, Rolls-Royce. I went in the front seat while she went into the driver seat. We then drove off. The night lights of the city reflected off the glass of the windshield and the windows. They were kind of dulled by the tint of the car's windows and such. I look over to the side and Elizabeth looks as calm as ever. What happend for her to be like this?
"Where are we going?" I asked. "We're going to the X nightclub." She answered. "THAT nightclub? That place is exclusive. I heard it's hard to get in the guest list. How did you get in?" I asked. "Connections, of course. That's how it always is for me." She answered. "Why are you bringing me there? A mere employee dosen't belong there. Don't you have rich friends to play with there?" I asked. "I want to drink with you, happy now?" She answered in an annoyed tone.
I became quiet. The entire journey lasted around 2 hours and we're finally arrived. The facade is all-black and is made out of smooth concrete. The signage is of a gold color and there is a bouncer situated outside. Elizabeth then went out and she opened the door for me. She talks to this man dressed in black and then she gives him a key. This is the person who does the valet parking. After that, we went to the bouncer. "You aren't on the list." He said to Elizabeth. "Just tell Mr. Evens I paid a visit." She said. After sorting that little problem out, we go in. It's quite noisy, as expected. We walk through a black hallway which has velvet walls. After that, I saw lights flashing and people dancing. The bass of the music really drums on my ears. Elizabeth holds my hand and drags me to find a spot. We then sat on a spot near the corner.
I told her that I wanted to look around. She agreed but she warned me to be careful. I stood up from my seat and I walked around. The dance floor is really bright. It has white color lights under what seems to be laminate. I take a good look of the people and some of them are influencers, celebrities and even royals. They're just having a good time. Looking around, it makes me feel like more of a nobody. I'm not as rich or as famous as they are, I am really out of place here. I would rather be at home watching netflix while eating Ben & Jerry's. I just don't feel like I belong here.
After much looking around, I went back to my seat. While going back, I bumped into a man. He's wearing a cashmere suit, paired with some black slacks and such. He's a bit chubby and he seems to be in his mid-fifties. "Watch where you're going!" He shouted. He then looked at me. "Have I offended this man?" "Oh god, he seems like a really important person. What would happen to me now?" These thoughts are racing through my head as my heart started pounding. Just as I was going to walk away, he grabbed me. "What do we have here?" He remarked as he grabbed my chin and stroked my lower lip.
I can smell the alcohol on him. He's all red and his voice is raspy. He's drunk, I can tell. I can feel my anxiety level rise as he touches me. I know I have to fight back but I'm scared to. What would happen if I piss him off? Would the consequences be worse than pissing off Elizabeth? "Don't touch me." I said menacingly as I slapped off his hand. "You whore!" He shouted. "You lead me on and then you turn cold the last minute!" He said. "Oh please, I never did anything." I retaliated.
I walked away from him as fast as I could. I finally arrived in my seat. Elizabeth is there. I could notice that there is a bottle of whisky on the table. She hasn't opened the bottle yet so I assume she was waiting for me. "What took you so long?" She asked. "Nothing, I just got lost for a bit." I said. I was obviously lying, the reason why I took so long was because of that pervert! Way to ruin my night. "Sit down, let's drink." She said. I then sat down and I she poured me a glass. Before I could drink though, that pervert approached us.
"I finally found you! What's this? You have a companion who's as equally pretty as you are. This is a treat!" He said. He tried to touch Elizabeth but she fought back. "Who do you think you are? You're going to touch me with those disgusting hands of yours? Get out before I call security." She threatened.
"What the hell were you up to?" Elizabeth asked angrily. "I bumped into him and then he started touching me. I stopped him and he got all mad." I explained. "Didn't I tell you to be careful? God, you caused me so much trouble today, Whatever, just drink up!" She demanded. I then drank my glass. The contents tasted bitter and as I felt a stinging sensation as it went down my throat. I immediately felt dizzy. "What is this?" I asked. "This is your payment." She said. "Payment?" I asked. "This is strong whiskey. You have to drink it as punishment for last time." She explained. "What last time?" I demanded. "The time you spilt wine on my dress. That was Versache and wine stains are pretty hard to remove." She said. "If you want payment, then fine! I'll drink this entire bottle and we'll see who really gets payment." I proclaimed. "We'll see." She said. She then raises the of the right side of her lips.
I feel my mind become hazy. The world around me starts to distort. I walk around and I kept on wobbling. I suddenly find myself in a really bright place then afterwards I felt warm presence encompass me before everything turned black.
I wake up. My head is spinning and I can feel it split. I look around and I realize that this isn't my bedroom. There room had grey walls and there's an all glass window. It showed a really beautiful scenery, it's adorned with rivers and lakes. There's tons of greenery around. I then focus my attention to my clothes. Where are they? Why am I wearing pjamas instead of the dress I was wearing last night?
I need to get to the bottom of this.