*Blam Blam Blam*
Damien stretched his hands to the bedside table and switched off the alarm. He opened his eyes and looked at the clock.
'6am huh' he thought.
He stood up and went to freshen up. Work starts by 8am. Damien works as a assistant manager in LM company.
It's not a so sweet job, but his paycheck is enough to pay and cater for his basic needs.
Damien left his apartment and took the bus to his workplace, he grabbed a sandwich along the way.
He dropped at the bus stop but he has to walk about 10mins to get to LM company.
"Big Brother"
Damien turned back, he recognized that voice as it has been replaying in his head for a few days now.
'Rose' he thought.
There she stood, like a full blooming rose flower. She seemed to have become more beautiful. Dressed in a white gown, highlighting all her shape.
Damien frowned, he looked around and saw that he was not the only one who was dumbstruck by Rose's beauty. He doesn't know where the urge came from but he felt like plucking their eyes our one by one. Damien's frown grew deeper as he realized what just crossed through his mind.. .
'What's wrong with me' he thought.
Rose ran to Damien and saw the frown on his face. She thought he wasn't happy to see her.
Damien felt a soft tug at his clothes, he looked down to see the one that was a head shorter than him.
Rose was a standard, 175cm in height. She's considered tall even enough to be a model, but Damien was just way tall.
"Are you angry at me because I came to your workplace?" Rose said softly.
Damien broke our of his trance and said in a cold voice, "No"
For some reason, that seem to trigger Rose's tear glands as her tears came rushing down.
"You are angry at me" Rose whined and sniffled before she continued, "Or is it because I didn't show up for the past few days?"
People who were watching felt the urge to beat Damien up and protect the lady. Damien glanced at those guys and wasn't bothered.
He looked at Rose again and one word came to his mind "cute".
Damien raised his hand as he patted Rose on the head and said,
"Not Angry, Stop crying"
Rose froze over, 'He touched me' She was over the moon as she danced in her mind and thought, 'So it's true what they say, distance does makes the heart grow fonder. I'll practice this in the future but not so much.' Rose smiled.
Damien looked at her smile again and immediately said, "Stop smiling"
Damien realized he seemed to be talking a lot ever since his path crossed with Rose.
"Why?" Damien said
Rose thought for a while and figured he was asking why she was here.
"To see you, of course" She answered as she swayed his sleeves from one side to another.
"Why?" Damien asked again
Rose moved closer to his ear and whispered,
"Because I miss you"
Damien ear turned red, 'Because I miss you' kept replaying in his mind like a CD.
"Didn't you miss me?" Rose pouted.
Damien looked at her, remembering how she didn't visit for a while he said, his voice cold,
"No"
Rose said, "Its all dad's fault, he's the one who grounded me... humph. Didn't allow me to step outside the house. Mom's too... humph"
Damien looked at her and said,
"None of my business" He turned his back to her bad entered into the building. He looked at his watch and thought, "Great, now I'm late"
"Big Brother Damien, wait for me" Rose said as she ran after him.
Damien kept walking forward without paying her any mind, when he arrived at his office, he noticed someone was standing at the door.
"Damien, The Manager said you should as him as soon as you arrive" Cass said
Cass is the secretary of the Manager, Mr. Sean.
She has a crush on Damien but dares not make it too noticable as she was able to secure this job by hugging Mr. Sean's thigh, as soon as she said that she left quickly so she was not able to see Rose who came in as soon as she left.
Damien looked at Rose who bent down trying to catch her breath,
'Why are his legs so long?' Rose thought as tears pooled in her eyes.
Damien looked at her face that was already red from running and opened the door to his office, pulled a chair out for her silently and turned to go out again.
Rose looked up to him, sniffling,
"Sit" he said.
Rose looked at the chair, smiled, she sat down and started looking around his office.
Rose thought of something, 'Wait, all assistant manager has a secretary to assist them. So does this mean?' A frown appeared on Rose face as she turned to look at Damien.
Damien on the other hand looked at the changing expression on her face and was amused, the corner of his mouth slightly turned up.
As Rose looked at him, She was stunned, she rubbed her eyes and looked at him again and found that his face was just plain.
'My eyes must have been playing a trick on me' She thought.
Damien felt uncomfortable at her gaze and said, "What?"
Rose blinked, finally remembering what she wanted to say and a frown surfaced on her face again, "Where's your secretary?" She asked.
"Don't have one" Damein said as he walked towards the door.
"Coming"
A smile surfaced on Rose's face and she was happy. 'No lady to seduce her man' She thought.
'But why does Damien not have a secretary, when other assistant manager has? No way, is my man being bullied?' Rose thought as she rose to her feet and walked out of the door.
**********
As Damien entered into the Manager's office, a cold air blew across his face.
'Fully conditioned' Damien said as he looked at his so called "boss". Some people just are not ready to retire... that was Damien thought as he looked at this 50 plus man.
"Be seated" Dean said.
"I'm ok here" Damien said as he remained standing.
"I heard you came late today. You never do so. Is everything alright?" Dean asked.
Damien could sense the insincerity in his words. Damien as gotten used to Dean showing him false care. Ever since Dean found out that he was good at managing and stole his project that he worked so hard on and got promoted, Dean has been "caring" for him and has made sure that he stayed his assistant, inorder to help him get promoted again.
But he still can't afford to offend Dean cause he has connections in the company and any small mistake could lead to him being fired.
"Everything is fine, I woke up late" Damien said keeping his words short. He doesn't want to keep talking with this man. That girl was still waiting for him at his office.
"Ok, next time, wake up earlier."
"Yes, I'll take my leave now" Damien said as he turned to leave.
"Wait, how's the stuff I asked you to look into?" Dean asked
'Or you mean the assignment that was given to you to do?' Damien thought as he smirked.
"On it" Damien said as he left the office, not bothering to turn back and check the look on Dean's face.
'He still needs me' Damien thought.
After Damien left, the sound of glass breaking sounded in the room. Dean was furious, "Who does he think he is? Looking down at me... I'll make sure that you never get promoted"
**********
Meanwhile, The CEO office of LM company
"Young Miss Wilson, what brings you here?" The Ceo of the company, Lexus Mason asked.
I'm the main couch, Rose sat brimming with authority, she asked,
"Damien Adams, why doesn't he have a personal secretary?" Rose questioned.
"Damien who?" Lexus looked at his secretary.
His secretary, Mrs Clover happens to be the thigh that Dean was holding to keep his position.
Mrs. Clover moved to the CEO and whispered in his ears.
"Oh, don't worry young miss. It must have been a mistake on my surbodinate's part. I'll immediately employ someone for the job."
"No need to trouble yourself" Rose said.
"Young Miss, you mean?" Lexus asked genuinely confused.
"I'll take the job starting today,you deal with the paperworks" Rose said as she stood to leave.
"But Young Miss, what do I say to Master?"
"Leave that to me, just do as you are asked" Rose said as she walked out and Lexus bowed.
After Rose left, the pressure on Lexus lessened, he rubbed the imaginary sweat on his forehead and sighed.
Lexus turned to Ms. Clover and said, "Find out everything about this Damien boy"
"Yes, Sir" Ms. Clover said as she clenched her fists. She indeed knew a lot about Damien from her man toy, Mr Dean. She does older people and is not interested in men her age. She has to figure out a way to protect her man toy.