In an office at the top of a building. A man sat inches away from a bay window that viewed the less than busy streets of Paris.
His broad shoulders relaxed as he was gazes out the window with the best view of the Eiffel tower which was prettier at night when it was litted up with warm golden lights that brightened up the nights of Paris.
A buzzing sound soon replaces the earlier silence of the room snapping him out if his reverie. His eyebrows furrowed in annoyance as he traces the buzzing to his phone seated on a file on the table. He turns his chair around and picks up the buzzing phone.
Viewing the name that flashed across the screen his eyebrows creases in anmoyance. He stares blankly at the screen for a few seconds before internally deciding to pick up.
Before he could manage to get a word out, a loud voice blares from the phone.
"Alexandre, you unfilial grandson,is this how you treat your grandfather!?. I have been calling for several days now and I know you have been purposely avoiding my calls!." The old man snarled from across the phone.
"I don't believe I've received such calls from you,grandfather",Alexandre replied in a cold tone.
"How dare you,you insolent child. I thought i raised you better than lying to your grandfather".
Taking a few seconds to calm his rage, he let out a few trembling breaths. After a while he spoke up a bit calmer." Anyways, do you remember what we discussed last week?" he asked.
"I don't think i recall any conversation of a sort, grandfather", Alexandre said in a calm voice feigning ignorance.
"Don't pretend,you know you have to get married sooner or later. So its either you find a wife yourself our I set you up on a couple blind dates for you as we discussed", he explained.
"You can't keep living like this,waiting for someone who's no more. Find a good wife and build a family. As you can see,I'm now old and I need to see my grandchildren before I ---"
"Good bye,grandfather" Alexandre cut him off before hanging up the phone. His hands were balled in fists as he remembered what his grandfather said.
"No more?.No! she was not dead and this was something he was sure of. Though she has been missing,there was no way she was dead and he would make sure to find her" Alexandre thought.
While he was still lost in thought, the door abruptly opens followed by someone turning on the lights, snapping him back to reality.
He turns to the direction of the door to sight his assistant, Camille. She is dressed in a tight white shirt with the top three buttons intentionally left undone giving a view of her cleavage that was now emphasized due to the tightness of her shirt.
Her skirt was nothing more than a piece of fabric that clung tightly to her waist whose height was no more than 20cm below her waist.
"What's this?" Alexandre questioned with an angry tone,eyeing her sleazy attire.
"what is what?" Camille asked feigning ignorance when she had deliberately worn her sexiest outfit to work in hopes of seducing Alexandre
He was her dream man and this was her opportunity to finally get him. He was rich and could get her anything she asked for, and she suspected that he would also be good in bed judging by his physique.
She bit her lower lip giving him her best seductive look while walking gingerly towards him but before she could take one more step towards his desk, Alexandre's voice echoed in the room "You're fired".
Camille stood rooted to the floor and looked at him in utter shock. The face she loved to see everyday was now looking at her in disgust and hate as he said those words with nonchalance. "What?....?" Camille trembled.
She had heard his discussion with his grandfather as she was coming in,didn't he need a wife?
Wasn't he supposed to immediately jump at her when she came in dressed like this? she questioned in her head as tears rushed down her eyes. How could she loose her job like this? no,no this can't be happening. She thought as her legs grew weak and she fell to the floor.
"I'll give you thirty minutes to get your stuff and get out of this building or else I'll have to call the authorities", Alexandre said going back to work, ignoring her as if she was dirt.
"Sir....you..you can't do this to me, I love you",she said groggily with tears in her eyes. She looked up at him and expected to see a bit of emotion on his face but was met with a stone cold expressionless face as if he couldn't care less about what she said.
She couldn't believe that the man she fell for was this cold hearted. She cleaned her tears and dragged herself up from the floor, leaving his office while sniffing her tears away.
Luckily no one was here as it was late, so she wouldn't be embarrassed more than she already was.