CHAPTER EIGHT
" Okay sir, may I please return to my table?" Bella's face turned sour, She held herself from kicking his annoying ass.
"Yes, yes you may," he said. He watched her as she left his office. and as the door was shut, he felt a little embarrassed. He could see the resentment on her face earlier and swore she remembered everything that happened in that hotel, despite her sober state. Staring blankly at the pile of files in front of him, he groaned. He had so much work to do.
His life used to be so perfect and stress-free, he used to be part of the board as the vice president and his father the president. He was put in charge of the textile industry because the manager just resigned without notice. His father, however, felt something was off with his sudden resignation and thought it was best Ethan stayed in charge for the time being.
The next day, more files came again and Bella had to submit the files to Ethan in his office but this time they didn't say a word to each other except the usual pleasantries.
" Miss Bella right?" He began, clearing his throat and Bella turned coldly. Ethan knew she held a grudge against him but to him whatever happened between them was in the past, he never allowed personal issues to interfere with his work.
"Yes".
"I want you to work overtime today, I have so many documents to arrange, most are from other branches of our industry and are very voluminous..."
"Will I get paid overtime for this work you're assigning me?" She asked.
" Yeah, of course," He affirmed. Every time she looked at his face she Wished she could just squeeze him to death, he acted like he was so nice and humble but she knew that behind his seemingly perfect figure was an unruly beast.
"I'll send you some of the documents and show you what to do when you're done, you will send them back to me, all right?" He instructed and Bella nodded.
Later on, Bella was sitting on her desk when her phone rang. she looked at the screen, it was Meena, she picked up her phone.
" Menna, I'm at work!" She whispered, the other voice on the phone giggled.
"It's already three minutes to break Bella, I just wanted to know how you're coping with your evil boss," Meena joked and Bella rolled her eyes.
"I'm coping fine Menna, at least I'm still in one piece" She replied.
"God! I can't even imagine he's the guy from the bar and your parent's murderer's son. How do you even feel talking to him?"
" My hands are tied baby, you wouldn't want reporters storming the industry" Bella sighed. "we wouldn't want to mess up our plans". Bella Saw a familiar person approaching, it was Lilith and she had an annoying smug on her face.
"Hey roomie, how's it going" Lilith Smiled as she approached.
" Talk to you later Meena, bye" Bella put down her phone.
" You were on your phone with your little sis again, and you didn't send her my greetings" Lilith pouted.
" If you're out here spying on me, you could just cut to the chase...stop beating around the bush" Bella sighed, trying to fix her eyes on her computer. "Besides don't you have work to do?".
"You're too busy to notice, It's already time for a break" Lilith pointed out. Bella heaved a sigh of relief, now she could rest. Ethan and Mr. Ted walked towards their table, Ethan's eyes were fixed on her, and Lilith swore she saw a spark in his eyes. He liked her. 'Poor guy, of all girls to like, it was Bella. His arch-enemy? A cold blooded revenge-driven maniac'. He stopped at her table.
"I'll E-mail you the files later," He said.
"Okay" Bella closed her computer, Lilith could see the visible hate for this man on her face, and it was so obvious, that she had to play it cool.
"You look prettier when you smile" Ethan smiled at her "It keeps the wrinkles away".
Lilith blinked in disbelief, when has Bella ever smiled? Never!. She had known her for like two years and she had never smiled not even to menna. Lilith's thoughts wandered as The two men walked away.
"Wow!, were you two in a relationship before?.... I can't even imagine you smiling, " Lilith sat on her desk with her ears upright like those of a fox.
"I was drunk, outside the bar the night before we came to brooklyn so he drove me to a hotel" Bella explained.
"Did....did you two uhm... have sex?" Lilith's eyes widened.
"I've answered your question!" Bella rose from her chair and walked away leaving Lilith to her imagination. Lilith knew Bella wasn't a regular person, She was terrible at romance. Her boyfriend had even admitted it and Bella had said once that she was just coerced to date him because he was the Don's son. She had no feelings, no conscience, no space for love in her heart.