Chapter 2
It's 2 months since I started my internship with JD Inc., it has been quite exciting,
who knew accounting would be
. If I have to be honest, this was never a profession I wanted to get in to, I'm more on the arty and creative side, who wants to be stuck at a desk, for the rest of their life. I wanted to be a sketch artist or a painter maybe but according to my dad that was not going to pay my bills, so when he died, I did what he wanted of me, what he expected of me and I did it the best that I could. So here I am, at my cubicle going through some account on my computer. An email notification pops up,
crap,
it's from Mr Dornan's secretary
.
I have to meet with him in the next 15 minutes.
I push back my chair and get up slowly, wondering why he wants to see me. I haven't had a proper conversation with him since the interview,
God was that awkward.
I was utterly in shock that day, I remember him shaking my hands in congratulation and I managed to get out a thank you, I also remember him giving me one of those dark challenging smiles, like I didn't know what I was getting into but I thought nothing of it. Over the last 2 months, my opinion,
my judgement...freak,
of him has changed drastically, whatever infatuation I probably had for him, has disappeared off the face of the earth,
I hope.
He's just not a nice guy plain and simple, and a bit creepy, so I keep my distance.
I head to the bathroom to freshen up.
I'm such a mess
, I
hope he doesn't mind,
I giggle to myself in front of the mirror. I'm wearing my usual baggy sweater, this one's navy blue, over a baby pink blouse and a flowy above the knee a-line navy skirt, I ditched the heels and opted for ballerina pale pink pumps. I brush through my hair, thinking of all the other pretty girls working here, I feel like the ugly duckling of the bunch,
no need to doll up, you are here to work Sky,
I tell myself and with that I off to his office.
I knock once and open the door, he looks up from the mass papers on his table, his eyes sweeps along my body, looking at me critically,
I think he minds
.
"Ah yes, Ms Grey, please have a seat, I will be done in just a moment." he says smoothly and looks back down to his papers. I sit and wait for him. He is still incredibly handsome,
everyone calls him Jamie, now I can see why, he's a pretty boy
. He's wearing a dark blue tailored suit, white dress shirt and patterned steel gray tie, he's not a big muscular guy, he's tall, lean and fit. I look at his hands and there's no ring and there's no photos in his office either,
huh and I have no social life,
I smile to myself.
"I have been monitoring you for the past 2 months," he starts, "and I have to say I'm blown away by you, your work, your commitment. You have exceeded my expectations and you are exactly what I need." he says sounding a bit cryptic,
stop being paranoid.
"I am here for whatever you need me for, sir." I reply.
"I'm glad because for the next 3 days I need your assistance with an account in New York, I would like for you to accompany me there." he finishes.
What, me! I would probably screw up, is he serious?
"Are you sure I'm the one you should take for this account?" I ask, staring at him completely gob smacked, he looks at me intensely, "Yes I want you, will you join me?".
Hell yeah
, "Yes, of course I will." I swallow, " thank you so much for this opportunity, I won't let you down."
"I know you won't." he smiles.
The next couple of hours are a rush, I'm so siked, but we have to fly to NY tonight since the meeting is early tomorrow morning. Mr Dornan and I are in the company's private jet on our way there. I try to read through the notes about the account one last time. Creep face is on his Mac, extremely busy. He looks up and catches me watching him, I look away quickly, I don't want to give him the wrong impression, so I don't look at him for the rest of the flight. Once we land, he ushers me into the car, his hand on my lower back,
dude back off.
As we drive there, I feel like he's staring at me but I can't tell, it's too dark.
We get off and I look up at the building,
this is strange, it doesn't look like a hotel,
he guides me inside and into the elevator before pressing the penthouse button,
okay what's going on, we are definitely not at an hotel,
and now we are alone in here going up to the penthouse.
"I'm sorry, but it completely slipped my mind, this is my apartment. Whenever I'm in New York for business, I stay here, instead of going to a hotel, I hope it's okay with you?", he asks stepping in front of me,
that's it, I had enough of this shit, he's controlling me, I dropped everything for this last minute request, to help him so the least he could do is show some common courtesy.
I look at him in the eye, "No its not okay," I snap,"I was under the impression that we were going to have our own separate hotel rooms, it is highly inappropriate to have an employee stay over at your home for 3 days, don't get me wrong I know your intentions are strictly professional, but if people from the office hear of this, they will come to their own conclusions, so no I'm not okay with it." I say angrily.
His jaw clenches and he steps forward, I take a step back and now I'm pressed against the elevator. He comes so close to me, I can feel his clothing touching mine, his breath on my skin, his eyes narrows and his expression darkens, "Well that's too bad Ms Grey...and are you sure you know my intentions?" he growls, I look down at the floor,
what the hell is going on?,
he grabs my jaw painfully and brings my face back up to his, "I didn't appreciate that tone Skylar, I expect my employees to treat me with respect, is that understood?"
,
he asks sharply, I nod slowing but his grip gets tighter around my face, "Yes sir." I say meekly, he looks at me, fuming. I'm officially scared shitless.
The elevator comes to a halt, he let's go of my face, and grabs my upper arm, "Come." he says quietly. I'm trembling now, I barely notice the code he enters on the keypad before the doors open, I walk out,
I need some space,
and see our luggage in the hallway, this place is huge and amazing but I don't care, right now I need to escape to my room and try to forget what just happen. I get my suitcase and turn towards him, he's watching me intently, "Could you please show me to my room, I'm feeling exhausted." I ask politely. "Of course, the guest room is upstairs, 3rd door on your right." he replies,
this guy's a psycho.
I retreat to my room, close the door silently and lock it. I look around, it's lovely, everything looks so beautiful, I find the joint bathroom and decide to take a nice hot shower before going to bed.
My shower is quick all the while my mind's racing about the events that just transpired,
you were right, this is very inappropriate, you weren't overreacting,
what I was fighting for isn't even the problem anymore, it's how he handled it, he intimidated me, he scared me and then acted as if that's normal. I get out of the shower, wipe myself with the fluffy white towel and than wrap it around me,
just do your job and than you can go home,
I tell myself as I dry my hair with another towel and enter my bedroom.
I push my hair back from my face, and see him, sitting on my bed with his fitted dark grey shirt and sweats,
I let out surprised scream then step back, "What are you doing here?, the door was locked!" I demand, trying to compose myself.