Chapter 15

Ashley's Pov

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He will be arriving next week when the sound of it reached into my ears, my heart skipped a beat. That means, for a whole week, I will be free and there will be no drama, no ordinance to follow and I will be a free bird.

A bird who just wants to fly high before landing on the floor.

"There is no need to be ghosting this building, you have extensive work to do, so you must need to start that now!"

Shawn's hard voice crimpled my thoughts when I saw him directing me to my desk where thousands of files were laying shamelessly waiting for me to touch them.

"Mr Jensen has a strict order to keep a close eye on you, so Ms Brooke if you attempted to run away from here after receiving your advance paycheck then you will be punished under the circumstances of the law," he stated all continents of his words on me, taking no interest at all as he doesn't want to be here.

Does he dare to threaten me in the name of law?

What does Mr Jensen think that I am going to run away from here after taking his money?

Such a ruthless bastard he is, and not only that he is so full of chauvinism!

"I am an employee of this company, aren't I? Then why would I try to run away from here?"

It doesn't make any sense for articulating that I will run away from here!

Anyways, my focus would only be on work, and nothing else.

So after staring at Shawn, when he decided to back off I got engrossed in whatever I had on my table.

Until I heard the landline in the cabin of Mr Jensen was ringing, in a very squirm tone as telling everyone that I am Mr Jensen's landline, don't play with me!

For the half-minute I ignored it, but when it started bottling up my ears I thought of picking it up.

It won't be that bad to do that right?

So I stormed to his cabin and went inside only to find the aroma of it so relishing in peace.

"Hello?"

"Who are you?" Someone barked from the other side, almost making my ears go bleed at any moment.

"Hello? this is Ashley, from Jensen's Industries," my voice was as fragile as a full equipped balloon, it was shattered too into many pieces that I couldn't even understand what was wrong with me!

"Well Ashely, this is Blake Jensen, don't even try to touch anything in the cabin, and go to your work!" His dark voice demanded once again, and before I could do anything to him or tell him to mind his own business, and to announce that I am not at all interested in any way to touch his stuff or do anything that belongs to him! Or to tell him I am not his servant whom he can order to anytime!

What does he think? Is he a Greek God? Does he own the whole world? Has he had much power to control other people's vitalities?

I stormed out of his cabin without uttering a word, when tears were almost embellished in my ears,

I closed the doors and got settled where my desk was, closed my eyes and thought for everything I had in my mind.

Why some people are so restless and have nothing in their hearts?

Why do they always think low of others?

I have not done anything wrong to him! I have not demolished his image in the press then why?

I shipped back those fainted tears that went by on my skin and started looking for the work he had given me.

I had several files ahead of me and I have to check all of them, it went for straight four hours when I heard the same ringing, erupted my ears again, making me worse with my state, my empty stomach was growling and reminding me I have not eaten anything since morning, I need to grab at least a sandwich to keep myself sane so that I can work.

The last time I ignored the ringing, now it started ringing again, and I ignored it again, then the landline which was almost dead on my desk stared throwing its magic in the name of its blasting sound.

I think this one I can pick, as it is on my desk, so it belongs to me and nobody else's.

I picked it up with my almost dried voice, "Hi this is Ashely Brooke,"

All I heard was a silence, a pin drop silence, the silence that could slice a storm with its invading voice,

Then I heard a voice clearing his throat," why were you not picking up the phone? Listen, Ms Brooke, as I said I don't allow tardiness in anything?"

Has he lost his mind? When he was the one who directed me to not touch his things, or better not picks up his call then what kind of game he is playing with me?

"I know, sir that you don't allow tardiness, but you were the one who ordered me to not touch your belongingness, now if you have anything urgent you can tell me, otherwise I have work to do!"

Now, he won't initiate whatever he had in his mind, or better to be called he won't consider himself a Saint to control everyone!

For the next moment, he didn't utter a word and all I could hear was his breathing voice, his hard breathing that was flaming over the landline.

"You can go to your work and remember that if I found any error then you know the consequences!" He cut off the call!

What consequences?  He already made my life a mess now what does he even wants with me?

As I realized it was lunchtime, I closed the file which I had in my hands and went out to grab a sandwich or a peaceful meal to fill my empty stomach.

When I was on my way to the elevator, I bumped into someone only to realise maybe I will be landing hard on the fall and going to make a fool of myself.

Until I felt, hard gripping hands were encircling my waist and forcing me to the hard stone chest to be collided on.

"wow, Miss watch out,"

Those black eyes were looking at me and smirking at the same time until I decided it was time to let go of his grip.

So, I muttered a peaceful thanks to him and rushed into the elevator, only to realise that man was following me on there too.

He cleared his throat to gain my attention, and I at the same time declined it, because I need to stay away from all businessmen and he must be one of them!

"Hi, I am John Steward," he extended his hand in my direction, at first I didn't want to do anything with him, then I thought it what if John complains about my behaviour to Mr Jensen then he will make my life even more hell!

"Nice to meet you, Mr Steward, I am Ashley Brooke,"

My stomach growled once again, he must have heard that because he started chuckling while looking in my direction, showing his perfect set of teeth that could even blind the sun itself.

And I made sure to not give any kind of hint to them so I took out my cellphone and started fake tapping alphabets on it.

"I am going to grab lunch, if you don't mind you can join," his voice was bored into me. Maybe I am thinking too much. He is just a man who is asking me to grab lunch with him when I am on the other hand is ready to collapse on the floor with the emptiness in my stomach.

I can go with him and this isn't going to create any disaster in my life right?