The Wedding Night

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

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Melody POV

I did not expect him to shout at me like that. I did not do anything wrong. I only asked what was wrong with him. This man and my Franklin were two different people having the same face.

“Stay away from my boss” the hulk-looking man who lead me out of my new boss’s office threatened.

”Do I look like I want to be here?” I retorted.

”I don’t give a damn ma’am ” he replied and stopped walking. He pinned me to the nearest wall and glared at me with his black gloomy eyes. ” if anything happens to my boss, I’ll make sure you and your generation rot in jail” his threatening tone made me gulped but I didn’t show my fear.

“What are you imposing? I did not do anything wrong. I asked if he was fine and then he started yelling at me.”

” I do not care ma’am. You are not telling anyone about what happened in the boss’s office cause if you do…”

”That enough! Stop threatening me. look Mr. Hulk-looking man, I do not want to be here. I was forced to work for him and you are in no position to threaten me.”

When I finished talking, he did not say anything. Instead, he pointed to the manager’s office.

”That is the manager’s office ‘he said and open the door without knocking.

”This man is rude,” I thought as we entered the office.

”Mr. Dennis,” the manager whom I saw in the hallways somewhile ago looks to have grown younger. His office was medium size office not as big as the CEOS office. A small mahogany desk was at the center of the office and on top of it were some files and an iMac.

The man stood up from the ergonomic chair he was seating on and looked towards me. He and Mr. Hulk whispered and when they finished talking, Mr. Hulk left the office without saying anything to me.

”You must be the infamous assistant ‘he eyed me from my head down to my toes.

”Creepy” I thought as he continue eyeing me with his ocean blue eyes.

”I’m not infamous cause I did nothing wrong” I retorted.

”That’s not what I heard” the manager said. He looked at me again and this time it makes me feel violated.

”Please stop staring at me like that”

He rolled his eyes and looked elsewhere. ”Anyways, I’m Samuel Loukas ”he introduced. When I thought he was done with his introduction, he added his position with pride. ”I’m the managing director of this company”

”I’m Mel–” before I could say anything, he waved me off and pointed to the door.

”Come I will show you to the rest of the department. Let see how you will last in the hands of the boss” he chuckled and headed to the door while I trailed behind him.

What did the hell does he mean by his last sentence. The man was too pompous and I wondered if everyone in the company was like their boss. Mr. Samuel Loukas, as he regarded lead me into a large office that was in between the personal assistant desk and his office.

As we walked into the office, I couldn’t help but admire the white light that brighten the room, the ergonomic chairs, and the coffee maker that was at the entrance of the office.

“I love coffee”

There were four people in the office, two women and two men. their desks were opposite one another. As we entered the office, they all looked up from their iMac.

Gather around everyone, “the manager commanded. They all obeyed and stood up from their chairs.

“Allow me to introduce to you the new personal assistant of the boss miss–“he coughed because he didn’t know my name. Why? Because he waved me off before I could introduce myself.

“I’m melody and it’s all a pleasure to meet all of you” I introduced myself with a smile on my face.

“Huh? “A red-haired woman said as she looked at me. “You are the new personal assistant?” she asked in disgust as she stared at me.

“What’s with the staring?” I thought and looked at my outfit. It was Lorena’s idea.

“You look, good girl. I bet your husband lookalike would fall when he sees you” that was what Lorena had said to me this morning.

“Hi I’m Anita, the head of the planning committee “a brunette introduced herself. her skin was as white as snow and her brown eyes bought out her color. she looked to be about 175cm compared to my 164cm.

“Mehn she is tall. ”

“I’m Peter, the head of the financial department”a young blonde man probably in his thirties introduced himself and shook hands with me. He smiled and I returned the smile.

“Holla, I’m Kennedy and it’s nice to see someone who doesn’t dress like a freaking barbie as the personal assistant of the big boss”Kennedy, a tall dark man with dreadlocks and glasses.

“Looks like a rock star to me”

“I forgot to add that I’m the head of the public relations of this company, “he said with a grin and offered his hand for me to shake. “It’s a pleasure to meet you”

“Likewise” I put my hand into his and he shook it gently.

The last person which was the red-haired female didn’t bother to introduce herself instead she continued to glare at me.

“Introduce yourself to her Lindsey”Anita said to the woman.

The woman called Lindsey didn’t bother instead, she went back to her seat and pretended I didn’t exist.

“Lindsey is nice sometimes. She is just different” Anita whispered into my left ear.

I looked at the Lindsey woman who was staring back at me and at that point, I knew we were not going to get along.

“That’s enough introduction for the day. Get back to work guys while I’ll take melody to her desk.”Samuel informed.

I had forgotten that Samuel was in the office with us.

I waved at Anita and trailed behind Samuel who was already standing by my desk.

“This is your desk melody. I’ll get Lindsey to show you the boss’s schedules and everything you need to know as a personal assistant. ”

“Lindsey?”I asked to make sure I didn’t hear him wrong.

“Yeah. Anything the problem?” he raised his brows at me.

“No sir”

He looked at me suspiciously and pointed to the chair behind the desk. “Get settled while I get Lindsey to put you through the assistant process”

“Yes sir” I replied.

“And melody I’ll advise you don’t anger the boss. The assistant before you didn’t last two days. Let’s see how long you’ll last.” he concluded and walked towards his office.

I sat on the chair and thought about everything that had happened in less than one week. What was going to happen in weeks to come?

I looked opposite me and stared at my new boss’ door. A transparent glass was in the middle of the door.

“Why didn’t I notice that before? That because you are an idiot”I whispered to myself.

Through the transparent glass, I could see him sitting on his chair and looking over some files.

“This man was an adventure I will  have to discover.”