1 My first meeting with Charles

I was running on the corridor trying to find my way to my billionaire boss's office, a very overbearing business tycoon, when I hit my head on a hard surface. I thought I hit my head on a wall, but oh no, a very hot boy was staring at me. He is literally a Greek god with the body and the face sculpted with perfection with the perfect brown eyes.

"Hey gorgeous," he said in a lustful voice, and I literally forgot about my boss. I just stood there staring into his beautiful eyes. I couldn't focus on anything; all I could imagine was one night with this guy. I wondered how amazing it would be.

"Anna!, Anna!, Where have you been?" a voice echoed in my head, and I was abruptly cut off from my imagination. I looked for who was calling me, and it was my boss. OMG, I am in so much trouble now, but I knew I was safe; I couldn't be sacked, so the confidence was there.

Hi guys, I am Anna from Chicago. I know you have seen my name, but there is nothing bad in letting you know again, right? Before I continue, please add to your collection, send me the power stone, as this is one of my entries for WSA 2024, and finally, don't forget to share the story with others. So let's begin.

I grew up in New York City as the only child of my overly protective mom and my supportive dad, and no, I am not from a rich family; my mom was a waitress at a coffee store in NYC, and my dad, well, let's just say he's been on leave for 5 years now. All my life was literally in NYC; I even studied at NYU, but all that changed when I got an internship offer from one of the biggest fashion houses in the world, Henry Heather's Fashion House. I freaked out when I found out, and I immediately accepted the offer. After a year in the company, I was offered a job position.

This job was the financial breakthrough my family had been praying to God for for years. Five years into the job here, I am a manager at the firm earning over five hundred thousand dollars per year. Yes, I am a freaking millionaire, but that is not what I'm about to share. Now, back to where I stopped.

"Hi sir, I was just coming to your office to give you the file," I said, looking down.

"Anna, you were to submit this file at 5 p.m. yesterday, and you're just bringing it by 12 p.m., wait! Don't tell me you are just coming to the office," he said.

"Hmm, sir, well, my cat is sick; I can't leave the poor baby alone," I said.

"Yesterday your dog was sick; now your cat?" he answered back.

"Well, I was not lying about my dog," I said.

"So you were lying about your cat?" he said.

"Oh no, I was not; maybe he contacted the virus; I am still your favorite employee, right?" I said, smiling.

My boss rolled his eyes and said, "Despite being tired of you, I know I can't send you away. Well, meet my son Charles; he will be the assistant to the CEO soon, and I want you to show him around and let him get familiar with the environment."

"What?, Is there a new CEO? And he is your son; shouldn't he know around?" I said, looking at Charles, who was staring at me lustfully.

"No silly, I am still the CEO; I am going no where; he will be assisting me, but before that, you will have to let him know everything he needs to know; it will be just for a month or two," he said.

"A month or two! "Okay, how much are we talking about here?" I said.

"Business-minded, I like that," Charles said with his amazing, thick voice. I could literally grab him right now and kiss him. Omg, this guy is making me crazy just on the first day of meeting him, and I will be spending one freaking month with him.

"Anna, what money? You are my employee, and I can send you to do anything," my boss, Mr. Henry, said.

"Well, sir, yes, but I don't remember my contract stating that I should train my cute boss son, who will definitely be earning times 100 of my salary if not one million," I said.

"Arggh, okay, okay, how much do you want?" Mr. Henry said.

"Well, $50 per hour is okay, but if he's overbearing, I will be charging triple the amount," I said, looking pleased with myself. Of course, it won't be hard for them; they are freaking billionaires, and their company is worth trillions of dollars.

"Well, okay, done. You will start with taking him around tomorrow; he will be in my office today," said Mr. Henry.

"So does this mean I can go back home?" I asked while Mr. Henry gave me a stern look and left towards the shareholder office.

"Okay, okay! Bye, sir, I will be in my office," I said, heading straight to my best friend. Her name is Kayla, and she has been my best friend ever since I became an intern here. She was also an intern here, and she is my assistant, the assistant manager of Henry and Heather Fashion House. We have been through different things together.

"Kayla, guess who I met today," I said.

"Who, is it a boy?" she said excitedly.

"Why do you always say that any time I ask you to guess who I met?" I said.

"I have to; you have been down lately. I know you have not moved on from Damien's betrayal, so I must, and it has been three freaking years. You definitely need to move on," she answered.

"Yeah, that is true," I said.

"So tell me, who did you meet today?" she said excitedly.

"Well, I met Mr. Henry's son, and he is just like a Greek god; he even called me gorgeous; I couldn't breathe; I forgot all about Damien; and I also forgot that I was supposed to meet my boss to submit the designs he asked me to work on," I said.

"Omg girl, I think you're finally getting another chance at a relationship, but I just want you to be careful and don't make the mistake you made with Damien," she said in an exciting but caring tone.

"Definitely, I won't. I never knew Damien was with me only for my body, but I guess I will offer my body and brain," I said, squealing in excitement.

"(laughs) very funny. Why did you come late today again? Is Damien still sick?" she asked. (Story Pause) Well, I am sure you are wondering, but you broke up with Damien. How come you know he's sick? Well, I also named my dog Damien. I named him after my ex when I was still stupidly in love. My dog never liked him, despite the fact that he was the one that actually bought me that dog. I should have taken note of that, but I was too busy falling in love. (Story continues)

"No, he's fine now. I took him to the vet yesterday, and they confirmed he was fine, just minor issues that had been resolved by the vet," I said.

"Oh, alright then, I am glad he is fine, and girl, it's past lunch already. I want to get something to eat; are you not going?, Oh, I forgot you are literally just coming from home; you will be filled up with food," she laughed.

"Oh no, I did not have anything; I will be joining you too," she said, saying that we both left for the cafeteria and it's Wednesday, so the cafeteria food was a Nigerian dish called jollof rice, which we all love despite the fact we are mostly Americans. I definitely can't miss Wednesday lunch. We showed our ID to the cafeteria lady, and she served us two spoons of jollof rice and chicken each. We took our seats at our usual spots and started discussing our new design plan.

"Hey gorgeous!" I immediately raised my head to see who it was, and it was my prince charming.

"Hmm, girl, I will see you soon," Kayla said.

"Oh no, I will be leaving soon anyway. I just came to say hello, and I will be having her all to myself tomorrow," Charles said with his lovely voice. If you guys hear it, you will definitely fall in love, but he's mine, so there's no need to hear it.

"Hmm, what do you mean by have me to yourself? I am training you," I said back in a serious tone. Of course, I have to do that to hide the fact that he has swooned me away.

"Yes, it's for the training, or do you want something else?" Oh no, that lustful voice. I quickly stopped overthinking and looked straight back at my food. He is not letting me enjoy my favorite food in peace. He smiled, touched my hand, and left. That touch, his hands were so smooth and soft, I am definitely going to have weird dreams this night.

"OMG, I guess he's also into you," Kayla said.

"Kayla, let me eat in peace," I said back in a serious tone, but my red face couldn't hide the fact that I was blushing.

We left the cafeteria thirty minutes later and continued with our day's activity, but I couldn't stop imagining about me and the handsome, hot, cute, pretty, name it, he is everything.

I waited for closing hours patiently, and when it was 4 p.m. on the dot, I ran to my boss's office to say goodbye, which was something I had never done since I got here. I wanted to see Charles, but I was disappointed he wasn't there. I went back downstairs and got into my car to drive home, but the car suddenly stopped working, and yes, like the damsel in distress, Charles came to help me fix my car, and even after fixing my car, he kissed me on the hands. Awwn, what a gentleman! I got into my car and drove straight home.