Chapter 34 - Devil

"Oh my God! Did I just worsen everything?" Lucy cried as she collapsed on her seat and took off her glasses before resting her head on the table. She was really trying hard not to sob.

What the heck had happened in there? She had gone to see Mr Harry, not the CEO, so why had the CEO chosen to get involved in her business? Why had she allowed her big mouth put her in trouble? "Oh God! Please just rewind the time back to yesterday, I won't complain ever again, I promise." she prayed silently.

She stood up from her seat and put on her glasses once again before she started pacing around the office. Mr Harry had asked her to clear her desk today and resume as the CEO's personal assistant the next day. Why? Why were they taking things too far? She hadn't meant to challenge their authority. Why did they even have to say she had to be extra nice to Tom? Lucy raised a hand to her temple which was beginning to throb, and cussed Tom for bringing so much trouble to her.

Yes. This was all because of Tom. He was the cause of her current predicament. If only he had been minding his business and had not caught a glimpse of her to do list or even offered to be her one night stand that night, she wouldn't have been in this mess.

"What am I going to do?" Lucy groaned pitifully.

"Ma'am?"

She looked up when she heard her secretary's voice, "Yeah?"

"A message is going around that the CEO has asked that henceforth every staff must leave the company premises at closing hour, and no one is to carry any work home," She said, trying hard not to sound too excited about it.

"What? Why?" Lucy asked with a frown.

"I have no idea,"

"You can leave. Thank you," Lucy said, and the secretary gave a curt nod before leaving.

"Why are they doing this to me?" Lucy asked, at the verge of tears now. She lived for her job. She loved taking work home, since it took up most of her time and kept her busy. What else could she do if there was no work?

"Maybe I can invite Sonia over," She thought before picking up her phone and dialing Sonia's line.

Sonia who was seated in the middle of her apartment which was littered with balls of discarded sheets of papers, picked up her phone distractedly when she saw it was Lucy calling, "Hey girlfriend!"

"You should come down here at once. I think I'm about to die," Lucy cried, making Sonia snap her head up from her laptop.

"Huh? What is wrong?"

"Sonia my life is about to end," Lucy cried pitifully.

"What is wrong? Did your one night stand neighbor blackmail you or release your nude photos to the press?" Sonia asked, making Lucy close her eyes.

"He seems to be the bane of my life right now."

"Did he do something? Go on, tell me what is wrong," Sonia said with a yawn, and then stood up from the floor and headed for her refrigerator in search of something to eat.

Lucy quickly summarized the detail of all that had happened, making Sonia screech in excitement. Lucy pulled the phone away from her ear, "Why do you sound excited?" Lucy asked in confusion.

"You are going to be working directly with the CEO of one of the biggest company in the country. And the best part is that I heard he is still single. Come on! This is an opportunity of a lifetime!" Sonia said as she munched on the bounty chocolate she had been able to find in the refrigerator.

"I don't want to work so close to him. I'm okay working here in my office," Lucy protested.

"Well, unfortunately you don't have a choice. And you had better be kind to the hot one night stand-cum-neighbor-cum-driver. He is bringing you so much good luck," Sonia said as she returned to where she had left her pen and notebook, and then scribbled down something on her journal.

"What good luck?" Lucy asked with a snort, "Sonia please come over. I think I might die if I don't take any work home," Lucy pleaded.

"Can't. Sorry. I'm working a new book, and you know how I like to be alone when doing that. Good thing you have your handsome neighbor to keep you company, so better take advantage of it." Sonia suggested.

"Why are you so confused? One minute you want me to get with my boss, and the next you want Tom." Lucy asked in confusion making Sonia giggle.

"You can get with the driver off work hours, and get with your boss during work hours. I would totally do that if I was you," Sonia said with a giggle.

Before Lucy could respond to that, she sighted Tom approaching her office through the see through glasses, "Oh shit! The devil is here! I will call you back." Lucy said before hanging up.

She took in a deep breath, and pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. Her first thought was to snap at him for bringing her lunch despite her objection that morning. But once she remembered what Mr Harry had told her, she decided against it. Instead she pulled both sides of her lips up in a stiff smile.

"I brought your lunch as promised. I got you a bit of everything," Tom said as he carried the lunch pack over to her desk, while he looked around the office.

Lucy didn't bother to look at his clothes. She kept her gaze on his face, "Thank you," she said, still maintaining a stiff smile, making Tom want to chuckle.

"You're welcome ma'am. See you later." Tom said, and then winked at her before turning around to leave.

Lucy looked at his back in disbelief as he closed the door behind him, "Did he just wink at me? Did that damned devil of a man really just wink at me? Oh sweet Jesus!" Lucy cried as she lowered herself on to her chair and buried her face in her hands.

There was nothing she could do to him since she had been asked to be nice to him.. She couldn't afford to lose her job because he had winked at her, "Lucy, you have to be nice," Lucy murmured to herself as she massaged her temple, and tried to calm herself.