---- Book 1 Chapter 3 Red eyes? Bella said, shaking her head, and I nodded, knowing I was right about them being contacts. There was no other explanation. So, what sort of flowers do you like? Bella asked, making me look at her. Huh? For your grave, you better hope they dont recognize you for cutting them off. They will destroy you, she said, and I thought she was joking, but the nervous look on her face scared the crap out of me. You wouldn't be the first girl to go running from their wrath out of this building, she added, making my stomach drop. Great, just great. The morning went by quickly in a blur of answering phones and taking messages. Troy suddenly waltzed over to the desk with a huge triumphant grin. He leaned on the desk, looking down at me before reaching down and taking the phone from my ear and hanging it up. You are so screwed, he said in a sing-song voice. Why is that, Troy? I asked, bored of his annoying little games. How did he even have a job here? I was yet to see him do anything that resembled work. 5/7 ---- Book 1 Chapter 3 Grab your stuff, he said, not giving me any indication of what was going on. I picked up the phone, only for him to take it from me again and hang it up. Lam busy, Troy. Go annoy someone else, I told him, jotting down a message I was listening to on the voicemail before he hung the phone up on me the first time. You dont work here anymore, he said with a big Cheshire-cat grin on his face, his beady eyes sparkling with mischief. What? I asked worriedly. I couldn't lose this job. I had my twin sisters daughter to help raise. My mother would kill me if I got fired right now, especially with my sister doing a runner from the rehab clinic and dumping her kid on us. L said grab your stuff. You are moving upstairs, he repeated. Upstairs? I asked. Wouldn't that be a promotion then? I thought to myself, but the sly grin on his face made me nervous. I had a bad feeling that whatever was happening, I wouldn't like it. 6/7 ---- Book 1 Chapter 3 Oh, you think I am an asshole? Wait till you see who your new bosses are, he drawled. Oh no, I pushed the old fool too far. What has he gone and done now? Who? I asked, and Bella stood up, also looking at him worriedly as she chewed on the end of her pen, trying to figure out what was going on. Grab your stuff now, or I will fire that tight little ass of yours for good, he said, looking around the corner of my desk and staring at my bubble butt. Eww, gross. And I will have your ass for sexual harassment, I spat at him, grossed out as he licked his old dried-out lips. God, this old creeper infuriated me. Bella was glaring daggers at him. I grabbed my bag and stepped around the desk, following him to the elevator. The doors closed, and he stood silently, smiling. I wanted to wipe that smug grin off his face. He hit the 12th- floor button, and my stomach dropped, plummeting somewhere deep inside me. Twelfth floor? My heart started racing, and I felt like I was about to have a panic attack. He couldn't be serious. Troy smiled brighter at my panic while I felt on the verge of throwing up. 7/7 ---- Book 1 Chapter 4 Book 1 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Yep, thats right. You are now Cyrus and Eli's new bitch, Troy announced. My stomach dropped. You hardly saw them, but I heard the whispers. No one wanted to work for them; they were a nightmare apparently, explosively angry, and just overall strange. Today was the first time I had ever come across them here; their presence was rare at the building. Was this punishment for cutting them off? Did they recognize me? Their last secretary left crying hysterically. Bella told me she had apparently ended up in a psych ward muttering about demons and monsters, and she hadn t returned since. The doors opened, and Troy shoved me out, nearly making me stumble. I turned, trying to get back in the elevator, the doors closing in my face. Adeline Paisley? I heard a deep husky voice behind me. My body tensed, fear running through me, and I gulped, goosebumps rising on my flesh. Troy really fucked me over this time. Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!