EX AND NEW BOSS

CHAPTER TWO

DIANA

Chris' deep eyes stared into my soul, and I felt like he could see through me. Shame, and a wave of guilt washed all over me, as the memories of our passionate relationship and how it ended replayed in my mind.

I didn't want to accept it, but the truth was staring me in the face. My boss was my ex-boyfriend.

I just wanted to turn and run out of this place as fast as I could, I didn't want to do this, I didn't think I could, I just....I just couldn't work for my ex boyfriend!

CEO, this is Diana. She has been abroad for some years and she just got back, but she used to live in this city and she knows it like the back of her hands, she can definitely work efficiently well as your secretary!"

When I didn't say anything, Amanda spoke up for me again. She sounded like a salesperson who was trying to sell my skills to Chris.

"Chris I....." I opened my mouth,and called his name, but then, he fixed his dark grey eyes on me, and all of the words died my throat.

Chris pinned me down with just that one stare, and I could only stare at his face in shock.

I finally managed to take a good look at his face, and I realized that besides his face, there was absolutely nothing about this man that was familiar to me.

He was no longer the young awkward boy of 22, he was now a mature man at 27, and although he looked as good as ever, the past five years had left him sharpened around the edges.

He looked so in control of everything....he was now a CEO!

Back then, I was well aware that Adam had big dreams, and I knew more than anyone else that he would achieve those dreams, however, something like this was way out of my imagination!

"Miss Rodd, please go get me a cup of coffee," Chris swiftly went back to reading a file, and when he spoke, his voice was devoid of any emotions at all.

My eyes darted around, and my body just seemed stuck to the ground. I couldn't seem to move my legs.

This was too great a shock for me, and I was having a hard time processing it.

"Miss Rodd, I don't like to repeat myself. Being my secretary is a very important job, and it leaves no room for mistakes. I also do not employ lazy people, if you three strikes, you're out," Chris words hit me like a sledge hammer.

I didn't want to do this damn job, but then, what else could I do?

Frankly, after what happened to my father, this was probably the only company that would hire me, and it was all thanks to Amanda.

I couldn't let her down.

"Yes boss," I found myself saying .

Somehow, in a dazed state, I was able to find the coffee machine and I got a cup of black coffee for Chris.

I remembered he always drank his coffee black, in fact, they were too many things that I remembered about him.

"Here's your coffee, sir," I placed the coffee on his table and I stood in front of him with my arms behind my back.

While making the coffee, I had done a lot of thinking. Chris seemed like he didn't want to acknowledge that he knew me, so perhaps this was for the better?

He took a sip of the coffee without looking at my face, but then, a few seconds later, his gaze landed on me, and I could see anger in his eyes.

It was the first time I sensed another emotion from him besides bitter coldness.

"What is this?" Chris asked me, his grip on the coffee tightening.

"Coffee, you've always drank black coffee, so I thought...."

"Always drank black coffee? Miss Rodd, are you sure that you know me that well?" The corner of his lips lifted up in a mocking smile, and I felt my eyes wet with unshed tears.

I shook my head slowly, "I just....."

"If you're going to keep this job, Miss Rodd, then you need to know your place as my secretary, and not attempt to do anything else," Chris sneered as he said this.

I couldn't help but feel upset. Did he think all of this was my doing?

I sniffed and forced myself to look straight at him,"I didn't know that you were the CEO here. The things that happened in the past, well, I know that you hate me and you have every right to, I won't show up in front of you so shamelessly. My husband died and I had to return home. As for Amanda helped me get a job here. If I had known that you were the CEO...."

"I really don't care about your life history, Miss Rodd. I just want coffee the way I like it. With milk. Oh and by the way, that's one strike for you," Chris voice dragged on lazily.

My heart sank when I heard this. Damn this all to hell. Why, why of all people did it have to be Chris I was working for?

.....

Amanda dropped the glass of beer on the table with a loud bang.

"What?! He's your ex?! How come....how is this possible?"

Her eyes were almost popping out of their sockets, and I just drank my beer with a mocking smile on my face.

I had the same question too, how was this possible? The universe was determined to mess with me, it seemed.

When Amanda suggested we go out to a bar to celebrate my first day of work, I took her up on the offer almost immediately .

I needed something to clear my head after the shock I had suffered today.

"No, no, this doesn't make sense to me. What do you mean you dated Chris Langston? He's the youngest and most successful CEO in this city right now! Do you know how many women want to climb into his bed? And yet you dated him?" Amanda seemed shocked, and also excited.

If only she knew the full story, she wouldn't feel this way!

"What are you going to do about this now, Diana? I thought something was odd between you two earlier, are you going to try and get him back? You really can't let such an amazing man walk away, can you?" Amanda winked at me as she asked me this.

I smiled, and shook my head. Let him walk away? Five years ago, I did that, even though he begged me to stay.

"Forget it, anyway, I am sure he hates me now,". I said.

"You....what really happened between you two? I am sensing that there's more to the story here, is this some kind of crazy love triangle story? Did you guys...."

Amanda was still talking when I stood up abruptly. She was getting too close to the truth, and it made me uncomfortable.

"I have to use the bathroom," I said and made my escape before she could question me further.

Inside the bathroom stall, I held my face as I tried to calm myself.

I needed this job more than anything, Chris was ignoring me, so it should be a good thing, right?

I just had to pretend I didn't know him and we didn't have any kind of history. It shouldn't be too hard .....right?

My mind was spinning in circles as I thought of how I was supposed to pretend not to have any history with Chris when my heart rate shot up whenever I saw his face.

I grabbed the door handle of the bathroom stall, and just as I prepared to step out, two people stumbled into the bathroom.

They were locked in a passionate kiss, and it made me uncomfortable.

Usually, I would ignore couples like this, but I froze when I saw the man's face.

Chris ..was kissing and groping a woman in a public bathroom?!

What happened to him? When did he become....this kind of man?