2. My headache

When I woke up the next morning, I get ready for work and get my bag and start to head out. As I close the door, there was a note by the door.

Dear Esther,

This is the landlord. I give you till the end of the month to get your rent together. If not, your things would be thrown out!

Baldwin.

I sigh as I crumble the paper. I threw the paper as I walked out of the apartment building. As I walk across the street, I see Christian's car parked right there.

Why is this man still here?

As I walk inside the bakery, Diane calls me to her office. Hopefully nothing is wrong. As I walk inside her office, Christian was sitting with her. He was on his phone. He didn't look at me as I sat down.

"Good morning Esther. How are you?" Diane asks me with a smile. I return the smile and answer, "I am doing good how about you?" I ask. "I'm good. I have good news and bad news. Which would you like first?" She asks as she looks down at her papers.

I look at Christian who was still on his phone, then over to Diane. I smile and answer, "Bad news first please." She sighs and says, "I am very sorry but I am going to have to let you go."

My heart dropped. I have been doing my job all of this time. I haven't done anything wrong to be fired. I look at Diane and ask, "What have I done?"

"Nothing. Which leads me to the good news." She says with a smile. "You would be working with the Black cooperation. You would be their new head chef." I look at her in awe. My bad news has made me get a promotion.

I shook Diane's hands and say, "Thank you so much. I really appreciate it." She laughs and says, "You should be thanking Christian. He was the one who got you this promotion."

I look over to Christian who was looking at me right now with a smile. I give him a quick glare and turn back to Diane, "Thank you. I really mean it. I would really miss this place."

She smiles and says, "Yes. We would surely miss you here. Thank you for bringing smiles to the customers. I would leave you with Christian to talk about the responsibilities of Black cooperation."

She grabs her things and leaves the room. It was only Christian and I in the room. I sighed in frustration and looked at Christian. "What is wrong with you?"

He looks at me and shakes his head, "Nothing. I just don't understand why you aren't being appreciative." I groan and ask, "How were you even able to get me a job over there anyway?"

He rolls his eyes and answers, "I am the boss." I open my mouth in shock. That cooperation makes billions and billions every year.

"But why are you doing this?" I ask as I fold my arms. He sighs and says, "Remember my offer. I won't let it go." He says this and leaves the room.

Why is this man trying to mess up my life?

I got up and left the office. I walk out of the bakery and go back to my apartment. Tomorrow might as well be my first day. I spent the day trying to relax.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Janice comes over to my place after she finishes her shift. She sits down on the couch along with me and asks, "Why weren't you working today?"

"I have been promoted." I tell her excitedly. She looks at me and smiles. "Look at you. What are you been promoted to?"

I take a deep breath and answer "I am been moved to Black cooperation as their head chef." Janice jumps up and screams.

"This is an awesome opportunity!" She screams as she settles down. I laugh. She is always like this. I sigh as I tell her what had happened last night.

I place my hands on my face and say, "I don't know what to do." She nods her head and says, "But this could be something that could benefit you."

"But I am not like those other chicks he picks up from the streets." I tell her. It's true. I don't want to be part of those girls who he could just mess around with.

Janice laughs and says, "I understand you but just think about it. You should negotiate with him. That's what I did with Micheal."

Michael was Janice's ex boyfriend but right now they are trying to figure out if they should get back together or not.

"Okay I will think about it." I tell her. Janice stayed only for a little. We just talked throughout the whole time she was here.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The next morning, I woke up and wore my clothes. Today was my first day at Black cooperation. I did my hair and wore light makeup. I grabbed my things and headed out the door.

As I headed outside the building, Christian was standing there. I roll my eyes and walk past him. I was in no mood to argue with him.

As I was walking, a Mercedes Benz car was following right next to me. I obviously know it is Christian. He kept on honking.

After some time, he gets down the car and stops me.

"I will take you." He tells me. I look away and try to leave but he holds unto me tightly. I sigh in frustration and ask "Why are you trying to help me? I can walk there by myself."

He lets go off me and answers, "It will take you a while and also because I could see you are a good person." I look at him and sigh, "Okay you could take me but only for today okay?"

"Yes ma'am." He says while opening the door. I roll my eyes as I enter. The inside of his car was very classy. Everything was beige in color.

Christian gets into the car and looks at me. "Are you ready?" He asks as he starts the car. I nod my head and he starts driving. It was actually a long ride.

Imagine if I was walking. I would be there by night time.

When we get there, there were reporters and paparazzi all over the place. They were all screaming Christian's name and also Jonas. Who is that?

As we both get down, Christian guides me to a private entrance away from the crowd. When we get inside the building, a lady walks up to Christian and says, "Good morning Mr. Black."

I look at the lady then look at Christian. I thought his last name was Romano. Christian smiles at her and he pulls me along with him.

As we were walking I ask him, "Why did she call you Mr. Black? I thought your last name was Romano?" He smiles and answers, "Black is my real last name. I just use Romano for other purposes."

I nod my head. We walk into a kitchen. It was so huge. No one was there except us. I look up at Christian and ask,

"So I am the only one going to be in this kitchen?" He shakes his head and says, "No. The other staff are having a meeting. Just look around."

"Okay. Well bye." I say as we part from each other. I go ahead and wear an apron and start getting ready on making some dishes.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Later in the day, I was talking to my colleagues. "So how is he like?" I ask. We were all talking about Christian.

One of the ladies, Bella says, "He is a really nice person. We hardly see him because he only spends 6 months over here." I nod my head and another lady says, "He and his brother are so generous."

I look at her with a confused look. "He has a brother?" All of them look at me and Bella says, "Yeah. His twin brother Jonas." Wow, he has a twin?

"Oh okay." I say. We continue to talk and talk about our daily lives and about our favorite recipes.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

After a long day, I remove my apron and wash my hands. As I was getting my things, Christian walks in.

"Hey." He says as he looks at me. "Look Christian..." I was about to say but he stops me. He laughs out loud and says, "I'm not Christian."

I look at him closely, when another figure walks inside. Am I seeing double? "I am Christian and that's Jonas." The other figure says smiling.