ASSISTANT OR SLAVE

ERIKA P.O.V

The next day someone knocked loudly on our door waking both caroline and me, it was 5 am in the morning, caroline groaned something and covered her face with a pillow, I went to see who's at the door so early in the morning and saw the person who had brought our dinner yesterday.

"Good morning mam, MR.Stone asked you guys to be ready in an hour" he said and left.

"what's with Mr.stone and early mornings " i thought to myself and went to bathroom, i did my morning routine and came out to see caroline still sleeping.

"Hey ..wakeup, Mr.stone asked us to be ready by 6 am..come on" I said tapping her shoulder.

"grhhh...what the hell is wrong with him? ughh.." she said irritatedly and slept again.

"Hey we don't have much time left, now come on wakeup" I said grabbing her blanket but she shook her head and slept again.

I left her after trying for 5 more minutes and started getting dressed,i wore a grey T-shirt and jeans with white sneakers,left my hair open.

last night I didn't eat the healthy food the elder man brought for us properly, so I felt hungry and went to the kitchen to grab something to eat, on my way to the kitchen I saw Mr.stone working out in the living room, I have stopped in my tracks at the sight before me, he was looking really hot, doing pushups without a shirt, oh my god ..those abs...he stopped his workout suddenly and looked in my direction and I ran away feeling embarrassed for staring at him.

I went into the kitchen and started making coffee for myself and then I felt someone standing behind me but i didn't dare to turn around because I knew it's Mr.stone because of his cologne,it's really unique ,he stood too close making me nervous,i felt his hand touching my right hand in which I was holding my coffee and he took the coffee from me.

I turned around slowly and saw him drinking my coffee looking at me intensely, I lowered my head immediately and started fidgeting feeling nervous with his close proximity, he was in his gym clothes, sweat dripping from his neck and fore arms, he really looked like some fitness model, how could someone be so scary yet handsome!!

"g..good..good morning sir," I said still looking down.

"good morning.." he said in a deep voice unlike his usual serious tone, I remembered Mr.Richard telling me how he doesn't like sugar in his coffee but I put a lot of sugar in my coffee according to my taste.

"sir..umm... I will make another cup for you.." i said trying to grab another cup but he held my hand stopping me, my heart skipped a beat with his warm touch and i tried to remove my hand from his hold but he didn't leave my hand.

Holding my hand, looking into my eyes he said"It's fine..not a big deal", I didn't know what to say so I looked down and said"o..ok..then", why am i so nervous,can't i just talk to him normally,there's this strange feeling when he is near me,is it because i have worshipped him for four years?? yes, that must be it...

Daniel came inside the kitchen saving me from Mr.stone" Hey Eri..good morning" he said smiling at me.I removed my hand from Christopher's hold immediately and turned to daniel "hey ..good morning, would you like some coffee" I asked

Before daniel could say something I heard Mr stone saying "Ms.Williams do not forget why I have hired you, you are my assistant not a servant to my team"

"i ..i..I am sorry sir, I thought I could be friends with the team" I said nervously at which he scoffed and said "friendly huh..daniel what's your score in the entrance test??" he asked daniel still looking at me with a smirk.

"Ummm..sir..its 98%" daniel said nervously.

"And you Ms.Williams..??" Mr.stone turned to me and asked me , tears formed in my eyes with humiliation, I didn't dare to look up but said "negative 5 sir".

"what..i can't hear you?? say it gain" he said coming near me with a hand at his ear,i looked up with tears in my eyes and said "negative 5 sir"

He saw me and then he stopped smirking and looked away brushing his hair back"well..umm..remember why you are here and act accordingly" he said and quickly left.

I just stood there looking down with tears in my eyes unable to face daniel,i felt disappointed with myself for letting my idol look down on me because of my marks.

"Hey Eri.. umm..see... you don't have to feel bad because of what Mr. Stone said, you know how he is right," he said trying to comfort me but what Mr stone said was true though, no matter how much I try to be friendly with daniel and caroline they both are far ahead of me in research studies and excelled in the exam, I really have to remember my place and why I am here, I should work hard in this 1 month time and prove to my idol that i am capable to join his team.

"it's ok daniel you don't have to comfort me ,he was not wrong though" with that i left the kitchen and went to my room to see caroline still sleeping.

"hey we only have 15 minutes to reach the helipad ,now come on wakeup" i said removing her blanket,she wokeup immediately and ran to the bathroom, well ..that worked.

we all reached the helipad by 6 am where two helicopters were waiting for us one is a brown six seater chopper and another one is a 4 seater black chopper.

while we were waiting for Mr. Stone, he came walking towards us wearing some long jean jacket and a loose T-shirt with black jeans along with raybon glasses..his hair in a top knot, he really looked handsome while walking towards us but I immediately lowered my head when he looked in my way, I mean I should get over my silly crush on him, now that I know he is in a relationship with Caroline, and I didn't forget his warning in the morning.

He reached us and started speaking with a guy(pilot I guess) seriously while adjusting his glasses, Mr.stone looked like a greek god in his 6'4' height and broad shoulders, how could someone be so handsome I thought

"He is really looking dapper isn't he??" caroline said suddenly interrupting my thoughts and stood beside me, I turned to her to see her staring at Mr.stone admiringly, I immediately looked down without saying anything.

"I hope you remember your promise ... many girls like you worship him for his wealth and looks but there is no way he could marry any girl from a normal background, any way you are a smart girl so you know what is good for you right??" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"I know my limits caroline..there is no way I could ever dream about marrying Mr.stone, I admire him for his talent nothing else," I said feeling a little guilty for staring at her fiancee.

"Good to hear that...you better start working on the promise you have made" she said and I was about to reply but stopped seeing daniel approaching us.

"Are you guys excited huh...I couldn't sleep all night with excitement" he said smiling excitedly, I returned his smile and nodded my head but caroline scoffed and said"for you guys, it might be exciting but I have already been to the island once with my brother since Chris and my brother are close friends"

Meanwhile, Mr.Richard approached us and said"ok guys ..now... MS Erika, Mr. Daniel, and I will fly together in that " Mr. Richard said gesturing towards the brown 6 seater helicopter.

"And Ms.king will fly with Mr stone in his chopper since she has something important to discuss with him regarding project" he said smiling at caroline.

Mr.stone started walking towards his chopper with caroline following behind him, I was about to walk with Daniel towards the other chopper but stopped in my tracks after hearing Christopher's voice.

"Do I have to remind you again ms -5 that your my assistant not a team member, that copper is for my team, you will fly with me in my chopper " he said and started walking towards his chopper.

I looked at Mr.Richard not knowing what to do, he looked confused too but handed me a small backpack and said "there are some important things which Mr stone needs in this bag, handle it carefully" with that he left with caroline glaring at him.

I took the backpack and ran towards Mr.stone, he gave me a serious look and started walking towards his chopper I couldn't keep up with his pace so I ran behind him and bumped into his back when he suddenly stopped walking.

"so..sorry sir" I said taking a step back keeping some distance between us, I saw caroline walking towards us and i smiled at her waving which she returned, Mr. Stone glared at me and said "Ms.king you are a team member..you should travel with the rest of the team" still looking at me.

Is he reminding me again that I am not equal to them?? yes, that's what he's doing after seeing me smiling and waving at caroline, immediately I stopped smiling and lowered my head with puffed cheeks.

"Huhh..such a kid.." I heard Mr.stone muttering to himself and walking towards his chopper, I gave caroline one last look and ran after him with his backpack.

He sat in the pilot seat, giving some commands through the headset and started handling flight controls while I sat beside him nervously fastening my seat belt and failing miserably"wait..wait..let me do it" he said and helped me with the seatbelt, I got confused with his behavior he was insulting me a few seconds before and now he is being nice, what's his real nature??

I smiled at him, for helping me, he stared at me for a second and looked away after hearing some commands and with that, we were flying, I looked around excitedly with amazement, I have never felt such excitement in my life, a big grin formed on my face and I saw Mr.stone concentrating on the controls while giving some commands.

He looked really handsome while doing so I couldn't take my eyes off him but I looked away immediately after remembering his words earlier.

"you have no right to gawk at him," I thought to myself, whenever he took a glance at me I looked away nervously.

After 2 and half hours of the journey an island full of greenery appeared in the view below, it looked so beautiful that I stared at it with my mouth wide open, our chopper slowly landed on a large ground near Mr.stone's research center, I quickly removed my seatbelt and stepped out, I removed my sneakers and felt the soft grass under my feet and gentle breeze on my face closing my eyes.

there were four big buildings interconnected by bridges constructed approximately over 30 acres of land surrounded by a steel wall, there were some gardens and trees inside the wall, so this is Mr.stone's research center huh..

"wow ... it's so beautiful sir, i..i... I never thought I would see such a beautiful view" i said catching my breath and turned to see Mr.stone smiling a little unlike his usual serious expression.

"Neither did i .."he said looking into my eyes

"but sir..this is your island you can see whenever you want right!!" i asked confused but he looked away sighing.

"Enough with your stupidity..now lets go" he said walking towards the big parking lot with different vehicles, I started running after him keeping up with his pace, and saw another chopper landing near, I saw caroline and daniel walking towards us along with Mr.Richard.

There were two jeeps waiting for us a wrangler unlimited polar and a wrangler rubicon, Mr. Stone turned to Richard and said "you take them to staff quarters and guys.. we will start working tomorrow so be ready by 8am" with that Mr stone went to his vehicle

He sat in the driver seat without starting it, I was still standing near daniel and caroline, Mr.stone gave me a serious look and i ran with his backpack to his vehicle and sat beside him,i saw caroline looking angrily at me but why?? is she angry with me because i am sitting beside her fiancee?? I will have to explain to her later i thought.

"umm..sir why am i not going with them to staff quarters??" i asked nervously at which he looked away.

"Are you a team member??" he asked starting the ignition and i shook my head in a no

"Then why do you think you will stay with them??" he said and started driving away from the research center, right..i am just an assistant so he might give me some shabby room or some servant's room,why would he allow me to stay with his team i thought

After a few minutes of the drive-through beautiful forest roads he stopped the jeep before a beautiful wooden house surrounded by trees,he got out and gestured me to get down which i did immediately, I stared at the big beautiful house with a large garden.

"wow... it's so beautiful sir" i said looking at the beautiful house i have ever seen in my life.

"if you are done with your sightseeing lets go inside ,i have important things to do" he said irritatedly and started walking inside,huhh..why is he so rude,"scary lion king " i muttered to myself and ran behind him,interior of the house was more beautiful than the exterior with large plants here and there.

"My room is on the right and there's a greenhouse in the garden, you are not allowed in those two places don't come in there unless it catches fire,you have my diet chart so prepare my meals according to that,you will clean ,cook and arrange my research notes " he said while checking his phone like it's not a big deal.

but how can i do all that work,I would never get to study if i do all these chores, but I have no other choice right now so i nodded my head in understanding.

"And..there is a guest room on the left, you can stay there .. one more thing you will accompany me to lab everyday,prepare whatever i need for the day before hand ok!!" he said and left leaving me alone.

huhh..thank god atleast i got some work related to my studies i thought to myself, i wanted to be his team memeber but became his assistant/cook ,what should i do so that i can be his team member i thought..

caroline..yes she is the only one who can help me get into his team..I will have to help her persuade him for marriage so that I can get into his team.

But the big question is how?????