E3: Brian's Job

RUTH:

"NO!"

Irene shouts out loud and starts to

run around the living room holding her favourite plushie. "I want dada feed Baby Irene!" She pouts.

"Dada is getting late for his work baby! Come on, why are you making your mom so tired?" I said carrying a spoonful of cereal for her in my hand trying to get a hold of her.

It's been four months to my pregnancy, and this shit is pretty exhausting.

"DADA, DADA, DADA!!" Irene stomped her feet in anger puffing her cheeks up in anger like a blowfish.

"Fine! Don't eat!! I don't care!" I said in anger too slapping the bowl at the dining table and went inside to plate out Brian's breakfast on the table.

And here we go again.

Irene started crying hugging on her life sized plushie sitting in the couch.

"Ohkay why is my home a zoo first thing in the morning?!" Brian came out irritated struggling with his tie.

Seriously, he takes more time tying that knot around his collar than he takes in the shower.

"Mama shouted Irene!" She complained sobbing.

"Hmm... Bad mama! Shoo!!" Shooing me away, Brian scooped her up in his arms and pet her hairs with love, "Dada will feed our baby... What say?"

I sighed handling Brian the bowl and he started talking moons and stars with her patiently while feeding her spoon after spoons.

"Yay! Baby finished the food!" Brian says with his starry eyes and Irene jumps to wrap her arms around his neck and plants a strong kiss on his cheek.

"Irene loves daddy!"

Brian chuckled ruffling her hairs and gets up with the bowl coming at the table.

"Mission accomplished wife!" He said with a grin and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me towards himself.

I did the knotting of his tie for him while he played with my hairs.

"You're late for your work husband!" I whispered.

He softly kissed my cheek and linked his forehead with mine, "If you didn't ask for a quickie this morning, this wouldn't have happened!"

I slapped my hands against his back slowly turning all red.

"Okay, now go!"

"Are you sure wife? Should I really go?? What if I run away?" He shot me a teasing look.

"I'll go find another man, there are more out there in the world... Better than you!"

I said giving him that grin back.

"Seems like last night wasn't hard enough to mark the fact that you are MINE!? Want me to repeat the exercise?" He said pulling me more closer!

"Shut up and go! We'll do this after you come back!" I said, moving my head all through his neck and chest, breathing him into myself.

"Bye!" He breathed into my ears softly and nibbles on my ear lobe, "Miss me!"

"You bet I would!" I said pushing him away handling him his office bag as he took up a roll in his hand and biting it off he walked away.

I stood there watching him walking away with a smile pasted on my lips...

Life has been so calm and peaceful lately... Just like I wanted eversince forever.

I wonder if Brian knew about my past he would still want to hold my hand through everything or not?

Whatever!

I'm happy, having a second child for my husband... We have sweet little world of our own and I don't wanna change it by telling him the truth about my past.

It would only ruin us!

"Irene, not on the couch!!"

I yelled at this little typhoon again while she settled on the couch with all the water colors trying to paint....

paper or the couch...?

Can't tell!

~~~

BRIAN:

"Here's your coffee sir!" Scarlett slammed the cup against the table in hatred almost breaking the crockery.

"Careful little bird? You don't wanna pay the penalty, do you?" I chuckled and she glared at me.

"When are you telling Ruth?" She asked in anger.

"It's her birthday tonight Letty!" I said getting back to seriousness. "It's not gonna be tonight!"

"Right!" She mumbled.

"Do it before a month or it will become hard to hide!"

"I know that!" I said going through the documents, "Now where the heck did I keep the "Nightingales" file?"

"Ugh! What would you do without me?" Letty rolled her eyes and went through the drawers coming up with the very file I was searching for.

"That's what I hired you for, sweetcheeks!" I winked cheekily taking the file away from my secretary also, a very intimate friend of mine and Ruth's.

~~~

I was working through the day when one of the staffs knocked on my glass door and I looked up at him giving him the attention he wanted.

"Brian sir, CEO Doherty has called you in his office." He said.

"Alright, I'm coming!" I said getting up closing my pen and stuffing it up in my pocket

"I'll be right back!" I husked to Scarlett and walked towards the door.

~~~

NICHOLAS DOHERTY

The richest buisness man on earth.

He has some really high contacts in the states. His friendship is very intimate with the only Royal family in the States, 'The Roerig's'.

After the death of his parents he took over his fifth largest group of companies that his parents left behind and worked hard to make it to the top!

There is no buisness man making more fortune than he is... All in white!

Who knows about black?!

Approximately a month ago the CEO of our company died in a very suspicious way and this company was then auctioned to Mr. Nicholas Doherty.

He was in Rome for some buisness tour and was back now paying a visit to his newly brought companies in London before going back to his native land, New York, North America.

He is an ideal in the buisness world and I would really want to follow up with his footsteps and reach where he is now, one day!

~~~

I knocked lightly at the door before pushing it a little open and asked for the permission,

"May I come in, Mr. Doherty?"

"You already came in Mr. Lewis!" He said without turning back.

Wearing a neatly ironed suit he had his back facing towards us, while he was staring out of his floor to ceiling glass windows.

He was a man of perfection, I really idealise his success.

"You called me sir?"

"How long have you been working here for?" He asked coldly.

"Umm... It's been around 5-6 years now sir, but it sure feels like a lifetime!" I chuckled trying to lighten up the mood and he quickly turned around and gave me a spine chilling glare.

"You would need to take a note of certain things when you talk to me Mr. Lewis!" He said and took his seat, resting his feet overlapping each other on the desk showing off his Italian limited edition hand-stitched shoes to me,

"I'm not a big fan of witty people!"

"Umm.. I was just trying to lighten up the-"

I immediately dropped the idea, he was my Boss's boss's boss! I had to shut my cheekiness or my family would be on streets.

"I see your performance record is very clear?" He said without letting me complete my last sentence.

This dude was hella snobbish!

"Uhh yea... I was-" I started speaking again when suddenly my cellphone jingled.

Shit!

"Uhh... Sorry!" I mumbled to Mr. Doherty and he just shoots me glare.

Ignoring him, I took out my cellphone and saw it was Ruth calling.

"Wife emergency! You would know?" I scoffed not sure about the fact if this guy was married or not?

He strangely shot me an extremely pissed and irritated look and....

"I guess there is no cellphone rules in the office?"

"Uhh... yeah!" I mumbled and then disconnected the call shoving my cellphone back in my pocket

Sorry babe! But your husband is stuck with an overly arrogant jerk who perhaps hasn't smiled in a century!

"You were promoted as a chief editor to the magazine, weren't you?" He said getting his legs back down from being at the table and started rummaging through my file

"Yes, sir!"

"Not gonna happen! I don't think you're well trained enough for the spot." He said slamming my file shut.

"Huh?"

I don't understand... Is he actually thinking of demoting me for no fucking reason?

If it was so, why did he promote me in the first place?!

"Now that the company is mine, I can do whatever I want with my staff. I have looked for a better person to fill in your position here! You may pack your stuff up and leave!"

"But this is wrong! You can't just-"

I started again and he yet again out of his wierd habbit didn't let me speak at all.

"Either submit your resignation by an hour on my desk or I'll have to get you dismissed!" He said coldly.

Okay enough!!

I banged my fist in anger against his table and glared at him in fury!

"YOU CANNOT JUST DISMISS ME JUST LIKE THAT! I'LL DRAG YOU TO THE COURT!" I yelled.

"You're welcome to do that Mr. Lewis but until you win the case you'll have to live on the streets with your wife and your little daughter and trust me, if I won the case... I'll make sure you don't get another job in any decent company anymore."

This guy.....

Does he hold some kind of unknown grudge against me?!

Why do I look into his eyes and all I see is pure hatred for me?!

"...."

I know I should fight back but this guy was very very powerful and he will 90% win the case. I can't allow my family to suffer. This was my dream job...

Fuck!

I can't believe I have to do this!

"Sir, I'm very sure there must be a way we both could pass our both differences here. I'm willing to do anything it takes!" I almost begged for my job.

A sadistic smirk curled up his lips.

This bastard wanted this!

"Yeah, there is a way out!" He said, got up and circled around his table to come and stand right before my face.

"If you hand your wife, Ruth.. over to me, things could be settled! You can save your job?" He said, his eyes carrying lust for my Ruth...

Some deep shitty kind of lust!

And before anything, I pumped my fist and knocked a punch hard on his face so he was thrown a few steps backwards.

"You BASTARD!!"

I aimed another punch at him when he scoffed wiping the blood off his lips and blocked my punch midway quickly grabbing my neck and shoving me against the wall.

"Well honestly, I'm a kind of man who takes what he likes, I don't need anyone's permission!"

"Not with someone like you for the least!"

I struggle through his four fingers choking me trying hard to fish a few amount of oxygen into my lungs.

"And your dear wife Ruth, she has belonged to me all along!"

He let go of my throat and I gasped loudly for air. He slowly went back in his seat as I plucked out my ID from my shirt in hatred and flicked it on his face.

"DO HELL WITH YOUR STUPID JOB, I QUIT THIS COMPANY!"

I said and stormed off the office.

.............................

A wide victory smirk curled up Nick's lips as he took Brian's ID and flicked it out of his table to the floor of the room.

"Very soon, you'll even quit the world!"

He mumbled rocking his back in the chair.