Office Enemy - IV

Chloe looked up to see the lady Daryn mentioned a whirl ago as Trisha, with one other lady beside her who was holding several folders in her left arm.

Chloe wondered what brought them to her office.

" Who do we have here ? Well if it isn't the murderer" Trisha said, oh so suavely and tilted her head to the side , Chloe forced a smile, straightening her back against the swirl chair she clasped her hand together to have a full view of what she tagged the ' office witch ' if she had to be honest she must admit Trisha was quite a beautiful lady , oval face , brown eyes, straight nose and thin lips that she coated with heavy red lipstick. Not too curvy but average , with thin legs .

But her beauty added to her bitchiness

After assessing her she glanced over to her accomplice who she noticed was nervous maybe she was recruited too .

She has short black hair that she made into a ponytail with a band . Red palazzo pants and white long sleeve shirt and a pair of back shoes.

For what seemed like minutes silence reigned, when Chloe broke it .

" To what do I owe the pleasure ladies ? Sorry pardon my manners , I believe we've not been properly introduced. I'm Chloe. And you are ? " Chloe said after battling with herself to give Trisha a piece of her mind .

Trisha rolled her eyes and scoffed at Chloe's nerve to think she's going to shake her. With her left hand on her hips, she indicated to her accomplice to drop the folders on Chloe's desk which the latter did and it landed with a bang .

" This was supposed to be sorted by Thomas this morning, but you had him fired by sleeping with the manager to rid him of his job and replace him thereafter . You know what? I should applaud you for a game well planned . But unfortunately no! " She said, giving Chloe a disdainful look.

Chloe bit her lower lip and smiled at Trisha's naivety. " What are you, twelve? to be accusing someone blindly " Chloe countered, she refused to give her the satisfaction of a successful bullying.

Trisha clenched her fist , she couldn't believe Chloe talked back to her . And she did that in front of her new recruit !.

" If you didn't sleep your way here , sort these files of all the actresses in the city, pick one that is suitable for advertising the lingeries we are mass producing . Mind you they are all B listed actresses like you ! You only have till the end of the day " She said and stomped out of Chloe's office with her accomplice in tow.

The sarcasm in Trisha's tone didn't go unnoticed by Chloe. " Just who the hell does she think she is?" Chloe fumed. She couldn't stand her anger anymore now that Trisha was no longer in her office .

" But wait a minute! Did she just challenge me ? " Chloe scoffed, a bitter smile on her lips. " Well challenge accepted "

Sitting down Chloe grabbed the folders ignoring the rumble in her stomach. She didn't get to have breakfast thanks to Liam , and now she's likely to skip lunch because of the office witch .

Two hours later , Chloe was still on the files yawning every now and then .

" Tiana kings , an upcoming actress and model with two million followers, featured in five movies that has million views,Chloe mumbled out loud , and zoomed in on the actress picture on her desktop. She was dressed in a bikini, standing by the poolside , her red hair dancing in the wind, Chloe gave her a thorough head to toe check and nodded .

Popularity- check

Skin - check

Status - check

Perfect !

She turned in her chair and massaged her temples warily. A soft know landed on her door for Darlyn to ease himself in .

" Hey "

"Hi "

" Aren't you going out for lunch? " he inquired, his gaze flitting to the papers that were scattered on her desk.

" Is it lunch time already ?" She asked in-between yawns, and checked her wrist watch . " Give me five to round this up " She pleaded and pointed to a seat for him to sit in.

" Ok " Darlyn grabbed the seat and sat down, his gaze fixed on her as he watched her work . His eyes trailed from her bouncy curled hair down to her face , because she turned to a side he could only have a side view of her smooth and puffy cheeks. Many thoughts passed through his

mind of how she was able to be working here despite the scandal she was involved in.

He picked one of the papers and glanced through it for his face to squeeze in a frown " Who gave you these files ?" He asked for Chloe's fingers that were tapping on the keyboard to hang midair and she turned to face him.

" Trisha, She accused me of being the reason why Thomas was sacked and gave me the files to prove if I am worthy to occupy his position" She said with the wave of her hand , summarizing it the best way she can, omitting the part that she was accused of sleeping with the manager.

" This is supposed to be Team two project that they will be rounding up by the day after tomorrow, and Trisha gave it to you to sort for her ? "

" Wait a minute, did I hear you say team two ?"

" Yes! Of which Trisha is there team leader"

Chloe didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the situation, ' how dare she ! How dare that office witch turn me into her lackey? ' She just messed with the wrong person ' she fumed with a clench of her fist .

" So what did she mean by ' it was supposed to be done by Thomas? "

" it's a long story Chloe, but to make it short she and Thomas had this fling going on "

" And who is Thomas? "

" He was the previous team leader of team one and this was his office "

" If this was his office, the new team leader should be occupying it by now, not me . So who is the new team leader now ? "

" You are Chloe. You are occupying his office and his desk which automatically makes you the team leader " he replied with a shrug of his shoulder.

Chloe throat dried and her mouth hung open like a fish taken out of water

' Who said I wanted to be a team leader? I clearly told Liam that I wanted a low position and this clearly doesn't look like one! If I was to follow procedure I should probably be on probation not leading a team .

' humph ' she smiled bitterly and licked her lower lip , you really want to see me embarrass myself .

'Liam has a serious explanation to do '.