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"Actually, I do. And Anna is my new assistant!" Xavier smiled. Her eyes widened in shock, mouth agape as the breath caught in her throat, unable to comprehend what she just heard.

"Excuse me!?" Those were the only words she muttered.

***

Anna was in the kitchen preparing dinner of fried rice and grilled chicken laps for herself and Xavier. She decided to call Jessica so that she can have company and someone to talk to.

"Hey Jessie!" Anna said happily. She flavored the chicken laps with a spicy sauce and placed it into the oven.

"Girl, how have you been? What the fuck is going on with your life? Everything seems like a super story to me." Jessica said on the phone.

"How is it confusing, I told you that I'm now living with him. Like, c'mon girl…I have nowhere else to go to and I don't want to stress you up you know." Anna responded in a playful tone.

"What? First you ran into your Ex-husband's Brother along the road, he saved you and now you're living with him? And he's a billionaire." Jessica responded in shock.

"Yeah, I'm just staying at his guest room until I figure out my situation." Anna said bravely. She chopped the veggies while putting her phone on loudspeaker.

"Being his personal assistant now, it sounds like more than figuring out the situation." Jessica said.

"Okay, what else am I supposed to do Jessica? No one else wants to hire me. I'm too old." Anna muttered the last statement.

"You're literally 26 Anna, not even old!" Jessica chuckled lightly.

"Exactly! Don't remind me." Anna said with a shrug.

"Hmm. It's all your lunatic husband's fault! I wouldn't be surprised if you end up falling in love with him." Jessica responded in a funny way. Anna laughed.

"Hey! He was just a young college kid when we first met. And I definitely don't see him that way." Anna said she placed the rice on the gas cooker, it was cooking and she decided to sweep Xavier's room. She pushed the knob but it was locked.

"I will call you back Jessica." She said and hung up. She struggled to open the room, Xavier came from behind…he held her waist and pushed her slightly to the door. Their both faces are now closer. Xavier looked into her eyes and smiled broadly.

"I…I…I just want to sweep your.." Anna tried to explain but Xavier placed a finger on her lips to shush her.

"Are you snooping?" He asked, letting out a flirtatious smile.

"No, I'm cleaning. Since your place is so messy. What do you have in this closet anyway?" She asked. Xavier swallowed hard and scratched his hair.

"A skeleton?" She added. He chuckled "Nope, just some stuff. My question is, why are you cleaning my apartment?" He asked furring his eyebrows.

"Because I'm your assistant." Anna responded. "Yeah for business, you're not my maid." He said.

"I don't know, I just hate being idle. Whenever I have too much time and stay idle, I will think about Michael and I don't want to do that." She said, Xavier's face frowned Abit upon mentioning his brother's name. His face fell.

"Okay, as my assistant I have your first task for you." He suggested, trying to brighten up. "Yes please! Anything!" she said hastily.

"I'd like you to develop your own recipes. Share them on YouTube and TikTok. You will really be a great influencer. You can cook whatever you want, you should get started." He smiled. Anna folded her arms and watched him keenly.

"Like, right now?" She asked with a surprised look. "Yeah, you can go to the bedroom." He responded. Immediately she left he learned on the wall. "Anna, one day I'll tell you exactly how I feel about you. I only wish that you want me as much as I want you."

Anna got to the bedroom as instructed and found a camera on the bed, a Ring light. "Oh my goodness! This is a really nice camera." She ran to Xavier but she slipped and fell but he caught her quickly.

"Sorry..I…I'm sorry." She stammered and immediately got up from his arm.

"So, where are you heading to?" He asked. "I'm going off to the kitchen to make a video of myself while cooking. That's what you wanted right?" She chuckled.

"Maybe you shouldn't operate the camera yourself." He persuaded her. "Let me do that for you." He added.

"Yeah, I will just stick to cooking!" Anna responded and left for the kitchen. Xavier followed behind her with a smile.

***

"She's all done! And doesn't she look fabulous? That's my video on my secret recipe for the new Lasagna with funnel! I promise, when you serve this, the only thing your guest will be saying is, "Munchkin!" Anna said with excitement as Xavier videoed her. She was putting on an apron and looking so beautiful in her chef's attire. Due to the situation, she decided to stop nursing and go for something that makes her happier.

"Thank you so much and see you next time!" Anna added with a beautiful smile. Xavier off the video and admired her so passionately.

"So, how was it?" She asked sharply. Her face was restless and so eager to know about her performance.

"It was perfect! You did great." Xavier responded drooling over her beauty but she couldn't notice this. "Oh thank God! We'll take a break, I'm exhausted." Xavier nodded and she left for the room.

Xavier made sure that she already left and out of sight. He took out his phone and dialed Dan's number.

"Hello Dan. I'm about to upload and send you a link, I need you to make everyone in the company view and comment on it. I also want you to buy 1 million views for it. I want this video to go viral by the end of the day." Xavier said calmly not to attract Anna's attention.

"What video is that sir?" Dan asked. Xavier chuckled and said"It's the next internet sensation." He cut the call and smiled mischievously and left.

Anna was in the sitting room sipping some chilled orange juice when a knock came on the door. She rushed to the door and it was Jessica.

"Hey girl! Our latest celebrity!" Jessica shouted joyfully and hugged her. She was holding a bottle of champagne. Anna stood for a while confused about what exactly she meant. "Hi Jessie!"

Jessica stopped halfway immediately and stared around the room, her mouth open and her eyes widened in shock.

"Oh my Fucking God! You live here?" She said in an unbelievable manner.

"Yeah. I do." Anna giggled and her eyes quickly caught the glass of wine on Jessica's hand.

"What's with the celebration and celebrity stuff?" She scoffed , trying not to laugh.

"Are you living on another planet? Or Under a rock!? Girl, you're going viral on YouTube and TikTok!" Jessica shouted in excitement. She showed her phone to Anna who covered her mouth in shock, she couldn't talk.

"Everyone loves a munchkin with chef Anna!" Jessica added happily. "What?" Anna said and scrolled through her followers. She saw a strange follower without a name but just a letter. "N"

"Who the hell is this? Trying to be anonymous. Could it be…." Anna thought she was confused.