CHAPTER 8

THE BILLIONAIRE WHO LOVED ME 💘 💍 👠 💄 💎

~CHAPTER 8~

~KIMBERLY'S POV 👠💄💎~

I woke up lazily from my bed after my alarm clock beeped.

I quickly got ready for work.

I didn't want to be late.

My aunt was still sleeping so I didn't bother to wake her, I also didn't bother to eat any breakfast.

Most of the time, I never eat breakfast in the morning, I just depend on lunch.

We didn't have much money, so the luxury of eating three times a day consistently wasn't ours to have.

I was grateful for my aunt, she does her best to take care of us and I can't wait to take care of her in return when I start earning money and also pay off my father's debts.

Everyday i keep wondering when they'd come knocking on our door again for payment.

I stepped out of the front door careful enough not to make too much noise.

Luckily I caught the early morning bus right on time and got in.

Once I got to town, I entered a taxi to the company.

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When I got to my work place, I checked the time and it was exactly 8 am. I smiled to myself.

Right on time.

Ashley came in a few minutes later. Then Jasper joined in much later.

I received a memo on my computer about a supposed meeting by 11 am in the morning and we had to make quick arrangements for it.

"Okay time to get busy folks." Jasper said after he received the memo on his computer too.

Mr Williams came out of his office to address everyone briefly.

"Okay people, we all know what we need to do. We have a meeting before us that we'll need to tackle like always. Now let's buckle up and get it done." He said to everyone.

I was feeling somewhat lost because it was all new to me.

Everyone was hurrying up inside and outside of the department, some were in charge of water and wine, some the food and some were to be present at the meeting room taking notes, minutes and insights of the meeting.

I was among the few that would be present at the meeting room.

This meeting was an impromptu meeting, which is why everyone was a bit disorganized.

"Hey, today's your lucky day, you might be able to meet the Boss today." Ashley said to me.

"I'm looking forward to it." I say to her.

"Everyone is looking forward to it." She replied and I pursed my lips.

After everything was arranged in the meeting room, there was only six of us assigned from the meeting department to be present during the meeting, including myself and Beatrice and some others.

I was sad Ashley wasn't with me, I was really hoping to get some support and tips from her.

Beatrice didn't even look my way, not once. I tried to talk to her and but she just brushed me off and completely ignored me.

One of her friends was also here with us.

Mindy, I think.

The two of them were same birds of a feather, they had so much similarities including the icy look they give everyone and the same way they look down on others who isn't in their circle of friends or associates. The only difference was their hair colours. Beatrice had golden blonde hair while Mindy had a strawberry blonde hair.

There were other three guys with us too. I haven't memorized their names yet.

I haven't had an Interaction with them but they sure do look snobby.

I'm thankful for Ashley and Jasper. They've been very nice to me since I arrived and I hope it doesn't change.

We waited a few minutes, almost an hour before some group of men in exotic black suits came inside the meeting room and took their seats, getting comfortable.

Another set of men made their way inside the meeting room and sat down in the empty chairs.

Finally Mr Williams came in with four people including a woman. They were all of course in their suits which I could tell was super expensive and of good quality.

I recognized one of the men with Mr Williams from the elevator.

I remembered there was two handsome guys with him that day in the elevator.

The other one, I met again by chance yesterday at the coffee stand but he isn't here with them.

Hmm. And i Still don't know how he came to know my name.

I figured that, one of the four people that came in with Mr Williams is probably our Boss.

But who?

Could it be this guy from the elevator?

Maybe not.

I'll probably know by the end of this meeting.

They were all seated and started discussing business.

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After a few hours, the meeting was adjourned and was finally over.

They guests shaked hands formally with the people of the company, including us the employees.

"It's sad Mr Maxwell couldn't join us for today's meeting. I was looking forward to meeting him formally." One of the guests said to the guy from the elevator.

"Yes. My dear friend, Zachary Maxwell had other pressing issues to attend to in Japan. He had to fly out of the country this morning to attend to it. Surely in our next meeting he'll be present." The guy from the elevator said to the guest.

"I understand Mr Norman. Thank you for having us." The guests greeted him.

"And thank you for choosing us to entrust your businesses. We will surely deliver nothing but the best." Mr Norman said to them.

The guests were escorted out of the meeting room, leaving Mr Williams and the supposed Mr Norman and the other three from the company behind.

"He's not the boss right?" I asked Beatrice.

She looked at me with sharp eyes and rolled her eyes.

"No. He isn't. But he's just as important. He's the vice president of the company. Do your maths and stop talking to me." She said to me and hissed.

She adjusted her clothes subtly and put on an innocent look on her face.

I looked at her friend and saw she was also adjusting her dress.

What are they doing?

Are they trying to get noticed or something?

I shaked my head and kept to myself, deciding not to disturb them again.

After Mr Williams and the other four, including Mr Norman, whom I just found out was the second Boss, were done discussing the key points of the meeting, they stood up to leave the meeting room.

They each gave us a handshake one after the other.

I was standing last at the line, so I got to shake them all lastly.

When it got to my turn, I put on a bright smile and formally shaked them happily.

It was an honor to shake hands with people of their caliber.

I could only dream of being in the same room with people like them before but now it's all real.

When i shaked Mr Norman's hand, he held on for longer than usual and then said to me, "Ahh. You must be the new employee. I'm certain I haven't seen you at the board meeting before."

"Yes. This is my first board meeting....sir." I said to him and smiled.

"You have a lovely smile Miss Gilbert. Am I right? I heard Mr Williams calling you by that name the other day." He said to me .

Other day?

He must be talking about that day at the elevator.

So he did recognize me.

Oh.

"Yes thank you. And You are correct....sir." I said to him and he nodded.

"Well, welcome to the Company." He said to me and finally released my hand.

That was uncomfortable.

We were all dismissed back to our office immediately by Mr Williams.

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"You must be feeling quite proud of yourself." Beatrice and her friend cornered me once we got inside the office.

"What? I don't understand." I said to them, confused on what they were talking about.

"I knew it from the moment I saw you. I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise to me considering your background." Mindy said to me and scoffed.

These girls are getting under my nerves now.

"What are you both talking about? And what exactly do you think you know about my background?" I asked them.

"I knew it's always the innocent looking ones that turn out to be the baddest egg of all." Beatrice said to me and gave me a dirty look.

"What did I do to both of you? Why are you saying these things to me?" I asked them.

"As if you don't know what you did back there." Mindy said to me and I furrowed my eyebrows.

"What exactly did I do back there? Please remind me." I said to them.

"You are a flirt. A poor dirty little flirt. How can you shamelessly flirt with the vice president of the company in that manner and have the guts to act innocent in front of us." Beatrice said to me.

Huh?

These girls are not only mean but crazy.

"I never flirted with anyone! Why are you accusing me of what I didn't do. That's not fair." I said to them and they scoffed.

"Oh Please. I didn't expect anything less from you. And now, for your information, I already have eyes on Mr Christian Norman. He's mine. So if you have any further intentions of doing anything else funny around him, don't bother. Or else, you're not going to like me." Mindy said to me.

"You heard her. Eyes and filthy hands off from Mr Norman. And don't even try to think of going after or looking at the Boss next. He's already taken. By me." Beatrice said to me.

"Believe me, I have no interest or care about any man or whatsoever here. I only came here to work and nothing else. I'll respect my superiors here, and do what is asked of me. So please leave me alone." I said to them and wanted to leave but Mindy blocked my way.

"You had better keep to your words. We'll be watching you." Mindy said to me and smiled.

"Welcome to the company. Miss Gilbert." Beatrice said to me and smiled too.

I watched them both leave and went to their respective office areas.

I gulped hard, breathing in before going to take a seat in my chair.

"Hey you're back. How was the experience? Did you finally see our Boss? Was the meeting anything you imagined?" Ashley asked me once I sat down.

Jasper also pulled his chair closer to my area to hear everything.

"It was....It was good. I learned a lot." I say and glanced briefly at Beatrice and her friends.

"So??? Did you see him? Our Boss?" Jasper asked.

"No. He wasn't present. They said he went on another business trip to Japan, so he couldn't attend. Although the Vice president stood in for him." I explained to them.

"Oh... It's fine. Atleast you met the Vice, Mr Christian Norman. He's also a handsome catch. Trè rich." Ashley said to me.

"Yeah. I met him. He was nice." I said to them and gave them a small smile.

"Are you okay? You seem despirited. Did something happen?" Ashley asked me.

"Actually yeah. Something happened." I said to them.

"I knew it. Do tell." Jasper said to me.

"Something funny happened a while ago, Beatrice and Mindy cornered me. They said some pretty nasty things to me and practically warned me to stay away from their Man or something. So I have to ask, are they dating the Vice president and President?" I asked them.

Jasper Shaked his head.

"Of course not. Geez I knew this would happen. Don't listen to them. They're probably really jealous and intimidated by your beauty, that's why they think they need to cross you." Jasper said to me.

"Yeah he's right. Don't listen or give them the opportunity to disrespect you. You're also an employee just like them with equal rights here. Don't let me intimidate you because you're new." Ashley said too.

"Thank you. Both of you. I appreciate your kindness towards me." I said to them.

"Don't mention. I love being friends with pretty people." Jasper said to me and I smiled brightly and blushed.

Time went by pretty fast for the rest of the working hours.

Once it was 4 pm, everyone made their way home.

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Once I got to my house, i went straight to the kitchen to fix something to eat.

My aunt wasn't back from work yet.

It was just me and the twins.

"How was work today? You look..... drained." Bryan asked me.

"I know. I should go shower. Tell you guys about everything later." I left them in the kitchen and quickly went to cool off myself in the bathroom.

I don't know how I feel about what happened today.

I really thought I'd get along with everyone at work.

I don't like this.

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~TBC~