13 - White

Surprisingly, Helena opened her honey-colored eyes before the alarm clock rang, that had never happened to her before. Although she had always been an early riser, she had had a hard time welcoming the new day.

But this time a big smile broke out on her face as she stretched under the soft sheets and moaned with pleasure, as if she had never slept as well as she did that night before.

“Why would it be? Is it because of how comfortable the luxurious bed was?”

She didn't have to investigate much further, when she took the sheets off of her she realized that she was completely naked, ashamed of herself she covered herself again, hiding her face.

She covered her mouth with the sheets and screamed in shame, remembering what she had done last night, the sin she had committed, she quickly ran to the shower and got under the freezing rain that hit her hot body, because the mere fact of remembering The hot breath of that manly voice against her neck and that intoxicating aroma had made even her insides warm once again. She needed to get rid of that Ivan White name fever as soon as possible.

She sobbed as she rubbed her body, knowing that she wouldn't be able to prevent her from meeting those black eyes at some point during the day.

What if she couldn't control herself?

She wanted to give herself a reprimand, but instead she left the bathroom and put on her black uniform, trying to pretend that nothing was happening in her mind.

She sighed before opening the door to the room and putting on a poker mask as if the events of the previous night didn't torture her. She timidly peeked out of the entrance to the large dining room where all the employees had breakfast and she sighed in relief when she noticed that Ivan was not in sight.

“Well, of course he's not there. “Why would I eat here with his employees?” She thought to herself, remembering the room she had taken her to the first time where she had her private dining room.

She approached a large table where there were clean plates and took one of them. She observed with fascination the number of options she had for breakfast. Everything looked exquisite before her eyes, from fruits of all kinds to a wide variety of baked goods.

Unfortunately her stomach was in knots, she was still on edge and she could only help herself to a glass of orange juice and two pieces of toast with bran bread and strawberry jam that she felt she would not be able to finish.

The young brunette turned towards the large dining room feeling harshly observed, most of the tables were occupied by the family's bodyguards, who laughed loudly at private jokes that excluded her, they also looked askance at her with a warning in their eyes.

“Don't even think about having breakfast with us”

Of course she tried to ignore the cruel looks, anyway, she wasn't going there to make friends, just to work.

She, with her plate and her glass, walked hesitantly through the tables looking for one that was far away and empty. She didn't expect them to shove their foot in front of her, making her stumble several steps forward trying not to hit her face squarely on the ground because she had her hands full.

As best he could, he held the orange juice tightly, which only overflowed a little and ran down his arm. However, the toast did not have the same fate, both flew in front of his eyes and fell face down on the dirty floor. , crushing the jam between the ground and the bread.

Laughter began to ring out loudly behind her as she watched her ruined breakfast. She turned around with her face red with humiliation, but no one seemed to be the culprit, everyone was looking away, which made smoke come out of her ears. With her fists clenched tightly she turned again on her feet.
An employee was already cleaning up the mess.

"Let me..." she tried to say, but the woman smiled at her and shook her head while she cleaned the jam off the floor.

-Don't worry- she said with a voice that brought her peace- By the way, I just cleaned the table next to the window, I left a “wet danger” sign so that no one would sit, it's all yours.

Helena felt her eyes fill with tears because of the woman's gesture; lately everything seemed to be going from bad to worse.

She timidly bowed with an almost inaudible “Thank you” and hurried to the table with her glass of orange now half full.

Indeed it was the best place in the entire dining room, not only because it was far from the idiots of his classmates, but because the view was wonderful, the window overlooked a large white marble fountain that had a statue of a woman in the middle. beautiful that released jets of crystalline water from her hair. Helena stood enthralled watching this, until a dull noise brought her out of her thoughts.

Someone had put his plate on the table.

Did anyone really want to sit with her?

With annoyance she turned towards the stranger, giving him a murderous look warning that she was not up for any more jokes.

"I'm sorry. Annoying?" the young man exclaimed.

Helena observed him carefully, it was obvious that he was younger than her, the boy still had his youthful face and look. He didn't seem to be one of the boss's bodyguards, especially since unlike the others, he had a thin build that seemed almost fragile and brittle.

The young woman could not resist that sweet look and her frown was erased from between her brows.

"Eh n-no of course not, sit down," she exclaimed.

The young man smiled even more and sat down in front of her.

-I saw that you were alone and I wanted to keep you company, and I really like this place. Don't you think it has the best view?

Helena blinked in shock and nodded her head.

-Yes, it does.

The young man nodded in agreement and dragged the plate to the middle of the table.

-Here, suit for both.

Helena couldn't reject that boy's kindness so she took a couple of grapes that she began to eat while she distractedly looked out the window. The boy looked at her with curiosity until he said:

-You are new right?

-Yes, I started this week.

"I don't see you very enthusiastic," he exclaimed sincerely, "anyone would kill to work here," he said, amused.

The young woman sighed, for some reason that boy was very good at starting conversations, because her tongue quickly went slack as if she had been wishing someone would ask her how she felt so she could spit it all out.

-Believe me when I tell you that if I had the option of not working here I wouldn't do it, I would prefer to continue dancing in the pipe of that seedy joint and earn two pesos instead of being here working for that idiot who thinks he's a big deal by himself. because he has a little money from his rich, gangster daddy - he snorted with frustration when remembering Ivan's mocking smile - But I need the money - he exclaimed with disappointment - Believe me, otherwise I would leave here right now so as not to see his angry face anymore. silly.

The boy was speechless at her confession and for a moment the young woman thought that she had said too much. But when a small laugh began to leave her lips that then turned into a loud laugh, she knew that she would like that boy, very much.

-You are funny.
Helena smiled amused, she was about to say something else, just when a bodyguard in a black suit and tie approached the smiling boy.

-Sir, I was looking for him everywhere, he shouldn't be here, his father is going to be upset if he finds out that he is having breakfast with the employees again.

Helena looked at the bodyguard, then at the boy, then back at the bodyguard and once again at the boy.

-W-what... what what...-she began to babble without being able to understand it.

"Okay, okay, I was leaving anyway," she responded with annoyance and then looked at the young woman who was gaping at him. "I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself properly, my name is Nick, Nick White."

"White?!" She screamed loudly from the shock and quickly regretted it when she saw all the faces that had turned towards the two of them.

Suddenly everyone else who was in the dining room noticed the young man's presence and stood up suddenly, leaning forward.

-Mr. White! "Welcome!" They all screamed in unison, making the young woman feel even more embarrassed by the words she had said about her boss.

The boy did not seem happy with the greeting, ignoring the men and giving all his attention to the young woman.

-And what's your name?

Helena began to babble and felt her eyes fill with tears. Yes she, she hated her damn job, but she didn't want to be fired from her either, she really needed the money.

"How sorry I am!" She squealed. "I really didn't mean what I said... I... I..."

The boy laughed amused.

-You're right.

-Hey?

-My older brother, he may be hard-headed and bitter, but behind that facade of a dangerous and businessman there is a good-hearted young man. What happens is that he has many obligations and an image to maintain before everyone's eyes. "You know... to show yourself strong in the face of your enemies," he exclaimed as if nothing had happened.

Helena was still looking at him in shock. The nice and smiling boy turned out to be the younger brother of her boss, impossible, they seemed like oil and water.

The boy laughed amused when he saw Helena's face.

"Don't worry, I'm not like Ivan, I'm not interested in all this," he exclaimed, looking around, "we can be good friends."

"Sir..." his personal bodyguard warned.

"Yes, I'm coming, well Helena, it was a pleasure to meet you, see you another day," he exclaimed, greeting effusively and jumping out of there while everyone bowed again in a show of respect.

Helena stood frozen in her place, not realizing that everyone was looking at her with even more contempt.

Little White had really liked the new girl! That was not good at all.

A smile began to appear on Helena's reddened face and she covered her mouth, covering an involuntary laugh. She couldn't believe what she had said in front of one of the Whites!

After crying with shame she thought again about Ivan and the words Nick had said.

“He has a good heart”

"If I don't see it, I don't believe it," she huffed, rolling her eyes.

The brunette was about to put another grape between her lips when everyone else suddenly greeted her, making her jump in shock.

-Mr. White, good morning!

Helena turned towards her entrance to find her boss walking towards her with her gaze penetrating and her mouth in a straight line as if he had fallen off the bed and was about to take it out on her.

Good heart? This guy is an ogre.