Chapter 64- She's Changing
He bursted into laughter and I don't know but it made me kind of offended. I didn't say anything funny then why the hell was he laughing?
“ Come on, you don't have to be nice to me," he said as his laughter died down to a chuckle.
I was speechless, was I that of a bad person that telling him to call me by my first name was me being nice?
Well, I'd have to think of all the things I've done to him, I think they're many.
I didn't argue with him, instead I just watched as he put the pancakes in two plates and then he walked to the dining table and dropped them.
“ Breakfast is ready," he said as he turned to me and I nodded as I quietly walked to the dinning table as he pulled a chair for me and I sat down.
Why the hell did I ask him to start calling me Ariana? It doesn't matter what happened, I'm still his boss.
But I remember him calling me Ariana last night.
Well, maybe that was because of the situation last night.
“ I ordered something for you to wear to work today, it would be here soon, as much as you had a crazy night last night it's important for you to be at the office, trust me I know why," he said.
" Yeah, I think I should go, whoever was responsible for the incident last night should be shocked that I'm alive,” I said and he nodded.
We ate our breakfast in a comfortable silence until I heard the front door open and hurried footsteps walked in.
“ Hardin! Hardin! I swear you better not be with a woman this early morning instead of getting ready for work," I heard a female voice say as my assistant facepalmed while shaking his head.
“ Where the hell are you…oh.” She stopped in surprise as she looked between my assistant and I.
“ Uhm Miss Miller, good morning," she said as she scratched the back of her head looking like a deer caught in the headlights.
“ Good morning, have we met before?" I asked because she seemed like she knew who I was.
“ Oh, sorry ma'am, my name is Vera Smith, I work at the Miller's Cooperation under the advertisement department," she said.
Oh, she was that Vera, my assistant's best friend. She was also a Smith?
I'd like to know if she was related to my assistant in any way but I stopped myself from asking any questions, I didn't want to poke my nose in people's business.
“ Nice to meet you Vera," I said and she smiled at me before her eyes went to my assistant and I knew she was trying to give him a sign for them to talk in private.
“ I'll be right back," My assistant said and I nodded as he got up and walked with her out of the kitchen.
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HARDIN'S POV
“ What the hell is Miss Miller doing here? Why didn't you warn me?" Vera asked in a whisper as she looked behind her like arrogant Ariana would suddenly appear.
“ It's a long story, a lot of things happening last night,"
“ Wait don't tell me…"
“ Shut up, not that," I said with a shake of my head, did she forget we weren't talking about just any woman, this is my boss we're talking about.
“ Oh, but why does she have on my clothes?" She asked.
“ Listen Vera, I'll explain everything to you later, it's a lot, and by the way, why are you not in the office yet?" I asked her.
“ I left a flash here, I came to get it duh," she said as she turned away from me with an eye roll as she walked to her room.
“ Crazy ass," I said with a chuckle.
“ You love me like that," She said as she disappeared into her room.
I walked back to the kitchen to see my boss washing the dishes.
“ You don't have to do this," I said as I tried to stop her but she wouldn't move.
“ It's okay, it's just dishes and they're not that hard to do," she said as she continued cleaning the plates.
“ But…”
" No but, I'm not that lazy, you gave me breakfast. Were you expecting me to leave the dishes for you?” Yes. My boss I know would leave them or maybe I was the one that didn't know her well.
“ I'm leaving," Vera said as she walked to us and quickly waved before she left.
“ That's my best friend," I said.
“ Figured out," she said as she dried her hands while I returned the plates back to the cupboard.
“ I'll go get ready for work," she said and I nodded before she walked away.
I heard the doorbell ringing and quickly walked to the door to see it was the clothes I had asked for.
I took the bag and thanked the guy as I tipped him.
I walked to the guest room and knocked on the door but I didn't get any response and I guess she must be having her bath so I opened the door but to my surprise she was still sitting on bed looking lost in her thoughts.
“ Are you okay?" I asked and she immediately blinked as she turned to me.
“ I'm sorry, I wanted to drop this,” I said as I showed her the bag.
" Oh, I just got lost, I'll go get ready,” she said as she stood up and walked to the bathroom. I dropped the bag I was holding and walked out of the room.
In no time I was ready, it was just left for my boss to come out.
She didn't have any makeup here so I'm praying she doesn't take forever to get ready.
My boss finally walked out of the room dressed in a royal blue two piece suit and black heels.
“ Wow, how did you know my perfect size?” She asked.
“ You're my boss, I'm supposed to know as much as I can about you," I said with a shrug.
" Let's get going before we're late. I pushed all your meetings for tomorrow so you won't over work today,” I said as we both walked out of the door.
" There's no need for that, I can handle it,” she said.
" Okay,” I said.
" Hardin,” she suddenly called and I turned to look at her in surprise, okay this was the first.
" Yes Miss Miller,” I said. I know she had earlier told me to call her by her first name but I don't think I was ready for that.
" I want you to find out everything you can about what happened last night, we need to find out who those people are,” She said.
" I will,"
“ When I find them, I'll make sure that they never see beyond the prison walls again, it's a promise because whoever toys with my life toys with fire,"
The look in her eyes told me she wasn't bluffing, she was arrogant Ariana after all.
Hell was about to break loose.