Chapter 10

"Miss Hotch do not forget our lunch" I heard the voice mail say because well I didnt feel like picking up the phone. The phone office well I did pick up but hearing the voice mail from my private and personal phone that was strange wherever he got my number I didn't know. By twelve I was standing in Mr Ivanov's office as he typed away acting as if he didnt feel my presence. "I am here as you said I did not forget our lunch" I said walking ahead. "Very good why don't you have a seat it's all about business matters don't worry. I ordered Chinese is that okay with you?" He asked looking at me. His eyes twinkling with unsaid mischievous that was hiding behind the emotionless face. "Anything is good as long as its food" I said looking at him wondering what business he wanted to talk with me. His eyes said otherwise but face strictly said so. "Would you like to eat here or balcony?" He asked looking at me. "You have a balcony?" I asked looking at him surprised. "No I don't" he said standing up going to sit in one of the couches that were arranged in the corner of his office. "Oh" I said looking at him and his sarcasm. "Well feel free to dig in" he said sitting down with his food. "Okay" I said walking to him and grabbed the food and before I could take the spoon in to taste the amazing food I remembered something. Keeping the food down he eyed me watching my actions. I sat across him and fished my phone out of my pocket. "Yeah Aimé" I said crossing my fingers. "Well where are you?" He said sounding a little bit annoyed. "I am sorry couldn't make it I got called in" I said ready to cut the call if he preased any further. "By who your boss!?" He said laughing as if it was an impossible thing. "Actually you are right" I said rolling my eyes. "Oh okay then we can reschedule our little date" he said sounding more excited than I was. Furrowing my eyebrows I looked at the man across from me who was looking at me satisfaction written in his face. "It was never a date to start with" I said to him and I heard Mr Ivanov chuckle. "Then how about next time we make it one?" He said sounding hopefully. Sighing I thought of the best way to reject it. "We will talk about this later" I said hanging up not wanting to hear his protests. "So... Why don't we start on the business" I said looking at him after stuffing my phone in my pocket. "Yeah okay so why don't we start with you telling me some things about yourself" he said looking at me. "So the business involves me saying things about myself" I asked wanting to get the subject properly. He was looking at me intensely. "It might" he said looking at me not breaking eye contact. "Um... I am not sure if talking about myself is business at all" I said looking at him. It wasn't business right. "Might be people working on the same floor need to know each other" he said sipping water. "How so?" I asked looking at him. Why was he being this conventional. "Just like that" he said shrugging his shoulder. All this was weird. And the time passed just like that with him still persuading me into saying something about myself and me refusing to say anything and we kept going back and forth with it until we found ourselves at two pm and if it wasn't for the COO who barged in the room giving me a court nod and a knowing stare at Mr Regonzili then I wouldn't have looked at time. "I'll be going if thats all" I said standing up with the cold stare I was being given by Mrs Hellens who watched me without a word. "Thats all" he said and stood up right after me and in a minute I was out of his office using the connected door and I was in mine. Breathing out I took out my notes and looking through them I saw that I had nothing to do since I was done with everything I was just waiting for four to reach and get out of here. "Nice ring I have always wanted one" said the voice scaring me out of my zone. Looking up I was met with Mrs Hellens face looking at my exposed toes. "Oh thank you" I said looking at her. "You are very welcome and Mr Ivanov asked me to pass these to you" she said putting a file on the table and walked out. Opening it while going through a note stuck out with words scribed down on it. Reading the words written on it I scrunched the small paper up with a smile. Definitely heard us in the morning. What a way to work. When I was done with the file it was five and groaning because I was late to pick up my son. Might as well go talk to Aimé I needed to clear shit with him. Taking the elevator in the quiet floors I reached in the finance department and it was as quiet as a drop pin. A tall standing with glory Josiah was standing waiting for the elevator doors to be opened and his eyes went wide when he saw me. "What are you doing here" he asked whispering while pulling me out of the elevator. "Ouch you are hurting me" I said looking at the arm he was holding. He released it. "I came to see Mr Greenne to properly apologise" I said looking at him as silently asking him if he had a problem with it. "Its almost six" he said looking at his watch. "Yes thanks to your file" I said in the same whispering tone he was using.