Chapter 11

Laura 'Liam Miller! I am face to face with Liam Miller!' I thought trying my best not to freak out, what Maria told me about not telling what or who I see suddenly made sense. Liam Miller stared at me for a while making me feel self-conscious under his scrutiny like I could have done something to look better, who would have thought the hot, rich, CEO would be my boss? "What is your name?" He asked tilting his head to the side like that would give him a better view. "Laura," "Laura…?" he asked, his voice trailing off. "Laura Davis," I replied reluctantly, he stared at me for a few minutes then sighed making me look away from him. "Look at me," he said and I raised my head to look at him, my eyes meeting his shockingly blue ones. "Did Maria explain what you will be doing to you?" He asked his eyes still holding mine. "Yes sir," "Good, you might have extra work this coming week, are you capable?" "Yes sir," "Good, you can go and continue working since you are capable," he said and we left. Liam Miller was nice at that time but that was not what I thought of my boss five days later, the nice person I met vanished replaced by a less nice one. He would glare at me unprovoked, make me do silly jobs like dusting his ceiling, picking the hair out of his comb, mop his room again ten minutes after I mopped it before and when I complained about the oddity of those things, he'd give me a lengthy lecture, his being hot did nothing to make up for his arrogant and controlling attitude. "Mr. Miller is asking for you," Matilda, one of my coworkers said giving me a sympathetic look. "Where is he?" I asked, already dreading the encounter. "In his room," she replied and I nodded. I went to his room, knocked, and entered after he permitted me to. "You called for me sir," I said without lifting my head to look at him. "I need you to fold my towels," he said pointing towards the pile of clean towels on the bed, I was tempted to tell him that was not a part of my responsibility but I held my tongue. I moved to the pile and I folded them, I finished in fifteen minutes then I raised my head to inform him. The sight that my eyes fell on was shocking, Liam Miller was wearing no shirt, all he had on were shorts, he concentrated on his laptop creating an appealing sight, no wonder brands were competing to have him as their brand ambassador. "Like what you see?" He asked making me realize I'd been caught staring. "I'm done sir," I said, ignoring the question and he smirked. "Put them in the drawer," he said and I nodded. I did as he told me to then went back to wait for further instructions. "You can go, tell Maria I'll like to have lunch in twenty minutes," he said and I nodded. I went to the kitchen and informed Maria just like I was told to. I was tired so I leaned against the wall. "Are you okay?" Maria asked. "I don't know Maria, I'm really tired and hungry," I said wearily. "Your boss is not making it easier for me," I added in a whisper. "Heaven knows what is wrong with him these days, he acts like he was stung by a bee," "Tell me about it," "Well girl, I can help you with some cookies, here, have this," she said handing me a plate filled with cookies. "Thank you, Maria," I said attacking the cookies immediately. I'd been able to forge a relationship with Maria, a beautiful one, and we'd settled into a comfortable routine. She had been amazing, she looked out for me like an overprotective aunt. When we got off from work we would walk home, it was a 10-minute walk from Liam Miller's mansion and during that time, we would talk about the weather, food recipes, and even Liam Miller on our way. Maria's phone rang and she picked it up and looked up at me as she gave me a sympathetic look, it took me all I had not to groan because I knew that look meant Liam Miller was asking for me. I dropped the rest of the cookies on the counter then I went to his room. "You called for me sir," I said, putting on a bit of an attitude. I was getting tired of his excesses. "Yes, clean this place up," he said and I looked around to see that he had turned everywhere upside down, his closet, drawers, everything. I was tempted to ask him what on God's green earth happened to the room but I held my tongue for like the 100th time today. I did as he told me to, finishing twenty minutes later and feeling tired and dizzy, he had left the room before then to eat his lunch so I left his room to hide in the store, because I knew he would be searching for me soon. While hiding out in the store I texted Tracy since it had been almost a week since we last spoke, I wanted for her to reply but she didn't so I concluded that she must've been busy. I was dozing when my phone rang, I picked up immediately thinking it was Tracy but I was shocked to hear the boss's voice. "Laura!" He called "Yes Sir?" "Where are you?" He asked sounding angry. "In the store," I replied already panicking. "Wait there," he said before hanging up. I knew he was coming so I did the most reasonable thing I could think of, I took a handful of flour from the flour and then sprinkled it on my body, luckily I was able to do that before he came into the store. "What are you doing here?" He asked moving closer. "Um, I was helping Maria, she said the bag of flour fell earlier so I came to help her lift it back up," I said and he looked at me suspicious "She said she didn't know where you went," he said and I knew he was lying immediately, Maria wouldn't throw me under the bus like that but I decided to humor him. "She probably didn't know I came here already, I was cleaning your room before," I said and he moved closer, he was getting so close that I had to move back till my back was against the wall and his body was very close to mine, surprisingly I had a very weird reaction to him, I felt hot all over. He stared at me for over a minute like he was trying to peer into my soul, his eyes held mine captive, I was going to tell him he was too close but my mouth hung open, and I was not able to get a word out. "Miss capable, cat got your tongue?" He asked and I frowned trying to process what he was saying. His hand came close to my face but he didn't touch me, I found myself wishing he would, his head came close to mine but instead of his lips meeting mine, he whispered in my ear. "Go mop my room," he said then left me wondering why I reacted to him like that, I mean, I knew he was hot but I'd only worked there for less than a week. I slapped myself hard telling myself to concentrate and not notice how hot my boss is, and then I went to his room to do what I was told to. I was glad when we finally got home, I went to my room to shower as soon as I could then I changed into something more comfortable that wasn't stained with flour. I was going to check my messages when I heard some sort of commotion outside, worried that Maria might be hurt, I rushed out to find men dressed in black from head to toe in the living room, Maria was on her knees in their midst. I rushed forward pushing through and blocking Maria from them. "Leave her alone! What do you want?" I asked with feigned courage. "Look at her, such pretty girl, what do we want?" One of them who seemed to be the leader asked looking around. "We want your money baby," he said answering "We will give you all the money we have as far as you leave us alone," I said knowing full well that we deposited most of the money we have in our account and all we had leftover wasn't much. "On another thought, we will have you and your money," he said touching and disgustingly looking at me, he tried pulling me close but I slapped his hand away from me. "Don't touch her!" Maria said trying to pull me behind her but I stood my ground, I wasn't planning on putting Maria in danger nor was I going to let these guys have their way with me. "Playing hard to get now are we?" He said as two of the other guys pulled at me, I struggled with them, screaming at the top of my voice, what happened next was not clear. Maria screamed and I turned to check if they hurt her, she rushed to me and that was when I realized there was blood and it was coming from me.