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As Nathalie looked at her boss once more again she could see just exactly how hurt he looked towards her. The tears in his eyes and the sad, embarrassed look which he couldn't hide.

It was almost as if she hadn't seen him like this before, but the assistant has, she just didn't know what to do.

On one hand her mind was telling her to most definitely comfort the designer, however on the other hand the man's depressing look made her fear him greatly.
So though she did end up walking closer, Nathalie only looked up at the tilted down face of her boss and tried to make eye contact.

"Sir-"

"What?!" He cut her off in a rude way, only making his employee more nervous.

"Well sir I just wanted to say that I don't feel mad or disappointed towards you, I think you're a great person."

"Great person?" He chuckled "I am the most wanted villain of Paris, I am a horrible father, and I give you, my best employee, the worst life possible." There Gabriel paused to lift up his head and then his assistant's, to actually see how the woman reacted to his speech.

"Well-" She couldn't really argue "...well I'm sure you're still good at heart...so why don't we just forget this all and head to bed?"

"Good idea." Spat the designer as he not so gently pulled his hand away from Nathalie's face, making her stare fall to the ground once more, and then he walked into his bathroom with no further comment.

...

Once Nathalie got ready she was sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for her superior to come, but he was still in the bathroom taking an awfully long time.

Maybe he was simply changing, or brushing his teeth, and the woman just overreacted, but the fact that there was no sound coming from behind the door made Nathalie almost certain that Gabriel wasn't moving.

"Sir?" She asked in hopes of getting an answer, but when the assistant didn't, she began worrying. "SIR?!?" Now Nathalie knocked on the door very aggressively, making it shake, and soon almost unpredictability it opened.

"What?" The designer spat as he stared the anxious woman down "Can't you just leave me alone for one split second?!?!"

"I-...I am very sorry sir I simply got worried because I-I-I- d-didn't hear any n-noise-"

"Ah so you were listening? Great, what's next? Viewing me with cameras?"

"No-no-no I didn't mean to invade your personal space I just wanted to make sure y-you-...you were still alive in there. And thank god you are."

"Yeah thank god." Gabriel rolled his eyes as he nudged Nathalie to the side, allowing him to step out of the bathroom and make his way over to the bed "I'm so happy I'm still here."

But the designer didn't mean that quite literally, and his employee realized that in the exact moment she saw him wipe away his own tears, then get into bed and turn off the lamp, leaving Nathalie in the middle of the room, totally blind.

"Sir I...I can't see." The woman informed her boss kindly who only chuckled and replied:

"That's unfortunate."

After such an 'asshole' reply the assistant knew her superior wasn't in the best mood, but neither was she, in fact Nathalie got increasingly frustrated by Gabriel's mean behavior.
So as nice as she could, she asked:

"Please turn on the lamp!" The assistant's voice echoed through the dark room making the designer very aware of her wants. However he just didn't care, and couldn't be bothered to do one simple action so he argued on.

"Can't you just guess where you're going? Or is Miss Sancoeur afraid of the dark?"

"I'm not afraid!!"

"So then act like it and come here!!"

That last sentence of Gabriel was really the one which made the young woman completely lose all her self control, and get controlled by the fuming rage which her superior had evoked.
And so without thinking much Nathalie stomped over to the bed and quite literally threw herself onto the side of the mattress on which she knew her boss was lying on.

"Ow Nathalie!" The designer cursed "What was that for?!"

"For being so stubborn and annoying! Damn it I only asked for you to turn the lights on, but no, you couldn't even do that!"

"Well I'm sorry." Gabriel apologized whilst also trying to shift more upwards so he could hold his employee in his arms instead of how she was lying on top him right now, but as the man reached out to also pull her up Nathalie smacked the man's hand away and then rolled off of him to the other side of the mattress.

"You should be!" She spat and with that pulled all of the blanket onto herself, leaving her boss to freeze.

There the grey haired man knew he messed up.
He knew because usually the young assistant never acted this mean.
But since now she was clearly very upset, things were different and strange to him.
Gabriel didn't know if he should try and talk to her, or if he should simply leave Nathalie until she'd be alright again.

As he looked to his side he couldn't see much, simply the outline of the woman wrapped in a thick, comfortable blanket, nevertheless it still appeared scary to the designer. So at first he only poked her gently, then when the man realized that his employee probably felt none of that, he tried again.

"Nath." Gabriel even whispered as an attempt to get her attention, but no luck.
The silence went on.
"Nathalie!" Now the designer began to tap her shoulder and softly turn her around. "Nathalie wake up!"

"WHAT?!?!" She screamed so unexpectedly that it made the man quite literally flinch. Especially the harsh tone which her voice had.
"CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE FOR A SPLIT SECOND?!?!"

"Nathalie please don't act like me, that's pathetic."

"RIGHT SO YOU'RE PATHETIC!!"

"Nathalie please quiet down Adrien will wake up and-"

"I'm sorry." She surprisingly wasn't screaming anymore and in fact had quieted down "I lost my temper there and I'm very sorry." Nathalie admitted making Gabriel smile, and then pull her close.

"It's alright" he returned "just please don't be mad at me because I can't handle looking at your adorable face and remembering how you hold a grudge against me."

"Alrighty Mr Agreste. I won't be mad."

"Good, I'm glad."

And with that, a final (friendly) kiss was shared between the two before falling asleep in each other's arms, happy once again.

...

In the morning however Gabriel woke up all alone.
And even when he looked around there was absolutely no sight of Nathalie, both her pajama and her work attire was gone.

So in an anxious state the designer jumped up from bed and without even getting ready he ran downstairs, searching desperately for his assistant.

"Nathalie!!" He yelled "Nathalie where are you?!?" And then when the grey haired man flung the door open to his office there he found her, his best employee, who as of right now was talking with another man, that seemed almost familiar to Gabriel.

"Gabriel!" The woman cheered up the second she saw him and quickly run to hug him "Oh I'm so happy you're here honey!" Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek which greatly confused the designer.

"Nathalie what-"

"Yeah about that, I'll just catch you up in private with all the new things. So if Mr-...Mr Tom allows me to talk to you for a second-"
But before Nathalie would've actually finished her sentence she already closed the door and dragged her boss into the kitchen. Locking that door too.

"Okay what the fuck! I just woke up and-"

"Sir! I'm so sorry." Nathalie began with a shaking voice, foreshadowing that this conversation wasn't going to be a good one "It didn't feel right at all to call you by your name, and I most definitely wouldn't have wanted to kiss you like that especially after we broke up but I just had to!" Here she cleared her throat and then looked at the completely confused face of her boss. He clearly had no clue what was going on so the woman continued. "You know who is in the office right, you recognize him?"

"Uh...no." Gabriel answered, sounding totally clueless, to no one's surprise though.

"Well it's-...you know who! I hate him...because...London...remember? Tom?"

"No fucking way! Why is that bastard in my office now?!?!"

"B-because he wants to work for you."

"WHAT?!?!"

He almost couldn't believe those words.
They sounded so utterly ridiculous that the grey haired man began wondering why Nathalie hadn't just called security in the first place to kick Tom out.
But before he could've thought about that for too long the woman's trembling voice brought him back to reality.

"Sir calm down" she placed a hand on his shoulder "I'm just as frustrated as you! I wouldn't want to be near him at all, but well-...that's not an option here. And I can't even report him to the police because I have no evidence that he-...you know."

"Fucking hell! So he just shows up here and expects to be welcomed?!?!"

"Well-...the only problem is that-...y-you can't quite reject him because-..." the dark haired woman's last couple of words turned into a quiet mumble which no one could've understood.
And so the already angry designer just got angrier.

"Because? Because what Nathalie?!?! Say it!!"

But although she wouldn't have ever wanted to disobey Gabriel, Nathalie didn't have much of a choice. She was almost forced to just shake her head and reply

"Sir with all due respect towards you I c-can't say it, it's absolutely horrific and I know you'll go crazy after hearing it which I really don't want! So believe me, as much as we both hate this man you must give him a place here! Otherwise he'll do things he promised to do if he doesn't get the job and-...and I won't let that happen!"

"No Nathalie this can't be true!" Gabriel shook his head vigorously "Whatever bullshit he said is probably just some made up story." Now he grabbed the assistant's face and pulled the woman close to be able to whisper "Don't believe him for a second, he only wants to get close to you and-...I won't continue that sentence." then, after quietly telling her that he pulled back and continued with his normal voice "But anyways I can't let this guy have a job in my business! He hurt you! And since you're one of the most precious people to me I won't endanger you, never again!"

"But sir, trust me, it's true what he said! He has evidence! A-and-...please sir, I myself beg you." Nathalie's voice sounded so desperate that the designer without hesitation would've done any of her requests, but since in this case they were speaking about a rapist, Gabriel shook his head again, and though it was tough, he continued to argue with his best employee:

"Only if you first tell me what he said to you. Say all of it to me, and don't sugarcoat it!!"

"S-sir-"

"I won't lose my temper!" He cut her off, in a reassuring way "I promise I'll control it."

"F-fine then-" Nathalie sighed, took one last look at the face of her boss before facing the floor and explaining: "...h-he is the actual father of your grandkids, meaning him and Alice were once...together...and remember how she mentioned it was all an accident-...well yeah...anyways so he said that if he doesn't get a job here then he'll go back to London, find Alice, and-..." The assistant shook her head vigorously as she'd teared up by now and wasn't able to continue speaking "I-I-I c-can't-"

"Fucking-...It's alright Nath, don't cry. We'll figure it out, we always do!"

To be continued-