{ Elise's PoV}

I stood in front of my bathroom mirror and cried.
Nah jokes, I can't be stupid enough to waste my body's  precious water. But like seriously, my eyes were red and my heart was breaking as I looked at my reflection.

My beautiful lenses which I bought from a sale at Sheilas sat in my palm. I desperately wanted to wear them but knowing David he'd mock me forever. Yesterday, he thankfully hadn't noticed because every time he looked in my direction, I looked down at the floor, but today there was not going to be any excuse. He'd find a way to tell me I was being fake and use my own words at me.

Last year, when I had recently started my job, a bimbo sauntered into the office acting all Queen B. She thought I'd be intimidated by her long legs and 6 inch stiletto heels but she forgot who she was talking to. She was talking to Elise Prayt and I dint take bullshit from strangers.

So I showed the bimbo her place. I mocked her from her mascaraed eyelashes to her surgical ass to her painted nails and in the end, I told her she was all plastic and fake. That day I had heard the worst sounds of crying, and David who was watching the scene, recorded it.  A month after, when I walked in with fake nerdy glasses, David looked at me and said,
" Whats with all the fakeness?" The same words I used on the bimbo and I swear I felt embarrassed. I didn't want to have a repeat ever again.

I looked at my green eyes and cringed. My eyes were the most attractive feature of my dwarf self. It was like all the beauty from my parents genes decided to settle in the orbs only. How unfortunate because I found the colour too basic, I wished I had violet or oceanic blue but I was stuck with green.

The ringtone of my phone broke me from my staring contest. I sighed as I looked at the caller ID, it was 6:30 am but David would never understand.

" Where's the Florida project file?" He rudely spoke.

" David when are you going to learn manners and say 'good morning'?" I said mock scolding him. It was fun pushing his buttons, he got so easily annoyed.

" Don't be my mother and do your job. Tell me where the file is?" He said rudely and I could imagine him pinching the bridge of his nose. I rolled my eyes even in the morning, he's an ass.

" Now don't be so mean. It's in the second last drawer, under the orange file." I said and the ungrateful bastard cut the line. I hadn't even gone to work and I was already feeling the dread.

I dressed in my professional clothes and quickly ate some Cheerios and sipped on Nescafé coffee. Starbucks was way to expensive and I wasn't stupid to waste money by going to buy one. I saw the time on my wristwatch and hurried to my Nissan. Punctuality is all what mattered to David Faverly and so I drove like a maniac in my heels arriving to work just before the clock stuck 8.

I hadn't even taken the third step out of the elevator and David spoke,

" Should we be expecting any ungraceful landings today?" David said and I breathed in deeply.

" Obviously Not boss." I told him giving him a fake smile, "I don't repeat the same mistake again."

" Well then why are you wearing those heels?" He asked looking at me with those blank brown eyes. I huffed and rolled my eyes. I was what you called a high level classified klutz, I'd walk so absentmindedly that one step im standing, the next I'm down. But after being with a pregnant Sophie, I learnt to control myself.

I settled in my seat and clenched my jaw. The ass hated the heat and so all the curtains were drawn closed. Not that I was complaining about the A.C. which was directly over my head, but I couldn't enjoy watching the blue sky and cotton clouds floating.

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After running errands downstairs and grabbing a croissant from the cafeteria, I walked back to the office. It was 11 am but I was starving. Sophie had made me obsessed with food especially desserts.

I entered the office and felt so strange,
" You know David you didn't have to throw away all those flowers." I said as I sat on my desk. I looked around the office and huffed, it was back to being it's cold metallic grey colour. How boring,
Just like the boss!

".... the flowers were the only thing that gave life to this room." I continued speaking but David ignored me again. He was a robot with the only emotion he showed being anger. Like how can a single human portray only anger. All that adrenaline and you waste it on something as useless as anger!
How stupid!

"Elise take your useless talks somewhere else." David said and I rolled my eyes.

" I'm just giving you company Davy. If I go, you'll be all alone in this cold room and you'll frost even more." I said giving him a big smile. He looked at me with a blank look and I smiled bigger. The dude arrived from Dubai yesterday and he was already overworking himself.

" Did Mr. Zayen do the research about the power polls?" David asked as he flicked through some pages.

" Yasshh..Bhat i fourgot to ask him to gimme" I spoke whilst eating my croissant and David gave me an annoyed look. He hated it when I done that and to vex him more, I done it more on purpose. Please I do have etiquettes, my parents taught me how to eat in front of people but eating in front of David Faverly is just another thing. He'll look at you with his nose flaring and his jaw clenched and while he thought he looked scary, he looked fucking hilarious.

I was wiping my mouth when the phone rang, Seeing the Caller ID , I groaned out loud. I hated answering unknown numbers.

"Talking from Power&Co is Elise Prayt, how may I help you today?" I said sweetly when in real I wanted to swear.

" Connect me to my boyfriend." Came a squeaky voice and I rolled my eyes.
Just Another David Faverly fan girl!

" I'm sorry ma'am but we don't have any 'my boyfriend working here." I said sarcastically wanting to laugh.

" Stop acting over smart, do you know who the fuck you're talking to?" She screeched.

" No ma'am we don't have the number saved." I said honestly.

" What!" She screeched and I put the phone away from my ear, " I'm Sandra Fox and I want to talk to my boyfriend now!"

Ohhh it was the Sandra Fox , Daughter Of Flyn Fox.I huffed at her and muted the call. A dramatic bitch just like her fathers news channel, FoX tv. I huffed and cut the call, no time for unnecessary  drama

David was dating her before he left for Dubai and then they broke up. The woman was cheating on him with other rich men. It was hilarious because she was fucking men who were not in David's circle thinking he wouldn't know, but she forgot she was playing with Lucifer himself.

My alarm went off and I stood up walking to David,

" Boss it's time to go for lunch  with the Carters."
He looked at the clock behind my head before he nodded. He wore his black suit jacket and I surveyed his outfit, not bad, he looked good wearing Gucci though it was tighter around his arms.

" You've been working on your biceps." I told him as we stood in the silent elevator.

" Is it the exercise or all those lame shakes you're drinking?" I asked. Obviously he ignored me and just looked ahead at the walls of the elevator.

I wanted to tell him,
David the wall's not talking to you, I am
But obviously I didn't. Because whilst we had a deal between the both of us, we also knew not to pry too much. And so like a sore loser I also folded my arms and stared at the boring gold elevators.

Mr.Carl opened the door to David's Audi and I greeted him by giving him a side hug. The fifty year old was a serious man who tolerated my crazy self without judging. Heck once when I vomited in David's new car, he didn't tell David and since then he earned himself a green tick.

" The Carter brothers want to congratulate you on the restaurant chain and they want to discuss more changes to bring in." I told David summarising what the meeting was going to be about.

Mr. Carl drove us to the Faverly Restaurant and I mentally squealed. Today was a Wednesday and the Chef was going to make special chicken mayo rolls. I had called him and after much convincing he agreed. We entered the private restaurant and whilst David went to sit on the only table of the restaurant, I went to meet my best friend, Sasha.

" Hey Sash." I said when I saw her cutting lettuce. She looked at me before she got back to doing her work.

" Bitch you can't just ignore me." I told her hugging her tightly from behind.

" Damn if I didn't know you two, I'd think you were lesbians." Nick commented and I gave him the middle finger, making him chuckle.

" What crawled up your ass?" I asked Sasha as I sat on top of the counter top. She still ignored me and I looked at Nick who pointed to a stressed out Chef.

" Chef Frankie!" I said jumping off the counter top. He glared at me and I laughed. He was trying to cut the salmon fish for David properly but I was being a pest and annoying him.

I walked out to the dining area and saw the Carter twins and David talking amongst themselves. I cringed and sat on my seat. I tried to blend in with the three friends but no chance. It was going to be a long lunch full of excessive testosterone and arrogance.

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