🌹R O S E🌹

🌹CHAPTER SEVEN🌹

I'm too shocked with his action, but I don't pull away. His hand makes its way to my waist and pulls my body closer to his. My chest against his muscular one. I close my eyes. His lips are soft and taste of sweet mint. Before I even have the time process what's happening, he breaks the kiss and leaves my office.

Leaving me shocked out of my mind and freshly kissed lips. My gaze is at the door that he just left out of, kind of hoping that he storms back in and kisses me again or at least explains to me why he kissed me. My right hand travels to my lips and touches them.

Just few seconds ago, Mr. Knight had kissed me. I can't believe it. Standing in the same spot as before like an idiot, I don't know for how long I'm standing here but reality kicks me. First the anger hits me all at once, and then sadness but then anger again.

I sit by my desk and try to calm down by doing some work, but I find it that I can't work with that kiss on my mind. His kiss was rough, yet gentle, but it was possessive, yet nice. Does it make me a bad person that I actually enjoyed that kiss?

I shake my head, to get that kiss out if, which is so impossible. This is messing with my mind. A soft knock on my office, then it open and a woman walks into it. "Ms. Ace, Mr. Knight has requested for you in the meeting room" She speaks, her voice is soft and kind but behind it I can hear a hint of hatred.

I smile at her, a bit awkwardly. "Sure, I'll be right there" I tell her and she leaves without saying anything else. My heart beats faster in my chest, it has been on a roll now, beating like if it were on a race, ever since the kiss. I don't know if I'm more embarrassed about seeing Mr. Knight or the fact that he just kissed me.

I stand up and leave my office, taking my notepad with me, just in case I will need it, and walk to the meeting room. I knock then open the door. Mr. Knight sits in boss chair that Mr. Selone always sat in when he was in a meeting. Five other men sit by the table. They all look at me when I enter the room.

"Gentlemen, Ms. Ace will be joining us for day" Mr. Knight speaks, he doesn't look at me while he speaks, he doesn't even act like we had shared a kiss. I sit down on the chair that the secretary is supposed to sit on. This is work and I'm going to try to forget that this kiss ever happened. The meeting goes on like any other meeting, the men talk their business and I take notes.

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The meeting didn't take very long, as the contract was signed in matter of one hour. Those men really liked what Mr. Knight had to offer. I don't really know for a fact what this meeting was about or what they were signing about but it doesn't concern me so I don't care.

I'm the last one to leave the meeting room, and I stand there in front of the doors with my back facing it. All the men shake hands with Mr. Knight and some even try to have a conversation with him, but he always turns them down, coldly I might add.

"Ms. Ace, right?" One of the man asks, looking at me and walking over to me. I smile kindly at him. "Yes" I answer his question. He looks to be in his mid twenties, maybe a few years older than me. He's definitely the youngest man in the meeting, as most of the men are in their early or late thirties.

From my research I learned that Mr. Knight is twenty-nine, and is the youngest billionaire in the world and the richest, overall he's a lot of things. "Does the beautiful woman in front of me have a first name or does she prefer to be called by her maiden name?" The man asks me.

A blush creeps up my cheeks, no one has ever called me beautiful before. "Rose. My name is Rose" I tell the man, not sure what else to say. I'm blushing like a tomato. For a moment, it feels like it's just the two of us. I'm finally having a moment where someone notices who I am and accolades me around, most ignore the secretary and don't care about her.

"I'm Damon Garder. Such a pleasure meeting a beautiful woman with a beautiful name" He says, his words make me blush harder, I'm not even sure of that's possible. "The pleasure is all mine. Damon" I say. "So, if you're free tonight, I would like to take you out on a date. How about I pick you at seven?" He asks.

His smile is so charming and his eyes just lure me in. I open my mouth to speak but I never had the chance to actually speak. "My secretary is busy this evening" Mr. Knight suddenly speaks, now beside me. I look at him with confusion. "She is?" "I am?" Damon and I say at the same time.

Both of us are looking at Mr. Knight. "I need to be on work dinner this evening and my secretary will be joining me" Mr. Knight says. I gape at him. Five minutes ago, I had planned for leftover pizza for dinner and now I suddenly have two dinner invites, well one is not exactly a invite, it's work.

I notice that both Mr. Knight and Damon are glaring at each other like they want to kill one another. All right, that was weird. "Fine, then tomorrow?" Damon finally asks when he's done at his glaring contest with Mr. Knight. "Yes, I'm free tomorrow" I tell him before Mr. Knight has the change to even speak.

He made plans for my dinner, and I'm a bit mad about it. I'm also mad about the fact that he kissed me and now acts like it never even happened. "Good. I will pick you up tomorrow at seven. Dress formally. See you then, Rose" Damon speaks, he doesn't allow me to say anything back before he's out the door. Following his other four companions to the elevator.

My eyes travel on him while he leaves. Once Damon is gone my gaze turns to Mr. Knight who is looking at me with a look that I don't know what means. "You're not going out with him" He only says, his voice is cruel and cold, like it normally is, it will take some time getting used to his cold personality.

"Why do you care? The last time I checked, you were my boss at work. What I do out of work is none of your business. And, what's up with dinner tonight? Why have I not been informed about this sooner?" I ask, he doesn't get to be angry at me because I'm furious with him.

His face doesn't change. He walks closer to me and traps my body between him and the door that my back is currently at up against. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. "Let's get one thing clear. I'm your boss and I decide when you can go out with my clients. What you do with your life, I don't care. Once it involves my clients, I make it my business. Don't question my intentions again" He says in a warning tone.

His eyes never leave mine while he speaks. His words feel like my heart has been stabbed multiple times. "I..." I start but I don't find the words to speak. He's right. Every word he spoke is the truth. I'm in the wrong here, I never should have questioned him.

My eyes travel to his lips, but I immediately look up into his eyes again, his beautiful blue eyes that keep dragging me further into them. He backs away and leave me here standing like an idiot like I was this morning in my office. I'm so embarrassed, people are looking at me, staring at me is the word and I feel very uncomfortable.

When I go back into reality, I go to my office and sit down by my desk. "Ms. Ace!" A yelling coming from Mr. Knight's office calls out to me. I really don't get a lot of time to work on the computer today, it seems he always needs me for something.

I wonder if this is always going to be this way from now on? I quickly stand up and knock on the door. Once I hear him call 'Enter' I open the door and enter his office. "What do you need, Mr. Knight?" I ask him politely, even when I'm mad at him about the kiss and the way he acts to me, being cruel and has been nothing but mean since this morning and even the first time we met.

"The dinner tonight will be business related. I will pick you up myself and return you home when the evening is over. You are to wear a dress formal and elegant. The client we will be dining with is important and you will do everything a secretary does. Now that you've been informed. Leave!" He tells me.

He's as cruel and mean as always. Working with him will most likely be the hardest thing I've ever done and I went through collage and thoughts that was hard. I leave without saying a word, I just nodded when he spoke. Letting his words soak in.

I sit by my desk and work on my computer. Some files that need to go over. I thoroughly go through every file then I print them all at once. Mr. Selone always planned on having a printer in my office, but he never had the time and now there's a new boss and I think he won't be setting up a printer in my office any time soon.

Standing up, I walk out of my office and to the printer that I had to print it to. I check out all the papers are there and look perfect before I put the right ones together. I check to see if every paper is in the right file stack that it's supposed to be in.

"Your Mr. Knight's secretary, right? The one everyone's talking about?" A woman on a desk near the printer asks, I look at her. "Yes, that's me" I tell her. She stands up and walks over to me. "I'm Vicky" She says and offers me her hand to shake.

I set the file stack that I was holding on to on the nearest table. "Rose" I extend my hand and shake hers. "What's it like working for him? I've heard is horrible to people" She asks. She smiles at me with a warm smile. She looks to be about a few years older than me.

"It's a bit hard, and he's rude sometimes, but he has a soft side. But, only time will tell" I say to her, the kiss flashes in my mind. Vicky gapes at me. "You've got to be the most angelic person in the whole wide world if you can work with the devil himself" She tells me.

"Anyway, I need to keep working. Nice meeting ya" She says and sits back at the desk she was by before and pretends that this conversation never happened, but I do notice a smile on her face. That was weird. I take the stack of files and then go to Mr. Knight's office and hand him the files so he can sign them and I will never see them again.

I don't really know what happens to them after he gets them and signs them but it doesn't concern me. My mind is also elsewhere, thinking of what will happen tonight. I've never gone on a business dinner before and I don't even know what to do there.