A NIGHT WITH THE CRAZY CEO

**BRIANNA**

I stared at Mr. Adrian’s figure as he exited the club with his drunk friend who was muttering incoherent words. He really looked hot in the outfit he wore. I didn’t know I was standing in one spot and drooling until I heard someone clearing their throat behind me.

“You were staring at him.” Cherry said casually.

“Was I?” I asked dumbly.

“Snap out of it dumbhead. He’s gone already!” Cherry yelled a little in my ears and I snapped out of the reverie I was in.

“Your boss really looks hot in real life than in the television and magazines.” Cherry said with a dreamy look on her face.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Yes he really does look hot.” I blurted out before realizing what I said and covered my mouth with my hands as if I could unsay what I had said. My cheeks had turned pink from embarrassment.

“Wow! This is the first time you’re complimenting a guy’s look. Don’t tell me you’re crushing on your new boss already.” Cherry gushed.

“What?! Never! You of all people know that I don’t have time for men not to talk of crushing on them. And how did you know he is my new boss?” I said then asked.

“Have you forgotten I told you about the interview? I’m also on social media not like somebody who acts like she just crawled out of a hole. Besides, who in earth doesn’t know Adrian Carter.” Cherry teased and I smacked her head.

“I didn’t just crawl out of a hole and besides I’m not on social media because I don’t have the time for it.” I retorted.

“Right! You didn’t just crawl out of a hole because you were living in a cave with no modern technology.” She sassed. I was about to reply with a comeback when Mr. Cole came by. Cherry quickly picked up the rag on the counter and started wiping the counter as if it was dirty while I just stood there watching because I didn’t have any excuse as to why I was conversing during work.

“Hey Brianna, what are you doing just standing here and doing nothing? Aren’t you supposed to be taking orders or something?” Mr. Cole asked when he got to where we were.

“I actually came to collect something from Cherry. Right Cherry?” I stated and asked hoping Cherry would understand what I am trying to do.

“Right! I’m gonna give you the stuff when I’m done here.” Cherry said still wiping the counter.

“Ok. I’ll come and collect it when you’re done.” I replied and turned to walk away.

“Stop right there Brianna, I want you to come with me and Cherry, learn to face your work whenever you’re here or I’m gonna suspend you next time I see you conversing instead of working. Am I clear?” Mr. Cole stated sternly.

“Yes Mr. Cole.” Cherry said.

Mr. Cole walked away and I muttered a small sorry to Cherry. I followed Mr. Cole to a secluded part of the club and he stopped walking before facing me.

“Have you thought about my offer yet?” Mr. Cole asked.

“What offer?” I asked back feigning confusion.

“We both know what I’m talking about Brianna, have you thought about it?” Mr. Cole asked again.

“I’ve thought about it and my answer is still no. I’ve told you already. I don’t want to have any relationship with you except the boss-employee relationship we ought to maintain.” I stated.

“I really like you a lot and I want us to be together. I promise to increase your salary if you decide to be with me.” He said almost pleadingly.

“I’m not interested! Is it by force?! I don’t wanna be with you, you’re just after my body, you’re gonna dump me immediately after you have sex with me. There are lots of sluts you can fuck if you’re looking for a fuck buddy but I’m not one!” I yelled furiously. If we were not in a secluded place, people would have been staring at us wondering what’s wrong.

After my outburst, he forcefully crushed his lips on mine and I got angry immediately. The feeling of his lips moving against mine made me feel like puking. I pushed him away from me, breaking off the kiss in the process. Without thinking twice, I landed a resounding slap on his right cheek and also did the same to the left one. Mr. Cole’s eyes grew wide with shock when his brain registered that I had just slapped him.

“What was that for?!” Mr. Cole shouted angrily. He doesn’t have any right to be angry, I’m the only one that has the right to be angry here.

“What was that for? You’re asking me what was that for? Why the hell did you kiss me? That was my first kiss and I didn’t plan on giving it to anybody.” I stated.

“Wow! That was your first kiss? With a body like yours, you ought to have kissed a lot of men. I’m proud to be the one to kiss you first.” He said smiling. The fucker still had the gut to smile after he forcefully kissed me.

“You’re insane! What am I even doing here exchanging words with you? I’m gonna sue you and accuse you of attempting to rape me next time you try this nonsense with me.” I warned and walked away.

“Son of a bitch.” I cursed loudly when I was out of earshot. I got back to the counter and saw that Cherry had stopped wiping the counter and is now attending to somebody. When she finished attending to the person, she turned to me.

“What happened back there?” Cherry asked curiously when she saw me scowling.

“Can you believe what that fucker did? He took my first kiss without my consent.” I told her.

“What the hell! Did you do something to him after that?” She asked again.

“Of course I did. I gave him two resounding slaps.” I said smugly.

“That’s my girl! You ought to kick his ass, that would have been really satisfying.” She stated.

“I can’t kick his ass or I’m gonna lose my job and I’m not ready for that yet but if he tries that shit with me again, I’m gonna damn the consequences and beat him up then and there.” I responded.

“Now that’s the Anna I love.” Cherry said and we shared a high five.

“I better go back to work before the boss comes back.” I said before going around and collecting orders.

By the time my shift was over, I was a sweating mess. Why? Because I was just walking back and forth collecting meaningless orders. The lady that was supposed to collect orders with me called in sick so I was the only one doing all the work and there are lots of customers tonight making me wonder if some of them don’t have work to go tomorrow. Cherry also rounded up her work behind the counter and we left the club.

We talked about meaningless things on our way home. We were talking about how my first day of work went when we came across a store. An idea suddenly came to me and it was like a light up suddenly switched on in my brain. I have the perfect plan to get my revenge on Mr. Adrian for making me walk under the hot sun.

“I want to get something from that store Cherry. Will you wait for me or come with me?” I asked walking towards the direction of the store.

“What do you want to buy? You didn’t tell me you wanted to buy something.” She replied.

“I didn’t know I wanted to buy something before. You’ll see what I wanna buy when we get there.” I said and entered the store with Cherry behind me. There was a lady behind the counter and it seemed as if she was preparing to close the store because she was busy counting money. She raised her head when she saw us approaching the counter and stopped what she was doing. She stood up and came to meet us.

“Good evening ladies, what would you like to buy?” She asked smiling.

“Hmm, do you have itching powder?” I asked and she looked at me weirdly. Even Cherry looked at me weirdly as if asking me what I wanted to use itching powder for but I ignored her.

“Yes I have itching powder. Do you want the one that causes mild itching or severe itching?” She questioned.

“Give me the one that causes severe itching.” I said and she went to get it.

“What do you wanna use itching powder for?” Cherry asked after the lady had left.

“I want to use it on someone. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.” I said without giving a clue on who I wanna use it on. The lady came back some minutes later and gave me the itching powder.

“How much is it?” I asked observing the itching powder.

“Three dollars.” She replied and I pulled the money out of my bag and gave it to her.

“Thanks for buying from me and do come back next time.” She said smiling. Cherry and I walked out of the store and continued on our way home. We got to the place where we’d go our separate ways and bade ourselves goodnight. I carried on with my journey smirking because I already have a perfect idea to get back at Mr. Adrian.

TBC