The CEO and Me.

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k. I broke the two eggs on the surface of the counter. Crack. Crack. I whisked th

ggs mixture sizzled in the pan

rough the window, the autumn wind

it would have sounded li

as

ing in through the front door. I sighed and turned my head fully towar

sion. Blue eyes that looked nothing li

mlet, before taking the marker and small board, my way of communication

hold back when it's a school night, yo

e tried to read the wo

ittle fun every once in a while", he said. Well, that's what I thou

to a plate. I put some burned toast, just as he l

id taking a bit

d focusing on his food. He avoided my gaze until the very last bit

ent. Four pale walls where I had lived for three years with my brother. Lately, it was almost always deserted. I only came here to sleep a

hing I was doing, was for him. I wanted him to have a future brighter than mine. I had been saving so he could go to college and make s

ime. The place I had been assigned to for around a year now was on the other side of the city, where expensive suits were a familiar

, though. That was one of the good things about big cities, everyone kept to themselves, small talks about inconsequential thi

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er confident in talking. Memories of the last time I did flashed in my mind. I shook my head an

urned into crisp tailored suits and well polished footwear as we approached my workplac

the world. The impressive thirty eight floor building and its

day life. To help compensate for my lack of hearing, I had to be present at all times. I couldn't afford to lose focus at any moment,

ied with some worldly matter that I didn't even noticed the light had already turned green and a bicycle was crossing the street heading straight for me. He was moving too fast. He might have ringed his

ne was around, except the security. A friendly middle aged man that was always on duty this time o

easons it was easier for me to get this job and actually keep it for this long, besides the fact that I had no degree, cleaning usually did not require commu

orning,

ace was so big that the cleaning staff had their own 'wing', a very large locker roo

le. Her blue eyes held a wisdom she had aquiered in her fifty

e, you just tell me. I'll be

ead, mouthing a 'thank you' since

inger at me, "you should be more rough

on it, 'I'm sure she won't do anything,

pprovingly and going back to her locker

f even more plain than usual. I wrapped my raven black hair in a ponytail out of my face, tucked my means o