So me Mary

Lorelei.

"Hi Lorelei, good morning"

"Good morning Danielle"

"The usual?"

"Yes! the usual".

I take the coffee when she's done with a smile.

Dani's coffee shop is just across the office and they make the only coffee Nathaniel Bronze will drink.

"Morning Lorelei"

Betta at the front desk greets me as I walk past.

"Morning Betta, Hit me"

Betta is dating Nathaniel's driver so she is always updated with his mood every morning.

"He went to see his parent's lawyer this morning".

That can not be good.

"But Mr Lowell is coming later so there may be hope for us yet".

Michael Lowell is Nathaniel's best friend. Whenever he is around, he takes all the boss's attention from the rest of us.

"Thanks Betta, what will I do without you!"

"Lose your job" She jokes.

I run into the elevator and press the top floor on the button. I clutch the rails to steady myself, I do not like elevators, they make me feel dizzy.

I step out of the elevator and in a hurry, I have to make sure everything is perfect before he arrives. When I am done I go to my own smaller office.

My office is just an extension of his, there is only a glass door separating our offices.

Nathaniel's office is as plain as plain can be, all his furniture have one color and that is gray, there are no picture frames or any decorations to prove that someone works there. Mine on the other hand is the exact opposite. When I was just hired I didn't decorate because I scared I would be fired any day but when I developed my routine and discovered how to do everything right, I started to touch the place up. On my desk there is a picture of my mother and another of my cat and hanging on the wall is a painting that was gifted to me by one of my exes.

In exactly forty six seconds my boss will walk through this door.

I draw my jacket closer to my body. Nathaniel likes the office cold even, that was one of the things I had to get used to when I was first hired, now all my work outfit consists of a jacket or a coat.

Three. Two. One.

I count in my head and then I rise, almost immediately Nathaniel Bronze walks in and he is followed by Michael Lowell.

"Good morning Mr Bronze, Mr Lowell"

I bow and great. Michael answers me but Nathaniel doesn't, actually he never does. I actually believe he doesn't know I exist.

After they walk into his office I take a seat and sigh.

***

Nathaniel

I flip through the file of potential women Mick gave me.

"I am not marrying any of these women"

"Why not Nat, they are beautiful women, the most eligible in all of new york"

He explains. I flip the page

"Sandra bass, blond hair, blue eyes, 5'6, daughter of multi millionaire And creator Bass industries, Helrod Bass"

I read out the information on the file.

"See she is perfect, she is beautiful and from an influential family"

Mick explains

"She is a drug addict"

I informed him.

"She got busted last year but her father spent a lot to keep it off the press."

"Okay, cancel her out"

"All these women have one problem or another, whoever I decide to marry gets forty percent of my inheritance, that approximately is forty billion dollars, do you know what that means?. Anyway I want someone I would be able to tolerate, at the very least"

I explain to Mick but he is staring at my secretary.

"Michael, this is important"

"I know, what about her?"