"That man—Steph — THAT MAN!?"
" Which man ? Steph asked slowly.
"Sebastian!"
"Sebastian Blackwell!"Isabel bursted out:
Steph's jaw dropped as she looked up to Isabel.
"You mean Sebastian Blackwell, like the one we all know as a billionaire businessman?"
Isabel threw her hands up.
"Yeah, he's the one I hate him—Steph, I hate him."
Steph quickly dragged her inside before the neighbours called to police.
As they entered the living room,Isabel fell onto the couch like she had been shot while Steph stood in front of her with her hand on her hips.
"So, what did he do to you?" Steph asked.
"Steph,the moment I walked into the meeting room, he didn't respond to my greetings and then he decided to announce that am late and yeah,of course,I knew i was late but it was just ten minutes compared to the time I spent in that company, the first day I went there."Isabel said non-stop with her breath sky-rocketing with anger.
Steph gasped dramatically. "You mean that emotionally constricted Greek statue called you out for being just ten minutes late."
"Steph" Isabel said while stepping his pillows. "He looked at me like I was the most incompetent person he had ever met."
"Yoooo," Steph whispered.
"And then—THEN!" Isabel continued with her voice raising. "He told me to leave home earlier? As if I was some irresponsible teenager who overslept." "And after signing the contract, he said— Let's hope today's lateness isn't a preview of what's to come."Isabel said as she deepened her voice, imitating him.
Steph sat next to her with a heavy sigh of disbelief.
"Girl, you're only met this man twice and your blood pressure is already on the ICU."
"I've never hated someone so fast in my life," Isabel muttered as she buried her face in her hands.
Steph rubbed her back.
"He's rude,arrogant and thinks he's God."
"Yes, and he treats people like they're beneath him."Isabel answered.
"And you hate him."Steph asked again.
"I've said that already."Isabel snapped.
"Hey, look at me,"Steph said as Isabel lifted her eyes towards her. "You are brilliant and talented, like — annoyingly talented.You are not beneath him and you're not beneath anybody."
"I know it's just….he makes me feel small." Isabel said as Steph pulled her into a hug."all I did was just walk in a little late."
"He's just so arrogant and rude and cold and— and — ugh!." Steph grinned as she dragged her back,holding her shoulders.
"You forgot handsome."
"No, I didn't,that word is banned,he can't be handsome to me with that kind of nasty personality."Isabel said.
"Look,we both know you're stuck with him now.Contract sighed.Fate sealed and souls intertwined forever…."
"STEPH!"
"I'm just joking.Calm down girl,just try to ignore him. Steph said.
"Okay,fine. I've heard you but the next time he tries this, I'm killing him in his dreams."Isabel said while walking towards the bedroom.
"Guess,he's gonna have wet dreams that day." Steph teased.
"Your mind is really dirty!"Isabel shouted from the bedroom. Steph laughed as she followed her inside the room as well.
Isabel freshened up as the hot water soothed her nerves, washing away the anger filled up in her.When she stepped out, wrapped in a soft towel of soft towel and now breathing more normally.She put on her pajamas and sat on the bed beside Steph who was scrolling through her phone. She took out her phone and called her dad and he picked up,
"Hello, dad."
"Hello, dear, How was the meeting?"
Israel exhaled slowly: "It was productive Dad?"
"Good. I know they'll see your worth." "Oh, they definitely saw something." Isabel muttered under her breath.
"What was that?"Her father asked.
"Nothing," she said quicky.
"I'm glad that Mr.Blackwell appreciates your work enough to partner with us."Her father said.
Isabel bit here inner cheek so hard that she almost bleed.
Appreciate?if criticizing her existence counted as appreciation, then sure.
"He….values quality" She said.
"Good, That's the kind of man you should work with.A professional, focused and disciplined man."Her father said through the phone.
Isabel nearly choked.Right,Disciplined is that one word for him.
"I'm proud of you, honey." Her father said and just like that Isabel's irritation dissolved into warmth.
"Thank you Dad," she whispered.
They talked a bit about timelines and the firm's next steps.Isabel avoided every opportunity to mention the rage-inducing man, she's going to work with because she needed not to ruin the moment.
After she ended the call.Steph groaned dramatically.
"Coward,why did you tell him only the professional parts?"
"If I told him how much I hate that man, he'd probably start lecturing me about emotional discipline,"Isabel said.
Steph patted the bed. "Come, let me comfort you."
"I don't need comfort," Isabel said before laying down dramatically on Steph's arm.
Ste
ph smirked. "Uh-huh. Totally fine." Isabel grabbed her blanket,curled up and finally her eyes grew heavy.She fell asleep still swearing she hated Sebastian Blackwell.