"Welcome sir I'll show you to your suite." The manager lead them to the elevator and to the top floor of the presidential suite.
"Melissa are you okay?" Lisa asked
"I'm fine, lets go." Melissa and Lisa walked behind them. They couldn't get in the elevator so they had to wait for another one. She did expect that Mark Johnson was the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the country and growing globally.
They had not seen each other for over four years. Mark had no reaction after seeing Melissa. To her, Mark couldn't remember her they were not close though they had met a few times back in the university.
After getting to the room and was introduced by the manager, everyone went to their post and work resumed. Melissa had to stay and serve him but she didn't get close to him. She only communicate through his assistant and Mark Johnson didn't even look at her.
What she didn't know was that Mark had searched for her back then when he woke up in that hotel room but couldn't find her. Its like the world had swallowed her up, but the moment he walked in the hotel and saw her, he was shocked. He almost went over to question why she ran and hid from him but he had to keep it cool act as if he had never seen her before.
He took the tablet from his assistant sat down to check his emails. Looking up after sometime, he saw Melissa standing there like a statue. She was trying to avoid him but she had to carry out her duties as head of housekeeping assigned to serve him.
"Why are you standing there?" He asked displeased
"Sorry sir, I was waiting for your orders." Melissa replied.
This man was really annoying, she was just doing her job but it seemed like she had done something wrong.
"Well don't just stand there like an idiot get me a cup of coffee."
"..." Melissa was really annoyed but she could't do anything about it.
The assistant really pitied her, boss was in a bad mood. Less than fifteen minutes in his presence and he was already scolding her. "Cough cough... Miss White the coffee." He had to remind her since she was upset minded.
"Ooh sorry sir, I will get it right away." Melissa went to the small kitchen to prepare.
After a few minutes she come with a cup, placed it on the coffee table. "Your coffee sir."
"Did you add sugar?" He asked without even touching the coffee.
"No sir, sorry I didn't ask...."
"James go to the site and check if everything is set for tomorrow's presentation." He spoke to his assistant without bothering with her explanation.
After his assistant left she couldn't just stand there looking at his boring porker face.
"Where do you think your going?" She was stopped as soon as she turned to leave.
"Excuse me I need to go to the main kitchen and check on your lunch sir." Melissa had to make an excuse to get out of the room but he couldn't let her off so easily.
"I asked for a cup of coffee."
"..." Mellisa was stunned. He was picking on her for no reason at all.
"Well?" Mark loved how angry she looked. ~Let see how long you can keep this up Melissa~ he thought to himself.
"Sir..I just brought your coffee."
"Its cold get me another cup." He just raised his head and looked at her for a moment then went on with his work.
"Sh'''t how hard is it to serve this guy? I wonder how his employees survive." Melissa cursed when she got to the kitchen.
Mark just smiled to himself. Soon she brought him another cup. "Your coffee sir."
"Thank you, since I didn't drink the first one why don't you sit and join me." He said with a smile that didn't reach his eye's.
"Thank you but I don't take coffee sir." There is no way she could sit and drink coffee with him. Though he didn't seem to remember her, every time Melissa look at him flashes of that night and the morning after went through her mind.
Looking at Mark was like looking at her son Tommy. They didn't share a relationship back then and no way was she going to tell him they have a son. He was known has a ruthless man in the business world. Since he took over his grandfather's company, it had grown exponentially, for someone to grow so much in just few years he must be very powerful. She was afraid he would take her son away if he found out.
"Since you don't take coffee, make a cup of tea and join me."
"Sir I can't sit with you. I..Iam just an employee hired to serve you sir."
"At the moment I'm your boss and you do has I say." Mark shut down his tab took his coffee and looked at her will drinking it.
After hesitating for a minute Melissa sat down. She can as well drink the damn coffee.
"Thought you don't take coffee miss White or is it Mrs?" He asked rising his eyebrows.
"....Don't want to waste the coffee sir."
"Good. I like how you make the coffee." He smiled and winked at her.
~What is wrong with this man, one minute he is harsh the next he is inviting me to join him.~
She couldn't take it anymore he was driving her mad, it was the first day of work how could she serve for a whole week?
"Do you have a problem with me?" Melissa decided to confront him. This was a very important client to hotel but she couldn't keep this up anymore.
"I was wondering how long you could keep pretending."
"...what are you talking about?"
"Melissa White do we know each other? Have we met before?" He asked still maintaining his indifferent smile.
"No I don't think so sir." She just stared at the coffee not daring to look at him.
"Hur hur.. really now? I remember four years ago we happened to spend a night in the same hotel room on the some bed. When I woke up the beauty was gone but that doesn't mean I don't know who slept in my bed." After hearing she looked scared and uncomfortable. Looked like she was hiding something.
"Sorry I don't know what your talking about." She just looked at the coffee cup. Melissa really needed to get out of the room.
His phone rings, it was his grandfather calling he couldn't ignore it. As soon as he pick his phone Melissa run out of the room.
"Wait...." "Hallo grandfather... Yes everything is okay....."