C5 Traps

All weekend, he thought about ways to punish her for disturbing his peace. With different ways in mind, he was excited to see her on Monday. He secretly hoped she’d come.

At the entrance, he noticed her when he saw her standing in the middle of the entrance. When he drove past her, he could see the shock and anger on her face. This gave him satisfaction.

He decided to watch her as she cleaned to look for ways to punish her but he couldn’t find any. She did the job diligently.

Irritated because she didn’t fall for his trap, he walked to his office. He bumped into her and shouted at her. She immediately bowed, apologized and left.

“Why is she not falling into the trap? Anyway she would fall into it, this is just the beginning. Let’s see how she copes”, he thought.

Throughout the day, he kept soiling the floor. He either threw the coffee, littered his desk, or threw papers on the floor. He wanted to see her sad but she didn’t show any emotion. He was getting frustrated.

He decided to do a personal background check on her. During his spare time, he searched for “Roxanna Hart”.

“Hmmm, Laura. That’s her only family. They’re poor…”

Kent continued reading until he didn’t find anything about her again.

“Should I check her in the black market?”

“No, I don’t think anything positive will come out. In fact, nothing at all. That’s just a waste of time. She’s a nobody. Just a poor cleaner”

*****

“Since my first day here, things haven’t gone well. I think the CEO despises me. But what have I done wrong?”, she thought.

She sat outside his office, in case she’s needed.

“I’ve done a good job cleaning his office but things worsened”, she said.

“Roxy, you need to keep going. You’ve come this far, you can’t quit now. Do this for mom”, she said to herself.

She nodded her head and was more determined to endure it all.

“Hey cleaner girl, I’d be having some important guests In my office soon. Actually in the next 30 minutes”, he called out from the office.

She got her cleaning tray and walked in.

Kent raised his head up from the laptop and saw Roxy at the door. He got up and went to close the door. He leaned towards her, while she moved back. The more he leaned in, the more she tried to hide inside the wall.

“Next time, you better inform me that you’re ready to work. I can’t bear to be here with you. It’s suffocating”, he said arrogantly.

After that he opened the door and walked out.

Roxy stood and began crying.

“How could he say all that and just leave? I’m a human, right. So?”, she said and broke down.

“No, I’m not going to let him break me. I’m strong”, she said and wiped her tears.

After she cleaned it, he came in to inspect it. He found nothing. Since he couldn’t let her go, he stared at his office for a while.

Kent decided to send her to clean up the conference room . Roxy couldn’t refuse his request. He was the CEO and she didn't want to lose her job.

With her face down, she left his office to the conference room. Kent smirked as he watched her figure disappear down the hallway.

“Sir, I’m done cleaning the conference room. Is there anything else you would want me to do?”, she asked.

His face was full of shock. He couldn’t understand how this wasn’t hurting her but she was asking for more.

“Um… I think that’s all, for now” he said, stammering.

Roxy felt happy as she watched him leave, he seemed disappointed and this made a smile curl up on her lips.

*****

The more he treated her badly, the more their hatred towards each other grew. She wished to order and send him around, just like he does to her. Slowly, he turned her from a cleaner to his personal assistant. She did every single thing.

“Anna, I hope you’ve checked my schedule for today? I don’t want to be late for my appointments”, he said sternly.

“Yes sir, I have. You have a meeting with the executives by 10am, you have a lunch meeting with a client for project B and a video chat with an organizer”, she replied .

“Are you sure, that’s all. I wouldn’t appreciate it if I missed anyone. Go through it again. I need it on my desk by 9:45”, he said and turned.

At the end of the day, everything was successful. He got a drink from his fridge and drank it. Roxy waited for him to leave his office but she didn’t see him. After an hour, she got tired of waiting. She met him on the floor, completely wasted.

She tried calling him but got no response. She couldn’t carry him home by herself. She turned to leave, so as to look for help but was stopped by a hand holding her.

“Don’t go… please stay … with me “, he pleaded.

She tried removing his hands from her wrist but he was so strong.

“How come you’re wasted but still so strong?”, she asked but got no reply.

That night, she had no choice than to sleep in the office. The next morning, she woke up, gently removed his hands and sneaked out. She was given a day off.

She came for work the next morning, she was curious to know why everyone was whispering. She could feel deadly stares from everyone. She didn’t understand what was going on.

She quickly ran to the ladies room, she stayed in one stall, trying to think of what may have happened. A short while later, some group of women entered.

“Can you imagine that poor cleaner, how dare she do that?”, the leader said, extremely annoyed.

“From a cleaner to an assistant. I don’t even know what the CEO sees in her”, the blonde girl said.

“We would deal with her. She has crossed the line. This time I won’t overlook it”, the leader said and they all agreed.

After a while, they left. Roxy came out, she was very confused. She was sure she was the person they were referring to and she couldn’t state what she did wrong.

“What’s going on?”