The gift

The next morning Ace begins to get ready for her first day at work, as she grabs her coat and turns towards her door. A small parcel drops through her letter box. Ace is confused, she hadn't ordered anything and was curious to see what the parcel was. As she opened the parcel she saw a lovely gold ring. With a note.

DEAR ACE

THIS WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FOR WHEN IM NOT AROUND, THIS RING HAS HIDDEN POWERS. IT WILL STOP  VAMPIRES FROM BEING ABLE TO HARM YOU WITH THEIR POWERS. WHATEVER YOU DO DONT TAKE IT OFF OR GIVE IT TO ANYONE!!!

PS I  WILL KEEP IN TOUCH AND FIND THAT VAMPIRE AND KEEP YOU UPDATED.

                             MAX

Ace places the ring on her finger, and sets of out the door rushing to work.

9,30am..

Miss Pearce, this way to your office instructs Mrs Hutchinson.  Ace sits at her desk and begins to fill out some paper work.  Suddenly Ace feels a rush of air enter the room, she looks up from her desk and notices Nick standing in the door way.

"Ace, I'm sorry to give you short notice but we are having a meeting this afternoon with the ceo from Marxats  company. I know this is all new to you but all you will have to do is write down what is said and make suggestions if you are asked." Nick smiles

In summary The company would like to expand and are asking if Nick would let them rent and use one of Nick building's in London.

Nick hovers over my desk.  I want to say to him is there anything else I can help you with but a voice insides me tells me to stay quiet. I look down at the paper work in front of me trying to ignore Nick's presence.

"Ace one more thing, the clothes your wearing they are not suitable for work"

I look up at Nick.

"But I'm wearing a white blouse and black trousers, there is nothing showing and this is the smartest clothes I own." I explain in confusion.

Nick looks me up and down and starts to laugh to himself as if he had a inside joke to tell. To a degree. I find his behaviour  rude.

"Sweetheart for now on I want you to wear revealing clothes, such as short dresses or skirts. Get rid of those flat shoes and wear high heels" he confirms in a firm voice.

" I don't understand you want me to dress like a whore." I laugh back at him  thinking he must of been joking.

"Not a whore my dear, more like a confident beautiful young women that you are."  Exclaims nick with a smile that seemed uncomfortable to look at directly.

"But I can't walk in high heels, I've never even worn them, and I don't own any dresses or skirts." I say honestly feeling ridiculous about the conversation.

My body language has already given it away as Nick looks me up and down, he quietly mutters to himself. Then grabs me by the hand and gestured me towards the door.

"Am I being fired ? this is obserd. I painic.

"No of cause not, I'm taking you shopping" Nick replied.

As we head into the shops I can feel my legs trembling with nerves. Why is the way I dress so important. all I'm going to be doing in working behind a desk all day. As a million questions entered my mind all I could do was keep calm and focused on pleasing Nick. After we finished shopping we headed back and when I arrived back at my office, I changed into the new red dress that Nick picked out for me to wear to the meeting with a pair of red high heels. I wasn't very good at fashion, so Nick picked out all my clothes and took pleasure in it which was odd, but I guess everyone has their fetishises and hobbies. When Nick saw me in the dress and the high heels, his eyes instantly lit up and beamed with pride and I could tell he was very pleased with himself.

As the day went on there was one thing that seemed to be on my mind alot and that was max. No matter how much I tried not to think about him, he always seemed to climb back into my thoughts.

Why did he save me that night?

What was he doing there that night?

How did he know where I lived?

Why did he want to protect me?

All these questions constantly appeared in my mind.

Later that day the meeting had gone successfully well, I  also had my own input and overall everyone was impressed by me to say the least.

I started walking home, suddenly I felt a tingling sensation around my finger, it was the same finger with the ring on. It must be connected to the ring. Suddenly I felt someones arms around me. Someone had put a cloth over my mouth and nose, before I had the chance to struggle. I feel straight to sleep.