Chapter Twenty-Eight

Maya walked directly towards his office and she smiled to herself when she realised that Logan's annoying secretary wasn't at her usual post. That was a free entrance for her. As soon as she was about to stretch her hand towards the door and open it, the secretary suddenly appeared before her panting.

" I'm sorry but for the second time today... you can't go in, Mr Logan specifically gave orders that no one should disturb him... "

" I think your earring fell off over there. " Maya told her as she pointed towards one of the employee's table.

" Huh? Where? " she wondered as she looked away in that direction. She quickly cornered her and opened the door to Logan's office then walked in.

" Hi Logan. " she said with a huge smile as soon as she walked into his office and met him sitting on his seat with some papers in his hand. He stared at her.

" I'm so sorry sir, I tried to stop her but she... "

" It's okay Lisa you can go. " Logan told her before she took a look at Maya.

" What? even I dont like you too. " Maya said in her mind. Lisa left the office, shutting the door behind her. Maya walked up to Logan still with her huge smile plastered on her face. If anyone could see her right that moment, you wouldn't believe they just had an episode in the car.

" What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to go home? Are you purposely trying to get on my nerves? "

" Woah! Logan, one question at a time... I'm sure you're not that desperate to get rid of me. " she told him before she started walking around taking a look at every detail in his office.

" The last time I was here, I wasn't able to look around. She saw a huge picture of a man that hung on the wall who looks almost like Logan but a bit older, almost of the same height and he had a mustache.

" Is he your father? " she asked Logan as she was still staring at the picture, and obviously he ignored her.

" You too quite resemble except am sure he was a much nicer man than you are today... anyway... " she said as she turned to him. He just glared at her without saying anything.

"... I'm bored and you really can't expect me to go back to your boring mansion and stay all alone. If I keep staying there alone, someday I might begin to hear voices.

" What do you want Maya? "

" Now you're talking. " she told him happily before she walked up to him and leaned on his table after keeping her handbag on it and leaned towards him.

" Nothing much just.. you know, the usual.. my job. "

" No. " he said sternly before he tended to go back to his work.

" Oh come on Logan, I won't be here if I had just the right thing to keep myself busy. I didn't spend sleepless nights in college just to end up throwing away my certificate... Logan if you don't have things done my way then I'll have it done your way.. the hard way. " she told him as she gave him her best serious look.

He leaned a little bit closer towards her for discomfort.

" Maya.. I said No. " he said with an emotionless face.

" Damn! why is this man so adamant? Fine, I still have plan B. " she said in her mind.

" Fine, okay.. you've made your choice... you chose the hard way... dont blame me when you start to cry later... " she told him as she slowly retrieved back. She walked up to the sofa in his office and took her seat then she crossed her legs and folded her arms. He just stared at her with inquisitive eyes as if doing that can make him read her mind and she just smiled to him as if everything was okay between them.

Logan stared hard and inquisitively at the screen of his laptop in front of him as he worked on it. He wanted to understand something on the papers so he took a closer look then try to calculate some things in her head but the crunchy sounds Maya was making by chewing those chips were really frustrating and getting to him. Logan purposely ignored her when she walked out and came back in with the bag of potato chips. She put her legs in front of the centre table and crossed them then she relaxed while chewing them one by one without being considerate at all with the fact that he was working there. The crunchy sounds of the chips was becoming quite irritating to Logan. He could feel the anger in him as he heard the sounds coming from her mouth. He took his eyes away from the papers and then to her. He glared at her angrily but she was way into the chips that she didn't see him and when she finally turned to him, he expected his glare alone to warn her that enough is enough but instead, she smiled and stretched out the bag of potato chips towards him.

" You want some? " she asked in a very irritating manner. He glared at her hard and long to warn her that she was clearly touching on the wrong nerve here.

" Keep... It... down. " he ordered her almost between closed teeth. She shrugged her shoulders as she withdrew her hands.

" It's okay if you do not want some... but these are really good. You should try these someday. " she said with a smile. He looked away from her then back to his work, he sighed as he continued working. Finally, the peace and quietness he needed, but it seemed rather too quiet, that was very unlike Maya.. The Maya he knows won't obey him so easily but rather will do something that will annoy him the more. Could it be that she has gone?

" What does all these mean? " he immediately turned his head to his right to find her staring at the screen of his laptop.

" How did she get here and how come I didn't hear her footsteps. " he said in his mind. The bag of potato chips was still in her hands as she stared at the screen with wide eyes.

" Urrggh! This is irritating. " he immediately shut the laptop.

" Maya what is your problem? " he asked in a bit calm manner.

" I'm not supposed to let her know that she was getting to me. I know... I know this was all her plan to frustrate me into letting her work.. but clearly she doesn't know the real Logan.. I dont ever give in so easily.. ever. " he said to himself.

" Simple... give me my job. " she said as she finally stood straight and then started to eat her potato chips one by one.

" Not a chance. " he told her as he got up and walked past her then towards the shelf to get an important file.

" Well then Logan... I hope you begin to think of me as your new partner.. in this office... your mansion is too boring so from now on... I'll hang out here. " she said as she followed him behind. He stopped checking for the file in the shelf and then turned to her.

" I know what you're trying to do Maya. " he told her as he took steps closer to her.

" You.. you do? " she asked with wide eyes as she began to take slow steps backwards. Yes.. you're trying to hang around me.. You're trying to stick to me like a glue... You're trying to frustrate me... You're trying to prove that you're tough... You're trying to prove that you're right... You're trying to shame me... You're trying to make me look like a fool... You're trying to irritate me so that I will give in.. " he told her as he took steps closer towards her and she took steps backwards with widened eyes and till eventually she hit her back on the wall. He rested both of his hands on the wall to block any part her escaping. He stared right into her big round blue eyes which stared at her in surprise.

" ... Am I not right? " he asked in the best intimidating voice and look that he could put on. She seemed to have gone speechless as she just stared at him with wide eyes. The way she stared at him was as if he has casted a spell on her or something but no problem... It means he was close to getting the trophy. Something about Maya's eyes were funny and magnetic . she definitely looked stunned. Logan didn't think she was surprised at the fact that he found out about her plan... he thinks she was stunned by something else. Something he didn't know. Suddenly he noticed something on her face, he furrowed his eyebrows at it as slow realisation dawned on him as to what it was.

" Are...are you blushing right now? " he asked her. That was definitely not something he has expected of her. With her eyes still widened, she turned her eyeballs left and right and then around.

" No? " her answer sounded like a question to herself. Her voice was low and shaking. She immediately turned, bent her head and passed under his arm. He watched her as she slowly then quickly walked away and out of the office. A slow smile crept on his lips as he remembered the face earlier. " Here I was talking about something serious and it seems Maya was hallucinating about something else. " he said to himself. Obviously, her skin colour gave her way. She was way too fair for you to notice that she was blushing. It was the first time Logan saw her blush and her face was almost as red as a tomato. Logan put his hands in his pocket as he smiled at her silliness.