First Day At Work

Mia walked towards him. She took a deep breath and gently held his tie. She inhaled his fragrance.

She knotted it gently, making sure her hands didn't touch his chest.

"You seem delicate." Oliver said with a smile.

"Yeah, employees are delicate so you have to treat them with respect." 

"Okay, Mrs Salvatore. Sorry to ask Mrs Salvatore, is this your husband's surname?"

"Why do you care about my family issues? Your tie is ready." Oliver stared at his tie. Mia felt sparks flying. She took a few steps backward.

"So,Mrs mia, your office is just beside mine. you have a lot of work on ground." He sat on his chair, sounding bossy.

"Yes sir."

"Yeah, do you expect me to usher you there?"

"That was what a normal person would do." She mumbled.

"What bravery! I heard what you said." He folded his arms.

"Am sorry sir."

"To your duty post!" He half yelled and Mia walked out of the office.

"By the way, you look very presentable. Would you like to accompany to my meeting this afternoon?" He asked. Mia opened the glass door.

"No sir, sorry sir." She left and entered the office near his. It was neatly swept, and there were several machines and fabrics she could work with.

"Phew! It's just a tiny bit like starry." She heard noises from outside, and immediately peeped to look. A gorgeous woman, wearing a black long gown with heels was walking towards Oliver's office. She was perplexed to see her.

"Good morning Mrs Richardson." Someone greeted the woman.

"So she's Mrs Richardson??" Mia wondered. She closed her office door shut. Before the spelling of J.A.C.K, the woman stormed to mia 's door and hit it hard.

"Why the hell didn't you ignore me? I saw you peeking! How dare you throw that evil look?" She said, strangling mia.

"Ma'am!" Mia pushed her.

"Please, control yourself, I didn't throw an evil look I was only..."

"What's going on here Mia? On your first day, you're already creating a scene?" Oliver stormed in.

"This woman is crazy! She just entered screaming! Where's her psychiatrist?!"

"MIA! That's too much! Just give us five minutes, let me calm my mother down." Mia left the office and went to sit at the reception.

"Having a rough time, eh?"

"This is the worst day ever! Who's the freaking Mrs Richardson anyway??"

"She's Mr Oliver's mother. She's not crazy, she does that when she's angry. One fateful day, she threw hot tea at me. We're all being extra careful with her."

"Thanks. I think I'll have to keep off. What's your name?"

"I'm Archie Philips actually. And you must be mia, right?" 

"Yeah. I am Mia Salvatore."

"Let's go for lunch together, if you don't mind?" She said.

"It's no problem, Archie." They shook hands and Mia turned to leave.

"Wait... Mia! That's my office, just in case you wanna see me." Archie pointed, and they departed.

"Hi Love." Mia sat on her chair speaking to Reba after the whole Richardson drama.

"How's your first day going?"

"Trying to be okay here. It's not like always like Starry." Mia sighed.

"Well, you'll get to know everything and everyone! You'll make friends." Reba encouraged.

"I have a friend already."

"Who??"

"Archie. Her name is Archie Philips. She's very nice."

"Okay, okay, Archie and archive all I care. Are you coming for lunch this afternoon?"

"I already promised Archie." Mia yelled.

"But can't we all go together? Can't I meet this Archie too?" Reba begged.

"Am sure you're making that crazy puppy face again! That's the freaking thing that melt me." Someone suddenly burst into Mia 's office and started running all around. Mia gasped. A guy entered and started chasing her.

"No tickles.... no tickles....aaaahhhhhhh!!!!" The guy grabbed her waist, pulled her close and tickled her. She laughed till she fainted.

"Sandy! Sandy! Sandy wake up!" He lifted her in bridal style and left her office. Mia closed the door behind them.

"Mia, why are you not talking?" Mia dropped the phone. Images of her and Liam doing the same flashed in her memory. 

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That fateful day, Liam was shirtless by the poolside while mia was wearing a bikini.

"Okay, so we are playing the try not to laugh game."

"Hmmm, you're definitely gonna loose Mia" Liam said with a cheeky smile.

"Ahah, I'll never ever. I win this all the time with my sister."

"What do you do to her?" Liam asked.

"Am not that foolish! I won't tell you." Liam pounced on Mia, grabbed her waist, and ticked her hard. She laughed so hard that she crawled into the pool. Liam dived in and swam with Mia. They were splashing and screaming in the pool.

Another day, they were shopping for clothes.

"Wow Mia, am disappointed at the clothes you've got." Liam stared bitterly at the blazers.

"What's wrong with the blazers?"

"Girl, you're old fashioned! I don't want you to look like a middle aged woman. I want you to look like a young lady. I want you to look hot, like my baby girl. So let's go for some better clothes."

"Awwwwwwwnnnnnnn, you're a sweet talker!"

"Kiss me please." Liam begged. Mia gently claimed his lips for a short while.

"I'll be waiting in the car."

She reminisced on their romance and even the dreadful times, finally, their divorce.

"Mia? Hello, hello??"

"Hi. I was just thinking about something. Sorry I kept you there." 

"I have work to do. We'll see at lunch. Bye, Love." Mia hung up as tears rushed down her cheeks.

"Don't tell me you haven't Begun any work?" Oliver's voice cut through the air.

"From now on, this door will remain locked." Mia rolled her eyes.

"Am sorry for breaking in to your tears like that!" He said giggling. Mia threw a pillow at him.

"How dare you say what you saw? You're talkative, sorry to say sir."

"These employees, huh? I take a liking to you and you take advantage of me." Mia's heart skipped a beat at the words "take a liking". 

"You haven't Begun any work yet. Sew these. And submit it to a staff named Sandy. Her contact is in the book of records. Call her to your office." Oliver dropped the fabrics.

"Mia, we're going to the meeting, together." He left the office.

"ARGH! I CAN KILL THIS MAN! WHY IS HE AFTER ME? WHY DID HE TAKE A LIKING TO ME AND MY DAUGHTER? HE HAS MENTAL ISSUES! BOTH OLIVER AND HIS MOTHER! Yeah, I'll call my doctor right now to give them capsules because they are worse!!!!" She threw everything she found on the ground, except her laptop.

" I should get these done." She sew the clothes, and settled down to call sandy. She guessed she was the same lady that came in laughing earlier.

"Hello Sandy?"

"Hello. This must be Mia Salvatore."

"Yeah. You must be Sandy Tisdale."

"Yup."

"Mr Oliver asked you to come to my office, to get some fabrics you'll be marketing today"

"Okay, Yes no problem." Few minutes later, Sandy came in.

"Good day Mrs Salvatore." She picked up the fabrics.

"Are you coming to the meeting today? You should definitely." Sandy smiled and left.

"Meeting! Meeting! Meeting! People here love drama. What's the freaking meeting all about? I'll close for now to have lunch with Reba and Archie." She hardly finished speaking when everywhere turned dark.

"Great. Nice thing that would have happened on this wonderful day." She said sarcastically to herself.

"Now there's a power cut." She managed to walk out of her office, and she entered the nearest which was Oliver's.

"Hello, sorry am here, I get scared in the dark." Everything was dark and silent, her hand touched a phone and she turned it on. She was flabbergasted to see what was on the screen. Her face turned tomato red.