Eric Luther and his team came near Maria and me. Eric was not in the dress where I saw him in the morning. Instead of a t-shirt and shorts, his costume was a suit and pants. There is also a cooling glass on his face. Our manager is saying something to Eric. But Eric’s face doesn’t have any expression. His gaze came to me. With the cooling glass on, I couldn’t be sure he was looking at me.

“Is Eric looking at me through his cooling glass?” I said in my mind.

But that look didn’t last long. Eric’s eyes turned to my friend Maria, who was more beautiful than me. When I looked at her, she was staring right at Eric.

“Maria,” the manager called Maria.

Eric stopped walking near us. And Eric’s team as well.

“Sir, Maria is your assistant”

The manager told Eric. A smile spread across his face. He held out his hand to Maria. Maria looked at me in disbelief. Then she gave Eric her hand.

“Hello, Maria. I’m Eric”

Eric told Maria as he shook her hand.

“Good morning sir, I am Maria,” said Maria.

“Nice name,” Eric said.

 Eric withdrew his hand from Maria’s hand and walked forward. The manager motioned for Maria to join them. Maria walked behind them to CEO’s office without even looking at me. After they left, I went to my desk.

I put my handbag on the table. My face appeared on the black screen of the computer sitting in front of me. I stared at my face on the blank computer screen.

“Am I not beautiful at all?” I asked myself.

Could eric Luther be Jessica’s lover? Or just a friend? Many questions crossed my mind. I can’t even imagine if Eric is Jessica’s boyfriend. Her boyfriend is the CEO of the company I work for. I felt disgusted with myself. She is dating a CEO, and he is not interested to look even at my face. The image of Jessica and Eric got out of the car never fades from my mind. Now I am not living like Cleopatra. It’s Jessica. She is the girlfriend of Eric Luther, who is the CEO of this company, and the son of Luther who is a billionaire and chairman of qtech company which is one of the top IT companies in the U.S. I am just an ordinary employee of the same company.

“Ruby the Slave Girl” made me want to throw away the computer sitting in front of me.

 “One day, everything will change. Then I will not be just an employee in this company. I will be a queen”.

I said inwardly, relieved.

I turned on the computer in front of me. After that, I opened my bag and took out the files inside it. I heard the sound while flipping through the files.

“Good Morning, Everyone”

I looked up and saw Eric and his group standing a short distance away from my desk. Our manager, Maria, and Samuel accompanied Eric. The employees were standing up. I also stood up immediately. Then we waited for our new CEO to say.

“I know you are busy. But I have a few things to tell you.” Eric said to everyone. He then removed the cooling glass from his face. Those thin eyes attracted me a lot. While Eric was standing there, his body language was calling out who was the boss in the group. I looked at Maria. Her eyes were on Eric’s face.

“From today, I am your new CEO. I am the son of Luther, who is the chairman of this company. I have never come into this company. To tell you the truth, I have never come across a situation where I have to interfere with the operation of this company. As you know, our company Qtech is one of the top IT companies in the US. But for some time the growth of our company is not upward but downward. If it goes like this, it won’t take long for our company to lose the leading position. That’s why Father replaced Davidson and placed me as the CEO of this company. I know very well that my father has given me great responsibility. But if you are with me, I can take our company to new heights. You won’t be with me”?

Eric stopped his speech and looked at us.

“I will be with you, sir”. Everyone said it, including me.

A smile spread across Eric’s face.

“Thank you for your support. So continue your work,” said Eric.

We all sat in our seats. Then eric was saying something to the manager and others standing around him. I couldn’t hear anything because the voice was so low. After some time, the manager and others left. Eric and Maria went to Eric’s cabin while talking. I pulled my eyes away from Eric and looked unfortunately straight at Samuel. He was staring at me in front of my desk.

“Ruby, was the work complete?” Samuel asked me.

“No sir. I will complete it today.” I said.

“Ruby, stop staring at CEO and focus on work”.

 Samuel was scornful of me with words. Samuel left saying that I should complete the work before office hours. So, He has a reason to scold me today.

“Go to hell man,” I wanted to say to him. But I didn’t, 

I heard a message from the smartphone inside my bag. I took out the phone from inside the bag. When I looked at the home screen of the phone, there was a message from Maria.

Maria’s message 

The new CEO started flirting with me.