The CEO's Assistant

They walked out of the glass elevator to find Juliette and Felix standing there excitedly. Juliette extended her left hand showing off her sapphire engagement ring.

"He finally proposed!" She squealed excitedly.

"Congratulations." Arianna smiled and hugged the girl happily, while Liam smiled shaking Felix's hand.

"Have you two really been up there the whole hour?" Juliette smirked cheekily.

"Miss Richard and I had some business to discuss." Liam toneless voice, told the whole story in one sentence. Juliette and Felix knew what he meant.

Arianna pulled out her phone, 12:44, she really should be getting home.

"Well it was lovely meeting you all, thank you a great day. Juliette and Felix I'm so happy I got to witness your engagement and I wish you all a lifetime of happiness." She smiled and gave them one last hug.

"Under different circ.u.mstances I'm sure we could've been great friends." Felix smiled at the girl, as he wrapped his arm around Juliette.

"Let me at least drop you home." Liam extended his arm in a gently manner.

"Thank you Mr. Clair." She replied sadly, resting her right hand on the inside of the top of his forearm.

Juliette watched as the couple walked away as if they were at a work function rather than two friends. She felt sadness fill her heart, she could see the connection between them and how he seemed to forget about Chloe ever since the two of them met. "This is so cruel."

"A modern day Romeo and Juliet, let's just hope they that their the ending is much happier than the way Shakespeare wrote it." Felix tried to comfort her.

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Inside his BMW they sat in silence just staring out the windows, the young driver ran his fingers through his long black hair, his dark eyes peered into the revision mirror and he could feel the tension from the reflection. "Where are we headed Mr. Clair?"

"Ask Miss Richard." He stated coldly, gesturing to the beautiful woman beside him.

"Miss Richard?" The driver asked.

"RF head office, please." She smiled politely. Wait was this beautiful lady the adopted daughter of Joan Richard, President Clair's biggest rival, what was she doing with the young master? While he knew he couldn't ask, he simply did as he was told and headed for the office.

"Thank you for letting me stay last night." Arianna finally broke the silence, she looked out the front of the car avoiding his gaze.

"You're welcome Miss Richard, but I trust that will stay our little secret?" His voice still wasn't as cold as it was when he spoke with other people.

"Of course Mr. Clair, we can't have people assuming things that never happened." She said politely, they were starting to look and sound more like democrats and less like friends.

They were silent for the rest of the trip, when they pulled up outside a large towering building with a large royal purple RF scripted on to the side.

"Miss Richard, despite our family history I wish you a happy and successful life and career." He said with a softer voice than before. "Take care..."

"I will thank you. I wish you well and a prosperous future" She smiled back at him and opened the door, but before she got out Arianna stopped and looked at him with the sweetest smile he'd ever seen. "Don't give up on love, someday you'll find someone worthy." As she went to leave she felt his warm hand around her wrist she looked back at him and without knowing what he done he pulled her into him. His warm lips met her, they were soft and calming. The taste of his lips were strangely addictive and e.r.o.t.i.c, for a moment she didn't know what to do, but her mind lost thought as she kissed him back. Suddenly all the storm inside their hearts were calmed by a simple kiss. They pulled away and their faces blushed hard.

"I'm very sorry Miss Richard, I don't know what came over me." He cleared his throat and straightened himself up. She fixed her skirt and shyly avoided his eye contact. "I'm sure I'll see you at Men's Fashion Week next month."

"Yes, I look forward to it Mr. Clair." She quickly hopped out the car and hurriedly ran towards the large glass office door. It was Sunday so the office was closed, but she had a key and the security passcode, she raced into the office, found a wall and pushing her back against it as she closed her eyes bring her slender fingers up to her lips. The taste of his mouth lingered of her lips, she couldn't stop her heart racing, it was all she could think she about the taste and feel of his lips on hers. Now he was gone, she left with nothing more than lingering questions that would haunt her dreams, why had he done that? Why didn't she push him away? And why had no other kiss ever felt like that?

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The smell of lavender and rose's still lingered where she once sat, while this was the first time she'd left since they met he felt a pit in his stomach, an ache in his heart and the tingling sensations on his lips where hers had just been. She tasted like sweet strawberries, when she touched him it was like small shocked of electricity ran through his body and that kiss was enough to restart his heart.

While Liam was lost in thought about the beautiful woman he'd just lost, his driver was rather confused. Miss Richard was his the daughter and only heir to his father's biggest rival company, but not just that President Clair, also seemed to have a personal grudge against Madam Richard. So, why had the young Master just kissed her?

What was their relationship?

And should he tell President Clair?

"I trust you won't say anything about this to my father Joseph." Liam's usual cold tone was laced with a hidden threat. "You understand you will also be liable if my father ever finds out, you allowed her into this car and drove her to his company. So for both our sakes I suggest this stays between us."

"Of course Mr. Clair." In other words, 'you say anything and I will kill you myself'. Being a chauffeur required a high level of secrecy so he'd heard this threat on many occasions.