"Ms. Elizabeth White is here. Should I send her up ?" Kim's voice spoke through the intercom.

Although Kim is a rather goofy person, she never lets that get between her personal life and her job.

We have always spoken to each other like we are nothing but colleagues.

"Yes, please." I respond back.

Arranging the papers that are messily scattered on my desk, I let down my hair, ran my fingers through it, and tied it back into a ponytail.

I had to make sure that I looked nice; or at least decent.

As I did so, I heard a knock at the door. "Come in." I spoke a little loudly.

The door was opened by none other than Elizabeth White, herself.

She looked exactly like all the pictures of her on the internet.

Yes, I stalked her a few hours back. I had to know something about her otherwise I would make a fool of myself. She is thirty five years old, according to Wikipedia.

Though, she didn't look like it because of her beauty. Her auburn hair was tied up in an elegant high bun.

Overall, she didn't seem like a grumpy person.

"Good Morning !" She chirped, walking towards me. I stood up at my desk and shook her hand.

"Good Morning to you too, Ms. Elizabeth. How have you been ? Please, sit down." I said, gesturing to the chair opposite my desk.

"I'm good, dear. And please call me Liz. How are you ?" She said, sitting down.

To be honest, I am astonished by how she spoke to me.

Normally, when other entrepreneurs come to meet me for a security system, they are rude and don't bother to be friendly, like, at all.

"I'm fine." I smiled back. "So, what did you need, Ms. Eli-" I cleared my throat, "I mean Liz." I corrected myself.

"Yeah, right !" Liz exclaimed, her brown eyes gleaming with excitement.

"You see, I require a DevOps engineer for my company." She stated.

"And I wanted to personally ask you whether you are interested."

Did I just hear correctly ? She said DevOps engineer ?

DevOps engineers' jobs are related between coding and engineering.

They to help increase a company's productivity by developing and improving various IT systems.

This position is like the highest post in the field of IT. The fact that she personally came her to ask me is an honor.

"Are you serious ?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Yes. I'm serious." Liz chuckled. "I've heard that you have an experience with coding languages, software engineering and a vast knowledge of security systems." She stated.

"So, why not ? You're the perfect person for this job." Liz shrugged.

"Wow. I'm honored." I say, not being able to talk because of the happiness inside of me. "Actually, I would love to but I need a little time to think about it."

"No problem, dear. Take your time." She assured me. "I understand. Just give me a call when you decide, alright ?" She asked, giving me her card.

"Thank you so much, Liz ! This means a lot to me." I said, taking the card from her. "Don't worry, I will."

"Oh, it's alright. Don't thank me." Liz said, getting up from the chair and walking towards the door.

"Bye, Liz ! Thank you once again." I said, leading her to the elevator.

"Bye !" She replied and then the doors of the elevator closed.

Walking back to my office, I sat on the chair and sighed looking at the business card she gave me. I started giggling in excitement.

"You are officially crazier than me !" I heard Kim's voice. "What did that lady do to you ?"

I looked up and saw Kim entering. She walked into my room and laid down on the couch. "It's lunch time. You coming ?"

"Yeah ! I have exciting news !" I squealed, walking towards her.

"Ooooo, come on." She said getting up.

Before I could leave the office, I texted Dante saying I was alright. You know, 'cause it's the only way that he will be in his right mind.

We walked out of the office together but immediately stopped in our tracks when we saw four men, dressed up in black suits, dark sunglasses and that coiled tube thing that goes into a bodyguard's ear.

Both of us looked at each other a started laughing. Dante and Alex had arranged guards for both of us.

Two for her and two for me. Personally, I think that one would be more than enough.

"Meet Ace and Leo." Kim introduced me to her bodyguards.

"Well, this is Damien" I said, pointing at one of my bodyguards. "And this is Blaze." I said, pointing at the other.

Ever since I had met them in the morning, they haven't spoken much. Actually, they haven't spoken at all. All they do is nod at you when they're asked something or greeted.

"Let's go eat lunch, boys." Kim said, gesturing for them to come with us. In the time that we had gone to the food court and come back to my office, all four of them followed us.

Trust me, we got all the types of stares from people. Some were laughing, others were taking pictures and some women were even asking for their numbers ! Besides, looks are not everything, y'all.

But, I mean, I'm not gonna lie; they do look hot. But, I think Dante looks hotter.

There we go again, thinking about that butt head. Think of something else, Brain !

There are so many other wonderful things to think about. Like flowers, butterflies, french fries, chicken nuggets, pancakes, pizza.

Okay, basically just food.

Now, we were in my office, talking to each other. During lunch, I had told Kim about the job that Liz had offered me, she told me that I should go for it.

When I asked her about where Liam was, she said that he hadn't been here for the last few days. Turns out, he isn't being distant only to me, but everyone.

"I have to ask you one more thing." I said, hesitantly.

"Shoot." Kim said, taking a drink of her apple juice.

"About Dante," I paused. "I like him, I really do. It's just that I'm not sure whether this relationship will work for us.

I mean, both of our lives are in danger, I haven't found my brother yet and I don't even kno-" I kept rambling but stopped when I was interrupted by her.

"Breathe, Lea." Kim said, putting her hand on my shoulder.

"Look, I've both of you together and know that you like each other. Life will go on, it won't stop because you are not ready.

If you don't move on in your life, you will not get a second chance.

And might be too late when when you do realize that." She advised. "Give Dante a chance. Give the relationship a chance. Be selfish for once in your life, Lea."

"Alright." I smiled. "Bring it in." She said, reaching her arms out for a hug. I hugged her back and then realized that i had to ask her something.

I pulled away from the hug and then asked, "What about Alex ?"

Kim's face instantly turned pink. "What about him ?"

"Sooo....do you like him ?" I smirked.

"No. I'd rather kiss a toad." She said with a disgusted face.

"Who said anything about kissing ?" I teased.

"Puta." She grumbled.

"Right back at you, honey !" I said, sipping my cup of coffee.

-----------------------