They both walked into Ethan's office. I usually give 15 mins to Ethan to settle down before I update him about the day's schedule. But today, as soon as they went in, my intercom buzzed. I knocked on the door and walked in.

Ethan was standing facing the window and Mr. Grumpy was sitting on the couch, his long legs stretched. He lazily looked at me. I smiled but he didn't return it.

'Okay! Suit yourself. I don't really care if you smile or not' I turned to Ethan but could feel the blue eyes on me.

"Good Morning Ethan. Would you like to know the day's plan?" I opened my notebook.

"Amelia, please reschedule all my appointments for this week to the next one. I wouldn't be attending any of those"

"Hmm... Okay. Anything else?"

"Yes! Get me a hot espresso. Without sugar" I nearly jumped when I heard that steely voice. I turned around not sure how to react. Not that I have any problem with serving espresso. After all, it's a part of my job but generally, the guests don't order around, especially not so rudely. I looked at Ethan and he just nodded.

'Whatever' I shrugged and turned around. I went to the pantry on the 15th floor, ordered the espresso, and waited. Once done, I kept the coffee on the table while the men worked on something.

I had tons to do today. Do you have any idea how many meetings I had to reschedule? By the time I rescheduled the meetings till Wednesday, I got a call from Chris. That's my lunch cue. I looked at the time. It was already 1 pm. I decided to take the break. Elsa usually goes to her boyfriend's office which is close by. So, it's generally Chris, Ivan and me. We do have a big group though the count varies depending upon shifts. However, we three are the staple and we call ourselves the CIA – Christina, Ivan, and Amelia.

Ivan works in the IT department and apparently, is the only nerd there. We became friends when my computer wasn't behaving properly and being the IT administrator, he came up to my seat. Within the next ten minutes, he went into 'nerd mode', clicked some keys, enabled some ports and ta-da! resolved the issue.

When I reached back after lunch, Ethan and Mr. Grumpy were still working. I wonder what could be so important that they couldn't even take a break. Ethan never misses his lunch, which is delivered straight from his home. Typically, it's Elsa's responsibility to get the lunch spread ready in the Chamber. I help sometimes when Elsa is on leave. But today, I didn't even see the lunch box.

I resumed my work to reschedule all the remaining meetings. Half an hour into my work, the intercom buzzed again. I knocked on the door and entered again. Ethan was nowhere to be seen. This time, Mr. Grumpy was sitting near the table.

His head was stretched backward and his eyes were closed. His suit was lying on the nearby chair and his tie was askew. He had rolled up his sleeve and I could see tattoos peeking out. His long lean fingers were holding a pen. His long legs were stretched out with his strong thighs pressing against his pants.

'Mr. Grumpy doesn't look bad, especially when the piercing blue eyes are hidden and there is no smirk on his face.'

"Do I meet your approval, Miss -?" I jumped again. I hate this. Not only did I ogle at him but he caught me red-handed also. 'Fuck!' I don't generally gawk at men, at least not very obviously, but this time I did.

"Ms. Amelia Wilson. You can call me Amelia. And no, I wasn't—I didn't--" I fumbled.

"Save it Miss Wilson. I hope you liked what you saw." He smirked. 'The gall of this man!'

"I came only because Ethan called." My tone was a bit raised. "And I wasn't checking you out. Why would I do that?" He raised his eyebrow. I gulped. "I was just – you know, you were asleep and so - and so-" Just then Ethan walked in and I was happy for the interruption.

"Amelia, we skipped our lunches and so we are planning to leave a little early. Alex here will join me for the rest of the week." Ethan was already packing his briefcase.

'Okay, so Mr. Grumpy has a name!'

"Sure Ethan. Anything you need from me?" Why would Mr. Grumpy join him the entire week? Looks like they are working on some new project. Maybe he is a new client?

"There are some details and figures that I need to go through with Alex. I've sent you an email with the meeting schedules. Make sure that the department heads attend the meeting. A one-to-one meeting is very important. We need the transition to be as smooth as possible."

"Wait! What transition?" I was confused

"Well, you know that Sam has boutiques in New York and she doesn't want to shift to San Francisco. We are considering a swap. I'll take care of our New York enterprises and Alex will take care of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Isn't it Alex?" Ethan beamed towards Mr. Grumpy. "Amelia, I want you to support Alex to the best of your abilities. We could use all the help we have"

'Uh-oh! Incoming' Screamed my mind.

"Hmm! Does that mean that he- I mean, Mr. Alex will be my new boss?" I guess I already knew the answer. Dear God! I don't mind being wrong here!

Ethan chuckled "Well! Technically, not a new boss. Alex was always the boss. He is my elder brother. Alexander Holden."

"Good to officially meet you, Ms. Wilson." His deep voice sent shivers of dread down my spine.

"Uh-oh. Same here, Mr. Holden." I muttered as I looked towards him and a tiny voice inside my head said 'I guess a first good impression would have been better.'