THREE YEARS TO LOVE

Arabella came down from the cab, after a hectic day and another failed interview with Jackson enterprises. She dragged her stressed self to the apartment brought out the spare key and open the door , smell of fried bacon filled the air , and the voice of Lana del Rey filled the air, which signified her best friend Alison was back .

She turned of the music and Allison turned around in shock ," You are back "Allison said dusting off the flour and egg droplets on her apron. She went to the sitting room and sat beside Arabella. "So... How did it go ?", she asked. " You know the drill, the same old story over and over again, they said even with my qualifications I need a guardian recommendation, and the last the I want to do is to call my foster parents to ask for anything". Arabella said while taking off her already rumpled clothes, leaving only her undies and bra top.

" Hey don't think too much about it okay, I know there will be an opportunity waiting for you out there , just hope okay". Allison replied while trying to hug Arabella which she moved away because of her dirty apron. " I know , but for now I need to take a break from all this interviews and job seeking, by the way why are you home by this time your shift doesn't end till 4 and it's just 2:39 pm ," "I know but today is world company's day and the headquarters of the event is X Enterprises so they said all cleaners and workers should go home " Allison replied while trying to take off the flour and egg droplets on her apron. With no avail she gave up .

"Let's forget about me shall we, are you hungry I'm making pancakes, bacon and eggs I can sprinkle some cheese if you want ".

" The same pancake that is burning?, no thank you," Arabella said laughing. "Shit ... Allison ran to the kitchen and realized her pancakes 's ruined turned off the burner and emptied it's content to the trash , opening the windows also to let out the smoke .

Arabella on the other hand was flipping through Channels not finding anything of interest to watch , finding she stumbled on to a channel which showed the event happening on the World company's day, " Mr Xavier your company has been the head of all companies globally how do you manage to hold it up? An interviewer asked . Xavier replied coldly " I do not bring my business out to the open " then he signalled for his guards to come out , which they came and cleared the way for Xavier to pass . Interviewers who tried to ask questions afterwards was being pushed out of the way or threatened, the live stream ended with an advertisement.

Arabella put off the television with an angry expression. " Why that face as if you want to beat the shit outta someone " Allison asked.

" Who does he think he is? His the CEO and so what, it was just a harmless question, why did he have to reply her that way , stupid rich people with there audacity because they feel they own it all..." Arabella was caught off by Allison laughing out loud ...

" What's funny?" Arabella asked with a slight frown.

"You are girlll , I wish I caught that on camera so you could see your facial expressions, it was priceless " Allison said laughing out loud , Arabella joined her laughing and there a pocket pillow at her ".

" Well that man is the young CEO of X Enterprises, My boss , although I've not seen him physically, but seeing him on screen makes me want to just teleport and show him what his missing out in my body ."

" Ewwwww Allison you are gross", " what I'm just saying I mean I'm sexy asf and have a good shape so it won't be bad will it?.

" Allison you are full of surprises I thought your crush was Aaron Pierre , now you've moved to your own boss , by the way you said you have not seen him physically, how is that possible? You also clean his penthouse right? You've not seen him in his house also? Why?. Arabella asked surprised.

" Well yes as cleaners when are not allowed to see the boss he hates dirty people, or anything dirty so when go out from his sight when ever he arrives the company , as for the penthouse I only go for cleaner when I know his not coming back for a while hope that answers your question?"

Arabella was about to reply when a phone call caught her short...." Hello?"..........." Ahh yes , I'm a speaking with Arabella Quinn" A soft yet bold voice spoke from across the phone .

" Yes it's Arabella and who are you" Arabella said shooting Allison a confused look.

" Oh forgive My manners , I'm Harley Davidson the Manager of X Enterprises, you have been given a chance to work at X Enterprises ,with a quite catchy salary to become a cleaner at the X Enterprises and also his penthouse ".

Arabella replied in a more confused tone, " How is that even possible I didn't apply for a job at X Enterprises."

Harley replied calmly..." Oh yes you didn't your friend Allison Greene help submit your CV and address so you have 3 days to respond any day you respond work starts immediately". Harley said calmly and hanged up the call.

Allison who had been in a confused state finally spoke up ... " Bitch don't leave me hanging who called you, what job are they talking off X Enterprises? Tell me all of it ". Arabella's fingers trembled as she tossed her phone on the couch like it was cursed. "This can't be real," she muttered, pacing the small living room in nothing but her undies and a bra top, her curly hair bouncing with every anxious step.

"You better put some damn pants on before you go thanking Harley in person," Allison teased, sipping orange juice straight from the carton like it was champagne.

Arabella paused, blinking. "Wait. Was that really Harley Davidson? As in, the manager of X Enterprises? Her name sounds like a motorcycle."

"Don't drag the name, she literally just changed your life," Allison said, plopping onto the couch and patting the spot beside her.

Arabella slowly sat, her mind spinning faster than a blender on high. "So let me get this straight. You just casually submitted my CV to the manager of the biggest company in the country-without telling me-and now I'm employed? What kind of fairy godmother energy is this?"

Allison grinned smugly. "I'm just built different."

Arabella grabbed a pillow and chucked it at her face. "You're insane!"

They both laughed, the sound filling the small apartment with something rare-hope.

But beneath Arabella's excitement was something else. Something cold. She couldn't shake the memory of Xavier's face on the screen-those emotionless eyes, the harsh cut of his jawline, the way his guards swarmed the media like wolves. The man oozed danger. And now she was going to clean his house?

What did I just walk into?