A/N: Hey guys! Another new story! I've always wanted to do one of those employee/ boss stories and I wanna take it up a step. In this story you'll see a darker side of Percy. Of course there will be light headed Seaweed Brain moments. He's Percy :-P If you guys have heard of the book "Bared to You" (I love it and I suggest you read it), this is sorta similar to that in ways. As I'm aware of, you guys enjoyed my first story, "The Storm", so I'm sure you'll love this story. I'm also currently working on another story called "Mystical". So without gibber gabbering anymore, here's the first chapter ;-) I don't own the characters, sadly. Hope you enjoy!
Annabeth's POV
"Cheers!" Grover clinked my glass of wine with his. I just recently got a new a job, and me and Grover settled into a new apartment in Los Angeles. Grover, being my best friend for ages, is a student in advertising. He's like a brother to me. So here I was, celebrating with my best friend.
"I can't drink too much, it's my first day of work tomorrow." I chastised him.
"Loosen up. I can see the knots in your shoulders. You'll be good to go for tomorrow." He grinned his silly grin that got girls drooling. I mean, looking at him, he is hot. He was tall, muscular and his smile can light up the whole room. I sighed and just shook my head.
"I'll make it up to you tomorrow. After work, we can catch a cab and go to a pub." I suggested.
"Deal."
"I need to get some rest, I'll see you tomorrow morning." I said, yawning.
"G'nite Annie." He gave me a thumbs up.
The next morning was hell. I woke up at 7 in the morning, realizing it was my first day of work. I got ready and shot out the door saying a quick bye to Grover. I grabbed some coffee on the way to work. I pushed the sliding doors and checked in with the front desk. I speed-walked to the elevators and jabbed the 'up' button. I pressed my floor number and straightened a piece of rogue hair. I had trouble on deciding what to wear today. I settled with a regular teal rolled up shirt, with black slacks. I replaced my walking flats with my black pumps. My hair was adjusted into a side ponytail so it looked like I was organized, but not too eager.
"Hi!" A bubbly secretary greeted me, "You must be the new worker. Mr. Di Angelo will be here with you soon, just get settled in."
"Thank you…..?" I asked, hinting at her name.
"Katie. Katie Gardner." She smiled brightly at me and I returned the smile. I found my cubicle and got settled in, spreading my papers out. A small cough made me jump up. I turned around to be face by a handsome young man, looking me in the eyes.
"You must be Ms. Chase. A pleasure to meet you. I'm your new boss." He shook my hand and gestured me into his office.
"Yes, Annabeth Chase. You are Mr. Di Angelo. You're in charge of this whole floor right?" I smiled, glad I researched the night before.
"Please call me Nico. And yes, I am. This might sound a little embarrassing, but I haven't really set any work for you. I've had PA's before, but they just helped me around. I don't expect you to bring me coffee every morning now, but you'd be a goddess if you could get the break room's coffee machine to work." He smiled politely at me, crossing his hands.
"Believe me, I've never had this kind of offer before either, but I'm eager to learn. My architectural skills can come in handy and I'm pretty sure I know how to work a coffee machine." I chuckled at bit at the end and he grinned himself.
"Excellent, well let's set to work! I have this new project I'm working on and I have to do a presentation on it in three days. Help would be amazing." Nico said.
"I'm all ears." I smiled and got to work.
It was five o' clock on the dot when Grover called me. I told him I'd meet him outside in 5 minutes. I packed up and replaced my shoes once again. I was wiped out and ready to relax. I headed down on the elevator.
Right then, I bumped into a blonde woman who looked sophisticated. Just my luck. She cursed as the properties in her bag poured out. I apologized and kneeled down to help her. She shrugged it off. As I went to grab the last coin of the floor, a pair of expensive shoes stopped right before my hands. I slowly looked up. The man was clearly wearing a designer suit that looked killer on him. It wasn't until he knelt down next to me, did I lose my breath. His blue-green eyes pierced through mine. He slid the rest of the remaining coins into my hand, and when his hand touched mine, shivers shot up straight through my spine. I stood up, him following my gesture. I gave the coins back to the woman and of course the woman started thanking him and apologizing to him, when I helped her pick up her belongings. I couldn't really blame her though. His jet-black hair swept around his head, giving him the just-had-sex hair. He was literally…sex on legs. That's all I could think of. Crazy, mind-blowing, earth-shattering sex. I held my breath when his eyes caught mine again. I muttered an excuse and walked past both of them, walking out to the open. I breathed a sigh of relief as the cool air hit my face. I saw Grover waving at me and walked to where he was.
"Hey, what took you so long? You looked flushed. By the look in your eyes, I'm guessing it was a hot guy?" Grover noticed.
"I think I just saw the hottest guy that ever existed on this planet." Fanning my face.
"Damn girl. Are you talking about the hunk of meat staring at you all the way from your building?" Grover's eyes were looking past me and I looked back, realizing it was him, looking at me. His car came up front and he opened the door smoothly and got in, driving off. I had no words.
The next two days have worked out pretty well for me. I didn't see the mysterious dark haired sex-on-legs man anymore after that little encounter. Honestly, I was a little disappointed. I mean, how often do you get to stare at that kind of hunk? Today was our meeting with the CEO of the company to talk about Nico's presentation. I wore an emerald green shirt tucked into a black pencil skirt with the usual black pumps. My hair was in an up-do, little stray curls framing my face. The elevator doors dinged open, revealing him standing in the middle with an amused look on his face. I stood paralyzed for a moment before gathering my courage and stepping inside the elevator with him. I could feel the tension crackling between us as the elevator doors closed. My hand reached out to push the button for my floor, but he caught my hand and pushed the button for me instead. I immediately felt electrocuted. He didn't let go of my hand as he turned me around to face him. My breath was ragged.
"How do you like the building?" His silky smooth voice spread through my body, making me radiate in places that shouldn't be radiating. I was shocked, hearing his voice for the first time. It sounded just like… how I imagined it would be.
"It's efficient." I replied in a confident voice.
"Good to know." He smirked. He brushed a loose curl behind my ear. "I want you so bad." He whispered into my ear. I was surprised by his bluntness, but more important surprised about how turned on I was.
"Just who do you think you are?" I asked, moving away from him, ripping my hand from his. The elevator doors dinged open. "I have to go. Nice meeting you." I said in a cool voice, but my eyes were telling a whole different story.
I walked down the hall, smiling at Katie before entering Nico's office. "Gees, there are some jerks in this building." I grumbled, before taking a sip of my coffee.
"Good morning to you too sunshine." Nico chuckled.
I rolled my eyes and smiled at him. I asked him a couple of questions about the meeting. He told me I'd do fine and just to back him up. I said I was okay with that so we went and grabbed a quick lunch. We started heading up to the top floor. To be honest, I was little nervous. I mean, we were meeting the CEO of the company I was working for. I tried to relax and think about something else. We went to his secretary.
"Hello Thalia." He smiled a small smile at the 'familiar secretary' apparently and she just nodded back at him. Her eyes questioned me. "Calm down Thals, she's with me."
I smiled and said my name was Annabeth Chase. She nodded again and called who seemed like the CEO. She told us to wait a couple of minutes and that we'd be called in shortly. She came to get us after a while again. We followed her to a big door which had the words CEO plastered on to it. I didn't get a chance to look at the name, as she pushed the door open and gestured us in. I walked into the room with a smile and looked up at the person awaiting us. My smile dropped and I stumbled into the room. His arms slid around my waist as he caught me.
"Always pleasant running into you Ms. Chase." He smiled. I quickly adjusted myself. Nico put a small hand on my back.
"I would like to introduce you to my PA, Annabeth Chase." Nico explained.
"I believe we've met before. I'd just like to formally introduce myself. I'm Percy Jackson, the CEO of this building." His smile blinded my eyes. All I could think of was….
Oh Shit. I'm screwed.
