Maritza stormed out, vowing to make that little girl pay. She had been silently in love with that man for years and wasn't going to accept some newcomer stealing what she believed was rightfully hers. She wouldn't share his time or tolerate him paying more attention to her than to herself...
Luis, who had been observing the scene since he arrived without saying a word, also left the office, following Maritza. When they were somewhat away, he placed a hand on her shoulder, squeezing hard enough to cause her some pain. Maritza stopped, feeling the ache.
"What are you doing? Let go of me."
"Oh, Maritza, don't fly too high. Don't forget who you are or where you came from."
"Shut up, Luis. You have no right to complain or tell me anything."
"Maritza, especially correct your way of speaking to me. Don't think that just because you've been in my bed, you have the right to talk to me like that. Remember that just as I put you in the position you hold today, I can take it away. Another thing: stay away from Angel, he's not for you."
"Hahaha, are you jealous?"
"Jealous, me? Of a woman like you who sleeps with and flirts with everyone here in the office? No, Maritza, you're wrong. I'm just warning you: take your eyes off Angel. Don't look so high, don't go looking for your own hell."
With that, he released her and returned to the office, leaving Maritza even more furious than she already was. She wondered how Luis had found out about everything she was doing since they were almost never at the company, they hardly ever came. But even if it was the last thing she did, she was going to be Angel's wife, the owner of everything. She wasn't going to give up so easily on having all the power that Angel Duran possessed.
Back in the office, after Maritza and Luis leave, Angel sits in Maritza's chair and signals Diana to do the same. She sits back down, and Angel stares at her, noticing she's nervous... He liked that. She looked tender and defenseless, making him want to protect her, and he didn't know why he felt so attracted to her. He breaks the silence that was making the atmosphere tense.
"What's your name? How old are you?"
She interrupts him before he can continue, and somewhat nervously, she says, "All the information is in that blue folder in front of you."
He grabs the folder, opens it, and reads the information inside carefully. After a long while, he had finished reading it, but he liked seeing her nervous and had remained silent and still. He looks up, sees how she is, which he found amusing. He suppressed his urge to laugh and, once he managed to calm down, he says,
"Since you're a month away from turning eighteen, I have a better proposal for you than being a receptionist. How about being my personal assistant?"
She raises her face in astonishment, unable to believe it... She asks, to see if she hadn't heard wrong or was mistaken, "Are you serious? Are you not playing with me? I really need the job."
He wanted to scare her a little and replies with all his seriousness and feigned harshness, "Do I look like I play with people or that I don't keep my word?"
"No sir, excuse me... It's just that, as the lady said, it wasn't possible."
"Don't worry about that, Diana. I'm the owner here... I'll sort things out with Maritza later."
"Then, that being the case, I accept, sir."
"Hold on a moment, Diana, take it easy and listen, because not everything is as easy as it looks or as you think... Your parents passed away, right?"
"Yes, sir. Is that a problem? Because that's not an impediment for me to do my job just as you order me, sir."
He noticed she was getting anxious, which amused him, but he liked her determination. He would see how long it lasted and how much she could endure, but to reassure her a bit, he silenced her.
"Diana, calm down. Listen to everything first."
She remains silent, attentive to what he has to say.
"I'll continue. Since you have no impediment to being my personal assistant, we're going to do the following. I'll arrange everything at the university so you can take your classes online without missing the schedules. I'll provide you with a laptop. That's because you'll have to be by my side in all my meetings, parties, charities. You'll have to keep my personal agenda. You'll be 24/7 for me. When I call you, if you're sleeping, you come. If you're busy, you drop everything and come to me. You'll get everything I need, even if you have to use my last name, but you get me everything. You'll be attentive even to my daily meals..."
She was about to protest, but before she could say anything, he handed her a paper with the amount of money she would earn. Upon seeing how much she would earn, she widened her eyes and thought, "This is worth everything I have to do." Luis, who was at the door and had heard everything and saw the amount, started laughing. He knew that Angel had found someone to unload his bad temper and frustration on. She breaks the silence and says,
"Is this what I'll receive each year?"
They both stare at her incredulously, but Angel answers, "No, Diana, that amount will be monthly if you accept the job."
She thought that something this good wasn't seen every day, but she really needed the money. She thinks about it for a bit, lost in her thoughts, when she hears Luis say, "Nice to meet you, Diana. My name is Luis, and I'm this insensitive being's right-hand man."
"Hahaha, nice to meet you, Luis."
"As I was saying, Diana, I'm Angel's right-hand man, and I can assure you that there's nothing wrong with the proposal. Accept it, I'll always be with you, and if I can't, I'll try to be there to protect you from this ogre."
She laughed again, and Angel tensed. He loved that smile, but he didn't like Luis talking to Diana. He knew he was a womanizer and didn't want him with her... She was his... Ares was angry, he didn't want Luis to be close. He wanted to come out and teach him a lesson for stealing Diana's attention, but where they were, he couldn't do it. He just glared at him, and Luis shrugged mockingly. Luis wanted to provoke Angel's jealousy, and he was succeeding. Angel saw his antics and was forgetting where he was and was about to teach Luis a lesson when Diana spoke and he calmed down at once. For the first time in his life, his heart skipped a beat from emotion. He didn't know what that girl had that made him feel like a teenager.
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