And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name

And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name by nadiaa featuring black shoes

I tapped my food against the tiled floor as I looked down at my rolex. Carl stood there with a smile on his face as the two of us waited for Olivia to get ready and join us. Today was her first day working and the boss was already annoyed. We needed to leave and even though I’m in charge, I dislike being late.

“I’m sure she wants to make a good impression on you Mr. Reid.” He said to me.

“Not being late would be better…” I trailed off, “OLIVIA!!!” I yelled out to her.

“Jeez, relax Mr. Boss-Man. I’m coming.” She said back as I could hear heels clacking against the floor as she walked towards the two of us. If I wasn’t frustrated about being late, I would have thought she actually looked beautiful… Dressed very professional without looking stuffy. It was nice.

“Finally.” I told her with a stare as she smirked at me.

“You look beautiful Miss Lawson.” Carl offered her as he grabbed her purse.

“Thank you.” She grinned brightly, “Now that is a gentleman.” She glared at me as the three of us headed towards the town car.

We took our seats in the car as we headed towards the office, “Alright, I have a few things for you.” She raised a brow and I know she was thinking of something dirty. Instead of indulging I pulled out a credit card from my briefcase, “This is a company card. Use it for anything work related, please keep the receipts. Now this is a new phone. All important contacts are already in there.”

She smiled, “Wow, great perks… So if I went out to buy clothes for work?”

I nodded, “Work expense.” I raised a brow, “Don’t go overboard.”

She bit her lip and actually looked excited, “I could get used to this.”

I smirked, “Just because you’re getting all these things doesn’t mean you can slack off."

She rolled her eyes, “What makes you think that I would be the type to slack off?”

I stared blankly at her, “Because in the time you’ve been staying with me, you haven’t once looked for your own place.”

She stared blankly back at me, “How do you know what I do during the day?” She said flatly.

“Because in the time you’ve been staying with me, I haven’t once seen you wearing pants.” I told her, explaining the fact that I felt she wasn’t doing much, but the fact that she asked if she could have a job in my company pleasantly surprised me.

She rolled her eyes once more and I had a feeling that was her favorite facial expression, “Just because I’m not a fan of pants, it doesn’t make me less of a person.”

I snorted, “I’ll remember that.”

She forced a smile instead of a eye roll as I could tell, “So what is my position?”

“You’re the assistant to my assistant.” I told her as she stared back at me confused. It wasn’t a real position, but I was afraid to let her have a position with more influence, “What? My assistant is a very hard worker.”

She shook her head, “And what will I do? Coffee runs all day? Pick up some college kids clothes from the dry cleaners? I graduated top of my class and I might dress like I’m using my assets to make up for what I’m lacking, but I’m smart, I can do more than that.” She ranted off.

I sighed, scrubbing my hands over my face, “Receptionist? I can’t give you more beyond that. Not until you prove yourself at least.”

She pursed her lips together, “Fine.” She said finally.

“Don’t sound too enthusiastic.” I sighed, “I could be accused of nepotism.”

“It’s your company.” She crossed her arms over her chest.

I sighed, “Don’t worry. I think you’ll do well.” I told her honestly.

She widened her eyes, “Did you just say something nice?” She gasped.

I rolled my eyes and smirked back at her, “I won’t admit it.”

She smiled, “Thank you for taking a chance and letting me prove myself.”

I repeated her earlier action and widened my eyes, “Did you just say thank you?”

“Shut up.” She said with a small smile. The car slowly came to a stop and our door opened.

“Have a good day sir.” Carl smiled and nodded to the two of us as we headed inside towards the elevator, everyone greeting the two of us.

Olivia smirked as we rode the elevator to the top of the building, “Man it’s nice to know the boss. The first time I came, everyone gave me the stink eye.”

“They could tell you didn’t belong.” I smirked back at her as we headed towards my office, “Jane?” I called out for my assistant.

“Yes Mr. Reid?” She said, walking up next to me.

“Today is Miss Lawson’s first day, please show her the ropes.” I told her.

“Yes sir.” She smiled at me, “All your messages are on your desk and your morning coffee and bagel is all ready.”

“Thank you.” I turned towards Olivia, “Please listen to Jane, she’s actually a very good assistant. She’ll be of help.”

“Yes sir.” Olivia smirked at me as I turned around and headed to my office to catch up on my work.

I left the door of my office ajar as I returned calls that needed to be returned and caught up on all the news of everything going on. I could hear a light conversation coming from Jane’s office. Who knew she was so chatty? Or it could just be Olivia talking non-stop. Then I heard laughing, and it distracted me. I stood up and headed towards the office and peeked my head in, “Miss Lawson, can I see you for a moment?”

Jane looked down and composed herself.

“Sure thing boss.” She said, following me into my office, “What can I do for you? Spread the cream cheese on your bagel? Blow on your coffee so the temperature is just right?”

I sighed, taking a seat, keeping my eyes on her as I glared, “What were you two laughing about?”

She lifted a brow, “Why?”

“Because in the three years Jane has worked for me, she hasn’t cracked more than a smile and yet you come in and all of a sudden you’re best friends.”

“Jealous?” She gave a fake pout before grinning as she noticed my glare not going away, “I’m joking. Don’t make anyone laugh, got it. Should I get back to work now or do you need anything else?"

I eyed her, “Thank you for your sarcastic comments. I was going to say that was nice of you… Honestly I think Jane is scared of me.”

Olivia rolled her eyes, “Can you blame her? I mean you’re not exactly Mr. Snuggles. You don’t have to be so serious all the time.”

I sighed, “I have to be. People have confidence in me that way. Otherwise they’ll just look at me as the orphan son of James Reid, the man who drove this company into the ground.” I told her honestly.

“Come on, you’re successful now. You don’t have to be an a.ss to the employees that keep this place running.” She sighed, “Now is there anything else I can help you with Mr. Reid?” She glared right back at me.

I nodded, “Do you want to join me in a conference? See how I run this company? I would need you to type up a transcript but it will give Jane a break.”

She nodded, “Sure.”

I stood up and she followed me to the conference room, “There’s a computer waiting for you all ready to go.” She nodded, “Oh and this client is…” I trailed off thinking of an appropriate word, “Incredibly friendly.”

She raised a brow, “Friendly?”

I nodded quickly as I opened the door to conference room, “DOMINIC!” I heard a familiar southern drawl. 

“Mr. Ingram.” I smiled as I put my hand out for him, but instead he pulled me into a great big hug, like always.

“And who is this beautiful lady?!” He pulled her into a hug too as her eyes widened as his hands inched down her back, closing in on her a.ss, “Where is the other girl? Jane?”

I nodded, “She’s taking a much needed break, Olivia here is helping out.”

“Beautiful! Like all the women in this office.” He bellowed, sitting down.

“Olivia, this is Danny Ingram…” I smirked back at her.

“Nice to meet you sir.” She nodded, looking back at me.

“You should be thankful for this man! He took my little old oil company that was on the edge of bankruptcy and fixed it all up. He’s a genius!”

Olivia smirked, “A genius?”

I nodded, “Yes, now let’s get this meeting going."

“Being a little modest now are we?” Danny grinned back at me and all I wanted was to get down to business. Danny shook his head and turned back towards Olivia, “How long have you been working here sweetheart?”

“Well Mr. Ingram-“ She started, but he interrupted, like he always did.

He shook his head and reached for her hand, giving it a squeeze, “Call me Danny. We’re all family now!”

She smiled back at him, “Would you believe that it’s my first day Danny?” She said, leaning into him.

I could see Danny’s hand moving down her lower back towards her a.ss, “How about we all take a seat?” I cut it, motioning towards the seats.

“After you.” Danny told her, pulling out a seat for her as his eyes were glued to her a.ss. I couldn’t blame him, she had a nice a.ss. “The seat with the best view.” He added as he took a seat across from her while I sat down next to her.

She let out a soft face as I interrupted, “So how’s the company?” I asked him as his eyes never left Olivia. He was undressing her with his eyes… I wasn’t exactly shocked, even though he was married with kids.

“Amazing!” Danny bellowed once more, still not taking his eyes of Olivia. Maybe it was that I was used to her, but I completely forgot her hold on men… It was quite amusing actually. It was as if Danny hadn’t seen a woman in his entire life and Olivia was a beacon for him. “You should know, Olivia, this man is a great employer and incredibly smart. You are definitely a lucky lady and you sir, lucky man!”

I smirked, “Thank you Danny, but we should really get back to business.”

He laughed and turned to Olivia, “The only complaint about this man is he works too much. Work, work, work. You are going to drive yourself into an early grave sir!”

“I’ll agree with you on that one Danny. Always so serious.” She smirked back at me, knowing it was annoying me.

I shook my head, “I just like to finish work first… The fun will come later.” I stared at Olivia and I could see her swallow, “I just want to see how the company is doing…”

“It’s fine. We’ve finally made more than you put in to fix the company. We’re starting to give shares of stock to employees! We’ve also were able to give benefits.” He smiled.

I nodded, looking through the files. The profit had been skyrocketing, even more than I originally thought it would make, “I want to put in a bit more money for the shares, but I’m pleased with all the reports. It was a good idea to invest in your company Danny.” I smiled.

“Alright, now that we have all that hoity-toity sh.it figured out, can I take your beautiful assistant and you out for a nice lunch?” He offered.

I laughed, “That’s very generous, but actually we have a catered lunch all ready for you and all the employees here.” 

“Hopefully you’re the generous one and there will be more than finger foods. I’m going to need more than a little sandwich to hold me over.” He leaned back in his seat to rub his stomach, looking at Olivia.

She let out a soft laugh, “I don’t know about you, but I could definitely go for steak and potatoes right now.” She winked at him and I could see him get even more excited.

“A girl after my own heart.” He smirked, shaking his head before pointing a finger in her direction, “This one’s a keeper. Hell, if I wasn’t married? I’d be on my knees right now begging you to leave with me.”

Olivia set her hand on her heart and pouted, “Now you’re just breaking my heart.”

I faked a laugh, standing up, “We just might be in lunch with that steak and potatoes.” I told him, knowing exactly what he liked. I made a point to know what any client I worked with loved… and that included food and beautiful women.

“There’s a reason why I always schedule meetings with you around lunch time.” He joked back as he got up on his own feet.

Olivia followed and we heading out of the conference room and we passed by Jane, who noticed us and instantly put her head down, busying herself. I knew she didn’t like Danny, which is why I didn’t want her in the conference room.

“Hungry?” Olivia asked and Jane jumped… I definitely needed to talk to her and get her to relax.

“No.” She said quickly and quietly. “I need to get these papers scanned and set out immediately."

I cleared my throat, “Thank you for that. I’ll make sure to set a plate aside for you Jane.”

She looked up at me kind of shocked that I would make an offer to her

“Thank you Mr. Reid.” She said quietly, getting her things and going into her office, shutting the door behind her.

Olivia and I walked behind Mr. Ingram as she leaned over, “Did I just witness you being nice?” She smirked.

I rolled my eyes, “I can be nice. She doesn’t exactly care for Mr. Ingram after he slapped her a.ss.” I winced as I whisper, “I give her a pass when he comes in.”

“Such a good boss.” She smirked.

I eyed her as we headed towards the food in the large dining room, “Feel free to gorge Mr. Ingram and your assistants can help themselves as well.” I told him.

“I’m way ahead of you sir.” He chuckled out as he filled his plate to the brim.

Olivia and I followed suit, helping ourself as Mr. Ingram had already been digging into his foot, “Delicious!” He mumbled through a full mouth, “Olivia, one thing you should know for your future is that a way to a man’s heart is definitely through his stomach.”

She smirked, sitting down next to me, “Really? I always thought it was something else…” She trailed off, giving me a seductive look as she inconspicuously ran her hand across my lap, landing on my d.ick.

I cleared my throat, “So I’m assuming you’re enjoying this meal?” I asked him.

He nodded quickly, “Almost as good as what you’d find in Texas.” He grinned.

“It’s California, but we try.” I smirked.

“You know, you should make it out to Houston, see the office, how we run things and I can show you two how Texas is the best. You should bring Olivia.” He smiled at her and I knew he was thinking of all the different ways he could mount her.

I smirked, “Maybe…"

“I’ve never been to Texas.” Olivia told him as she moved her wrist to run her fingers along the length of my dick.

Danny snapped his head up to stop eating, “Never? Now where are you from sweetheart? Australia?” He asked, making Olivia wrinkle her nose.

She shook her head, “Liverpool.”

He tossed his head back to laugh, “Sorry. I always get the two accents confused. You Brits hate that, don’t you?”

“I’ve been to Vegas and seen the Thunder Down Under show. Their men are definitely more attractive than ours.” She said with a smile.

He laughed again, “Bad teeth.” He nodded understandingly as I still was frozen under her hand. Her hand hadn’t left my dick and I was trying to control myself. “Your teeth are perfect though.” He added, although I wasn’t sure how he’d know since he’d been staring at her tits the whole time.

“Thank you.” She smiled wider before glancing towards me, giving me a firm squeeze, “You’re suddenly very quiet. Are you feeling okay?” She smirked.

I cleared my throat, “I’m fine… Sometimes it’s better to sit back and listen…” I stared her in her eyes.

“I know what’s behind that stare.” Danny chimed it, “It’s the quiet genius at work! I’m sure he’s already thinking of another plan to make me another million.” He smiled, oblivious of the location of Olivia’s hand on my groin…

“I’m starting to realize you might be right Danny…” Olivia grinned, “He should relax though. He’s going to get frown lines.” She stared at me.

“A handsome rich young man like yourself should take a nice long vacation with a beautiful young woman.” He grinned suggestively.

“I’ll take your advice Sir.” I told him honestly, “Not yet though.” I laughed.

“On the subject of that… you do like women, correct?” He asked, making me cough.

“Yes.” I answered simply, knowing I didn’t need to justify that statement. 

Olivia laughed, “I’d have to second that Danny. He definitely has eyes for women and women only.”

“I was only making sure…” He sat back in his chair. “So what’s the story? Has no girl caught your eye? There are so many beautiful women around!”

I sighed, “It’s going to take a lot more than just a beautiful woman to catch my eye…” I told him honestly.

Her head tilted in the direction of the man sitting across from us, “He’s looking for a woman who will keep his apartment clean, cook his meals, satisfy his needs in the bedroom… all while never breaking a sweat. Basically, he’s looking for a trophy wife.”

“That’s not true.” I told her, setting my hand on top of hers to keep from stroking me.

“No?” She lifted a brow as she tried to wiggle her fingers, but I had a strong grip on them.

Danny laughed, “I’m picking up on something here. Is there a history between you two?”

“No.” We said at the same time.

She pulled her hand away from me and winked at Danny, “He wouldn’t know how to handle a woman like me."

“I think the problem is that you’d be too easy to handle.” I smirked, my mind flashing back to a week ago in my kitchen.

“So should I play harder to get?” She winked at me.

“So you’ve really never had history?” Danny raised a brow once more, eyeing the two of us.

I shook my head, the less my clients know about me, the better, “We just have personalities that click…" I told him honestly. “That’s why I hired her.”

Danny smirked back at the two of us and I knew he was doubting the story, but he ignored it, “Well, if you two did have a history, you would be a lucky man Dominic.”

Olivia grinned, “You hear that? Lucky.” She winked back at me, making me grin.

“Don’t tell her that… It’ll go to her head.” I replied to Danny.

He laughed, “She deserves it…” He trailed off, his eyes not leaving Olivia… He would f.uck her if I left the room.

One of my receptionists slowly and quietly walked into the room, “Sir, your father’s doctor is on the phone.” She whispered to me. I hated that call.

I nodded, clearing my throat, “Can you excuse me for a minute, Olivia, please join me…” I stood up walking out of the dining area and went into my office. I could hear footsteps of Olivia following behind me.

“I didn’t want you to be in there alone with him.” I told her, “I need to take this call.”

She eyed me, as I went into my office, grabbing my phone, “Hello?” I spoke into the receiver, knowing who this was and what this was about.

“Mr. Reid, this is your father’s hepatologist… I wanted to update on your father’s status. He’s not doing well… in fact he’s getting worse. He needs a liver and he’s not a match for any donor we’ve found.”

I sighed, “Maybe he should have thought of that before he drank his liver to sh.it.” I said brutally, as I have spoken to this doctor plenty of times, and he knew where I stood on this issue. I didn’t want to help my father get better. He didn’t deserve it.

“I know you and your father have had problems, but he’s dying… and you could save him. If he does pass, you’ll regret this for the rest of your life.” He tried to get my sympathy, but I don’t think I had any more for that man.

“I’m sorry Doc, but after all he’s done to me… he doesn’t deserve to be saved.” I told him, hanging up.

I sighed, running my hands over my face, “What was that all about?” I heard Olivia. I didn’t notice she had walked into my office.

“Did I say you could come in?” I said angrily.

She shrugged, “No, but I didn’t care.” Who were you talking about?”

“Not like it’s any of your business, but it was my father’s doctor. Let’s go back out there.” I said, heading towards the door, but she stopped me.

“No, you can’t go out there like this. You are obviously affected by something.”

I eyed her, “I don’t want to save my father’s sh.itty life. How does that really affect me?"

“Fine then, let him die. It won’t affect you at all.” She said sarcastically with no emotion in her tone.

“You wouldn’t understand.” I bit back, unable to convey what I truly meant. It was hard to explain to anyone who hadn’t first hand experienced it.

She shrugged at me, “I don’t understand, but this is the man who gave you life. All of this is yours now, because of him.” She motioned around my office.

“All of this is mine now because he f.ucked up and ruined his life.” I told her emotionless. I had learn to shut off my emotions early on.

She rolled her eyes at me and I knew she was trying to control her response, “So let’s say that he never started drinking. You two would still be in Italy, maybe life would have brought you here but since he had an eye for gorgeous women? I’m guessing that he’d have remarried a stunning international model. They’d have kids together, all of them would hate you obviously, you’d be the outsider.” She rattled off, making me groan. She had a colorful imagination.

“Do you have a point?” I cut her off and crossed my arms.

“Everything happens for a reason and if your dad never would have had his problems, then there’s no way this life would be yours.” She said seriously and it was like she was quoting some idiotic motivation poster.

“So what? I just go in and tell them to cut part of my liver out and give it to him?!” I said angrily, trying to keep my voice at the appropriate decibel.

“It’s a liver, it’ll regenerate.” She rolled her eyes as I eyed her.

“How’d you know that?”

She scoffed, “Just because I’m beautiful it doesn’t automatically mean I’m an idiot. I have a degree dammit. This is the point where you are just being a selfish brat. You aren’t giving it to him because of spite.”

“Of course I am! The reason I ended up in foster care was because he beat me so badly I was throwing up blood! I was in the hospital for days and he never once showed up. The only  information about him was that he was no longer my guardian and that I was going to an orphanage. I was eight years old!” I said angrily and for the first time I was beginning to feel like I couldn’t control my emotions.

“That sucks, but it made you stronger! Look at you now. You turned his failure into something amazing! You are a multi-billionaire. He should be alive so you can rub it in his face.” She smirked at me as she crossed her arms over her chest.

My lips curved into small grin, “What is it with all you women and trying to cause envy?”

“It might be in our genes.” She smirked, “But before you decide that you’re going to single-handedly kill your father, you should go see him. Get to the bottom of this whole liver failure thing. Afterwards, if you want to walk out of there with all of your liver, at least you spoke to him.”

I eyed her, but didn’t know what to say. She was speaking logically, reasonably and something that I would have thought of if it hadn’t affected me, but I was too emotional about it.

“Don’t act surprised!” She put her hands on her hips, “I think you underestimate just how smart and logical I am. There’s a lot behind these perfect t.its.” She smirked.

I laughed, “I’m not going to indulge you."

“That’s fine with me.” She shrugged her shoulders, “I’m not longer going to indulge you either. Apparently I’m too easy and need to work on that.”

I grinned wider, “Of all the advice you can take from me, that’s what you’re finally listening to me on?”

“Yes.” She said seriously.

“Why are you pouting?” I kept grinning.

“I’m not.” She said, lifting a brow.

“But you look so upset.” I pointed out.

“Oh, I’m devastated.” She said sarcastically, “I was looking forward to a quickie with you. Do you last longer than five minutes now?"

I smirked and raised a brow, pushing her against my door, “You have poor memory obviously. You know I fucked you long and hard for hours.” I pressed my body against hers.

She shrugged, looking up at me, “I can’t recollect.”

I smirked, “I can refresh your memory.”

She sighed, “I can’t just slack off because I’m your friend… and we slept together. I wouldn’t want you to be accused of nepotism…”

I chuckled, “I think a genius once said that.”

She furrowed her brows, “I thought it was some self absorbed a.sshole.”

“Ha.”

“Now, your new assistant needs to go finish her work. I think some plump Texan was about to propose marriage to me. I’ll get half of that by the end of the week.” She smirked as she pushed me away and opened the door, walking out. All I could do was sigh and rub my hands over my face. F.uck my life.