The fragrance of Lydia's perfume emitted her cramped self-contained apartment, the clothes and shoes she took off the day before were scattered on the couch in her room, the chips she was too weak to finish even when her stomach hadn't reject was on her dressing mirror cupboard which was just few inches away from her bed. She slipped down from her bed, groaned,  stretched and walked straight to her bathroom, ignoring her littered room.

An image flashed on her head just before putting her feet in her tub, she had no idea why but she thought to herself it might be because she's so caught up with her mission. She ignored both the whiff and lingering pain exuding her life and thought to continue her day.

Lydia took a quick look at her mirror once more after dressing up for work, she smiled satisfied with her look but then her eyes darted to her shirt, it was tight and so she had to leave a button out, lydia got worried as her cleavage bumped out of her shirt but she was late and had no time to change again.

"Well, who looks at me?" She asked herself and shrugged, she brushed her ponytail once again and grabbed her purse rushing out of her apartment.

"Going off again Lydia?" her neighbor Mrs Smith asked smiling at her, she was busy spreading her clothes outside.

"Yes mam, Good morning and wish me good luck please" Lydia said not waiting to hear Mrs Smith reply as she got into the taxi and waved at her.

She walked into the restaurant and saw Drey her colleague, smiling at her and she wondered why he was always smiling, it seems very weird.

"Good morning Lydia, you are late" he said and handed her an apron.

"For the first time..." Bella another colleague said frowning at Drey. "Good morning Lydia" she said turning to Lydia.

"Good morning guys" Lydia greeted, tying the apron around her waist as she walked straight to the counter, where she would be working for the day.

"You know I was only joking Bella, don't make me look like a bad person" Drey argued, smiling at Bella, no matter how Bella teased and bickered Drey he would always smile and never get back at her, this always annoys Bella and she would always say she wouldn't stop until she makes him angry.

"Oh really?, I doubt you were" Bella replied placing her two hands on her waist.

"Would you two not start this morning?" Lydia said frowning, her eyes caught Bob the manager striding towards her and looking down at his phone at the same time.

"Oh God why were you late?!" Lydia wanted to give an excuse but Bob cut her off "I don't want your excuses, one of our best customers has been waiting for you, he came here very early 'cause he has a company to run, I've got no idea what he wants from you but just go to him now!"

"But...."

"Do you wanna get fired?!"

"No sir" Lydia raised her brow, not understanding the need for the question, she knows this is how Bob gets when it comes to the customers, there are only few of them since they opened the restaurant few months ago and she recently got a job in the restaurant she doesn't want to loose it.

"I asked him what he would like to order, he didn't even look at me, he was only rudely tapping his phone, those rich kids" Bella said as soon as Bob left, she shook her head and went around the counter, talking as though she was an old aunt.

"He's been waiting patiently for you without eating anything" Drey informed warmly which still annoyed Lydia. 

Lydia didn't answer any of them she was always quiet, she doesn't feel the need to talk at times, she thinks she might be judged by what she says.

"Good morning sir, what would you like to eat sir?" Lydia asked as she stood in front of the man in suit.

"I came to talk you" he said still tapping his iPhone. Lydia knew him, he only takes his order from her and he never for once looked at her face, she wondered why he would want to talk to her. He was tall, his face was beautiful, he had a very captivating dark eyes and dimples that showed without him smiling, his chin was broad and his body was a little bit huge. 'And he was definitely a rich kid who owned his company' Lydia reasoned. She shuddered when he looked at her, she felt a weird mounting urge to touch his fine hair but shook the feeling away. 

"Sit" he ordered, now staring at her intently. His eyes followed her as she sat down, she didn't want to argue with him, Bob already said he wanted to talk to her, so she knew she was allowed to sit. Before she settled in her seat, she saw Drey walk behind her to take someone else's order.

"I want you to be my girlfriend" he stated firmly, Lydia eyes widened, she wanted to yell and ask what he meant, he didn't ask her, he said it like a command. Lydia was shocked she couldn't reply.

"Did you hear me?..." He said furrowing his eyebrow.

"I'm sorry... but... ah... no" Lydia stuttered frowning at the thought of been a rich guys girlfriend, and for the fact that he was rude, what if he was the type that hits women?, what if he was a cassanova? She would be on his list and she hated the thought of being in any man's list.

"What'd you say?!"

"I said no sir!"

"Oh come on don't expect me to start chasing you or acting like a desperate guy" Lydia only frowned and said nothing. "I want you to be my girlfriend, think about it, you move to my mansion, you get a monthly salary without doing anything, you get designer clothes and better shirts" he was saying gesturing at her shirt. " you leave this place, your life wouldn't be miserable anymore" he said gesturing with his hands and he was still seated neatly like a robot.

Lydia tried her best to control herself from bursting out in anger, he didn't even introduced himself, neither did he know how to talk to a lady.

"I'm sorry sir but no"

"You will loose your job Miss Lydia"

"I don't care"

"Miss Lydia are you rejecting me?"

"I'm afraid so, a Mr I do not know" Lydia mocked and stood up going back to the counter.

"Hey girl, you left the man frowning"  Bella said looking at the customer.

"Well he wanted something he couldn't get" Lydia answered and focused on something else, trying to ignore furthering the conversation with Bella.