"Are you sure you don't want me to drop you off at work?"

Victoria asks while driving with her car. I am currently chatting with Sam who is telling me that he needed a job right away because he was fired by his boss just recently.

"No, I don't,"I said as I remained focused on my cellphone chatting to Sam.

"Who are you talking to?"she asked.

"Why do you care?"I said as Sam told me to call me. Then I chatted him to do that later since Victoria is very nosy with my social life.

"I told you. I'm afraid if I'm stepping into someone's relationship,"she said.

"No you're not stepping into someone's relationship. He's just a friend,"I said as I glanced over at the window,"Just drop me here."

I quickly opened the door,"Hey, are you sure you don't want me to drop you off at work?" Victoria asked in a loud voice so that I can hear her.

"It's fine,"I said coldly as I shut the door without hearing her reply. I ran towards the waiting bus and get on it. Then I called Sam as soon as I took a seat.

"Hey,"I said while panting.

"Let me guess, you're going to be late again?"he asked.

I glanced at watch,"Not really."

"Okay,"he said in a confused tone,"Anyway, since the Mall that you're working at is near in my place, I was actually thinking if you guys are hiring?"

I nodded,"Yeah. I mean, no. I'm going to ask Wendy as soon as I got there. Just prepare your resume and yourself as well."

"Thanks!"he said in a joyous tone,"You're a life saver! Ralph is really an over sensitive guy! Imagine that, firing me just for talking back at him yesterday?! I knew that there's something wrong with him."

"Oh. I can feel you. Wendy is the same thing. But lesser,"I said then we laughed. I suddenly felt my phone vibrating. I think Victoria is chatting me again.

"Okay. So I'll chat you the details,"I said.

"Okay. Thanks Belle,"he said.

"Bye,"then we dropped our calls. I quickly checked Victoria's message and she only just sent me a GIF of two cats grinding each other. I secretly laughed at it. Victoria is really hilarious and cute in some of her ways. But she is still annoying and kinda irresponsible. I sometimes ask her what her job is as an heiress. She never answers me that kind of questions or she never talks about her job at all.

When I finally get to work, I immediately asked Wendy if they're open for recruitment. And she told me that they are. I called Sam right away and told him the news.

"I can start tomorrow?!"he excitedly said.

"Yes!"I said then he screamed with joy.

"You can walk in right now or later for an interview. But if you can't, you can just do it tomorrow,"I said.

"Okay. I think I can do that right now. Let me just prepare,"he said then the call dropped. I smiled a little as I saw Noela having an argument with a customer.

"What do you mean brown is out of stock? Somebody told me that this branch has the most complete stocks of items compared to other small branches!"the customer complained. She's in her 20s, tall, black and looked really rich because of her clothing, just like Victoria.

"Even the stocks in this branch gets sold out, Maam,"Noela politely said.

"Is there someone that I can talk to who is not an indian?"she said. Noela's face turned red because of the customer's statement. I immediately walked up to them and smiled at Noela to let her walk away.

"I'll handle this,"I whispered to her. She just shook her head and walk back to the cashier to breathe out. Then Wendy approached us.

"What's going on here?"Wendy asked.

"That Indian employee of yours told me that the brown set of these shoes is out of stock! And I don't believe her because somebody told me that you guys are complete since you're the largest branch of this company!"she said.

"Yes we are, Maam. But our employee is telling the truth. We have no brown available for this set. You can even take a look at the storage area if you would like,"Wendy offered as I glance at Noela who is still mad at the lady.

"Me? Going to that storage room? You gotta be fucking kidding me!"the lady said. We glanced at each other then we shook our heads. Then I noticed Victoria appearing from the entrance of the store.

"Oh! Who do we have here!"she said with an annoying grin as she approached the lady who is complaining.

"Victoria! Oh my god!"the lady exaggeratedly said,"I can't believe these employees of yours are lying! They're saying that they don't have the brown sets of these anymore!"she complained as she shown Victoria the black high heeled sandals to her. Victoria's expression became serious as she looks at us then glanced back at the lady.

"But if they said they don't have those anymore, then they don't have it,"she said then the lady's mouth hanged opened and I smiled secretly as me, Noela and Wendy glanced at each other.

"Really Victoria? Since when do you care about these people?"she said as she crossed her arms.

"Since birth,"Victoria said with a sarcastic tone,"And they're people, Margaret. Don't treat them like dogs and they're just doing their jobs."

Margaret sighed as she rolls her eyes. Then she gave the shoes back at Wendy's,"Fine! I'll just get out of here!"

Then she stormed out of the shop. Afterwards, we sighed.

"What a bitch,"Wendy said then she glanced back at Victoria,"Thank you so much for your help, Maam."

"Nah. Don't worry about it,"Victoria said as she take out her cigarette and light it up.

"What are you doing?!"I said as I grabbed her cigarette from her hand. I noticed Wendy and Noela exchanged glances with a confusion look on their faces.

"I am going to smoke,"she said.

"In this store? With these items here? What are you thinking?!"I said as Victoria just shrugged her shoulders. Then Wendy patted my shoulders while laughing nervously as she grabbed the cigarette that I was holding.

"I'm so sorry about that Ms. Cooper. But you really can't smoke in here. It's in the policy,"Wendy politely told Victoria as she gave back the cigarette to her.

"Yeah. I know the policy. But I'm a rule breaker,"she said as she winked at me. I just pretended that I didn't see that.

"But you can smoke outside the Mall. To avoid triggering the fire alarms,"Wendy advised.

"I know,"Victoria said as her gaze still fixed on me. I just walked out and went back to the cashier area.

"So what are you doing here again, Ms. Cooper?"Noela politely asked.

"Just checking you out,"she said while she's still staring at me. Oh man. I really don't want to let Wendy and Noela know about me and Victoria. That'll be very embarrassing! And maybe they'll hate me for it or see me as a slut!

"Okay. We'll just work here,"Wendy said then they went back to their designated positions while I glanced back at Victoria who is giving me this ridiculous smile again.

"I'm taking a leak,"I announced as I quickly walked out of the store before hearing Noela's response. Good thing Victoria followed me outside.

When we're far away from the store, I glanced at her with an angry expression on my face,"What are you doing?"

"I told you. Checking you out,"she said in a playful way then she glanced at the path where the bathrooms are,"Or maybe we can do this there. If no one's around."

"Are you serious?"I said,"I told you that we're keeping our relationship a secret because I don't want to risk anything!"

"What's there to lose if they knew that we're fucking?"she said. She's really taking this lightly.

I sighed,"Tell me, Victoria. What is our relationship?"

She thought for a second,"Fuck buddy?"

Then my eyebrows furrowed,"Like no strings attached?"

I noticed that our expressions changed into something serious. For some reason, I wanted her to be serious with me not just by having sex with her. But at the same time, I just want to take things slow and keep it a secret. I don't know if that's the kind of relationship that Victoria wants with me. But I think it's not.

"What's the point of getting serious with you if you don't want to publicly announce our relationship with the people around us?"she said. I sighed as I stare at my black working shoes.

Our moment broke when Noela approached us,"I can feel some weird atmosphere between you two."

"Yeah. It quickly broke because of your funny accent,"Victoria said then I accidentally chuckled but quickly covered my mouth to hide it from Noela.

"Why does everyone have to be rude because of my race?"she said then Victoria patted her shoulders.

"I was just kidding, girl,"she said then her phone rang. She grabbed it from her pocket then returned it back.

"Aren't you going to answer that?"I asked.

"Nah. It's just my Mom. Telling me to do some paperwork,"she said but the phone kept ringing. She sighed.

"I'll just go. See you guys later,"she said as she walks out then answers her phone. I can no longer hear her talk since she's a bit far from us now. Then Noela glanced at me and giving me this stare.

"Are you guys sleeping together?"she asked.

Oh man. So much for secrets.