Saved by The Billionaire

Anna's POV

My gut feeling came true about us not getting along, when Janet opened her mouth and the first words that came out of her mouth were, "So she's the damsel in distress that you saved, Sir?"I sucked in a breath and a pang of hurt hit me deep into my heart, but I did not have the right to be upset when what she said was true.

However, she must not be the one who should be saying that since she was not the one who saved me.

I asked my pain and met Alex's eyes.

He saw my face then glanced at Janet.

"Language. Janet. This is not your personal dormitory. So please be professional." He snapped at Janet.

Disagreeing with her behaviour. His voice came out tight and stiff.

Janet almost rolled her eyes. She jerked her head at me.

"You are going to work under me. Alongside with other interns." She told me. She handed Janet the file that she entered inside the room with and gave my dress a glance over.

"I'm going to show her around." She told him.

"Okay." He said and turned to look at me.

"She will be your head and you will work under her. If you have any problem then you can talk to her. Have a great first day at work." He told me.

He was so polite. It was hard to believe. I was so grateful that people like him existed.

I gave him a small but professional smile

.

"Thank you, Sir." I replied. He gave a nod and immersed himself in his work.

"I'll lead the way." Janet muttered, like she was bored of our pleasantries.

With that, she turned on her heels and headed out of the room, with me following after her.

My stomach was churning because I was really nervous. Maybe, it was because I never worked in a job like this. Especially with a company, who had such a big name in the market.

My nervousness only increased when Janet led me to one of the biggest rooms where many people were working.

Honestly, at that point I felt like pooping.

Everyone seemed older than me and it did not help that none of them looked friendly.

I swallowed hard.

It did not look good.

Janet clapped her hands twice to draw everybody's attention to herself. Everyone stopped doing what they were doing and gave her the attention she asked for.

"Everyone, listen here. This is Anna. She is a new intern and will work here from now on. Treat her nicely." She announced. The whole crowd listened and nodded their heads to Janet. I could tell it by the looks of these people that they respected Janet.

Or was it fear?

In any case, I should maintain my distance from her and stay out of her way. Messing with her could mean trouble. And I had enough of getting in trouble.

With Janet's last words, all of them got back to what they were doing and resumed their work leaving both of us alone.

"So how much did you learn in your college?" She asked me directly. Her voice completely tone less. Her straight forwardness was a bit too much for me to take. Especially on the first day of work.

"I ... My work ..." I cleared my throat.

"I've done fitting,measurements and stuff. I have done Pattern Making & Garment Construction." I told her. I stumbled in my words a little before I got the words out. She gave me a passive look and pointed to the one section of the collection of dresses.

"I can't give you anyserious work without the supervision of a senior. Therefore, go to that section of loose fitted dresses and adjust them accordingly. If you find it difficult, feel free to ask any of the employees or me, for that matter. However, since I am leaving, you have to ask the employees."

"I will be back to check on you soon." She told me before gesturing for me to go on. It was a bit surprising for me, because our interaction went way better than I thought it would. She spun around and left me alone with a bunch of strangers.

I closed my eyes and brought myself together.

'You can do this. You were one of the brightest students in the class. You could go through this. You will try your best and you will learn.'

I gave myself a pep talk and got to work.While I worked, nobody paid me any attention.

It was like I was not even there or more like I was one of them. It seemed pretty different then the time when, not so long ago, I was introduced to all of them. When their all-collective attention was on me.

It did not matter though I was actually glad that I did not get any special attention since I had a serious doubt that I could handle that.

I got to work.

I kept on working and working and working. Until I lost track of time. But my work came to a halt when I realised that I was stuck in a problem.

One specific difficult dress fitting. I found it difficult.

This was what I was dreading to face.

I glanced around me to catch a glimpse of Janet but could not find her anywhere.

How was I supposed to go on if I could not find somebody to help me with it?

I almost gave up my hope, and I was thinking of finally asking someone for help when my eyes met a cute guy. He gave me a smile and raised his eyebrows, as if asking what was wrong.

I pointed at my work and he walked over to help me with it.

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." I replied to him politely. He looked around at the dress that I was working on.

"So what's the problem?" He questioned.

I told him that I was finding it hard to fit this material on this dress.

"Let me take a look." He said and helped me with the fitting, telling me how to do it properly. He literally solved my problem in minutes. I was really grateful for his help.

"Thank you." I told him and gave him one of my big smiles. His smile turned into a flirty one and he reached out and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"You know, you're really pretty." He said to me. His voice sounded a bit rough.

I almost recoiled from his sentence but controlled myself from doing so. He had helped me a few seconds ago, after all.

The least I could do was to not reject him blatantly.

I gave him a small but Professional smile before taking a step back. He noticed the action but did not comment on it.

"I really need to get to work. This is my first day and I don't want to mess things up." I told him. My message was clear that I did not want his attention and wanted to get back to work.He glanced at my lips before smirking in an arrogant way.

"Sure. I will see you around." He said and went back to his place to work. From then on, I noticed him glancing my way from time to time, but I ignored him. Instead, I chose to focus on work.Few minutes later, I heard someone calling my name.

"Anna Ried. Who's Anna Ried?" An unknown voice called out to me.

My head was occupied with work hence I was not able to hear who was calling me.

My eyes searched for the source of the voice and came to settle on a person. By the look of his outfit, he looked like a receptionist.

I raised my hand to draw his attention to myself. He did. His eyes settled on me.

"I am Anna Ried." I told him. He jerked his head and subtly asked me to come outside. I did.

"Boss is calling you. Go to his office." He told me. Just as he told me, a loud beep sounded across the floor.

"It's lunch time. You should hurry, if you want to have time for lunch." He instructed me before the source of the voice and came to settle on a person. By the look of his outfit, he looked like a receptionist.

There was one problem with that question, I did not have any money for lunch. So I did not have to hurry.Anyway, I reached my boss's office and knocked on his door.

"Come in." He said. I did. I opened the door and walked inside. He was working on a file. Right after a few seconds, he closed it and looked at me.

"Get ready. We are going outside for lunch."