Unmasking Love

The start of a comeback

SINCLAIR GROUP OF COMPANY

Jacqueline entered the luxurious work floor gingerly with her red heels. She was putting on a purple-colored flowery blouse over a lighter shade of purple office trousers. Red tinted glasses stood proudly on the bridge of her nose and over her eyes and the Rolex wristwatch stood on her wrist richly. Her red heels and red Louis Vuitton bag glittered like timeless precious stones and the flowery design of the blouse shone like an amethyst under the glaring eyes of people on the floor and light emanating from the bulbs from the overhead ceiling.

Her heels made a click sound on the marble floor as she entered the large room fully. It was the last floor, and it was filled with employees and customers. She cat-walked towards the elevator area. Soon, people turned to stare at her, and she could see their faces lit up in admiration and jealousy. She liked that. They passed comments over her outfit and gasps of surprise echoed in the air. The men gaped at her like an expensive dish that would always be beyond their budget.

"Who is she?" A young lady whispered to her colleague.

"What the heck? You don't know her? She's Jacqueline Sinclair, the daughter of the CEO". The colleague, a male, replied proudly. He was smitten by the blinding rays emanating from her sophisticated gait.

"Her shoes are worth millions of dollars, my whole salary for a year cannot afford it" Another female worker gushed.

"Is she going to start working here?" another male worker asked.

"I hope so" a male worker replied. His mouth was hanging down in slack elasticity and a drool escaped narrowingly through the corner of his mouth.

"She's the sun. She's blinding my sight."

"Damn, I love how she thinks. Showing up at work in royalty and regality really depicts her personality"

I will worship her all my life"

They passed comments from a distance and stared at her until the elevator door closed. Jacqueline had a smirk on her face by the time she settled in the elevator, and it started taking her to the first floor.

"I'm like a red light that generates so much traffic" She soliloquized and chuckled afterward. She opened her bag and ransacked through it to fetch her phone. She took out the latest Samsung series that can be closed like a laptop and opened it. She went to her call log and dialed a contact saved as MY DARLING A. She put a call across, and it dropped before it could ring out.

"I see he blocked me" Her face fell, but she quickly replaced it with a smile and shrugged. "It's just for a while, Alex. I'm coming for you soon". She muttered and closed the phone and retrieved it and put it into her bag.

The elevator dinged and came to a stop, signifying that she had reached the first floor. The door opened slowly and she walked out in her usual catwalk. The employees who passed her side bowed gently to greet her, but she spared them no glance as she continued her journey towards her father's office. She got to an office door with the CEO's tag on top and stopped. She pressed the button on the translucent glass door, and it slid open automatically.

"Good morning ma'am" The secretary to Mr. Sinclair stood up from behind her desk and greeted her as soon as she sighted her. Jacqueline looked at her with disdain vividly written on her face. She ignored her and strolled to her father's office. She pushed the door open without knocking and fully entered the suite.

Sinclair's mouth curved into a smile as he sighted Jacqueline at the entrance.

"New employee, you're late on your first day of work", He teased her as he put his hand away from the laptop in front of him.

"Your employees almost ate me raw with their eyes" Jacqueline rolled her eyes and strolled towards the cushion chair. She plopped on it gracefully and put her bag beside her.

She allowed her eyes to travel all over the room. It was a large office with a sitting room space where she's sitting presently and an office space where her father sits. The transparent glass window traveled all the way down from the top of the building. It was sparkling clean and the view of the sky from there gave the office an exotic look. A gold encrusted wall clock stood on a wall in the office. It took the whole show and glittered expensively. A fax machine, a computer and a laptop, some files were on her father's office table.

Gold jars and vases with beautiful and tender flowers lay inside the transparent show glass on one side of the room. It gives the office a serene and cool atmosphere.

"I can't seem to get tired of admiring your office. It feels new anytime I come in" She inhaled in satisfaction and crossed her legs over each other. Sinclair chuckled at her statement and continued scrolling through the laptop without looking up.

"What are you working on, dad?" She asked and stared at her dad.

"It's a document that ties the deal with FX COMPANY. It's a huge project we are embarking on. You know the company, right?" He replied and peered in her direction.

"Isn't it the company of that man that wouldn't stop staring weirdly at me the other day?" Jacqueline scoffed.

"I told you that is just how his eyes are. He has blurred eyes that feel as if he's staring at you when he's not", Sinclair explained.

"Whatever" She mumbled to herself and rolled her eyes discreetly.

"By the way, I called the manager already. I sent him to attend a meeting, but he will be here to put you through very soon" he intoned.

"Yes dad" She giggled like a schoolgirl. "Dad, I want coffee" She pouted her lips cutely like a dad.

"You're such a baby" Sinclair laughed at her act.

"But I'm your baby", she said cheerfully.

"Of course. I will call Cindy to get it for you". He concurred and pressed the button on his desk. Immediately, the door opened, and the secretary came in and walked briskly towards the front desk.

"You called for me sir" She bowed gently.

"Yes. Go to Jaq and ask her what she needs". He replied with his eyes still fixated on the screen of the laptop. Cindy nodded and walked meekly towards the couch where Jacqueline sat with a nonchalant look smeared on her face.

"Ma'am, what would you like to have?" She asked respectfully. Jacqueline turned to her disdainfully, which made her squirm on a spot and bite her lips.

"A coffee with two sugars", she finally muttered, and resumed scrolling through her phone.

"Anything else?" Cindy quizzed, which earned her a glare from Jaq. She scurried out to get the coffee.

"I can't wait for mum to be back tomorrow. I miss her" She intoned dreamily.

"She will be so surprised when she finds out that you now work here" Sinclair replied.

"You didn't tell her?" She asked.

"I want to make it a surprise" He responded. She nodded. She's More of a daddy's girl though.

Cindy entered the office with a cup of smoking hot coffee. She set the coffee cup on the table gently and proceeded to leave.

"Come here" Jacqueline ordered and Cindy walked closer to her.

"If however I catch you frolicking with my dad, I will cut off your breasts and that thing in between your legs. Got it?" She threatened in a whisper which made Cindy shivered in fear.

"Yes ma'am" Cindy replied in a shaky voice and hurried out.