I am the boss - English version

Chapter 12: Fictional girlfriend

- Very well my love -

It cannot be, I am about to let out a big laugh, this girl needs to go away right now, or my awesome performance will be spoiled.

-Coke, honey?

-No baby, today I want a pink lemonade.

-Ok, then it would be these two dishes, a coke, and the pink lemonade, please.

James tells the girl, who now has a red face as if she is about to explode due to the rage she is feeling.

-I will be right back with your drinks.

The girl walks away quickly, and I let out a laugh that I can no longer contain.

I look around to see James who has a comical expression and also starts laughing loudly.

-Baby?

-Well, it is all your fault, you started this.

-I am sorry Layla, this place is very good, but a long time ago I stopped coming because that waitress makes me uncomfortable, I already told her that I have a girlfriend and she still kept flirting intensely, it makes me feel uncomfortable.

-And what are you going to do when you bring your real girlfriend to eat here.

-Mmh, first I must have one to bring her in here, plus I would never bring her here, I don’t want my fictitious girlfriend to find out and to decide to end up things with me.

-Ha ha, very funny, so I am your fictitious girlfriend, and are you already cheating on me?

-Noooo, if you were my girlfriend, I would never cheat on you, I would take care of you as the most precious thing in my life.

I stay silent for a moment, look down and feel how tension forms in this awkward silence.

-What's going on Layla?

-James, I don't know, mmh-

-What's wrong? please tell me, you can count on me for anything.

-I don't know if I should tell you this, you are my boss, and –

-And I want to be your friend, if you allow me, I told you that I will go for you wherever you are, I will never leave you alone.

I think about it for a moment, I have a lot of doubts about whether I should tell my boss this, but I have to tell someone or I am going to collapse because of so much anger and accumulated rage.

-Oh f uck, James there it goes, I hope you don't judge me

-I never would

He tells me and moves around the seat to be closer to me, so that we can talk without being heard by the other tables’ customers.

-Where should I start, mmh, I don't know what you must think of me after having seen what you saw at the elevator

-Nothing, you tell me what I saw, so I will know clearly

-That's the problem, I don't even know what the hell was that

-I see, is Bennett bothering you?

-Well, I think he is not, I don't know, everything is really weird and confusing, look-

The waitress comes back and puts our drinks on the table, she gives a flirtatious look at James again and since he totally ignores her, she grimaces in annoyance.

Without saying anything, she turns around and walks away. 

James never turned to see her, his gaze is fixed on me, all the time.

-The best thing is that I start at the beginning, yesterday I was late, I already told you that, as I left in a hurry, I took a taxi to arrive on time and without me knowing it, the taxi stopped at the place where Bennett gets in or out of his car, and because of that I made him arrive late, apparently, for the very first time in his entire working life, at least that's what Richard told me

- I see

-So, since I entered the building, he stayed in the lobby watching me, and since he had been very rude when we entered, I went to him to challenge him, I did not know who he was, if I had even imagined, of course I would not have been so, mmm, impertinent

-Hahaha you are the most incredible thing in the world, please, continue

-I don't know if as I called him arrogant and conceited

-Did you tell him that?

-Yeeeeeees, I know, I almost made them fire me before I even started, but I swear I didn't know who he was, besides he behaved in the most arrogant and despicable way with me.

-That's the way he is.

-When Richard arrived, Bennett was finally leaving, but not before telling him to take me to his office after induction

-Ahhhh, now everything starts to make sense Layla

-Well, I thought he called me to continue humiliating me or to continue fighting with me, I don't know why he called me for or what his intention was, but then I fainted in his office, I made a fool of myself, if I remember that I want to die!

-Don’t worry, and what did he do?

-I woke up in his arms, he helped me up and sat me on his couch to give me some water

-The same one you were sitting in today?

-The same one, then when I was able to talk, he asked me questions and we both realized that I had fainted from lack of food, Bennett said it had been one-

-Glucose drop in your blood

-That’s what he said, he clung to take me to eat, I tried to dissuade him from eating a sandwich in the cafeteria, but he-

-He didn't change his mind and made you go with him

-Wow, you seem to know him

-Only for five years

-Do you have that time in the company?

-Exactly, I started the R&D laboratory

-Woooow, you are a crack!

-Hahaha how beautiful, I had never been called that, not even when I played football

-Well, they didn't know you well

- And you do?

-Your eyes say everything about you

-And what do they tell you?

-That you are a good man

-Mmh, I hope I am, I try every day to be better, my father passed away years ago serving the country, he is everything I aspire to be, he set the bar very high regarding what a true man is, what a true man does, how a true man treats his wife and how he treats his children and family

-I am very sorry, I would have liked to have met him

-My father would have loved you, although I think my mother will love you, would you like to meet her?

-Do you think it would be appropriate?

-I think so, why wouldn't it be?

-Because you are my boss

-Well yes, but we can be friends too

-Oh my God

-What's going on Layla?

-Bennett told me the same thing, but he is acting very weird

-Ahhhh of course, continue with your story, we took a detour from it

I see that the waitress comes back with our dishes and I keep silent until she leaves.

-Are we going to share?- James asks me

-Of course baby

-Hahaha you are tremendous Layla.

James raises his hand and asks the waitress for an extra clean plate.

He splits the food from the first dish in half and passes it to the clean plate, then he cuts half of the second course and takes it to the plate he ordered.

He gives me this one.

-Take this my love, eat, bon appetit- he says with a playful smile.

-Thank you, my love- I reply in the same playful tone he just used

-Continue with the story- he tells me and between bites, which I must say are delicious, I keep telling him the story.

-Ah yes, I told you that yesterday, Bennett took me to eat, to an Italian restaurant, which was very luxurious and expensive.

-Oh, now I see, that is why you asked me what kind of place this restaurant was? don't tell me that he made you pay your half

-No, obviously not, he paid for everything, but it was an extremely expensive meal, I would not spend the money I earn in two months of my salary on a single meal

-Wow, I see that the place was expensive, but at least the food was good?

-The best I have ever eaten in my whole life James, but still, the price was ridiculous, and Bennett didn't seem to care how expensive everything was, he ordered so much extra food

-Remember that he is a billionaire, he must earn that money every minute

-Whaaaaaat?

-Yes, as you just heard, the company generates a lot of profits and with the new project we are working on, that will grow exponentially

-Shut your eyes!

-Hahaha, you are a breath of fresh air Layla

-That's what Bennett said

-Hey, I'm going to be jealous, apparently all the compliments were already told by him

-Well, that's what I am trying to get to, from being a total obnoxious and arrogant person with me, in the lunch break he was the cutest and kindest person in the entire world, so nice that he even told me that he wants to be my friend and wants me to call him Benny

-Woooow Layla, I have heard a lot of things from Bennett, but I have never heard that

-That's bad, very bad

- Why?

-Well imagine all the gossip or rumors James, I entered the company with a lot of effort and thousands of sacrifices, for several years, many years, this was my goal, and I do not want anyone to think that I entered only because I knew him from before, that isn’t the case, or because I go out or sleep with him,  which it isn't either

-I see, and did you tell him that?

-I begged him not to treat me differently or not to call me at work, it makes no sense for him to call me at all, he does not talk to new or low-ranking employees, that was what Richard told me yesterday, and what does he do today, you saw him, he accompanied me to security and sent me to call at lunchtime, again, and he wanted us to go eat again, you saw him, he hugged me even though I didn't want him to and I tried to get out of his arm, he just grabbed me harder!

I tell him and I can no longer hold back the tears, I put my hands on my face and crook, I begin to feel how the tears drain forming a river on my face, what a pity, I am doing a scene in a public place and in front of my immediate boss.

-Layla- James tells me as he sits glued to me, he puts his right arm on my back and with his left hand he starts caressing my forearm.

Between sobs I manage to tell him

-I don't want to have to quit my dream job

-Layla, calm down, who talked about quitting?

-I couldn't live that again, I can't, I wouldn't stand it

-Wow, Layla, I don't know what to say, don’t worry, I will fix it, I will talk to him, and if it is necessary, I will talk with Richard, that's not going to happen

-No no, James, he is the owner of the company, don’t you see it, what can I do? There is nothing I can do

-Of course there is, and I will take care of this

-No James, please, I don't want you to have problems because of me

With his fingers he wipes the tears on my cheeks, takes a handkerchief and dries them completely.

Suddenly he leans towards me, being a few millimeters away from touching my lips with his fleshy, pink lips.

F uck, is he going to kiss me? 

I feel butterflies fluttering like crazy inside my stomach and I hear my heart beating so hard that I feel like it is going to come out of my chest.

He stops there and observes me with those beautiful honey-colored eyes, which melt me when he looks at me like this, so intensely but at the same time with tenderness.

Kiss me!!!

Kiss me!!!

Kiss me!!!

I can only hear that in my mind, I feel like a warm feeling runs through my whole body and stops right on my feminine part.

-I am dying to do it, to kiss you, but I would be like Bennett, I told you that I would take care of you as the most valuable thing in my life and I would always protect you, it was not a joke Layla, I like you and I like you a lot.

Wooooooow, wait, woooow.

My head is spinning, I cannot believe what I just heard, maybe James just told me...

-I repeat it, I like you, and a lot, from the first moment I laid my eyes on you, yesterday, when you collided with me, I saw you and I felt that you were mine, that heaven had sent you to me, I want to be with you, always, I want to protect you, do what you want, but I do not want to pressure you, or harass you, or make you think that I am like Bennett,  I would never do anything that made you feel bad or put you in an awkward situation.

I cannot take it anymore, I moved my head through that little space between our lips.

AND I KISSED HIM!!!

I KISSED THE MAN!!!

I feel that he is going to get away from me and I get closer so that he does not break our kiss.

Ooooooiii what a thing.