He's Secret Twins

CHAPTER 4

“Sure, my apologies, I did not mean to intrude. I will tell the nurse to bring the twins”, he started to walk to the door when he turned around and looked at me up and down. “Miss Sinccilar, if you ever need any help, please don’t doubt on contacting me at any time”. And with that he stepped out of the room, leaving me standing in the middle of the room. I haven’t had anyone to worry about me besides Bridget in a while and although I felt like he was invading my privacy, I felt something melt in my heart when he voiced his worry.

I’m still looking at the door long after he closes it behind him, processing what has just happened. This day just keeps getting complicated by the minute. “mommy, mommy, look what I got” the door burst open, letting my kids in with their hands full of cookies, followed by the nurse. I knew that it wasn't wise letting them eat so much sugar, but I don't have the heart to take the joy out of their faces, especially knowing that they did not have this as often as they should.

“ These are the prescriptions for Alex's medicines, and this is the paperwork for the visit that I need you to sign” I grab both sets of papers, putting the one for the prescription away and signing the discharge papers.

“ Will he be able to go to school tomorrow?”

“As long as his fever is kept under control, he should be OK to return to school tomorrow. I added a note along with the prescription set of papers for the school”

Once we arrived home, I put a pot with some scrap vegetables and chicken bones for the twins' soup. Meanwhile, it was boiling, I gave them a bath and read a bedtime story. “ Momma, tiered” said Cassie while I yawned.

“ Yes baby” after finishing their bedtime story and placing their soup on plates to cool down, I noticed that Ginger had been trying to contact me for the past hour.

“ Hey, please tell me you have not left the city yet.”

“ No, I’m home. Could you figure something out?”

“Yes, do you have paper and a pen?”

After leaving the twins in the daycare and arriving at the office, I started with my normal routine, I couldn’t understand why Aston needed me here so early, my poor babies had to wakeup so early, and there wasn’t nobody in the office besides me this early. I skip changing my clothes as usual and head directly to his office. The sooner I gave him these papers the faster I could avoid him for the rest of the day, but, of course, the universe was planning something different for me because when I entered his office to place the envelope on his desk, I got startled, he was holding a cup of coffee between his hands looking at me with a poker face.

“ Have a seat” he said, pointing at the chair in front of him. I did as he asked, at the same time that I gave him the manila envelope.

“As I mentioned yesterday, you will be part of my payroll. Moving forward, you will be my personal assistant here in New York.” what in the world was this man saying? He obviously did not trust me with his company finances. Why would he trust me with his personal affairs?

“is this a question or a statement?” I asked.

“Unless you are planning on submitting your resignation letter”, he completely ignored my question and instead smirked at me. Was it wrong that I wanted to kiss and slap him at the same time?

“ Your pay will have a significant increase, and of course I will need you available at twenty-four-seven”, he passed me a phone and I could only look at him, his green eyes looking deep into mines. What did he want from me? Wasn’t he married? I couldn’t just agree to be twenty four seven available.

“How much will be the pay increase?” I grabbed the phone from the desk at the same time that he stood and went to the corner of the office to retrieve some papers from the printer.

“This is your new contract, you will find your salary amount on the last page”. Our fingers touched when he passed me the papers and I could feel the goose bumps in my spine. I flipped all the pages to the last one and when I see at the bottom the amount, I almost fell off the chair. This was at least three times more than what I used to get when I was his intern. I could afford a bigger place for me and my kids and decent meals.

" As the contract says, you will be on trial, and will only start to get pay that amount after the third month of satisfactory work." I had to think about this. Yes, I would have to wait until the trial period was up, but it was better than nothing.

“I accept” he looked at me with a stern look, his beautiful features wrinkling on the corners of his eyes. “I do have some petitions to make, before I fully agree.”

“I AM NOT ACCOMMODATING!” he stood from his desk slamming his hands on the wood, making me jump in fear, I held his stare and I guess that he might have seen something in my response because he just took a deep breath and sat back.

“Consider yourself lucky that I am even allowing you to stay, leave along giving you a rise.”

“Can I at least think about it?” I really wanted to say yes, the money would be life-changing for my kids and I, but I needed to figure out daycare and accommodation for the twins. They were already under someone else's care for the majority of the day and it wasn’t like I had any family that could care for them if Aston decided to “need” me during the middle of the night. I wasn’t naïve. I knew what game he was playing, and although a part of me was apprehensive, the other was happy to atleast spend some time with him.

“You have until midnight, a minute after, and the offer will be off the table.”