RESTART

Excitement

I arrive at the office early. I am the first to get there, besides the security and I am impatiently waiting for my secretary to inform me of today's schedule, although I only really seem to care about one thing, so I pick up my phone and start texting.

*Have you spoken to my personal assistant yet? *

*No. You told me she arrives at work at 9. *

Great! Could time tick any slower? I want this day to be over with already.

I try to call my father to preschedule a meeting and I am repeatedly forwarded straight to his voicemail. Since I don't seem to be able to do, or think of anything else, I grab my phone again.

*Have you decided what position you would be after yet? *

* How could I? I don't know what's available. *

*Just call my assistant now. She came in early*

I lie of course and I call my secretary to come in earlier today. I warn her to expect a call from a certain woman named Claire Fay and I instruct her to give all the information that she would require, emphasizing on the part that she should act like she was already at the office. She always had her work laptop with her, so all the information was there anyway.

I decide not to text Claire again, although I am very tempted to, but it's so damn hard. Why am I being so restless? Today is the day I should be calm and as smooth as possible, but I am acting more like a strung up high school boy, much more alike to my father's opinion of me.

"Finally! What took you so long?" I ask my assistant the moment she arrives, only half an hour after I called her and half an hour earlier from her working hours, but instead of reacting to my exaggeration, she apologizes.

" I am so sorry sir."

"Did she call you?"

"Yes Mr. Anderson, I provided everything she asked. I emailed her a list with all the position openings we have at the moment and she ..."

"She what? Why did you stop? Did she refuse them all?"

"At first she did, but five minutes later she called me back and informed me of her choice."

"Which is what? Do I f*****g need to ask you? Do you not like your job? You are wasting my time and I am losing my patience here."

I know I am being a jerk by speaking to her like that, but I have to take my anxiety out at someone. That's what Alicia is for. She is my assistant and an assistant sometimes needs to be the punching bag, to ease her bosses load. It is part of her job and during these three years that she was assigned to me, she seemed to be managing just fine. This doesn't bother her, I am sure. If it did, she would have said something. She is a smart enough girl to know I don't mean the harsh things I say to her sometimes, it's just my way to keep her alerted and I reward her generously enough for her to realize, I appreciate everything she does for me.

Suddenly, she speaks interrupting my thoughts.

"She wants your driver's position. I only included the opening yesterday, as your regular driver will be retiring next month. I explained to her that this is the only position that would have to go through you and only you for approval and that she would have to past a test and then get a lot of special training, but she said it's the only thing she wants to do from the list".

I am laughing after listening to these nonsense and I am sure that Claire is messing with me. She wants to be my driver... Who? Her! Besides the fact that I would never trust a female driver, I would also never accept this English crazy woman driving me around in a foreign country, getting lost all the time and mostly I wouldn't feel comfortable to be the passenger of a driver that was up to now driving at the wrong side of the road, sitting at the other side of the car! I am smiling much to my amusement, as I thought she was way to serious and mostly kind of a sad person, so I wasn't expecting her to be that humorous. I must admit this was good. It's been too long since I laughed so hard.

*Pick me up at 12 for brunch. Lol * I hope she gets the sarcasm in my text.

*I need to finish my training first before I am able to do that. *

Ha ... she is taking this to far.

*Ok, then I'll pick you up at 12 from your hotel. I want to discuss the details concerning the meeting with my father over lunch. *

*Great. See you then. *

*And also to help you find your place in this company. You will have to make a decision fast, for us to be able to prepare you for whatever position you choose. *

*But I already have! I thought that you knew about my choice, after reading that first sms you sent me. *

Ok. She really doesn't know when to stop. But here I am, still left with a stupid grin on my face and a humorous mood. I wonder why I am acting so casually around her, by making jokes and talking intimately, which is very unlike me. It's not like we are actual friends and most importantly, she will be soon working for me.

I won't have any of this funny mood when she will be working for me officially, because I don't want her to fill the rest of the employees heads with any intimacy ideas and s**t. I have led her to believe I am a sweet guy, but she must learn that's not the case. I am a very straightforward man and I don't care much about being kind to my employees, as too much intimacy causes problems. They owe to be kind to me and they better be, as I am the one to pay for their cheque at the end of the month.

Things should be crystal clear as far as business relations goes. A boss is a boss and the employees are there to serve him or her, although I don't really know many lady bosses. Such an important and requiring position, should only be filled by men, as women are too sensitive and emotional to handle the intensity and all the stress. I do know some women that own and run companies, but only with the help of a husband, father, or lover I am sure. Women are too sensitive and fragile to handle and efficiently ran a big company.

The proper behavior when working for me, should be something she would have to find out later of course. If she knew that Mr. Alexander Ronald Anderson is nothing like the Alexander she got to know, she would ran. She does strike me a little as the feminist type, so I wouldn't want to argue about any of these, at the moment.

"Alicia, I am hoping to get my schedule sometime soon. Like, before I fire your incompetent fat ass."

"Yes, sir. I am ready whenever you are."

Messing with that girl, keeps me entertained. I am sure she knows me well enough, not to take my threats and humor seriously.

After going through my today's obligations, I pass them along to the ones that would be able to handle them as efficiently as me and I leave the building to find a welcoming gift for Claire for getting on board. I need to play all nice with her and not act like a smug, because if she backs out on me, I am lost.

I take Alicia with me and I let her decide on the gift. She hands me a tiny box and I am mad at her for taking too long and I tell her to find her own way back to the office, while shutting the car's door behind her. It's already 11:45' and the traffic is terrible. I will never be there on time, so I can't drop her off at the office, as it's a detour, that will only delay me more.

On the other hand, I got the chance to finish with all the phone calls I had to make and I even completed an e-meeting through a secure platform while sitting in my car. I really loved the possibilities and the ease that technology has to offer. You could do so much, while sitting down at your own toilet if you felt like it. I am fully conversant with everything technology has to offer and it's one of the things that I take praise for bringing into the company. Of course, that meant we had to let some employees go, since they had nothing to do, but we are a profitable business, not a charity one.

*I will be a little late. I am stuck in traffic. Make it 12:15' * I text her, just to make sure that she won't be upset over me.

*No problem. Take your time. *

*I can't wait to see you * Why on earth did I text her that? I don't want to scare her away again. Why am I acting so stupidly around her?

Fuck! She didn't reply. I hope she won't take this the wrong way. If she is not down there waiting for me, I will be the only one to blame. I went through all of this trouble to come this far with her and I had to go and act like a maniac stalker.