chapter six
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The whole department goes silent as he passes through our office.
Edeline standing as if frozen in place.
When he leaves our floor, it's as if a remote clicks play because everywhere becomes busy all of a sudden with whisperings here and there.
“As I was saying, he's getting divorced. He's wife is divorcing him” she tells me.
If I said I wasn't shocked, I would be lying.
His married?? I asked myself.
“Why would someone want to divorce a full package, I mean the money,the handsomeness, the aura, what more does she want?” I can't help but ask Edeline.
“Maybe love?” She says sighing.
“Am not really one to gossip but based on the gossip, I hear that their marriage was an arranged one. He doesn't love her but so does she. He was accidentally caught on camera kissing another woman in a club last week in Germany”
I pale immediately.
“But it's all gossip right?. No one's actually sure it's true” I ask with my heart in my throat now.
“I don't know, the reporter took a picture of him but the image of the lady wasn't that visible” she says showing me her phone.
I see myself but my face isn't showing because his head and body is covering me up.
My fingers are shaking and I try not to let it show.
Can they tell it's me??
Is that why they are all giving me weird looks??
“Huh?” I hear Edeline ask
“Ohh,nothing. Is that why his wife has leaving him??” I ask dreading the answer to that.
“Partly or maybe that's even a quarter reason to why she's leaving him. He was caught kissing his last assistant at the main branch which made it to the news too”
“I guess the wife just wants out of the marriage so she's picking up on all these details to add as reasons why she is divorcing him”
And I sigh. So much for a one night stand
Now am a home breaker.
“So I think why people are looking at you too much is because we were told that he didn't want any secretary so you just being here is shocking to everybody” she says and I stare at her dumbly.
Say what now?
“s**t!. I've spent so much time here talking to you, I have works to catch up on. Nice meeting you brie” and she runs off to her own office.
Grrrrrrgghhh…the telephone rings
“Hello”
“Where's my coffee, Miss Brie?” His voice rings out spurring me into action immediately.
Shit! How did I forget about his coffee?
*When you were listening to gossips* my brain mocks me.
I hurry down to the cafeteria to get his coffee.
Once I am done,I hurry to his office.
I am rushing that I don't see him coming out of his office as the cup collides with his body,the content spilling on him.
I gasp moving back,I look up to his eyes blazing with anger.
“You don't get me my coffee on time and when you eventually do,you end up pouring it on me” he says
“I am so sorry sir, I didn't see you coming. I was in a such a rush to…” my lips snaps shut as my explanation just seems to anger him further.
I take out my handkerchief trying to dry him off knowing that what I was doing is as useless as anything could be.
The coffee left a stain on the his white long sleeve so no amount of cleaning would get that off.
He walks back into his office and I follow suit repeating that I was sorry and didn't mean it.
“Does your mouth ever shut Miss Brie??”
“Shut it, you're only adding to my anger which would only make me not to hesitate to fire you right now” he says and I
finally stop talking.
He begins to take his suit off and I look away,turning to leave.
“Have you collected my file for the next meeting?”
I halt in my steps without turning back I say no.
“Then what are you leaving for?” He asks
“Umm..I want to give you privacy to you know get changed” I tell him.
“It's just a shirt am pulling off,not my entire clothing” he says and I flush.
“Ohh” I say but still remain in my position.
“Take a seat Miss Brie” he orders and I turn to see him watching me.
I gulp in nothing as I move to the couch in his office to sit.
I watch him take off the white long sleeve revealing tons of coiled muscles under his singlet.
He takes off the singlet too and I gasp completely turning my face.
I feel my cheeks burn so much that they could definitely pass as a bread toaster.
“Are you shy Miss Brie” he asks
“No sir” I lie
“Then look at me”
I look up but this time he's completely dressed in a new shirt but no suit.
How did he get dressed so fast?
“Get your mind out of the gutter brie. Now take the file and go through it for the next meeting”
I can only nod and pick up the file to leave.
“What did you hear from the girl you were talking to this morning” he suddenly asks making me turn.
“Nothing important but can I ask a question”
He relaxes on his desk crossing his hands and gives me a nod to go.
“Am I the reason your wife is divorcing you?”
He smiles but in an evil twisted way that makes him look evil and Soo hot.
“Correction -divorced me, you guys should really get things right before spreading it” he says
“But then what if you are the reason?” He says again.
“And not just that,I think she knows you too” he adds staring at me almost pitiful.
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