Come in
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VANESSA SUMMERS
Fuck! This is f****d!
I had to think of a way to get not just Zoey away but Vela too. My heart banged hard against my chest as I tried to stand upright on legs that trembled viciously. There had to be a way to stop this from morphing into a f*****g death match.
"Ness!" Zoey squirmed. "You wouldn't believe who's here to see your boss."
Believe me I would and I would share the same level of excitement if her presence there wasn't going to led to my ass getting fired.
"I'll be right back." I grinned at them both; nervously.
Vela called to me. "Tell him I'm here."
No way in hell!
"Sure."
I walked into his office and dropped the coffee. He was on a call on his personal phone and didn't pay attention to me which was something to be thankful for. I was out of his office like a bolt of lightning.
I still had no f*****g idea how I was going to deal with Zoey and Vela. Whatever I had to do had to be effective enough to work on them both. A "kill two birdies with one stone" type solution.
Zoey rushed to me. She seemed to be excited which was understandable seeing as she just met one of the world's top super models in my office.
"That is Vela, right? Vela Pieters! Fuck."
I pulled her away to the corner away from Vela's hearing. "Be quiet."
"Your boss is dating Vela. They're probably f*****g! It makes me want him more."
Christ! This is escalating more than I thought.
"Listen to me, Zo. I need to think of a way to get Vela out of here." I said keeping my voice low.
"Huh? Why?"
I told her about how Vela had showed up the previous day and how my boss had warned me never to let Vela in again. My job was on the line.
"And that's why I need to get her as far away from here as possible." I added.
And you too...
Zoey's face lit up. She had gotten an idea on how to get Vela away from the office but I had idea how to get her to leave too. I could see now that I'd been wrong to think this job was going to be a cake walk. If this situation was to happen then I might just need to go on serious medication to check my blood pressure.
"Here's what we do." Zoey drew closer keeping her voice low.
"I'll risk myself to get Vela away."
What she just said made no sense. "How?"
"I'll distract her with beauty talks and take her to the spa. Models can't say no to spas. It's a fact."
It's a myth. That's all it is, a f*****g myth!
"Don't be like that." She said seeing the hopeless look on my face. "It will work. Trust me."
It's my ass on the line. Forgive me if I can't trust you on this dear friend.
"Secretary." Vela called.
She sounded irritable. I remembered what she had told me the previous day. She thought I was making a move on Mr. Phineas which was crazy when you think about it but she was a human after all and a woman too. She had to be prone to normal womanly human flaws.
"Did you tell him I'm here?" She asked.
I was about to answer when Zoey moved ahead of me and engaged Vela in a quiet conversation. As hard as I tried to get what they were talking about, all I got were fragments of words and mumbled.
It was the longest five minutes of my life. I prayed for Zoey's dumb plan to work and for Mr. Phineas's door to stay closed until they were gone. Please God. Please help me this one time.
All the while I watched Vela closely to see if there was any sign to show Zoey's plan was working but her expression never changed. Her face was an unreadable mask with a heavy frown. She looked like she was furious and I could imagine her shoving Zoey aside as she made her way to Mr. Phineas's office.
Noooo!
Zoey kept talking. She didn't stop for one minute or relent. Then something unexpected happened.
Vela walked up to my desk where I sat trying not to freak the f**k out. Her frown deepened.
"I'll be back."
She turned around and left with Zoey. They entered the elevator and just before the doors shut, Zoey winked at me.
I was going to give her a big kiss when I got back to the apartment. She had no idea but she had saved me from becoming jobless on my second day.
Just as the elevator door closed, Mr. Phineas opened his door. It was truly a miracle. A minute delay and he would have seen Vela and Zoey. f**k!
"Hey. Can you come in for a minute?" He said.
He didn't look at me and his voice sounded groggy. Maybe I wasn't in the clear just yet. I could tell there was something wrong.
I took a breath deep enough to fill up twelve lungs as I got up and walked unsteadily to the door.
What could have gone wrong? There was no way he might have heard their voice so that was out of the question. Why else had he called me then?
I took forever to get to the door. My legs felt like they had been replaced with lead.
It was only when I stood there that I realized just how much I was shaking. In my panicked state, I knocked his door.
Fucking i***t! He's alone. Just walk in and get it over with before you make it worse.
I walked in and almost ran into Mr. Phineas. I had no idea he was standing so close to the door. My absent mindedness didn't help.
Mr. Phineas looked up at me. His eyes burned with a desire that consumed me immediately. I couldn't look away.
His hands pulled me easily going around my waist. Our lips touched and the whole world crumbled at that moment.
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