The secretary's secret

chapter - 4 ( beginning of sleepless night)

I woke up to the vibration of my phone. I looked at the screen and what shook me to the core was the name of my boss in the caller id .

" Where the hell are you, Charity" I heard this word as soon as I picked up my phone.

" What do you mean by that, I still have an hour to come to the office"

" Ok then can you check your time"

I was like what the hell is he talking about and I checked my bedside clock.

You should have seen my eyes, it was bigger than a saucepan because it is 11 am. I'm not an hour but two hours late .

" I'm so sorry boss, I will be right there."

" you better be here in half an hour" saying this he disconnected the call.

I quickly got up from my bed, took the brush in my hand and grabbed bread and no time for toast . I applied some jam and quickly rinsed my mouth. No time for showers, thank heaven for the late shower the night before.

I quickly shoved my breakfast in my mouth and headed towards the office.

I reached my office and my boss was ready for me.

I quickly kept my things on my desk and started to face him and beg for his forgiveness.

I entered his room and as I was about to say something, he dismissed me by saying to forward him his emails.

I'm dumbfounded by how dismissive he was. I asked him," do you need the coffee".

he looks at me dead in the eyes and I took it as a cue to leave his office .

As the day passed and lunch time came I was about to go to the canteen to bring his order.

He called me through the intercome.

"You don't need to bring my lunch today, I will be eating out and cancel my next hour schedule."

I was not sure how to process this piece of information.

Nor in my five years of career, the Celix Ford set foot outside of his office to eat his lunch.

By the time I was done processing this information he was already in the elevator.

I was so disappointed in myself that I was so late for the first time and every time I went to face him my face would become beet red as I remembered the cause of my lateness.

I was feeling very sad, I don't know why but I am not happy with disappointing my boss .

It reminds me of how powerless and timid I am .

There are still four days to confirm our return for the intimate course but a sudden adrenaline in me made me to confirm it right way.

Now the wait is for the next five days for my first lesson of my confidence.

The days were going so slowly that my waiting patience was wearing thin.

And my boss is also making my days very pitiful, he is sending me to fetch files from Henry then bring him tea from the shop in the opposite side of the road. He is making me run from here and there.

Celix pov:

after the brief eye contact, she seems to recover from the thoughts. She dashed towards the elevator and brought my lunch after 20 minutes.

I dismissed the carelessness about the lunch time because it was her first time, usually she is very punctual at her work. And due to this only I have not fired her yet.

The day passed by usual, but curiosity got the cat, I kept on glancing towards her from time to time.Some times she was doing something on her computer, sometimes she was in the snacks counter fixing me something to munch. In the middle she was also munching on somethings. So, I thought our eye contact and the spark was a coincidence.As the time passed I walked out of the office without acknowledging her as it was my routine.

After settling in my house, I checked the cctv footage on my mobile and saw her about to leave. I usually only see if she has left her desk or not but today I see the footage following her up to the maingate.

After she left and I couldn't see her anymore, I turned off the footage and decided to call it a night.

The night was nice and breezy and I feel calmness surrounding me as sleep engulfs me.

As the rays of the sun entered my room and landed on my face, I got up from my bed and went to the bathroom.

I started grooming my beard, as it accentuated my facial features. I then started to clean my face and took a shower. As I exited my room after dressing my dining table was ready with my breakfast.

I took some fruits, waffles and washed them down with some orange juice.

I called my driver to get my car ready as I entered my private elevator.

As I reached my office, suddenly the face of my secretary came into my mind.

I dismissed the thoughts quickly and pressed the button to my floor.

What hit me in my face is that the desk which is occupied by my secretary is empty.

I may not acknowledge her greetings but I do always peak a glance of her to see if she is present or not.

It quickly became my habit.

But today she was not present , nor my table is dusted , no one was there making my coffee.

Something is not right. She is never late, she always comes 15 minutes before me and she leaves after an hour I leave the office.

I feel something is wrong with her and maybe therefore she was unfocused yesterday.

I thought of calling her immediately but I wanted to wait a little bit thinking maybe she was in traffic and so my day in the 5 years started without my secretary.

I looked at my watch for one hour, and I decided to wait a little bit more.

I decided to do some of my work but my mind is not working, my eyes kept looking for the elevator to get a glimpse of her.

I'm starting to feel uneasy now. As my watch shows two hours have passed and no sign of my secretary , I decided to ring her up. I told siri to call my secretary and I was patiently waiting for her to pick up.

" Hello ," I hear a hoarse voice, judging her voice either she doesn't know she was late or she is sick.

I asked her where she is and by her answer I got sure that she doesn't know that she is late and she probably got in the bed late.

I reminded her that she was late and she now realised that she was two hours late.

I sighed in relief that she was not sick but i shouldn't because she is just a secretary and nothing more.

I told her to reach the office in half an hour and disconnect the call.

I was afraid to ask her something about her health because it will make me weak in front of her.

Now, I was just waiting for her to walk in shame and I got the upper hand in teasing her and seeing her red with embarrassment.

What the hell is wrong with me?