L A T E N I G H T S E C R E T A R Y

12 - Worry About You

After another one of their hot and heavy sessions leaving Tyler breathing heavily on the couch while Jared is as refreshed as a daisy. They were working on another of Jared's papers when he suddenly grabbed the green-eyed man mentioning something about Tyler looking too good to devour.

"Jared... How many times have I asked you not to while we're working!" Tyler yelled angrily at a self-satiated Jared.

"You loved it. So stop getting do worked up." Jared said smoking nonchalantly.

"Well, excuse me for not being able to really do my work right at my other job!" Tyler fumed. Since he was taking first shower, Tyler's thoughts were filled with how surreal his life was, and how he just had to fall in love with his former boss who happened to be a vampire, and how he suddenly ended up with giving his blood and body to said vampire. 'Honestly, I enjoy the feeling of his arms around me, holding me... Who wouldn't enjoy being held by the one they loved? He doesn't pamper me like his other 'meals', which is sort of nice.' Tyler thought interrupting himself realizing he had been lost in his thoughts and just drying the same spot on his cheek with a towel that was already dry. Quickly, Tyler, dressed into fresh clothes and fixed himself up and walked out of the door ready to talk business with glasses in place.

"Jared, do you have any alternations to your schedule?"

Jared clad in nothing but a robe with his bangs covering his eyes looked disbelievingly at Tyler.

Ignoring his boss's silence Tyler continued, "I'm putting together the sample sheets for the secretarial office, and you have one dinner planned for next week.... Mr. Justin Hartley...?" He said all this while working and typing furiously at the same time moving his attention from the laptop to the date book, and stopped when he read the name.

"A bureaucrat's son. He's my new 'meal' partner." Jared explained.

Tyler's back was turned towards Jared and was glad of his position because then his mate wouldn't see the pain on his face. "Understood, I'll fix the schedule. And you've also sent me the data from the meeting, thank you." He replied masking his voice and continued to type furiously.

Jared began to walk towards the bathroom when he couldn't help but notice the continuous typing that wasn't even the amount of typing he expected considering the work, but more like it was to finish the entire month's schedules and papers. Turning back not surprised at all to find Tyler lost in the work he began to say, "Ehm... you know, you don't have to finish everything tonight... Anytime during this week's all right...?"

"This week is full of meetings at Erde, so even if I postpone my work here, I'll be late coming home and-" Tyler cut himself off realizing what he just said.

Hearing the name Erde Jared pouted and suddenly the room was filled with a menacing aura. "Hmm... Erde is it?"

Tyler cringed hearing the question knowing fairly well that behind him is 6'4" of angry masculinity.

"It can't be helped that Jeff arranged for you to be there so there would be some distance between us because I was drinking your blood. And it also can't be helped that ever since you transferred from Polverini Corp. to our subsidiary company you can work for me only after your official working hours. But even if I say it couldn't be helped, the fact still stands." Jared said all this as he walked closer and closer to Tyler trapping him to the desk. "You are mine boy." He said while talking Tyler's glasses off.

"Ahh... Jared, I already took a shower, and if I don't hurry home my mom will be worried...!" Tyler argued and struggled, but lost.

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While Tyler was walking to the entrance of Polverini HQ his smile spread on his face one so bright it could out shine the sun. Thoughts of working as Jared's private secretary again whirled around his mind and before he got too lost in his thoughts righted himself and readied himself for the new day. "Well, I better stop standing here and go straight to the Manager's office and give him my report." Tyler proclaimed.

Tyler finally arrived at Jeff's office and knocked on his door. "Excuse me, but..." Tyler forgot what he was about to say because when he entered he was not expecting the audience of his boss and former boss with the Manager.

The chairs were arranged in a way that put Tom on the left with Jeff in the middle, and Jared on the right. The expressions of his former and current boss' were absolute polar opposites. Tom had a bright smile on his face and his posture was hunched over with his elbows on his knees and hands held together. Jared on the other hand had a look on his face that could kill and his back was straight with legs straight but his arms were crossed over. Tom had a light suit on while Jared had something dark ironically displaying how contrast the two boss' were.

Tyler after a moment of surprise began to speak, "President Welling... how did you know I was going to be here at this time...?"

Tom merely answered with another bright smile.

"Surprise, isn't it?" Jeff replied. "We were just talking about you, so he was so kind as to wait. Join us."

"Umm, about me...?" Tyler queried curious as to why all these important boss' of his were here.

"Yes, I read your report. It's been three month since we asked you to cooperate in the establishment of the new secretarial office at Erde, and the results were even better than we expected. And I heard what President Welling had to say about you. As the person who recommended you and your methods, I'm glad."

"Thank you very much." Tyler replied getting an ominous feeling of what was going to happen next.

"So, having said this... I was thinking that I should leave you at your post in Erde permanently."

'What...?' Tyler thought as the words left Jeff's mouth. He was unable to say a word from the shock and was stock still.

"Your work was flawless, so President Welling would like for you to remain there permanently. He already submitted a request." Jeff stated happily unaware of Tyler's silent rising panic.

"Of course it's not only me. The staff and the secretaries hope for the same, too. I've already spoken with your former superior, Director Polverini. I explained to him that our secretarial office needs a capable and responsible person just like you."

Hearing Jared's title, Tyler looked over to him and just realized that the man had been utterly silent the entire time. Looking back at the others he began to protest, "But... but..." He began to say and clenched his fists so hard his knuckles were white, but not hard enough to draw blood.

"Of course Polverini Corp. has no intention of losing such a capable employee like you, but I think that admitting you back into the secretarial office would be a waste of your abilities. The only company Director without a secretary is Jared... Director Polverini. The rest of the Directors wouldn't be able to function without them. However, Director Polverini considers secretaries a nuisance and insists that he doesn't really need one. And everyone in the secretarial office, except the other private secretaries, support him." Jeff proclaimed.

Tyler was silently crumbling when he heard that statement and his attention was immediately caught.

Jeff continued his rant and said, "Unlike before, when he didn't trust the secretarial office at all, lately he's been assigning a lot of work to the secretaries. And of course, he even provides them with sample sheets without finding it a nuisance. And the best thing is, even if he seems so very engrossed in his work, it doesn't look as if he puts any more effort in it than he did before!"

While Jeff continued Tyler was panicking on the inside, and when he glanced at Jared he noticed a tick in his jaw that seemed to get bigger and faster every time Jeff said a word about his work.

"It seems that as of now the work staff is very stable. Then you can redirect your abilities to other things, Tyler. That's why I decided it would be best to leave the work at Erde to you. In other words, you'll be the responsible official at Erde." Jeff finished.

"The rank of the head of the secretarial office is the same as the head of the general affairs section. Besides, it was you who assembled the secretarial office anyway." Tom added.

'In other words.... The reason I can't return to the Jared's side is.... because I'm too capable!!' The saying, "You reap what you sow" repeated constantly in Tyler's mind as it was flooded with turmoil, and his inner self was reeling from learning that his capability cost him to be permanently ripped away from Jared's side.

"You'll think about it, won't you?" Jeff asked interrupting Tyler's 'freak out'.

'The Manager's doing this because he just thinks about what's best for me. President Welling, acknowledges me and needs me. And the Jared is...'

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After making his decision, Tyler walked out the door with Jared, and turned to the taller man looking solemn. "....In the end I couldn't refuse them..."

"Hmph, do what you like." Jared replied without any hint of expression on his face and walked away leaving Tyler to watch his retreating back once again.

'I know.... If Jared protested then the manager would find out about our relationship and would make sure to separate us... He said it himself... it would be best for us both if I stayed away. Well, I didn't and I am grateful for it. Besides, I'm just as responsible for this outcome as Jared. He pushed me away and caused this mishap. I could have said that I didn't want to stay at Erde and instead return to Polverini Corp. I have no right to blame Jared for anything. It's not as if Jared doesn't need me. I need to think up something to get me back to his side as his official secretary, but what?' Tyler thought determined. 'Something that would leave both sides happy.'

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The next day Tyler began his permanent job at Erde. He was sitting at his desk and decided that he should stop being too capable, and instead try to get the others to be even better. His plan was that once he finishes a document he would leave it out in the open for anyone to find and walk away in a nonchalant manner so as not to get any attention. Back at his desk he left a few un-arranged documents close by that were found by Denise.

"Today we have to act as guides for the government officials that will gather in the show-room on occasion of the establishment of the Memorial Hall." She announced.

"I guess so." Tyler smiled sweetly.

"Maybe, the President would like to see the reference materials before the guests get here."

"I guess so." He replied and watched her walk away. He noticed her abrupt halt and did a victory dance when he heard her say she " found " a complete set of the reference papers.

As if on cue Tom popped out of his office and announced, "Excuse me, I need reference papers for the establishment of the Memorial Hall!"

"Yes, President here they are." Denise answered.

"Very thoughtful of you, thanks!"

Tyler watched everything and couldn't help but smile and pat himself on the back as his plan succeeded. 'Now to keep it up. They already know how to do the work.'

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Later on that night Tyler was at Jared's house and was working on a few of his mate's documents, again. He was playing with his pen and thinking of ways to deal with his problem also. 'Let me see... I'm gonna have to stop forwarding so much work to the secretarial office and I have to stop sending in reference sheets, too.... Wait, but I can't just suddenly stop it all together it'd be too suspicious.' Tyler thought carefully. Jensen groaned loudly resting his head on the back of the chair. 'But I don't even mind working hard... work, work, work... But I've also gotta be careful to make sure that I do not work too hard at the same time. do...' He thought and drank some kind of kale smoothue he made earlier.

While Tyler was distracted with his thoughts and work he never realized Jared was behind him watching him with a worried look on his face.

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For the next few days Tyler has been working harder than he ever did before putting his plan in action. One night while at Jared's place, he was giving his vampire boss some blood when he noticed something had changed. Instead of Jared taking it via intercourse he just made out with him for a few minutes and took smaller drops than before which made Tyler worried. 'That was all...?'

'Shh my sweet.' Jared held Tyler close. 'You need to rest.'

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The next day at Erde, there was another one of the secretary's reporting her assigned work with success. Tom and Tyler were standing by the side observing everything. When Tom bent down and whispered, "The secretarial section is really working well." He commented to Tyler.

" It is all them. They are quite capable since I've showed them the ropes!" Tyler said proudly.

"Good work." He said with a grin.

Tyler smiled.

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Back at Polverini HQ, Tyler was called over and stopped by the secretarial office and found out some news. "Newcomers...?" He asked hoping his co-workers understood to explain further.

"Yes, it's not the season for recruiting new staff, but they still hired them." Kyle, another man a few years older than Tyler said.

"And on top of that, it turned out that the Director's improvement of character was just a whim..." Cindy, another co-worker, continued. "He's starting to fall back into his old habits and he even started new big projects. And they're reforming the structure of the secretarial office, because he'll take on a new private secretary... If that happens to be me, I'll just die!" She exclaimed dramatically not noticing Tyler's stricken expression.

"You really think it'd be you?" Kyle retorted.

'Jared's gonna have another secretary?' Tyler thought shocked at the turn of events and walked over to Jeff's office for the reason as to why he was called over.

"This is your official notice. Right now, for a period of one year you are appointed to be the head of the secretarial office of Erde." Jeff declared.

'Why!?... Why did this happen!?... Is it me?... My fault...' Those thoughts kept running wildly around Tyler's head as he walked out the door and had to place his hand by the wall as he was staggering in the hallway.

"Tyler?" Jared questioned wondering what happened to his mate.

"Jared..." Tyler replied weakly.

"You look awful. Are you going back to Erde? I'll give you a ride."

"Jare..." Before Tyler could finish he fainted. Luckily, Jared caught him before he really fell on the hard floor.

" TYLER!?" He asked panicked and worried. "TYLER!! "

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When Tyler opened his eyes he was confused as to what had happened, he gingerly sat up and realized he was in a dark room on a very large bed that oddly seemed familiar. Rubbing his tired eyes he started to see more clearly and saw that it was night. Then it hit him and he whispered, "This is..." He began to say, but changed direction. "Jared?" His eyes widened at the sound of the door being opened and turned to the origin of the light. " Jared...?"

"Oh, Tyler! You're awake!" Jared exclaimed dressed in a teal button-down and some black dress pants. His hair was ragged, as if he had been fiercily running his hands through it.

"Jared!" Tyler exclaimed as his chest filled with relief at seeing his mate.

"Do you remember fainting in the corridors at Polverini Corp.?" Jared asked worriedly handing the weakened man a glass of water.

"...Yes..." Tyler replied and a sudden barrage of memories started coming at him from the time he went to Jeff's office to when he bumped into Jared.

"I told Cliff to tell Erde that you had to leave the hospital right away, and I immediately took you straight home." Jared explained while smoking his cigarette.

Hearing that bit of information Tyler instantly felt guilt gnawing at his stomach and looked down. "I'm very sorry for causing you such trouble..."

"Sweet boy, you did no such thing. But, you have been juggling too much and not eating enough." Jared stated.

Tyler's eyes widened.

"Yeah... I noticed. Just surprised you let it get this far Tyler. Another reason why I haven't been feeding from you." Jared sighed and raked his hands through his ragged hair before puffing fiercily on his lit cigarette. "When you started to collapse..." Jared shuddered. "I was scared, Tyler." Jared looks to Tyler. "Please... do not ever do that to me again." Jared's eyes were filled with pain. "I love you too much and we just got started. I never want to lose you. Do I make myself clear, Sweet Boy?"

Tyler nodded while gulping. "Yes, Sir." Tyler blinks back his tears. "I love you too. I will slow down and eat more. I promise."

Groaning Jared shakes his head. "You better because there will not be a next time... I WILL... toss you over my knee and spank that delicious backside of yours a beautiful cherry red."

Smiling Tyler blushes. "Yes, Sir." Tyler calmly started to get up from the bed and felt himself feeling a bit tipsy, and was only caught from falling, once again, by Jared.

"You might have a great devotion to your work, but it can only last so long. It becomes meaningless if your health is ruined by it." Said Jared as he hugged Tyler flush against his front.

Tyler pouted even more after hearing that statement from Jared. "Meaningless... Instead of my plan coming into fruition as it continued it backfired on me... Eventually it was decided that I would work in Erde..." He admitted unwillingly with a melancholic tone.

"I guess so..." Jared kissed the top of Tyler's head and sighed.

"You're alright with this aren't you, Jared? That's one of the reasons why you let me do what I want in the first place." Tyler gripped Jared's shirt in his fist tightly. "I liked it a lot at Erde. It's great, and I've got so many wonderful friends... but you know what...? I still wanted to go back to you! I wanted to be your secretary! Yours! I didn't want to be anyone else's!" Tyler said as he was already bordering on to hysterical, tears beginning to form at his eyes. "I don't want to be anyone else's secretary... and I don't... I don't w-want you to get another secretary... " Tyler admitted the tears now flowing freely and sobs also starting, but willed himself not to break down, again. Try as he might, all the pent up frustration and pain going through him released like as if a dame had broken down.

Jared watched helplessly as the usually strong and controlled man, who was his secretary, break. Something in him took over and he gave Tyler a gentle peck on the cheek. Then he wrapped his arms around his mate, letting his head rest on his shoulder.

Here he was in the arms of the man he loved, his head resting on his mate's shoulders, and all Tyler could do was cry harder.

"I already know that." Jared replied reassuring his mate while holding his head sweetly showing a different side of himself. "Doesn't matter where you are or what you do... You're mine either way. The fact that this situation pisses me of, is an understatement. But try as we might these things can't be changed with just a snap of my fingers. Look I wish it could, but... this thing right here... this position we're in won't change unless we take our time and think. We need to think up strategies and preparation which will take awhile."

He moved a little from Tyler and took the green eyed man's face in his hands and looked directly into those piercing jade eyes. "But one way or another we'll make it. Believe in me and have patience."

Making sure he wasn't being toyed with once again Tyler looked up at Jared's hazel eyes and saw a deep considerate look in his eyes and something else. Something he had never seen before and finally answered, "All right..." After that the exhaustion going through his body took over. "But... can you help me to the toilet?"

Jared chuckled. "Yeah, Sweet Boy." He kissed Tyler sweetly and swept him off his feet and carried him.