One Night Stand With My Boss

Uncovering Secrets

The office was buzzing with the usual morning activity, but today there was something else beneath it all. Employees whispered to one another while glancing at Ethan’s office.

“Have you observed how close Bella and Ethan have come?” Jane, one of the office gossips, asked Mark her colleague.

Mark frowned as he nodded. “Yeah, it is weird. They are just spending too much time together.”

“I heard they went out for dinner the other night,” Rachel said in a voice that dripped with curiosity and intrigue.

Mike cut them off, saying. “Come on, guys, they are just working together.” Besides, Bella is his secretary after all, so it’s normal if they’re close.

“You call that normal? No way!” “There has got to be more than this.” Said Jane contemptuously.

As their conversation continued, Bella came from Ethan’s office, looking collected and calm. Her colleagues swarmed around her immediately because curiosity had gotten better hold of them.

“Hi Bella,” Jane started in an easygoing tone which belied its purpose. “Are you dating Ethan?”

Bella’s eyes grew wide in shock. “What? No! We work together, I am his secretary, so we spend a lot of time together naturally.”

Mark’s eyebrow went up. “Are you sure?” “For how long has this been going on?”

“No, it is only for work purpose.” Bella shook her head, trying to keep her voice from trembling.

But they were not convinced and decided to let matters rest at that point. Bella’s heart jumped out of her mouth as she returned to her desk relieved, she tried concentrating on the day’s tasks.

Later in the afternoon, Bella came knocking at Ethan’s door to remind him about the client meeting.

Bella opened the door and walked in holding a notepad. “Mr. Ethan, Mr. Edward is expecting us in an hour.”

Ethan looked up from his desk with a smile on his face and asked, “Thanks, Bella, are the documents ready?”

“Yes, I have done everything we need.” We just have to go over some few things before we leave.

They took several minutes discussing the logistics of the meeting to ensure each side understood their roles properly before leaving. They then left their office en route to where the client was located.

The conference went well and when they were going back home, Ethan made an abrupt turn towards a shopping mall.

“Where are we going?” Bella asked, unsure of what he had in mind.

“I thought maybe we could take a short break,” Ethan said, smiling, “I would love something for you.”

Bella felt like her heart stopped beating for a while. Repeating herself, she said, “Ethan, you don’t…”

“Gently,” he interrupted, “I insist.”

They walked into the mall and Ethan led her to a jewelry store. He picked out a beautiful necklace and gave it to her.

“Ethan, this is too much” Bella argued with surprise in her eyes.

“I disagree,” Ethan replied, his voice firm but gentle. “You have earned it.”

Before she could say anything more, he took the necklace from her, putting it around her neck with love. As the cold metal touched Bella’s skin, she felt various emotions burst within herself. The necklace suited her well, and she couldn’t help but smile.

Meanwhile, Samantha was also in the mall shopping for herself. She saw them and narrowed her eyes with jealousy. She witnessed Ethan placing the necklace on Bella’s neck and became furious.

“How can Bella be this happy after what I did with her boyfriend, Jake?” “How was Bella able to move on after witnessing with a heartbreaking scene?” Samantha said to herself as anger swelled up inside of her. She resolved to call someone who would follow Bella wherever she went and find out about this new guy that was with her. Who he was, and what their relationship was like?

Days later, Samantha received a phone call from Dave, one of her moles. They arranged to meet at a café, where Dave would disclose his findings to Samantha.

Samantha arrived at the café and noticed Dave sitting at a table in one corner of the room. She crossed over to him and sat opposite.

“Do you have the information?” Her tone sounded demanding and cool as she asked him this question.

Dave nodded and gave her a file. “Yeah I do.” From the night you asked me to seek some information, she met this man at a bar. She trailed him up to his house and I think they had s*x that night. I have some video clips of his house.

Samantha’s eyes widened as she flipped through the contents of the file. “Are you saying she slept with this person?”

“Yeah,” Dave confirmed. “It seems from the footage that they spent the night together.”

Samantha grinned wickedly. “Great! Get those pictures to scare her into finding out that her secret is never far behind.”

Dave nodded in agreement, took Samantha’s instructions, grabbed his bag and left the café as Samantha thought about ruining Bella’s life.

Bella arrived home exhausted one day after work. She took a taxi home because it was too tiring for her to walk all the way home on foot. When she got home, there was a parcel waiting for her at her front door, which surprised her but nonetheless made her even more curious.

Inside it was a folder, which Bella opened right away upon seeing it. She skimmed through its contents until she came across what made tears began rolling down from her eyes. The photographs displayed intimate moments between herself and Ethan on that fateful evening.

“I’m finished.” Bella wailed loudly, while tears streamed down her cheeks as if someone had doused water over them. Unexpectedly, causing panic and hopelessness to take over every inch of pain in her body or soul. But how can this happen, who will do such things?

No sooner had she hit the floor, than her hands tightened their grip on the pictures as her thoughts raced with fear and confusion. She was aware that she had to handle this somehow, but at that moment she knew not what direction to take.

Her mind was still reeling from shock when Bella arrived at work the next day. Although she tried to focus on the tasks assigned to her, the pictures from last kept flashing in her mind. And the only question running through her mind is who could have sent those pictures to her?

Bella stood up from her desk to submit a file at Ethan's office. While she was on her way to his office, Ethan passed by her like he never felt her presence and ignored her.

"Is that really Ethan?" Bella muttered as she turned back to look at Ethan. "Why did he ignore me like I never existed?"

Wait, why did I not think of it? Only Ethan and I knew about that night, and we decided to keep it a secret.

"Could Ethan be behind those pictures?" Bella muttered as she nearly jumped out of her own skin.