The CEO's Order

Chapter 5

Harrison still couldn't believe the experience he just had talking to the new hired receptionist. A breath of fresh air, he never laughed that hard in a while. Parang nawala panandalian ang lahat ng problema niya. She's eye catching and very bright, taking his eyes off of her seemed a tad bit harder than trying to scold her because of the cursed coffee she made for him. Holding the cup of coffee in his hand with the thoughts he couldn't shake off, he sighed and shook his head.

"What's with you? You look high as f*ck," he heard a familiar voice laughing from the door.  It was his friend Wayne Collins who's  always ready to take away all his energy and leave him all troubled and stressed. 

Harrison gave him a loud "Tsk!" as he signaled him to close the door behind him.

"I was just thinking of that girl Amber," he whispered. "She's interesting. Really funny, a little bit odd, but she's something."

Wayne looked around,"Akala ko ba gagawin mo siyang secretary mo? Oh ano nang nangyari? Bakit wala siya doon sa labas? Lilipat ba?"

That was the original plan. He originally planned to make the eye catching beautiful receptionist his temporary assistant. Harrison wouldn't lie to himself, she's too charismatic to walk away from. He had his selfish desire to keep an eye on her, at least until he get enough of it. Nadala siya sa sulsol ng matalik na kaibigan kaya sinubukan niya.

"I'm foolish enough to get swayed by you malicious mind."

"Come on, be honest. You want to! I saw how you looked at her, you're totally into her."

"Into her? That's a bold statement Wayne. I just saw her-"

"Well, don't act like I don't know you for almost seven years. Alam ko na 'yong tipo mo sa babae. Panigurado kung sa U.S. lang tayo, lakas loob mo ng niyaya sa bahay mo 'yon!"

"Don't be a jerk you moron! She wont transfer, try this if you're wondering." Iniabot pa nito ang tasa na hawak-hawak. "This is the coffee she made, I don't think I can have her as my secretary."

"Such a shame, she's too pretty. If I didn't have a loyal secretary yet, I would steal her from you." Wayne tried to trigger his dear friend even more. Ganito na talaga ang nakagawian ng dalawa. Kung sino ang unang bumigay, kung sino ang unang magpakita ng inis o galit, talo. At hindi na makakaligtas sa ilang araw na pangungutya.

Harrison smirked, "Pretty, yes. Perfect resume, yup. But she made instant coffee using hot tea. She's not used to working under someone else."

"What's the deal with that? I think she's innovative! Coffee and tea at the same time, double the caffeine, she just wanted you to be more awake you know."

"Oh shut up. You know I won't need any of that bullsh*t. I'm busy of something else-"

"A little pretty view wont hurt tho," Wayne wiggled his brows and winked at Harrison. "Baka naman balak mo pang hanapin 'yong napanaginipan mong babae sa Crystal?"

Harrison bit his lip staring blankly at Collins. He started to c***k his knuckles, making him a lot more intimidating. 

Doon lang napahinto sa pang-aasar si Collins. Itinaas pa nito ang dalawang kamay niya na parang sumusuko, "Chill man! Nagbibiro lang naman ako, I got what you were asking for. A bunch of new people entered the company today."

"Do you have the full list?" Blake asked. 

"Yeah, and to be honest none of these people are questionable. Malinis ang mga background nila, hindi kahina-hinala."

"You checked each of them?" Blake grabbed the list handed to him by Collins, "Check someone from the new security and cleaning teams."

"Bakit?" tanong nito. 

"If Hecate planned to enter the company, she will chose to not be seen. She wont show herself to us."

Sabay na napahinto ang dalawa dahil sa malakas na katok mula sa pintuan. 

"Come in!" 

"Mr. Blake, nandito na po ang reports ng bawat department-"

"Put it here and get lost."

"D*mn man, take it easy. She got too scared she had to run away!"

Pinapanood lang ni Blake na tumakbo ang babae papalayo, "She took too long. I'm honestly tempted to fire her."

"Kalmahan mo lang, kawawa na nga!" natatawang umupo ito sa couch. "So yeah, about Hecate, sa tingin ko hindi pa siya nagsisimula. She has to send you a signal right?"

"She has to," he grabbed the first folder on top of his table, "She just did," he whispered. Flipping it to show a yellow sticky note on top of the first page, a cute hand written word was on it.

"Sunshine?"

Blake nodded, "Sunshine, that's the code between me and Hecate. She started working today."

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"You gave him the sign already?" Astra said, calling Amber. 

"I already said I did, are you drunk?"

"No I'm not drunk, I'm bored as heck!" iritableng sagot ng babae sa kabilang linya. 

Her statement did not surprise her at all, the whole day the two were just watching the video footage.

"I'm getting out in a bit, don't we have anything else planned?"

"No, we're dried up," the sound of dismay was apparent in Astra's voice.   

"We got something!" biglang sumulpot sa linya ang matinis na boses ni Nyx. 

AMBER'S POV

"Spit it out," I told Nyx. She sounded too excited, it gives me an idea that it would be something that would give us interesting stuff to do. 

"There's a trade going to happen tonight. Someone from Woriel contacted us to keep their boys safe during the exchange."

Woriel? That sounded a little bit familiar to me, "And who are they again? Sounds really familiar, but I forgot."

"Yup, the famous black market fire arm supplier in Hell."

Oh that's right, "Not a gang or mafia tho, right?"

"Yeah, just for the trading."

Hindi na bago para sa amin ang ganitong request. But that doesn't sound exciting enough. I don't get why Nyx was acting so surprised about it. 

"Okay, tell me what's the catch?"

A loud sigh from Nyx was enough for me to understand, "It's not a trade huh?" 

"It is a trade, a fair trade. I promise... It's just that I heard about the Gin's crew taking an offer to protect Woriel as well. And be honest, that's kinda spicy!"

Huh, interesting. Gin is a competitor when it comes in the underground courier jobs. He's more like the cheap errand boy of the dangerous associations. And we take care of more serious businesses. Having the both of our crew in there, I'm pretty sure there is a trap of some sort. 

"Ma'am Amber!" called the old janitor not that far away from me. 

"Mang Pablo, uuwi na po yata kayo?"

"Opo Ma'am, kayo po ba hindi pa?" oh, is it time already? I almost forgot that I only work till three in the afternoon. 

"Ay oo nga po Mang Pablo! Mabuti nalang at napaalala nin'yo sa akin. Muntik na po akong makapag- overtime ng walang sahod!"

Natawa naman ang matanda sa mabilis kong pag- aayos ng mga kagamitan ko. What have I done today? Absolutely nothing. I just smiled and acted pretty the whole day, draining as f*ck. 

Mabuti nalang at nakilala ko itong matanda, kahit papaano ay may nakakuwentuhan ako kanina. 

"New bestie?" Astra whispered. 

"Well yeah, he's really nice."

I was about to dash out of the d*mn building but a familiar voice stopped me on my way, "You're going?"

That freaking deep voice, there's no one else that could sound that hot, "Mr. Blake? Yes po, hanggang 3 pm lang po ang oras ko."

"Ah, I get it now."

Bakit ba nandito 'to? There's  no way he's suspecting me already right?

"So you like this job because you don't follow the office hours of eight to four?"

'Yon lang ba ang iniisip nito? "Uh- yes... kailangan ko pa po kasi na mag...trabaho."

"You work two jobs?" his eyebrows raised. He's checking my clothes and bag... what? "But you don't look like you need it?"

"Ah- Ahhh... Haha, Sir naman. Siyempre kunwari bongga muna ako sa first day. Hintay lang po kayo nang kaunti magmumukha rin po akong pulubi."

I did my best to give him a very joyful smile when in reality I want to just kick him in the balls and run. He's over analyzing my answer and my outfit, it didn't make sense, I admit. But he wasn't supposed to ask about that! 

"The boss?" I heard Nyx whisper on the earpiece. "Sounds really suspicious of you, did he witness something?"

Pasimple akong umiling ng isang beses dahil sigurado naman akong nanonood sa mga camera ang mga kasamahan ko. Pero si Blake, naka tutok pa rin ang tingin niya sa akin. 

"Sounds suspicious?" singit naman ni Astra. "Tunog macho dancer kamo. Bakit ang lalim ng boses niya? Ang guwapo rin ng boses! Nakakahiya naman, favorite ni Lord."

"Do you need anything Mr. Blake?" huh, finally he stopped checking me out. 

"Give me your number."

"Nu-number?"

"I don't have a secretary yet."

What's that supposed to mean? "And?"

"I should get your number to-"

"To?"

"You are my acting secretary as of the moment."

Tukneneng naman na 'yan. Kailan ba ako sumangayon? Nakakatunog na ba talaga siya sa akin? 

"Sure..." Nasaan na ba 'yong ballpen ko pati na sticky note- oh f*ck. "Sandali lang po Sir."

Sh*t, mabuti nalang hindi ko nailabas 'yong kaparehong sticky note na ginamit ko para sa message kanina. I grabbed the pen and a cute heart sticky note on the table to write out my work phone number. 

"Thank you, you can go home now. Take care."

"Su-sure... thank you Sir. See you tomorrow."

What was that all about? That's pretty strange. Normal lang ba na lumabas ang CEO ng kumpanya para kunin ang number ko doon sa front desk? They have their own files about my information right? Is he really trying to check out who I am?

"He's smart," I commented as I walk out. "Mukhang natunugan niya ako, hindi ko alam kung papaano."

"Look at this d*mb b*tch," I heard Nyx respond. 

"Excuse me Nyx Ann?"

"Nyx was right," supporta naman ni Astra. Hindi ko rin talaga maintindihan itong mga babaeng 'to. What the hell did I say that could make them react this way?

"Oh yeah? What do you guys think huh?"

"He's actually acting really normal. Like super average."

"Average?!"

"That's how normal guys act when they want to flirt with a very fascinating woman that they just met. Ikaw naman masyado kang timid! Gusto lang niyang humarot ng kaunti, pero parang handa ka a gilitan siya anytime!"

"Astra what the heck? You call that flirting?"

"Then what else should I call it? Prayer meeting? Gagi ka rin eh no?"