His Drug Of Choice

1 - New

"My road to redemption has no GPS
So guess that time must be invested for this to be manifested
Yes it's, hard living life in the spotlight" 🎼🎤
- King TI

Ron's POV

"What the fuck is this?" I furiously yelled at my secretary who looked so unbothered, checking out her manicure.

At this point I'm so fed up with her negligence, yet people think I'm at fault whenever I ask for a secretary change. Whenever the vacancy reads "secretary," all they see is "mistress" or "sugar-baby" and I'm so disgusted.

"What do you want Ronal?" she seductively muttered, batting her fake long eyelashes, "I did what you assigned me," with that she stood opposite my desk cross armed.

She had been my secretary for only a week, and I already needed Candice to replace her. I don't think she understands how bad her work performance is; not to mention her lack of professionalism. I hate to say this, but she's the worst of all secretaries I've ever hired. 

"You know what, get out of my office," I commanded, and she just stood there like she was glued to the floor, she tried to respond but I cut her off, "NOW!" That's when her small mind registered how serious I was, she hurriedly left my office as I immediately dialled Candice's extension.

"Mr. Valdez," her line connected.

"Look Candice, I'll need you to send my secretary home and resume taking interviews," I instructed.

"What happened? I thought she was doing better, her resume looked convincing," she asked surprised.

"Well trust me when I say the last one was better, this is madness Candice. Just take care of her file and let her go," we finished our conversation, and the line went flat.

I had to redo everything and prepare for this meeting myself; I had already postponed it before, so I couldn't risk losing this deal. It took me about four hours until I was satisfied with the paperwork. I shut my MacBook and stretched while seated, spinning my chair. Suddenly my door flew open then appeared my annoying best friend, Nate.

"How are you still here? I thought everyone left," I asked holding back a yawn.

"Am I everyone to you, asshole?" Dude, you need to go home now, it's late and you have an early morning," he said, his voice laced with so much concern.

"I was just about to head out, my body is slowly shutting down. Drop me home, I told Matt to knock off early," I requested.

"If it wasn't for the meeting, we could go to the gym to blow off some steam but right now we need you well rested for tomorrow. Let's go," I packed up everything then we headed for the elevator.

My phone pinged as we reached the car, I noticed it was Candice telling me that my new secretary will come early to get acquainted with me as well as accompany me to the meeting. She directly told me she thoroughly interviewed her, so I didn't need to. I didn't know what I would do without Candice, she had been with me since I started the company, so I consider her family, her and Nate.

We arrived at the mansion, and I headed straight to the shower, if it wasn't for Nate I'm quite sure I wouldn't have had dinner. He knows I hardly have an appetite whenever I'm pressed with work, so he made sure we had dinner before he brought me home. After showering I headed straight to bed and drifted off to sleep. 

Clay's POV

As I was getting ready this morning, I knew I had to leave a good impression on Ms. Muralie and Mr. Valdez, so I decided to pick a descent outfit. I went shopping yesterday since I had not packed any formal clothes when I came here. Imagine coming all the way from Botswana with just a backpack, funny right?