● His Secretary ●

007

Right when I entered my office the phone rang. I quickly ran to my desk to answer it.

"This is-"

"Please bring me a cup of coffee." Mr. Armando says and then hang up.

Wow. Someone is a bit grumpy today.

I put my stuff on my desk and then walked to the break room to make his coffee just the way he likes it.

I knock on his door and he said 'come in'

When I walked in I saw a zombie, not Mr. Alaric. His eyes were bloodshot. He had bags under his eyes and his hair was a little messy. To be honest he looked horrible.

"Your coffee, sir."

He takes it from my hand and took a sip. "Thank you."

"Are you okay Mr. Alaric?"

He gave me a sad smile."Not really, but I'll be fine."

I nodded. "Do you need anything else?"

"No right now. If you don't have anything else to do you can take the day off. Cancel all my appointments. I'm actually not in the mood to stay here right now."

I wonder what happened that made him so sad. "Are you sure Mr. Armando?"

He nodded as he packed his things up as I leave his office. I finish his schedule and then left an hour later.

......

The next day Mr. Armando wasn't at the office. Or the day after that. He didn't come for a week. Everybody was a bit worried. I was too a little. What if he's sick and he's about to die? What will happen to this company? What will happen to me? I can't lose this job. It's the best job I've ever had! Gosh Nat! You're so selfish.

"Did you hear about the news?" Jenna told me as we eat our food.

"What news?"

"Mr. Armando's fiance broke off their engagement."

"No way! Are you serious?"

"Dead serious."

"Poor man. He must be devastated."

She nodded. "Heard they've been together since senior year in high school. They're like 31 now."

My eyes widened. "They've been together for 13 years!"

"Yep!"

"Wow. Let's talk about something else. This is a bit depressing."

She nodded and we both finished our lunches.

....

He came to work today. He looked a little bit better but I could still see the sadness in his eyes.

"Can you please tell me what's on my agenda for today miss Teixeira?" I nodded and told him about his lunch meeting with Mr. Bolivia and that his father was coming to see him and have lunch with him. That made him smile just a little bit. "Thank you." He says when I was done. I nodded and left his office to go do some work.

When I went home that night I was on my laptop looking for apartments. I know that I don't have enough money to rent one yet but it wouldn't hurt to look right. I saw a decent one 10 miles from here. One bedroom with a small room for office, a really cute bathroom, a living room and a nice kitchen. $1560 per month. Woah! That's too much. Let's look for more.

I spent the night looking at them. Around 9 I made myself some soup and then went to bed.

.....

The following week was the same. I wake up. Went to work, then went home at 7 and then sleep and so on.

Friday after noon I got a really important file to give to Mr. Armando. I don't get why they sent it to me and not to his house. I didn't have time on Friday so on Saturday morning I woke to go and give it to him.

I put on an oversized gray tee and a pair of black jeans and boots. I brushed my hair and then grabbed my bag and the file to leave. It was 78° F today and I was happy. It was bright and sunny outside. I could see New Yorkers walking their dogs and drinking coffee.

I took a taxi and gave the driver the address. I got there about 20 minutes. Even though I've been here before I'm still amazed at size and beauty of this house.

"Can you please wait here? I'm just going to be in there for 5 minutes."

The driver rolled his eyes but nodded. I gave him a thumbs up and got out of the cab to the gate.

I press the red button and waited for someone to talk. After what feels like forever I heard Mr Alaric's voice. "Who is it?"

"It's Natália Mr Alaric."

"Oh. Wait for a sec." A few moments later I heard the gate click and the door opened. I walked inside and the gate closed. I walk to the front door and I saw Mr. Alaric already waiting by the door. "Hey Natália. What are you doing here?"

I took the envelope out of my bag and hand it to him. "This was sent to my apartment yesterday instead of yours. I didn't see much. All I saw was your name and-"

His eyebrows furrowed when he opened them. "Thank you miss Natália."

"No problem." I turn around to leave when he asked,

"Would you like to stay for brunch?"

"What?" Did my boss just asked me to have brunch with him? In his house? Isn't that unprofessional?

He chuckled. "Brunch. Do you want to have brunch with me?"

"Oh. I don't know. I-"

"It's just brunch Natália."

I shrugged. "Okay. I will."

He beamed and then opened the door so I could walk in. I felt a bit self conscious. Everything looked expensive and here I was wearing a three dollar shirt.

I pull my hair over my left shoulder and followed him to his kitchen.

This won't be so bad, would it?

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