Sharpies and sticky notes

In which she is delightfully tricked

I walked into the office the next week feeling good. Nothing major had happened in the past few days, and I was willing to go as far as saying I that I wouldn't be doing anything crazy for a while.

"Morning Alexis,"

"Hey Stella, how are you doing?"

"I'm good thanks. Mr. Matthews is waiting in your office. He says he has to meet with you about your decorating his office building. I've checked your diary, and there isn't a meeting with him scheduled till Tuesday, but I didn't want to seem rude and point that out to him, so I let him up."

"Thanks love, is there anything else I should know?"She paused for a second and seemed to be thinking before denying it and sending me off with a guilty look on her usually innocent face.

"Good Morning Mr. Matthews. I see you've made yourself familiar with my co-workers." I said, all business , as I walked into my office and walked towards the desk. I soon noticed though, that I couldn't sit at my chair, because Ryan had taken the liberty of occupying the seat. Sensing this as his way of getting a complaint from me, I refused to fall for it and simply moved to the other side of the desk and sat in one of the two chairs on the opposite side of the desk.

"Do you know what I don't like?" He says, leaning forward and closer to the desk. "I don't like the ideas you've given me so far Ms. Knight. Neither of them seem to scream my company's name. They're all repulsive."

"Mr. Matthews, with all due respect, if you'd been here on Tuesday at 10 am, like we'd scheduled, then I would have suitable material. Right now though, I don't have time to focus solely on your project. As a respected businessman, I'm sure you understand that multiple business ventures happen at a time."

He smugly put his elbows on the desk and tented his hands. "Ms. Knight, I hope you understand that while you're being an incompetent little shit, there are adults out there. Real adults, mind you. That can't do their jobs in proper office environments because the woman I'm talking to right now doesn't know how to manage her time properly."

'"The woman he's talking to is an incompetent little shit," he says... Dude is he talking to you?' My subconscious asked, clearly back from wherever she's been.

I didn't think he's fully aware of who he's talking to or what he's talking about."Excuse me?"

"Oh I'm sorry, I stuttered didn't I?" He said, fully aware that there was nothing wrong with the way he said anything. "I seem to be doing a lot these days"

"Mr. Matthews, in case you hadn't noticed, I do not work for you, so you cannot barge into my office unannounced and shout at me for no reason. Go do that to your own employees. If you're on your period, go P.M.S. somewhere else and let me do my work. I'll have you know that I am more than qualified to do my job. I am , in fact , one of the best out there. We had a meeting scheduled for Tuesday which is when I would have had the appropriate items in place. If you could please be patient, I'd highly appreciate it. I don't see how calling me shit and being absolutely unprofessional will accomplish anything in the meantime. So I advise you to refrain using vulgar language in my office." I said and stormed out before he could say anything in reply.

But apparently the little idiot doesn't know how to read social cues, because just as I was about to open the door, he grabbed my arm and pinned me to the wall.
Because I have the worst luck ever, that was the same moment Cassie decided to walk in.

"Alexis I need you to- " , she all but shouted as she entered the office , only to catch herself when she saw that I had company ."- Ryan Matthews, what a pleasure to meet you. I had no idea you and Ms. Knight were so close." She said, walking closer to give him a handshake while giving me a significant look that I couldn't decipher.