Secrets & Lies

First Day| 3

"Your ID photo is astounding." Alex said while looking at it. "Thanks. It's a lot better than the ID picture I had in college." I said and laughed to myself. "I feel like everyone's college ID pic was jacked." He chuckled.

"Definitely." I agreed. As we stopped in front of my office door I turned to ask him one last question.

"Hey, Alex? Why'd you call Mr. Romano by his first name?" I asked while scrunching my eyebrows together. He chuckled lightly before answering.

"Sebastian is my brother." He said. My mouth made an 'o' shape and I nodded slowly. "I'll be leaving now, so I'll see ya later, Nyla." He said and waved as he closed the door. I was now left in my thoughts sitting in the really comfortable bean bag chair.

I learned everything I needed to know, where things were, what to buy for him when he needs me to get things, everything. Speaking—or thinking of him I should probably go to his office to let him know the tour is over.

I headed towards the conjoining door and knocked three times. "Come in!" He shouted.

"What do I do now?" I asked when I stepped in. He glanced at me before looking back at his computer.

"You can get me coffee. No cream, 2 sugars." He said dismissively. I had the urge to roll my eyes but held back. "Sure thing, Mr. Romano. Anything else?" I asked politely. "No. Now get out."

I took a deep breath and held in the words I had for his attitude. I went to grab my jacket and headed to the Starbucks down the street.
"Welcome to Starbucks. What can I get for you today?" The girl whose name tag read Adriana on it said.

"Can I get a medium Green tea Frappuccino, a cookie straw, and a large black coffee?" I asked politely. She nodded and typed away on her computer.

"Of course, Can I have your name and then You can wait over there." I nodded and told her my name before I paid.

5 minutes later she called my name and handed me my stuff. My purse dinged twice and I'm assuming it's the iPad. I walked to a table to sit the drinks down and looked at the iPad.

From Mr. Romano:
- Can you hurry up Nyla?'

From Mr. Romano:
what is taking you so long?'

I typed out ' I'm coming ctfo' but shook my head to delete the message knowing it was unprofessional no matter how annoying his attitude was. Can't risk my job the first day. I decided against responding and just headed back to the building.

Once I was inside, I went straight to the elevator. There were two people in there. Alex and a girl with green eyes that looked like him. This is probably the sister Mr. Romano was referring to.

"Hey, Nyla. This is my sister, Amara." He said. I greeted them both and the elevator dinged. I left out and went straight to his office. I couldn't knock so I tapped the door with my foot. I heard a come in and attempted to open the door. Once I successfully opened the door, I went in and kicked it shut.

"You do know your read receipts are on right?"

"Uh no." I said nervously. "Well they are. Answer when I text."

For the rest of my day I stayed in my office. I emailed things to people for him. Checked his meetings, and sent things to his printer in his office. I have to be here 5 more minutes so I decided to go tell him how many meetings he has.

I made way to his office and hesitantly knocked. When I stepped in I noticed he had a glass with what looked like scotch in his hands and the first few buttons of his shirt were undone. Must be stressed.

"Uh sir, I came to tell you, you have two meetings tomorrow. One with your parents at 11 and another with Mr. Bailey from Bailey Corp at 3:00." I said. I walked over to his desk and wrote it on a sticky note in case he forgot. He just stared at me, didn't say anything just stared. I ignored his eyes burning into me, turning on my heal.

"If you need anything or if you forgot the meetings call me. Have a good night, sir." I called over my shoulder.

When I was all packed up, I shut down my computer, grabbed my keys, and turned out the little lamp before I left locking the door behind me.

When I finally got home, I fell face first on the couch letting out a groan. I didn't really realize how tired I was until then. My body was shutting down before I had time to process and before I knew it, I was out like a light.