HIDDEN PASSION

CHAPTER THREE

Nester sashayed into the advertising company where she worked. She smiled broadly at other employees who greeted her warmly. She was the Assistant of the owner and manager of the company.

She knew she was late to work on a Monday morning, so she  hurried into her boss's office. He would surely nag her. He  was the type that did not tolerate idleness when it comes to work. She wished she could get away with it this time as she always did because she was his favorite employee.

She was brilliant, gentle and hardworking. Plus,she was beautiful and also the best employee of the year. That made most of the other employees envy,adore and respect her.

Nester opened the door to her boss's office and walked in. He was working just as she had predicted. Such a workaholic! She smiled and tried to get his attention so she leaned forward on his desk and he gazed up at her and then back to his work, not minding the distractive shirt she was wearing which was advertising her cleavage. 

     "Nester, why are you late again? Is it because I don't always punish you?" her boss  asked, putting his pen down on the magazine on his desk and leaned back on his chair. 

     "Come on, Nath. Don't nag. I forgot to set the alarm last night. I'm sorry, okay? Nester pleaded seductively despite knowing fully well that he wasn't interested in her in anything more than a boss-employee relationship. She was willing to give it a trial. Not every man would be able to resist seduction. 

     "Fine. But next time, I definitely won't pardon your lateness. Mark my word," Nathaniel promised and continued working. He still had to find the perfect model to advertise the product he wanted to promote its sales. 

She nodded as he gazed up. 

    "How is the deal with Williams Modeling company?" he asked. 

     "They will probably give us feedback this week. I pray it's positive because the woman is picky, very picky in giving out her models to advertise. She has been choosing companies herself and now that we chose her first, I pray —," Nester was explaining but he cut in. 

Williams modeling company was the one he submitted his request for a model to advertise for him. He owns a manufacturing and advertising company. He produces and advertises for his and different companies' products like clothing, toiletries and so on. He just wanted to try out the service of the modeling company, not that he couldn't get the models, one actually, himself. 

     "I'll be positive. You can go and start your work now," he uttered and dipped his nose back in his work. 

     "Okay. I will see you later," she replied and went outside. She forgot to tell him something and was about to re enter his office when she heard him talking on the phone. She did not want to eavesdrop but she could not stop herself from doing so. 

"You should know that I really love this woman since I am pestering you so much. Please, find her. I beg of you," she heard him say. 

What? Was he looking for someone? And the person was a woman? It could not be that he was planning to marry her once he found her, right? That would be the end of her. She had loved Nathaniel ever since she started working for him three years ago. And even if he did not like her, her plan was to make him to. Now, she would not allow some unknown woman to come in between them and ruin her plans 

She would rather do anything in her power to make sure that would not happen. She turned around to leave but halted mid-way. Should she just hire someone to pretend to be who he was looking for? What if he recognized her? She would have loved to believe that but she knew that was never possible for her boss. Her boss did not recognize faces, so there was no way he was going to recognize the woman she would hire.