MORE THAN A SECRETARY

She walked into the office the next morning with her resignation letter in her bag, this was going to be her last day here, there was no need for her to come back, her replacement were already working here, she felt bad for not keeping her promise but he didn’t need her around anyway, and her leaving will do him good too, looking around the place that has been her everyday life for seven years she felt sad letting it go, but she needed a clean start, she plans on taking a long vacation till the end of the year before she goes back to work, this time she was going to do her own thing not work under anybody, she plans on opening her own clothing line, she has always loved fashion and had enough money saved to help her open one, if they are not enough she is gonna get help from her parents, but she knew what she had would go a long way, now she felt a little form of pride knowing she had enough saved.

“Hi Betty, Toni,”

She greeted the two new secretaries that she has been working alongside for about a week now, they were both nice and friendly and very diligent, she couldn’t even hate them for taking her job.

“Hi, Kat,”

They both greeted her, she sat down, the fact that she had to share her office with them, well no longer her office though, but at first she didn’t like the thought and had made her complaint which is why the office has been extended, it took less than three hours, while she appreciated the effort, she didn’t see the need now.

“Has the boss come in?”

She asked as she sat down at her desk, usually, she would have work to do but now, it felt like she just come to work to seat because there was barely anything for her to do.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

“He came but left early, there is a bit of an issue at the site,”

Toni disclosed.

“Which of the sites?”

“The new hotel and resorts,”

He replied.

“Oh,”

Kat added as she opened her laptop, the reconstruction and building of Lucas’s new hotel were going super fast and with the rate, it was going by the end of the year they would open it, sadly she won’t be here to witness it, she would see on TV though, she was sure of that, it was already the talk of the city even though it was still under construction, the transformation of the formerly Reuben’s property was amazing, and by the time it would be complete she was sure it gonna be one of the most expensive places in New York.

She spent most of the day organizing her files and every unfinished work in her care and transferring everything that related to the company in her laptop to a drive, and by lunch, she was almost done but Lucas was nowhere to be seen, she went out during lunch hours to eat and by the time she returned he was still not in his office, neither were the two secretaries and she had left them at the office, the office line rang and she picked it up.

“Hello, good afternoon, this is Evans cooperation and you are on to Katrina, may I know who is speaking?”

She asked as she picked up the phone.

“Aha, Katrina, just the person I was looking for, why aren’t you taking your calls?”

Lucas’s voice inquired at the end of the line, she hadn’t been expecting him to be the one so his voice sent a trilling shock over her, she quickly got her act together and replied to him.

“Sorry sir, I wasn’t with my phone,”

“Can you come over to the site? I need you to help with some things here, there has been an accident here and I don’t think I can be back at the office today, there is a document on my table, I need to go through, bring it,”

His voice commanded, he was all business and she hoped the accident wasn’t that huge.

“Is that all?”

She asked after he went silent.

“Yes, for now,”

“Okay, I will be there in twenty,”

She replied and the call ended, she got up and went over to his office, found the documents he asked for, and proceeded to write a note and leave it for the other secretaries to see, she picked up her bag and left the office.

The drive from the office to the site took longer than expected and she got there two hours later, the place looked different than it was when she came two months ago, there were men on site working she could tell already that this place would be a new playground for the wealthy and the elites of New York, she called Lucas in the phone for directions, she directed her to the house they had used when they had come here, that was the only old building left in the whole land and compared to every other part, the areas around the house was untouched, she knocked on the door, but there was no response, she looked around, knocked again before remembering she knew the password to the lock, she inputted and it opened, she looked around the rooms but Lucas wasn’t there.

“Why didn’t he just tell me he wasn’t going to be here? Crazy,”

She said to herself as she dialed his number.

“Sir? I am at the house,”

“Kat? Sir? Really?”

“Should I drop the documents I have, what about the works you said you have for me, do I need to wait here for you or can you just tell me over the phone?”

She asked ignoring what he had said, yes she went back to calling him sir, yeah it was childish or whatever but for her, it was a wall even though tiny, it still created a gap between them, anything to keep her sane until she leaves.

“Wait there, I am still at the hospital,”

He answered.

“Hospital? Why what happened to you?”

She asked worried for him.

“No, not me, one of the workers is diabetic and collapsed while working, he fell from the second story, thankfully he isn’t hurt badly, although he hasn’t regained consciousness, the doctor said he is okay, I am waiting for his family to turn up before I come over, so wait for me,”

“Alright, sir,”

“Come on Kat, we have passed this, don’t do it, I don’t like it, I am Lucas to you, okay?”

He said. He was obviously not pleased with her using sir.

“Okay,”

She replied, she would hand over her resignation letter to him when he comes back so there was no need to argue with him, she waited for him to turn up but by eight pm he still hasn’t returned, so she concluded that she might be spending the night there, hungry already, she went over to the kitchen to look for something to eat, and was on it when her phone rang, she picked it up without checking thinking it would be Lucas.

“Yes, Lucas?”

“Hello, my love,”

The voice at the other ended replied, she moved her phone from her ear and checked the number, another strange line.

“Who are you?”

She asked looking around, it was already dark and workers already stopped working, the house was quiet.

“Don’t act like you don’t know me, love,”

“First of all, I am not your love, secondly it either you tell me who you are or get the fuck off my phone,”

She said, despite her fears, she was tired of this stranger messing with her.

“Sorry love, I can’t do that, you are mine and it’s almost time for us to meet up,”

“You must be out of your mind, leave me alone, stop pestering me,”

“Should I come over now? I know you are alone, we are going to meet soon anyway and we will live happily ever after, I can come now if you want, I know where you are,”

He said. She looked around, but the estate was well secured that she was sure of.

“Are you sure? Or maybe you think I am home, I might just have to bu***

“You are at the Evan’s ongoing project,”

He said cutting her off, he did know where she was, which meant she had been right when she thought she was been followed and watched.

“What do you want from me?”

She asked scared, her voice was shaking and her hands were too.

“Don’t worry my love, I am not going to hurt you, never, I am here to protect you, and soon we will be together,”

“You have got to be kidding me, why will I want to be with a stranger that I have never met?”

“But we have met before my love,”

He replied with a laugh, she couldn’t for the life of hers match his voice with anyone she knew.

“Please leave me alone, I don’t know you, I don’t care about you and I don’t want your love nor your gifts, just stay away from me, stop calling me,”

“Why? Is it because of him?”

“Him? Who?”

“You know who, I can get rid of him, if he is going to stop us from being together, I know you are sleeping with him but I am not jealous, because you will be mine soon and will forget about him,”

Katrina wondered why she was having the conversation with a stranger.

“I don’t know what you are talking about and I am going to hang up now,”

She answered, ended the call, and proceeded to block the number which she knew was useless because the dude had so many unregistered numbers that she has lost count of how many she had blocked and just as she thought, a text came from a new number, she read it and felt cold to her foot.

“I am coming over,”

The text read, she quickly ran to the door and made sure it was locked, went about locking all the windows and the blinds, before going to the kitchen, she found a bat and picked it up and went to the living room and stood by the door in fear, she thought of calling Lucas, but didn’t.

She stood there in fear, praying for Lucas to show up, about twenty minutes later, she heard the front door lock click and she stood there rooted in fear, praying that it was Lucas and at the same time expecting it to be whoever it was that was stalking her…