The ceo’s secretary

“Lexi! Lexi! Lexi!” I heard my sister’s voice from far away. I was in a dream.

Knock knock

“Lexi, aren’t you going to work?”

Knock, knock, knock, knock.

“Lexi! Lexi! Lexi!” She thundered, and that got to me.

“Yes,” I answered sluggishly.

“Aren’t you going to work?”

“I’m going. I will go.”

“You are going to be late.”

Last night came back to me, and I checked the room instantly for Jason, who was gone.

“Thanks for waking me up.”

“You are welcome. I will be on my way now.”

“Alright bye”

“Oh Lexi!”

“Yes”

“We’re out of groceries, so make sure to get some on your way back home. The money is on the table.”

“I might come home late. So maybe you should get it instead.”

“Are you going out with Peter?”

“No. I and Peter are no longer a couple.”

“What!? What happened?” Since when?”

“We just decided to break up since we are no longer feeling it.”

“That explains why I’ve not been seeing him around. Since when?”

“Three weeks ago”

“Three weeks ago?” And you didn’t tell me.”

“I’m sorry. I planned to, but it always slipped out of my mind.”

“We’re going to talk later in the evening. Bye.”

“Bye bye”

I set my alarm for ten a. m. and went back to sleep.

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“Good morning, Lexi,” Jada greeted.

“Good morning, Jada.”

“Are you feeling better now?”

That question caught me off guard, but I thanked God that I was able to give the right answer.

“Yeah, thank you.”

“You are welcome. And Mr. Stokes said you should come to his office as soon as you are around.”

“Okay, thank you.”

I went to my office to drop off my bag before knocking on his.

“Yeah, come in.”

“Good morning, sir.”

“How was your night?” He asked and smirked.

“Great sir”

“You can go back to your office.”

“But Jada told me you wanted to see me.”

“And I have seen you.”

‘Asshole’ I murmured. “Ok, sir.”

“Oh, wait, Lexi. I want the files you are through with in my office as soon as possible.

“Okay sir”

“And nice skirt,” he added.

“Thanks,” I replied.

I met up with Stephanie during lunch and ordered only Coke because I ate my breakfast late.

“I heard you weren’t feeling well.”

“Wow! The rate at which information moves in this company is faster than a jet.”

“True, and how are you feeling now?”

“Better,” I took some drugs and came to the office as soon as I was strong enough.”

“You want some?” She asked, passing me her fries.

“No thanks”

“Is it true that Dixie is coming tomorrow?”

“Dixie? Who is that?”

“Mr. Stokes’s girlfriend”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Where do you get that information from?”

“Stop being too professional. There is no secret in this company unless you pretend not to know.”

“Like seriously?”

“Yeah, like seriously.”

I couldn’t get over the fact that someone, namely Jada, gave out information about Mr. Stokes to the other employees. Because if that wasn’t the case, how could Stephanie know about Dixie’s appointment tomorrow afternoon, and how did she know about my being sick this morning?

I was walking angrily to Jada’s office to talk sense into her brain when my phone vibrated inside my purse.

“Peter,” I said quietly, and I wondered why he was calling me.

“Hello”

“Lexi”

“Yes Peter”

“How are you?”

“Fine, you?”

“Okay. I’m just checking on you.”

“Thank you”

“And I’m wondering if it is possible for us to meet this evening.”

I changed my direction and went to my office instead.

“Peter, this is the first time you will be calling me in three weeks, and the next thing you want is for us to meet up. Peter, who does that? Huh, who does that?”

“I’m sorry, Lexi. I’m sorry for not calling you. I’ve actually wanted to, but I was thinking you would.”

“Why would you think I would?”

“I’m sorry. Let’s meet this evening; let’s talk things out. You mean so much to me.”

“Okay. Seven. You will be picking me up at home.”

“Okay bye. Love you”

“Bye”

I hung up the phone and almost screamed when I realized that I wasn’t alone in the office.

“You scared me.”

“I didn’t mean to; I’m sorry.”

“Since when have you been here?”

“Not long ago”

“What can I do for you, sir?”

“I want you to go through these files,” he said while pointing at some files that were on my table.

“Okay”

“And I want them on my table first thing tomorrow morning.”

“Okay sir”

I was through with the files by 5:55 p. m., and I decided to drop them on his table before leaving.

I opened the adjoining door with an I don’t care attitude because I knew he left about an hour ago and fell from the shock of seeing him on his seat.

“You okay?”

“Yeah, thank you. I didn’t know you were still around,” I said while packing the files.

“I came back not long ago.”

“I just wanted to drop the files.”

“Okay. Drop it”

I dropped it on the table, said my bye, and turned back to leave when he called me back.

“Lexi!”

“Yes”

“Do you mind spending some more time with me in the office?”

“I will really love to, but I have to go.”

“To do what?”

“To buy the groceries. My sister sent me to the grocery store.”

“I can take you there when I’m through.”

“That is so kind of you, but I don’t want to be a burden. I will like to go by myself.”

“Okay, then, till tomorrow.”

“Till tomorrow”

I texted Cynthia on my way home.

‘Peter called. He wants us to talk if we can work things out.

‘Really? Why now?’

‘I’m curious as well. We are going to meet this evening.

‘Will you give him a second chance if he is really ready to give you what you want?’

‘Maybe’

‘WHAT!? What about Mr. CEO?’

‘I heard he has a girlfriend. I don’t know which to believe because he said he doesn’t, and he isn’t even ready for a serious relationship.

‘Believe him. People like him don’t lie. Why will he? He has money and connections, so why will he be lying to someone like you?

‘He was at my place last night’

My phone rang a few seconds later.

“I knew you were going to call.”

“So, what really happened?”

“We were texting each other; he stopped texting me, and thirty minutes later, he was knocking on my window.”

“OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! Lexi, this guy really got a thing for you. That was so hot. I wish I was there.”

“And Judith almost caught us.”

“Because you guys were making too much noise.”

“He was cool the whole time; I was the savage one.”

“So, what excuse did you give Judith?”

“I told her I ran into a wall on my way to the restroom,” I said, laughing at the memory.

“Poor girl. And she believed that?”

“Of course, why won’t she?”

“We’re going to talk later, Lexi; I really have to go.”

“Alright, bye. I love you.”

“I love you too, the CEO’s secretary.”