What's Leon doing at my workplace? And why is he walking with the executives?
“He is probably a partner they are trying to impress,” said one of the colleagues.
“Or an investor that will pump money into this company” said the other
I glanced at him again and saw that someone was talking to him and then to the executives, that must be his secretary.
Just then, a lady walked into our office and knocked on the door
“I'm looking for Miss Richardson”
“That would be me” I raised my hand to grab her attention, wondering why she's looking for me
“You are being summoned to the CEOs office” she announced “And I'm expected to bring you”
Curious to know why I'm being summoned, I followed her to the CEOs office where I was later ushered in.
“Miss Richardson has arrived, sir” she announced and gave me way to come in
“Thank you,” he said.
I instantly looked up to see who it was as I recognized that voice. Lo and behold, it was Leon.
“Nice to see you again, Patricia”. I was too stunned to speak as I still couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Leon was my boss
I think he noticed because he stood up from his seat and strides towards me. When he was two steps away from me, he bent forward
“There's alot going on in that pretty head of yours”
I cleared my throat, and looked away, trying to hide the heat of my blush slowly crawling up to my face.
“I'm sorry, I'm just confused” I admitted “I didn't expect the stranger to end up being my boss”
“And why is that?” he took a step forward “Are you perhaps attracted to me and you're disappointed you have to be formal with me”
I shook my head, even though I really wanted to know him, it didn't cross my mind that I wanted to date him.
“Then why did you call yesterday?” he took another step forward which prompted me to take a step backward
“I - I” I didn't know what to say next. I wished I could just go back in time and give Krista a hard knock on the head for doing that foolish phone call. It's because of her I'm in this tight, awkward situation.
He kept taking more steps while I equally tried to maintain the distance until my back met the wall.
“I dialled the wrong number” I lied “And I only realised too late” but he didn't seemed to buy the lie as he just nodded his head
“Then I should do something in return to make it right with us, don't you agree?” he placed both arms at each side of my face, pinning me firmly to the wall
“What is that?” I asked, wondering what kind of thing he was thinking and he placed his fingers on my chin to raise my head up
This forced me to look at him and within a few seconds, he leaned closer to me, finally closing the gap between us and planted a kiss on my lips
The kiss was a mixture of fire and brimstone, like we were both relieving ourselves off something, like a problem weighing our shoulders like concrete.
God knows how long it was until we finally parted and stared at each other while trying to catch our breath
“Pat” he called out my name “Is it weird if I want to do this again?”
I wanted to scream no but seeing the circumstances of this made me feel sad. He was my boss and I knew nothing about it up until today.
As he leaned in for another, I placed both hands on his chest to stop him from forging ahead
“We can't” I reminded him “We shouldn't”
“And why is that?”
“You're my boss and I'm an employee. I need this job and won't want any form of distraction”
I wanted to give him more explanation but it just would be too much. He does not need to know too much
“Fine” he walked back, letting go of the warmth that I'm now craving for again. The last time Alex got intimate with me was almost three years ago during Christmas and that was to put on a show for my step father.
I loved that moment even though I knew it was a fake. I desperately hoped it wouldn't be in the near future.
“We can only be intimate if we are not separated by office hierarchy” he turned to look at me “can't we be that outside this”
“I'm sorry Mr. Blackwood” I acknowledged him formally “But we have to put an end to this. Thank you for helping me last time but I hope we forget about what happened here”
I took a turn and walked out of his office and since that day, he actually respected my boundaries and never made any romantic gesture towards me again.
Although I felt really bad as I craved for such attention for so long, I knew it was for the best. Any romance in the office might stop me from achieving that position I wanted.
I want to finally boast about my achievement to my family and don't need to feel like I'm a failure that only stained their whites thanks to my existence
This, however, didn't come without a price as I was bombarded with lots and lots of workload. Some that keep me longer at work.
“This week evaluation, Timore mall have made an exponential sale thanks to the discount gift pegged together” I would report to him
Another time, I would have to be at his office to organize files for him. Duty that is solely meant for his secretary
“I'm sorry, ma'am” his secretary, James, would apologize “He instructed me not to touch any of them”
“It's not your fault, James” I assured him, hoping it wasn't a form of punishment for rejecting him
I was given a task one day which didn't go well
“I don't seem to find the file report for the clothing brands at Kiltal store"i lamented as I searched through the files given to me
“I'll just go explain it to Leon” I muted as I made my way to his office to inform him of it with hopes that he would pardon me
If the situation couldn't get any worse, I was called to the HR office the next day where I was suddenly handed a resignation letter
“Miss Richardson” the HR called my name “You are hereby relieved off duty in this corporation”
A news that totally broke me
