Amber arrived at the office at 7:00am and went straight to the HR department to learn more about her work duties, she was assigned an office not too far from the CEO, she was to provided him coffee in the morning, get him lunch, attend meeting with him to take note, learn about his work and sit in on some of the meetings he may not be able to attend, she was also to do any other task assigned by the chairman, she rushed to her newly assigned office, dropped her bag and rushed to get coffee, she went to the company’s kitchenette where she met Lauretta, she was a curvy woman but not obese according to the general belief that foodies are always obese, Lauretta was very friendly which makes it easier for Amber to learn of Mr Todd's coffee preference, they chatted for a while and Lauretta told Amber to rush back at 7:25am as Mr Todd will be arriving by 7:30am so Amber grabbed his coffee and rushed back, she was just about going into his office to drop the coffee when Todd stepped out of the elevator, his sharp gaze piercing into Amber soul and the hand she reached out to open the door with froze, Todd walked to his office e door and stepped in ignoring the frozen Amber by the door, Amber regained her senses and quickly stepped in to drop his coffee, then he looked up and told her in his usual sharp voice “get ready for a site inspection" “ye yes sir" Amber stammered trying to rush out of his office but his next word stopped her in her tracks “wait! Meet the asset manager to give you the things you’ll need for to site inspection" “o okay sir" she said and scurried out, Todd Shook his head wondering If she always stutter when nervous, he knew he made her nervous but he was enjoying it at her expense and intentionally made his face appeared more cold than it usually is.
One hour later.Todd and Amber stepped down from the car and Amber put on the helmet she was given by Dan, who is the asset manager for the company, she had put on the safety boot before leaving the office, she looked at Todd and he was putting on a white helmet with the company’s name and logo on the front, her own helmet was yellow, Todd started walking towards the shopping complex under construction and she followed suit, the site engineer met them at the entrance and they exchange pleasantries before Todd started official issues, he pointed out some things he noticed and the engineer answered, they were using some professional terms but luckily for her she had indeed gone to some sites to familiarise herself with those terms before going for the interview so she found it easy to keep track of their discussions, they discussed the progress rate and talked about future plans before moving to the next building which was a five bedroom duplex, Amber took note of all the suggestions and plans, two hours later they were done and headed back to the company, Amber got out of the car and tried rushing to the staff canteen for food but was stopped by Todd who said they were going out in the next five minutes, Amber quietly resigned to fate, she had skipped breakfast that morning hoping to have enough time to eat before the start of work but couldn’t meet up due to the site inspection preparation, it took her thirty minutes to get her PPE from the asset manager and another thirty minutes of lecture from the safety officer who told her things to do or not do. She didn’t bother going up to the office since they will be heading out in give minute, she stayed down reserving her energy for the next phase of work, Todd came back few minutes later holding a file, he gave the file to Amber and walked into his car, Amber followed immediately and the driver drove off, she was grumbling within her all through the drive but couldn’t voice out her concern, she was shocked to see the car packed in front of a restaurant, she watched Todd get down from the car and walk sharply into the restaurant so she quickly followed, Todd was seated at their window side table, Amber approached his table reluctantly not sure if she’ll be allowed to sit with him, she lingered close to his table when Todd looked up abruptly and said in a tight voice “sit" Amber quickly sat down like a scared cat, she couldn’t look up at him but collected the menu he stretched to her, before she could order what she wanted he had place an order for two, she dropped the menu and muttered to herself “what’s the use of giving me the menu when you were just going to order for me anyway" Todd raised his brow and said “what did you say" She looked up sharply and said “I said it’s a nice restaurant, I I love the arrangement” Todd nodded and didn’t say much after that, Amber was too nervous to speak, she kept clutching her hands together and biting and lower lip lightly, Todd studies her and smiled but Amber didn’t see his smile, the food arrived and they ate in silence, Amber was too clumsy and spilled wine on her blouse so she excused herself to the ladies where she cleaned her blouse as much as she could, by the time she was back, Todd had paid the bills and was only waiting for her, but when she said “sorry for keeping you waiting" Todd chuckled and said “what makes you think am waiting you" then he got up and walked away with Amber running after him.Meeting Petra.At the general Monday meetings, the next week Amber resumed, there was a lady in attendant who Amber had not met before, she was a contract staff and only comes when needed, she handles the painting and some other finishes job for the company, while the chief technical officer gave a run down of the progress of work and the next phase target, Petra who is the strange person to Amber raised her hand to say something, she asked when the screeding on the block of flats will be completed and when the painting can commence, the technical officer answered her and the meeting continued, Amber leaned toward Jen who was sitting beside and asked quietly, “Jen, who is the lady there" she asked as she pointed towards Petra in a concealed way, Jen leaned in and said to her “that’s Petra, I’ll give you full detail after the meeting" Amber nodded and sat upright, after the meeting Petra went into the CEO’s office, though she was a contract staff she was also one of the shareholders. A
Todd walked into his apartment later than his usual time, it was a tough Monday, having to attend meeting, make adjustments to plans and dealing with Petra's shenanigans, he knew she had a bad temper but didn’t bother much since she doesn’t go overboard most times and the work she does is good, he figured since they only work together sometimes, they could do so amicably but when she threw her coffee on Amber today he felt so angry but couldn’t show it for fear that his staffs might think he’s giving preferential treatment, though he had seen her misbehaving before but never in this manner, he walk into the house and the house was quiet, he wonder if Carrie had gone to bed and he had missed saying goodnight to her, he walked towards her room and heard Donna’s soft voice as she concludes her night story “Peter and Kate had a lovely day, and bade farewell to their friends as they all headed to their various houses, the end" Todd opened the door slightly and peeped in, he heard Carrie’s
“do you think it’s possible to dream about someone long before you ever met the person" Todd asked Carl as they both sat relaxing in Todd’s living room, Saturday evening “well, I guess you must have met the person without knowing or perhaps you saw the face in passing other than that I can’t say man, I mean I don’t think it’s possible" Carl said casually but one look at Todd’s serious expression and sat up quickly “did that happen to you man, I mean did you meet someone you like, because if you did that would be a great news, I mean it’s been what, like 2years now and you haven’t even look at any lady twice, now you’ve pique my interest, where did you meet her, where can I find her" Todd had to raise his hand to stop him from ranting “Dude, I only asked you a question, where did you get all these ideas from” “am not buying this crap, I know somethings up, are you going to tell me or not" Carl said not backing down, Todd heaved a sigh and smack his head with his right hand palm “why d
Carl could see the pain in his friend’s eyes and he tried to console him and take his mind of that topic “you know, one day, your wishes are going to come through but will revenge or hurting the person who did this lessen your pain, fir the sake of your daughter move on" there was a long pause before Carl said “now, how about you tell me all about that woman of your dreams" “oh, come on, is that what we’re calling her now, her name is Amber and she is my PA.Monday morning.At 9:00am Carl strolled into Jen’s office and asked without any pre-amble “Jen, who is Amber" Jen paused from surprise at first but said “boss's PA” “yes I know, I mean, where is she, I’ll like to meet her" he said sounding impatient, “follow me” Jen said as she led him straight to Amber’s office, Amber was arranging the shelve placed at one side of her office when the door opened, she squirmed and all the paper in her hands fell to the floor, she apologised and was bending to pack up the paper but Carl shouted “St
When Todd was sober, he asked Carl “see what you’ve caused, this is my office Carl, why would you bring a gossip topic to my office" “I couldn’t resist the temptation, I had to see for myself" Carl said shrugging his shoulder, “well, thanks now leave" Todd said and Carl opened his mouth in shock, he didn’t expect his friend to send him out of his office over this issue but Todd looked serious like a business man heading to seal a deal, Carl shook his head and said “I need to get to work anyway, I’ll deal with you later" he walked out of the office and Todd called Amber to come in, when she got in, he ask her to seat, she sat in the chair Carl had just vacated. Todd raised his brow slightly to show Amber how serious he his with what he was about to say. Todd raised his brow slightly making him look more serious than he does usually just to show Amber how serious he was with what he was about to say “everything Carl, that’s the man you saw in my office, now whatever he might have said,
Amber got home the next day and met Ann standing by her door way, “hello sis” Amber knew something was up, the moment she saw Ann “what is it this time" Amber asked without any preamble “won’t you even let me in first" Ann asked faking offence “why should I let you in, so you could sell all the little things I own for money” Ann looked down as if she was feeling remorseful “I deserve that but please just let me in, it’s a matter of life and death" Amber hesitated for a while but finally opened the door, once inside Amber said “now, what’s with the matter of life and death” Ann started to talk but was stammering “it it OK let me explain, it it" “it what" Amber asked feeling strange, she had a feeling whatever Ann wanted to say would be a game changer “I kind off went gambling again, before you lecture me, I know I mess up and am sorry but I owe someone two thousand dollar and it so happened that person is Jack Ray" Ann said and looked up to see Amber’s reaction, Amber’s eyes widen as s
Friday evening Todd went home early, he has been feeling kind off guilty lately for entertaining any form of likeness to any lady, he decide to visit Sarah’s tomb to tell her all that was in his heart, but he didn’t want to go alone so he went home to pick up Carrie, he knows that no matter how good Donna was with Carrie, one day she will need a motherly love and that day was coming soon. He got Donna to dress Carrie in a warm fluffy coat cause the weather was a bit chilly outside, then he strap her in her car seat and ensure she was secured before entering the driver’s seat and driving off.“Hi honey, it’s been a while since I came here last, Carrie say hi to mummy" he said to Carrie “Hi to mummy” the little girl responded and Todd smiled at her response then he continued “you see how big she is now, and she looks just like you, she has you big brown eye and curly hair and she is a foodie just like you” he paused a little and smiled a he recall how Sarah was with food especially when
Monday morning, Petra came for the meeting, where they discussed the progress of work, after the meeting she was on her way to Todd’s office when she passed by the admin office and overheard them talking about Carl checking out Amber and saying stuffs like Todd liking Amber, she paused and thought for a while, could the clumsy Amber really catch the attention of a man she has been trying so hard to catch for years, she made up her mind to be extra mean to Amber, she was wearing a black jumpsuit with bold make up that makes her stand out as usual, she walked into Todd’s office without knocking “Hi, Mr Anderson” she was saying but Todd raised one 9f his eyes, looked at her and said “you didn’t knock" “oh sorry I kind off forgot” she said and was about sitting down when Todd said “you can kind off get back out and knock" she was shocked, Todd had not spoken to her in that tone before, could he still be mad at her for treating Amber like she did the last time, perhaps what she heard was t