Lucas watched her sleep, they both had work to do but he just didn't want to wake her, she looked beautiful even while sleeping, why was he just noticing her beauty, well not totally though, he had known she was a pretty woman from the moment she had come for the interview six years ago, back then he had thought she won't last a week with him cuz she looked so fragile and vulnerable but she had proved him wrong by withstanding him and even sticking to him for so long, she is hardworking and very efficient, she rarely made mistakes and when she does, she fixes it in no time, he wasn't sure he can work with someone else at this point, cuz she is the only one who can take all his shit without complaining.
Before she came to work for him, he had over fifteen Secretaries who either quit or are fired by him, she is the only one who had worked for him for a year and above, it has been six whole years.The thought that she had considered quitting at a point didn't sit well with him, he didn't know how it would have been if she had submitted a resignation letter, he knew he won't have allowed her to go, he made sure to pay her well for her services, and also to treat her to gifts and sometimes outing so that she wouldn't consider leaving him but he seemed to have not done enough three years ago cuz she had wanted to quit.He flipped through the files in hand, he checked through the proposer and decided he didn't like what he saw, they were not offering enough to meet his demands, so he marked it as rejected and dropped it on his table, he looked up to see that she was already awake, he frowned at her and she looked at him apologetically.
"You are finally awake, so all the talk about being able to work was just talking,""I am sorry I fell asleep, you should have woken me up,"She replied rubbing her eyes and fixing her dress, she looked beautiful even just waking up, her hair was a bit in disorder and her shirt lost a few buttons so he could see the curve of her breast, her lips were...* okay stop right there, he thought taking his eyes off her, she didn't seem to notice him checking her out as she was busy fixing herself."Go do that in the bathroom and also fix your hair and sprinkle water on your face it will help you wake up, you have been sleeping for five hours and we haven't done much today."He said getting up from his chair and heading to the kitchen to heat the food they had ordered, she had fallen asleep even before the food came."I know I didn't sleep that long, you are just playing with me,"She said still fixing her dress."Why will I lie? We got here by eight am, check the time now, it passed one already."He said pointing at the wall clock before exiting the home office and headed to his kitchen. When he came neck she was sitting at her table and working."Aren't you gonna eat?"He asked pointing at the good he was holding."You are becoming caring these days that I am kinda scared, are you been nice to me for a reason? You never did tell me what you wanted yesterday,"She questioned getting up to collect what he was holding and bitting into it almost immediately, she looked adorable but adorable shouldn't be used to describe his secretary, she is sexy, hella hot, and has every component he desired in a woman, the only thing that stops him each time is that he couldn't bear to have anything with her and lose her if things go wrong, mixing business with pleasure always ends on the wrong side and he isn't ready for that but then again what he wanted to ask her for was a little off business but still related to business, he didn't know what her response will be and he needed her to help him convince the old man that he is the one for the job."Lucas,"She called food with food in her mouth, he had the urge to wipe her mouth clean with his and moved away from her before he would do just that."I told you already that I will let you know soon,"He responded, eating his food."It would be better if I know now than later so that I can know if I can help,"She replied."I will let you know after we are done with work today.""Okay, fine,"She replied and they continued eating in silence, after eating she took their dirty dishes to the kitchen and came back bearing ice cream, he wasn't a fan of ice cream so he declined."I don't know why you don't like I e cream yet it's always in your fridge.""Well, you like it, and my sisters do too, I don't when anyone of you will be around so I stuck it in case y'all come around like right now it has come in handy.""Wow, when did you become so caring?"She asked and must have thought she shouldn't have said so cuz she hit her head with her hand and looked at him apologetically but didn't say a word, he laughed at her silliness."I am a caring boss, you just don't wanna admit it,""Tish!!! You are anything but caring,"Came to her sassy response."So, like I said we are leaving tomorrow so I will follow you home to get your stuff and we can pass the night here then leave for the airport tomorrow, "He said jumping back to business."No way, I can get here early in the morning, I am not passing the night here,"She replied."With the way you turn up late today, I can't trust you on that, also why are you so determined to keep me away from your house? What are you hiding there?""Hiding? Nothing, I am just uncomfortable when people visit my house,""But I have been to your house before,""Yes, and I was prepared then, you can't just up and want to come over when I am not prepared,"She said, shaking her head in disapproval."Fine, we can be through here in the next few hours and you can go home, I will pick you up by six am tomorrow,"He responded giving her what he felt was a better option, she still looked unpleased but she didn't argue just nodded.They continued to work in silence, the only sound that could be heard was the flipping of papers and the click-click of the laptop, about an hour or two later he decided they have done enough and he should let her go and rest since they have a trip the next day and she is pretty much battling with a hangover."Kat, that's enough for today, we can still work while we are in California.""Okay, I will just save my progress,"She responded still clicking away on her laptop, five minutes later she looked up at him with a questioning expression."What?" He asked."I am done, you said you will let me know what you wanted once we are done with work today,"She replied arranging the file in front of her."Hmm, I remember but can't I just tell you tomorrow?"He couldn't believe it is taking so long for him to tell her what he wanted, he just didn't know how to tell her and what her reaction will be but he knew he has no choice, she is the only one he trust to be able to do what he wants without catching feelings."You said today,"She replied fiercely folding her hands on her chest, before unfolding them almost immediately and apologizing."Sorry, you are the boss, you can let me know whenever you want,""Nah, I will just tell you now,""Okay," she answered giving him her full attention, he decided to just let it out whether she agrees or not."Will you be my girlfriend?""What did you just say?"She asked in shock, she must have heard him wrongly, there is no way he just said what she heard."Kat, no need to raise your voice, hear me out first,""I am not raising my voice, I may have heard you wrongly that's why I am asking,""You heard what I said, I am asking you to be my girlfriend,"He said again, this time she was sure she heard him right, did he like her? Why will wanting her to be his girlfriend be a favor to ask, he could have just asked, she suspected there is more to this but it didn't stop her lovesick heart from doing a little, Nah scrap that, her heart did a major jump for joy but she felt she needed to hear everything he wanted to say first before all these dancing or jumping for joy."I don't understand, your girlfriend?""No need to look so disgusted or dismayed Kat, I am not in love with you or anything, I just need your help to...She couldn't hear the other part of what he was saying, her ea
"Come again, I didn't quite get what you said?"He said and she repeated herself "Lucas asked me to be his girlfriend,"She said much louder."Wow, girl, that so nice, wow, your dreams finally came true, he exclaimed with much excitement, too much excitement for someone who claimed not to like her boss. "You don't look happy about it though,"He said after a while when she didn't smile or react to his congratulations. "Well, that's just one part of it,""Well, spill girl"He replied even more concentrated "Well, the thing is he asked me to be his girlfriend for a week, not a real girlfriend but like a fake,"She said and trailed off when he gave her a pissed look."What the fuck Katrina Elizabeth Jones, tell me you didn't agree to that, I'mma go and wipe that mudafuckers ass right now, who does he think he is and why will he make such foolish request,""Calm down, Jord, and hear me out."."I finna wanna go and
Katrina woke up with a start, she had not slept well last night though she had gone to bed early, she had been toasting and turning in bed and had given up at a point and just ended up doing some work on her laptop which had not been easy cuz her mind kept going back to the event of the day and also the upcoming trip she was both excited and scared. She sluggishly got up from the bed and headed to the restroom, brushed her teeth, and washed her face before coming back into the room to put finishing touches to the stuff she had arranged the previous evening for her travel. Thankfully, she just had her period and it would be until early next month before it would come again but she still made sure to pack pads just in case. Not wanting to wake Jordan up, she tried to move her stuff to the living area as quietly as she could, the time was just past five am and she still had a lot of time since they usually use an eleven am flight every time they traveled, bookings for flight usua
"Do we need to do this?" She asked again for the fifth if not hundredth time and Lucas decided that she is one daring woman, she has been asking the same question over and over again and he wanted to seal that pretty mouth of hers with his, knowing that if he did that she would run away and not look back helped him keep his senses. They were at a boutique and she has been asking the same question with every new clothing she tried on."Yes, baby,"He replied which made her cringe."Stop calling me that," she mouthed over the lady fitting her dress, he laughed and shook his head.When he had woken up this morning he had wanted to wait till she come to him herself but the thought of her changing her mind had driven him out of the house and towards hers, though he had met a shocker there, he didn't know she lived together with the weird guy from the designing team, he knew they were friends but he didn't know they were that closed, he wanted to ask her why they
"Wow, this is one thing I love about these trips, the food,"Katrina said, savoring the food, they were on the plane, she had waited three hours more before she could eat, it was already past eleven am, this was the longest she had stayed without food in a while and she didn't want to repeat the experience. "Sorry it took so long for you to eat, I know how hungry you were,""I can tell you that you don't know the half of it, but it's cool, and I am just gonna get used to you saying sorry and also being sweet to me,"She replied before stuffing her mouth with food, whoever prepared this food needs a pay raise because God damn it they were doing a superb job."Once again I should defend myself that I have always been a sweet and nice boss,"Lucas said and Katrina eyed him before stuffing her mouth with food again."What? I am saying the truth and you know that,"He defended. "I didn't say anything though,""Yeah, you didn't but your
"Kat, Kat,"He called trying to wake her up but she must be very tired cuz she just makes a few noises and went straight back to sleep, he didn't want to wake her up but he had no choice, they were landing soon, and she needed to be seated."Baby, you need to wake you," he whispered into her ears but she just shook off his hand and continued sleeping, she is hard to wake, he knew it already, that's why he had decided to wake her an hour before landing."Yo! Wake up sleeping princess he whispered closed to ears but she just scratched him off again."Come on Katrina wake up or I am gonna kiss you," he voiced his face moving close to hers that he could feel her breath on his face.She jumped up and their face meet his lips touching hers, she moved off him in seconds."What are you doing?" She asked staring at him with sleep-dazed eyes."Hmm, isn't that obvious? I was trying to wake you up," He replied getting off the bed."You could have ju
Katrina opened her eyes and blinked to clear sleep off, she wondered for how long she had been sleeping, traveling always gets her exhausted especially when she travels by air, over the years she has trained herself to get used to it but this particular trip had been too urgent that she had not had time to do that, she looked around the room, it looked big and very pretty even though it had simple decoration, there was a bed, a sofa, a walk-in wardrobe, a table, tv, and a small but pretty floor pot, the room could easily carry up to five people, she wondered why such a large room had a single bed but didn't give it much thought because the bed itself was huge.She wondered just how long she had been sleeping, she checked her watch it was long past eight pm. She wondered where Lucas was, he had said he had a few things to do when they arrived but she had been too tired to make out what it was."You are up? That's good, let me get you something to eat," he announced entering
He felt her breath against his face, he wanted to kiss her so badly but he knew that would change everything between them, and he couldn't risk it, not when it was Katrina, he didn't want to ruin what they have if things go south which it always does, he gently pulled off and stared at her, her eyes were still close and he wanted to say fuck everything and kiss her."I am sorry Kat, I shouldn't have done that,"She opened her eyes and smiled weakly at him."Why are you sorry though? I thought we were practicing, I am just playing along, don't let it get into your head," she said and poked his forehead."Ouch, that hurts," he said, happy that she didn't get any wrong idea."Liar, I barely did that," she replied and moved away from him, she looked at her phone and her expression changed."What is it?""Nothing, it's just a text, I have been getting loads of it from an unknown number, I blocked the number and for one month I didn't receive any but yes