Eric drove into the compound, parked the car and came down. As usual, Alvin was waiting to collect his briefcase after closing the gate. He collected his briefcase and they walked towards the main house.
Katrina came downstairs to welcome him. She was already waiting for them in the sitting room.
The door opened and they came in.
"Good evening Sir" she greeted.
"Evening, " he replied.
He paused and noticed a new change in the house. Everywhere was sparkling neat, the house smelled nice and he knew she did all of that. He wanted to commend her but he didn't.
"Did the dry cleaner come to pick up the clothes?? " he asked Alvin.
"She came but she didn't go with the clothes, " Alvin replied.
"Why? " he asked.
"Katrina washed the clothes before she could come, " Alvin replied.
Eric looked at Katrina with a shocked expression.
"You did what???? " he screamed.
"I washed your clothes Sir. Is anything the matter?" she asked.
"You dare to touch my clothes with those hands of yours?" he asked, raising his voice.
"Do you know how much those clothes are worth? Damn it! I'm sure you must have ruined it" he said angrily.
He started up the stairs running- walking and almost tripped. Katrina held back a laugh and wished he would fall.
"I won't take it lightly with you if those clothes get ruined, I'll make sure you pay every dime and then have you fired" he threatened and disappeared into his room.
Katrina was frightened by this threat. She was sure she washed them well but Eric might find fault in them just to wicked her.
"God please, let him be satisfied with the clothes. I have no money to pay anyone" she prayed inwardly.
"You're praying?" Alvin said teasingly. He was still there with her, watching everything.
Katrina popped her eyes open, she didn't realize she was closing her eyes.
"I'm scared," she confided.
"Don't be, I know you washed them well.
But what I don't understand is why the boss is being so harsh on you? Did something to him?" Alvin asked.
Katrina shook her head, she can't start explaining what happened last night to him.
Eric opened his room in a haste, he saw the clothes kept properly on his bed. He went closer to his bed and his eyes widened when he saw the clothes on the bed. They were all very clean, very very neat.
"Wow" he said. Katrina was the first lady to wash his clothes and wash it well apart from his personal dry cleaner.
"She's really hard working," he said, remembering how the house was sparkling when he came in.
He felt bad for talking that way to her. He really needs to apologise to her.
Damn it!!
Apologizing was not his thing but this was something he must do.
"You dare touch my clothes with those hands of yours" he remembered his own words and cringed.
Coming out of his room, he locked his door and went downstairs, making up his mind to apologise to her.
Katrina saw him coming down the stairs and her heartbeat became faster. Those clothes cost a lot and she doesn't have such an amount of money to pay him back.
"God help me!" she said inwardly.
"You're sure you washed those clothes yourself? " he asked.
Katrina noticed he was cool now and she relaxed a bit.
"Yes Sir " she replied.
"Okay " he said.
"You can go now, " he said to Alvin.
"Okay boss, " Alvin replied, bowing a little before leaving.
"Thank you, " he said.
"Wait, did he just thank me??"Katrina asked herself.
Eric felt weird saying thanks to her but she deserves it. To cover up his weird feeling, he started climbing the stairs up to his room but paused on a second thought.
"And I'm sorry for talking that way " he said then walked hurriedly to his room. He doesn't think he has ever apologized to anyone before except his parents.
Katrina was speechless. She was dumbfounded.
Did the almighty Eric just apologize??
"Woah, I think I need to clean my ears. I don't think I heard him well." She said to herself still in shock.
Eric came out again, he saw her still standing in the sitting room with surprise written all over her face.
"Stop standing here, go and start preparing dinner, I'm really hungry " he said.
"Okay Sir " she replied, coming back to her senses and hurried away to the kitchen.
She got to the kitchen and brought out her cooking materials. She loves cooking and she has more than enough ingredients and utensils to carry out this action.
She didn't know what to prepare, so she decided to make bacon. She began cooking.
Soon she was done, the bacon was ready and the whole house smelled of Bacon. Eric could perceive the smell from his room. He just prayed that the food would taste nice.
Katrina scooped the bacon onto a glass plate. She went to the dinning table to set the table before bringing in the plate of bacon. She brought some orange juice too.
After setting the table, she went up to her boss' room to call him, he came down after a while looking refreshed.
He had his bath already, he was wearing his pajamas.
He walked to the dining table and sat down.
"I thought you're gonna make soup," he said.
"You said you were hungry so I fixed something light and easy, " Kat replied.
"Okay" he said.
He started eating, a few minutes into the meal he started nodding his head unconsciously. Katrina saw him nod his head in approval but he didn't say a word to her to commend her about the meal.
There was a knock on the door and she went to check who it was.
It was Molly! The same lady that left angrily last night.
Why's she here??
"Does she come here every night?" Kat asked herself.
"Good evening, " Kat greeted.
"Evening " Molly replied before walking past her. She saw Eric eating and walked towards him.
"Hey Eric, " she said.
"Hi Molly, why are you here?? " he asked.
My boss asked the same question I was asking myself.
"Who cooked? " she asked, not answering his question.
"She did, " Eric said, pointing to Katrina.
Katrina felt she needed to excuse them so she bowed slightly to her boss, excused herself and went into the kitchen to clean things up. She could still hear their discussion from the kitchen as Molly was unnecessarily loud.
"I want to apologize, " Molly started.
"It's alright, " Eric replied.
Wow, why's she apologizing??
Eric is the one at fault here. He was caught in bed with another woman and Molly was the one apologizing??
"Wonders shall never end," Katrina said, scoffing.
She wondered what kind of charm he's using on women.
Peeping from the kitchen as they suddenly became quiet, she saw them stood up, then Eric was kissing Molly.
"Come here baby, come and show me what you've got" her boss said with flirty eyes.
"With all pleasure," Molly replied.
They climbed the stairs and went up to his room. Katrina shook her head wondering what kind of woman Molly was. She came out of the kitchen and went to the dinning table to clear the table and pack the used plates to the kitchen. She noticed her boss finished his meal. She was feeling tired already so she needed to do the dishes quickly and retire to bed.
After she was done with everything she was doing in the kitchen, she decided to go back to her room. On her way to her room, she heard loud moans from her boss.
"What kind of oppression is this?" she asked herself.
Molly was really easy, if it were to be her, she would have acted stubborn a little and not just allowing him have sex with her after what happened last night.
"Well, that's her business" she said, opened her room's door and entered her room.
Time to take her bath!!
She went into the bathroom, pulled her clothes and took her bath. She came out of the bathroom afterwards feeling refreshed. She dried her body, applied her cream before putting on her night robe to retire to bed. Climbing her bed, she drew the blankets to her body and slept off.
Katrina's phone alarm rang and she woke up. Checking the time and seeing that it was almost seven in the morning, she came down from her bed. She needs to prepare her boss breakfast. Walking into the bathroom, she started brushing her teeth. Few minutes later, when she was coming out of the bathroom, she tied her night robe well and hurried downstairs. She went into the kitchen and switched on the kitchen lights. She has to make coffee first, her boss likes drinking coffee first thing in the morning. Just as the coffee was ready, he came into the kitchen. "Good morning Sir " Kat greeted. "Morning, " he replied in a cold tone. "Well, I'm not surprised. I'm used to it already. He's back to his normal self."Katrina said inwardly. "Give me a cup of coffee, " he said. "Okay sir " she replied and did as she was told. She didn't add milk as he doesn't like it with milk. He drank it and kept the cup in the kitchen sink. "I'm leaving for the office by 9. The food should be ready befo
One month later---------------------------- Katrina had gotten used to staying in Eric's house. She has checked everywhere in the house and her favorite place in the house was the beautiful garden and the swimming pool. She spent most of her time there either reading a novel in the garden or sitting by the pool dipping her legs into it. She was not a good swimmer but she could try.If she wasn't at the garden or by the poolside, she was always with Alvin. The both of them became very close as time went by. Her relationship with Eric, her boss, was still bad but he was starting to become less harsh to her. Katrina sat with Alvin at his duty post chatting. He rarely leaves his post so Katrina was always the one going to meet him."So tell me do you have someone you like? " She said, starting a conversation."I once had. I don't have someone I like now " Alvin replied."What happened to the girl you liked? " She asked."She jilted me. She left for a rich guy. I had to leave the c
"Katrina " Eric called again. She's bleeding. She had a cut on the left side of her face. It almost touched her eye, thank God it didn't touch her eye. Eric checked to see what must have caused it and saw the broken chandelier. "Damn my carelessness.. I should have taken care of this already " he said to himself. But why's she unconscious?? She must have stumbled and fell. He checked her head and his hand touched a bump on the head. Sighing, he carried her up gently. Gosh, she waa slender but she has a lot of weight. He managed to carry her to her room and lay her on the bed. Her clothes were soaked with sweat, thank God she was putting on a singlet, he undressed her leaving only the singlet on her. Then he went to his room to bring his first aid box, a bowl of water and a towel. He cleaned the cut with the spirit and cotton wool before putting a plaster on it. After soaking the towel in the bowl of warm water, he started cleaning off the sweat on her forehead and body. -----
Eric sat on his office chair in his office writing on a book. His thoughts wandered to what happened yesterday and he stopped writing. He didn't know when he started laughing remembering the way Katrina pushed him when she woke up. Gosh!!, she's really funny. She had called him an arrogant pig. He was surprised he didn't react to it, he was supposed to be angry but he had found it funny. He shook his head and took his pen to continue writing when his phone rang. It was his mom calling. Why was she calling when she knew he was always busy at this time? He answered the call. "Hello darling," his mom said at the other end. "Hello mom, how are you doing?" He asked. " I'm fine baby, I know you're busy right now. I just wanted to let you know I'm at your house right now" His mom said, going straight to the point. " But you didn't tell me you were coming. I would have stayed home" Eric argued. "Don't worry, I'm going to wait till you get back. I'm having dinner with you tonight."
Eric had returned back after he took his mom home safely. It was almost eleven pm but he doesn't feel like sleeping. So he decided to go to the pool, he loves staying there whenever He's chanced to. On getting to the pool, he saw Katrina sitting on the floor besides the pool.She comes here too?? She looked lost in thought, she's looking more pretty tonight. He walked towards her but she didn't notice till he sat down and dipped his legs into the pool. Katrina turned to look at Eric and made to stand up but he held her back. Eric held her unconsciously and when he saw Katrina staring at his hands, he let go of her abruptly. "You can stay " he said. "Ummm... Okay" Katrina replied and sat back. "So what were you thinking of?? " Eric asked. "You didn't notice my presence." "Nothing, I was just looking at the beauty of the moon " she replied. "You watch the moon at night? " He asked. "Not always, but I watch it when I can't sleep up in my room" she replied. "Oh, I see. I love w
"My God, " Katrina screamed. Eric's body temperature was high. Could it be the rain?? She started to panic. Then she remembered what her mom usually does when her body temperature is high. "You need to relax Katrina, " she said to herself. Just then Eric's phone rang. The caller was Melinda. Who was she??One of his numerous ladies?? Katrina ignored the call. On second thought, she decided to pick the call. "Hello, " she said. "Sorry, can I speak to Mr Eric? " The caller asked. "Ummm... Who are you? " Katrina asked. "I am his secretary. He has an appointment by nine: thirty with Mr Dennis and he's yet to come " the caller replied. "Ooh.. He can't make it, he's sick" Katrina replied. "Since when?? " The lady asked. "Last night, " Katrina replied. "Damn. That means I have to cancel the appointment, ``she said. "Please do, " Katrina replied. "Extend my greetings to him. I hope he gets well soon " the lady said. "Thanks" Katrina replied and ended the call. Eric was sti
Katrina got carried away with her dancing that she didn't realize Eric was watching her. She got startled when she heard his voice and she stopped dancing immediately. "No don't stop. I love it" he said. "Uhmm... I'm sorry Sir, I got carried away " she apologized. "No it's fine. I enjoyed watching you dance " he replied. "Really? " Kat asked. "Yeah... Teach me how to dance " he said teasingly. "What?? " Katrina asked surprised. "I'm serious " he said laughing at her facial expression. "I'm not a good teacher " she replied laughing. "Hmmm" "Yes Sir " she replied. "So tell me, what else do you know how to do?? I know for a fact that you can cook, clean, dance, bake. Are there more?? " he asked, folding his arms on his chest. "Well, I can wash, I love sewing, I can knit. I think that's all" Kat replied. "Wow, your future husband is really going to be lucky. His wife would know how to do lots of things " he said. "Thank you. At least my husband won't have to waste his money
Katrina saw him bend his head to kiss her. At first she was too surprised to do anything. His lips was almost on hers when she regained her senses. She pushed him away. Eric didn't know when he drew Katrina back. Their faces almost met, she was looking pretty and her lips were too tempting. Without thinking, he bent his head to kiss her and wasn't expecting the push. Okayy, first time a woman was rejecting his kiss! He got pissed and threw his hair back in anger, holding his forehead to calm himself down. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't know what I was doing, if not I wouldn't have tried to kiss someone like you. You're clearly not my type " He said angrily. "Huh? " Katrina asked. She was surprised by his outburst. "I think you over stepped boundaries. You're coming close to me. From now on, I'm going back to the way things were before. You will talk to me formally from now on and a new rule is added." Eric added. "A new rule? " Katrina repeated. "Yes, you won't talk to me unl