Chapter 4

"Mr. Falcon's son will come here later. One of you will be chosen to be his temporary secretary."

My jaw dropped at what the manager said. We, the interns, are all lined up in front of her. She said there's an important announcement to be made. I didn't know that this was as important as breathing!

I smirked and raised my hand.

"Yes, Miss Lopez?" She asked when she noticed me.

"Oh, please don't cause any embarrassment, Penny!" I heard Lesh whispering beside me.

Of course, I won't embarrass myself! I just want to ask about something.

I smiled at her. "Who is going to choose, ma'am? Is it you or is it..." Hmm, how do I call him anyway? Sir Ethan? I giggled secretly. "Mr. Falcon's son?"

She nods her head. "Mr. Falcon wants his son to choose by himself, but his son called earlier and wants me to choose for him."

I slowly nod at her.

"So everything is okay, now? I don't know you all personally, and for the days that you're here, I'm not sure of your skills yet."

I raised my hand again, interrupting her. I heard Lesh sighed beside me.

"I volunteer to be his secretary, ma'am! I already have experience in that position, and I promise you that I'll do the job well." I give her my sweetest smile.

Her eyes narrowed at me. "And once he finds you unknowledgeable?"

"Give me a low rating, then. I won't complain, and I promise you that I'll accept it wholeheartedly."

I almost jump when she accepts my proposal! However, it seems like Lesh and our friends are not happy with what I did. I rolled my eyes at them.

"What if you failed? Come on, Penny. Are you really going to trade your grade for that man?" Lesh said angrily.

I massaged her shoulder to calm her down. "Don't you believe in my skills, Lesh? I can do it! Two birds at one stone," I smirked.

They all shake their heads at me, disappointed with me. I don't care, though. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Being Ethan's secretary, it means I will always be with him for the rest of my stay here! Oh gosh! I feel my heart pounding because of excitement.

The manager called me because she was about to introduce me to Mr. Falcon's son, Ethan Falcon. I suddenly wonder what his reaction will be once he finds out that the girl he had sex with last night will be his secretary. I giggled to myself.

The manager faces me when we get to Ethan's office. "You know what you shall do, right?"

I nod my head in return before we enter the office. His office is quite big, there is a large sofa in the right side corner and a small table in front of it. The large chandelier in the ceiling gives the office an astonishing look, vases with flowers in them are placed on the four corners of the room, and I observe that everything is in place and cleaned thoroughly. The wall is painted white, and the curtains around it are also white.

My eyes darted at the table in front of us. The swivel chair is at its back, and I notice a man sitting on it—I'm sure it is Ethan. I gulped and calmed myself down. I should act professional! No matter how hot and good-looking he is, I should act like he doesn't affect me at all!

That's right, Penny! What a good idea!

"Good morning, Sir Ethan. I'm here with your new secretary, Pennelope Lopez."

He doesn't answer. I thought that maybe he's sleeping and he didn't hear us, but when the swivel chair faces us, that's when I realized that he is so awake and kicking.

My breathing hitched when our eyes met. His eyes are dark and deep, he has eyebrows that are thick in a normal manner, he has a small nose, and he has pink and tiny lips.

Do you see those lips? I kissed them last night.

My cheeks burned because of that thought. Penny, act professional!

His forehead creased when he saw me. His lips are in a grin line, his jaw is clenched, and his hair is unruly, but still, he looks so damn good-looking. I guess he knows by now who I am, huh?

"Go, introduce yourself to him," the manager whispered beside me.

Wearing my white longsleeved polo under my black coat, a black skirt, and a black sandal, I walked slowly to his table. His eyes are so intense that I have to look down to avoid them. I stopped in front of him and lifted my head to meet his perfect face.

I held out my slightly trembling hand. "I'm Pennelope Lopez, sir. I am currently one of the interns under your company, and starting today, I will be your secretary for the rest of our stay here." I smiled at him.

He raised an eyebrow at me and didn't say anything. He just watched me stand in front of him. He tilted his head on the other side, and I realized that he was checking me out! I gulped as my heart pounded my ribcage.

"Thank you, Miss Salazar. You can leave now," he said to the manager, but his eyes were still watching me, not avoiding my face even for a second.

I heard the sound of the door opening and closing. When the manager leaves, I feel like I'm losing air to breathe! Although his office is air conditioned, I can't help but feel hot in here because of my nervousness. Tickles of sweat are starting to form on my forehead.

Argh! His effect on me is really captivating my whole system! Damn!

"I didn't know you work here." His voice is dark and deep, like his eyes.

I gulped as I remembered how he groaned and moaned last night! Stop your naughty thoughts, Pennelope! You should act like a professional, right?

"Just an intern, sir." I answered with a small smile.

He nods his head as he stands up from his chair. My eyes immediately fell on his body. He's wearing a blue button-down dress shirt folded over his elbow and dark blue pants. I gulped the lump in my throat as I watched the bulge in his pants.

"Feeling horny, eh?"

My eyes widened, and I feel like all my blood went up to my face because of embarrassment! I know that he's been watching me since I entered his office, but I didn't know he could go that deep! Argh! That's so embarrassing, Penny!

I shake my head multiple times. "No, sir! I mean, I'm sorry about that, sir." I bowed down and closed my eyes tightly!

I heard him chuckle. "It's okay. I've been experiencing that for almost half of my life now." I lifted my eyes at him, and I saw him in his half-smirk. "You can go now. Your table is outside my office. I'll just call you once I need something."

I immediately nodded my head, too embarrassed to even insist on being here! Argh!

"N-Noted, sir."

I was about to go out when he called my name again.

"Pennelope? Am I right?"

I turned back at him and nodded. He nods too, his face is serious again.

"What's my schedule right now?"

My eyes widened, and I was stunned! Fuck! Why did I forget to tell him his schedule?! I smiled shyly at him and told him his schedule. Once done, he let me go out.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I got out of his office. I covered my face with my hands as I sat down in my own chair. I breathed in and out to calm myself down, and when I was almost calmed down, the telephone on my table rang!

I cleared my throat first before answering it.

"Yes, sir?" I answered in a happy tone of voice.

"I want a coffee, please. There's a pantry on this floor."

"How do you like your coffee, sir?"

"No cream, pure black coffee."

I nodded my head even though he's not staring at me right now. "Noted, sir."

He then hung up the phone while I went to the pantry to make him his coffee. So he likes his coffee better when it's pure, huh? He hates cream. However, he drank all my cream juices last night, and he didn't even leave a drop.

I shake my head continuously. Too much for naughty thoughts, Pennelope.

I knocked on the door of his office with his coffee in my hand.

"Come in,"

I smiled as I heard his dark voice. I entered his office, and I saw him massaging his head while staring at his computer.

"Your coffee, sir." I put it on his table.

He just nods and doesn't say anything. I noticed he was very focused on whatever was on his computer. Maybe he noticed that I'm still standing in front of him because he lifted his head at me and raised an eyebrow.

"Any problem, sir?"

His forehead creased. "No, no, nothing. I'm good. It's all good."

I slowly nodded my head. I sighed and gathered all my strength to tell him an embarassing thing once again.

"I know how to massage, sir." He looked at me like I'm telling a nonsense thing. "If only... y-you want to try,"

He closed his eyes tightly and massaged his temple again. When it opened, it was dark and dangerous that my feet almost shudder.

"Pennelope, you're pretty and a nice girl. But like I told you last night, I don't do replays. I only fuck once."

My forehead creased at him, showing him that I had no idea why he was telling me this.

He sighed again. "If you're seducing me to have sex with you again, no. It won't work. Let's forget what happened last night and just please... be professional."

My jaw dropped at his irritated voice. I didn't mean that way! I'm not seducing him! I'm just offering genuine help because I saw him massaging his temple... and here he is, thinking that I'm finding my way to seduce him.

However, I'm too hurt to even explain my side. I just gave him a small smile before leaving his office.

The next few hours feel like hell. I like him, yes. But that's the end of it. I'm not going to the lowest level, in which I'll seduce him only to have sex with him.

"Hmm, why are you frowning? Shouldn't you be screaming of happiness right now because you are the secretary of your crush?" Lesh emphasized the word secretary while we were eating our lunch in the pantry.

I rolled my eyes at her. Some of our friends laughed.

"Not a good experience, eh?" asked Layla, one of our roommates. She wasn't in our condo last night because she went out with her long-term boyfriend.

I sighed, not minding their questions. "Let's just enjoy our lunch, please," I coldly said.

They must notice my seriousness because they don't ask me another question again. After eating our lunch, they went back to their cubicles, while I went back to my table. I was just seated in my chair when the telephone rang.

"Come inside." Then he hung up.

I frowned, and even though it is against my will because I'm still feeling ashamed of what happened earlier, I still enter his office, just like what he wants me to do.

"Let's eat our lunch now. It's almost—"

"Sir?" I cut him off, my forehead in knots because of confusion. He pointed the two plates with food on his table. "I'm done eating my lunch, sir."

He gave me a dangerous look. I thought he would shout at me or ask me to go out, but then he just nodded his head.

"I'm sorry about earlier. I was just having a hard time adjusting here."

My lips parted. I never thought he'd apologize! And damn! My fucking traitor heart immediately beats again for him!