Minutes after Ass. Luke got to his office, he received a call on the office line from....
' Why's boss calling me ?'
"Okay boss. I will be right there." Ass. Luke replied after listening to what his Boss said over the phone.
Just assistant the call ended, he left his office in large strides. All along wondering as to why his Boss needed his service.
'Come in." Emil spoke in his deep voice when a knock sounded on the door.
"Bo..."
" Cancel any meeting i have today. There's somewhere I need to go." Emil said immediately his assistant entered the room. While speaking, he stood up from his chair and took his coat that hang loosely beside the chair.
"Okay. But what of your dinner plans with the CEO of Alpha Pharmaceuticals? Should I cancel that too?"
Emil frowned his face in a thinking manner. " What time is it?" he asked after seconds of thinking
"At 7 P. M."
"Remind me one hour to time." he took large strides to the door, but before he left, he turned to his assistant, " No matter what, don't call me. Unless it's 6 P. M." he said, opened the door and left.
The assistant was lost. ' Why did Boss said he shouldn't call no matter what ? Is something about to happen?'
Emil took a secret passage way down. While in the elevator, he took out his phone, tapped on the message inbox and smirked.
"Your mother is on her way to the office." His father had sent.
He looked at the time. It had been thirty minutes since the message was sent.
'Poor Luke' he chuckled with his lips curled up
If Ass. Luke could witness his boss at this moment, he would say ; " Boss don't leave me here to die. Please take me with you wherever you go."
Emil called his driver and told him to drive the car out of the garage and wait for him twenty footsteps away from the entrance.
After the call, he switched off his mobile phone and kept it in his pants pocket.
Out of mind, out of sight.
"Now let's see who wins, Mother." he muttered to himself.
A white car drove straight to the company's car park two minutes after Emil's car left. A smart beautiful woman got out of the backseat. She held a brand silver purse in hand.
Kathryn walked straight to one of the reception desk, " Has your CEO left the office?" she asked straight up.
"Why do you want .... Madam ! Ye.. ye... No." The receptionist stammered immediately she recognized who she is.
"Has he left?" Kathryn repeated her question with an impatience tone.
"No. I've not seen him come down yet" the receptionist answered
Kathryn turned and left in the direction of the elevator. She pressed on the last floor number, number eight.
Assistant Luke who had just walk out of Emil's office after sorting out some papers, heard the secretaries whispering.
He intensionally slowed his walking pace and pecked his ears.
"Is it true?"
"Yes, that's what a friend of mine who works at the reception told me. She said the Madam is here, and she's coming up."
" What did you say?" Ass. Luke nervously asked the secretary who told the news.
"The Madam'' is what the employees of the company address Kathryn with. So with just the mansion of Madam, Ass. Luke knew whom they were talking about.
"Sir, am sorry, but that's what a friend told me" the secretary said with panic.
Although, Ass. Luke was just an assistant, but the second person the employees feared most aside from Emil is his assistant. No one dared look at him in the eye when they speak.
But at that moment, what the secretaries didn't notice was the panic and nervousness that was present in the assistant's eyes.
" Go back to work. And stop gossiping" he commanded and reentered Emil's office.
' What have you done boss.' while going round in circles in the room, he muttered softly to himself.
At that moment, he understood why his boss has strictly forbade him from calling no matter what !.
But even if he called, he will be directed to voice mail.
Boom !. The opening of the door caused an explosion in Ass. Luke's stomach. He held his breath as his eyes sharply fixed on the door.
"Emil ...? Why is it you?" Kathryn frowned while looking at the assistant. Her eyes searching for answers.
" Where's your boss?" She continue to ask
" Madam, welcome. Please sit" Ass. Luke forced a slight smile as he gestured to the sofa with his right hand.
"I asked where your boss is."
" Bo..bo..boss?"
" Yes your boss. Where is he?" Kathryn repeated her question. A bit annoyed.
"He has a meeting outside the office. So he left right after the meeting here ended.
" He left? When? How?"
" Minutes ..."
" Wait ! Didn't you tell me his meeting will end in an hour's time? And its not even one hour yet since I called. So how come he left right after the meeting ended" Kathryn asked with feeling irritating. She looked suspiciously at the assistant.
Before Ass. Luke could answer to her questions, she went on to ask; " Or were you both trying to trick me?"
Ass. Luke widened his eyes, ' How can I trick a tigress?'
" Madam let me explain, Boss received an important call in the middle of the meeting. So he left and I took charge of the remaining minutes."
"Stop covering up for him. I know the kind of person your boss is very well."
' If you know, then why are you still here scaring me?'
"Am telling the truth Madam" Ass. Luke insisted
"Okay, then call him "
" But..."
"What? You can't call because he has forbidden you?" Kathryn looked suspiciously at the assistant
"No Madam, that's not the case." Ass. Luke said trying to come up with an excuse
"Then what is?"
" Boss phone met with an accident. So we've sent it for repairs."
" Repairs?" Kathryn looked at Ass. Luke as if he's retarded.
"...."
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