Chapter 36 :
"Damn it!" said Axel in a frustrated tone as he ran his hand throughout his hair. His work had doubled from the time he spent with Victoria and the kids.
He flew back immediately to his head office in New York after leaving the hospital.
There was a mole in his company, his stocks were going down, and the project's manuscript was now in the hands of its rival.
Ms. Poo, his friend he had in the hospital, was coming here today for a job interview for his personal assistant.
The information leaked was a very important one. He invested 7 billion dollars into this project.
And he would be crazy to let his money go down the drain. Taking up his phone, he called his PI to investigate the case for him.
For now, Axel wanted to keep things between him and the secretary. The last thing he wanted was for his employees to be in a frenzy.
His shoulders were still in an excruciating amount of pain. Taking off his shirt. Axel looked into the mirror he had in his bathroom and saw two very red shoulders.
'I need to go to the doctor soon,' he thought as he saw the condition of his shoulders and the rest of his body.
He looked like a swollen burrito. The cast on his right hand was too small and tight for his swollen hand.
"Christ, I look horrible," he said to himself as he studied himself in the mirror.
"Mr. Monseiratti, There's a lady by the name of Ms. Poo.... she claims she has a meeting with you," said his secretary as she opened the door.
Embarrassment ran through her as she quickly closed the door while stuttering, "S-Sorry."
"No, wait," called Axel while grimacing as he turned around. His secretary reopened back the door. She held her head down as she played nervously with her fingers.
"I need you to help me with this," he said while groaning.
The pain was becoming more unbearable with each passing time.
The secretary raised her head slowly and took in her boss's condition. And tried not to wince from the sight in front of her, as she looked for what he could need help with.
"The shirt is right there," said Axel as he unconsciously pointed towards it.
"Fuck," he groaned as he slid to the floor. His arms were bright red with the veins in his arms popping up.
Axel felt his arms throbbing from the pain, and he could do nothing about it other than sitting through it.
"Sir!..... Are you ok?!" exclaimed the secretary as she ran towards him, but not before taking up his shirt. She was internally panicking as she tried to assist her boss.
"Do you want me to call Ms.Poo?" asked the secretary as she played with his shirt in her hands.
"My mom says that love is the best medicine for any sickness," she rambled.
'What?' asked Axel mentally as he glared at her as she continued to blabber nonsense.
"I'm not an expert in love per se..... the guys I dated in the past were assholes," she stated before she looked at Axel and asked, "What do you think about men, sir?"
Axel stared at her in shock at her bold question. This was not like her.
'Maybe she's going through a tough time..... might as well get some information while she's like this,' he thought while patting himself on his shoulder mentally.
"Uh...", "I think they are a very diverse species," he said confidently as his secretary rolled her eyes.
"Diverse my ass... they are all lying, cheating bastards," she scoffed as she paced the room.
"Telling you they love one moment and the next saying that they're in love with your best friend," she sobbed as she sat on the floor.
'Great, just fucking great,' thought Axel as he groaned.
"Myria, this is not a place where you have sleepovers with your girlfriends, talking about guys and your stupid heartbreak," he said bluntly with no remorse and watched as she looked at him.
"This is a place where you work for me while doing your job flawlessly... and if you aren't able to do that then leave, I don't have any place to occupy time-wasters like you," he continued.
'And to think we were having a moment,' she thought as she quickly got up.
"I'm sorry, sir... that was totally unprofessional of me," she apologized while smoothing down her skirt.
"What must I help you with?" she asked in a professional tone and watched as her boss nodded his head in approval.
"Well, you can start by calling a doctor," he said in an amused tone before continuing, "And call my mom and tell her to pick me up."
"Yes sir," she said as she rushed towards her desk.
"Sir," she called from her desk, "What must I do with this Ms. Poo?" she asked while holding the phone in her hands.
'Ms. Who?' Axel asked himself mentally as he started at the hand sanitizer on the faucet.
And he suddenly remembered her, 'Oh breast lady,' he thought.
"Tell her I'm busy.... or to come another time..... or maybe both," said Axel while nodding his head.
'This would be easier if Victoria was here right now.' Axel thought as he looked up at the ceiling.
"Tori is going to kill me," he groaned while throwing his head back.
How was he going to explain to Victoria and the kids about him being MIA for the past few days?
'This was going to take a lot of gifts, snuggling and kidding to at least make it up to them.... though that will not be enough,' thought Axel as he mentally scratched his head.
"Myria, can you please put Vitoria Jamespell on the line?" asked Axel. He wanted his mother and the doctor to come quickly, so he could go home and get his well-deserved rest.
"Sir, her line is busy," informed Myria as she scrolled through her Instagram.
"Leave her a message on the line," He instructed before closing his eyes.
'Just for a second,' he thought.