We arrived at some snobbish-looking restaurant. It looked spectacular; probably the food here costs more than my monthly pay.
The people looked so swanky, the men wore suits while the women were adorned with diamonds and embellished clothes. I looked down upon my attire and realized that I was acting like a man.
I looked at my temporary boss; he was talking to the manager of this restaurant. As soon as the manager heard his name, he visibly shook and escorted us personally to our booth. A middle-aged man and a woman with blond hair in her early thirties were already there.
Once they saw him, they stood up and greeted him.
"Hello, Mr. Jedrick, I hope you're doing fine." The man greeted him by shaking his hand with the devil. The woman just gave a slight bow at him as a sign of respect and gave me a small smile, which I returned immediately.
"Yes, thank you. Please have a seat, Mr. Montgomery." My boss told Mr. Montgomery. He almost looked normal, not his usual brooding self.
"Let's order something to eat." Mr. Montgomery suggested. Bless him; I was starving for the past couple of minutes. Mr. Jedrick looked like he wanted to deny that idea but he accepted it with a nod.
We all ordered our food and I was munching happily at my steak, while my boss gave me a disapproving glare. He settled with water, could you believe him? Didn't he feel hungry, I wondered. After our food, they both started to discuss the new project, while the woman and I took notes.
"Mr. Jedrick, I think, Ms. Knight's proposition is equally good and has less budget than your proposition. If I'm going to sign the contract with you I need it to be better than her proposition." Mr. Montgomery informed my boss, he must have some guts to reject him and I totally respect him for that.
I looked at my boss to see him, clenching his jaw, his hands were fisted and the veins were popping out on his hands.
"Mr. Sandros, why don't you pay the bill while we both discuss, take Ms. Stars with you." My boss suggested and handed me his credit card. His eyes were still locked with Mr. Montgomery's face, he looked ghastly. But the poor man was oblivious of it.
Ms. Stars looked at Mr. Montgomery; he gave her an encouraging nod. I looked at Jedrick, his gaze never wanders from Mr. Montgomery. I hope he didn't hurt the poor guy.
Ms. Stars and I made our way to the bill desk and I paid the bill with Jedrick's Credit card. Damn! The food here was costlier than I expected.
"How long are you working for Mr. Jedrick?" the blond asked me.
"I officially joined today," I informed her with a shrug.
"Oh, that's why I never met you." She stated thoughtfully. I gave her another shrug.
"I am Vanessa Stars, Mr. Montgomery's personal secretary." She introduced herself by offering her hand to me.
"Reynold Sandros, Mr. Jedrick's secretary," I informed her and shook her hand.
"Just don't take it as an offense, but your hands are extremely soft, softer than mine." She told me, looking at my palm with an unsure expression. My eyes widened at her comment but she thankfully didn't notice it. I morphed my expression.
"Uh…thanks." I stuttered. Damn, I hope it didn't give her any ideas about my gender.
"Let's get back." I ushered her in the direction of our booth, distracting her from my hand. On our way to our booth, we both met Mr. Montgomery approaching us. He looked as if, he was in deep thought.
Halfway through, he spotted us. We stopped in front of him. "Let's go Ms. Stars." He told the blond and nodded at me in acknowledgment, which I returned respectfully.
They both walked away from me and I wondered what happened between him and my boss. I looked in Jedrick's direction to witness him still seated at the same spot where I left him. As I neared him, I stumbled upon the carpet and I landed on his lap with my stomach on his thighs with a yelp.
Unintentionally, my left palm made direct contact with his crotch. He jerked at my sudden intrusion, wrapping his arms around my waist. Both of us were too shocked to move, suddenly I could feel him grow harder under my palm, my eyes widened. I couldn't see his reaction, I stood up from his lap as if, my ass caught on fire.
"Oh my god! I…I am sorry, sir. Please do forgive me, my leg slipped on the carpet; it won't happen again, oh my god! It is so embarrassing…" I was full-blown apologizing at this point. I looked at his face to see his reaction.
He was frozen to his spot as if; he couldn't believe what happened now. My face flushed with embarrassment. He didn't even take a glance at my face. He looked shook.
"I'm sorry, sir, It…"
"Let's get back to the office." I was cut off by his voice. For some reason, my eyes strayed to his crotch and I could see his bulge very much visible.
"Mr. Sandros!" he yelled my name. I snapped my eyes to his face to see him looking at me, my eyes widened.
"Let's get moving." He stated awkwardly.
"Y…Yes, sir." I stuttered. He stood up from his spot and walked in front of me without another glance. His strides were long, making it harder for me to match.
The ride to our office was filled with awkward silence. I remembered that his card was still with me. I took a glance at his side with my peripheral view. He was looking out his window, his face void of any emotions.
Curse my life!
"Mr. Jedrick, your credit card, sir." I offered his card to him but he didn't turn in my direction. I wondered whether he was going to ignore me for the rest of this day.
"Keep it with you. It is to cover for our office expenses." He informed me without looking at me.
"Okay, sir."
We both arrived at our company and he walked ahead of me, once the car stopped in front of it. I followed suit, when I was about to enter my office through its main door, he stopped in front of his office door and looked at me. I was frozen to my spot with wide eyes. He examined my face for few seconds and went into his office without a word.
I released the breath that I was holding in and my shoulder slumped in exhaustion. If this was how my stay here was about to go, I wish to expose him as soon as possible. The entire day dragged with work and before I could whine, It was nine o'clock in the evening.
I wrapped up my things and knocked on his door to inform him that I was retiring for today. I heard a 'Come in' from his door. I opened his door and witness him still working behind his laptop.
"Mr. Jedrick, sir, I am leaving for home. Do you need anything, sir?" I asked him politely.
"No, you can leave." Came his brusque voice.
"Thank you, sir. Have a nice night." My statement made him pause whatever he was doing. He raised his eyes from his work and settled it on my face. He gave me an unnoticeable nod and returned to his work.
I exited his office with a sigh. There was too much research to do. I had have arrived at my apartment and slumped on my couch. I took out my phone and texted, Arsenio. I bought him a phone while we were purchased things for him.
*Hey, how was your day?*
I typed and charged my phone, resting it on my bedside table. I decided to take a shower and take off my wig.
I made my way to my bathroom and took a hot shower. As soon as the water touched my skin it started to untangle the tension on my muscles. I had a good twenty minutes shower and walked out of my bathroom in a robe. My phone pinged with a message.
I opened the message and it read *Good, what about you?* it was Arsenio.
*I'll survive. How was your new place?*
*It's quite nice actually. Do you miss me, little bunny? J* His question made me roll my eyes but I was grinning like an idiot.
*Little bunny? Really? You're turning out to be cheesy ;)* at this point we were flirting with each other.
After that, I did some research on Mr. Montgomery and Helius. I couldn't find much about Helius but Mr. Montgomery was the CEO of NEX Corporation, which was dealing with the most luxurious hotels across the globe.
I already studied the case file of our project. It was about building a new hotel in Seattle for NEX Corporation but we hadn't got the tender yet.