The last few days before her start of work, Nyla took care of remaining accountabilities and turnover from her previous job. Of course, it's to ensure the processing of her last pay. Her bank account may not be depleting but it is not exactly full either. One drop of a hat and she'd be homeless.
Monday came and she was already wearing one of the work dresses he bought for her. It's a gray v-neck dress with a flowy skirt and wrap-around tie for a ribbon. She wore matching shoes with low heels.
Callum matched her, looking sharp with a gray suit. He seemed proud of his choice too.
"Ready?" He asked. The car was started a few minutes earlier by Menandro.
"Yes sir, let's go." They were walking towards the door.
"That's weird. You, calling me sir and not asking for your daily supply of kisses." He opened the car door for her. She went in.
"I'm sorry. But it's only appropriate that I call you sir right?" She started putting on her seatbelt, and her bag on her lap.
"For you, NO. You can call me by my name, honey, love, daddy..."
"Daddy..." she giggled. She leaned over to him, "Then daddy, where's my kiss?"
Callum held her cheek and pulled her closer to give her a deep sensual kiss. He ended the kiss with a tiny bite on her lower lip and one last peck.
"We are gonna be late because of too much flirting." He adjusted his seat, checked the mirrors, checked Nyla's seatbelt, and then started driving.
They arrived at the office and as usual, eyes followed them as they walked. A few employees greeted Callum while looking curiously at Nyla whose bruises and marks were now barely visible.
Once inside the president's office, Callum grabbed her gently and once again kissed her tenderly. Nyla happily accepted.
He looked over at the additional desk and checked the work equipment. He called IT and tasked them to set up needed access as soon as possible and gave Nyla the access usernames and passwords.
He then guided her to one of the two doors.
"That one is the washroom," pointing to the other door, "This one, is where we can rest. Take note of the code." He put in a 4-digit code and it opened.
Inside was a queen-sized bed, a small coffee table with two chairs, a cabinet, and a shelf for books. There was another door which turned out to be a full bathroom.
"We can rest here if needed. There's a hidden fridge at the bottom of the cabinet. I sometimes sleep here when I'm working late."
They heard a knock. They let IT people start working on the desktop and gave Nyla access to multiple accounts. They also brought a few manuals for different programs. The IT guy named Jake is particularly interested in Nyla and keeps glancing and engaging her to talk. Well, that is how Callum sees it.
"Jake, since we are in this office together, I can teach her how to navigate programs. She's a teacher by profession so I think it will be easy for her to learn given the materials you provided."
"Yes sir." He then looked at Nyla, captivated by her beauty not noticing Callum's silent irritation, "Ms. Nyla please call me if you need help with anything technical. My extension is 119." He and the other two men left and closed the door.
"No, don't call him if I'm here. Just… don't call him." Callum said with a grim expression.
Nyla chuckled.
'What a jealous man…'
"Meeting will start in 20 minutes. You will sit beside me on my right in the conference room. Let's go."
Callum's rule. He should be at the meeting room at least 15 minutes before the set time. That's just how he is. Very rarely do people get late though because the boss himself is sitting at the center of the room as they come in one by one.
As expected, they got to the room and were the first ones there. Heidi diligently had the coffee section and a few snacks prepared. Materials of the monthly report are placed neatly on the table for reference during the meeting. The projector, laptop, and needed connections are already set up.
One by one people started coming in and can't help glancing at Nyla who is calmly sitting beside Callum. Callum is discussing with her some of the data in the document in a low voice.
Mr. David Grant also arrived and sat beside Callum on the left and waited for everyone to settle down.
David asked for everyone's attention and had Callum speak a few words.
"As some of you may have noticed, I am with a new secretary today. Let me introduce Ms. Nyla Burnes. She will be unloading most of David's admin work. The flow of communication remains the same, either through David, Heidi, or me directly. Ms. Burnes will be closely working with me at my office. Please welcome her to our company."
They welcomed her in unison and Nyla said a few words too. They went on with the meeting for about an hour before taking a 10-minute break.
"You wanna rest? Are you tired?" He whispered and reached for her hand. Nyla felt uncomfortable as few of the other women in the meeting openly glared at her.
"Far from it. I am getting the gist of it since you already explained most of the basics last week." She whispered back.
"Excuse me, Sir."
"Yes, Ms. Shale?" He sat straight from leaning over at Nyla. He did not remove his hand from hers and even grabbed it causing Nyla to lean over a bit to him. He rested her hand in both his hands, keeping it warm.
"A client sent an urgent message, I will need to excuse myself and meet with them. I will try to catch up later."
"Sure no problem." She turned to leave but left Nyla with a head-to-toe glance.
The meeting went on for another 2 hours. Before the meeting ended, Callum asked Nyla to find his car keys in his drawer and wait for him at the office. She excused herself from the group. When she had already left, Callum stood up and gave a small announcement.
"Everyone, I can see that some of you are wondering about my relationship with Nyla. She's my girlfriend. All of you have never seen me associate myself with any woman before. That alone should speak volumes as to how serious I am with her. Please look at her with kind eyes." He excused himself and left.
David stood up and announced their lunch reservation.
"Everyone, we have a reservation at Bel Tempo's in half an hour. See you there." Bel Tempo's a decent restaurant a few blocks away from the office building.
Callum entered his office and found Nyla sitting like a good girl on the couch with his car keys on the table.
"Did somebody scold you hmmm?" He pulled her up and softly pressed his lips to hers.
"I'm getting a lot of kisses today."
"Can't help it. We are always together from now on. Why do you want some space?"
"No...?"
"Then it's all good," He kissed her longer and deeper this time, and she put her arms around his neck, he enveloped her in an embrace leaving them breathless after.
"Now let's go eat lunch with them."