Xavier
Ring Ring
I bring up my phone to my ear to get another earful from Mother. As much as I love her to death, I just don't need this right now.
"Are you even listening?"
"Of course, I am."
From the corner of my eye, I see my personal assistant, Kate, entering my office. Saved by the bell, I tell you.
"Ma, I gotta go. Love you, bye." I quickly hang up.
"You know she only means well."
I scoffed as I made my way to my desk, leaving the outside view of the other skyscrapers that I was appreciating from the glass wall.
Kate stands before me on the other side of the desk.
"So, I just received confirmation from Que Modelling Agency. They're ready to provide their models for the skincare line photoshoot."
"I knew I could count on you, Kate. Good job."
"Is that it?"
I look at her, confused.
"You have to treat me to dinner to actually show your appreciation." She smirks.
"Okay."
"Okay, as in..." She expectantly looks at me.
I sigh, knowing that my plan to go home early today won't happen.
"We'll have dinner after knocking off. Happy now?"
Kate's eyes sparkle, as they always do whenever she's super excited about something.
"Thank you, boss."
Kate leaves the files that need my signatures on my desk and exits my office.
I get on with signing the files when someone knocks at my office door.
"Come in."
"What's this I hear about you going on a date?!" Sean asks.
"It's not what you think, man." I close the last file I was signing.
"Mmm hmm." He takes his seat in front of my desk.
"What?" He obviously doesn't believe me.
"I dunno, man. The way I see it, Kate really likes you."
I scoff. "That's not possible.
Sean raises his hands in the air and gets up to leave. "If you say so, man."
There's just no way that Kate likes me.
We make it on time, at Selentio gourmet, for our dinner reservation.
"So, boss..."
A chuckle leaves my lips. "Come on, Kate, Xavier is just fine."
She smiles at that and takes a sip of her wine. "Alright. Then, am I allowed to ask you who your ideal type is?"
"Straight to the point, huh?"
Kate shrugs.
"Mmm, unfortunately, I dont do love."
"Really?"
Her shoulders slumped in disappointment.
"Anyways." I clear my throat. "Who's your ideal type?"
"Someone pretty smart, confident, and just breathtaking to look at." She replies, looking intently at me.
"Okay..." I'm not gonna read too much into it. Who knows, it might just be all this wine making me see things.
As dinner goes on, I get to know Kate better. She's one heck of an interesting lady.
Kate calms down from all the laughing she's been doing after hearing about my embarrassing childhood days.
"You were such a naughty kid." She says, clutching her stomach.
"I really was." I smile, reminiscing of the good old days. "Anyways, I'm glad we did this, Kate."
"I should actually be thanking you for agreeing to this."
I nod to that. "Uh. Kate. Will you be my plus one at the launch party tomorrow night?"
"Of course, I will."
I sigh in relief.
We get our things, with dinner coming to an end rather too quickly than I expected. The both of us wait outside the restaurant as George, my driver, brings the car around.
"Thinking about it, why did you ask me to be your plus one?"
"Huh?"
"If not me, who else would accompany you?"
She snickers.
"Very funny, Kate."
"I've been your plus one to all these events for the past 3 years, Xavier."
"It still doesn't hurt to ask the right way, y'know?" I raise my eyebrow at her.
"If you say so." She nods.
George brings the car in front of us. As I get in, I'm surprised to see Kate just standing there.
"You coming?"
"Oh, no. I have plans with my girls, and we're meeting up just down the road."
"Okay. Get home safe, Kate."
I get in the car, and George drives away when I see Kate, waving bye in the far distance.