This story will have more than one chapter. It will be my last story of this couple. Mostly third person, but I will add some perspectives from Hikari this time and perhaps other characters? I haven't ever done that, so I will. Its pretty late in Kei and Hikari's marriage now.
"Alright, yes….yes, that would be fine. Kei and Hikari, yes that's what I'd like to call it. Yes, I'm aware of the shape... thank you very much" Kei said as he shut his phone. He had been attending to a personal call in his luxurious office on the top floor of the Takishima building in Manhattan, New York. When Kei took over the Takishima business he had made such unprecedented growths in the company that the company was able to branch out to several more locations around the world. Because of this, as the CEO, Kei often had to go overseas to check on how his management was handling the other branches. Before Kei had taken over the business entirely the Takishima name was already well known around the world, but he had made it so it almost solely monopolized the entire market. The Takishima company under Kei's care had increased its net value by 150 billion dollars over the years. He shut the phone presently, and looked towards the window with distant eyes. I really, really miss you. I really, really want to see you. It was clear his mind was on returning home to Hikari. He sighed and went back to work.
An attractive blond secretary with a deep v-neck red blouse and a short tight skirt came into the room heels clicking hard on the floor as she walked, she bent over towards Kei in an obvious seductive gesture to hand over the files. To her disappointment, her handsome boss made no notice of her advances, or if he did he had ignored them entirely. "Thanks Gloria", he said without looking up and already beginning to open the files. "Yes…just let me know if there is anything else you need assistance with" Gloria replied giving a simpering smile and hoping he would take the hint. Her boss nodded absently while still reading through the files at an alarming rate, by god he's almost done! They had told her he was a genius, but this was her first time seeing him at work.
He had arrived yesterday late in the evening, and now it was almost mid-day and still she had not seen him rest from work. She had been back and forth a couple of times, fetching whatever he required between his meetings and other work in the office. Although, she had excused herself for the night she had a suspicion her boss had been burning the candlelight and working the night away. The following morning she had arrived early to the office in hopes of getting the things together for him that he had asked her to the night before, but at five in the morning when she arrived the CEO was already, or perhaps still, typing away at a ferocious speed on his laptop.
Looking at his unbelievably long downcast eyelashes scanning through the pages, the way the sun reflected off his dirty blond hair, his fair skin and hazel eyes, his expression of indifference which was the only one he ever showed, except sometimes it would change subtly to disinterest, she couldn't help but miracle on how handsome he was, how delicate his features. And he has so much money... She was the highest ranking employee in the New York branch, and the CEO normally only came for a week or two every five years. Everything had to go perfect, if there was any ineptitude in their performance a lot of jobs may be lost. She knew how important this was and yet when she saw him she was immediately distracted by his shockingly handsome features, his incredible boundless intelligence, his abyss of wealth, and his unperturbed cold personality nothing seemed to phase. A part of her was shocked at herself for thinking like this, but he was intimidatingly impressive, to say the least. She wanted to talk to him more, get romantically involved if possible, but knew it would be out of her place.
Besides, she had done her research and Mr Takishima seemed to have no love interest anywhere, of course besides the occasional pictures that popped up every now and then of him and his mysterious wife in parties. What was her name? Ahh... Haru? Haraki? ..something like that. Whatever it was Gloria had to grudgingly admit she was an outstandingly beautiful Japanese women, and her boss in those pictures where he stood beside her... she saw expressions on his neutral face that she never thought were possible.
Kei glanced toward the window and saw the sun was beginning to set as he finally began to pack everything into his briefcase for the flight back to Japan. I had hoped to leave this place by midday…but I should still make it. Just about. He got a slight smile on his lips when he imagined his beautiful wife waiting for him. He wanted her so bad. "Will that be everything, sir?" Gloria asked stunned he had accomplished almost two weeks worth of accumulated work in less than a day.
Intentionally she positioned herself so she was standing a little too close to him, her large chest brushing his arm purposefully in a subtle attempt to seduce him. Kei began to walk towards the door to gain some distance. "Can I just say it's been an absolute privilege having you here" she paused and feeling it was now or never said looking down and blushing madly "and personally I know I shouldn't be saying this, but I'm honest to fault and can't help it. Anyway, I find you really quite unbelievably attractive. Perhaps we can-" "that will be all. You've been wonderful Gloria" Kei said cutting her off with a sharp undercutting and yet positively charming tone for which he was famously known for. Thinking of all her sexual advances throughout his stay Kei thought, I would fire her, but she's handling things here consummately. He only had to tolerate her and endure her presence for the day, he would probably never see her again. He left the room without so much as a backward glance and entered the limo awaiting him at the base of the tall sky scraper building he owned and yet barely visited.
The updates will come quickly.