The next week came and went very quickly and the routine didn't change throughout the entire week. It went something like this;
Wake up – 0630
Get Jason up – 0640
Make breakfast – 0650 till 0710
Eat breakfast with Jason – 0710 till 0735
Jason leaves for school – 0740
I get into the shower – 0800
I leave the house – 0820
I get to the office after buying ingredients and breakfast for boss – 0900
I leave the office – 1700
Get to home to make Jason food – 1715
Leave home for classes - 1730
Return home – 2100
Do homework and study – 2110-2300
I sat at my desk typing furiously trying to finish an assignment that Mr Di Angelo gave to me. The phone rang and it was the special ringtone programmed for the boss. "Hello sir, how may I help you?"
"Hi Thalia, could you come into the kitchen briefly? Thank you." And then he dropped the phone.
I sat for a moment trying to imagine what that was about but I couldn't think of anything so I stood up, straightened out the skirt of the grey peplum dress I was wearing and walked through his office into his mini apartment.
"You called sir?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen where he stood with his back to me chopping something up.
"Yes um, you're working on drawing up a new file for our new client right?" he asked as he glanced at me briefly.
"Yes sir, I was just finishing the details of the tanzanite's specifics." I answered unsure of where this was going.
"Okay that's good. Anyway on to what I wanted you for, I am making this special type of pasta for dinner and I forgot to ask you to buy a couple of stuff. Could you possibly write down the ingredients as I call them out?" he said as he dropped his chopping knife and placed what he had chopped into a bowl beside the counter top
"There's paper on there if you need some" he motioned towards the island table behind him.
I reached out, not noticing the hot kettle beside my arm and tried to get the paper. Unfortunately, my elbow touched the surface of the boiling kettle and I recoiled my arm swiftly, "Ouch, shit!" I exclaimed as I rubbed my elbow gingerly.
Nico swirled round very quickly and briskly walked round the table to where I was standing. He took my wrist and electricity shot up and down my spine and then round my body. He hesitated for a second, like he felt it too, and then he stretched out my hand to survey the damage.
My breath hitched as he lightly ran his fingers across my arm to where the burn was and pressed it gingerly. I winced slightly and let out a small whimper. He moved closer to me and then looked into my eyes, his eyes were clouded and his gaze intense. I sincerely hoped my pupils weren't dilating in front of him because every other part of my body was reacting, so strongly, to just his close presence.
We stood there for about twenty seconds just looking into each other's lust filled eyes. The electricity was fizzing between us and the attraction was so thick I swear I could see it. My body yearned for nothing more than it yearned for his, my body wanted to be filled, to feel the friction, the pressure and the coiling at the base of my stomach. Suddenly his phone rang and the moment was broken. I looked away and he slowly lowered and then let go of my hand as he walked to his cell phone.
He picked up the call and began talking to someone; I assumed it was an older client from his formal, yet charming tone. He walked to the freezer and took out an ice pack which he handed to me. I took it from his grasp without looking at him and placed it over my wound.
Once he was done on the phone he stood on the other side of the island table and watched me intently, "How's the burn?"
"It is okay, the ice made it feel a lot better thanks." I said trying to avoid his gaze.
"Good, so um don't worry about the groceries, and I'm sorry about your arm. I do have a favour to ask you though." He said smiling slightly.
I unconsciously narrowed my eyes, "What is this favour sir?"
"The woman whose tanzanite we're buying is rich old lady. She just called me and said she'd like to meet who she's giving her "baby" to. She's having a dinner party and would love if I came."
"What does this have to do with me then?" I asked not liking where this was going?
"I was hoping you would come with me?" he said framing it as a question.
"Why me? I'm just the secretary/PA whom you met a week and a half ago." I asked getting slightly suspicious of his odd request.
"The thing is, it's tonight and I don't think I'll be able to get another date on such short notice." He responded as he ran his hand through his hair.
I raised an eyebrow, "And I don't have a life to live? If this is what this job entails being your piece of show off ass when you can't find another one, then take this as my resignation. Have a good evening sir."
I walked out of his apartment and straight to my cubicle. I packed up all my things and walked to the reception where Katie was. "Leaving early today Thalia?" she asked in surprise.
"I didn't know Nico there was such an ass, I guess I was wrong about him. See you another time Katie."
NICO
Nico stood there and watched in shock as his secretary walked out of the apartment. That had gone completely wrong, he thought.
He unconsciously watched the swish of her hips as she strode away from him. He remembered the first time he saw her standing in his office.
He had walked into his office only to see her there with her short black hair, beautiful slim frame and long legs, standing, mouth agape, and looking at him. He had wanted nothing more than to take her right there and then. He hadn't felt such a primal, raw lust for any woman in a very long time and his body was just itching to impale itself in her.
Later when she had walked into his office, the fantasies of him with her legs wrapped around his waist as she moaned his name had manifested themselves in his brain and he had to concentrate just to make sure his semi erection didn't become a raging boner and after the conversation they had. It was much harder than he had anticipated.
Through the entire week, her unintentional ministrations had ensured he spent a healthy amount of time in the bathroom trying to relieve his bouts of lust without getting blue balls. She was driving him crazy and he was sure he would do something very stupid soon enough. He had come pretty damn close tonight because he had been so close to taking her right in his kitchen.
Regardless of the fact that he was on the verge of committing a federal crime, he had to apologise to her and make her come back. He hadn't had such a good secretary in so long and he really enjoyed their work banter, even though every time she enters the room you get hard, he thought to himself.
He sighed to himself. It seems he'll just have to grace the dinner part alone but first he had to apologise to Thalia.
I wasn't surprised when I walked out of my office to see Thalia's desk clear. I went back into my office and grabbed my jacket and things and then I walked up to Katie.
"What did you do to Thalia?" she asked straight out. I'd been friends with Katie for too long to try and use my authority to get her to shut up so I told her the story, leaving the part where I really wanted to have sex with her in my kitchen out of course.
She nodded and scribbled something down on a paper then handed it to me, I was confused, "That's her address and number, and you know she really needs this job but she's too prideful to say it so just go beg her to come back"
I smiled at Katie, "I love you very much. I promise to buy you something nice for Christmas." She smiled back at me and said "You better" but I was already in the elevator as I made my way to Thalia's house.