Tring... Tring... Tring...

The alarm rang exactly at 7:00 am on Monday morning. I dragged my sleepy head into the bathroom, took a great long shower and slipped onto a sleeveless knee length blue dress, this time neatly ironed with matching pair of shoes, tied my hair up to a messy bun, put on a light make up, ate my breakfast and got ready by 9:30 am.

I drove along the busy street for about half an hour and at last reached my destination - The Dean Industry.

"OK ok. Be calm, gentle, no more arguments, give your sweetest smile. He is your boss ,you are his employee." I whispered, took a heavy deep long breath and walked in with a confident look.

As I walked in the office I saw a woman probably in her mid 40s walking towards me.

"Good morning Miss Pachelbel." The woman said extending her hand with a ' robot' expression.

"Good morning. I'm sorry but I don't recognize you." I said with a confused look.

"Mrs. Fullerton, ex secretary." She said , still with no expression at all. "Congratulations on getting the job." She added.

"Oh! Thank you!" I exclaimed.

"I'm here to give you the details and the information. This way please."

I followed her to the elevator. There was an awkward silence between us. Silence. I hated that.

Should I start a conversation? Should I? What if she happened to be a ' no noise please' person. She seemed like one before.I didn't dare take the chance. Perhaps I must just have to enjoy the ' Silence '.

So I eventually started observing the device showing the number of storeys to distract myself. 1... we didn't stop. 2...nope. 3 ...not yet. 4 ...no. 5 ... and here we are.

We stepped out of the elevator and walked through a corridor.

"This is Mr Bareth's cabin." She said as we pass a big, I should say very big well furnished room.

I peep in through the slightly opened door and thank God he's not here yet.

"Yours this one." She said pointing to a cabin just next to Mr. Bareth's Oh! I mean my boss' (duh).

I walked into the cabin and was really impressed, I mean who gives a secretary a cabin like this. There was a shelf of books and piles of files in a corner, the room was well furnished with a personal desk and chair, a sofa for the visitors, there was a vase with very beautiful red roses. I walked around the cabin and I thought the Bareth must have worked really hard to get here.

Sigh I've got a long way to go.

"Here are the important files. You need to look through them at least once." She said putting down some files on the desk. She showed me the various places of the various things, the do's and don't in the office. After everything was set she got up to leave then turned around immediately to say something.

"The last and the most important thing. Never call, text or visit Mr. Bareth on the 25th December in particular about anything or everything." She said sounding serious.

"Oh! He likes spending Christmas away from work." I said casually.

"Not only from work but away from people too." She said with a pitiful tone.

"Away from people too?" I replied in shock. Who wants to be alone on Christmas? People including me always spend Christmas with their loved ones, hang socks above the cosy fireplace, party and enjoy the day. Being alone during Christmas? He is really something.

"You'll understand with time. Anyway call me if you need anything. Good luck." She said and closed the door behind her.

I went and sat on my chair and flipped through the files but I was still drenched in my thoughts. What did she meant by 'you'll understand with time'. Was there a secret? Something personal? As I was thinking of all the possible reasons I heard someone yelling in anger. I listened more closely. It was him, Reuben.

The phone rang exactly at that moment and startled me.

"Yes?" I said picking up the phone.

"In my office.Now." Reuben Bareth demanded.I felt my body stiffened.I stood up,took a quick glance at myself in the mirror and walked out of the door.

As I raised my hand to knock, the door opened and I saw Samantha,the receptionist, she was weeping.Oh! So she was the one swallowing Mr. Reuben's harsh words.God! save me from this monster.

"Anything sir?" I stepped in nervously.

"I want the schedule and the details for my business trip in the next 45 minutes." He said looking straight at me.

"Yes,sir." I replied.

"If I'm not satisfied.You're fired."

As I quietly walked to the door, I could feel his stare on my back. I quickly stole a glance at him and saw him staring at me.I left the room immediately.

After 25 minutes I entered his cabin with the file in my hands.

"Here it is, sir." I handed over the file.

He looked through them over and over again.I'm sure there aren't any mistakes. I planned out everything as Mrs Fullerton instructed , so the work is just perfect. I'm truly confident of it or is he just trying to find fault in my work.Ah! This arrogant creep.Darn him.

"Ok you may leave now." He said coolly.

That's it. No appreciation. That was so f-flat. Ok now maybe I was expecting a little too much.

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Taking a satisfying sip of coffee after a long day from work, I sat on the couch. Turned on the t.v but nothing seems to interest me.

My favorite reality shows doesn't seem to amuse me anymore, maybe my taste are changing or the shows are not as thrilling as before. I finished my coffee, turned off the t.v and decided to retire for the night just then my phone rings. It was mom.

"Hello mom."

"Hello. How are you sweetheart?"
"I'm good. How are you?"

"I'm fine. Your dad and I really .miss you."

"I know mom and I really miss you both." I sigh.

"How was your first day?" She asked excitedly.

"Good. It was good." I lied.

How can my day be good with the arrogant creep around.

"Sweetheart are you sure you want to live there alone?I'm just worried for you." She said.

"Mom I'm doing really well myself so don't worry about me and yes I do want to live here." I said reassuring her.

There was a short pause before she speaks again.

"Do what your heart says." She said."It's a relieve to hear that you're doing fine." She added.

"Yeah." I simply said.

"It's getting late, I called just to ask this. Good night sweetheart and take care. Love you."

"Good night. Love you too." I hung up the phone and went off to bed.

"Do what your heart says." I repeated what my mom said.

This is what I always wanted to do.

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