Shay's POV
Around noon, I checked the time on my phone and saw that it was almost 4pm. Since boredom is my only friend, I texted Sylvia to let her know that I'm on my way to meet her at work so we can go to her place together and hang out. I quickly changed into some casual jeans and a light top and called a cab to come pick me up cos I don't feel like taking my car or in the mood to drive. Ten minutes later the taxi pulled up in front of the company's building and I paid the driver and stepped out of the vehicle with the cool afternoon breeze blowing through my hair.
I texted Sylvia again to let her know that I'm waiting for her outside and she texted me back a minute later, saying that she's almost done and she'll be down in a while. For that reason, I went into the café nearby and bought myself an iced Americano and came back out front and waited again. It was almost half past five when she finally texted back that she's on her way down now and I've almost finished my third drink from that same café that now I'm starting to feel my bladder can't handle it anymore other than feeling irritated for waiting so long.
She finally came outside through the automatic glass double doors and I started walking towards her. She suddenly turned to the side and started talking to someone else beside her and my eyes moved to the side and landed on the familiar looking man walking alongside Sylvia. I froze in the middle of the pathway, my mind was racing back to the moment I saw him last which was also the first time I saw him. And then it hits me.
The guy from the elevator.
He was there that day, in the elevator when I was on my way to meet that douchebag on that stupid date. Is this a coincidence? Does Sylvia know him? Does he work here?!
Sylvia turned and finally saw me and she waved at me to come over. I finally forced myself to walk over to them and he suddenly turned his head in my direction and stared back at me. He was more than handsome up close, and the way he's perfectly dressed in a suit with his hands deep in his pockets and hair perfectly styled to the side, it kinda made me think for a moment that he might be someone important that I should know.
I stood beside Sylvia and nervously smiled at her while she grins back at me with her hand around my arm already.
"Sorry I took so long." I shook my head in dismissal.
"Yeah, it's fine." She beamed and stood closer by my side and turned back to the guy who was silently watching us with a blank look on his face.
"Um sir, I don't think you two have actually met. This is my cousin Shay, she's our secretary at the department Of Registrar Of Companies, and she just recently started."
He nods at me with a small smile on his face before looking back at Sylvia.
"Shay." Sylvia dragged on with a hint of charm in her tone while giving me a knowing look.
"This is Mr. Jason Cartwright. Our boss."
No way. Did I just hear her say the word "boss"? How is this guy our boss?! When Sylvia talks about him all the time I was imagining a guy over forties, like a sugar daddy type, which would explain why Sylvia has a crush on him. I was not expecting......him!
She nudged my arm and I finally snapped out of my thoughts and reached my hand out to him.
"Nice to finally meet you sir."
He looks back at me and then at my hand, and finally decides to shake it. It was just a brief handshake but it did something to my whole body. Like an electric spark that also made my heart beat faster.
"Nice to meet you too miss...?"
"Kellen." I quickly said my fake last name. He nods his head once and released my hand and glanced back at Sylvia.
"Right. Miss Falcon, do you mind moving my meeting with Mrs. Anders from Sydney to next week? I'll be leaving work early tomorrow around 2pm so I'm not gonna be able to make it." Sylvia eagerly nods her head.
"Yes sure, I'll rearrange it tonight and your new schedule will be in your desktop early tomorrow morning."
He smiled in return and looked ahead where his car pulled up and the driver steps out of the car and opened the backseat door for him.
"Have a good night ladies. It was nice meeting you Miss Kellen." He tells us once again before walking away and getting into his car.
When the car left, Sylvia and I started walking and she excitedly squealed in my ear.
"Isn't he hot?" I chuckled and glanced away to the side.
He is hot indeed but why did he have to be my freakin boss?!
"So what do you think of him? You've finally met him now."
"Yeah, he's okay. I can totally see why you're so into him." She scoffed and hooked her arm around mine.
"Well yeah, but I'm not just into his looks shay. I've spent most of my time with the guy and believe me when I say that I really really like him that way."
I stopped walking and turned around to face her.
"I know and you've told me so many times about the reasons why. I get that he's our boss but are you really serious about him?" She sighed and nods her head slowly.
"I know what you're trying to say. It's hopeless liking a guy who's so out of your league and who will only see you as nothing more but a personal assistant."
I grabbed her hand and gave it a little squeeze of reassurance.
"Don't stress about it Syl, I know there's a guy out there that will notice you one day and feel the same way you do."
She chuckled and swing our hands back and forth as we continue walking.
"You're one to give advises when you haven't even been in a serious relationship your whole life." I gasped in shock and playfully glared at her.
"Hey I may be single but you have to admit it, my advises are good."
"True. Or maybe you just G****e them." I playfully slapped her on the shoulder and we both started laughing.
"Let's get some pizza before we head home." I nodded and we started heading in the direction where a good pizza place we know, awaits.
*******
We ate the pizza in her living room on her couch and with the TV on, we lowered the volume down to zero and started talking about a bunch of stuffs which is what we usually do when we're together.
"Why were you late today?" She frowned and leaned towards the coffee table and picked up another slice from the box.
"Have I told you that Jason has a partner that also runs the company?" I slowly nodded.
"Yeah. You also told me he travels a lot which is why we rarely see him at work. I, for once, have never seen the guy when I started working there."
She nodded and bit her pizza before leaning back on the couch.
"Yeah me either. He's an ass because now he's back and he decided to just start working from home from now on which can only means he's either relaxing there or doing whatever he wants while I have to run around all day sending him his files, emailing him his reports and documents, arranging his new schedule. I mean hello! My job is to be Jason's assistant, not his."
I chuckled and took a sip of my cola. I'm a little surprised that she starts using his first name all over a sudden.
"Can't he just hire one?"
"Exactly! But you know what? It's actually a good thing he's working from home. I can tell that this guy is a real pain in the ass so the less we see him, the better."
My phone started buzzing in my pocket and I arched my back forward so I can reach into my back pocket and grabbed it. I stared at the screen and saw that it was a text from mom telling me to come home now. I rolled my eyes and shoved the last piece of pizza in my hand in my mouth and stood up.
"Was that aunt Sheila?" She asked drowsily from the couch.
"Yep. Sorry, I need to go. See you at work tomorrow?" She lazily nods her head.
"Love you, bye!"
I left her apartment, took a cab back home where reality awaits me. I looked out the cab window and smiled at the glittering stars in the dark sky, even if I get to escape my reality for a while, I still find a reason to smile at the end of the day and just thought of all the good things in my life right now.
Shay's POVEvery morning is like the same routine repeating itself every day. I get ready for work and left home in my casual clothes and then later change in my car in a suitable work outfit. My mother always leaves home every morning just to meet up with her friends and have breakfast at a fancy restaurant. Sometimes I wonder whether her friends have a life or has other things to do rather than meeting up with my mom every day and talk about their boring lifestyle. My father and Shawn are the only two people who would take their time having breakfast at home first before leaving together for work. They would usually spend that time in talking about what they'll be doing for today, who will they be meeting, business things and whatsoever.I know Shelby is always having breakfast at her favorite restaurant before going straight to work. I even saw her once drinking coffee with some guy, it could be her secret boyfriend or some guy she's just seeing but honestly I highly doubt that she
Jason's POV"Well this is just the beginning. It is a pleasure to work with you Mr. Cartwright."I couldn't help myself smiling at the deal he just proposed. The benefits are good, the plan is brilliant, and they agree with my idea.It's perfect.Mr. Russo stood up and starts to shake Matt's hand and Chase's as well, I stood up from my seat and shook his hand politely and to the rest of his team advisors and lawyer. Matt starts to escort them out of the room and my eyes quickly snapped back to Chase who slumped back in his seat with a heavy sigh. What bothers me about him was that, he was wearing his dark shades the whole time and never bothered to take them off during the meeting. I cleared my throat to get his attention and he stood up again and faced me."You were late again today." He just nods his head and stared at the portrait hanging on the wall near the door."I had to meet up with someone first. Thought it was important but I guess I was wrong."With his shades on I couldn't
Shay's POV"He has that cool, boss like demeanor you know? Sometimes I get shocked of how intimidating he can be, like he has this on and off switch that he can press anytime to become scary while dealing with work and switched back to the kind and cool guy he really is. That's like one of the things that I like about him, he surely knows how to handle himself really well without any help from anyone."The whole time Sylvia was going on and on about Jason, my eyes were fixated on her expression the whole time. It's only a matter of time till she realizes that she could be in love with him. I don't know him that well but she sure does, and it's probably not that hard to like a guy like Jason. He's good looking, has that hint of an aussie accent in his voice, very professional at work and I can tell that he's actually a nice guy even without Sylvia telling me that he really is.Sylvia and I are more like best friends than cousins. I know her better than anyone and I also know the last t
Shay's POV"I think the lawyers can handle this part." I placed my pen down on the table and intertwine my fingers together in front of me before looking across the table at Mr. Morris, the director of the company.As much as I like the way he easily comes up with ways of running the business, it is still my job to help him make the better decision by the end of the day. Right now, I'm starting to feel unsettled about all the other confusing details of the profiting process that I just can't seem to come up with a solution that we both can agree on. I glanced back at Mr. Morris and focus my attention back on him."Yes, okay, but perhaps we should consider letting one of the board members know about this so we can also consider their opinions about this matter. What do you say?"He stares down at the table and rubs his white beard with his hand, obviously thinking about my suggestion. He suddenly looks up again and then closed the file in front of him."I agree. But first things first,
Jason's POVMistakes happens all the time. Even if we realized it later on, it's too late. The damage is already done. I always knew that I've made a mistake somewhere when the feeling starts to bother me. The feeling of being unsettled, losing focus, and trying to figure out what could I have possibly done wrong?The exact same thing happened to me right after those words left my mouth;"You're fired."It rings even louder in my head and it makes me feel agitated that what I had done was a big mistake. Although on from one point of view, I was only doing what a normal boss would do when his employee disrespected a friend of his in an unfriendly manner. I'll admit that I was kinda interested in her from the beginning and when she asked me out in the elevator the other day, I was surprised that she made the first move but I hid my disappointment in time when I realized the real reason behind her question.I swear to god, this pandemic is changing the female population in this world to
Shay's POVAs usual, I woke up the next morning when my alarm starts to ring. It took me a minute to remember that I just got fired yesterday so there's no reason for me to set up my alarm anymore because I have no job now. I angrily switched off my alarm and lied back in bed and stared at nothing but the ceiling above me. I can't believe that jerk! He obviously took his friend's side and fired me just because I told her off. I stayed in bed for another five minutes before I finally decided to get up and get ready for breakfast. No job now which means there's nothing else for me to do and just bore myself to death with lame activities that occupies my time.I put my hair up in a bun and right before I grab my necklace to put it on, a sudden thought popped into my head. Jason's friend is the reason why I got fired and she will pay for it. I quickly grabbed my laptop and sat on top of my bed and Google her name.Jaliyah KengHer results popped up in the screen and I was surprised to lea
Shay's POVThe next morning when I sat down at the table for breakfast, mom instantly gave me that weird look that I always hate, while signaling the maid standing nearby to refill her cup of coffee. I ignored the way she was staring at me and just ate my breakfast quietly without a care. I have a feeling she might start telling me something I won't like so I started to eat quickly before she gets the chance to do so."Well this is new, I thought you always have something to do in the morning which is why you rarely eat breakfast at home." She said with a curious look on her face."I do have something to do every day, but today felt like a nice day to enjoy my breakfast for once." I easily lied.She has no idea that I had been secretly working at C&E Holdings and ever since I got the job, I had been very careful about every move I make and what to say when they start asking questions. I know that my parents won't accept what I was doing cos unfortunately they do have other plans for m
Jason's POVA morning with the sun still rising from the horizon, dew droplets glistening in the grass and on the leaves from the trees, a few early birds in their vehicles rushing past my car just to avoid the morning traffic that is yet to happen, this is the time of the day that I really loved. It's so peaceful and quiet and the atmosphere is calm with the first ray of sunlight filtering in the car. This moment every morning always calm my mood before I get entangled in my work life every day. It makes me wish to just keep driving while enjoying the view of the city stirring up awake. Cafés brewing their fresh batch of coffee, restaurant workers pulling up the window blinds and turning the close sign to open, men jogging down the street while older couples walk their dogs. This is perfect, and there's nothing that would make me get tired of this every day.I parked my car out front and threw my keys to the valet before making my way inside the building. As usual people are already