CHAPTER FOURTEEN
❣️STAY WITH ME❣️
"When I tell you to do something, Miss Adams, you do it without questioning my authority. I'm the boss. Understood?"
He was so close to her.
He had a deep voice and an earthy scent swirled around him.
"Yes sir" she managed to say.
She thought he'd back off since he'd made his point clear but he just stood there, staring down at her. She wished she'd worn shoes with higher heels.
Crystal was a lady of average height at the age of twenty-five, 5'5"...
But standing close to him, she felt way too short... Too small.
"Can you move back a little bit? You're invading my personal space" she looked straight into his eyes as she spoke. She saw the surprise flash in his eyes but it was gone as soon as it came.
"We're going for a meeting, out of town" he continued, pretending not to hear her, "we'll pass by my house and get some files. Get the three documents I placed on your desk this morning and go wait in the parking lot" he sort of command.
She wanted to protest but she thought it better to just shut up and do as he'd said. She could complain later.
She would tell him how she hated being too close to someone who wasn't 'Jason'.
She left his office and walked into his PA's office. The place looked empty except for the furniture, the art on the wall, and the three files on the desk. It was obvious whoever had been there wasn't coming back.
But why? Why wasn't the previous occupant returning and why didn't he tell her?
She sensed something fishy. She was tempted to go back to confront him.
'Calm down Crystal... This is your first day at work and you know nothing about anything going on in this building'
She picked up the files and left for the parking lot.
She took the stairs this time. She was confused because everything just kept moving too fast. She needed to think and think fast.
Why didn't he pick the file this morning if it was so important? You can't forget something if it's really important to you, can you?
She thought of calling Jason and explaining everything. That was when she noticed she'd left her purse in the PA's office.
"Shit!" She cursed, turned, and took the stairs back to the office.
By the time she got to the parking lot, Dave was already there, leaning on the car, legs crossed, hands in pockets.
She could make out the shape of his balled fists. When she got closer, she could see that he'd also clenched his teeth.
* * * *
Shall we call it love at first sight? Dave kept asking himself the same question over and over and over again. He couldn't get Crystal out of his mind no matter how much he tried.
She was so smart and beautiful! Beauty with brains.
Even though it was heartless of him, he kind of thanked fate for making his PA resign on her hospital bed. She had claimed the job was too tasking and she needed time for herself.
No one else knew the actual truth of what had transpired between the both of them.
It happened a few weeks before her accident. Karen, his PA, had been working after hours. She'd never done that before. He was always the last to leave the building.
Sometimes, he'd want her to stay with him so they could finish up but she always had an excuse to give each time he asked.
He finally stopped asking. But on that fateful day, he didn't even have to ask.
He could hear her working in the other office because he'd left his door open. He finally decided to go into her office and see why she was still around. Maybe she was having problems at home. He just wanted to make sure she was fine.
Immediately he walked in, he lost his balance and almost fell.
She was lying naked on the table, legs spread wide and she was beckoning him to come closer.
"Come have a look... Maybe a taste too" she laughed so weirdly.
He'd never heard her laugh that way before... Beautiful Phoebe... Pure, innocent Phoebe. What had gotten into her?
He was sure someone must have set her up to do it.
"What the hell is going on here? What are you doing Pheebs?" He asked.
He became suddenly irritated. He felt like snatching her off the table and throwing her out the window.
"Put some clothes on and get the hell out of here. You're fired", he roared.
He turned around, about to storm out of the office but she flew off the game and jumped on him from behind. She tightened her legs on his hips and wouldn't let go.
"Are you mad?" he barked and snatched her away from his body forcefully. He shoved her and she put the flower vase sitting on the desk.
It crashed and broke into a hundred pieces and she saw anger flash in his eyes like a murderous glint.
Instead of taking it as a cue to stop, she still pressed on.
"Don't pretend you don't want what I'm offering you as much I do. I'm giving you this on a platter of gold. For free. Let's get done with it and I promise not to tell anyone. I don't kiss and tell" she chuckled.
He wasn't surprised. She'd been planning this for a long long time.
Sometimes, one had to break their routine cycle to avoid ambushes such as this and much more.
Finally, he exhaled.
"I'll call security and them to show you out and if you try to resist or try anything stupid, I'll throw you out myself. And I don't mind throwing you out naked"
"I'll tell everyone you tried to rape me", she tried to blackmail him.
"You're stupid as well as dumb" he laughed dryly, "there are security cameras all over the building, including this office. It was activated an hour ago because everyone thought I was home. But you... You are smart, sorry, not stupid. I bet the surveillance team has been watching live solo porn for, I don't know, how long have you been naked and sprawled on my desk?"
"Oh my God," she gasped and reached for her clothes.
"Nah, I changed my mind. You're stupid" he chuckled.
She'd completely forgotten about the surveillance cameras. It was like an electric switch was flicked and she came back to her senses.
She tried to cover herself with her clothes while looking round the office, her eyes frantically searching for the cameras.
Every attempt to cover herself proved futile, her hands were unstable.
"Get out of here," he said to her and walked to the door.
"Me. Anderson, I'm sorry, please... Please", she pleaded.
"Get out!" he repeated and finally left.
She kept coming to work after the whole embarrassing episode but he had taken the phone from her office so she couldn't forward his calls or arrange his meetings and schedule.
He no longer called her to plan for upcoming meetings or lunch. He cut off all ties with her, and emptied the office gradually, day by day till it was just the desk and chair left.
No one knew what was going on except the boss and surveillance team who were present that day.
She became depressed and maybe tried to commit suicide but was unsuccessful. So she used 'accident' to cover it all up.
Dave asked the surveillance team to save the feed from that day on a disk and back it up on a flash drive also, in case she tried to go out of line.
Phoebe officially 'resigned' from her job while in her hospital bed, which was unnecessary. But Dave was kind enough to let her submit the resignation letter to cover her shame and secret. But deep down, she knew she'd been fired a long time ago.
He was glad she didn't die though. He liked her because she was competent and knew how to do her job at the office well.
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