Novels by Helen Amodu

I turned my head to his door when I noticed it opened, a loud groan followed as Dave came out of Mason’s office.“fucking idiot” Dave muttered to himself as he walked to the elevator, he paused in his steps and turned to me. He looked like he wanted to tell me something but didn’t know how to say it. After silently contemplating whether to talk or not, he turned his back and entered into the elevator.I wonder what that was about. That’s the second weird look I have gotten since the incident this afternoon. Well, the first was more of a spiteful look. I understood the look once she gave it to me. You wouldn’t like to see the person who ruined your chance of getting laid.For some reason this is funny to me, here I was stressing about the little kiss, the gift, smiling sheepishly as I bought him his chamomile tea, building fantasies in my head. He was here enjoying the time of his life with his ex-wife. You can imagine the shock I had when I realized that the lady stroking him was his

“ Get off me!” He pushed Beatrice away when he noticed Mia’s presence. Beatrice was angered by his actions and wanted to get aggressive with him, but she stopped when she noticed he was looking at someone.“Why are you standing there ?” he said as fixed his trousers and stood up to arrange his clothes, “drop it on my table and leave.”It took a moment for Mia to realize that he was talking to her. She was still confused by what she saw, she placed the chamomile tea and the bread on his desk and turned her back to leave. She could feel the angry stare of the lady sitting on the black couch. She wanted to look at the lady’s face, but with the atmosphere in the room, she didn’t think that was the right thing to do.“What is this?” She turned towards her boss and noticed he was pointing towards the bag of bread on his table.“garlic bread. I noticed from the list Mrs. Maria sent, that you prefer to take your chamomile tea with garlic bread so bought some from the store." She hoped she had

*Phone rings*“Hello,” Mason said as he put the phone to his ear. “ hello brother” “get straight to the point.” “I am volunteering my services for the upcoming charity event,”“why?”“ Because I am a humanitarian and I love people”He chuckled, “That doesn’t sound convincing enough”“ok, I'm trying to get on Dad’s good side, He’s really serious about this marriage thing.”“Getting married is not a bad idea, you’ll have someone who will love you, protect you, and provide for your exuberant lifestyle.”“I am not ready for marriage. I want to marry for love.”“Marrying for love is exaggerated,”“No, it is not, because yours failed doesn’t mean mine is going to be the same.” Mason was silent for some while, he knew Jade was right. Just because he had it bad, doesn’t mean he let his sister go into an arranged marriage.“Hello, Mason?”“I will be putting you and Mia in charge of the event planning, Mia will be reporting to me and I will be watching you. Since it is voluntary work, I won’

“Bring the documents to my office,” Mason said through the intercom.Mia could feel her anxiety getting the best of her, although she had been planning for this day, she never thought she would be this anxious. She adjusted her skirt, picked up the documents, and walked towards his door. At the front of his door, she said a little prayer and walked inwhat’s the worst that could happen“Good morning sir,” she said as she entered his office, she dropped the documents on his desk and waited for him to give orders. She stood there watching his every move with her heart in her throat.Mason picked a file from the documents on his table and scanned through it, as much as he tried to focus. He knew there was an elephant in the room, that they needed to address but he was not interested in facing that elephant now. “Mr. Adiel did not agree to the terms of the agreement, He said the agreement does not favor him since he is going to be on the same floor with Goya ice cream and he feels insu

“Hey, Mr. Nelson from the Finance department said I should give this to you. These are the files for last month's tax audit.”“Ok.” I took the document and placed it where the other documents sent to Mr. Mason were kept and went back to writing reports for the last meetings I attended. Mason has been away on a work trip for two weeks. I got an email from him the day after the dinner stating that he was traveling to Australia for an important meeting and that I should resume work at the office the following week. He has been communicating with me via email and he hasn't said anything about the kiss, only work-related stuff. I sort of feel relieved that he doesn't want to talk about it. I'm not ready to talk about what happened that night and it's good we are on the same page.It was a mistake, nothing more.Resuming work at the office has been so stressful. It's different from when I worked as Mason’s stay at home secretary. Now I have to attend meetings on his behalf, summarise the

The cold hit me as I stepped outside, I forgot to take my coat along with me and the cold night breeze was penetrating my skin. I wanted to stay in the house with Jade, but I have a new job and I have to do this if I want to keep my other job. I followed the direction Jade gave to me, it was a bit confusing but I found my way. I sighted the gate to the garden and quickened my steps. Make sure he's okay and leave. As I stepped into the garden I saw Mason sitting on a bench in the garden, his head was down, so he did not notice me walking towards him. “Sir” he raised his head in my direction “How did you find me?” “Jade said I will find you here” “What do you want?” “You left the room angry, I wanted to check on you before I leave.” He seemed more angry than his usual self, maybe his dad went too far bringing up his marriage. “Do you mind if I join you?” He didn't say anything, his attention was more on the bottle of liquor in his hands. I took his silence as an invitation to