Jeanne stood in front of Joshua's door as she banged her fist on the door. Joshua opened the door and faced her."What are you doing here?" he asked in a murmur."I am so pissed" Jeanne said pushing herself into his room in a swift movement."What does that have to do with me? Why are you here?" he asked closing the door and turning to watch her pace the whole floor."I mean, I do understand what Anette was trying to pull seeing that she is always scheming and dubious," she said and then paused to look at Joshua to make sure he was following what she was saying."But I don't understand Aletta" she continued. "How can she be so calm with the situation when she knows that someone is trying to steal her man?" she asked and crossed her hand on her chest.She pursed her lips together and watched Joshua. He did not seem shocked at her exposition.'Why don't you seem shocked?" she asked stopping herself from going further in the rant."Because Aletta can be like that sometimes" Joshua said c
Aletta stepped out of the elevator and began to walk towards her desk. "Good morning everyone" she said dragging the attention of the people around there and also somehow breaking off the cluster of people at tables who were doing every other thing aside from the work they were employed for."Good morning Ms Brunswick" came out voices. some of them in nervous laughter and some in firm voices that show that they were not guilty of anything at the moment."Let's get to work," Aletta said.She was feared because she was seen as the right-hand man of Joshua. It seemed to them at the office and especially to those who worked so very closely with Joshua that she somehow knew how to communicate well with him."Yes ma'am" they murmured as they scrambled to their seat to resume their work. Many of them who were unaware of what they should be doing at that time just went ahead to click nervously on their computers."Have a nice day" she added as she turned to her table. She sat down and tried t
"You seem to be in a very good mood today Mr. Delgado" Aletta said trying her best to keep her smile away."Of course, it's a good new day" Joshua replied taking out the coffee cup from his hand. "Thank you" he said shaking the cup a bit. "What's on my schedule?" he asked and she nodded to him. She slid open the iPad in hand and began to read from it."First you have a meeting with the market team one, and then you have another meeting with the hotel staff concerning the anniversary event. After that, you would also have a meeting with Mr. Tom regards the new line of clothes" Aletta said in one breath. "And then you have an emergency meeting with the staff at the foundation because of an issue with investing, then you have to attend a seminar where you have to answer a Q and A session and then you have a business dinner with the investors from China" she added and he blinked."It is going to be a long day," he said with an eye roll.She nodded in affirmative, she knew how long the d
"Good day Mr Delgado," Tom said when he met them outside the building to welcome them. "I see you are here too Ms. Brunswick?" he added an extremely weird smile. "Good day Mr. Tom, do you have business with my secretary?" Joshua asked pursing his lips together."What sir?" Tom asked confused and in a stutter. Ever since he had taken up the habit of making Aletta uncomfortable Joshua had never confronted him before."Do you ?" he asked again tilting his head a bit."I do not" Tom answered. He would not want to get on the wrong side of Joshua because it would only do him harm."Then you should not be giving her such a weird smile," Joshua said.Tom was taken aback because he did not expect Joshua to have anything to say about the matter. Aletta on the other hand felt her heart warm up. Joshua usually did not have a say in these things and it was not because he could not have a say but because he chose not to. She wanted at that moment to give him a strong and big hug as she was glad he
"Is that so?" Joshua asked glancing at Aletta again."Yes sir, the last time we visited together I grew so attached to these children that I had to come back and I kept coming back and could not stop" she said and Mary nodded."Unlike someone I know who hasn't visited us in months" Mary said in a teasing sarcastic voice."Oh don't hold me to ransom, I have been so busy with work and every other thing" he said in an apologetic tone."Don't worry about it, we all understand and the kids would be so happy to see you" Mary said taking his hands in hers and squeezing them lightly. "Moreover Aletta here has been doing a very good job in the past weeks" she added."I see she has been so good in my stead isn't it?" he said with a smile.The gesture from her had some kind of impact on her that he could not explain. It made him think of the statement that Mary had made about them being from the same pod. Did they find the same kind of things exciting? "Definitely," Mary said before leading the
'How about we have a late-night snack after this dinner?' Joshua sent it to Aletta.She was sitting a few tables away from him and the business partner who until then he did not know was a woman.He had no prejudice against women but he hated the way she was throwing herself at him and trying her best to touch him every minute she could get.Aletta raised her head to him and shook her head in disbelief, it was obvious that his mind had wandered so far away that he was not listening to what the woman sitting in front of him was saying."Are you listening?" the woman in front of him asked touching his hand slightly."What?" he asked recoiling his hand so fast as if dirt had touched him."Are you listening?" she asked trying to make her voice sound as low as possible. "Yes I am," he said and she giggled."I never thought you would come yourself for the meeting" she said pushing herself forward so her cleavage was not fully exposed."I always like attending my meetings myself," Joshua sa
"How are you still able to eat?" Aletta asked Joshua who was currently devouring the bigger in front of him.They had left the meeting and then gotten takeout, they went to a quiet and closed space to eat. Aletta could not understand why he was devouring the bugger so much when he just had fancy steak at the restaurant."I could barely eat, she kept staring at me and making inappropriate glances at me I could not keep the food down" he said with a mouthful."I can't hear you" she murmured taking a sip of her diet coke.He took a minute to chew and then took a sip of the sprite to wash it down before he spoke. "She made me uncomfortable so I could not eat. The chef may think that I did not eat that meal because there was something wrong with it" he told her."Well, you should be used to it by now, people have always been staring your whole life," she told him popping a fry in her mouth."You know, you'd think that I would get used to it but I can not stand people staring at me like I a
"You had to say that didn't you?" he asked standing up and proceeding to pace around the floor."You asked and I answered," she said and began to eat her burger."You are my assistant and I agree that you do such a great job, it might be practically impossible for me to find someone who would do such a good job" he said and her heart skipped.It sounded so much like a compliment but also she felt like she was facing a disciplinary committee and was about to be punished for something she did."What?" "If you were not such a good assistant, I would have relieved you of your job," he said and her eyes widened."Are you thinking of firing me?" she asked leaping to her feet and standing in his path so he could not wander around again."Yeah," he said and then ran his hand through his hair. He breathed out and closed his eyes. "No," he said again and then dropped his hand to his side. "I don't know okay," he said and she raised her eyebrow."I mean, I like having you at my side all day lon