"Good morning Mr. Delgado," Aletta said as she walked into his office. He had told her that he would go to work by himself and she did not need to come to pick him up.She had taken time for herself and had a hearty breakfast while trying her best to write down the terms she wanted to be included in the contract."Good morning" he replied with a smile. That smile did everything to her insides and she was not sure if she liked it or not. She barely saw him smile and even when he did it usually had to be professional."Your schedule for the day" she started walking towards his table where he sat. For the past few days they had not been doing things concerning their work but instead going around in circles of this relationship talk."Before that" he said raising his hand to stop her from going on."Yes sir" she paused looking up from the iPad. His eyes twinkled as if extra light had been added to them."What about the terms?" he asked leaning into the desk. "Your terms" he added when she
"We are at work" she said in a hushed whisper. "What else do you want me to call you?" "Who cares I am the boss and you can call me Baby?" he asked with a smile."Baby?" "Yes?" "Never, I will address you as Mr. Delgado while at work and if we are on dates I will try my best to address you by your first name" "Well, I don't like that and it's one of my terms," he said folding his hands and resting the back of his foot to the desk."What do you mean by that?" "That you call me by a nickname you choose and you must call me that at all times" he said."Even in front of the board of directors and your family?" she asked with widened eyes."Yes of course" "Of course not" "Why?" "Are you crazy?" the question flew out of her mouth before she could think and her hands flew to her hand before she could get the whole question out."No I am not" he was thrown aback by her asking that kind of question." Why would you ask that? " he asked like a curious child who was interested in knowing ev
"Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?" she asked shocked at his request.From books and movies, the term was always that they break up when they began to feel something for each other but he wanted to sustain the relationship despite the change of emotions."I don't care the way it is normally, that is my term" he said turning his lips into a thin line. "Aren't you going to write that down?" he asked when he saw that she did not make a move or sound."Yes sir, I will," she said blinking multiple times."Okay so let's move on you" he said leaning back into the chair."Onto me?" she asked hand on her chest in confusion. "Yes aren't you going to tell me your terms?" he asked with a small laugh at her confusion."Oh yes" she said clapping her hands together."Let's hope they are all reasonable terms" he added in a murmur."First" she said ignoring his comment and moving on. She did not understand the courage she had to go on with this after the term he had given her. If not that
"What do you mean by that?" he asked with a shocked expression on his face."Mean by what?" she asked not knowing if he did not understand what she meant or if he just wanted her to repeat it.He was a highly intelligent and smart man so he usually made everyone marvel at him who came in contact with him by his charisma and wisdom, so she did not expect him to ask too many questions."That we go our separate ways?" he asked again."If we don't have feelings for each other like you said we have to go our separate ways or else we would have a hard time going back to our professional status" she explained."Only if we don't have feelings for each other?" he asked "Yes" "Then I guess that won't be happening," he said with a smug expression on his face and resting his back on the chair."Why?" she asked. Now it was her turn to be confused by what he said."Because you already have a thing for me“ "Is it because of what I said the last time?" "Of course" "That was a drunken mistake," s
"What?" she asked with a cough following her statement. She was thrown aback by his comment. Did he just call her over to flatter her? "I mean, I have all these documents to sign but I can't seem to focus because you are sitting there looking all breathtaking" "Sir, I.." she said in a stammer before trailing off in confusion."I just wanted you to know why I was staring at you," he said with a shrug."I will fix that real quick" she said walking towards his desk and taking the remote from it. She walked to the glass walls and pressed the remote to put down the blinds.She turned to him and smiled at him before she dropped the remote to the sofa and walked out.Joshua chuckled at her actions and stood up walking to pick up the remote. He opened up the blinds and stared at her. He raised his shoulders and shrugged with a smirk.He waved the remote in the air and walked back to his desk. Aletta dropped her head into her palm and shook it. She could not understand why he was doing all t
"Why don't we go on a first date?" Joshua asked as he walked towards her table outside his door with his jacket in hand."Shush" she said in a hushed whisper her hand almost covering his mouth."What did I do?" he asked with his eyebrow going up in a questioning manner. "Do you want the whole world to know?" she asked her eyes darting to the workers who were sitting in the open partitioned office space."I couldn't care less," he said with a shrug."But I care" "Just because of you" he added with a smile that was kind of reassuring."Mr. Delgado would you like me to make dinner reservations?" she asked instead. She would not have anyone thinking anything about their relationship."I will..." he began to say."Okay sir, coming right up, I will also ask Jack to prepare the car" she added with a professional smile.Joshua pouted in annoyance. He did not want Jack to be with them on their date and he was leaving work early so he can get to spend quality time with her."You can wait in t
People had always regarded Joshua as one who was difficult to work with because of how controlling he was. Aletta had only known the side of him that was controlling and a perfectionist so seeing him this way made her question everything she knew about him."Are you going to go after everyone has gone?" she asked him."Yes Ms Brunswick" Seeing that he was still using that tone with her she felt he was angry at her. Somehow she preferred that tone because it made her a bit comfortable to work with him. She nodded and walked to the door. She hoped he would snap out of whatever it was that was making him that way and allow them to get off work early.She walked to the open office space that had been partitioned for work. she clapped her hands to alert the people who were busy either tapping away on their laptops or reading something intently on them.They all turned to face her with tired expressions that she felt compassion for them all. "Mr Delgado says we can all go home now" "Witho
"Hello Jack, Mr Delgado says you can go, he would take the car out on his own," she said. she hoped he did not overhear their conversation and was trying her best to play it cool."I know he would not be driving because he is bad at it" Jack said and Joshua gasped. Aletta gave him a warning look. she did not want to give him more doubts."So I assume that you would be driving. Are you going somewhere fancy? what is going on between you and him?" Jack asked as if he was a detective trying to solve a case."Good night Jack," Aletta said before cutting off the call and breathing in relief. Her eyes dilated as she smiled at him."The floor would be empty in a few minutes so we can wait for her and go down after or we can go now" she said giving him no chance to talk about what Jack said on the phone. "Let's wait a few minutes," he said in a sulk as he walked into his office."I never knew you were such an emotional wreck," she said as she followed him into the office."I am?" he asked st