Luciano stared at the file he held in his hand, willing himself not to get mad but the more he looked, the harder it was for him not to get mad.
“Danielle? What the fuck is this?”He yelled at his current assistant.“Sir? My name is Nuelle, not Danielle,”Luciano looked at her. She could have answered his question but her main concern was that he got her name wrong and not what she did wrong. How did he end up only getting incompetent assistants?“I don’t think your name should be what you are worried about right now, is this what I asked you to do?”Luciano let out and threw her a look. She looked confused again and the director she worked for who sent her to him swore she was good, yeah. He obviously didn’t know what he was saying because she has messed up more times than he can count already and she has only been with him for two short days.“I am sorry sir, if you will just relay what you wanted me to do again, I am sure I can fix it,”Yeah right, that was the same thing she said yesterday and today look at the mess she made again. He was tired of her and couldn’t stand her anymore. He had new people coming in that he would be interviewing, hopefully, he would find someone who he can work with so that he can forget that bitch.“No, there is no need for that, I will do it myself, just schedule the interview for the new assistant position, and by tomorrow, go back to working for your original boss,”He told her in a dismissive voice. He didn’t want to be mad at her but if she doesn’t leave soon, he might be. Running this company use to be one of the easiest things for him but in the past two weeks, there have been a lot of downs, starting from when that crazy bitch ditched him and he had been stuck with her cos who made him lose money, nothing worked since she left and he hated her for it.“Sir, I am sure there is a way to fix things, I am sorry for the mistakes I made,”Nuelle said. He ignored her. He had to because he didn’t want to say the words that were forming in his head as she might leave here crying. Nothing was working, everything was all wrong and he had one person to blame for everything, if only that woman hadn’t been so stubborn then he wouldn’t be going through hell right now, it has only been a week since she left and he has lost three deals not including the one that made him fire her. Maybe he went too far firing her after all because no one has been able to do anything right since she left. In anger, he sent all the secretaries that work with him to other departments. He wanted to fire them all but figured it is not their fault so he sent them away for his and their peace's sake and then Christian sent Nuelle saying she was good at what she does. She was horrible. Danielle could do better.“I told you to leave,”He yelled at her and she hurriedly left. It was her fault that she got shouted at again because if she had just left when he told her to then he would not have shouted at her.“Fucking hell,”He let out in frustration. He couldn’t believe one woman leaving his company was enough to make him lose so much. One small clumsy but sassy woman who has been his one constant over the past five years. He never put too much importance on people but for Dani? He made sure to accommodate her as much as he could. He wasn’t the nicest to her, that he could admit but he paid her well and made sure she gets loads of tips for all the work she does. she just had to go mess things up by staying away for one whole week when he had told her not to. Yes, he had been angry when he had fired her but he wasn’t going to admit that he regrets it now. Not when he can always find a new replacement. Someone way better than her and who would not complain. People were coming in today for an interview, he was sure he would find a good replacement for her.“Danielle! In my office right now!”Luciano yelled. Only when he dropped the call did he remember that Dani no longer worked for him. He couldn’t get her name out of his mouth and it has been two weeks and five new secretaries later. How wrong he had been when he thought he could find a better replacement. He hated her so much for what she did to him. What he hated more than her was that he couldn’t for the life of his find a good replacement for her. No one comes close to her, and no one could even match half of her energy, he wasn’t one to regret his decisions but after going through multiple new secretaries both male and female, he started to regret firing her. There were other ways he could have punished her but firing her should not have been one of them.For the first time in years, he just wanted to go home early, take a bath and close his eyes to sleep, that’s how stressed out he was. The last time he felt this exhausted was when his ex-best friend had betrayed him and almost led the company to bankruptcy, Dani had been with him then, and even though she had been Peter’s secretary before he chased him away, she had become his assistant when he noticed how she was able to do things efficiently. Luciano had fired nearly everyone that worked with Peter but Dani had been too much of an asset to let go. Now why did he think it was right to fire her just because of Carson’s project which was mainly his fault too, now he lost even more deals.“Sir, you called for me,”The new assistant who has been working for him for four days now and whom he thought would be the one asked as she walked him. Yes, walking instead of running, she took a whole ten minutes to get from her space to where he is. Something that would not take up to a minute, jokes on him for thinking she was the one because she was just as useless as the others. “It took you long enough to get here? What happened to the minute of the meeting I asked you to send for me?”Luciano asked. She looked confused and he already saw where her confusion was going. He knew he wasn’t about to like the answer that she was going to give him. “I am sorry sir, but I don’t have any minute that I haven’t submitted,”She said and he glared at her, she bowed her head as if that would solve the problem. “The minute you took for our meeting with the Dubai investors, don’t tell me you don’t have it,”He let out. “I am sorry sir, I don’t have it, you sent me out of the meeting and I
Two weeks, two whole weeks after she became unemployed, Dani finally knew how valuable her job was and she so wanted it back but that crazy man did not call her back, instead, he paid her salary in full even though she only worked for fourteen days in that month, she wanted to send his money back to him but she was low on funds even after her strict budget that she swallowed her pride and kept the money. In the last two weeks, she had heavy thoughts about what she wanted to do with her life going forward but nothing seem to be coming up. She thought of what business she could do until her due date but nothing came up that she was confident that she could do. She came to the conclusion that she can only ever work nine-to-five jobs. That’s if she meets a boss that she can actually work nine to five with, not Luciano. That madman had no idea what a nine-to-five job entails when he kept making her work overtime and even during the weekends. She couldn’t do that kind of job anymore especi
“Where do you think, you are going to?”He let out stopping her on her track.“I thought I told you I never want to see you here, what are you doing in my property?”He barked. She bit her tongue to keep her from saying something nasty back to him. “I left my international passport here and that’s what I came to get,”She told him as she made to leave again. “I am not done talking to you,”He let out and all resolve not to say something nasty to him fell off. “Do you have a problem with me leaving? I am disappearing like you said, I don’t have to listen to you because I am not obligated to anymore, Luciano, pack it up and stop behaving like a child,”She let out and heard his intake of breath, she knew she should run while she still can and she was about to do that when he grabbed her. “Clean up the mess in the office and take the rest of the day off,”He said to the lady who has been silent since he got back in. At least she still has her job. “Thank you, sir,”She called after t
When Dani got home, Keira was waiting for her, she almost forgot they had spoken and she told her she would be coming over. “Keira, sorry I kept you waiting,”She said when she walked into the living room, Keira turned from the tv show she was watching and smiled at her. Her smile faded when she saw her face. “What the hell happened to you?”She asked and Dani rushed to her in excitement. She told her everything that happened with Luciano. “So, what you are saying right now is that you went back to work for him after you swore with everything that you will never go near him again? What did I say about that crush again?”Keira was exaggerating the whole thing, maybe Dani should have just told her she got a new job, not like Keira would ask her where. “I am only going to be working for three months Keira, just until I start showing, I need the money and I don’t want to be picky. His request works for me, three months, probation? He thinks he is wise but once that three months is don
“Don’t cry, you will make me cry too, I am so happy for you,”Keira said as they broke the hug and Dani wiped her tears. “I can’t believe I got it right on the first try, a lot of people try many times before it works for them. I am among the lucky few to get it right on our first try Keira, do you know how amazing that is?”Dani let out as more tears found their way to her eyes, she wiped them off too and went to get her phone, she took a photo of the kit and also took a short video of herself and Keira just to keep as a memory of the time she first found out she was carrying. “Now, we just need you to get a laboratory confirmation test,”Keira advised. Dani already had plans to go get tested to be sure. “I will be sure to do that, God! I am so happy, I got my job back even if it is just temporary, I am going to be a mom too, the universe decided to favor me today,”Dani let out in excitement. All the uncertainty and pains of the last two weeks disappeared. She liked the feeling o
Everything was going fine again and for once Luciano couldn’t deny that it was because of her, firstly, he walked into the office and was greeted with his morning coffee just the way he liked it and when he checked his table, it was well organized with all the file he needed for the day arranged for him and also his schedule that had been over the place for the past two weeks suddenly felt doable. She just got back but he already felt at peace and was ready to work again. He didn’t need a prophet to tell him that he would have to stick with her and make sure she stayed with him, he would have to be nicer to her and also let her take breaks, even though he hated working with other people, he realized that made it worst for him when she had left because he couldn’t work well with other so he decided that with her supervision, he would be working with his other secretaries whom he had called back even the one he had fired because of her and they will all be back at work by Monday. Danie
“Fuck! I am so tired!” Dani let out as she stretched herself. She had been working on her laptop for the past three hours even though work ended an hour ago, she didn’t want to leave what she was doing to the next day as they had a busy day ahead and Luciano wanted her to be done with it by the end of the week. She didn’t want to disappoint him and get on his bad book again. She covered her face with both hands and sighed deeply into her palm. She was beyond exhausted but she couldn’t leave until she was done. The past week has been hectic for her but she didn’t complain because she was just glad to be back working which means all her plans were once again going accordingly. Plus, Luciano added to what he already paid her for last month. He said it was a bonus for what had happened. It was shocking for her but she needed the money so she thanked him and thought of the money each time he did something that pissed her off. To be fair, he has been a lot better to work with over the past
“Thank God you did, I was going to eat my leftover sandwich before I went home. I am so hungry,”She said and filled her mouth with food again. there was silence in the room, she looked to see that he wasn’t eating. “Are you not going to eat?”She asked. “That’s not for me, I just got it in case there was someone else here.”By someone, he meant Ella, the new secretary that she had found crying when she came to collect her passport the day that she got her job back. She was a good girl and a fast learner. If she didn’t have a date, she would probably have been here with Dani. “Oh, I can keep it in the refrigerator and she can microwave and eat when she wants,”Dani said. She finished eating and wiped her mouth. All the while being conscious of the fact that Luciano was in the room and was watching her. She didn’t look at him but she could feel his eyes on her. She was so tempted to ask him why he was sitting there and watching her instead of just leaving but she didn’t ask. “Thank