I didn't mean to grope you

“WHAT?” Daisy shouted and covered her mouth for a fraction of seconds before asking,

“How did that happen?”

Emily decided to keep the details from her overexcited best friend.

“Nothing, you know, he was passing the lobby at the same time I also entered. He offered me a job!” was Emily’s nonchalant reply.

“He? You mean mighty Brain Hale? The CEO of Eclipse Enterprises? Offered you a job? Himself?” Daisy’s eyeballs were popping out of her sockets.

“Yeah, that is what I meant” Emily copied her tone.

“Stop mocking me! What kind of job? Tell me everything, don’t you dare to leave a detail to yourself!” Daisy looked at her with interest.

The look in her wicked eyes was clearly telling Emily what was she thinking.

“It’s not what you are thinking, Daisy. OMG!” Emily replied annoyedly.

“What job?” Daisy wasn’t having it, she wanted to know everything.

“His personal secretary” Emily tried to sound as professional as possible but Daisy didn’t give a damn about her tone.

“How personal?” Daisy asked, grinning like a Cheshire cat

“You know just book his appointments and take care of his files, all the boring office stuff” Emily waved her hand casually.

“Didn’t he tell you to take care of him ‘personally’?” Daisy’s grin widened.

“Ew! No! You are just too wild sometimes!” Emily hit Daisy’s face with the pillow and both the girls started pillow fighting and the only sound coming out of their room was their giggling.

…

Next day,

Emily reached the office by 8.30 am to avoid being late on her very first day. She got an email from the HR department that she had to report to Manager Benedict when she arrives. She directly went towards Manager Benedict’s office. She knocked on the door and waited for his reply.

“Yes, come in” came Manager Benedict’s indifferent voice.

Emily opened the door and saw the man sitting on his chair with a file in his hand.

“Good morning, sir” She said with a polite smile.

“Oh, Ms. Donovan, very good morning. You came early. I am impressed” Manager Benedict smiled at her and got up from his seat. As she was still a rookie, he didn't expect her to come on reporting time but she came even earlier.

Little did poor Manager Benedict know, what was waiting for him.

“Thank you, sir” Emily smiled with satisfaction, her sacrifice of leaving her only love, her bed, early and coming to office was worth it.

“You are welcome, dear. Please follow me. I will show you the office and give you briefing about your work at the same time” He walked out of the office first and Emily followed him quickly.

As instructed by Daisy, she again wore matching heels with her outfit irrespective of the fact that she just can’t walk straight. Manager Ben noticed her walking like an immature duck but didn’t comment.

Just as she was hurriedly walking to match Manager Benedict’s pace, she trembled, her waist was in a bending position and her head hit on manager Ben’s butt.

Emily stood up straight immediately and saw Manager Ben looking at her with wide eyes.

‘I just hit my pretty head on the manager's butt? Way to start the day!’ Emily cursed under her breath.

“I am sorry, sir. I didn’t mean to grope you” She hurriedly apologized and her face turned red.

‘Control Benedict, control! She is going to be Luna of your pack soon. It was the heels. If she can’t walk in the heels, she shouldn’t have wear that damn heels in the first place! Think about Alpha Brian’ Manager Ben composed himself and replied calmly,

“It’s okay, Ms. Donovan. Please be careful”

‘Or else my wife will divorce me!’ He shouted internally but there was a calm smile on his face.

He accompanied her towards the secretary’s office. There were two rooms side to side. Emily just went to Brian’s office yesterday to sign the contract, hence, she remembered his office.

Manager Ben opened the door for secretary’s office. The room was small as compared to Manager’s office but really neat and clean.

“This is your office and the room next to yours is Mr. Hale’s office. Whenever he needs something, he will ring that bell and then you have to be present at his office, okay?” He asked gently and Emily nodded.

There was another door inside her office.

“What is behind that door?” She asked in a curious tone.

“Oh yeah, I totally forgot. It’s our file room. We keep all the important file which needs CEO’s attention here. He will give you a file number, you have to search it and bring it to him” Manager Benedict entered the room and showed her around.

There was giant file room nearly five times the room of Emily’s office with multiple gigantic shelves from the floor till the ceiling kept in order like a freaking library. It looked like a maze of files to Emily.

‘Even my college library is smaller than this!’ Emily swallowed hard.

He pointed towards the other door inside the room, “That door connects this room with Mr. Hale’s office. Only you and Mr. Hale has access to this room”

“Okay, sir” Emily replied, when she was moving out of the room with Manager Ben.

Suddenly, her eyes fell on the fire extinguisher hanging on the wall just next to the door.

“Oh, the fire extinguisher” She said in excitement and immediately grabbed the cylindrical equipment in her hand like a small child.

“Put that back, Ms. Donovan. It’s dangerous” Manager Ben commanded.

Even after nodding to his order, her curious a*s removed the pin from the top and held the equipment like a fire fighter ready to save the world.

Actually, her father was a fire fighter and he saved a lot of people. She was really proud of her father and she always considered him a hero! Which lead to her obsession with the equipment but she never got to touch one because she was underage when her parents were alive and she was in depression for an entire year after their death.

Manager Ben was moving ahead and instructing her continuously but when she didn’t answer, he turned and saw the girl still standing at the door playing with the dangerous thing.

“Ms. Donovan!” Manager Ben raised his voice.

Emily who was previously playing, panicked and turned to look at him straight while pointing the nozzle towards him.

“Do not press….” He didn’t get to finish as she pressed the lever in panic and attacked him with snow like carbon dioxide.

“….that lever” He subconsciously completed his statement and closed his eyes while covering his face from her attack.

“Sorry, sir” Her voice broke when she replied.

‘What the hell is wrong with me? Who in the heaven plays with a fire extinguisher on their first day? What am I three? He must be thinking I am crazy!’ Emily wanted to bang her head on the wall but banging will only make her look insane.

He turned white from head to toe and opened his eyes.

Right at this moment, Brian entered Emily’s office to greet her and his eyes fell on the scene inside, where Emily was holding a fire extinguisher with horrified expressions and Manager Ben was glaring at her.

He immediately moved inside and asked in a worried tone, “Are you okay?”

“Yes, sir” Both Emily and Manager Ben replied in unison.

Brian directly went towards her and checked if she is hurt somewhere but then his gazes swept over Manager Benedict and he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Wow, Ben. New look?”

“Excuse me, Sir. I have a meeting to attend” He smiled bitterly and left the office.

“I am sorry, sir. I didn’t do it on purpose. I panicked” She looked down and said in a low voice.

“I know. It’s okay. He isn’t angry. He just wanted to clean himself before the meeting” He replied with his infectious smile and Emily’s heart started hammering against her chest.

“Yes, sir” She replied looking away shyly.

At this time Brian’s eyes fell on her outfit. She was wearing a peach colored blouse with a black skirt. She tucked the blouse in the skit which was giving her waist a snatched look. She tied her hair in a low ponytail.

“You are looking gorgeous” He was stunned to see her looking so beautiful effortlessly.

“Thank you, sir” It resulted in increasing the shade of her already red cheeks.

“Okay, best of luck for your first day, sweetheart” He smiled and left her office.

…………….

At CEO’s office,

Manager Ben cleaned himself, changed his suit and came to report him before leaving for the meeting. Brian was standing in front of the floor to ceiling window of his office, looking outside. Manager Ben stood next to him.

“Sir, I am leaving for the meeting with the financial department. I am done with briefing for Ms. Donovan” Manager Ben replied in a professional voice.

Brian kept his hand on his shoulder before he said in an intimidating tone,

“She is new. Handle her with patience and kindness. If she gets scared or run away, you will have to go through my wrath! Am I making myself clear?”