More Than A Secretary

More Than A Secretary

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When Katrina Jones started working as Lucas Evans Secretary she never envisioned falling for the handsome but arrogant CEO. But as she worked alongside him she discovered that there is a lot more to him than he let the world see. Her heart couldn't help but fall for him. But Lucas saw her as just his secretary and nothing more. ......Or so she thought....

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Chapter 1

Chapter One

Katrina woke up to the sound of her alarm, opening her eyes she yawned and rubbed her eyes with her hand. Sluggishly getting up from her bed she went to her bathroom brushed her teeth and washed her face. 

Then she came back and sat on her reading table. She opened her laptop to check and be sure she had everything prepared for the new week. 

Katrina work as a Secretary for Lucas Evans. 

"Lucas" 

she called she was used to calling out his name at odd times when she is alone. 

Her boss and the man she fell for. the one she has been in love with for almost five years now. She didn't know how the feelings started somehow between working together and going on business trips together she had somehow come to love her boss a man way out of her reach.

Initially, when she had started working for Lucas she had disliked him because he was arrogant and a big-time womanizer but between six years ago and now she had managed to get used to his arrogant and bossy nature. He wasn't a nice guy but he wasn't all that unbearable either. 

And he cared for his family maybe that's why she fell for him. 

"Okay, enough Katrina it's too early to start thinking of the boss" she scolded herself. 

She closed her laptop after making sure everything she needed for the week was intact. All the schedules and meetings were properly documented. 

She knew her boss was someone who hated been disorganized and unprepared for appearances. 

After making sure she was good to go she checked her time it was 6;15 am do she went to her bathroom and took her bath. She usually resumes work by 8;30 am but she prefers to be there on time.

It's had taken her about 30minutes to bathe and dress up after which she hurriedly took a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bread. When she was ready finally it's was just a few minutes to 7;30. 

She took her bag, her laptop, and other stuff she uses for the office and rushed down the apartment to the parking lot for her car. She drives a Mercedes which her boss had gifted to her when he found out she uses the bus to come to work. That was about three years ago. 

It took her 30 minutes to get to work cuz of the heavy New York traffic. 

She greeted her co-workers she met on her way to her office. 

"Hi, Katrina good morning how was your weekend?" Asked Jordan her best friend and her co-worker.

"Hi, Jord, it's was cool, and yours?" She asked in reply.

"Mine was great I had fun, we were expecting you at Coral's birthday party but you never showed up," Jordan said. 

"Yeah, I couldn't make it. I had errands to run over the weekend and I didn't get back till late at night. I sent her my wishes though." She explained. 

"Sucks to be Lucas Secretary," Jordan replied 

"No, Lucas is okay you just don't know him,"  Katrina said defending Lucas 

"Yeah, you will defend him that's what you always do," Jordan said laughing 

"I am not defending him I am just stating a fact."

"Whatever you say, lady," Jordan replied not convinced.

"I am serious." 

"Yeah, I know you are. And I also know you like your boss." Jordan said with a knowing smile. 

"Cut it out Jord, I knew I should never have told you that,"  Katrina replied. 

"Come on girl I already figured that out you know, anyway, are you going to his sister Lilac's wedding she dropped an invite for everyone this morning." 

"Of course I will be there, I can't miss it for the world I forgot to mention it to you, I am part of her bridal train."  Katrina disclosed.  

"Really? And you are just telling me girl we have a lot of talking to do it seems we are falling apart, so you keep things from me now?" Jordan asked looking at her with a disgusted look.

"It's not like that Jord and you know it." 

"Whatever," he replied 

"I am going the other way, so I will see you after work lady, we have a lot of talking to do. You have a lot of explanations to make." Jordan continued flipping his non-existent long hair and walking away before she could argue.

She has known Jordan for almost fifteen years now. Since he moved into her neighborhood. They hooked up to each other immediately and have been best friends since then. Jord and her had gone to the same high school, and also uni. And when they both graduated they had applied to the same company Jord as a designer while Kat, as an administrative assistant. Luckily they both got taken.

Katrina rode the elevator to the top floor where her office was located. The top floor was mainly for the directors and also there was a hall for international meetings. 

Opening her office she hurriedly dropped her stuff and went to check if Lucas was around already. Most times he was always at the office before her no matter how early she comes. But today seems to be one of those rare days when she gets in before him because he was nowhere in the office. 

She dropped the papers she had printed out on top of his desk and made her way back to her office. Her office was a small room attached to her boss's office it had a door and it's was like her own small world inside the big enormous office.

Just as she was about to sit down, she remembered she was supposed to get coffee from the company's cafe but her talk with Jord had distracted her and she had forgotten. The thought of going down back to get it didn't sound so appealing to her so she opts for hearing a head full from her boss on how much she should know that he needed coffee to function and all.

On second thought, she decided to go get it anyway. Going back down to the cafe was better than been scolded on a Monday morning.

"Katrina," came her boss's voice as he entered the office.

Well, guess she is gonna get the ear full whether she liked it or not. Preparing herself she turned to face her boss 

"Good morning sir."

"Morning Katrina, I bought coffee" he greeted smiling.

Wow, that's a first she thought. Lucas smiling on a Monday morning and also bought coffee for both of them. In all her six and half years of working for him he has never bought them coffee it has always been her job.

Too stunned to talk she took the coffee he offered and muttered a thank you more to herself than to him.

He seems to be in a happy mood. 

"What about the stuff I told you to check about on Saturday?" He asked. 

"I printed it out, it on your desk." She replied.

"Good," he answered moving into his office. Katrina shifty followed behind him coffee in one hand and her Tab in the other hand.

"So what do we have this morning?"  he asked as he sat down sipping his coffee.

"Not much." She replied dropping her coffee on the table and opening her tab to read out the day's schedule to him even though she knew he already knows more than half of it.

"By 10 AM,  you have a meeting with the directors, after that, you have a meeting with the designing team. and by 3 pm you have another meeting with the investors from Dubai. That's all for today. And also your mom called that she will be sending someone down to take your measurement." Katrina disclosed.

"Hmmm. Cancel every other meeting except the ones with the investors from Dubai." He said in reply. 

"Okay, sir. I will do that immediately. She answered. 

" what about the measurement? " she asked. 

"About that, I will call my mom," he replied.

"Okay, sir." 

"I sent some files to your email, go through them and pick out the suitable ones and print them out. I need it before the end of today." Lucas instructed.

"Okay, sir." She replied.

"That's all, for now, you can go,"

 he said picking up the papers she printed and scanning through them. Katrina picked up her coffee and moved back to her office.

She opened her email and saw that there were about four different p*f files sent to her she clicked on the first one and looked back at the office with a look of distaste.

"How does he want me to finish this before today ends?" 

She muttered to herself. Glaring at the door that leads to his office. There he was sitting prettily sipping coffee while going through the file she already printed. His office was transparent. Except he closes the bindings which were left open most times.

Katrina concentrated on sorting through the files which contain applications of aspiring graduates who hope to work in the company. Evans Corporation is a large-scale business that has been around for about 40 years now it's was founded by Lucas's father who retired ten years ago.

The company mostly deals with real estate and management but after Lucas took over he had dived into another aspect. Hotel.

 So far for the past six years since she had started working for him, he had acquired eight different hotels in eight different locations. His diving into other aspects had increased the company's output by almost a hundred percent. 

He had great business sense and always knows what will profit him. So far since she started working for him he has never run at a loss. The man was a business genius. He made more money for the company since he started as the CEO and the Chairman of the company than his father made for the thirty years he was the chairman.

His dad who currently lives in Arizona with his wife and Lucas other siblings always talks with pride whenever he calls in to see Lucas. In his words.

"I never regretted handing over my company to you Lucas you did a great job. I am proud of you son."

Focusing more on what she was doing she didn't notice when her boss left the office. When she raised her head he was no longer seated or in the office.

"Would it kill him to at least say Katrina I am going out?" She asked herself.

She checked the time it was 12; 30pm. She had spent the past four hours looking through the applications and selecting the most suitable ones and also compiling them. She was almost halfway done. She will work for 30 minutes more then go for lunch she thought to herself as she went back to sorting.

When she raised her head again to check the time it was 1;20. "Okay time for lunch lady she told herself as she saved the work she had done and got up from her seat. Asking just her purse and her phone she worked out of her office and went into Lucas's office to make sure he wasn't in before closing the door and working out of the office towards the elevate. She has to be back in the office before 3 pm for the meeting with the Dubai investors. But for now, food was calling her name.

She is a food lover and never misses eating no matter how busy she is she always squeezes in time to eat.

Her motto was "food=life". 

As she waited by the elevator her phone rang it was Jord. 

" Hi Jord I am on my way down already order for me will you." She said as soon as she answered the phone. 

"I am sorry Kat, I was calling to tell you I will be eating out with Kelvin, I  am already out of the office." 

"Oh, he is back already that nice," Katrina replied. 

Kelvin is Jordan's boyfriend, and he has been away for a couple of weeks now. 

"I am sorry Kat, I didn't know he will come back today he just showed up out of nowhere,"  Jordan said with a sorry voice over the phone.

"No, it's okay Jord have fun and say hi to Kel for me."

"Thanks, bestie, I love you." He said the sorry sound wiping out of his voice. 

"Love you too," Katrina muttered. 

"Bye see you soon. We still need to talk he added." He said and ended the call. Not even giving her the chance to reply. What a friend. Kat thought smiling.

"Okay, let's go get that lunch." She said to herself as she got into the elevator.

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More Than a Secretary is a romance novel about a secret crush between the two main characters. Katrina Jones never expected to fall for Lucas Evans when she started her job as a secretary. Of course he's handsome, but he's arrogant as hell. More importantly, he's her boss! However, she quickly finds her heart betraying her mind as Lucas opens up to her and shows her a new side of himself. Even as she falls for him, the question remains, will he ever view her as more than a secretary? Find out in this sweet and suspenseful romance novel.

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One of the best I have read. Very relatable, realistic and interesting.
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Great book. Have read it twice already. Highly recommend
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The story is getting better. I see he is love with her but afraid to show it to her in the right way. Like saying goes not until something happens is when they show it it
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I love the story. I was having 2nd thought about reading it. But i am glad that i did. I can't put the book down. Love love love it!!! Thank you author for sharing your story.
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I always look forward to know what's going to happen in the next chapter.
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I will like to say a big Thank you to everyone reading this book... I promise to improve on my writing and also update more. ......
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I like the book so far, ......... just need a little editing.
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55 Chapters
Chapter One
Katrina woke up to the sound of her alarm, opening her eyes she yawned and rubbed her eyes with her hand. Sluggishly getting up from her bed she went to her bathroom brushed her teeth and washed her face. Then she came back and sat on her reading table. She opened her laptop to check and be sure she had everything prepared for the new week. Katrina work as a Secretary for Lucas Evans. "Lucas" she called she was used to calling out his name at odd times when she is alone. Her boss and the man she fell for. the one she has been in love with for almost five years now. She didn't know how the feelings started somehow between working together and going on business trips together she had somehow come to love her boss a man way out of her reach.Initially, when she had started working for Lucas she had disliked him because he was arrogant and a big-time womanizer but between six years ago and now she had managed to get
last updateLast Updated : 2021-07-24
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Chapter Two
"Katrina, in my office right now".Katrina heard as soon as she answered the phone. " Okay sir" she replied dropping the office phone and picking up her notepad.  quickly checking to make sure her makeup is in place and her skirt in order. She walked to her boss office knocked on the door and entered "Sir, you called for me?" "Katrina how many times have I told you to call me by my name?  Especially when it's just the two of us Like we have been working together for almost seven years now." "Si... I mean Lucas it's just that it won't seem professional if I call you by your first name when you are my boss" and it will give me hope that the impossible might happen. Katrina added the last part in her head."Whatever you say, lady, I prefer it when people call me by my name especially people I am close with.We are not that close, Katrina said in her head."Anyway,  the reason I called for yo
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Chapter Three
"Hi, Jord what's up?"Kat asked as she answered the phone."Hey, bestie are you home?"  "Yes, I just got home.""Okay I am coming over""What I thought you will be spending today with Kel?" Katrina asked bewildered she didn't like the tone of his voice."What happened Jordan?" "Kelvin and I broke up." He said "Oh my God Jord are you okay what happened?" She asked stunned. I don't wanna talk about it on the phone that's why I am coming over do you have alcohol in the fridge or should I get on my way there?" He asked "Jord you know you can't drink on weekdays." "I will get some on my way." He said ignoring what she said and hung up before she could reply. The sadness in his voice made her sad as well. Jordan was usually a cheerful person. He rarely let his sadness or emotions get the better of him, he had always been the rational and realistic
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Chapter Four
"When do you plan on coming in for work Kat?"Lucas voiced out as soon as she picked the call, she knew she shouldn't have drunk last night, she checked the time and it was about five-thirty and she did a retake to make sure she heard him right, why would he expect her to be at work by five-thirty am?"Hello, sir it's five-thirty in the morning why will I be at work already?""I know the time, we had an agreement remember?""What agreement and why does it involve me coming to work early,""Can't, don't you remember?""Remember what?"Katrina asked, she was feeling so low, hangovers were the worst shits to deal with and hers was always extreme, this is why you shouldn't have drunk. She mentally scolded herself while trying hard to remember what she and Lucas had talked about but nothing was clicking."Did you have an anemia cuz I sent you a text last night to get here early today and told you that I will get the driver to come to pick you up bu
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Chapter Five
Lucas watched her sleep, they both had work to do but he just didn't want to wake her, she looked beautiful even while sleeping, why was he just noticing her beauty, well not totally though, he had known she was a pretty woman from the moment she had come for the interview six years ago, back then he had thought she won't last a week with him cuz she looked so fragile and vulnerable but she had proved him wrong by withstanding him and even sticking to him for so long, she is hardworking and very efficient, she rarely made mistakes and when she does, she fixes it in no time, he wasn't sure he can work with someone else at this point, cuz she is the only one who can take all his shit without complaining.Before she came to work for him, he had over fifteen Secretaries who either quit or are fired by him, she is the only one who had worked for him for a year and above, it has been six whole years. The thought that she had considered quitting at a point didn't sit well with h
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Chapter Six
"What did you just say?"She asked in shock, she must have heard him wrongly, there is no way he just said what she heard."Kat, no need to raise your voice, hear me out first,""I am not raising my voice, I may have heard you wrongly that's why I am asking,""You heard what I said, I am asking you to be my girlfriend,"He said again, this time she was sure she heard him right, did he like her? Why will wanting her to be his girlfriend be a favor to ask, he could have just asked, she suspected there is more to this but it didn't stop her lovesick heart from doing a little, Nah scrap that, her heart did a major jump for joy but she felt she needed to hear everything he wanted to say first before all these dancing or jumping for joy."I don't understand, your girlfriend?""No need to look so disgusted or dismayed Kat, I am not in love with you or anything, I just need your help to...She couldn't hear the other part of what he was saying, her ea
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Chapter Seven
"Come again, I didn't quite get what you said?"He said and she repeated herself "Lucas asked me to be his girlfriend,"She said much louder."Wow, girl, that so nice, wow, your dreams finally came true, he exclaimed with much excitement, too much excitement for someone who claimed not to like her boss. "You don't look happy about it though,"He said after a while when she didn't smile or react to his congratulations. "Well, that's just one part of it,""Well, spill girl"He replied even more concentrated "Well, the thing is he asked me to be his girlfriend for a week, not a real girlfriend but like a fake,"She said and trailed off when he gave her a pissed look."What the fuck Katrina Elizabeth Jones, tell me you didn't agree to that, I'mma go and wipe that mudafuckers ass right now, who does he think he is and why will he make such foolish request,""Calm down, Jord, and hear me out."."I finna wanna go and
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Chapter Eight
Katrina woke up with a start, she had not slept well last night though she had gone to bed early, she had been toasting and turning in bed and had given up at a point and just ended up doing some work on her laptop which had not been easy cuz her mind kept going back to the event of the day and also the upcoming trip she was both excited and scared. She sluggishly got up from the bed and headed to the restroom, brushed her teeth, and washed her face before coming back into the room to put finishing touches to the stuff she had arranged the previous evening for her travel. Thankfully, she just had her period and it would be until early next month before it would come again but she still made sure to pack pads just in case. Not wanting to wake Jordan up, she tried to move her stuff to the living area as quietly as she could, the time was just past five am and she still had a lot of time since they usually use an eleven am flight every time they traveled, bookings for flight usua
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Chapter Nine
"Do we need to do this?" She asked again for the fifth if not hundredth time and Lucas decided that she is one daring woman, she has been asking the same question over and over again and he wanted to seal that pretty mouth of hers with his, knowing that if he did that she would run away and not look back helped him keep his senses. They were at a boutique and she has been asking the same question with every new clothing she tried on."Yes, baby,"He replied which made her cringe."Stop calling me that," she mouthed over the lady fitting her dress, he laughed and shook his head.When he had woken up this morning he had wanted to wait till she come to him herself but the thought of her changing her mind had driven him out of the house and towards hers, though he had met a shocker there, he didn't know she lived together with the weird guy from the designing team, he knew they were friends but he didn't know they were that closed, he wanted to ask her why they
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Chapter Ten
"Wow, this is one thing I love about these trips, the food,"Katrina said, savoring the food, they were on the plane, she had waited three hours more before she could eat, it was already past eleven am, this was the longest she had stayed without food in a while and she didn't want to repeat the experience. "Sorry it took so long for you to eat, I know how hungry you were,""I can tell you that you don't know the half of it, but it's cool, and I am just gonna get used to you saying sorry and also being sweet to me,"She replied before stuffing her mouth with food, whoever prepared this food needs a pay raise because God damn it they were doing a superb job."Once again I should defend myself that I have always been a sweet and nice boss,"Lucas said and Katrina eyed him before stuffing her mouth with food again."What? I am saying the truth and you know that,"He defended. "I didn't say anything though,""Yeah, you didn't but your
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