68. Situation

Dianne left for the office with Nicolas this morning, but as usual the girl got off at the bus stop near the office building because she didn't want anyone to see her and Nicolas the CEO together on a morning like this. She didn't know why people thought it was so scandalous, but she'd been working at the company since last year, and had never been more than a few minutes in private with the man before. He worked closely with his employees but always kept to himself. The only person who ever really saw him around was one of the managers, a middle aged woman named Annabelle. Everyone else seemed just fine not seeing him. Even though he was usually surrounded by a small retinue of assistants. But today, even Annabelle seemed to be avoiding him - well, not avoiding him exactly… Dianne wasn't sure what she meant exactly. But Dianne knew that they had avoided each other. It made her nervous because of how she felt about it all and yet, if Annabelle was uncomfortable then maybe Nic would no