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Author: dreamywriter
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-29 21:04:13

We move to the new office after a call comes in, and I settle down into my space outside his door, a phone had been fixed on my desk and I look at it, trying at numbers.

Then I move to the tablet, all black. Still fascinated by it.

I turn it on going straight to Microsoft Office.

I was sure the only purpose would be for arranging schedules for Simon, but it was the first time I had one, the first time a gadget like this would be under my control.

A call comes into the phone and I pick it up,

‘You’ve reached the office of Mr. Valero, how can I help you’, the word sounds sweet on my tongue,

‘It’s me’, Simon’s voice sounds, gruff through the phone,

‘I wanted to apologize again’, I sigh when I hear him,

‘And say thank you too for giving me this chance’

‘Yeah, got it’, I reply him, and drop the phone.

‘I’m pretty sure a secretary is not supposed to hang up on the CEO’, a niggling voice sounds in my head, but a smile spreads my lips,

‘Oh, the perks of being apologized to’, a laugh escapes
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