Before entering Henry's office, Eve noticed the way Stacy kept staring at her. She knocked slightly and went in after Henry gave the permission."You sent for me sir," she said immediately after walking in."My car broke down but luckily it broke down at the entrance just after I reached the office this morning."Eve wondered why Henry was talking to her about his car."I need you to get a mechanic and have it taken away because it's not supposed to be there," Henry said."Okay, sir.""You have an hour." "Noted." She left.Henry thought she might ask for the contact of his mechanic or seek direction on how to manage the car but instead, she disappeared. He grabbed his pen, fondled the tip and imagined how he was going to scold her once she returned with excuses.Immediately Eve walked out of Henry's office, she walked straight to Mrs Wayne's counter."Hi, Mrs Wayne. I need your help." "Yes, sure. How may I help you?" replied the cheerful Mrs Wayne?"I need you to connect me with a m
She gave him an eye roll. "Some ego?""Yes. A little ego." "My ego is not little, you know. It's quite big" Eve said and fixed her seat belt.Henry smiled. "I should have left you in the rain instead." He teased her."If you didn't persist, I would have still been there having my peace.""Having your peace? Under this rain?" Henry shook his head."Did you see the way you ran into the car when the showers became more intense?"Eve smiled and shook her head. She noticed that Henry was in a cheerful mood so she decided to probe him.She cleared her throat. "So every day you come to the office at 9 am and return at 4 pm?" she began."Well, it's not always that way. Sometimes I go home at night when I have a lot of work to do and on other days, I close early. Sometimes I go home before 2 pm so it all depends on the work at hand." Henry explained and took a sharp turn."Well, it's obvious you are a busy man. I guess the only time you get to spend with your kids is weekends." Eve said with
The next day, Eve walked into the office building and the first person she saw at the reception was Mrs Wayne."Good morning!" she greeted her smiling brightly."You are going to get these young workers fired one of these days," replied Mrs Wayne with a smile."You must be joking Mrs Wayne? What are you talking about?""I'm not joking Eve. You just keep looking hotter and hotter by the day" "It's so cold in here so I felt like turning the heat on," Eve said with a blink.They both laughed and Eve made her way to Henry's office. She was wearing a sleeveless black top over a gean trouser with a cowboy boot.Stacy saw Eve coming and she sat up. "Good morning Stacy." Eve greeted her while waving a hand at her.Stacy cleared her throat and adjusted her spectacles. "Morning!"Eve stopped at her desk. "Can I get his schedule for the day?"Stacy brought out a sheet of paper and handed it to Eve. "Mr Richard is not in the office."Even smiled while glancing through the paper. "I know," she re
"You must be Eve Bloom right?" began one of the women. She was so white that Eve thought she was looking pale.Eve nodded. "Do I know you?" she demanded with uncertainty in her tone.The other woman giggled. She was about Eve's age and was smartly dressed. She had blonde hair."We work here."Eve nodded repeatedly. "I see!""So we heard you are Mr Richard's new assistant." said the blonde-haired after dropping her bag on the table."Well if you've heard it then it's true," Eve replied, wondering over the purpose of their visit."How did you get the job?" the other lady fired back.Eve threw back the menu card. "Excuse me, Is this some sort of interrogation or what?""Just tell us how you got the damn job.""Are you fucking kidding me? It's none of your business." Eve screamed. The people in the canteen began to turn around.The blonde-haired lowered her head and reduced her tone. "We are all women here and Eve or whatever you call yourself, we all know how you got the job."Eve shook
Even though Henry had just asked her to head to his office, Eve acted as if she didn't hear the command. She walked up to Kingsley and Franklin."So when are you going out? How about a weekend? We could stay out till dawn on Friday or maybe Saturday. That way, we can get to know each other more." she told them.Henry was beside her and the men were shivering already."I said you should head to my office right now!" Henry said."Is there any more work to be done? Besides, lunch hour is not yet over," replied Eve. She glanced at her wristwatch. "There's about five minutes left.""Didn't you get my message?" Henry asked sounding impatient."What?" Eve spat and flipped her hair.Henry moved closer to her and whispered "I want you in my office right now and don't you dare argue with me."He turned to the men. "And what are you two still doing here? Is there no work to be done at your departments?"Kingsley and Frank exchanged glances and in a flash, they disappeared from the scene. Henry
Eve was taken aback. She stood up, wondering why a small issue like that could generate such a violent reaction from him. She looked at Henry without a word.Henry ran his hands through his hair and sighed. "You are the first female assistant I've ever hired." he disclosed."Do your job and don't mingle with male employees around here," he said in an authoritative tone.He turned around to retire to his chair when Eve spoke. "I'll do my job sir but I'm sorry, you can't dictate who I hang out with."He turned around. "So you are going to go ahead and mingle with the guys? Are you even listening to me?""Do you always treat your other female employees this way? Do you tell Stacy, Anna or Jasmine who to hang out with here?" Eve asked."Well, you seem to be the only female employee mingling with the men around here," Henry replied.Eve shook her head. "So you want me to be this miserable personal assistant with no friends at work? You want me to dedicate my eight hours daily speaking to y
The next morning, Henry Richard came to his office and met the door locked. He went back to Stacy's desk."Hasn't my assistant shown up yet?" "She's yet to arrive, sir. Do you need anything?" Stacy demanded, smiling lovingly."If she's yet to arrive, it means my office hasn't been cleaned yet," Henry replied."I'll get it tidied before you blink." Stacy volunteered and took off.Henry went ahead and unlocked the office It was past 9 am and Eve was yet to show up. Stacy got one of the messengers to clean the office. She presented Henry's schedule stating that Eve was nowhere to be found.Henry glanced through the paper and sighed. He couldn't recall the last time he had such a busy schedule. He sat and brought out some files from his suitcase while waiting for Eve to show up. He was hoping she could come soonest because there was a lot of work at hand.Henry wanted to give Eve a call, demanding why she's yet to show up. He later concluded that she was feeling guilty for slapping him
"Wait!" Dane said and stood up. "Does she have a headache or you are covering up for her?"Henry cleared his throat. "It doesn't matter," he mumbled."You are making up the excuse for her boss. I see right through you."Henry sat up and faked a smile. "What? What are you saying, Dane? We shouldn't be talking about this bro. And so what if she didn't show up today?""Well, the contract states that she mustn't miss work without any valid reason so I'm certain she's aware of that so tell me, boss, what happened?" Dane folded his arms across his chest."Fine. You are right. I'm making up excuses for her. The truth is we had an argument yesterday and I called her a slut." revealed Henry. He lowered his gaze to the floor.Dane covered his mouth with both hands. "You did what?" he screamed and shook his head."And she slapped me." Henry disclosed."What? Eve slapped you?""Right on my left cheek." "Damn it," said Dane. An awkward silence fell upon them."Slapping you wasn't the right thing