Chapter Eight

SHOCKING ENCOUNTER

Alex swiftly picked up the file from the floor and rushed out of the office without glancing back.

The boss and the lady from the lounge were visibly embarrassed, their faces flushed with discomfort. They quickly began to adjust and smooth out their clothes, ensuring everything was back in its proper place.

"Is this how you train your staff here?" she asked, her face stern with anger.

"Take a chill pill. I'm going to treat her the way workers are typically treated. Why would she barge into my office without knocking? Gosh, that's just rude."

"I don't think I can continue this. I'm fed up already. Call me whenever you know how to treat your staff."

She said as she angrily left the office, leaving the confused and angered boss behind. On getting to the space where the PA is meant to be, she sternfully looked at Alex before leaving the resort.

Just a few minutes after the lady left, the boss came out of his office, shouting at Alex and keeping her in her own space.

"Don't you have manners or don't you know how to knock at the door before coming into someone's office? I think this is the highest of it. This is the highest disrespect I've seen in this resort. I have never been disrespected in such a manner. Just bear it in mind that you are just being managed in this resort. And remember, I give orders here."

Alex had never thought the boss would speak to her in such a rude and arrogant manner.

"I'm sorry, sir. It wasn't intentional." She said in a pleading tone.

" Sorry for yourself, and this should be the first and the last time you barge into my office without a knock," he said before angrily going into his office.

Alex was so bewildered at what she had just heard, she couldn't just place her mind on what the boss had already told her. The environment went from noisy to a serene environment because of the voice of the noisy boss. All staffs murmured amongst themselves on how he had shouted at Alex.

Alex's day throughout that particular day was nothing to write home about. She didn't know that personal assistants receive such insults from their boss. She thought promotion at work means that she will now be addressed as a senior personnel in the resort, but it was a different situation. She was just still like a waitress she used to be.

As the day drew near, she began to check her boss's schedule in order to know how to fix them in the right places. As she was going through the computer on her desk, the boss came out of his office and didn't even say a word to her, and left the resort.

She only thought to herself, "Is this the man I know? Is this the romantic man I met at the lounge? Is this the man I have desires for? I feel pleasure when he touches me. I feel this desire whenever he looks at me. I don't think I can continue… this desire needs to stop. I can't continue with these desires. God, please help me."

As she concluded what she was doing at the office for the day, she stood up, took her handbag, and left the office. On her way home, she decided to stop by at a café to get herself a cold Americano.

As she took a sip of her drink, she decided to call her friend. She picked up her phone from her bag and dialed the number. The phone beeped, and suddenly the voice was being heard.

"Hey girl, what's popping? Tell me, how was your day at work as the personal assistant?" she said sarcastically.

"Mia, I'm not in the mood to talk about it," Alex replied.

"I just called you to at least give me a gist, because today has been a very, very rough day for me."

"What happened?" Mia asked anxiously.

" My boss is such a rude man," Alex said.

"I can't believe I've had something with this man twice before getting to know that he is this rude and arrogant and a womanizer."

"What happened? Tell me, I'm all ears. What happened?" Mia asked eagerly.

" So today at work, I was done with what I was doing, and I was going through my boss's schedule. Then I saw he had a meeting at that moment, so I had to hurriedly rush into his office. But I forgot to knock, so I opened the door and I went in, and to my surprise, I saw a lady giving him a blow job in his office. Immediately I saw them, I was so shocked that I froze. I have never experienced something like that in a place of work before. I picked up the file and left but the lady was angry already that she scornfully looked at me and left, then the boss came out from his office and shouted at me like I was a nobody, like we never had something before."

"I'm so sorry, Alex. You need to at least adapt to his behavior. You already know him as a rude and arrogant boss, but you actually need this job before you find a new one," Mia said sympathetically.

"Just try to tolerate him for now, and in the meantime, start looking for another job. You deserve better than to be treated like that."

"I'm applying for a new one already because I just can't continue condoning this insult from my boss. Though we have had something, at least he's supposed to show some respect as someone he's had a relationship with before, aside from work," Alex said, her frustration and hurt evident in her voice.

"Okay, Alex, don't take it too hard, okay? Everything is going to be fine. If not because of your stupid ex-fiancé, you wouldn't have been condoning this insult from a boss," Mia said, referring to the circumstances that led Alex to take the job and put up with her boss's behavior.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up the past. I'm glad you're over it already. Take care of yourself and don't let your boss get to you. Thanks for confiding in me. You should head home and get some rest, and don't forget to apply for that new job!"

Alex was already done taking her drink, so she decided to head home and take a nap before beginning with the rest of her activities for the day. She gathered her belongings, said goodbye to Mia over the phone, and stepped out of the café, feeling a bit more relaxed and focused on the tasks ahead.

Alex's morning alarm woke her from sleep. She had set it early to avoid being late and facing another day of insults from her rude and arrogant boss. After getting ready for work, she left home earlier than usual. When she arrived at the office, she settled into her workspace and began reviewing her boss's schedule for the day, preparing herself for whatever tasks lay ahead.

As she was still settling in, the bus arrived, and her boss headed to his office without even saying a word to her. That was when she knew that his past advances were just driven by infatuation. Just then, one of the waiter interrupted her thoughts, "Alex, someone is here to see you."

"Who could that be?" Alex asked, curiosity piqued.

"I don't know, but he said you guys have been acquainted in the past," the waiter replied, raising an eyebrow.

Alex made her way to the reception to see who the mysterious visitor was, but to her greatest surprise, it was Billy, her ex-fiancé. She hadn't seen or heard from him since their breakup, and the sudden reappearance caught her off guard. Alex's eyes widened in shock as she stood frozen, unsure of how to react to Billy's unexpected arrival.