Chapter 5

• I could hardly sleep throughout the weekend and when it was finally Monday, I dressed up in my new suit that I ordered online two days ago and applied a very small amount of my strawberry lipstick.
• I left my house around 6:30am in the morning and was already there before 7:00am.
• The securities and the cleaners were the only one around during that time, so I waited for thirty more minutes before people started showing up.
• The anxiety that everything was a prank was killing me inside but an attractive young lady who was walking towards me with a smiling face gave me some hope.
• "Good morning Miss Tyler" she said while stretching out her hand for an handshake
• "Good morning"
• "It's nice meeting you. I'm Miss Parker but call me Jada. I'm Mr Stokes Assistant"
• "Nice meeting you too and feel free to call me Lexi"
• "Okay Lexi. Let me show you your office"
• We took the lift and stopped on the fourth floor. We passed through the hallway and stopped by a door which she opened.
• "This is your office and the other one is for Mr Stokes" she said pointing at another door which was inside my office
• "Oh...okay. So the boss will have to make use of...this door"
• "Not necessary. That is if he wants to"
• "What do you mean?"
• "He has his own personal door but he can still make use of this if he want to"
• "Oooh...ooooh" I said digesting in the information
• "This is his schedule for this week and next week" she said putting down some of the files she was carrying
• "Okay"
• "Have a nice day"
• "You too"
• I sat down on my comfortable office chair and felt how smooth the leather was with my hands before calling Cynthia to update her about what was happening.
• I called her twice and decided to message her instead since she wasn't picking up her phone
• 'Not a prank but I still don't understand what is going on. I'm going to update you as soon as everything is clear to me. Bye'
• I scanned through the files and later decided to get myself something to eat since I didn't plan any.
• I stepped out of my office and had hardly took four steps before rushing back inside and jamming the door with my back
• 'Holy cow! What is he doing here! How can this be happening to me! What am I going to do now? How am I going to survive this?'
• Knock knock
• "Miss Tyler! Miss Tyler, you in?" A familiar voice said
• "Lexi, what have you done?" I asked myself. My heartbeat was raising so fast I could swear the guy at the other side could hear it. I was sweating and I was sure my panic attack was already setting in.
• "Miss Tyler!"
• 'How are you going to survive other days if you can't even survive your first day at work' I thought and gethered all the strength in me to take my back off the door and opened it
• "Are you okay?" Someone was asking me but my vision was too blurry for me to identify who
• "Miss Tyler look at me! Can you see me? Can you hear me now?" The person was asking
• "Miss Tyler!"
• Now my vision was back to normal and I was able to identify the person who was asking me the questions. I pretended not to hear and used the opportunity to take in everything that was happening in front of me.
• I was lying horizontally on the ground and a familiar face with a worried expression was looking down on me.
• "Miss Tyler! Can you hear me?" The man said again
• It was the nameless guy which I had spent a night with a week ago.
• "Miss Tyler!" He said again and then something moved underneath my head. I rotated my eyes from left to right to understand what just happened and almost screamed when everything became clear.
• 'So, Lexi you aren't lying on the ground but on the nameless guy laps. Exactly what you need right now' I thought and stylishly got out of his laps and adjusted my pencil skirt.
• "Thanks"
• "You don't have to"
• "What happened?"
• "I was knocking, you weren't answering, so, I came in and saw you falling"
• "Oh thank you"
• "Like I've said earlier, you don't have to" he said while getting up "You must be Miss Tyler?" He said formally. Too formal for my liking
• "Yes"
• "I'm Jason Stokes" he said and went inside his office. My eyes were as round as a saucer when what he said settled in
• 'Holy mother of Jesus! Did he just said he is Jason Stokes! How can that be possible! So Lexi, you had a one night stand with a billionaire. Stupid girl, you should have seen that coming'
• I went to my bag and took out my phone to text Cynthia when another phone rang
• "Hello"
• "Let Mr Kingsley in as soon as he is here"
• "Ok sir" I said but he have already hung up the phone 'asshole' I murmured
• I dropped the phone and sat down on my leather chair to differentiate between the man I met a week ago with the man I met now,who acted as if we have never met before.
• "I'm in trouble" I texted to Cynthia, who texted back instantly. I was about to read her message when someone entered the office.
• "Good morning" I said with a smiling face
• "Good morning. Are you the latest?" The handsome African American man asked
• 'Am I the latest! What the hell does that mean?'
• "I'm Lexi, the new secretary. Mr Stokes is waiting for you sir"
• "Okay" he said before naking me in front of my own eyes and licking his bottom lip.
• I pulled out my phone when I was through with some files and check Cynthia's message
• 'What is the problem? Hope it has nothing to do with the police' from Cyn @ 8:47am
• 'Lexi, is everything ok? Are you there?' from cyn @8:56am
• 'Everything is going to be' I texted her back and hid my phone when I heard some footsteps. I bent my head over the file that was on my table and stylishly watched as Mr Stokes and Mr Kingsley came out of the office together
• "When did she start?" Mr Kingsley quietly asked
• "Today" Jason replied
• Mr Kingsley asked another question which I was unable to make out
• "Ask no more" Jason replied and walked out of the office before Mr Kingsley could ask him any more questions
• Mr Kingsley looked at my side, winked at me and licked his lips before going after Jason
• During lunch break, I went to a nearby restaurant and ordered a burger and Sprite and was about to start eating when a beautiful lady came up to me with her tray
• "Can I join you?" She asked
• "Yes sure"
• "I'm Stephanie from the marketing department"
• "I'm Lexi the new secretary"
• "Nice meeting you"
• "Nice meeting you too" I replied
• We chatted throughout our meal and exchanged phone numbers on our way back to the office.
• Thirty minutes before closing, I received a strange call from the office phone
• "This is Lexi from Stokes enterprise, what can I do for you?"
• "Direct my call to Jason" a female voice commanded
• "Who will I say is speaking?"
• "Just direct the call"
• "I'm sorry but I need to know who is speaking"
• "Tell him it's Dixie"
• "Okay. I'm going to get back to you in few seconds" I said and called Jason
• "Tell her to make an appointment" was Jason order
• I unheld Dixie's call and passed the information down to her
• "Tell him it's urgent" she said desperately
• "Mr Stokes is unavailable for more calls, would you like to make an appointment?"
• "Okay" she said in surrender "when will he be available?"
• "Is schedule is pretty open for upper next week"
• "Okay. Twelve on Thursday"