Toys For The Big Boys ✓

(5) Dirty Memories

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     I take a sip of my coffee, my eyes still glued to the screen of my laptop.

     Julien was now outside my office since his desk is located there. His job now was to handle my appointments, answer all the calls for me so he could tell me who it is before I could talk to them, fix my schedule, and, the most important job of all, to stay by my side at all times.

     It was his first day of the job and he didn't even complain, and to top it all off, he's doing a pretty good job with it. Now I understand why President King transferred him here.

     I sipped on my coffee again. While I was reading some of the company reports, someone suddenly knocks on my door three times.

     I thought it was Julien, but when the door opens, I quickly frowned when I saw who the person was.

     "Romeo", Johnson says as he closes the door and walk towards me.

     "What is it?" I asked as I went back to looking at the screen of my laptop.

     "You fired Edrick?" he suddenly asked me.

     "I didn't fire him, I made him the new head of the production department", I answered Johnson while still not looking at him.

     "And why would you do that?" he asked further, finally making me look at him.

     "Look, we both know Edrick hated me, so I gave him a favor and promoted him. He should be happy that I felt generous earlier", I answered Johnson, but I was pretty sure he wasn't going to buy it.

     "Who was that man Romeo? The one outside your office", he finally asked, sitting down on the sofa comfortably like he was at home, not inside my office.

     "He's not significant", I tell him, and I was honestly getting tired of saying that myself because it was clear to me that he was more than significant.

     "He wouldn't be your new secretary if he was insignificant. I know you Romeo, order and labels are important to you, but that man outside is clearly making things unorganized for you and you don't even mind. It's strange and fascinating at the same time", he says with a playful grin.

     "Seriously, this old man still treats me like a kid", I thought to myself as I stared at him.

     "You're still not going to tell me who he is?" he asked, but when I didn't answer, he added, "If you don't I'll have to ask him myself."

     I quickly shut my laptop and said, "Fine."

     Johnson smiles victoriously.

     "Bryson brought me to one of his stupid hangouts again, but this time he brought me to a gay club, and apparently I found that man there", I explained to Johnson, surprising him on what he just heard.

     "Gay club..." he says, but I ignored that short statement.

     "I couldn't quite focus after that night, so I decided to make him my secretary so I'd stop wondering about what he's doing, or what he's up to, or shit like that", I explained further, but this time, Johnson started smirking.

     "So you have no idea why you're suddenly feeling that way?" Johnson asked me, but I only shook my head as an answer.

     "Oh Romeo...you innocent little thing", he suddenly tells me, making me look at him angrily.

     "I've been with you since you were a baby and I've been teaching you everything you know now. But looking at what you've become, I'm starting to regret not teaching you about these kinds of things too", he suddenly tells me.