I can confirm something after working for Mr. Reid for a week.

He's an actual pain in the ass!

He's been giving me mountains of work ever since our little 'incident' during the meeting.

In all honesty, I don't care how much work he gives me, in the end, it'll all be worth it.

I was in the middle of replying to a client's email before getting a phone call.

"Hello this is Mr. Reid's personal assistant, how may I help you?"

I said in one breath so I don't get interrupted.

"Hey! It's Victor, nice stance, have you been practicing that all night?"

I blushed, I have, don't judge.

"Hello Mr. Norton, are you calling for Mr. Reid?"

"No, actually I was calling for you and please call me Victor"

"Okay," I said shyly.

"Ms. Downs, would you care to join me for dinner? What time are you getting off work?"

I mean don't get me wrong Victor is a nice guy, not only handsome but polite too, but I don't want to prove Mr. Reid's theory about me 'flirting' with his clients.

"I'm sorry Victor, I just don't know you well enough to accept going on a date with you and you can call me Julie"

"Julie it's just one night I'm not asking you to be my girlfriend" he chuckled.

"Alright, I get off work at five, pick me up at six?" I said, trying to keep my slowly unwinding dignity.

One night won't do me any harm, right?

"Done, just send me your address"

"I don't have your number, sir"

"I thought I said call me Victor"

I huffed.

"Fine, how about I give you a nickname, Victor is way too long"

"A nickname? Really Julie?"

"No seriously tell me, Vicky or Vick? Which one do you prefer?"

He started laughing into the phone.

"You're unreal, those are both girl names but I prefer Vick over Vicky"

"And what's wrong with Vicky?"

I heard the door to my office open and I gulped at who was standing there fuming.

"Hey, I'll call you back" I whispered into the phone.

"I'll email you my number, bye"

I looked back at my boss and my brown eyes connected with his blue ones, I held eye contact until he looked away.

I cleared my throat.

"Mr. Reid"

"Ms. Downs, I don't pay you to talk on the phone all day, do I?"

"Well sir, I finished everything you asked me to do, I was going to come back and ask if there's anything else I have to attend to"

He sighed.

"Do you have to retort to everything I say?"

I kept my mouth shut, he looked tired, like really tired, I guess even with a personal assistant you still have tons of work to do.

"Sir, are you okay?"

"I'm fine what do you mean 'are you okay'?!"

I got out of my seat and walked towards him.

"Ms. Downs, what are you doing?"

I ignored his question and placed my hand on his forehead.

I gasped.

"Sir, you're burning up!"

"I said I'm fine"

"No, you're not fine! Stop being stubborn!"

I grabbed his hand and made him sit on the office sofa.

"Lie down"

"Don't tell me what to do"

"Just do it" I groaned.

"Fine"

He laid down.

"Have you eaten anything since this morning?"

He didn't answer.

"Nothing right? I'm gonna order something, just close your eyes for a few seconds"

And without any arguing he obliged.

I went to my office and rescheduled his meetings, it was pretty easy considering who the man was.

I also ordered us some Chinese take out, soup for Mr. Reid, and two boxes of noodles.

After ordering the take out, I asked Clara, the front lobby receptionist, to just send the delivery guy up here when he arrives.

I walked back to Mr. Reid's office to find him fast asleep, he looks less arrogant and moody when he's asleep.

After a few minutes, I heard a knock on my office door and quickly went towards it to see Paige with a very red face holding my take out.

"What's wrong with you? Don't tell me you have a fever too?"

"Huh! No no! This is my normal complexion" she said, flustered.

"Mhm, work on your acting skills"

I took the take out and hurried my way to Mr. Reid's office, I placed it on the coffee table in front of the couch and went to my office.

I looked through my cabinets and found a Panadol for Mr. Reid, I walked to his office for the billionth time today and tried to wake him up.

"Mr. Reid? sir? Could you wake up please? Mr. Reid?"

I shook him a bit and he opened his icy blue eyes and stared at me in wonder.

"Sir, please eat so you can swallow this"

Mr. Reid looked at the pill as though it's something that'll kill him.

"Don't worry sir I'm not getting revenge" I chuckled.

He nodded and sat up straighter on the sofa, I gave him the soup, and what he said next shocked me.

"Feed me"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm weak, feed me"

Can a man be this blunt!

Calm down Julie, he's your boss, it's fine, think nothing of it.

"Yes sir"

I grabbed the plastic spoon and sat next to him, I put the soup into his mouth trying to focus my gaze on the spoon instead of his lips.

After finishing the soup I gave him the pill and water bottle.

"Why're you doing this?" He asked out of the blue.

I cleared my throat.

"For one, I don't like seeing someone work themselves to the bone, especially when they're sick and second, you're my boss, you have people depending on you, if you're gone and someone that isn't you comes around, a lot of peoples jobs can be in jeopardy" I huffed, crossing my arms.

He stared at me again.

"Aren't you angry, I'm giving you tons of work every day, yet you don't complain, why?"

"Sir, it's my job to keep you in check, shoulder your work, my job is to make your job easier so you don't end up like this and seeing you like this makes me think I'm not doing my job right" I answered honestly, if I'm getting paid well, I might as well work well.

I gave him the box of noodles and chopsticks.

"Now eat, you need your strength after that take a nap, I'll look through a few things to see if there's something I can do that doesn't need the boss to be around for"

"But I have meetings to atten-"

"I rescheduled all of them, you have nothing to do for the day except lie down and rest" I smiled reassuringly

I looked at his computer to find he was reading an email.

"Sir do you want me to reply to Mrs. Davis?"

"No, if there is something that's meant for me put it on the side"

"Yes, sir"

I didn't dare sit on his chair, afraid he'd throw a tantrum of 'oh I'm the big bad boss, you're not allowed to sit on my chair'.

So I just looked through his computer for something without a password to open and organize.

"Ms. Downs you can take a seat, under other circumstances I wouldn't have let you but... Right now it's fine"

"Okay sir" I replied sitting down and it felt like I was a king.

I need to get myself one of these chairs, how much are they gonna cost anyway? $399?

An hour went by quickly of me looking at incomes, putting papers aside, organizing files to make them easier to find, and easy to sign.

After I was done I opened a few drawers to find more papers, I huffed.

For the CEO of a big company he sure needs to learn how to organize his papers.

Looking through one of the drawers I found a velvet box and inside was a beautiful diamond ring.

I realized it was an engagement ring and quickly closed the lid and put it back where I found it.

I finished all the work-related stuff and I was looking for more to do, after seeing I did everything, I resorted to bringing out cleaning products.

I dusted the bookshelves, mopped the floor, wiped the desk and coffee table, and finally cleaned my own office as well.

By the time literally, everything was finished it was 4:30, I had half an hour to get home and throughout everything I still had that engagement ring stuck in my head.

I closed my eyes for a few minutes but was soon awakened by Mr. Reid yawning.

"Ms. Downs are you still here?"

"Sir? Are you alright? Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine Ms. Downs, calm down, what time is it?"

"It's 4:35 sir" he nodded.

"Did the cleaners come in here? Because I specifically told them not to come in during work hours"

I suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Um, actually sir, it was me who cleaned and organized your office"

He looked at me astonished, his eyes wide.

"You always seem to surprise me, Ms. Downs"

"Well, what can I say? I'm full of surprises" I chuckled.

I walked towards him and he gave me a confused expression.

"Ms. Downs?" He whispered.

I put my hand on his forehead and for some reason, he leaned into it but I ignored it.

"You've improved sir, your fever has gone down and even your face gained some color" I smiled.

"Is there anything left for me to do?" He asked, his head is always in the game, well work.

"Yes, go home, eat your meals properly and go to sleep, in the morning I'll make sure you sign the papers I put aside for you"

He muttered something under his breath.

"Ms. Downs do you have any plans today?"

Then it hit me, I have a date with Victor!

"Yes?" Oh God, it sounds like a question.

"Cancel it"

"I'm sorry sir but I don't think I can"

"What is it?"

I looked at him annoyed, you don't need to know, just know that I'm busy.

"I'm sorry sir I don't-"

"Cancel it! Don't give me that I don't feel obligated bullsh*t!" He yelled, cutting me off.

"Sir, what's wrong? you have to rest anyway, what's the big deal? If you're taking me out to thank me for what I did then you have to drag me, I'm not letting you move a muscle, now come on you're coming home with me, you're not staying till late at night"

He huffed and got up, I ignored the fact that his sleeves were rolled up and helped him up, for some reason I felt my heartbeat pick up from the close proximity but again my mind denied it.

"Sir, give me a second to get my purse and I'll be right back"

I went to my office and noticed my computer was still on and found I had an email notification.

I opened to see a number and remembered I had told Victor to send me his number, I quickly saved it, turned off the computer, and went out.

"Ms. Downs, do you have a car?"

"No, why?"

"Then I'll give you a ride to your apartment"

"You don't need to sir," I said quickly.

"It's the least I could do, so just accept it, Ms. Downs"

"Okay"

We left the office and his limousine was again parked in front of the building, this time instead of Mr. Reid the driver opened the door for me.

Mr. Reid gestured for me to get in first and then he sat down after me.

I sat in the limousine and I started writing a reply to Victor.

Hey Vick it's me, Julie!

Here's my address, ************.

Great! we're still up for six right, babe?

yeah and don't call me babe.

I made the mistake of giggling and that seemed to draw Mr. Reid's attention.

"Who's that?" He said, failing to hide the disgust in his voice.

"My friend"

"He doesn't seem to be a friend to me, so this was your plan for tonight?! a date!"

I kept quiet, not trusting my temper.

"Cancel it"

"What?!"

"I said cancel it!"

"I'm not doing sh*t and you have no control over my life, you may be the boss of my job but you're not the boss of my life!"

At that moment I felt that if I was in the presence of this man for another second I would explode.

I slid the window that separates the driver's side from ours.

"Excuse me can you stop the car?" I asked the driver.

He nodded and stopped the car, I opened the car door and got out.

"Where are you going?!"

"None of your business!" I slammed the car door in his face before he can answer.

I hailed a cab quickly before he can get out and told the driver my address.

When I reached home it was 5:15 and I started to panic.

I only have 45 minutes to get ready!

And it's all his fault!

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