Chapter 9 The black platinum card

With the beauty goddess gone, I thought it was time to disappear.

I took a step towards the door.

“And where do you think you're going to, young man?” he asked with a stern voice.

His question caused me to stop in my tracks.

“My office?” I asked unsure of where I am heading to.

“I didn't dismiss my sister just to watch you return to your office,” he opened the file I brought in.

“Read it,” he's s joking.

“Sir, I —” I stammer.

He glared at me, “should I repeat my words before you obey my order?”

“Yes, Sir.

Sorry, I mean no sir, I will do just that”, I

took up the drafted paper, cleared my throat and began reading.

He stopped my reading almost twenty times, and I was tempted to call him out on that, but my family's situation made me reconsider.

“I want it re-edited and brought to my table before the elapsed of thirty minutes.”

I nodded.

Currently, I'm too tired to argue. I need to take a rest.

“And don't repeat what you did earlier. I will overlook that for now, but I won't be so lenient next time.”

He said before the door gently closed behind me.

Back in my office,

I typed the letter as fast as I could, taking great pain in making sure I don't misspell a word.

“Sir, this is it.” I presented it to him twenty minutes later.

He nodded, “drop it on the table.”

I dropped the file on the table and stood back, waiting for further instructions.

I would have stood there for eternity if he didn't notice my presence the moment he looked up.

“What are you still doing here?”

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at his question. He made it sound as if I stood here of my own free will.

“I was waiting for your dismissal,” I said with all the politeness a tired person can muster

“Why didn't you alert me of your presence?” He frowned at me.

I blink in surprise.

What's wrong with this man? One minute he's an evil task man and the next, he's a concerned boss.

“I would rather not disturb your work, you looked busy, and I was reluctant to disturb you.”

He placed a black platinum card on the table, “that will be yours for your whole duration in Firestick.

Wisely make use of it.”

“Thank you sit.” I pick the card up, and gently cradled it.

The shiny golden card was like heaven to my hell of a lot.

“Now is a lunch break, you can make use of it in the company's cafeteria.”

I sighed in relief when I heard his words.

Thank God, I was afraid I will go hungry today.

Appears like my worry was uncalled-for.

“Thank you, sir, I will take good care of it”, I said happily.

“You better.”

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I skipped the stairs two at a time.

Now that I'm confident my lunch is taken care of, I can climb up and down Mount Everest without breaking a sweat.

I hummed as I happily walked toward the office cafeteria.

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“Hi, I'm Nana and you are?”

I looked up to find a handsome young black man looking down at me, his black hair was slicked back with a gel. His green eyes were a sharp contrast to his ebony hair, and he had a prominent dimple on display.

“Lys, nice meeting you”, I shook his outstretched hand,

“Do you mind if I sit with you?” he asked, still with a smile on his face.

I shook my head, “none.”

He placed his tray on the table before sitting.

“So, you are the rumoured hottie our grumpy boss employed?” He wiggled his brow,

“Truthfully speaking, you are more handsome than you were described to be”, he took a bite from his fries.

His words made me a bit uncomfortable.

I'm used to people, especially the females, complimenting me on my looks, but a male's attention and compliment are foreign to me.

I can't help the embarrassing blush that covered my face.

“You flatter me. I don't think am that handsome”, I hoped he will argue with me, but disappointedly, he didn't,

“if you say so”, he shrugged.

“How's your day so far?” He asked after a moment of silence.

I'm never a conversation starter and am always glad when others do the justice,

“it's as good as any day spent with the devil can be.”

Too late, I realized I was talking to one of his workers,

“Sorry, I didn't mean it to sound like that”, I apologize.

He waved my words off, “you don't have to apologize for telling the truth based on your perspective as our boss. Enough of office stuff.

Tell me, do you have any girlfriend or _ boyfriend?” he hesitated before he said the last word, as if he were afraid of my reaction?

“None that I know of.” I shrugged.

My statement got him laughing,

“Oh my, I love your wicked sense of humour, I like you already,” he wiped a tear from his eyes.

“Told you, you will love him when you get to

know him”, the gossiping worker took a seat without waiting for permission to do so.

“Can you believe I missed you after being with you until three in the afternoon? That's how deep my love runs for you.”

I blink at her, “pardon?”

“You won't understand,” she chuckled.

Shrugging, I took a spoonful of my food.

“Mmm”, I moaned at the burst of flavour in my mouth, “this is really out of the world,” I took a spoonful of my Corn meal.

She looked at me with an odd expression.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Where do you get the money to buy such an expensive meal? The price of this is outrageous. The food is specially meant for those in the higher-ups” the male replied.

“So, tell me, how expensive is it?”

I can feel her inner gossip giddily rubbing her palms together, expecting juicy news.

“I don't know how much it's sold for.” I shrugged.

He raised a brow, “if you don't know the price, that means you're not the person who bought the food.”

“Then pray to tell, who bought it for you?” Nana winked.

I thought Bb was bad enough, but Bb together with Nana is dangerous.

They both are dangers to this world, they shouldn't be allowed to roam the earth.

“Is it because you would rather not tell us who your secret admirer is, us that's why you're unceremoniously quiet?” Nana asked.

I shook my head at his question,

“I don't know the price, I made use of a card instead of cash”, I showed them the card,

“where did you get this card?” They gasped.

I can detect a hint of suspicion in their tone.

“The boss gave it to me. For official use only, he said.”