She took the bus and listened to music during her trip, longing to relax after such a tense afternoon.
A man like Joseph Storni seemed difficult to interpret, and she was sure that she would have problems while in the Open Global company.
She was anxious and very restless and was still thinking that Storni had gone ahead by hiring her, and although the current secretary of the man had explained that the job was not at all complicated, she could sense that the thing was darker than it looked.
She walked two blocks before reaching her destination and removed her headphones to listen to her thoughts as she walked briskly home.
"We need the money, Lexy, we can't live like this anymore."
"It's a good pay and it's easy, don't be so lazy."
"It will only be eight months, time flies."
They only ensured eight months of work and stability, enough time for Lexy to raise the money for her wedding preparations and for their honeymoon.
On the outskirts of her parents' house, she found her fiancé and contained a sigh when she realized that she had to explain her delay to the manipulative man.
“I'm not in the mood. Yes, they hired me, and I start on Monday”. She said sulkily.
She entered the house seeking comfort, seeking security.
"Don't you feel good?" He asked, who liked to know everything.
He was a controller and manipulator, and Lexy was still too immature and blind to see things more clearly.
"I'm fine, Esteban, but the trip has tired me and also the first training," she revealed and for the first time she took care of her words so as not to disturb her fiancé.
She couldn't tell him that her boss, Joseph Storni, was a tall, good-looking foreigner. She had to avoid sighing as she spoke about him, the size of his hands and his dark but warm gaze. She had to avoid remembering his scent and had to take a cold shower to remove the tickles that the man had left on her skin after his rare and intense farewell.
"Then Monday ..." Esteban insisted and leaned back on the young woman's bed. "At least we already have something secured," he encouraged and adjusted his arms under the neck to follow Lexy with his eyes.
"How did it go for you?" She asked.
"They're going to call me," the young man lied.
The couple were searching for temporary jobs, those that would help them pay for their dreams, but the truth was that only Lexy was trying. Esteban hadn't even written his cover letter and was still stuck in front of the television and his Xbox360, playing and drinking cheap beer to spend the hot spring afternoons.
"Something is something," Lexy encouraged and hid in the bathroom of her room to find some peace.
She sat on the edge of the bathtub and turned on the hot water faucet and while waiting she checked her mobile phone, wishing she could find some distraction on her social media, but found an email from Joseph Storni and her stomach was churning just by reading her Name.
Miss Bouvier,
Please specify your personal address to send your new corporate uniform and some other belongings that you will use during your stay at Open Global, as our risk policy.
Sincerely,
Joseph Storni.
Lexy did not hesitate and answered without giving much thought to the matter and although she tried to express herself in a formal and direct way, she failed and answered a bunch of words and phrases that did not make much sense to Joseph.
Mister Storni,
I live in a low area; I don't think you want to bring my uniform home. Although you would be welcome to dine with us, my grandmother has just returned from Australia, and it would be fun to have you at the table.
If you come, you can explain the policy to me personally, I did not understand much what Alejandra detailed to me.
I live on monte Patria Avenue. It is a two-story house with a damask color and a large garden surrounded by tall pine trees.
Sincerely,
Lexy B.
On the other side of the screen and still locked in his office, Joseph Storni was surprised by the young woman's inconsistent response and dared to doubt his initial email. He reviewed his main request at least twice and read aloud what he had previously written, incredulous at what Lexy said: "She was inviting him to her home and to dinner with her family."
Where did he say he would deliver?
How could she dare to invite him, after having rejected him?
But after thinking in detail about Bouvier's crazy response, he laughed and touched the hem of his shirt for fresh air, and it was just imagining the young lady in the naturalness of her home to be exciting as much as remembering her, four-legged, crawling around him meeting room, in a light, baggy skirt.
He expected to find her in tight pants on her butt and hips, a tight blouse, with free hair and a loose tongue.
He sighed and got up from his desk in a hurry and decided.
A decision not very serious, nor very good.
On the other side of the screen, Lexy forgot her cell phone and her boss and focused on taking a shower and dressing lightly to shut herself up in her home kitchen.She made roasted potatoes and stuffed them with cream cheese and onion, pepper, and salt. While sealing the meat on an electric iron that her father had given her last Christmas; she drank wine, seeking to quench the jumble of guts she had had since the interview.She tucked her hair behind her ears a few times and drank more wine while listening to the laughter of her parents and fiancé, who listened attentively to the amusing stories of her youthful grandmother.She sat down at the table when she thought everything was in order and took off the apron that encased her waist to fit it on her legs.She poured herself a fourth glass of wine and chatted casually while her grandmother was her primary listener and counselor."Oh, my dear, if I had known you would bring the wedding forward, I would not have gone to spend all my
She hid in the cellar in her backyard, the same one in which hours before she had wanted to hide Joseph Storni and she burst into tears when the place gave her silence and solitude.She sat on a pile of dry wood and sobbed hard, longing to control herself before leaving her hiding place, the one that in recent months had become the refuge of her pain, the home of her broken heart and identity.When had she let this happen? She wondered, as she hit her knees.If she remembered correctly, it was just after the Christmas holidays, when she had preferred to travel with her grandmother to Argentina and put off their relationship for a couple of weeks.Esteban had not taken it at all well and the violence that had aroused in him were the result of his jealousy and lack of confidence in her. From there, it had all been an accelerated spiral of mistakes that she had overlooked, making useless excuses for such horrible acts.As always, she touched her cheek and checked that there was no blood
By Monday, and due to the excessive work with which Joseph Storni lived, he had momentarily forgotten what happened on Friday afternoon with his new secretary, and although he did think about her, his obsessive side had been off for at least a few hours.He was late for the company and a meeting with the Commercial Advisors distracted him until almost eleven in the morning and when he entered his office, his eyes met Lexy, who was silently reading a magazine that the agencies offered."Miss Bouvier," he greeted as he entered, and the young woman jumped into her position, frightened."Good morning," she replied, smiling at him.She rose to follow her boss through the office with a gentle walk."Is everything in order?" he asked."Yes," she answered confidently and looked over her shoulder at her desk. “Well, no...”Storni looked up at her and lost himself in her straight hair and dull eyes. Somehow or other, the young woman was smiling from ear to ear, but everything about her seemed s
On Tuesday, Lexy was most of the day alone and her boss was kept busy between meetings and trainings that sought to improve the company's statistics.In the afternoon and almost at check-out time, the young woman received an encouraging email from Joseph and traveled with a silly smile to her home, where she saw her maternal grandmother, who was also her best friend.Her parents had left in the afternoon and promised to arrive after eight and her boyfriend slept peacefully upstairs, giving them privacy and time to talk sincerely.“Tea or coffee?” The young woman asked and moved agilely through the kitchen."A tea would be fine," Grandma replied, cutting two pieces of the cake she had bought from a nearby pastry. “And how about the job?”"Excellent," replied a cheery Lexy, and smiled to add spicier to her confession.“Secretary, right?” asked the old woman."Yes, from Joseph Storni," Lexy said, her eyes searching for the sugar."Storni, it sounds important," Elena, the grandmother, smi
On Thursday, she arrived in too much of a hurry and although Lexy pleaded with her boss not to show up at the office again, her wishes were not fulfilled when Storni came to greet her and ask about her work during the week.The girl answered him with ease and showed how well she was adapting to her new job. The only problem arose when the man asked about her broken lip, and she had to lie to avoid the annoying questions she was used to receiving.Joseph visited all departments of the company first thing in the morning, encouraged the rest of the workers and drank coffee with the financial managers, while Lexy detailed from a distance and with a bit of envy the spontaneity and natural joy of the man."Bouvier, come, I invite you a coffee," he said from a distance and moved his hand to invite the girl to follow him around the place.The was pleased with notoriety and rose from her post shyly, seeking to walk more freely in front of the rest of the workers who watched her with a curious
He read Miss Bouvier's answer at least three times and got up from the chair, with a tickle in his belly that he could not control.From his position he approached the screen of his computer again and incredulous by what he had read, he reviewed aloud:Mister Storni,I like physical contact and bites."Oh shit, this gets good." He played his conscience, as happy as Joseph, who did not know how to interpret that answer.The man's mind filled with recent memories and the young woman appeared in his thoughts, crawling across his rug and without underwear, her stockings tight to her thighs and he had to gasp to free himself.He couldn't go on like this, so excited and hot that at any moment he would cut in his pants, he needed to let off steam in another way, one more according to his needs.He walked to leave his office and pay an express visit to Anne, his Booty Call, but for the first time he was ashamed to meet a woman and turned around the desk, nervous and not knowing what to do or
When lunchtime came, Lexy had been a long time without eating out, and fancy restaurants had never been among her personal choices.Esteban never had the money to invite her out and he always ended up choosing fast food and the cheapest, a menu that fit his pocket.She sat next to Emma while Joseph exchanged a few words outside the restaurant and took advantage of the privacy to pour herself wine and drink to calm her nerves."And where are they?" What are they doing? She asked very anxiously, looking everywhere."They talk about the size of their penises, their hairy balls and who lasts longer" Emma mocked with a youthful voice and Lexy was so shocked that she choked on the wine she had in her mouth.She was overjoyed when she saw Storni walking between the tables, grinning from ear to ear and next to him, a pair of lively young men who seemed excited for some reason that Lexy was unaware of.She tensed in her seat as the three men settled into their table and held her breath as Stor
They returned to the office in silence and only Emma Storni's presence and cheerful chatter kept them on alert. Lexy still did not look at his face and Joseph began to believe that he had been wrong to go so far.The young woman was like a god, advanced calculus book for him, the ones that took months to interpret and, although he was dying to solve all his problems, he still had to know the formulas to go from one page to another.As usual, Emma escaped to the finance department and disappeared, giving them privacy so they could speak."Miss Bouvier, I wanted ..." Joseph called when Lexy hid in the bathroom. "Yes, don't worry, I'm going to wait out here." he continued when the girl closed the door on his face and left him with the phrase in the middle of the tongue. "Yes, I'm going to wait here, take as long as you want." he repeated.What the hell was he doing? Chasing a tasteless girl to the bathroom? What level had he reached?He laughed and realizing that he was blinded by what t