Reiner - My New Boss


    “Thank you for making it on time. Ready for the first day of real work? Follow me this way, I’ll drop you


    girls off at your managers’ office one by one. First, let us drop Nicole off first since her manager’s office


    is the closest to here,” the woman from yesterday said.


    Everyone was clearly excited and perhaps a little anxious about meeting their new bosses for the first


    time. The codename and the mystery surrounding the identity of the managers only added to the


    tension. As luck or the locations of the managers’ office were to have it, I ended up being thest girl


    left after we had sent off the other three girls.


    “Only you left now. Are you excited, Natalia?” the woman asked with a pleasant smile.


    “A little…” I replied.


    “Sorry that you had to be thest one, but your manager’s office is furthest away. This way please,” the


    woman said before leading the way.


    She was right, the office we were heading to was a slightly long walk away after an elevator ride that


    transcended many floors. Finally, the woman came to stop at a veryrge pair of doors.


    “This is Knight’s personal office. Beyond this door you will find one desk and that is yours. There is


    another pair of doors inside just like this one that will lead you to Knight’s personal office where he


    works,” the woman exined.


    I nodded in understanding. So now what? Do I just go in there alone?


    That seemed to be the case because the woman did not take a step forward or act like she was going


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    to open the door at all.


    “Good luck. I hope you enjoy working for ourpany. Of course, if you have any issues or concerns,


    you can reach me at the secretarial department,” she said and then left.


    I stood in front of the door before I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. This is it. I can do this! I


    can do this!


    Compose yourself, Natalia!


    While praying that my new boss wouldn’t be an overly strict or nagging person with an unbearable


    personality, I pushed opened the door. The room beyond had a worktable, some paintings of flowers on


    the wall as decoration and a set of sofas which were probably meant to be used by people waiting to


    see the boss in the next room.


    Slowly, I tiptoed across the room to the other pair of double doors that would lead me to the boss’s


    private office. I breathed in a deep breath and held it before lifting my first up and knocking softly on the


    door.


    “Come in,” a muffled voice said from the other side of the door.


    My boss new boss is a man. That’s all that I could make out from the voice. Well, I had expected that


    anyways, so this new piece of information wasn’t exactly new.


    Here I go!


    Firmly, I pushed open the doors and walked with my backstraight into the room. The room wasrge


    and decorated in tones of grey. There was arge ck leather sofa set and various decorations such


    as a flower vase, paintings on the walls and at the end of the room, there was arge wooden table.


    That was the boss’s desk. Therge leather chair at the desk was turned the other way. Since I couldn’t


    see the boss anywhere in the room, I guessed that he must be sitting in therge leather chair that was


    turned with its back to me.


    The view beyond therge ss wall behind the desk caught my eye. You could see the view of the


    business district from here. The sky was a perfect blue, and everything looked like it sparkled in the


    sunlight. The boss was also looking at this impressive view. I wondered if he got bored of seeing it


    every day from his office like this.


    “Excuse me, I’m your new secretary…” I began saying as I tried to sound humble and polite.


    There was a slight pause and then the leather chair started rotating around as the boss began turning


    to face me. For some reason, I felt so anxious and couldn’t refrain from biting my lower lip. It must have


    been just a second for the chair topletely turn around to face me, but it felt like forever. Everything


    seemed to move in slow motion. The only thing that was racing fast was my own heartbeat.


    It was like the air in the room stopped moving. My body froze in ce and my face felt numb. All


    sounds escaped my ears except the loud thud of my own rapidly beating heart. Then everything


    escaped my vision, and the world became dark, all except for the man that now had his body and face


    turned towards me as he sat on therge leather chair behind the table.


    It felt like time stopped along with the beating of my heart.


    “Why are you here?” I asked in pure shock.


    “What are you doing here?” he asked as his eyes narrowed at me.


    We asked our questions exactly at the same time and then an ufortable silence followed.


    “That’s impossible…You’re Knight?” I asked in disbelief as my body froze in ce.


    But…Queen…she said that she didn’t know…


    This can’t be happening. This is all just a big and bad mistake. I kept telling me these things but no


    matter how many times I blinked my eyes in disbelief, the man just wouldn’t disappear. It seemed like


    he was as shocked at this unexpected situation as I was. We continued to stare into each other’s eyes


    like we both didn’t know what to do or what else to say. A sinking feeling filled my stomach and my


    chest tightened.


    “Yes, I’m Knight,” the man replied a little coldly after a short while of silence.


    My lips and throat felt dry. I wasn’t sure if I could speak anymore so I decided not to say anything as my


    mind raced to find some kind of solution. Is it possible to request for a change of partners at this point?


    Can I ask one of the new girls to switch ces with me?


    --To be continued…