Chapter 39: Chapter 38

“Boss’s new secretary.” Jack answered.

“But weren’t you assigned back to Ryouma as his secretary?” Sam enquired.

“Yes but she’s here to learn, will be serving here for few months like an internship, recommendations and connections from higher ups.” jack replied shrugging.

“Since when did Ryouma kept people under recommendations?” Rihito questioned amused by jack’s answer.

“She’s good at what she does. He likes competent people.” jack answered.

“I bet she’ll quit within a week. No one can tolerate a boss like him, trust me!” Teresa replied rolling her eyes.

“No comments.” Jack bowed to them and was about to take his leave but was stopped by Teresa. “Wait.”

“Yes, Ma’am?” he turned to her.

“You worked for him the longest right?” She asked.

“almost 4 years, yes.” He answered.

“4 yrs?” Teresa almost shouted. “May I ask what do you like about him? Is he a good boss? hmm... my experience wasn’t good at all so just curious.” She smiled.

“He is short tempered, he wants everything perfect, can even have a meeting at night, rarely appreciated or lets out a complement no matter how perfect the work was, you need to be there at his beck and call. well life is difficult with a boss like him.” He replied.

“So why work for him for 4 damn yrs?”

“He pays well.” jack answered and Teresa laughed out aloud.

“Okay...well what an honest answer Jack.” Teresa said laughing. If he said Ryouma treated him well and he was a good boss Teresa would have caught the lie.

“Now, if you excuse me.” Jack bowed to them and went out of the room.

The next day

“Just who is this girl? I’ve seen her somewhere, but where?” Teresa tapped her table looking across her husband’s cabin.

Rina noticed her best friend was lost somewhere and she was just talking to herself. She looked at the direction Teresa was looking at and smiled.

“Getting jealous huh?” She clicked her fingers in front of Teresa’s eyes.

“Huh?” Teresa was brought back to reality.

“Don’t worry, she’s not even a competition for you.” Rina assured her friend.

“What are you talking about?” Teresa asked with a puzzled expression.

“I’m telling you to stop worrying about your husband and his secretary, worry for yourself instead and focus on the project.”

“Worry about him? It’s the other way round, I should be worried for that poor girl instead. Being his secretary, God bless her.” Teresa clicked her tongue.

“Oh really? Is that why you’re continuously looking there?”

“No, I’ve seen her somewhere and I’m just trying to recall where.” She tilted her head tapping her index finger on her chin.

“That thing aside why is she getting too close to him, they can talk without getting that close.” She made a face and crushed the paper in her hands, like husband like wife when she saw her husband and his secretary too close for her comfort. Well of course they weren’t that close but close enough, according to Teresa.

“She is jealous.” thought Rina and smiled seeing her best friend tossing the crushed paper in the dustbin which of course reached the dustbin but bounced out instead going in.

Just then Ren entered her cabin, “What’s wrong?” He looked at Teresa’s face and enquired about her foul mood.

Rina laughed and explained her best friend’s jealousy whereas Teresa denied of any. Ren looked at Ryouma’s cabin and shouted as soon as his eyes landed on a familiar face.

“What the hell is she doing here?” Ren shouted widening his eyes.

“Huh? You know her?” The girls enquired.

“She’s Miya, my Miya. I showed her pictures to you last time?” Ren reminded them showing her photo in his phone when they were at Rina’s house.

“Ah, That’s why I thought I’ve seen her somewhere. Rina, you also didn’t recognize her? I mean your memory is sharper than mine.” Teresa narrowed her eyes.

“Excuse me, I would have remembered if I did saw her photo but you and Ai didn’t even let me have a look in the first place.” Rina defended herself.

On the other hand,

Ryouma was ordering his secretary around with the files and because of his foul mood he was being stricter. But to his surprise, she’s quite efficient and did all the work without a word of complain, unlike certain someone. He then looked at his wife’s cabin where she was chatting with her best friend. He sighed and focused back to his work but of course his eyes were not ready to leave his wife’s face.

He messed up his hair and shouted in frustration. He hasn’t been talking to her for 2 days now and he couldn’t focus on his work because of that and what frustrated him more was that she was doing just perfectly fine while he wasn’t. And what’s more, they fought again the previous night and this time it was her who’s not talking to him.

Flashback

“What the hell? Here I’m trying to apologize and you’re giving me attitude?” Teresa tried to talk to him, she stood in front of him blocking his way, even trying to apolozise but Ryouma wouldn’t listen to her at all.

“Whatever.” He rolled his eyes and pushed her aside heading to the bed.

“You pushed me? You just pushed me?” She shouted with her hands on the side of her hips.

He just ignored her and pulled the blankets on.

“And you even dare to ignore me? There’s no way you’re sleeping until we sort this out.” She pulled his blanket.

“Do not mess with me.” He glared at her.

“And don’t you mess with me! You don’t even say sorry when you’re at fault and here I am saying sorry when it isn’t even my fault and you’re the one who’s giving attitude?”

He raised his eyebrow at her words “It wasn’t your fault?”

“Okay a part of it was. But at least I’m apologizing, not like a certain someone who every time escapes the apology.” She narrowed her eyes pointing her index finger at him accusingly.

Ryouma went back to bed jerking the blanket off his wife’s hands.

“Okay then now even if you come begging for forgiveness don’t expect me to talk to you.” She jumped into the bed throwing one, two cushions at him.

“Bad night husband, horror dreams, hate you oxox.” She pulled on the blanket from him and turned to the other side.

“What’s oxox? ox? You called me an ox?” He got up and poked her arm.

“Why would I insult the poor ox? Usually it’s love you, xoxo for everyone but for you hate you oxox.” She went to sleep making humph sound.

Flashback ends

He sighed again.

“Are you okay, sir?” Miya Kitazawa, his new secretary asked.

“Mind your own business.” He glared at her.

He looked his wife and smiled seeing her sudden change of expressions. “She can really change her expressions from sad to happy to anger to innocent to violent to shy blushing face in less than a minute.” He thought.

Miya looked at the direction her boss was looking at and smiled catching him looking at his lovely wife. She smiled at the thought that her boss could show an expression like that.

Suddenly his expression changed to a one that scared her. He then shouted her to bring a file, she was startled. Just a moment ago, he was smiling and now he looked like he’ll literally murder someone. What just happened? She looked at the direction he was throwing murderous glare at and found an unexpectedly familiar face.

“Ren? What the hell is he doing here? Is he following me?” She thought.

Teresa’s cabin

“But what is she doing here, that too with your husband?” Ren complained.

“Breaking News! She’s his brand new secretary.” Teresa announced it to him.

“Huh? Why?”

“Idiot, because of the challenge of course, he threw me out and is it written somewhere that she can’t join this office? And Sorry Ren, for this coming week we’re going to be super busy, we won’t be able to entertain you so if you don’t have any better thing to say, get out.” She found herself raising her voice.

“Why are you shouting?” He yelled back.

“It’s a wife getting jealous over her husband, forgive her.” Rina laughed.

Teresa glared at her best friend who continued to laugh.

“I’m not jealous because I know my husband doesn’t give a damn about her or any other girl not even me, that’s what he doesn’t even care about me, he just knows how to fight, shout and argue. I’m just... Argh! I don’t know.” She crossed her arms and pouted.

“Teresa he loves you and i can even bet my life on it.” Rina sighed. “It’s all so obvious my dumb bff.” Rina hit Teresa’s head because she was so frustrated with them, they both are so in love with each other even a blind man can see that and here they are stuck with their everyday tom and jerry fight.

On the other hand, Ren wasn’t listening to their conversation because he was busy staring at his love.

“Guys, can I ask you a favor? Would you let me be part of this project too?” His words pulled the girls out of their conversation and made them look his way.

“What?” Both exclaimed.

“Yeah, that way I can find a way to talk to her?”

“The more the merrier.” said Teresa. “And please do me a favor too, just tell your girlfriend to stay away from my husband.”

“Why not tell that to your own husband?” Ren rolled his eyes.

“He won’t even look at her.” She glared at him.

“My Miya is so pretty and she’s such a sweet girl even your demon husband would fall for her.”

“Ren. You’re trying to pick a fight with me? I thought you’re my best friend.”

“Yes and i was just warning you.”

“Really? You know what? I have changed my mind, you’ll not be a part of this project.” Teresa laid back into her chair and crossed her arms.

“Teresa!” Ren whined.

“Whatever!”

“Rinaa! Say something! how can she do this to me?!” Ren complained.

“Not again! You know what guys? when you guys are finished with your fights and when you actually decide to work on this project seriously, call me okay? I’m out of here.” Rina walked out of the room.

Ren and Teresa stared at each other for a while finally the two best friends smiled at each other, in terms with each other to help one another with their love.

And meanwhile in the other room there were, Ryouma and Miya, burning with jealousy.

Home

"Ren is right, if Mr. Monkey fights with me I should be the one to fix it instead of joining him because if this goes on, a month will be over in one blink.” Teresa sighed. It’s almost a year and our relationship is stuck at the same point. Argh!

She threw the pillow in frustration and it landed on her husband’s peacefully sleeping face.

She slowly removed the pillow off his face.

“Sorry.” She whispered.

But seeing him sleeping peacefully made her more angry. Here She was not able to sleep because of him and he was sleeping peacefully like a baby. Am I the only one who is worried about our relationship? Hey! Do you even realise it’s already almost a year? She pinched his nose.

He frowned and slapped her hands away. She smiled mischievously. She pinched his nose again, she was having fun. She giggled.

But her world came crashing down when she heard her husband mutter, “Stop it, Sara.”

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