It wasn’t that she was having an affair with her boss. An affair implied something sordid where he had a wife at home who was oblivious to them sleeping together. Actually her boss was unmarried and not seeing somebody. They weren’t exactly seeing each other either because they occasionally slept with other people as well. It was more they had an understanding which seemed to have worked quite well for the past two years.
Usually it wouldn’t bother her to see him with another woman. However today wasn’t a usual day.
Today she watched him flirt with the new sectary in the office. A petite woman from London called Maria. She giggled and touched his arm “oh David, you’re so funny” , then she flicked her long brown locks out of her face.
She watched, felt the pounding in her head which was the hangover and her heartbeat racing.
He smiled back at Maria and said something else that was inaudible, she laughed again. Maria wandered away then off to her desk somewhere in the bowls of the building.
“Your files Mr. Stewart, you have an appointment at two and Mr. Lambton’s office called and something about it being cancelled, ehm the sectary wasn’t very clear on what came up”
He nodded, took the folder from her and winked. She scowled back at him.
“Hey what’s up Stephanie? You don’t seem yourself”
She paused, it was rare that he used her full name, most of the time he just directed speech at her so this was very odd. She remained silent for a moment then, “ehm I’m just not feeling well, think it’s the flu or something”
He nodded smiled a little, “go home get some rest, I’m sure you’ll feel better in the morning”
She smiled back and started packing away some things into her bag.
As she left her office she mouthed the words “thank you” to her boss then left the building.
The rain had persisted most of the morning; the wind blew it harder and harder against her face. Already her umbrella had turned inside out. People walked under the eaves of the buildings in a useless attempt to avoid the constant downpour.
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