Episode 3

The clothes arrived, and I started to analyze each bag.

"Wow…. I've never had so much elegance and class in a bag."

I wasn't exactly a woman concerned with vanity, but I liked to dress well, within my means.

"Mom… if you were here you'd be laughing at me… I'm so excited."

Since my mother passed away, I picked up the habit of talking to her alone… or remembering her. Yeah, it might be a strange habit, but it was the way I found to lessen the multitude of feelings inside me.

I took the bags, spread them out in my room, and tried one after another…. Wow… everything fit perfectly…. There were suits, skirts, dress pants, and blouses, as well as dresses that flattered my body, they also had shoes and a makeup kit…. My job seemed to want a doll as a secretary.

I've always been very shy, in high school I suffered a lot from jokes about being too skinny, my body changed when I turned 16, but even then I was already seen as the ugly duckling and clumsy, so I hid behind my giant uniforms. I had improved a lot, but even so, I wasn't a miss. Mom used to say I was crazy not to see how beautiful I was, but the truth is I was afraid of the mirror… I looked like my mother, but I always thought I was his copy… so I was doomed to look like my father and that worried me, seeing that whenever my mother looked at me she saw the man who abandoned us. So I didn't see my appearance kindly, since I understood that that man left us.

I put on a blouse and a social skirt, looked for shoes that weren't too high, and fixed my hair.

"Great…. Miss Romano, you look great for your first day." I repeated the phrase looking at myself in the mirror.

I took a taxi to my work, it wasn't always that I could afford to spend on this transportation, but today I needed to make a good impression, so I arrived much earlier, got my badge, and organized my things on my desk.

I received a schedule of activities:

1- Morning before Mr. Gallo arrives:

* sugar free coffee

* updated agenda

* contracts organized by priority

* projects organized by delivery order

* laundry

Break

From my point of view this schedule was vague and what the hell was this laundry thing, I was hired to be a secretary. Not that I could complain right now, but my boss must be a big arrogant.

I tried to do what I understood from the list, I organized the appointments, projects and contracts when the phone rang I answered.

"Presidency, Romano, good morning!" I used the standard jargon that was in the manual.

"Miss Romano, Mr. Gallo just arrived…. I was on the phone with him, but I'm finalizing some documentation so I won't be there for the presentation as usual, but he's already been informed…."

Before the woman could finish the private elevator opened and out came the most handsome man I had ever laid eyes on, he was holding two bags and was all sweaty.

I was speechless at the sight and before I could feel embarrassed by the man's beauty, I remembered the first day… what was he doing here…

"Miss Romano…. Are you listening to me…. Mr. Gallo practices fighting and always arrives sweaty, his workout clothes must go to the laundry…."

Shit….shit…shit….

Understanding came to my mind with a very bitter taste.

I looked at my boss and was sure he recognized me…. I was so shocked that the phone slipped from my hand and fell on the table.

The noise startled us and broke the tense mood.

"Cheeky girl…. I knew that sooner or later I would find you, I just didn't imagine it would be here…" he looked at me differently and sized me up… it gave me a feeling that he would fire me. I got even more nervous.

"Sir…. I'm really sorry and never wanted you to choke to death on your arrogance." shit what was I talking about…"I mean… you're not arrogant…. You must have been in a sour moment in your life.. I mean I…"

Shit he was going to fire me and I was sure I would never have a chance to get a job like this again.

"Miss Romano…. It's best not to try to fix all your first impression sympathy." he threw the bags on my desk."here's the Kimono, take it to the laundry and bring my coffee… I hope my aunt has a good reason to send a rude, reckless and untimely girl to my company."

Before I could answer, he turned his back on me and went to his office.

"Ahhhh…. Arrogant…. Handsome…." Pamela what kind of madness is this, he may be handsome but he's a big arrogant idiot.

Get his coffee, shit…. Now I had complicated my life.

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