Episode 4

I would have preferred to stay in the car, waiting and scheduling his next appointments, but Christian insisted that I come down.

It was six o'clock sharp when he sat down at his table. Ten minutes passed when she arrived. A tall, blonde woman with pearly skin and lips painted with bright red lipstick. She looked very pretty!

"Are you here alone?" A waiter asked me.

"No. I'm with someone."

He looked at me a little strangely, maybe because he saw me alone.

"Would you like me to bring you something?"

I had looked at the menu and was interested in a hanger steak.

"Sure."

I placed my order. It didn't take long and the food was already in front of me.

"If you want anything else, I'm here to serve you."

"Thank you! How kind."

I started to eat. The taste of the meat was exquisite and sitting in this restaurant, that was the most incredible thing about this night.

I take a bite of food and then I see him sit down in front of me. What was he doing here?

"Enjoy your meal!" It's the first thing he says to me.

I swallow my food and drink some water.

"Thank you! Why are you here?"

"Juliana left."

"She left? She didn't..."

"We cleared things up."

"You guys?"

"She's not my girlfriend. I don't like her either. It was a work date."

Work? Why was he working so much? He offered me the bouquet of flowers. He put it on the table.

"Didn't you like the flowers?"

"I didn't even offer them to her. I forgot."

I'm taken aback.

"But..."

"You can keep them. I give them to you!"

What? It took me so much work to find a flower shop on my second day of work so this jerk wouldn't have to give them to his date. Damn it!

"Didn't you like them?"

"They're beautiful" I noticed he smiled slightly. "You were right. This is not common like roses."

His words made me smile.

"Yes."

There was silence. I put a bite of food in my mouth and started chewing.

"Thanks for coming with me! I have to go."

I was surprised to hear him say that.

"Are you leaving?"

"I already paid the bill. Will you take a taxi?"

"I guess so."

I took out his wallet and he offered me a five hundred peso bill.

"For the taxi" he pronounced looking into my eyes.

"Don't worry. I..."

He gets up and starts to walk.

"Good night. See you tomorrow."

"Christian."

"That's my name. Don't wear it out!"

It was at that moment that I realized something was not right. My boss was being very nice to me!

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The days had passed very quickly and now it was Friday. We were minutes away from finishing the workday.

"What are my pending tasks for Monday?" Christian looked at me intently.

"You have no pending tasks."

"Really?"

I checked his schedule.

"I just checked and, well, the only thing is that your mom changed the lunch you had planned with her for Monday."

He nodded.

"No problem."

"That's all."

"Can you buy flowers for my mother?"

His question threw me off.

"Me?"

"Yes, I think you have good taste in flowers."

"But, I think it would be more appropriate if you chose them. She's your mom. Give her flowers that you like."

Our eye contact was neutral.

"What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Resting."

"Could you come to my house? I need you to help me organize something."

"I don't work weekends."

"I'll pay you triple."

"Why do you want to solve everything with money?"

My question caused him to wrinkle his brow.

"Because I have money to spare."

"And you want to give me your money?"

"Yes. Don't you like the idea?"

I smiled, shaking my head slightly.

"I have to go."

Without another word, I left his office and walked over to my desk. I turned off my computer, put away my pens and grabbed my briefcase. It was about time!

"What are you doing tonight?" Erick had approached me.

"Hi Erick! Well, I don't have any plans, just, go home and that's it."

"Want to go for tacos?"

"Now?"

"Yes. Take it as a reward for your first week at the company. It's my treat!" And he waggled his eyebrows.

"Okay. Fine. Let's go for tacos!"

At the taqueria, Jessi and Kevin were already waiting for us. I ordered an order of tacos al pastor and a glass of horchata water.

"So, how was it? Did you survive your first week of work?" Kevin seemed excited.

I smiled. I finished chewing and swallowed.

"Yes. It was easy!"

"Did you get along with Christian?" Jessi asked.

"Yes, he's cool."

"Really? He always seems to be angry" Kevin was very surprised.

"Well, he has his ways, but I'm getting the hang of how to deal with him."

I drank some water.

"And do you plan to stay after the internship?" Erick asked.

I pretended to think.

"Yes, I would like to."

"I think they're going to offer you the permanent position. Good thing Jessi gets along with you," Kevin said.

I smiled. I bit into a taco. My cell phone started ringing. It was my boss.

"Hello?"

"Where did you leave my car keys?" Christian used a strong tone of voice.

"On your desk. I left them right where you had put them."

"They're not there. I've been looking for them for a while and I can't find them."

"Did you check the top drawer?"

"There's nothing there. Can you come over? It's your responsibility that my keys are missing."

I let out a sigh.

"But..."

I hung up the phone. I was annoyed!

"Everything okay?" Erick asked.

"Yeah, nothing important" I replied.

Jessi didn't seem to believe me.

"It was Christian, wasn't it?" she asked.

"Yes, but it's not important. I'm off the clock."

And fearlessly, I ordered a beer from the waiter.

"Are you planning to get drunk?" Kevin looked at me curiously.

"No. I don't get drunk."

"Well, I do! It's Friday" Erick seemed overly excited.

I finished my tacos. I felt dizzy and happy to celebrate my happiness with my group of coworkers.

"Want to go to my apartment?" Jessi was inviting us. "I have tequila and vodka, to keep the party going."

My cell phone started ringing, he was calling me.

"Hello?" I asked in a drunken tone of voice.

"Where are you? I'm..."

"I'm not here!" And I started laughing.

"Are you drunk?"

"I want tequila. Don't you feel like a few drinks?" I pronounced without shame.

At that moment, there was no sanity in me and my head was full of many thoughts. I felt tipsy!

"Julen. Where are you?

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