More Than A Secretary novel Chapter 2

"Katrina, in my office right now".

Katrina heard as soon as she answered the phone. " Okay sir" she replied dropping the office phone and picking up her notepad.  quickly checking to make sure her makeup is in place and her skirt in order. She walked to her boss office knocked on the door and entered-

"Sir, you called for me?"

"Katrina how many times have I told you to call me by my name?  Especially when it's just the two of us Like we have been working together for almost seven years now."

"Si... I mean Lucas it's just that it won't seem professional if I call you by your first name when you are my boss" and it will give me hope that the impossible might happen. Katrina added the last part in her head.

"Whatever you say, lady, I prefer it when people call me by my name especially people I am close with.

We are not that close, Katrina said in her head.

"Anyway,  the reason I called for you is to tell you we have to go on a business trip by Thursday, I know it was not in our schedule but it's a trip that can't be avoided. I am telling you now so that you can prepare and also sort things out to avoid a reoccurrence of what happened on our last trip" Lucas disclosed

"As I would not want the both of us to be in a situation like that again"

He is never gonna let her hear the end of it. This crazy man, Katrina thought, just one mistake in six years and he keeps going back to it. She wished she could erase his memory.

"Are we clear Katrina? Kat are you still here??

" Oh yes sir, I mean Lucas"

He looked at her strangely and Katrina blushed inside, he called her Kat he has never called her that before.

Before she could dwell more on that he continued talking and she was grateful for the distraction though she knew she would go back to it when she was on her own.

"It's a one-week trip so you should know what to do though we are not staying at a hotel as Mr. Raven who is hosting us has a resort and he wants us to make use of it."

"Si.. sorry Lucas, I have a few questions if you don't mind," Katrina said when Lucas paused

"Okay, ask away sweetheart," he said

What is wrong with him today Katrina thought, first he came to the office bearing coffee which he bought for himself and her, secondly he is not his usual arrogant and bossy self now he called her Kat and sweetheart in the space of five minutes. Something is wrong Katrina thought. The last time he had been this nice to her she had ended up spending her whole weekend babysitting his sister's kids which was not bad because she loves kids and Leah's kids adores her. But her job is to be his secretary, not a babysitter. He better not make any silly requests again just cuz he bought her coffee. But then again they were going on a business trip so definitely not babysitting.

"Kat, I thought you had questions you've been silent for too long lady." He scolded bringing her out of her head.

Okay something is not right Katrina thought cuz this is not the boss she has known since these years

"Okay, Lucas what is going on are you high?" Maybe he had a drink or two when he left the office. But he wasn't smelling of booze.

"Do I look like I am drunk? I am just talking to you."

"Dude, you never talk to me like this."

"Like what?" He asked

"Like this, as if we are close friends, real close friends. You order me around you are bossy you don't engage in conversations except those related to work you are telling me now that you prefer being called by your name. I called you sir Friday before I went home and you didn't scold me I called you sir this morning when you came in and you didn't correct me." Suddenly, this afternoon you are talking so casually with me. It's suspicious so Mr what's going on?"

She asked folding her hands on her chest. His eyes followed the movement of her hands and landed on her chest then back at her face she blushed and dropped her hands from her chest.

"This is not the first time I told you I prefer to be called by my name." He said after a short pause raising his brows as if asking her to argue.

"Okay, agree it is not the first time. Aside from that, today is the first time you bought me coffee that's always my job. The last time you were nice to me we ended up in your sister's house babysitting and I did all the work while you went about whatever you were doing then."