MORE THAN A SECRETARY

“What should we do on our last night in Arizona?”

Lucas asked sitting close to her on the bed. Most people who came for the ceremony already left, the new bride and groom were already in the Bahamas where they were having their honeymoon, only a few relatives, Lucas parents and the both of them were left in the mansion, even Lucy and her kids already left, it was pretty much quiet compared to last week or two days ago, she laid on the bed with her eyes closed.

“Hmm, anything you wanna do,”

She answered she wasn’t feeling too happy about this ending because she knew this would be their last night together when they leave for New York tomorrow this will all be over, but she couldn’t let him see her pains, not when she gave him her words that she won’t catch feelings.

“How about we have a picnic in the desert area?”

“What? A desert? Do you wanna get me killed?”

“I didn’t mean somewhere far, it still within the mansion, it just not opens all the time, ”

“What? The mansion has a desert area? Why am I just hearing this?”

“Do you know every part of the mansion?”

“I guess not,”

“I was joking, but we can spend a night at the underground part of the mansion that way we won’t be disturbed, I really, really wanna make good use of our last night here Kat,”

“Of course, whatever you want,”

“It’s not whatever I want, it’s what we want, tell me what you wanna do,”

“I don’t know,”

“Are you for real? There has to be something,”

“Hmm, nope, we have done everything I wanted,”

“That’s a lie, does that mean if we just sleep tonight and go back to New York tomorrow you won’t regret a thing?”

“No, I won’t ”

She lied, she would regret a hell lot but she felt too sad, she suddenly wanted more time to be with him like this, by tomorrow he will be back to being her boss, she didn’t think things can ever be the same with them, she promised her self that whatever happens she would try and stay and not quit, she hoped that they can at least coexist and hope they don’t fight.

“Kat,”

“Uh?”

“You are not listening are you?”

“What? Did you say something? I didn’t hear you,”

“Yes, I did,”

“Could you say it again? I didn’t get it the first time,”

“I said to tell me what you want to do,”

“I don’t have anything in mind for real, I’m up for anything like I said earlier, we can stay in the mansion, not like there are many people here,”

“You are such a killjoy,”

“No, I am not,”

She replied getting up from the bed.

“Where are you going to?”

“To get drinks and night snacks,”

“That’s what you wanna do?”

“Yup, stay here, drink, and forget about the fact that by tomorrow I will be back to working almost every hour of the day,”

“Wow, calm down, promise I won’t be that insensitive boss again, in fact, you get the remaining days of this week as off and you can resume by Monday next week,”

“For real? That’s so nice,”

“Yeah, the least I could do for all the stress you have been through lately and also to make up for those years I was a bad boss,”

“At least you finally agreed you were not nice, I accept,”

She said as she walked out of the room, she rushed to the kitchen, clenching her hands into a fist, she needed to get this over her head and get back her cool, this wasn’t a new feeling so it shouldn’t be so hard, she was glad he was giving her a break, she needed the break, she would build her resolve and resume work as nothing happened, she wished they had a little more time but she knew the more time they spent together, the harder it will be for her to get over him, she had her fill, not really, but at least she knows how it felt being Lucas’s woman even though it was just for a short while, she opened the fridge and got out a few beers and took out some night snacks to go with it. She looked at the chocolate in the fridge for a while, knowing it won’t be healthy to eat it at the time but she craved something sweet, she took it anyway.

“Those are not healthy to eat at night,”

Lucas mother voice come up as she made to leave the kitchen, she turned to see her sitting at the far end of the kitchen balcony, she hadn’t seen her when she had entered and wondered just how much she had seen, she tried to go over what she did when she entered the kitchen.

“It’s just for one night, it won’t do that much harm,”

She replied still holding on to the bowl of chocolate.

“If you say so, are you alright? You look pretty tensed when you walked in here, are things okay with Lucas?”

“What the fuck?”

She thought, wondering how she was gonna reply to his mother’s question, she knew they were aware of her and Lucas, Lilac is to be blamed for that, but then aside from Lilac none of the other family members had asked and she had hoped they won’t, she should have stayed in her room.

“My dear? Are you okay?”

She asked walking into the kitchen to where she stood.

“Yes, ma, I am fine,”

“You don’t look so though, you look like you have a lot going on, you can talk to me you know, I am Lucas mother and I know how best to deal with him, I can share you some tips.”

She said with a smile.

“Actually ma, it’s noth…”

“I have good tips, I just need a tiny reward in return,”

She continued cutting her off, she mentally rolled her eyes but decided to hear the favor which turned out to be a huge mistake.

“What favor ma?”

“A grandchild,”

“What?”

She asked almost dropping what she was holding.

“Why are you so surprised? I know you and my son are seeing each other, and I am happy about it, Lucas needs to settle down and you are perfect for him,”

“Ma’am, Lucas and I don’t have that kind of relationship,”

Katrina replied, wanting to be anywhere else but here, she looked around for ways to escape but there wasn’t any.

“Come on, I know you guys have a thing and I have seen the way you look at him,”

“Ma’am it’s really not what you think it is,”

“Hmm, sounds fake but okay,”

She said and Kat let out a breath of relief and made to leave but was stopped.

“But you love him, don’t you? Don’t you? I see the way you look at him and how he does with you, he is very protective of you and you guys will make a really great couple.”

She said, Katrina turned to face her, she was right about Katrina being in love with Lucas but was wrong about Lucas being protective of her, they weren’t a perfect match either like she thinks.

“Ma’am, I…”

“I want my son to be happy again and he seems happy when he is with you, I know he can be hard but don’t give up on him alright,”

Katrina didn’t know how to explain to her that Lucas was perfectly fine without her and was happy too.

“Ma’am, I think Lucas can take care of himself and he seems pretty happy to me,”

“That’s because he is with you now, that’s what I mean, he is happy when you are around, which is why he always wants you around him, or don’t you feel that might be the reason he takes you everywhere with him?”

Katrina could only stare at her, how she came up with those ideas was beyond her, Lucas? Being happy because he is around her? That’s totally not possible, he wants her around because she has to work for him, and if not for this trip he would probably have wanted nothing to do with her.

“I don’t know ho…”

“Kat? You are taking so long, what..? Hey Mom,”

Lucas said walking into the kitchen, Katrina let out a breath of relief.

“What’s going on here?”

He asked when neither of them said anything.

“Nothing, Katrina and I were just having some ladies talk,”

His mom said.

“Oh, really? Can I ask what it is about?”

“No,”

She replied firmly and he rolled his eyes, collecting the drinks she was holding before opening the fridge and stuffing them back.

“Hey? I came down to get those,”

“No drinks, are you forgetting we have an early morning flight tomorrow? You can get all the alcohol you want in New York,”

He replied collecting the bowl of chocolate too, she looked at him with questioning eyes.

“Chocolate is not a healthy night snack,”

Great so she came to the kitchen for nothing, she should have stayed in the room. She thought.

“You both have a goodnight, Kat we will continue where we left off when I visit New York,”

His mom said walking out before she could respond.

“What were you guys talking about?”

He asked.

“I am not telling,”

She replied walking off and leaving him standing there, he walked up to her, took her hand, and dragged her with him to the opposite side of her bedroom.

“Where are we going to?”

“You will see,”

That was all he said as he pulled her along with him out of the house and towards the gate, just when she thought they were leaving the mansion, he made a turn, and walked down a few steps, before opening a door that lead to another part of the mansion that she has never seen, the mansion did have an underground basement, not a basement though because there were several doors, he opened one of the doors and the room was huge and neat with a rather large bed, and simple decorations.

“I thought you were joking about this too,”

She said looking around the room, it looked like any other room in the mansion.

“I wasn’t, Kat, this is our last night here and I want to make good use of it,”

“Me too,”

“We can scream all we want here, it soundproofed so no one will hear,”

“That’s scary, what if you try to kill me? How would people hear me?”

“You think I can do that?”

“No, I am just saying,”

“Come here Kat,”

He ordered and she walked up to him.

“Good girl, now take off your clothes,”

“Yes, sir,”

She replied taking off her blouse, her bra, and her shorts, she stood before him naked.

“Kat,”

He whispered already reaching out for her.

“No, no words, no talking, just action,”

She said standing on her tiptop and kissing him, he complied and not many words were exchanged through the night, they couldn’t get enough of each other, even through it all, one thing was sure for Katrina, no man could ever make her feel as much as she felt with Lucas…