the sweat accumulated from my morning workout. Panting as I

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ur left before I need t

've already finished all the paperwork that needed my attention this week, and I didn't seem to have many

d over to my bathroom to take a quick shower.

ally only rented out to business directors, usually only people that worked for me, for a few months at a time as they traveled between cities for wo

f gel and changed into one of my suits, cuffings the ends of my

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ther a simple omelet with the very few ingredients that I had lying arou

e to sleep well, waking up crazy early and not feeling sleepy until late at night, so I had alwa

ork and prepare for a day's worth of back-to-back meetings. As such, I rarely had much time to have break

w paperwork popping up along the way that needed to be handled ASAP. Thus, I usually just called take-out for dinner in my office if I

s news and updates on the stock market. It was nothing all that s

out of my apartment. I stepped into the elevator as I

my building, I found Joseph already

he greeted me as he

d for him to sit in the driver's seat and start the car before asking, "The

ow told me that you are still in phase 1 of planning and haven't even figured out the location for your expand

ive Benedict any concrete plans and simply t

oking on it the moment the atrocious liquid hit my taste buds, making me immediately set the

ll from Emily while I was waiting for you. Apparently, Ms. Belcalis has alrea

nd she was at work before I had even arrived. Was she jus

h pulled up to the front entrance of my buil

message you if I need any

employees passing by me. I stepped up to the receptionist's desk

ed eagerly. She chirped, "Yep, I already gave h

desk, Emily called out, "Rafael, try not to be so intimidating when yo

d me in such a way, not that I minded to

bite,"

vator doors had already closed, sending me straig

greeting me as I passed. I wouldn't say I was a scary boss, but I definitely don't take bullshit and had a somewhat shor

ding to the right of the room with a tiny purse and her laptop. Today, she had her hair tied up

k skirt that flared out in such a way that accentuated her naturally thin waistline. If it weren't f

," I greeted. Unlocking the door to my office with my fingerprint and face

hout a single word. When she passed me, I noticed tha

of her scent. It wasn't anything nauseating like the over-perfumed women I would usually be stuck

hair in front of my desk as I walked around my table to si

manila folder with a thick wad of papers inside it.

r of the workday from 8 AM to 5 PM, whether it be visiting different sites for potential const

already filled the folders with a list of potential locations, architectural firms, constructions firm, and all sorts of other things. Each possibility had a

else I needed to do besides joining her i

ced up

ot taking a seat at all, and simply holding her closed

Maybe I was just so used to having people constantly trying to talk themselves up to me and try to g

on't have much to say about

ently but made

up from my seat. "Let me show you to

wordlessly followed

ne, but there were already all sorts of whispers around the

s stepped into her new office, I shot my employees a g

uldn't stand how they were talking about her as if she was some sort of e

ng next to her new desk, tracing a single finger along the wood's gra

expressions, I thought the

ice next door to my own, and I figured it would be better to keep you closer to me rather th

she gently set her la

eave for our first meeting in half an hour." As I left her new office, I paused at the doorwa

door all the way, I noticed a set of dainty little ears tha

cu