Chapter 3 The hidden emotions

It was Micheal. He placed a knock at the door and Nicole responded "Come in" "Good morning sir" "Good Morning Miss Nicole, how are you doing?" "Am good Sir" "How do you find this office, hope it is impressive ?" Micheal asked. "Well, it's quite impressive sir," Nicole responded. "OK. May I see you in my office, I have some documents I want you to work on for me" Micheal said and headed for the door. Micheal was dressed in a black Italian suit. He was wearing a black Bruno Domino's Shoe. He's a fashion freak. "Wow, He's looking hot!" That was all Nicole could say. As Micheal was completely out of sight, Nicole shut down the laptop immediately, and placed it back into the drawer and headed towards Michael's office. Micheal was busy searching for a file on his shelf when he had a knock at his door. "The door is open, you can come in". Nicole came in and said " Am here Sir" Micheal brought out 5 files from the shelf and told Nicole to look into it. " Here, I want you to work on these files, go through them thoroughly and come out with something interesting". " I left this work with Lucy, my former secretary. But she wasn't competitive and up to the task. I would like you to give a top-notch execution for the assignment" " Is ok sir, I will give my best. You can count on me". "Alright Miss Nicole, I am counting on you to do a perfect job". " I will get to the job sir. Let me get going ". " Miss Nicole, can I... Never mind you can get going". Micheal has something to say to Nicole. But he couldn't do that. He still has to conceal his feelings for her. Nicole was aware of what Micheal wanted to do. But she keeps wondering what's restraining him. "He's a handsome, rich and successful young man. He's a big gun in the real estate business. He can get any lady he wants by the tip of his finger". " But shying away from approaching the lady is an impediment". " Does he have issues with ladies?". "Has his heart been shattered before, that birthed these walls?". These were the thoughts Nicole was trying to decipher. She was extremely surprised that Micheal had shortcomings. Yet she couldn't understand whether the problem was actually from Michael or the Ladies he'd dated before. Nicole quickly left Michael's office and headed to her own. As she entered her office, she looked around. Her thoughts went straight to Lucy. " Was she the cause of Michael's change of attitude towards ladies?" " But she was a good person. I remembered when I initially came to this organization, she welcomed me very well".

"Never mind, we will see how things go over here". That was the last word that proceeded from her. Nicole went straight to the work Micheal gave to her. She brought out her PC from the drawer, switched it on and waited for some minutes for it to load. As that was done, she went through the files Micheal gave to her. She saw some asterisks on some parts of the files. " I guess this is where the issue lies. Let me get it done". She said, She went straight to MS Word. She started correcting the errors that were omitted. A notification for the company popped up. She went straight and clicked it. As she does that, the notification comes as a reminder about a message that was sent before. " Good day, Mr Micheal. We're still waiting for your candid response about our interest in buying a share in your firm" Nicole was surprised to see a message like that. " Is Horizon Realty Group in crisis?" " Why will a notification like this come up?" Nicole was still confused about everything. She didn't know whether to say this was the reason for Michael's strange attitude or not. Everything was a mirage to her. She continued her work. She ensured that every error was corrected. When she was through, she sent the document to her printer and printed everything out. She proofread it thoroughly to ensure that there was no trace of error again. As she was done, she stood and went to Michael's office. When she got to his door. She started from the window and saw Micheal troubled. His countenance wasn't that satisfactory. He had deep issues he was battling with. Nicole stood for some time, before knocking at the door. She knocked it again and again yet Michael didn't answer. She thought to herself. " I have to get in". As she entered, Micheal could hardly notice that she was there. " Sir, these are the documents you said I should work on". "Sir... " Oh! Miss Nicole, I am very sorry. I was lost in some thoughts". "Is everything okay Sir?" She asked. " Nah, it's nothing, I can handle it. Moreover, Thank you for your care". " My pleasure sir, but you can still share it with me if you want. Remember, a problem shared is half solved". As she said that Micheal laughed. Nicole was happy inside for making him smile. " Wow, you're also caring and compassionate at the same time, I Would love to see another interesting side of you that is hidden." " Nicole blushed, she couldn't look at Michael's face at that moment". " Are you ok Miss Nicole?". " Am fine Sir". She responded. She dropped the files on his table. " I think I should take my leave" She left immediately without Micheal's approval. Micheal chuckled when Nicole left. " gosh what's she thinking, I was just flattering her". "My goodness, why am I flirting with my secretary? But she's ravishingly hot! But then, I don't want her to see me as a pervert". This was Michael's thoughts at that moment. As Micheal was still thinking about Nicole, his phone rang He checked to see who was calling. It was his fiancee Benita. He picked up the call. " Hello babe, how are you?" " Am good" " How's work at the office?" " Awesome". Micheal replied to her. " I just called to check on you". Benita said " That's thoughtful of you babe". Micheal responded. Micheal was indeed the romantic type. That's one of the reasons Benita fell for him despite his wealth.