Page 24 of Keep My Secrets
“Ms. Mason, I’m glad I was able to catch you. Can you please make sure to take home anything necessary for you to work from home tomorrow?”
“Work from home?” I ask, genuinely confused.
“Yes. There was a request put in, and it was approved since you have caught up and surpassed some of your colleagues. We don't see a reason not to allow it. “
“I didn't put in any request.” I don't even know how to request time off, let alone remote work.
“Well, it has already been approved. So we aren't expecting you tomorrow. You may as well take the day.” His smile hides something. He walked out with Theo earlier. Did he havesomething to do with this? Is he really expecting me to not come to work tomorrow?
My mind immediately wanders to what he said to me before he left.
I am going to make you cum using the things you found in my closet. I want to play, and I don't like being kept waiting. The longer I am left to wait, the harder it is going to be to earn my forgiveness.
Heat pools in my stomach thinking about what he has planned, and how he has planned ahead for me to not have to come to work tomorrow. He is expecting this to take a long time, and I am going to need time to recover. This is just another way he is trying to take care of me.
“Ok, I guess I'll pack up a few files, and I will get them done at home tomorrow.” I look at Abigail, who seems to be just as confused as I am. I am taking it that this is not something done often with interns.
“Perfect. Ms. Tagle, I would also like to extend the offer to you. Would you like to work remotely tomorrow?” Abigail's eyes widen.
“Are you sure?”
“Absolutely. I looked over your proposal and am very impressed with the concepts you decided to pitch. I’ll be setting up a meeting on Friday to discuss the reasoning behind your choices.” Abigail takes the praise and just nods her head.
“Thank you, that would be amazing.”
“Perfect, I will have Ms. Davidson note it in our systems. You both will still be responsible for tomorrow's work, but enjoy doing it from home.”
“Thank you,” we both say in unison before letting out a soft laugh. Mr. Castin leaves before Abigail turns to me.
“He has never let interns work from home. Did you really put in a request?”
“I didn't, but I think I may know what happened.” I laugh and try to brush it off, hoping she won't ask many more questions. “Do you need me to make a copy of the Branson file?”
“No, I already have a copy. Jonathan asked for it, but never came to get it. I guess this is my copy now.” We both laugh.
After packing our things, we make it downstairs where Johnathon is waiting outside.
“Took you ladies long enough.” He sighs.
“We didn't ask you to wait. Mr. Castin stopped by the desks before we left.”
“Really? What did he need?”
“He told us we were allowed to work from home tomorrow, and made sure we were able to pack up everything we would need.” Abigail smiles. I just nod along, appreciative that she didn't make it seem like I was singled out again.
“Fuck, next time I am waiting for you guys upstairs. I would kill to be able to work from my bed.” He grumbles a little but doesn't ask any more questions about it.
We all walk together to the restaurant a block down, and Abigail heads up the stairs to the bar as Johnathon pulls me to the side. “Hey, want to share a cigarette before we head up?”
“I don't smoke,” I reply. Abigail already halfway up the stairs. Jonathan watches as she turns the corner.
“I know.” He looks down at his shoes and takes a breath before looking at me. I just stand there, confused as to why he would ask to smoke if he knew I didn't. “I just wanted to ask you something alone.”
Is he really going to ask me out even after seeing I’m with someone else?
“The guy from earlier, your boyfriend?”
“Yeah…” I answer tentatively.
