Blue Eyed Devil

Chapter 6

Right now I was thinking about my moving in to Marie's condo, it's not that easy for her sending and picking me up at home. It was a burden for her but then she did not like me to commute, when I insisted to her about it she frantically refused, so I let her.

I slept well last night night despite of my thought about the office.

Before eight then we arrived at the F&N building, I waited for Marie to park her Audi and we both headed inside. The guard greeted us 'Good Morning' and we greeted him back and smiled. But right now my mind started wandering about what would happen at the board meeting later.

We're heading to the elevator when suddenly I stopped, it had already someone and there.. standing proud and intimidating.. Mr. Grayvan Nordstorm.

I was immobile for a moment, it was Marie who gasped and pulled me back to reality. He moved for us to enter the lift, he was early at seven forty-five, when Marie and I just arrived a bit early to avoid the heavy traffic.

I was forced to greet him as the elevator closing.

"Good morning Mr. Nordstorm." I smiled a little. A bit hesitant with the presence of my friend neard us, coz I could sense how she was trying to hide her cunning smile, while pressing her floor when thirtieth was already pressed.

The witch also greeted. "Good morning Mr. Nordstorm!" she smiled at him too and grinned like an i***t while glancing back at me.

"Morning Miss Yagono, morning Miss." he just nodded.

The lift seemed slowing down, as far as I know it was nearly two minutes before reaching the thirtieth floor. Crap. I could feel his stare burning my back, Marie's floor dinged and she was going out now. She once glanced back at me before the lift's closed. There again, that awkward feeling that he seemed drawing hole on me from behnd, the only difference it was more intense now. I barely breathe all the way to our travel to our floor. Travel? Really travel? It was only two minutes but it felt like forever. The lift opened and I went out first since I was ahead. I only felt relaxed as I reached my table and sat down. And Mr. Nordstorm walked towards his office. Whew. What a suffocating ride.

While sitting I looked down my clothes. I was wearing a gray pencil cut skirt above the knee, light gray top and more darker gray blazer. There was nothing wrong with my clothes though, I tilted my head. One hour passed when the speaker rang..

"..Ms. Yagono, please come to my office.." he said in a cold flat voice.

I glanced at my table clock first and then I saw it was ten minutes before nine, so I included now to the meeting. I knocked twice before twisting the door knob and went in. My eyes locked with his blue eyes.

I saw him leaning on his swivel chair while playing his pen and looking at me too. He shifted on his seat and placed down his pen on the table.

"You'll come with me on the meeting." he said shortly while still looking at me. I waited for his another words but it was all, he then just cleared his throat. My face heated at my embarrassment. Okay, I get it. His words were so precious that it seemed I could not afford it.

"Noted, Mr. Nordstorm." I nodded. I was really ran out of english because of him, why sometimes I needed tissue. I immediately left his office, his eyes were like he wanted you to drown by them.

I just got my notes on the table, Mr. Nordstorm burst out from his office and strode to somewhere. Fine, he knew where the Conference Room at. About time..

I followed him as I was clueless also on where the meeting room is, well he knew and I don't. And I did not know how on earth he learned about it.

He stopped in front of a huge brown double doors and went in. What a gentlemen. Chivalry is not dead my ass. It's all right though, when I was just a mere secretary.

All eyes were on us right now. There were twelve seats around the long table. Some stood up but he motioned them to get back on their seats. He strode towards the center of the table and I saw the vacant chair next to his. Too confused if it was for me or to Madame? He took the reserved seat and I took the next chair. He had sorted some papers on the table and started the meeting.

"Morning ladies and gentlemen, I'm Grayvan Nordstorm.. the new CEO of Fuentebella & Nordstorm Corporation. As you all know I'm here to take over the position.. well here in the Philippines, because in the U.S. in which happened the main branch of this company was already under my management years ago." he said in a normal business like tone. Does he have any other emotion? Blank face as always.

He discussed a lot during the meetings as he calmly answered the board whenever they were throwing a questions. I was actually could not comprehend on what the hell they were conversing about but then I tried my best to understand the conversation and jot down to my notes, too afraid that Mr. Nordstorm might ask me to tell it in details later after the meeting.

The problem was also mentioned at the meeting why Mr. Nordstorm taking over the management, there was no bad blood I think when Madame was a very nice and fine woman. As he had mentioned that the couple would take place his abandon position abroad running the company there.

He once in a while looking at me, to maybe making sure I was not sleeping while the meeting was ran. Yes way! I was attentive here, it was my first so might as well enjoy the flow of the moment.

The meeting ended after an hour, they all shook hands while I was busied looking at my notes. Everyone smiled perhaps too impressed by him. Well, who would not be? Even I was amazed by him, when in fact he was a snob. Even at this time he seemed cold and dangerous, he never smiled back at those people even they were beaming a close up smile to him.

I was back now at my table and encoded the meeting, I should have a laptop for minutes of the meeting. Mr. Nordstorm was already in his office, when the speaker rang shortly.

"..Miss Yagono, here in my office now.." in his very normal cold voice.

I stared at his door before I got up and walked to his office, like the usual I knocked before I entered. I saw him resting on his swivel chair without his suit and he was now on his white long sleeves that was folded up to his elbows, I looked around and noticed his suit was on the sofa. So then, I thought it was a magic.

He was looking at me when I returned my gaze at him. I was just waiting actually for him to talk.

"How have you been?" he asked.

I was still loading at his question and then it registered on me, my lips parted. Crap.