"Mrs. Beatrice. I have been wondering why you here in your office for a long time." Sit. "So I ordered meatloaf and buffalo wings." Unpacking the meal. "Mom told me this is your favorite, I make sure I got the sauce to taste great." She sing, smiling.
"Hailey, I really don't think I need that right now, my hands are full." Beatrice eye glue to the lap facing her, as he brutal
"I can feed you if you want. I'm done with my work. What is left, not a stress, I will get it done before the end of the day." Beatrice was so strike off balance.
"You put a food in my mouth." She said so devastated
"I can, if you insist. And I will love to, is not a big deal." Hailey drop smiling
"I'm your mom age, not a child you can just feed. And beside I never told you I was hungry." gaze at her so stressed
"It been a month I started working. I hardly see you, haven't leaving your office to get something to eat, 'cause you order your lunch. This time you been in here for long, and I seen any delivery. I was kind of worried."
"Oh, thank you, I'm so grateful."
She lean on the desk. "You are welcome. Since you don't want me feeding you, I might watch you eat." Beatrice gaze at so defuse ."To be sure you did eat." Hailey tact chuckle
"I'm fine, Hailey." Stares at her. "Why would you want to watch me eat?" she asked curiously
"You know I like you." Raise her jug. "I have had a crush on you when I was a teenage."
"I'm sure you know I'm married with kids and I don't do girls." Remove her hand. "Miss Hailey, I expect you to be in your office now." She grunt so furious, turns to the system. "Thank you for the lunch. You can go back to work."
"Ok, ma." She stood, leaving.
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Next day.
"Hi, Lili." Hailey stop. "I guess you are taking that to Mrs. Beatrice." Hailey said grumpy
"Yes," she said with a nod.
"I guess this an opportunity." In her mind. "She just called me, I'm going to the office, she ask me to bring it to her."
"Ok, here you go." Hand the file to her.
"Thank you." She grinned.
A knock comes the second time, Beatrice was seen sitting relaxed on her office chair.
"Please come in." She was baffled, seeing Hailey Walk in
"Lili beg me to bring this to you, I know you didn't expect me here." She filled in
"Lili can't do that." She said so convinced
"She will never try it. I was so bored, still in my counter doing nothing, waiting for a slice opportunity to come see your cute face. Here comes Lili, I mean I wouldn't I." She flip, throwing her hands in the air.
"You know there is a consequence for that." She grunt
"I know, and I was ready to risk it." She seat on the desk, cross her leg. "Without seeing your face, I feel like I'm going to lose it." Looks into her eye. "Is so hard, Beatrice. Sometimes I get jealous of your husband. Getting married to a special been like you" She press her lips with hers, fist to each, forcing her lips on hers. Beatrice pulled out, looking at her so broke, stood. Hailey stares at her with a smile, stood to face her, as she rest her hand on her neck, Beatrice grip her hand, pulled off.
Adjust her shirt. "See you around, my queen." She film her with a straight gaze, Beatrice drown in shock.
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At Teresa Home
Teresa walk into the room, Hailey have herself wrap up in duvet on her bed
"You got a call from the office, most of your colleague at work called. This is days and you are yet to tell me why you are yet to resume back to work." Sitting beside her, petting her back.
"Mommy, I don't feel like going to work." She exclaimed
"And you are yet to tell me the problem. You taught working was so easy. Now you know more aren't that easy." She caution.
"Mum, I'm not lazy. Is just something that happened in the office, I just need to get over it," she rant. "And I don't want to work for Mrs. Beatrice anymore." She lament
"Now I get it, you expect her to be so nice and calm to you when you fuck up. She is my best friend, doesn't mean she takes every shit my daughter do." A phone rings. She gaze at it. "Beatrice is calling." Hailey jump up from the bed. "Put yourself together and pick up the fuckin' phone." She said grumble
"Halo, ma." Hailey robbing her palm on her forehead
"I was told you been off for days." Beatrice said on phone
"I have a flu."
"You should have reported to the office or call'
Teresa pulled the phone from her. "She would resume tomorrow." assured
"Ok, I will hang up now."
"Thank you for understanding, Beatrice." Teresa tact
"We friends, and we understand this kids."
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The scene opens with Hailey walks in, Beatrice relax on her office chair, her head on the arm of the chair, glazing around but not on Hailey
"Hi, Hailey. Please sit."
"Thank you, ma." Sitting
Stares at her for few seconds, smile. "I was told you resumed this morning."
"Yes ma." Smiles back.
"There won't be much talk, just a quick one. We just go back to work." She hale in and out. "I know you regret your action, and we don't expect that to happen again." Putting a cautioning face .
"I do regret my actions but how I'm sure it won't repeat." She blast, so bold
"What is really the problem?" A knock at the door. "Please come in."
"Good day, ma," Ken tact. 'Halo, Hailey." Smiling.
"Hi." she smirks
"Ma, about the breakdown of the machine, I talked to the production manager, Mr. Lawrence. He said the device was over work because—"
"Miss Hailey, I think we are done here." she said adjusting on her seat
"Ok, ma."
"The sit will be so comfortable if you seat your office." Beatrice still referred to Hailey
"Yes, ma. I'm off." She stood
"Ken, I'm all hears." She tact as Hailey leaves.
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From the elevator, Beatrice walks in.
"Good morning, ma," a lady firmed.
"Morning," she replies, greetings coming from different angles to her. She replies beaming with a smile.
"Oh, here she comes, the beauty Goddess, looks like she just turned sixteen." She said in her mind, beaming as her eye sat on her like a sun.
"Lili, please help me tell Lawrence I will like to see him in my office, bring me the report."
"Ok ma. Ma'am, Mr. Stone is on his way, he called early." Lili reported
"When he comes tell him to wait at the production space." She clip Hailey's eye at a snap. Hailey eye switch back to the system facing her.
"Later the day, please remind me, I will need the wine sample and the design for the newbies," she grind at Lili.
"She's so charming, I'm literally losing my breath. I know I'm asking too much, lord please make her see my heart and how it melts each time I see her. I won't ask more than this." This time her eyes drip as she smiled, turning to the other side. "This time she caught rip, I'm sure she's sending me home with no expenses." she said in her mind
"Hailey, your mom put a bet on it, I hope she never gets disappointed." Beatrice facing her, smirk
"Ma?" Lili answered so confused
"Yes." She replies her, her eyes on the document she held in her hand. "Any more to sign?" walking out
"No ma." Lili, took the document from her.
"Fetch me Lawrence, in my office now."
"Ok, ma." She walks to Hailey where she sat.
"Don' give me that feeling you are spying on me. Sometimes pretend you don't see, not to be caught." She smiled.
"Good morning, Mrs. Beatrice." Hailey grind.
"Most times distractions make one look stupid. Let get to work and stay focus." Stares at her for a bit, smile. "You are better than this. I still wonder what makes it so charming." She walks to the stairs direct to her office. Hailey all smiles as she watch her walk into the elevator
"Mrs. Beatrice. I have been wondering why you here in your office for a long time." Sit. "So I ordered meatloaf and buffalo wings." Unpacking the meal. "Mom told me this is your favorite, I make sure I got the sauce to taste great." She sing, smiling.
"Hailey, I really don't think I need that right now, my hands are full."
"I can feed you if you want. I'm done with my work. What is left, not a stress, I will get it done before the end of the day." Beatrice was so strike off balance.
"You put a food in my mouth."
"I can, if you insist. And I will love to, is not a big deal." Hailey drop.
"I'm your mom age, not a child you can just feed. And beside I never told you I was hungry."
"It been a month I started working. I hardly see you, haven't leaving your office to get something to eat, 'cause you order your lunch. This time you been in here for long, and I seen any delivery. I was kind of worried."
"Oh, thank you, I'm so grateful."
She lean on the desk. "You are welcome. Since you don't want me feeding you, I might watch you eat." Beatrice gaze at her. "To be sure you did eat."
"I'm fine, Hailey." Stares at her. "Why would you want to watch me eat?"
"You know I like you." Raise her jug. "I have had crush on you when I was a teenage."
"I'm sure you know I'm married with kids and I don't do girls." Remove her hand. "Miss Hailey, I expect you to be in your office now." Turns to the system. "Thank you for the lunch. You can go back to work."
"Ok, ma." She stood, leaving.
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"Hi, Lili." Hailey stop. "I guess you are taking that to Mrs. Beatrice."
"Yes," she said with a nod.
"I guess this an opportunity." In her mind. "She just called me, I'm going to the office, she ask me to bring it to her."
"Ok, here you go." Hand the file to her.
"Thank you." She grinned.
A knock comes the second time, Beatrice was seen sitting relaxed on her office chair.
"Please come in." In shock.
"Lili beg me to bring this to you, I know you didn't expect me here."
"Lili can't do that."
"She will never try it. I was so bored, still in my counter doing nothing, waiting for a slice opportunity to come see your cute face. Here comes Lili, I mean I wouldn't I." She flip, throwing her hands in the air.
"You know there is a consequence for that." She roared.
"I know, and I was ready to risk it." She seat on the desk. "Without seeing your face, I feel like I'm going to lose it." Looks into her eye. "Is so hard, Beatrice. Sometimes I get jealous of your husband. Getting married to a special been like u." She press her lips with hers, fist to each, exchange saliva. Beatrice pulled out, looking at her so broke, stood. Hailey stares at her with a smile, stood to face her, as she rest her hand on her neck, Beatrice grip her hand, pulled it off.
Dressing her wear. "See you around, my queen." She film her with a straight gaze, Beatrice drown in shock.
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