Gabriel - Aged 29.
I spray on my cologne and do up the cuff links on my shirt as I glance at my watch.
Where is she?
I pull on my suit jacket and go into the bathroom and do my hair in the mirror. I hear my office door open and close. "Morning, Gabriel," Vee calls as she rushes in.
"What time do you call this?" I call.
"You aren't even ready yet," she calls back as she opens my computer. "I don't start work for another hour...in case it slipped your mind."
"Very funny," I call back. "You are well aware that nothing slips my mind."
"Hurry up, I have a lot to do today," she calls from my office.
I roll my eyes as I continue to comb my hair.
"Don't forget I'm going to lunch today right on twelve thirty."
"Yeah, yeah." I walk into my office to see Vee sitting at my desk going through my calendar. Her hair is curled and she's wearing a pretty pink dress.
Huh?
"Okay, let's steamroll through this. So at nine you have a meeting with
Glenora from Blakehurst."
"Why do you look like that?" I ask as I look her up and down.
"Focus." She keeps reading the computer screen. "Then at ten you have a Zoom meeting with Atomic Advertising."
Since when does she curl her hair for work? My eyes linger on her breasts, perkier than usual...is she wearing a push-up bra?
The fuck is going on here?
"At eleven thirty you have a meeting with the marketing team. The notes are in your email under the heading Eleven thirty meeting." "Who are you having lunch with?" I ask.
"Then at one you have a Zoom with the United Kingdom office." "Vee," I snap.
Her eyes rise to meet mine. "Yes, Gabriel."
"I asked you a question."
"What is it?" She screws up her face as if I am a major inconvenience.
"Who are you having lunch with?"
"A friend."
"What friend?"
"You don't know her."


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