More Than My Bodyguard

Katrina woke up to the sound of her alarm, opening her eyes she yawned and rubbed her eyes with her hand. Sluggishly getting up from her bed she went to her bathroom brushed her teeth and washed her face. 

Then she came back and sat on her reading table. She opened her laptop to check and be sure she had everything prepared for the new week. 

Katrina work as a Secretary for Lucas Evans. 

"Lucas" 

she called she was used to calling out his name at odd times when she is alone. 

Her boss and the man she fell for. the one she has been in love with for almost five years now. She didn't know how the feelings started somehow between working together and going on business trips together she had somehow come to love her boss a man way out of her reach.

Initially, when she had started working for Lucas she had disliked him because he was arrogant and a big-time womanizer but between six years ago and now she had managed to get used to his arrogant and bossy nature. He wasn't a nice guy but he wasn't all that unbearable either. 

And he cared for his family maybe that's why she fell for him. 

"Okay, enough Katrina it's too early to start thinking of the boss" she scolded herself. 

She closed her laptop after making sure everything she needed for the week was intact. All the schedules and meetings were properly documented. 

She knew her boss was someone who hated being disorganized and unprepared for appearances. 

After making sure she was good to go she checked her time it was six-thirty am do she went to her bathroom and took her bath. She usually resumes work by eight am but she prefers to be there on time.

It's had taken her about thirty minutes to bathe and dress up after which she hurriedly took a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bread. When she was ready finally it's was just a few minutes to seven-thirty. 

She took her bag, her laptop, and other stuff she uses for the office and rushed down the apartment to the parking lot for her car. She drives a Mercedes which her boss had gifted to her when he found out she uses the bus to come to work. That was about three years ago. 

It took her thirty minutes to get to work cuz of the heavy New York traffic. 

She greeted her co-workers she met on her way to her office. 

"Hi, Katrina good morning how was your weekend?" Asked Jordan her best friend and her co-worker.

"Hi, Jord, it's was cool, and yours?" She asked in reply.

"Mine was great I had fun, we were expecting you at Coral's birthday party but you never showed up," Jordan said. 

"Yeah, I couldn't make it. I had errands to run over the weekend and I didn't get back till late at night. I sent her my wishes though." She explained. 

"Sucks to be Lucas Secretary," Jordan replied 

"No, Lucas is okay you just don't know him,"  Katrina said defending Lucas 

"Yeah, you will defend him that's what you always do," Jordan said laughing 

"I am not defending him I am just stating a fact."

"Whatever you say, lady," Jordan replied not convinced.

"I am serious." 

"Yeah, I know you are. And I also know you like your boss." Jordan said with a knowing smile. 

"Cut it out Jord, I knew I should never have told you that,"  Katrina replied. 

"Come on girl I already figured that out you know, anyway, are you going to his sister Lilac's wedding she dropped an invite for everyone this morning." 

"Of course I will be there, I can't miss it for the world I forgot to mention it to you, I am part of her bridal train."  Katrina disclosed.  

"Really? And you are just telling me girl we have a lot of talking to do it seems we are falling apart, so you keep things from me now?" Jordan asked looking at her with a disgusted look.

"It's not like that Jord and you know it." 

"Whatever," he replied 

"I am going the other way, so I will see you after work lady, we have a lot of talking to do. You have a lot of explanations to make." Jordan continued flipping his non-existent long hair and walking away before she could argue.

She has known Jordan for almost fifteen years now. Since he moved into her neighborhood. They hooked up to each other immediately and have been best friends since then. Jord and her had gone to the same high school, and also uni. And when they both graduated they had applied to the same company Jord as a designer while Kat, as an administrative assistant. Luckily they both got taken.

Katrina rode the elevator to the top floor where her office was located. The top floor was mainly for the directors and also there was a hall for international meetings. 

Opening her office she hurriedly dropped her stuff and went to check if Lucas was around already. Most times he was always at the office before her no matter how early she comes. But today seems to be one of those rare days when she gets in before him because he was nowhere in the office. 

She dropped the papers she had printed out on top of his desk and made her way back to her office. Her office was a small room attached to her boss's office it had a door and it's was like her own small world inside the big enormous office.

Just as she was about to sit down, she remembered she was supposed to get coffee from the company's cafe but her talk with Jord had distracted her and she had forgotten. The thought of going down back to get it didn't sound so appealing to her so she opts for hearing a head full from her boss on how much she should know that he needed coffee to function and all.

On second thought, she decided to go get it anyway. Going back down to the cafe was better than being scolded on a Monday morning.

"Katrina," came her boss's voice as he entered the office.

Well, guess she is gonna get the ear full whether she liked it or not. Preparing herself she turned to face her boss 

"Good morning sir."

"Morning Katrina, I bought coffee" he greeted smiling.