Chapter 22 Marking the Territory
By Valeria
I entered his apartment and saw that guy Gonzalo sleeping on the couch. He must have passed out drunk.
In one room, there were two girls. I woke them up and got them out of the apartment.
When I turned around, I saw Gonzalo waking up. I didn't dare to kick him out like I did with the girls.
"Good morning," he said.
"Do you really come to get the women who stay here out?"
"Always."
Without another word, I walked into Alejandro's room and, of course, there was a beautiful woman sleeping in his bed.
"Miss, please wake up. Alejandro has to work."
Alejandro got up and headed to the bathroom.
"Do I need to pay her?" I asked, as if it were something normal.
"No."
"Miss..."
I finally woke her up and escorted her to the door. She didn't want to leave.
I called one of the security staff I saw when I arrived. He escorted her to the main door.
"You're incredible," Gonzalo said to me.
"I'm not sure if I should ask you to leave."
He laughed out loud. He didn't say anything else.
I went back to Alejandro's room, just as he was coming out of the bathroom. I hurried to give him his clothes, and while he was changing in front of me, I changed the sheets.
"Ale, Gonzalo was sleeping on a couch. Should I kick him out too?"
"Would you dare to kick him out?"
"If you say so."
"Do you do everything I tell you?"
"You know I do."
"Lie down with me, now."
"You know that's not going to happen. After yesterday, you still want sex?"
"I want you."
He got too close to me.
"No, Ale..." I said, barely audible, but stepping away.
Since he didn't tell me to kick Gonzalo out, I didn't.
I went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Gonzalo was already there. I made three coffees.
"How do you take your coffee?"
"Double and barely cut."
I made toast for the two of them. Alejandro came in, I served coffee to both of them, poured one for myself, added sugar to Alejandro's, took out the jams, and started preparing what Ale wanted, without him saying anything because I already knew his tastes...
"You didn't put on your tie, I'll get it for you. Should I change the sheets in the other rooms or leave a note for Maria to do it?"
"Maria?"
"Ale, Maria has been working here for I don't know how many years, and at your father's house for much longer."
"You know I don't like talking to the domestic staff, much less seeing them."
I remembered I needed to add something to the shopping list, so I wrote it down.
I left them alone and went to Alejandro's room. I took the sheets to the laundry, put on new ones, and went back down with the tie.
They were talking with Gonzalo and went silent when I entered.
He stood up so I could tie his tie. When I finished, he sought my mouth and kissed me passionately, not stopping. I was uncomfortable, his friend was there, I managed to pull away because my phone was ringing.
It was Kevin White. He needed to talk to Alejandro about some important purchases, he needed the boss's approval.
Normally, he handled those situations, but lately, Alejandro had been giving him trouble about everything, and this purchase was important, it was a necessary investment of two million dollars.
I told him who it was and handed my phone to Alejandro. He told him to cancel everything and that he didn't want that purchase.
He hung up.
"I don't like personal interactions between my employees. I don't know why he has your number."
"He's a business partner, not your employee. He has my number since the day of the event when he accompanied me to the hotel. You had left."
"Miss, there are taxis."
"I don't know the United States, sir! You told him not to make that purchase, and it's necessary. You had agreed it would be done."
"Okay, send him a message authorizing the purchase."
I called him, giving the okay. When I hung up, Alejandro complained that I had talked to Kevin again.
His friend watched us, saying nothing. I was quite embarrassed when Alejandro kissed me in front of him. He keeps saying I'm just his secretary, he has no right to kiss me, especially in front of others.
"The lunch at your father's house is tomorrow. If you don't need me, I'll go."
"Okay. I needed you to get those women out and change the sheets. See you tomorrow, come at 11."
"See you tomorrow."
When I came downstairs, Don Juan was waiting to take me to my apartment.
Emi was there and kept talking about how Alejandro was taking over my life.
I told her he had kissed me in front of his friend.
"You're playing with fire and you're going to get burned."
"I'm already incinerated."
Because of Alejandro.
"What’s going on between you and your secretary?"
"Nothing."
I told him nothing was happening, because that’s how it is.
"Can I make a move on her?"
"No, she’s different."
"Has something happened with you? We always share the girls."
"She... she's not like that. She’s been my secretary for quite some time, manages my schedule, she’s my right hand. I’m used to having her at my house. In the mornings she comes over and gets rid of any woman who might be in my bed. At first, I asked her to bother her, but..."
"She puts up with that? Incredible. The one in your bed didn’t want to leave and without hesitation, she called security."
"She handles everything and speaks four languages."
"She’s young."
"Yes, I think she’s 20 and is about to get her degree in business administration."
"You admire her and she’s beautiful. Why haven’t you taken her to bed?"
I looked at him. How could I tell him she was the only woman who rejected me countless times, that I even offered her a million dollars to sleep with me and she said no?
Just then she walked in, with my tie in her hand.
I stood up so she could put the tie on me and when she finished tying it, she was so close that I forgot Gonzalo was there.
I kissed her passionately, I can’t stay away from those lips, so red, so full, so...
"Ale..."
She said against my mouth and I didn’t want to let go, but the phone rang.
That’s when she stepped back and I remembered Gonzalo was watching everything. Was I unconsciously marking my territory?
Kevin called, I don’t know why he calls her cell.
He shouldn’t have her number.
I told him not to make a transaction, I don’t even want to hear him. When I hung up, I told Valeria I don’t like anything going on between my employees.
It bothers me that she talks so much with that idiot.
For the first time, she subtly complained that I had left her alone at the event in the United States.
Then she reminded me that purchase was necessary, I don’t even remember what it was about, everything Kevin does bothers me.
When I told her to give him the okay by text, she talked to him again.
On top of that, my friend Gonzalo asked if he could make a move on her and wanted to know why I hadn’t taken her to bed.
She complained she didn’t go to college because she came to my house. She takes three classes on Saturdays and told me lunch was the next day.
When she left, I followed her with my eyes. Valeria was wearing jeans and had a backpack hanging from her shoulder, she came from college, only attended the two morning classes.
Her ass in those pants drove me crazy, I look at her for 10 more seconds and I have an erection.
"Are you sure you haven’t slept with her?"
"I’ve been rejected countless times."
I finally confessed.
Gonzalo laughed.
"Tell me about it, please."
"From the moment I saw her, she drove me crazy and immediately set boundaries saying she only wanted to work. I offered her a thousand things, she got offended when I offered money. The last thing I told her... recently, was that I’d give her a million dollars if I had her in my bed for a day."
"You’re crazy, yet you kiss her like she’s your girlfriend."
"What?"
I asked, scared by that word.
"You complained she talked to the American, yesterday you complained about how she dressed, she enters your room like it’s her own, she makes you breakfast, changes your sheets..."
"That’s what a personal assistant does."
"Are you sure?"
"Damn it, what do you want me to say? She turns me on like hell, in the United States..."
"I saw the photos."
"That’s when she started getting rid of the crazies in my bed. At first, she hated me for it, now she’s used to it."
"Doesn’t it bother her?"
"She doesn’t say anything, I’m the boss."
"Are you going to keep trying?"
"I’m waiting to catch her vulnerable, sometimes we were so close and something always happened..."
"If you get tired, let me know, I’ll hire her..."
"No, don’t even think about it! She’s mine!"
Gonzalo doubled over with laughter, I don’t see what’s funny. I want Valeria in my bed and I’m not going to share her, she’s not like that.
That’s why she’s still my secretary, because she’s not just anyone.
She’s different.