Chapter 4

• Later at night Aurora and I go out for dinner to make up for our missed lunch date. We just ordered and are waiting for our food while chatting.
• “What took you so long when you went to Stefano’s office. I didn’t get to ask you about it when you came back because of the pile of work I had on my plate,” Aurora says, and takes a sip of her wine.
• “He was on a call, I had to wait for him to finish before I could drop the documents and leave.”
• “Thank God, I was worried he had a problem with the work you did.”
• “No, he did not.”
• “Good, speak of the devil.”
• “What do you mean?”
• “Stefano is here,” Aurora says, raising her hand to call someone behind me.
• I turn around and behold; he is here. He looks a little different from a few hours ago. His tie is nowhere to be seen, and his white shirt has two buttons undone. His hair looks a little rough, and you can tell he has put his hand through it a lot today. He seems a little exhausted, but still ravishing as ever. He walks over to our table with someone by his side.
• “Hi, Aurora,” he says.
• “Hey, Stefano, how are you?”
• “I am good, and you, Sis?”
• “A bit tired from work but I am sure you know that. This is my friend Andrea” Aurora says, introducing me.
• “I know who she is, I am sure you remember David,” he says, barely glancing at me.
• “Of course, I do, are you already done eating, or you just get here?” Aurora asks.
• “We just arrived”
• “Great, why don’t you join us? We just ordered our food.”
• “I don’t think that will be necessary, Aurora.”
• “I insist, it would be nice to have more people to talk to while we eat. don’t you think so, Andrea”
• “Sure, why not,” I say, not really caring if he joins us or not, as he is already acting like I don’t exist.
• “It is not a bad idea,” David says to Stefano.
• “Alright, I guess we could all eat together,” Stefano says sounding unhappy to be joining us.
• “Great, David, why don’t you join me here while Stefano sits beside Andrea,” Aurora says, directing David to a seat beside her.
• “Ok, sure,” David says, walking over to the seat beside her while Stefano sits beside me.
• “Good, I will call the waiter so you guys can order your food,” Aurora says, drawing the waiter’s attention to our table.
• They both order their food before Aurora engages us in a conversation.
• “So, Stefano Andrea was just telling me how you were pleased with the work she did earlier. Did you know she has a Master’s in Business Management? She would have been an excellent secretary; too bad she does not live in Sicily.”
• “I did not say so and I doubt she would be good for the job.”
• “Why would you say that?” I am a little offended by his words
• “Because I have a feeling you would be a terrible secretary.”
• “Excuse me, how would you know if I will be good or bad at the job.”
• “Given the way you behaved earlier in my office, it’s enough for me to know you would be horrible.”
• “How did I behave in your office,” I say trying to recall if I did anything wrong earlier in his office.
• “I asked you to do things a secretary is supposed to do earlier in my office, and you refused because you are friends with Aurora.”
• Stefano was rude to me earlier today, even if I were his secretary, that wouldn’t have been any way to speak to me. I can’t believe he is saying I would be a terrible secretary when I have never worked for him before.
• “I refused to do them because I am not your secretary, not because I am friends with Aurora.”
• “Whatever, you still failed to impress me, with the chance you had.”
• “I was not trying to impress you and I would not be your secretary even if you begged me,” I say, starting to feel frustrated with our argument.
• “I don’t want you to.”
• “I think that’s enough, both of you. Why don’t we all talk about something else?” Aurora says.
• “Yeah, I think we should leave work out of the topics to talk about while we eat,” David says as the waiters serves our food.
• “I guess we should,” I say, digging into my food, trying to forget our argument.
• The next day I woke up a little tired from all the work I helped Aurora with at her office. I just stepped out of the shower and I plan to go to a spa for a massage. I am about to put on my clothes when a knock comes at my door. I tie my bathrobe back and walk over to the door to find out who it is. I am guessing it’s one of my family members, but I am wrong. The person I see at the door is not someone I would have ever imagined being here.
• “Where is the document?” Stefano says.
• “What?”
• “The documents, and could you hurry? I have a meeting to attend with those documents.”
• “What are you talking about?” I ask confused.
• “God! Excuse me, you are wasting my time,” he says, walking into my bedroom.
• “Excuse me, what are you doing? You can’t just barge into my room like this,” I say, annoyed with his behaviour.
• He looks around for something before finally speaking again
• “Where is the document Aurora asked you to give me?”
• “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
• “The document she just spoke to you on the phone about,” he says, looking at me like I am crazy for not knowing what he is talking about.
• “I haven’t spoken to Aurora today; I don’t know what you are talking about.”
• “She must have called you.”
• “I just stepped out of the shower; I haven’t received any calls from her. Let me call her and find out why you look like you want to kill me if I do not provide whatever document, you are looking for,” I say, picking up my phone to dial Aurora’s number. I unlock my phone and see that I have a few missed calls from her and a voicemail. She must have called while I was showering. The phone rings for a few seconds before she finally answers.
• “Hi Aurora, how are you?” I say, once she answers.
• “I am good. Did you get my voicemail?”
• “I haven’t listened to it yet; but Stefano is here requesting for some documents. Do you know what he is talking about?”
• “Yes, I do, that is actually why I have been calling. I can’t find the document you helped me proofread yesterday for the Chicago deal. I asked Stefano to swing by your place and find out if you had it with you.”
• “I don’t have it with me, why would I take it out of your office? I left it there yesterday.”
• “I guessed as much, but I can’t find it.”
• “Wow, I didn’t take it out of your office. Maybe I should come over and help you look for it.”
• “That wouldn’t be a bad idea,”
• “Alright, I will be there soon,” I say hanging up the phone.
• “Get dressed, we don’t have enough time,” he says once I hang up the phone
• “I know, why don’t you wait for me outside.”
• “Make it quick,” he says, walking out of my room.
• I shake my head at his arrogant attitude and walk to my little closet to get dressed. I quickly change into a turtleneck sweater, ripped Levis, tan suede boots and a beige satchel handbag. I walk outside to join Stefano so we could go to the office.
• I pray dearly for my life the whole ride to the office; Stefano does not seem to care about his life with these driving skills. Once we reach the office, I don’t waste any time and take the elevator straight to Aurora’s office. I find her looking through her office drawers as I step in. I walk over to her and show her where I remember putting the documents, luckily for us, it’s still there. I hand it over to her and say goodbye because she has a meeting to attend.
• Stefano’s behavior earlier was totally unnecessary. He could clearly tell I was confused about what he was talking about but he refused to reason with me and explain. Sometimes I wonder what is wrong with his brain. He is such an attractive man, but so rude. I don’t even remember what I saw in him years ago. He is still the same arrogant man I knew years ago.