Attack of the Flaming Queen

Despite Simon’s attempt to waylay me I did mange to get him to take me home as I wanted to start work on a good footing with his father. I woke up early this morning and told Mother I had a new job and when she found out it was for Simon’s father she fizzed about for a bit before settling down. She seemed to be very happy I had moved on from Caspar and told me that she thought Simon was a fine young man. I told her that I thought he was too and a few minutes later he was at the door. I was not surprised he had come to take me to work because if I were in his position I would want to ensure everything went smoothly too. I was happy that he and his father had some sort of truce going and really happy to be working someplace safe for once. I just hoped his father wasn’t crazy like everyone else I managed to work for so far. Simon was much more outgoing since the night I had stayed over and while he had made his intentions clear about wanting me he had always been so self contained but now he was always laughing and whistling. I hoped that having me work for his father was going to be a good thing and not make him withdraw back into man of stone again.

His father greeted me warmly and even smiled at Simon before ushering me into a small office out the back where I discovered files all over the place and one of the filing cabinets was overstuffed with folders sticking out everywhere, even the computer had files covering the keyboard. The entire room consisted of a phone, an intercom to call the showroom, two chairs and not much more. Peter took a look around as if seeing it for the first time then apologised for it being so basic and mumbled something about plants but I told him it was fine. I started by asking what he wanted me to do and to my relief it was just getting people in order, exactly what I had been doing for Caspar, to his relief I said I was fine with that and he left to answer a showroom query. Simon gave me a long kiss and said he would be back for lunch to which I told him he couldn’t revolve his entire life around me and to go get another job himself. He gave me a cheeky grin and said “Yes boss!”, with a wink and left me to get on with it.

I managed to straighten out the file cabinet by lunch but hadn’t even started on the computer stuff when Simon rolled in again to take me to lunch. He was all solemn and I got worried that something bad had happened and I took his hand to ask if he was ok. He placed his fingers under my chin and said in an expressionless voice that he had to inform me…here he paused…that he was gainfully employed. I smacked him and told him to stop being naughty which just made him kiss me over and over until we were interrupted by his father who stared at us like he had not seen people kissing before.

Simon and I ate at a little place close by and were chatting about Simon’s new job with an accounting firm, to my surprise Simon was a fully accredited accountant, when Tim of all people wandered up to our table. I never would have expected to find him there but the shock was the mouthful of curses he hurled at me. I asked him what his problem was and he said that I should stop ruining the lives of people around me. I was really lost as to what he was raving about so I told him to explain, Simon his face angry, told Tim to go away but Tim was having none of it. He told me that I should ask Simon to explain to me why he was working for Caspar in the first place and I replied that I didn’t care which caused another stream of hate where Tim told me I would get what I deserved before striding out his fury left cracking in the air.

I was shaken by what happened and asked Simon what Tim was on about but he was not interested in discussing Tim instead he said Caspar was probably angry at losing so much staff just before Ladonna’s huge event and taken it out on Tim. I had to agree with that but I was still curious as to why Tim brought up about Simon working for Caspar but I didn’t pursue it as Simon was getting that look on his face where he was detached so I kissed him and suggested we go for a drive before taking me back to work. Instead he took me back to his apartment where he made love to me with an exploding passion that was new to me and I wound up being a bit late back to work but luckily no one seemed to notice.

Simon picked me up after work and suggested we go out for dinner but I told him I was too tired and we could go to my house and have Maritka make something for us. He said no, we had a place to go and he would cook for us. So we went back to his apartment for the second time that day and he made food. Later that night when I told him I needed to go home he told me to get some clothes to leave at his place so I didn’t have to rush home every morning. I said the way he wanted it I might as well bring my entire wardrobe for the week over and he grinned and said what a great idea. I was a bit surprised at how quickly he was moving on in our relationship and hoped this was not because of whatever Tim had been hinting about earlier. I told Simon I would bring few things over tomorrow and he looked pleased and when I got home later I felt like a stranger in my own room. So much had happened in such a short time that I was no longer the girl who lived here a few days ago.

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