I snapped out of my daze, and managed to break eye contact finally. A thousand thoughts buzzed inside my head. Fleeting from one corner to the other, colliding dumbly, and it seemed like I was never going to straighten out the mess or ever catch a coherent thought again while he looked at me. But after a few short breaths the chaos began to right itself and I fell back into my professional mode.
“Erm, my mobile number is programmed into yours on the desk.”
“Oh? You already want me to make a booty call? Did Frederick do that too?”
“Oh, God. No, I didn’t mean that—”
“Relax. You really have to start to learn when I’m messing with you.”
“I’ll try.”
“I took the liberty of getting you setup on a secure work mobile,” I explained, marvelling at how I was able to string a full sentence together. “It’s standard procedure. And it helps. Frederick had one. He preferred to keep his personal and work life separate.” Given this was all new to Will, I thought he would appreciate being able to keep some things private, whatever he could at least.
“Sounds fair.”
He looked at me expectantly again and I quickly blurted, “Don’t forget you have twenty minutes until you are due to meet with your family.”
He sighed, “How could I forget? Though I’m sure you’ll remind me again and again until I go.”
“Yes, well, that is my job.”
Yes, Sir? I spontaneously thought.
He smirked again but gave me no chance to respond out loud, not that I would’ve been able with my mouth hanging open again, catching flies. He walked to his office, never looking back, and shut the door with a firm thud.
I waited, counting to ten, before allowing myself to collapse in my chair, feeling as if I’d ran a marathon in the span of a few minutes.
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