167 First day of wet work (1/2)
”Come in.” Paul was drinking coffee at his desk in the early morning.
”You wanted to see me, father?” Laura stepped inside.
Paul frowned. ”I told you to never call me that in the office.”
”...Excuse me, Sir.” Laura lowered her head.
A few moments later, Pauls' face eased. ”You came in early again, that's good.”
She nodded. ”As you've always said: if one wants to succeed in this company, they need to arrive earliest and leave latest.”
At her response, Paul showed a rare smile. ”That's commendable that you listened.” He hadn't noticed the dark circles under her eyes covered by makeup… ”Well, the reason I've called you is I need you to take care of something for me. You remember that intern Benjamin Romero who we hired several days ago?”
Laura nodded. 'How could I forget…'
After sipping his coffee, Paul explained further. ”He's been assigned to our department and I'm going to put him under you. I require you to help him...exit the company.”
Laura creased her eyebrows. It took her a second to understand the implication, and she didn't like it. ”May I ask…why, Sir?”
Paul thinned his eyes, but still answered her. ”The company doesn't need such inexperienced people causing chaos in the office. He'll only be a ticking time bomb for our department and will hurt our evaluation with upper management.”
Laura didn't agree. She thought Ben showed promise during the interview, but she could only listen to the man who was her father and boss. She sighed inside but still complied. ”I understand, I'll handle it.”
”Good, you can return to work.” Paul returned his attention to his computer.
As Laura walked out of his office, she frowned. She didn't want this new task, but what could she do? This was the career she chose.
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After Annabelle left to return home, Ben prepared for work. He made an error in judgment last night. The way it worked out, he hadn't used her breasts as pillows, but her asscheeks…
Seeing her was a nice change of pace for him. He knew it was important to keep regular contact with the girls he was dating; if not seeing them, at least texting. Of course, he was also texting his other girls on a regular basis. In fact, there was some science to it. Antonio told him that after having sex, how often to keep in touch depended on the girl.
A lot of girls preferred aloof guys, which included Annabelle, but Katie and Miyuki were more sensitive, Katie in particular. So if he didn't see the two of them, Ben texted them and shared a few lines of banter every day. In fact, Katie texted him often herself so he didn't even have to reach out to her.
After getting dressed, Ben was ready for his first day of work, and off he went.
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5 minutes later, Ben was back in his dorm room because he got the urge to take a dump…
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2 minutes later, he was off to work again. 'It was a false alarm…'
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Inside of Hearth Tower, Ben approached reception, this time getting an ID that allowed him easy entrance and exit from the building--one that didn't have Denny DeVito on it...