MARRIED TO DEATH

Chapter 2

"Warren what are you doing here?"

"My last name is Thompson this is my company"

"You should stop putting your fathers photo on the brochure and put yours on there instead seeing as you've taken over the company".

He smiles "I'll think about it"

"How did you know I worked here?"

"I didn't know. I needed an assistant and your manager recommended you".

"Today I was given my favourite type of cake lemon, a bouquet which had my favourite flower, sunflower and last night I was thinking I wanted to see you again and here you're and working with me. I reckon if I played the lottery I would win".

He looks seriously at her, "You can't play it promise me you won't play it".

She laughs "Are you serious, I don't gamble ever".

He sighs in relief she found that odd, before she could ask him why he sounded so relieved he began to speak, "Why don't I tell you what your duties are. You will be my personal assistant, that's not to say you won't be doing any accounting anymore you will. It's just your workload will diversify. You will accompany me to meetings and take notes, and you will check reports over before I see them and make sure that our clients accounts are up to date. You can get an assistant or two to help you, there are two empty offices on this floor. You can choose one or both assistant to stay on this floor. I have select six people for you to look over their resume and choose from. You can interview them if you want because you have to get on with them".

Sarah looks at Warren, "Is my friend Beth Brown on the list?"

He nods "I want her working here here with me"

"Like I said it's your decision. The person you replace will come by and teach you the in and outs of working for me and what's expected in your new role".

For two weeks Sarah interviews the six candidates and picked Beth and John Mathews, a medium height dark hair man as her assistants. She was showed what Warren expected of her in her job by his old assistant Caroline, she found she had to do a lot of audits.

Sarah was in the middle of tying an email when Warren walks into her office "What do you say to an early lunch my treat."

Sarah look up from her computer, "I would say you're on let me just let Beth and John know I'll be out of the office".

Warren watches her as she bends down to retrieve her bag from the chair and he gets a glimpse of her pert behind. She really had a great behind it wasn't flat, it was nice and round. He couldn't wait till they started having sex. She straighten up, "I'm ready."

They walk into red lobster and are seated. He watches as Sarah looks at the menu "You know this is my favourite place to eat I have two loves when it comes to food, seafood and anything with nuts in it from pistachios ice cream to Kung Pao chicken.

"I must take you to Italy and Chinatown in Manhattan I know couple restaurants there you will love".

"Is this a business lunch or something else, or are we dating".

Warren looks at her "I want us to date if you're okay with dating the boss".

"I feel a pull towards you I can't understand. I crave being near you in a way I don't understand. I want to feel your touch, feel your lips on mine." She stops talking and blush, "Have you decided yet what you're having". He smiles at her and takes one of her hands "I'm glad you want my touch. What do you recommend I try this is my first time here".

"Create your own combo that way you can try a bit of everything and we can share I'm getting a Maine stuffed lobster".

Sarah really enjoyed lunch, she found Warren to be a great conversationalist she told him about college, her friend Beth who she meet freshman year of high school, how both of them decided to study the same subjects and go to the same university and ended up working at the same place. "She's my sister from another mother she holds me down and I have her back".

"I'm glad you found someone you can trust".

"What about you any siblings?"

"It's just me no siblings".

"Not much is known about your family which is weird considering how rich you guys are, you don't fall out of clubs with a different girl on your arm".

"I don't need a different girl every night I knew there was a girl out there waiting for me and here you're".

"I'm sure you've been very discreet with your woman in the pass, as for waiting for me I could have been anybody it's not like we're fated to be together".

Their food arrive and they tuck in, "This is delicious I can see why you like it so much. I want to take you to Italy this weekend I have some work to oversee in our Italian branch. We could stay the week if you like. You don't need to give me an answer yet think about it".

"I don't need to I've always wanted to go my answer is yes but you have to do something for me"

"What?"

"Meet my parents, you're becoming important to me. I want you to know the most important people to me".

"You sound like you're very close to them"

"I'm I was blessed to have them as my parents don't get me wrong we fought at times and argued but it was never over anything serious".

"What about you and your parents?"

"Our relationships is similar to yours".

Sarah looks at her watch, "I got to get back to the office", Warren ask for the check and goes to pay it. "I'll take care of it", she take some money out of her purse and gives the waiting staff.

"I love New York like this, something about that chilly air, makes me feel alive does that sound weird?"

"Not at all".

Warren drives them back to the office and opens her car door for her "Next time I'm taking you out to a fancy restaurant".

"After the Italy trip".

"Are you free for dinner tomorrow my parents are having a dinner party, I'll like to introduce you to them then".

"I can rearranged my plans".

They're in the elevator when Warren turns to her and kisses her, she's kisses him back passionately. She feels a cool chill around her like she felt outside.

The elevator doors open and the chill disappears, she sees a black man in his sixties in the waiting room. When he sees her, he stands and bows to her before looking at Warren and sitting back down. "Forgive me I thought it best to be early for my appointment Ms Brown said you were both out at lunch".

Sarah looked at the man wondering if he was okay, why would be bow to her. She remembers the first time she met Beth she bowed to her as well. Beth told her she bowed because she knew she met her best friend for life. So being young and dumb she bowed to Beth as well while laughing except Beth looked fearful and quickly changed the subject and went to her first period class.

"Philip my name is Philip James".

Sarah is bought out her thoughts by the gentleman's voice, "Forgive me Mr James my name is Sarah Jones, would you like a drink, tea, coffee, water?".

"I'm actually fine thank you", Warren takes Mr James into his office and shuts the door. Sarah is in the middle of doing a bank reconciliation for a clients account when Mr James walks out Warren's office, she watches him through the glass in her office.

That night she tells her parents she wanted to bring someone to the dinner party and she tells them about Warren. They seemed happy for her, her mother tells her to wear her lilac dress as it looks good on her for the evening.

The dinner with her parents the following evening was pleasant they seem to love Warren she found all three of them in the kitchen having a conversation.

It will all make sense I promise. I know what you're thinking.