The Woman and Her Boss' Secret

Chapter 1: What Is He.

Kitana awoke to the sound of her alarm clock blaring at her to get up and turn it off. She rolled over in her groggy state to hit the snooze button. She looked at the bright red digital lights that showed it was 5 am. Another weekend flew by just for her to spend another dreadful week at a dead-end job she hated going to. She couldn't even count how many times she mentally quit her job, but couldn't actually do it since she needed the money to afford the necessities in life. She did have a roof over her head, clothes on her back, and a reliable hunk of junk to get her to and from work, but she felt she didn't have much to show for it. She sat up in bed and contemplated whether she should call in or just force herself to go in today. Just like always, she slowly rose out of bed and made her way to my bathroom. She stared in the mirror and saw the black circles under her eyes from exhaustion, and the bags from lack of sleep. She turned on the faucet and proceeded to splash water on her face. She opened the medicine cabinet to get a toothbrush and toothpaste out to brush her teeth. She rinse her mouth out with mouthwash and proceed back to the bedroom to get dressed for work. She looked at the bedroom door and stared at the skirt suit that was picked out last night and laid it down on the bed. She stared at it momentarily as she reminisced on when she first got the job and how excited she was when she got the call two days later that she had got the job. Back then she was happy and was always greeting everyone with a smile and a “good morning”. She snapped back to reality and put it on so that she won't waste any more time getting ready for work. She grabbed her car keys, and her old worn-out black purse jumped in her hunk of a junk 4 door white sedan and made her way to work.

As she approached the office, her coworker named Steve, who always seemed to have a smile on his face as if he was living in a world of sunshine and rainbows 24/7. "Good morning Ms. Jackson, how was your weekend?" he asked in a cheery tune. Kitana gave him a fake smile and replied with "oh just the usual, alone, stuffing myself with ice cream, and binge-watching horror movies. I especially love the gory ones. They seem rather fascinating". He broke eye contact and gave a nervous chuckle and replied " I guess if that's what floats your boat." He walked away like a wolf with its tail tucked in between his legs. She just continued on to her desk to set up her work area for the day. "Girl you did not have to do Steve like", her coworker and only friend Jessica said as she peeked around the corner from her cubicle next to her. "His happy-go-lucky attitude annoys the hell out of me. He acts like he doesn't get paid the same rate we all do and he doesn't have to ask me about my weekend, it's none of his business". Kitana turned around and looked at her and the look on her face already told her what she was about to say. "Come on Kitana, I haven't seen you happy or wear a smile since you left-". She was interrupted as our boss Shawn walked into the office. He was about five feet eleven inches tall, black obsidian hair, hazel eyes, and fairly tanned skin tone. Every woman at the office wanted him, but he always ignored the advances of every woman that approached him. Kitana was one of the few who didn't approach him and she believes he approaches her more because of that. She wasn't interested in love anyways and practically gave up on love after she left her ex Jordan. The office went silent as Shawn made an announcement, "Good morning everyone, this Wednesday we will be having a Thanksgiving potluck after work. We already started a list of people who already said they will be there and what they're bringing. The potluck is in two days if anyone is still interested in attending." He held the list up and put it down on the main area table and he looked right at Kiatana before walking to his office. A few others and she didn't put their names down, she didn't really feel like going to the dinner at all. The holidays already brought a familiar dread of how she didn’t have a family of her own since she was an orphan. She was lucky enough to get adopted, but it wasn’t until she was fifteen years old and by an elderly couple who died a week apart a few years ago. Neither her adopted parents nor Kitana had any information on either of her biological parents so they had no idea who any of her blood relatives were. “Kitana you really should go. You’ve been spending the holidays alone for the last couple of years since your parents died”, Jessica whined as she gave Kitana puppy dog eyes. “At least come for me, and if you feel like you no longer are up for it, I’ll take you home”, she said while sticking her pinky out. Kitana sat there for a moment looking at Jessica’s pinky and hooked hers to Jessica’s and said: “okay I’ll come, but you have to promise me you’ll take me home the minute I want to leave”. She nodded yes as she had to stop herself from cheering too loud.

The workday went pretty well Kitana and the rest of the staff for once after spending countless weeks getting a string of what they would consider being very difficult and stress-inducing calls. None of them didn’t have to deal with any rude or obnoxious customers today and it seemed to bring a little more joy to the office because of it. Kitana couldn’t remember the last time she had at least a decent workday. She looked at the clock and realized it was time to end the shift, it went by so fast, and she was so busy focusing on getting the work done she didn’t realize the majority of her coworkers were already gone. She shut down the computer and proceeded to gather her things. She was about to leave the office when she remembered about the paper and that she needed to add her name to the list. She rushed over to the table and accidentally bumped into someone as she was approaching. She looked up and realized it was her boss Shawn. “I’m so sorry, I was trying to get to the paper before you came and got it so I could add my name to the list”, she said continually apologizing to her boss who was looking at her and smiling. “It’s okay Kitana, but I’m very happy you decided to come to the dinner”. They locked eyes for a brief moment as she told him “somehow Jessica convinced me to come plus I think it would be a good change of pace for me”. He broke the eye contact as he reached down and handed her the list and a pen, “it might just be the thing you need” he said again making contact with her. She took the paper and pen from him and put her name down. “Here you go it has been done,” she said to him as she handed both items back to him. His hands brushed against hers as he took them from her. He gave me one more smile and said “thank you Kitana” and turned around to go back to his office. She stood there dazed for a moment then snapped out of it as she made her way to exit the office.

Kitana walked into her empty, lonely, and desolate-looking apartment as she recalled back to what just happened before she left the office. Why was my boss looking at me like that and what was that feeling I had as we locked eyes? No, it must just be my imagination. I kept just thinking about it and him, but why so suddenly now? Yes, her boss is a handsome man there's no denying that but she never really looked at him in the way she was feeling right now. It would seem like he mesmerized her with just him and her making eye contact. She shook my head and hit her cheeks, maybe I’m overthinking this due to exhaustion she said to herself. She got undressed and looked for one of her sleep shirts and walked to the bathroom to start the shower. She got in the shower since the water warmed up, she put her head under the water and closed her eyes, as soon she did, she saw her boss in his shower as well. She moved her head from underneath the water, wiped the excess water from her face, and opened her eyes. She stood in disbelief at what she had just seen, am I losing my mind or is there something else going on. She grabbed the soap and a washcloth and quickly finished washing her body, turned off the shower, and grabbed a towel from nearby. She wrapped herself with it and ran to the bathroom mirror to check herself. She can see she was obviously awake and very aware of her surroundings, but as she looked back into the mirror she once again saw her and her boss in the reflection of the mirror. He was naked except for a towel wrapped around his waist. She could see his muscular built, he had very strong pecks, chiseled abs, and a very huge bulge protruding from the towel around his waist which caused her to blush a little. He gave her that same smile and the look in his eyes that made her feel like he wanted to devour her whole. “Hello beautiful, in case you were wondering, no this isn’t a dream. I’ve had my eyes on you for a while and I plan to make you mine”, he said as he slowly started walking towards her. Kitana wanted to turn around to see if he was really there, but she couldn’t move her body at all. As he finally was close to her, she felt the heat emitting from his body, and felt him press up against her and pull her closer. He wrapped his arms around her and brushed up against her ears and nibbled them a little and then kiss her neck. She caved a little under his touch since she hadn’t been touched by a man for almost two years. “I can tell your body has been yearning for a man’s touch and I want to be the one to help you with that”, he said in his most deep and seductive voice into her ear. It sent shivers down her spine and she almost lost complete control, but she remembered something she always told herself, “I won’t give myself to another man unless he proves to be worthy of having my everything, and truly loves me”. She managed to snap out of the trance she was under and could finally move her body again. She turned around only to see her boss wasn’t there at all which was impossible because she knew he was behind her, not only did she see it, but she felt him there physically. She turned and looked at the mirror again and saw he wasn’t there either. She ran out of the bathroom and looked everywhere in the apartment to see if maybe he was hiding but there was no sign of him ever being in the apartment. She went back to the bedroom, closed the door behind her, and sat on her bed in a state of shock, disbelief, and curiosity. She just couldn’t wrap her head around what just happened and just prepared herself to go to bed. She got underneath the blankets and sat staring at the ceiling wondering what did she just experienced and wondered if her boss wasn’t what everyone thought he was. She finally managed to fall asleep after refusing to in case he decided to appear again when she closed her eyes. Kitana fell into a deep sleep that night not knowing her whole was about to change.

Shawn finally made it to his home which always felt wasn’t really home until he found the one he would call his wife. He’s had many relationships come to an end and even though women threw themselves at him all he wanted was the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He used to he did still sleep with other women in his past to not only feed, but also to get himself off since he was a single man, but it never seemed enough to satisfy him completely. He sat his keys on the table and made his way upstairs to his bedroom. He proceeded to undress completely and made his way to his bathroom. As he started the shower, he looked at the mirror and saw Kitana, who was also about to take a shower. He observed her brown tanned soft skin, her imperfect perfect curvy body, and her short sandy brown hair that only those with the eyes he had could see its true color. He couldn’t help but watch and follow the same movements as she did. As she put her head under the water and closed her eyes, he appeared right behind her briefly before disappearing. He was back in his own bathroom and was hard as a rock. He wanted her so bad and had since he first laid eyes on her. He watched Kitana since the day she was hired into the job, but at the time she was in a relationship which he knew the man she was with was no good for her. She was the only one who didn’t throw herself at him whether she was single or taken, and it just made him want her more. He got out of the shower and put a towel on as he looked back at his mirror and saw her getting out as well. He used his powers to make a portal to her bathroom and as she approached her mirror and looked up he put a trance on her so she couldn’t move. He appeared behind her and was intoxicated by the sight that beholds him. He usually could control his urges but Kitanna seemed to have an effect on him that drove him crazy. He had gained some control back and managed to only nibble on her ear and kiss her neck as he took some of her energy but he really wanted to completely devour her. After speaking to her and seeing the trance was about to break he disappeared back into his own bathroom. He was surprised as no other woman has ever broken out of his control before. He went to his bedroom to stroke himself until he got off. He was tired of doing this every night but not desperate enough to have any or many women in his bed as he did in the past. As he finished the deed he appeared once again in Kitana's bedroom and saw she was fast asleep. He sat by her and stroked her cheek and hair. He watched her as she softly snored and was peacefully asleep. “One day you and I will be together but I won’t force it on you. I’ll be patient and wait until you’re ready”. He left her bedroom and appeared back to his own to lay down in his bed and finally fall asleep.