by Sam Crescent
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Copyright© 2017 Sam Crescent
ISBN: 978-1-77339-241-7
Cover Artist: Jay Aheer
Editor: Karyn White
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BULLIED BY THE BOSS
Sam Crescent
Copyright © 2017
Chapter One
Nora Covington stared at her boss, Rex Donovan, and tried not to run to the nearest bathroom to cry. She hated Rex, absolutely hated him, which was new for her. All of her life she had never hated anyone, and yet, she hated him. Really did hate him, not even a smidge of a “like” about the man.
From the moment he had walked into his office to see her at this desk, he’d glared at her, and demanded why she was sitting in his PA’s seat. He’d ordered her into his office where he then tried to fire her.
She was damn good at what she did, and had been working in this office for the past seven years. At eighteen she got the job organizing the company’s mail, and had moved up from there. One day when a lawyer’s PA was sick, she’d stood in for the role, and proved herself as being reliable. From that day forward she had been a PA for whoever needed her.
Up until last week she had been Frank’s PA, and he was one of the partners in this firm. She adored Frank and his wife, Lidia. They had both helped her to feel welcome, and given her so much love and support that she would do anything for them. There was no way she would ever leave. Lidia was the kind of woman you just loved. She was a beautiful soul inside and out. Nora had lost count of the number of times she had been invited to their home for the weekend. She had spent the entire weekend with Lidia, where she taught her everything she knew in the kitchen. Anyway, besides Lidia, Frank’s world was his job, his firm. Nora knew why he’d given her to Rex.
Rex had a very bad reputation when it came to screwing his PAs. She had seen the women he hired, and half of them didn’t have a clue what they were doing. There had been many times that she had been at the copy machine, and been given several orders. Not only had she done Frank’s work, she’d started to do Rex’s work.
Of course, Frank, her boss, had been pissed about that. He didn’t like her being stretched too thin, and when he found out what she had been doing along with her regular work, he’d taken action.
Frank had to deal with all of the crap that Rex had brought to the company. If it wasn’t for him being such a damn good lawyer, she imagined they would have fired him long ago.
She should be offended about being employed because she was totally the opposite of who Rex screwed. He liked thin, sexy, women. There was nothing he liked about her. She was chubby. She had brown hair, brown eyes, and a brain. He liked women that were blonde, slender, and dumb. Nora didn’t think that blondes were necessarily dumb, but the ones that Rex had hired did the blonde myth justice.
Anyway, Rex couldn’t fire her.
Frank had told him he couldn’t.
“What the fuck is this?” he asked, staring at the letter.
“This is what you asked me to type.”
“You’re fucking useless. I would never ask you to type this up.”
Holding up a hand, Nora rushed back to her desk, and brought back the piece of paper that he had scrawled the letter. It was hard to make any sense of it, but she’d done what she could.
He snatched the paper from her hand, and she locked her fingers together, trying not to feel intimidated by his large size.
She noticed his jaw clenched, and she bit her lip, hoping she wasn’t about to get more abuse. Frank, considering his reputation as being a hard ass, was so much nicer to work for.
“I’ll deal with this. You’re dismissed.”
Turning on her heel, she was at his door when he started talking.
“Don’t think I don’t know about you sending me to Alaric’s on a wild goose chase, and that I’ve not clocked onto your false appointments either.”
Nora glanced back at him.
Was he angry?
That had been a big mistake. She hadn’t meant to do it. Rex thought she was petty enough to send him on a false appointment, and technically she had. The problem was, he’d demanded she write down all of his books, and she had spilt coffee on that book, and some pages had stuck together, so some of the ink had blended together. She had screwed up.
When she told Rex this, he’d told her to stop fucking lying, that it was all backed up on the computer. The same computer that his women had been on, and somehow managed to wipe the entire system, and may have installed a virus. So, she’d had to get a new computer, and of course that came at the time of the coffee accident, and everything just turned out a mess that week. Frank understood, which was why she wasn’t fired. Rex didn’t believe her, so she decided to stop fighting him, and let him believe whatever the hell he wanted to believe. She was a damn good PA, and even though Rex was a total asshole loser, she wouldn’t risk damaging her own reputation.
Of course, it didn’t help that his emergency appointment had been very vocal in his anger toward Rex, and called him incompetent. Once Rex had told her the extent of her failing, she had arranged for gift baskets to be sent to all parties who had been affected by her clumsiness. She had paid for them out of her own paycheck as well. The company didn’t deserve to take the expense for her failings.
Now, of course, she wished it had always been part of her plan.
It hadn’t.
“You’re not going to pretend that it wasn’t intentional?” he asked.
She shook her head. “Why would I do that?” Nora wanted to cheer as she closed his door very gently. She had tried to tell him the truth so many times. He wouldn’t listen then, and he wasn’t about to start listening now. He believed what he wanted to, and it was exhausting trying to prove him wrong.
Walking toward her desk, she glanced through the remaining pieces of work she needed to do today, and headed toward the copy machine to do what Rex had asked of her.
Once inside, she took several books that had relevant case information. Printing them out, she sat at the little table, and highlighted the points that he needed.
“You’re here again?” Lorna asked.
Nora smiled at the woman who was old enough to be her mother. Lorna had taken over from her with Frank.
“Yeah, it’s nicer here. The view is prettier.” The view was crappy seeing as there was no window and the doors overlooked the rest of the office.
“Frank feels really badly by the way. I know he’s not happy losing you, even if he was the one to send you there. I believe Lidia misses you as well.”
“He’s got you. I miss them both as well.” Life had been pretty hectic just recently, and she hadn’t been able to see Lidia for a few weeks.
“Yeah, but we all know that I’m good. You’re outstanding.”
Nora’s cheeks heated, and she licked her lips. “You’re just being nice to me.”
“Am not. You’re amazing, and everyone here knows it. Several people were pissed that you got matched with Rex. He’s a damn good lawyer, and you’re a damn good PA, and everyone here doesn’t think he deserves you.”
Nora took a deep breath, and glanced back at the sheet of paper. “It’s … hard. I wish I’d been placed with someone else.”
“Wow, you’
re actually going to complain?” Lorna asked, taking a seat.
“No, of course not. I wouldn’t dream of complaining.”
Lorna held her hand up. “Relax, sweetie. I come in peace. It was sarcasm. Everyone knows you don’t complain at all. Rex is an asshole. I’ve heard the way he talks to you, and to be honest, I don’t like him either.”
“It’s fine.”
“Really? Your trips to the bathroom that last twenty minutes and result in you looking miserable with red, puffy eyes, and you’re fine?”
“Yeah, I’m fine. He’s just a guy, you know.”
“Look, words hurt more than anything else. Rex, he’s an asshole but just so you know, everyone here likes you. They put up with Rex because of his ability to win cases, and to bring in the good ones. Remember that.” Lorna patted her shoulder. “Frank would listen to you. If he knew the kind of abuse that Rex was throwing your way, he’d handle it.”
“Rex is a hard nut to crack. He’ll like me one day.” When hell froze over. “I’m not the kind of person to go tattling to the boss when I don’t like something. I was put with Rex for a reason.” She saw the pity in Lorna’s gaze. “I know it’s because I’m fat and ugly, Lorna.”
“No, honey. You’re not fat, and you’re not ugly. Don’t even go thinking that. You’re simply not Rex’s type.” Lorna hugged her tight. “Don’t let him get to you. You’re better than that.”
She watched as Lorna left, and released a breath. It wasn’t normal for Rex to get to her. He’d not even said anything horrible to her today. Biting her lip, she glanced out across the floor, and wondered if she should consider moving on. This wasn’t the life she had wanted, not that she had a clue what kind of life she actually did want. All she knew was the fact that every single day she was getting more and more unhappy. Life was hard now, and when life was hard, she struggled. How could she stay positive about everything when the guy she worked for was constantly pushing her?
Marking off the rest of the points, she gathered the books, and placed them back into the reference selection before heading toward her desk. She finished her presentation, putting the pages into a plastic folder to protect it.
When that was done, she made her way toward his office. She paused as she noticed the door was closed. Usually if it was closed it didn’t mean anything good.
This was her job though, so she lifted her hand, and knocked. Seconds passed, and she heard some scuffling before Rex opened the door. His shirt wasn’t on properly, and she heard the feminine moan in the background.
“What the fuck do you want?” he asked.
“Here, this is what you asked for.” She pressed the folder against his chest. “I’m done for the day.”
With that, she turned on her heel, grabbed her bag, and headed straight out of the office without a backward glance. How could a guy who was a complete and total bastard be one of the best lawyers in the world?
She heard Frank talking once about how he seemed to turn to gold everything that he touched. Rex was an uncouth asshole, and after what she had just seen, she knew it was time for her to start looking for another job. Leaving the office, she was halfway down the street when her cell phone started to ring.
Pulling out her cell phone, she saw Frank was calling her.
“Hello, Frank, what’s up?”
“Why are you not at your desk, and why is Rex’s door locked?”
Nora didn’t want to cause any trouble. “I don’t know, sir. You’re going to have to ask Rex. I’m not feeling so well.”
“I spoke to Lorna, and she believes that Rex is getting to you.”
It wasn’t a question. She made a note not to talk to Lorna when she was feeling really shitty.
“It’s nothing, Frank. I’m not feeling well, and after I’d done most of my work, I was allowed to go. Send my love to Lidia. I’m going to hang up now. Talk soon.” She hung up the phone, and turned it off. It was time for her to find a new job.
****
Rex watched as the blonde, Naomi he believed her name was, sucked his dick as if it was a fucking lollipop. He loved the way she worked him to the back of her throat, and she swallowed him down. There was no gag reflex for her, and it made him wonder if he could literally fuck her mouth.
“That’s it, baby. Make it so good.” He pumped in and out of her mouth, watching as his dick went slick with her saliva. Some of it dribbled from her mouth, covering those sexy ass tits of hers.
He closed his eyes, and tensed up as a brown-eyed vixen with a smart mouth suddenly flashed in his mind. Forcing Nora out of his thoughts, he basked in the feel of this woman’s mouth.
Opening his eyes, he saw the file that Nora had given to him five minutes ago, and he gritted his teeth, and shook his head.
As he was about to grab the woman’s head, he paused as someone started to bang on his office door.
“Rex, open the fucking door, and I mean now,” Frank, his partner, and to a point, his boss, said.
Crap. Nora was the person to usually ward off visitors, or at least put a call through to warn him.
Pulling out of the woman’s mouth, he tried to cover up his body as quickly as possible, knowing Frank wasn’t going to be fooled by this. When Naomi had her body covered, and was reapplying her lipstick, he made his way toward the door, and opened it up. “Hey, Frank, what’s up?” he asked.
Frank entered the office, and pointed at the woman. “Out.”
“I’m a client.”
“Yeah, and right now, your tits are hanging out. We don’t need your business if it’s about sex. Get out.”
Frank was as blunt as they came.
Naomi scoffed, but like everyone else, left his office. Rex would have to send her something to make her feel better.
“To what do I owe the pleasure? I didn’t know we had a meeting planned.”
“Nora.”
“Yeah, what about her?”
“She’s not at her desk.”
Rex moved toward his desk, and took a seat. “Yeah, she had an appointment. Something about girls and important stuff.”
“Is that right?” Frank asked, folding his arms.
It was the same look that Frank gave when he was about to win a case.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! What does he know?
Rex nodded. “I believe so. I was busy.” Okay, for the first time in his life, he may actually be blushing, but it was no big deal. Nothing to worry about.
“I’ve just been on the phone to her, and she says she’s not feeling very well. You’re both lying to me, and you’re going to tell me the truth now, or I swear you will live to regret it.” Frank sat down in the chair that Naomi had been sitting on minutes before.
Rex didn’t see a point in arguing. “She got me this file, saw what I was doing, and left.” He needed a bit of stress relief.
Frank shook his head. “You’re a cocky bastard, and that is going to catch up to you one of these days. Do you have any idea how good Nora is?”
“I doubt she would have appreciated me using her like that.” He wasn’t the kind of man to dip into the same woman more than a handful of times. The only reason Naomi had become a regular was because of her mouth.
“Get your head out of the gutter, Rex. If you took the time to get to know people around here, you would see that Nora means a hell of a lot more to people than just a quick fuck. There are women for that, I grant you, but not Nora. I had to deal with multiple complaints because I put her with you. She’s one of the best fucking people we’ve got, and I decided to hand her to you, much to everyone’s disappointment.”
“She bakes cookies.”
“She’s the best damn PA this company has got. I don’t see a lot of them staying behind to help work on a case, to get the necessary research in, or even to take the time to know the clients. She does all of that, and yet you’re willing to throw her away because of what? Because you can’t stand the fact you can’t screw her?”
“I can pick my own PA. I don’t need you to pi
ck them for me, and besides, she sends me off to places with the excuse that I have an appointment. Guess, what? I don’t, and I missed my real appointment!” Rex had never been so embarrassed in all of his life. His skills as a lawyer were impeccable, and for his client to berate him in front of witnesses for his lack of ethics had been the final straw for him. Larry Peterson was a well-respected businessman who was being sued by an employee for stealing her idea. Of course, Larry had all the backup needed to prove she was lying. Rex wanted the case, and he’d wanted to land Larry Peterson for the firm, but it had nearly been the end of his career. Fortunately, after he had been sent away for a couple of days, Larry called him up, apologized for the misunderstanding, and offered him the case.
Of course he had seen Nora around the office, and he’d even been nice to her, especially as everyone told him to go to her. When his PAs were struggling, he told them to seek her out, and she would help.
Running fingers through his hair, he slumped back in his chair.
“I believe Nora and that it was a genuine mistake. All of those years of working here, and that one mistake, which she rectified. Didn’t you know she had sent a gift basket, and dealt with the apologies in person?” Frank asked.
Rex had been aware of it, but it was what was expected of her mistake. “Yes.”
“If I was to fire everyone for their first mistake, you would have been gone years ago, Rex. You know it, I know it. You want to pick your PAs fine, but everyone is getting bored with the drama that you’ve brought to the office, more than once. Not to mention that half the time, they go to Nora. Give her a chance, and stop pushing her because I fear one day, she’s going to quit. One mistake in all the years she has been here. Remember that.”
Frank got to his feet, and Rex watched him leave the office.
Great, just great.
Now, he felt fucking guilty, and he didn’t like it.