Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 17 - How high end can one be?

I gave her a shy nod. Her warm aura is welcoming and helped me relax a bit.

"Well yes I am indeed the secretary of Mr. Covell. How may I help you?"

"I have an appointment with Mr. Covell at 6:35pm? I am a bit early but I can wait."

Her eyebrows began to raise and eyes became more rounded in genuine surprise. With the apparent shock, she breathily stated (NOT QUESTION), "You're Nerovsky Poston."

I was squirming uncomfortably in my spot and simply replied with "yes" in order to fast forward this conversation.

She absentmindedly kept nodding at me. Um is she gonna stop? "Um?"

That snapped her out of it. "RIGHT! Yes. Mr. Covell is already free. You can go in now. If you walk down a bit further, it's the door on the left. The only door there."

"Thank you."

I followed the given instructions and eventually in front of a rosewood door. There was gold nameplate with 'Leonardo Covell, Founder of MegCorp'. I bet this entire door costs more than 6 month of rent. I inhale large amounts of air for encouragement before knocking on the door.

My favourite baritone voice came out a bit muffled when "come in" was said.

I opened the door and peeked inside and-OH MY GOD IS HE STRIPPING? (spoiler: no. he's not.)

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POV: Leonardo

10 MINUTES BEFORE NERO ARRIVES

I leaned back on my chair as I appreciated the newly arrived tea. It's earl grey, which was quite basic but it was still good, especially after a long day's work. I was facing outwards the windowpanes, where I appreciated the semi night sky (it's a short day after all). Unlike yesterday, there were clouds present, which made the stars invisible and the moon was barely visible. That reminded me, it was nearly time for Nero to come in, the final appointment. I would not be lying if were to say that I wasn't looking forward to the meeting. Ever since out first... well second (wait... third?) meeting a month ago, you could say I was disappointed that I hadn't ran into him at all afterwards. He had piqued my interest but not enough to voluntarily seek him out. Because I had met people who interested me in the same way but just turned out to be like the others because the interesting persona happened to be a façade to get close to me. However, after yesterday, even without knowing jack all about Nero, I could tell he was not exactly ordinary... even with the Oddity, he was completely outside the norm. He was completely shrouded in mystery that I found myself wanting to solve like Sherlock Holmes.

Anyway, let's go through a short summary of the emotional rollercoaster I experienced just because of this one wanker. Yes, wanker because the bastard emotionally tired me out UNINTENTIONALLY and that hasn't happened in years. Anyway it started when I was enjoying my short break before my next meeting with Erwin. Why Erwin decided to visit me is completely lost to me and sometimes I think he gave up owning the company at some point and goes fishing for a living instead. Regardless, I got a call from a very panic sounding receptionist which told me that there was an employee arguing with a client. Now this has happened before and it could be resolved without me last time so I left it alone, get someone else or something. However, what got me downstairs was when she said it was Beatrice Chase that was involved. You know, the daughter of one of our long time partners. That resulted in me swearing internally in anger and having to have notified them of our arrival in 30 seconds. Not only was this no name tarnishing the company name but they're also about to lose me a lot for said company. I got my suit jacket and fast walked out of the room without explaining what's going on to my best friend but he doesn't even question it, following me out as well.