"Oh good day, Mrs. Levetté, we have a reserved parking for you."
Oh.
"It's good seeing you, Mrs. Levetté."
I guess..
"You look stunning Mrs. Levetté."
In this—
"Let me lead the way Mrs. Levetté."
Thank you.
"Mrs. Levetté, I'm really glad you're back."
Della had stopped correcting them, she wasn't Mrs. Levetté. That was Jeanine.. for goodness sake. Didn't anyone know how to pronounce McCarthy? She didn't want to seem rude so she followed along. This was a much different welcoming from the time when Jeanine had called her here. Called her to make sure that she wouldn't tell Andre anything.
Everyone passing by, greeted her.
She felt weird.
"Oh Good day, Mrs. Levetté good to see you!" Norah, Andre's personal assistant stood up from her desk quickly. She had been browsing through Instagram on her office iMac using the office WiFi. She was really caught off guard when she heard the elevator ding. No one else was on the twenty-third floor. There was Andre's office and his penthouse for instances when he stayed overnight.
Before Della had appeared in Andre's life, again. He practically lived here, he didn't want to go home. It was lonely. Luc used that to his advantage, throwing parties whenever Andre was out of the state, country or when he was just merely in his pent house.
"Hi." Della said nervously. She didn't know her, Norah must have been new. Obviously because it had been eight years.
"I'm Norah. You must be junior Levetté's wife.." Norah said with enthusiasm.
"I wouldn't exactly say—"
"Don't worry, I like girls—" Norah said immediately.
They both laughed because they had spoken at the same time.
"I just wanted to make that clear." She added, giving Della a quick smile.
"I'm also not Andre's wife, I just wanted to make that clear."
"Cool!" Norah replied becoming too comfortable. "Shit! I'm sorry, I mean alright ma'am."
"Fuck! Did I just say shit? I meant—" Norah facepalmed. "I'm sorry."
Della was amused. "It's okay Norah, calm down. You can call me Della and you can curse in front of me because trust me I do too. Andre is your boss not me." Della assured her.
"Oh thanks, I like you very much Mrs- I mean Della!" Norah bopped her head for a few second before going back behind her desk.
"Do I need to make an appointment or—" She politely asked.
"You're his wife— shit! Sorry I mean you're his companion and as a matter of fact. By the way Mr. Levetté speaks so highly of you. Never will you need an appointment. I don't know if you're using voodoo but he is whipped." She paused when Della burst out laughing. "No offense but it's really good for everyone here at the office except he should really consider giving me a little raise or bonus for the shit he put me through before you came... back!"
Norah was very talkative.
"I will let him know." Della said showing her pearly whites. She was glowing, as she put a strand of her jet black hair behind her ear.
Norah immediately cleared her throat looking away.
Wow—
She didn't want to get lost in the eyes of her boss's 'wife' now did she?
"... Don't let him know! He would never let me hear the end of it." She said immediately after it had dawned onto her and she had to stop day dreaming. Della was beautiful, really beautiful.
No wonder, Mr. Levetté had a habit of coming in late for work in the morning.?Norah thought to herself.
"I won't say you said it but I will just hint it." Della replied like a saint, Norah thought. She could really use a bonus.
"Add a little week vacation to Hawaii or something.." Norah immediately realized how nonchalant she sounded. "I mean I could really use a break."
"I understand, is he busy at the moment?"
"No, just a Skype conference meeting. You could just heard in."
"Alright, thanks Norah!"
"Anytime!" Norah hissed under her breath as she watched Della walk towards the office door with a metallic plate on top written C.E.O Levetté, Andre in bold.
When Della opened the door, her eyes immediately connected with Andre's. He took his eyes off the screen and looked at her adoringly with almost as much hunger hidden behind it. There were multiple French speaking voices, Della found it sexy and such a turn on when Andre spoke in French.
Andre waved at her giving her the signal two meaning in two minutes he would be done. That was a lie, Andre continued speaking in French for twenty more minutes. Della was so bored as she sat on the couch just browsing through her phone. She was so bored, she started browsing through her own pictures.
She was so distracted, she didn't hear when Andre had came behind her pampering her neck with kisses. She giggled like a high schooler—
"...finally done?" She asked turning to look at him.
"Yes, I'm sorry for the delay. My dad wanted an update on sales and all the other boring shit, you don't wanna know." She looked at him adoringly before giving him a peck on the lips. His stubble, stung so pulled away.
"You need a shave.." She told him.
"No, I want to keep this look!" He said just to see her reaction.
"Cute, caveman."
"Hot, sexy those are the words!"
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