Raphael appeared as normal as before as he concentrated on his work. I shifted my eyes to the pile of docunts in front of , also noting that he hadn’t teased lately. Even though I tried to remind myself that that was actually a good thing, I couldn’t help but think if that was a sign that sothing was off with Raphael.
Just as I hesitated about what to text her back, because I wasn’t sure whether I should simply disclose all of Raphael’s schedule to her due to my professional standards, the door to his office opened and in ca the man in question.
"Oh, you’re back," I said when I saw Raphael enter through the door.
Raphael spared a smile, but I could tell that he wasn’t in the best of moods. It occurred to that the etings that he had back to back were probably not entertaining. Either that, or sothing had gone wrong in one of those etings. Just when I thought that I might risk my neck asking him about it, my phone suddenly began vibrating repeatedly on the table, signaling that I had an incoming call.
"Aren’t you going to get that?" Raphael asked as I hesitated to answer the phone.
"I’m a little bit busy right now, so I’ll answer it later," I said quickly, hiding my phone away.
Thankfully, Raphael did not press on the matter as he headed towards his work table. I let out a soft sigh as I hoped that Raphael did not see the na of the person that had called . Since I never got around to replying to her chat, Rosabella must have run out of patience and decided to call instead. I made my way out of the office to the hallway so that I would have so privacy before I called her back.
"Sorry for not answering your ssage or your call from earlier. I was a little caught up at work. Can I help you with sothing?" I asked, trying my best to sound friendly.
"That’s not a problem. You see, Abigail, I was wondering if Raphael would have so free ti tomorrow. You see, I got this new suit tailored for him and I want to make sure that it fits well before our engagent," she said with a voice dripping with sweet honey.
"I see. His schedule is quite packed at work so it would probably be better if you could contact him during his free ti, perhaps in the evening?" I suggested, advising her to contact Raphael directly to deal with him. I had absolutely no insight and control over Raphael’s personal ti out of office hours, so I thought that it would be much better if she dealt with their personal matters during that ti. Although I wanted to help her out, I didn’t want to be the go-between between her and Raphael when it clearly would have been much easier for her to reach out to him directly.
Rosabella went silent for a mont at the other end of the line. For a mont, I honestly thought that the line had disconnected and had to check the screen on my phone.
"Hello?" I said questioningly while I wondered why she had gone totally silent on .
"Don’t worry, I’ll get in touch with him. Thank you for your help," Rosabella finally said in her usual sweet tone.
"You’re welco. I have to get back to work now, so I’ll talk to you later," I said before ending the call. Little did I know back then that her way of getting in touch with Raphael would be different from what I had in mind.
...
It beca like a new norm for Raphael and to share a ride together to the office after having breakfast with our parents. During breakfast, my mother would ask how our lives were at work, and Raphael would do the perfect job of complinting and my accomplishnts at work in front of our parents. Just like magic, they both believed everything that he said and looked so reassured that everything was going well.
At first, I thought that Raphael enjoyed talking about the small accomplishnts that I made at work as his personal secretary, but soon enough I realized that he was probably only spending his ti talking about that just so that he could avoid talking about his upcoming engagent to Rosabella.
"How are the preparations coming along? Are you working with Rosabella on it?" Bennett asked right at the mont when Raphael’s story ca to a pause.
"She’s working on it, so I’m sure that everything is fine," Raphael replied casually before conveniently switching the conversation to another topic.
"What about you, Abby? Are you helping out your future sister-in-law?" My mother asked with a slightly teasing tone before she smiled at . She probably didn’t know just how much her question put on the spot. I tried my best to act natural when I returned her smile.
"I’m trying my best to help her. Rosabella gives a call sotis and we exchange ssages," I replied honestly.
"That’s good. Make sure to give her all the help that she needs. I’m sure that she’s going through quite a lot preparing for her upcoming engagent. The prep ti being so short and all that..." my mother replied, and I was reminded once again of how kind-hearted my mother really was.
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It was supposed to be a normal day at the office working as Raphael’s personal secretary. In fact, after having breakfast with our parents, Raphael and I headed to the office just like we usually did. Raphael’s schedule was once again very packed with etings with external clients who ca in to see him at the office. I also tried to keep myself decently busy so that I wouldn’t be distracted by Raphael’s upcoming engagent. However, despite all of my efforts, I couldn’t stop myself from thinking at the back of my mind about his upcoming engagent even while I was busy working on so tasks at hand.
–To be continued...
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