Chapter 3

It was after receiving the slap that Kirklin realized what he had done in a bid to help her and he deeply regretted his action. He immediately apologized with a gaped mouth "Oh, I'm sorry...I didn't mean that"

As he spoke, Alexandra suddenly realized whom she had just slapped and she started to tremble all over "I...I'm sorry Sir...I...I didn't mean to hit you, Plea…please forgive me Sir". She said and dared not look at his face as she felt like finding a hole to run into.

Kirklin too felt bad for his innocent action which was misinterpreted so he apologized to her sincerely.

"It’s okay Sir" She replied to him but still wasn’t bold enough to look up.

Kirklin noticed how embarrassed she was and wanted to dismiss their brief meeting but he couldn't let her leave with her full cleavage showing. So he moved to his drawer and brought out a red diamond brooch that his only sister had specially made for him to keep for his future wife.

He had to save the situation as the pin on her tiny brooch had broken during their awkward moment. "Have this and clip your dress so we can get set for the meeting" He said.

Alexandra looked at the brooch and knew it must be pretty expensive. At first, she didn't want to collect it but when she looked down at her sexy boobies that were exposed; she knew it was best she used the luxurious brooch to save the day.

Even when her boobs are well covered in her clothes, people still admire her much less when she exposes them. She was definitely going to cause a stir if she revealed more cleavage so she always maintained a conservative dressing pattern although she was a power-dresser.

She collected the brooch and excused herself to go fix it outside but Kirklin told her to use his personal restroom in his office instead.

While she went in, Kirklin ran his hand through his hair and then hit his fist in the air and said "Damn it!” He regretted his action as he felt she could take it to mean he was taking advantage of her which was never in his plan.

It was good that his office was sound-proof so nobody heard the commotion that took place between them.

The meeting was in 5 minutes so he adjusted himself and picked up the remaining papers from the floor. He suddenly remembered that she had a bleeding finger so he hollered at her to open one of the cabinets in his restroom to get a ball of cotton wool and rubbing alcohol to clean the wound.

As he was about to sit on the sofa to read through her papers, he noticed a bloodstain on the fly of his gray trousers and exclaimed "Oh Nooo! What an awful day". He shook his head and face-palmed because he didn’t have a change of clothing in the office.

As Alexandra came out from the restroom, she saw that her new boss was looking exhausted and she apologized again. She then looked at his face for the first time since the incident and noticed the fingerprint due to the hot slap she gave him.

"Sir, your face..." She exclaimed

Kirklin wondered what she saw and as he touched his cheeks, he felt some pain on the part that she had slapped so he asked "What about it?"

"Can I apply some ice on it so the marks can clear out a little before the meeting?" she asked

"Oh damn it" He exclaimed when he heard there was a slap mark on his face. He hurriedly went to the restroom to check the mirror.

He was frustrated at the turn of today’s events and as he came out of the restroom, he said to her. “Postpone the meeting till tomorrow…. I can't face my Executives this way…. my trousers have bloodstains too so just cancel the damn meeting"

Alexandra looked towards his trousers and understood his frustrations were all because of her so she quickly thought of something and said "Sir, the Executives are all here and have already converged in the Conference room....."

Kirklin navigated to the CCTV recording in the Conference room and saw that everything was set.

She then continued “A little soap, water, and light towel dab will remove the bloodstain but we can’t hide the marks on your face. Why don’t we have a video meeting instead and you can close from work afterwards to take care of yourself... The mark on your face won't be so visible if we have the meeting via Zoom and nobody would see….. {she paused and continued shyly} …. your stained trousers as well"

Kirklin sighs "Okay, what about you…. are you in the right frame of mind for the meeting?" He asked

"Oh yes, I'm fine...Shall I go and turn on the projector so you can start the meeting?"

"Sure" Kirklin replied and was amazed at her level of quick decision-making.

He opened his fridge and brought out some ice which he put in a towel and compressed on his cheek. He also applied an ointment to relieve the pain and also took a pain relief medication as he had a banging headache from that slap. Afterwards, he got ready for the video meeting which went on for 2 hours.

Alexandra sat in the Conference Room with the other Executives and during the meeting, Kirklin asked a series of questions as he needed to make clarifications on some of the documents she had given to him earlier. The back and forth questions warranted that she joined him in his office to give proper explanations and they made quick progress with the meeting after she went to stay with him in his office.

At the end of the meeting, every one of the Executives (except Alexandra as she was beside him in his office) introduced themselves to Kirklin and he requested that she schedules a meeting for him to meet with each of the Executives and their departmental staff.

They were all very happy at the witty level of intelligence of their new boss and they were ready to work with him to make the organization succeed.