New Secretary's Submission

 

I was ready and eager to please my boss.

 

"Good morning to you Miss Winters. Welcome to our company."

 

"Good morning Ms. Devereaux. Thank you. I've checked your daily planner and schedule, you have a ten o'clock meeting with Anderson industries. The file is opened on your computer, I also took out the paper files, and placed them on your desk accordingly. The files for your eleven thirty meeting and your two o'clock meeting are all in your tablet briefcase, I've also included the paper files which are place on your desk, laid out according to your schedule."

 

The Business Tycoon checked to make sure everything was in order. She smiled in satisfaction. "Darlene certainly has briefed you in very well indeed."

 

I started blushing at her compliment. "Thank you Ma'am."

 

"After Darlene became ill, and left the firm, hopefully temporarily, I wasn't sure that I could find someone with her loyalty. I hope that she was able to pass that sense of loyalty to you. It saddened me to discover that she had some health issues, but after she had strongly recommended you, I've decided to take a chance. I hope that I won't be disappointed. Darlene and I have a special bond you know."

 

My blushing deepened. "I hope I won't disappoint you too, Ms. Devereaux."

 

Darlene had filled me in on how she liked her office managed. But I began to wonder just how much of a special bond they had.

 

Catherine Devereaux was in her mid forties. She had rich dark brown hair, and the look of a woman who was used to getting what she wants. At five foot ten, she stands head and shoulders over me, even when I wear those four inch heels. I was well built, but tiny. We seemed to contrast each other well.

 

When Catherine enters a room, she immediately commands the respect and attention of everyone there.

 

Over the next few weeks, I quickly took to the job. I worked very hard to make a good impression on those she does business with. Making sure everything was always in proper order each morning before Ms. Devereaux arrived at the office. I kept up on all of the paperwork, details and made sure there were no simple errors such as spelling or even punctuation. I made sure that all her appointments were spread out enough to allow her ample time to deal with each without the necessity of having to cut a meeting short or get behind schedule or even make a client have to wait.

 

Catherine Devereaux was quite pleased with me it seemed. She could see I was following Darlene's instructions to a 'T'. In the weeks that followed, I had heard rumors about just how close Catherine Devereaux and Darlene actually were. There was Marybeth down the hall who was the office gossip and she was a blabber mouth who filled me in on everything. Little did she know that I was Darlene's cousin since we had different surnames. Anyway she began to tell me that Darlene was like this natural submissive submissive type, almost possessed to do Catherine Devereaux's bidding. She strove to see to it that Catherine Devereaux's needs were always taken care of before her own. She had worked hard to ensure the needs of her employer had always been met.