CHAPTER 18: The ‘Love' Endearment

"Why are you late?" The first thing my boss asked me, the moment I walked into his office. His face was masked by old 'Gabriel's demeanour. I put the coffee on his desk and tried to behave normally as I smiled at him. "I'm sorry, Sir. My mom called me late last night, so I sleep late. It won't happen again." He stared at me for a few seconds before his lips curled up in a devilish smile. "It's okay 'love'. Since it's your first time being late, I'll just let it pass." Huh! To hell with the professionalism---- I raised my eyebrow at him. "Don't call me that, Mr Wilsons! We are in the office and we've already talked about it!" "Oh, yes love. We already talked about the deal, but calling you love wasn't included in it. We agreed that we will keep our relationship in this whole building and that's your idea. Well, I have mine too. We will call each other the 'love' endearment whenever we are alone." "Huh! Why didn't you tell me that last Saturday night?" I bit my lip to control my