The man in the Cafe

''Are you going to concentrate in this meeting or are you going to keep staring at my pa?''

Nicklaus asked; his eyes glaring at the board members;

Tiana's cheeks reddened at his outrage;

When they arrived at the company that morning, Nicklaus ordered her to come for the board meeting, so he would introduce her to the board members and she would see what the board meeting was like;

The board members were stunned to their toes when Nicklaus introduced her as his new Pa;

A woman!!

They heard from the employees he had hired a female pa but they didn't believe it; until they saw her in person. They couldn't even concentrate on the meeting anymore;

One was that it was a woman, and the other was that she was stunning!

After Nicklaus cautioned; they all pulled their eyes from her and concentrated on the meeting.

After discussing other major matters, the meeting ended.

Tiana followed Nicklaus back into his office after the board members had all left; she stood in front of his table and waited for him to sit;

Nicklaus sat down and started working on his computer as though she was not there.

 She didn't know if he was still angry from last night but she needed to apologize; although it was not from her mind, she would still have to do it, anyway. She couldn't risk having an outstanding punishment waiting for her.

''Mr. Nicklaus, I'm sorry for yesterday. I promise it would never happen again. ''

She said the words and her lips thinned as she waited for his reply; Nicklaus's eyes did not move from his computer. It was as though no-one had spoken.

Tiana waited a while, but seeing that he would not reply to her, she turned around to walk away;

But just when she had taken one step, Nicklaus spoke;

''Get me a cup of vanilla steamer. ''

Tiana stopped and turned around;

Vanilla steamer? Nicklaus did not seem to be one who drank such non-alcoholic beverages; devilish people like him took only alcohol and smoked; what was he doing with vanilla steamer?

''Anything else? ''

Nicklaus asked, raising his brows when he saw that she was still standing there. She immediately snapped out of her daze and walked out of the office.

It was when she was out of the company that she realized that she didn't know where to get the vanilla steamer from; she turned around to open the door and ask him, but on second thought, she walked towards Fredrick's office.

She knocked twice and after she heard him tell her to come in, she entered, closing the door behind her;

''Hello…''

She said cutely as she approached his table; Fredrick raised his eyes and when he saw her, a light smile slanted his lips;

''Hi dear, how was the meeting?''

He asked, Nicklaus had introduced him to the board as the new chief financial officer and that he would resume work the next week; the board members were surprised because the news came so suddenly and without prior notice.

But no-one could say a thing. He was the boss.

''It was fine, at least I didn't die/ ''

She joked, and they both laughed;

''I wanted to ask; how do I get your boss a vanilla steamer? ''

She asked, her brows creased;

''Oh, that. It's at the Starbucks across the street. ''

He explained;

''Thank you and how do I pay for it? ''

She asked again;

''One minute…''

Fredrick quickly opened the drawer and took out a credit card;

''With this; and you'll be using it for these assignments.''

He said giving the card to her;

''The card has no limit, so you won't need another,'' he said and Tiana smiled; 

''Okay. '' 

When Tiana got downstairs, some workers still gave her that weird look, but it wasn't like on the first day,

Seems they were already getting used to her face.

She left the company and crossed the road to Starbucks across the street;

''You're welcome to Starbucks, what's your order, Ma'am? ''

The young lady asked with a professional smile on her cheeks;

''A cup of vanilla steamer; ''

Alright, one second;

The lady walked around to get her order;

''A takeout please ''

Tiana said, and the lady nodded. After packaging her order, she brought it to her; Tiana took the bag from her and raised her hand only to see that she wasn't with the card, her eyes shot open as she remembered she had left it on Nicklaus table.

''A cup of Blonde Caffe Americano please; ''

Tiana felt someone walk up to the counter and say; she turned her head to look at the man and she quivered a little from shock;

The man looked so much like Nicklaus; he looked around the same age as him; if not that she had heard Nicklaus's voice several times, and she knew the haircut he carried, she would have mistaken the man by her side to be him.

''Right away sir, Ma'am your card please ''

The woman's voice snapped Tiana from her daze, and she turned to the lady;

''Sorry… ; ''

She apologized biting her lower lip as her cheeks reddened.

God! What kind of embarrassment is this!

She cursed in her head; how was she so stupid as to forget the card, what was she thinking? And the lady had already prepared her order. What was she going to tell her? ''

Tiana's face paled a little as she ransacked her head thinking of what to do.

''Ma'am? ''

The lady called again, and Tiana forced a weak smile;

''I'm sorry, I think I forgot my card but I work across the street, let me go get some cash or get the card. ''

Tiana apologized sincerely; something like that had never happened to her before. It was very embarrassing.

''Don't worry about that, I'll pay for her order. ''

The man who was standing by her side interrupted and Tiana turned to him, a shocked expression on her face.

The man did not look at her; he just handed his own card to the lady.