02 Marriage Talk & Drunk

Azriel handed her a menu and she looked at him weirdly "Choose what you want to eat" he said, not looking at her. "It's fine Mr. Azriel, the food here is more than enough" Nesryn pushed the menu back to him "Most food Marco ordered contained seafood, you don't like seafood, order a meat dish or do you want me to order for you?" Azriel said, finally looking at her.

Nesryn looked at him in surprise, she slowly took the menu handed to her once again and chose the cheapest meat dish in it. She showed it to Azriel "Are you sure?" she nodded, he hummed and pressed a button, calling for a server. A few minutes later, the door opened and a server came in, head bowed.

Azriel told him the order in hushed whispers, the server nodded writing everything down then excusing himself and closing the door behind him when he left. Marco returned and the conversation continued on. 20 minutes later, a knock interrupted their conversation, the door opened and a server walked in pushing a food cart, he placed three freshly cooked meat dishes on the table. He then bowed and left with the trolley.

Marco and Azriel continued to talk, while Azriel put food on Nesryn's plate, like he always does whenever they dined together. She silently thanked him and started eating, satisfied with her reaction, Azriel finally touched his food and their lunch was filled with business talks. The lunch ended at 1:30 pm, they returned to the company with the driver -who also ate at the restaurant- Azriel gave his phone back to her as they entered his office.

"Please don't forget your tea appointment with Madam Asteria" she reminded him as he let out a loud groan, slumping down on his swivel chair "Do you have any idea why she wants to see me now?" Azriel asked while pouting like a child. Nesryn subtly rolled her eyes because of Azriel's childish action. "Same as the last time, marriage" she said, Azriel's reaction would always amuse her.

"Why does grandma always want me to marry, I don't wanna be tied down, I want to be free" Azriel whined, hitting his desk. Nesryn sighed

"Please stop hitting your table, it didn't do anything and you're making a mess" she cleaned up the papers that got scattered as he started hitting his desk. "And please stop your temper tantrums, you're 29, of course she wants to see you get married" Nesryn replied, unfazed with Azriel's tantrums.

She had dealt with this since Azriel's 27th birthday, being his newly hired secretary at that time. A few minutes later Azriel finally stopped his tantrums with enough persuasion from Nesryn. She excused herself and walked back to her desk to continue working. One and half hours later her phone buzzed, she stood up and once again walked in her boss's office.

She sighed as she saw Azriel sulking on his desk and just staring outside the window, not even bothering to finish signing some documents. She took his coat from the coat hanger and walked closer "It's time to go Mr. Azriel" she softly said, trying not to frighten her sulking boss. He glanced at her and continued staring out in the window, a pout formed on his lips.

"Mr. Azriel time to go" she repeated, straightening his coat in her arm. Azriel reluctantly stood up and walked to her, she walked behind him and helped him wear his coat, buttoning it for him. She walked back to his desk and cleaned up after him. She checked her wrist watch "It's time to go sir before we're late"

Nesryn called for the driver, she turned off her computer for the day, grabbing her bag and putting both of their phones in it. They descended the building using the elevator and walked into the car. Nesryn told the driver where to go and with a nod he drove off. 1 hour later they arrived at the teahouse, located within a forest at the outskirts of town. Nesryn got out of the car while the driver opened Azriel's door.

After thanking the driver, the two went into the tea house and were immediately led to a private room by one of the staff. "Hi grandma" Azriel muttered, greeting the 70-year old lady in the room. Nesryn helped her stand up and walked over to her grandson and immediately hit his head with her cane. "Ow!! What was that for?!" Azriel whined.

Nesryn turned around and laughed, not letting her boss notice. "I learned you had 4 girls over already at your penthouse" her grandma scolded him, as she kept walking closer and Azriel kept backing out. Nesryn watched in amusement, only his grandmother can chew him out, it's also one of the reasons why he doesn't want to meet her.

Everything finally settled down 10 minutes later, Azriel helped his grandmother sit down. The three people sat down for tea, she immediately doted on Nesryn as if she's the granddaughter not the man in the room "My Azriel kept giving you a hard time, didn't he?" Asteria asked as Nesryn continued to deny her accusations.

After finally convincing her, Asteria turned her attention back to her grandson and the marriage talk started. Nesryn tuned the two out, already knowing how it will play out. She focused on her tea and nibbling on a small pastry. She excused herself to go to the restroom, leaving Azriel alone with his grandmother.

"Why not marry Nesryn?" Asteria suggested as Azriel almost spat out his tea. "What?! Grandma No!!" he protested. Asteria raised her eyebrow "And why not? She's nice, she's been taking care of you for 3 years now, she knows you best"

"But she's my secretary grandma besides I am meeting someone tonight"

"Another model? Actress? Chef?"

"Model"

"I don't know what you see in models, I can understand that they have perfect bodies but besides than I don't see anything else that could benefit you"

"It's serious grandma"

"Serious?! That doesn't belong in your dictionary, how many months has it been since you started seeing this model?"

"Three days"

Asteria sighed and shook her head disapprovingly as Nesryn entered the room, their conversation continued on till it was time for Azriel to leave and go to his date with the model, Alexandra. Azriel walked his grandmother to her car and watched as it drove off, he turned around and boarded the car along with Nesryn.

Nesryn told the driver to go to one of the most expensive restaurants in the city, she thanked him and dismissed him for the day. She took the bouquet of roses from the receptionist and handed it to Azriel, he thanked her for the day and boarded the elevator alone. As soon as he's out of sight, she went out of the building, hailed a cab and went to her boss's mansion. She paid the man and walked in the mansion.

She greeted Max -Azriel's father- and immediately went to Azriel's private garage. She took one key off the glass shelf and opened his limited edition Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita and drove it to the restaurant. She texted him that the car is in the basement of the restaurant, Azriel loves taking his date out for a drive after their dinner and God knows what.

He thanked her and dismissed her for the night, she returned his phone and left. She hailed another cab but this time told the direction to her apartment. She took a relaxing shower, massaging her sore feet, putting a beauty mask on while organizing Azriel's schedule for tomorrow. After organizing her thing, she removed the mask, brushed her teeth and went to sleep.

Her phone woke her up the next day, she immediately took a shower and put on a black, long-sleeved shirt, white pencil-skirt, black 3-inch stiletto heels and black bag, she braided her hair and put it on a high ponytail. She left her apartment after grabbing her things for work, she hailed a cab and went to Azriel's penthouse.

Azriel would always bring his date in his penthouse after dinner. She walked in as the staff greeted her, she said her good morning, boarded the elevator and waited patiently. She was checking the IPad when the doors opened and she came face-to-face with a beautiful tall woman. She smiled at the girl, recognizing her immediately as the model that her boss brought to his penthouse. The model stared at her from head to toe, Nesryn left the elevator and held the door for the model.

The girl looked at her one last time before going in, she turned around and walked away. The last thing the model saw before the door closed was Nesryn entering Azriel's room. Nesryn let out a loud sigh upon seeing her boss still sprawled out on the bed, naked as the day he was born.

"Sir Azriel, please wake up, you have a 9 am appointment today" she immediately smelt the scent of alcohol from his mouth, she softened her tone and tried not to shake him too hard. Azriel let out a loud groan. Nesryn sighed and kept shaking her boss.