Chapter 258 - Fire Her!

After knocking three times, the women didn't wait long enough because the door was opened right away by Mike.

"Sweetie!" he was wearing a surprised expression on his face. He wasn't expecting his wife to be at the door of his office at this time of the night when he already texted her an hour ago that he would be coming home late.

"Hi, hubby! We pay you a surprise visit! I just want to see your new office," she explained the reason for her sudden arrival.

He opened the door wide and let the women enter.

Caroline went inside and her gaze sweeps the room. Her eyes landed on the woman sitting on the chair on the other desk. She was typing on the keyboard of the computer in front of her.

Their eyes met.

Althea rose to her feet and bowed her head as a formal greeting for the wife of her employer. "Good evening, Ma'am!" she said wearing a pleasant smile on her face.

Caroline smiled. "Good evening," she responded.

Mike dr.a.p.ed his arms around her wife's shoulder and introduced the two women. "Althea, meet my wife, Caroline," he looked at his wife. "Sweetie, this is my secretary, Althea Merano," he said.

Caroline nods her head.

"Nice meeting you, Ma'am!" Althea said with a cordial smile and resumed her work typing something on the keyboard while fixing her eyes on the monitor.

Caroline's smile was wiped out from her face completely when she noticed that Althea was wearing a very short mini skirt, and it doesn't help that the girl was gifted with a pair of perfect shapely legs that were enhanced well with the black mini skirt that she was wearing.

Her eyes turned into a slit. "Hubby, can I talk with you for a while, in private?" she asked in a hard tone.

Mike's brow knitted together after seeing the scowl on his wife's face, her nostrils flaring. He did notice that his wife's attention was drawn to Althea's shapely flawless legs. Dang! He can smell trouble before it even began.

He called his secretary's attention. "Althea, you can go home now," he ordered.

Althea smiled. "Okay, Sir. Shall I wait for you in the lobby?" she asked innocently.

Caroline raised a brow and looked at her husband, she throws him a questioning glance.

"Huh?" Mike said in bewilderment.

"Sir, you told me earlier that you will send me home," Althea reminded him.

F*ck! Mike cursed inwardly. He did tell her that he will give her a lift after they finished everything. But that was before his wife arrived in his office.

By this time, Caroline's face was already flaming with anger. Hmph! The audacity of this woman! She opened her shoulder bag and snatched a one thousand peso bill from her wallet and walked to Althea's side, she put the money on her desk. "Dear... here's the money, you can ride a taxi. Keep the change," she said and awarded the secretary an icy stare.

Althea noticed the furious look on Mike's wife. She can't understand why the pregnant woman's face suddenly turned sour. What the hell is going on? What wrong did she do this time? Did she get jealous? For what? It would be impossible for her to witness those few minutes she was massaging her husband's shoulder. But that was just a quick massage, her way of saying thanks to him for hiring her.

The way the wife looked at her, oh my, she was sending daggers in her eyes. She can sense trouble brewing on the horizon.

She turned off the computer quickly and grabbed her shoulder bag, ignoring the money that Caroline had put in the table. "Thank you for your offer, Ma'am. I have enough money for the taxi fare," she said and glanced at her employer. "I'm leaving now, Sir," she told him and went to the door, opening it quickly and closing it behind her gently.

After the s.l.u.t was gone, Caroline was able to breathe easily. Her face softens. She addressed her maid. "Guada, you can wait for us in the lobby," she said in a casual tone.

"Yes, Ma'am," the housemaid replied and left the room.

Once the couple was alone...

Mike brows furrowed. "What the hell is going on, sweetie?" he asked in a mild voice. He was trying to stay calm. There is no use getting worked up just like her wife.

Caroline's irate expression came back in full force. "Your secretary is too s.e.xy! I don't like her! How dare she wear such a s.e.xy outfit on her first day of work? Was she trying to seduce you? Is she out of her mind!?" she snapped, nostrils flaring.

Mike released a heavy sigh. If he will try to defend Althea right now, his wife will only get annoyed further because he was siding with his secretary. This might result in a big fight between him and his wife. He released a deep sigh. "Calm down, sweetie. Mother Susan will make five sets of conservative uniforms for my secretary. You don't have to feel jealous of her s.e.xy appearance anymore," he said calmly.

Caroline was breathing heavily. Dammit! Her husband was slow to understand her reasoning. How would any wife in her right mind agree to allow her husband to retain a s.e.xy secretary inside his office? The wife's mind would be tortured every day, thinking about it. It would be a matter of time before the husband and the s.e.xy secretary would indulge themselves in some sort of carnal desire for each other and the illicit affair will blossom from that moment onward.

No, she can't allow something like that to happen!

It must stop right now!

She looked at her husband directly in the eyes to get her point across. "Fire her! If you don't, I'll come back here tomorrow and if I still see her inside your office. I'll come to your office every day until you get tired of the situation and you will fire her!" she threatened him.

Mike was fuming inside but he dared not show it on his face. He doesn't want to erupt in rage right now especially that his wife was already smoldering in anger. Pouring gasoline on the fire won't alleviate the situation it will only heighten the flames. Besides, his wife is pregnant, bad emotions can harm their twins' health inside her tummy.

"Sweetie...can we just..."

"Enough! I don't like hearing about your reasons. There are many people you can hire, why hire something like her? My first impression of her is not good! Fire her!" she insisted.

Mike groaned and gritted his teeth truly infuriated by his wife's tantrums. But he holds on to his last shred of patience. Firing an employee when he just hired her is not in his vocabulary, it's not included in his work ethics! But he has no choice, his wife is making a big deal out of it. He just has to oblige her. Right now, he was thinking about how to compensate Althea with this outrageous act of firing her just because of her wife's jealously.

He doesn't want to annoy his wife any further, he just wanted to go home right now and rest. He dr.a.p.ed his arms around his wife's shoulder lovingly. "Okay, fine. What my Queen wants, I'll do it. I'll fire her," he said.

Caroline's face glowed up after hearing her husband's decision.

"Happy now?" he asked looking into her eyes.

Caroline nodded her head. "Yes! Thank you, hubby! Hire someone...a guy secretary and you won't hear from me anymore," she suggested with a smile. "Are you angry at me for forcing you to fire your secretary?" she asked gauging his reaction.

Mike shrugged his shoulder. "No problem, I can always hire a new secretary..." he said nonchalantly, pretending that the whole issue doesn't bother him a bit.

Caroline smiled in happiness. "I love you hubby!" she said sweetly.

Mike's anger melted upon hearing her declaration of love. "I love you more, wifey," he said softly, hugging her in the process.

Caroline gazed into his eyes trying to see the anger lurking in there but see nothing.

"Alright, let's go home," he said and turned off the lights in the room.

The couple exited the office, entered the elevator, and left the building holding each other hands, they boarded their respective vehicle and went home.