Miss Secretary Takes Charge Chapter 59

Recap

    Bianca confidently challenged Julie because she was specialised at making bouquets. She made a professional looking bouquet and it was very pretty. Julie casually strolled around, it was therapeutic to be around this pretty garden. All her eyes could find was the different shades of blue flowers, she held them in a bunch. Recently, she had naturally grown fond of the colour blue and she was determined that he would go for blue as well.

     Henry was asked to rate the two bouquets that was placed in front of him. He said, “I would rate them both equally, but this is my favourite” he picked the simple blue bouquet and looked at Julie’ pretty blue eyes with a knowing smile.

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     Bianca was extremely mad at Julie as she has all of Henry’s attention and favouritism. Though the feeling was mutual and natural between Henry and Julie beyond people’ understanding, Bianca could not accept the fact that Henry had rejected her.

     She brought tea for everyone, as she served at last to Julie, she wantedly knocked it off and ruined her dress. Since she could not do anything to ruin her relationship with Henry, she was happy to ruin her dress, the least.

     Henry quickly got up and brought the tissue to Julie, though she cleaned the liquid, the stain was evident. Henry was not okay with the incident, as the tea was hot, he kept asking if she was okay or did that burn her skin. She assured him that it just fell on her dress and she immediately got up so no damage done.

      Somehow, Bianca had took her revenge for the morning coffee incident in Julie’s apartment. Henry registered his displeasure by not having the tea offered to him. He wouldn’t do that to Mr Hebrews, but the scoff smile of Bianca and her unbothered mother irked him. Mr Hebrews walked them out and said,
“Miss Rozana, I would apologise for what happened inside”
Julie was shocked that a man of such stature and age apologising to her.
“Sir please, you don’t have to and also it must be an accident”
“I wish too” he sighed deeply and continued
“Anyways, thank you for saving me from the disgrace that might have happened because of her reckless behaviour last night, you both are very kind” they both smiled in response.
“Good to see you both get along well, Elena(Henry’s mother) would be happy to see you like this” he held Henry’s hands firmly.
Julie asked curiously, “So you were friends with Mrs Kingston?”
“Yes, we both did political science major in the university, she was a warm and a cheerful person. She radiates so much energy around her. She was such a dear friend” Mr Hebrews had a smile thinking about his friend. He hugged Henry and they left.

     Once they got in the car, Henry said,
“Let’s get you a dress first” in an annoyed tone.
“Sir that’s okay, I shall clean it in the office as it’s already nine let’s head to the office”
“You know it’s healthy to ditch work at times” Henry said playfully. His mood changed in a blink of an eye.
“You are the CEO, you can’t be irresponsible”
“Don’t you think the CEO has that privilege? Besides you were actually influencing me to skip work for personal commitments” he winked, reminding her own words, she said to Clara. Julie closed her eyes in embarrassment.
“I thought you were happy to be that bad influence on me” he teased.

     Before Julie could respond she was carried away as Mason drove them into a futuristic architectural complex. The building had a unique design that stands out from others. Henry gave out his card for access.
“What place is this?” She asked curiously.
“Renowned brands have their flagship store here, only limited edition variants would be available that are exclusive to this place. You can’t find these stuffs in the market”

     Julie took some time to process the facts and the life of ultra-rich was something beyond her imagination. Henry laughed at her expression,
“We are here to Shop not Rob so stop fidgeting Julie” he tugged her hand and took her to a clothing store.

     Henry was more excited and started looking for women clothes, Julie just tagged along him taking in the environment and wondered how different it is from the real store. Julie could see the enthusiasm in Henry like that of a child in a candy store,
“What makes you so thrilled?” She asked.
“It’s been my first time shopping”
Julie’s chin dropped due to shock.
“What?? It’s unbelievable you have never shopped????”
“Physically yes, I never had the interest or the need to, coming all the way to a store never excited me. My stylist and Steve would take care of all my needs so I did not have the purpose to shop. I have been here for certain meetings with people who prefers privacy. Also the cocktail lounge and live music bar would be good here”

     Henry filled up the big cart while talking to her. He asked her to try them on.
“Sir, but there are so much”
“Let’s see what suits you” he just ushered her to go.

     Julie came out to show him each piece of stunning designer clothes, she feels like she was in a shooting set stealthily trying out all the gorgeous, extravagant dresses that was not hers, but reserved for the leads. She hesitantly looked around for being watched.

     “Do not worry, it’s a no human zone except for You.And.Me” whispering the last three words to purposely tease her. Julie’s face flushed instantly.
“What runs in your mind?” He raised his eyebrows.
“Ahm.. That’s.. nothing sir” she rushed in to change. Henry had imagined taking her to places for each dress she had worn. It was a mixture of casual, work clothes, cocktail gowns,dresses, jumpsuit, skirts, pullovers, trousers, sundress.

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Once she has done trying, she was deep in thought.
“What?” He asked.
“Which one to pick?”
“Don’t take the pain, we are taking them all”
“What??? But why sir?”
“Every thing was good on you” he shrugged.
“But I thought we were here for the spoiled dress, I don’t need any of these” she pointed to the gowns and sundresses.
Henry doesn’t seem to budge.
“It’s like you are going to launch me as an Artist in the entertainment industry. Sir, I can’t take all these, they would cost a fortune”
She folded her hands and turned to her side stubbornly to show her objection. She was similar to a child who was unwilling to go back from the park.
“Baby, don’t throw tantrums, daddy will get you toys and Icecream on the way back home” he joked.
The sudden rush of blood made Julie glow brightly when she heard him say ‘daddy’.
Henry was confused at her instant blush and then realised,
“Ohh… yes now I get to know what the D word means”
He yanked her closer to him and wrapped his hand around her waist. Looked into her pretty blue eyes and said,
“You know how cute and sexy you are?”
in his low deep voice. Julie held him firmly as she felt her knees turning into jelly and will be giving up soon. She can never get used to his husky deep voice, it stirs the wild desire in her body. The more she spends time with him, the deeper she falls for him.
“So you meant “Daddy” that day?” he asked smirking.
“No it was Darling actually” she said quietly, batting her eyes at him innocently. Henry closed his eyes and took a deep breath,
“You seem too innocent, but I know you are not. You are making it tough, come on, let’s get going” he shook his head and pushed the shopping cart to the counter, letting her go reluctantly.

     He took out his black card, scanned and done with the payment. Julie requested a copy of the bill, she was speechless, looking at the big figures. It was much much more than her total earnings. Henry held her hands and reassured her not to mind about it. He took her to the lounge and ordered for drinks.
Julie’s face was dull and she was sulking about the money he had spent on her.

     “Listen, this is the first time I am shopping for someone personally and spending my money on. You know how much that makes me happy? If you worry about my diminishing bank balance, Don’t you think everyone needs some motivation to work?”
Julie felt bad for him as he doesn’t have a family member to spend his money on so she decided not to ruin his happy self.

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     Once they reached the office, Ben handed him a hamper with a wedding invitation. Henry’s friend, Nolan’ wedding was happening in the Europe. Though he was happy for him, he did not like the idea of leaving Julie for three days straight.

     “Are you upset about something Mr. Kingston?” Ben asked him.
“Kind of, I would like to take Julie with me, but they are all my friends, she may feel left out and cant be comfortable among strangers. I also doubt if she would like to come for someone’s wedding whom she did not know”
Right then Julie entered his office.
“Re-schedule all my meetings for the next three days to the upcoming week”
“Okay sir, but why? She asked.
He gestured her towards the invitation hamper.
“Wow, looks so beautiful, when are we leaving?” Henry’s eyes widened in surprise and he looked at Ben with a happy smile.

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* The mystery of D word is solved finally, 2 of you got it right👏🏻👏🏻

* Henry earned so much love in the last chapter, he sends a big hug to all of you🤗

* I am thankful to all my ‘sweet readers’ who never fails to mention “love you” in the comments, that really boost up my mood. If only my words/writing could make someone shower love on me, it definitely worth it. Thank you for making me love myself more and the work i do.

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