The Cleaning Job by Pea Jung

Author:Pea Jung [Jung, Pea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love story, Love, Erotic, Romance
ISBN: 9781547511464
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
Published: 2017-12-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I am completely restless and tired as I open the restaurant the next morning. Henry comes in immediately. He seems a bit insecure and it looks really funny due to his huge body.

“Good morning,” he hums and I take a deep breath before I answer out loud: “Good morning.”

I have decided not to be annoyed with him. After all, he can do just as little as I can about the fact that he has accepted a job with the masked man.

“Cup of coffee as always?” I, therefore, ask him with emphasized friendliness and his facial features immediately relax.

He smiles easily. “Yes, thank you.”

When I serve him the coffee, he looks at me with a wistful look in his eyes. “Josi, I didn’t actually want you to learn about my work here like that.”

“You probably didn’t want me to know about it at all.”

“Right.”

“Now it is too late in any case. Your boss is a little crazy. Today is my last time with him,” I enlighten Henry.

His eyebrows move upwards. “Oh, does he know that?”

“I have made my intentions clear. Why?”

Henry laughs cynically. “Well, he’s not used to other people making the decisions.”

“Then it’s about time!” I smile confidently even though I can hardly imagine not visiting my mysterious employer anymore.

Without further ado, I sit down at Henry’s table and ask: “did he have the other cleaners monitored as well…” I break off because I don’t like Henry’s facial expression. “Umm, I mean… protected?”

“Yes,” Henry explains briefly. “But not on this scale.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, with the others I just checked them out briefly in advance and then did occasional spot checks. He’s particularly concerned about whether there are any efforts being made to find out his identity. He does not like that.”

“I can imagine that. So you are deployed to observe people?”

“That’s me. Yes. With you it was different though.” In response to my quizzical look, he adds: “He explicitly told me that I should look out for you, in particular, because of Herbert.”

I’m getting quite a queasy feeling. “Does that mean you didn’t have to be quite so…. attentive… to the other women?”

“I have no idea how he picked the women, but if you ask me, they were pretty hard-nosed women. There was never a protective instinct with them.”

“Henry, don’t get me wrong, but do you believe he’s interested in me?” I can’t believe that I’m actually asking this question.

“Josi, why don’t you ask him yourself?”

I nod and press my lips together. Yes, why not?

As I sink down into my thoughts, Henry smiles at me and says: “You really like him.”

“Yes, I can hardly believe it, but I like him, a lot actually. It’s just that, the circumstances of how I got to know him are a bit awkward.”

Henry grins broadly. Amazingly, I’m really glad that I can finally talk openly to someone, even if it is a half-stranger. “How did you met him?” I ask.

“I applied to an advertisement.”

I have to laugh. “What was he looking for?”

Henry understands and laughs as well.

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