Chapter 2

In 2 short years L magazine was hugely popular in the age where the internet, was king L Magazine was very successful and making a very nice profit.  Bette had recently purchased a house in West Hollywood and was enjoying trying to make into a home for herself, she loved to decorate and loved art and through her connections she was able to acquire a few good paintings.

A soft knock at the door brought her out of her trance, as she walked back to her desk she said

“Come in”

When the door opened in walked in a homely looking young lady with thick rimmed glasses, a white very ruffled blouse tucked into a non flattering red skirt,  flat black walking shoes and white pantyhose!! White pantyhose!! For god’s sake Bette thought.

It was only when the homely girl walked over to Bette’s desk did Bette notice the most beautiful hazel eyes she had ever seen, and Bette found herself taking a very long and deep breath.  Bette for a moment found herself totally and utterly lost in those golden eyes.

It was then that the girl stuck out her hand and said…

“Hi. Ms. Porter? I’m Christina Kennard from the Temp. Agency”

Bette, took a moment to compose herself, she cleared her throat, and took the hand that was in front of her, and that’s when she felt it, something that she had never felt before almost like a shock of electricity running up her arm had made Bette pull her hand back abruptly.  Bette took a moment to compose herself then shrugged it off.

“Aah, yes I’m Ms. Porter, please call me Bette, have a seat”

“I was sent by the Temp. Agency, I was told to report to you, and please call me Tina, everyone calls me Tina.’’  She stammered

Tina felt a pull just when Bette touched her hand, Wow Tina thought, what was that? She silently asked herself.

“Did you say something?”

“No, no” replied Tina embarrassed.

“Ok Tina, Welcome to the offices of L Magazine  I’ll go over what I expect and summarize some of your duties, you’ll be my running my front desk, slash personal assistant, I work at a very fast pace so, I would require you to work at an ever faster pace, I need my phones answered and  basic office work done, you will need to get familiar with my office very fast, I hope you won’t require too much hands on training I really won’t have too much time to offer you, I am afraid I have a deadline to meet as well as another’s week layout to consider, I like my coffee black with two sugar and I like it fresh ALL day, please.  I’ll expect you in before me in the mornings with messages on my desk ready for my review with urgent ones first, I’ll need you to organize and book any business trips I need to take, Allison should have all the information you need on the computer, get acquainted with all the heads of my departments because other than me, those will be the people you’ll need to speak with the most.  Any questions?”