A NIGHT WITH THE CRAZY CEO

# NEXT MORNING

**BRIANNA**

The annoying sound of my alarm clock penetrated my sleep, jolting me back to reality just as I was getting the best of my sleep since I spent last night plotting devious ways on how to use the powder on Mr Adrian.

With a groan, I sat up and stretched, letting out a loud yawn. The first ray of sunlight making it’s way past the curtain, illuminating the room.

I climbed out of bed, slammed the alarm off and blocked out the thought of crawling back onto my bed to enjoy more nap, knowing fully well that Mr Adrian has a thing for unpunctuality and tardiness and I can’t afford to be in his bad graces this morning especially when I have something daring to do besides, I also can’t afford to lose my job.

After taking a cold shower, I picked one of the dress Cherry bought for me, a knee length black and white polka dot dress, wore a wedge pump to go with it, applied little make up, packed my hair in a bun then head out, grabbing my bag along.

When I got downstairs, the delicious aroma of pasta welcomed me. Mom must be performing her magic in the kitchen. I dropped my bag on the couch and went to the kitchen. I met mom putting food in plates.

“Good morning mom.” I greeted and pecked her.

“Morning sweetie. How was just about to tell Marianna to come and get you for breakfast. How was your night?” She said then asked.

“It was good. Where did you get the money to cook? I thought we ran out of groceries?” I questioned curiously.

“Oh! It is the money Marianna saved up from her earnings she used to buy groceries yesterday.” She explained.

“Wow! That’s good of you Marie.” I said to Marianna who had started eating her breakfast.

“Thanks.” Marianna replied, her voice muffled because of the food in her mouth.

I also collected my food from mom and started eating. After eating, I drank a cup of water and stood up.

“I’ll get going now mom, don’t forget to take your pills at the appropriate time and do rest well, OK?” I said.

“Ok darling. Bye!” She replied.

Marianna also bade me goodbye and I walked out of the kitchen. I went to the sitting room, picked up my bag and left the house. I walked to the bus stop which is a ten minutes walk from my house. I had to wait for a few minutes before the bus arrived.

I boarded the bus and sat at the back. Twenty minutes later, the bus came to a stop at the bus stop closest to the company. I alighted and walked the remaining distance to the company.

On entering the building, some of the staffs that were already present were walking about and I saw Kristen already behind the counter.

“Hey Kristen! Good morning.” I greeted enthusiastically.

“Brianna! Good morning, you came early today. You didn’t sleep in today?” She teased with a bright smile on her face.

“Yeah I didn’t sleep in. Is the boss here yet?” I questioned.

“No he isn’t and I don’t think he’ll be here anytime soon. Is there a secret as to why you came early and smiling like this?” She asked.

“Yeah but never mind. You might hear about it later.” I said smirking.

“Ok then. Wanna have lunch with me and my friends during lunch break?” She asked.

“I’d love to. Expect me at the cafeteria during lunch.” I replied.

I left her place and went to the elevator, I pressed the buttons and waited for it to get here before entering. I walked out of the elevator when it got to the floor my office was located. When I got to the office, I dropped my bag on the desk and quickly brought the powder out of my bag. I have a perfect way to carry out my plan without him knowing its me.

I walked out of my office and went to the entrance of Mr. Adrian’s office. I twisted the doorknob and I discovered it was unlocked. I stepped into the office and closed the door.

I walked further into the office and looked around, to carry out my plan i need something I can stand on. My eyes caught the long stool chair that was beside the bookshelf. I quickly brought it to the center of the room and climbed it.

I stood on the stool and I was very close to the ceiling fan;exactly how I wanted it. Then I opened the small plastic bag and sprinkled the fan with the powder. I made sure to pour everything on it, I was about to get off the the stool when I heard footsteps approaching the office. Don’t tell me that’s Mr. Adrian, I thought Kristen said he won’t be here anytime soon.

I quickly got down from the stool and placed it back where it was so he wouldn’t suspect anything. I quickly ran out of the office immediately I heard the footsteps getting closer. To my utmost surprise, it was a female employee holding a briefcase I saw when I was out of the office and not Mr. Adrian.

“What are you doing here?” She asked looking at me weirdly.

“Nothing. What are you doing here?” I replied with a question.

“As you can see, I brought Mr. Adrian’s briefcase to his office.” She replied.

“Oh!” I exclaimed and scrambled out of her sight. I looked behind me and saw that she was staring at me weirdly, she must be wondering what I was doing in the boss’s office when he is not in yet. I got back to my office and settled down on my chair placing my hand on my chest, thank God it wasn’t Mr. Adrian that caught me or that wouldn’t have been funny. I switched on the computer on my desk and started working immediately.

**ADRIAN**

I got to my office and thanked the female employee for bringing in my briefcase and she left. I turned on the fan to the highest level and that was when I felt something raining down on me. I looked around me and saw that the particle was all over the place and my body:from head to toe.

I raised my head and looked at the ceiling to check if it was sand that was all over the place, I walked to my desk and swiped my forefinger across the desk. I studied the particle and noticed that it looked and felt a nothing like sand. I was about to phone the cleaner when I felt this crazy itching. It started mildly but within some seconds, I was scratching every exposed part of my body madly.

“Why the heck is my body itching me like this? Is this a reaction to the new body soap I’m using?” I thought inwardly still scratching crazily. But this can’t be a reaction to something, its gotta be that stuff that’s all over my body.

It got to a point that if I’m scratching one place, it’ll move to another place. I released a loud scream when it felt as if the itching is getting worse; I didn’t know when I started rolling on the floor in an attempt to stop the itching. I guess my scream was so loud because I heard people running towards my office. The door to my office burst open and the first person I that came in was Brianna.

“Good morning boss, we heard your scream. Why are you rolling on the floor and scratching your body like this?” Brianna asked in a concerned manner but I could tell she is faking it because she was trying hard not to laugh seeing me humiliating myself in front of my employees.

“Who the heck did this? I got to my office this morning and I was greeted with something being poured all over me and my office? What the hell is this thing?” I yelled crazily.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“How are we supposed to know who did this? Its not as if we’ve entered your office today.” Brianna replied rudely. One of the employees that came into the office moved closer to me and used his hand to take a little amount of the substance in my hair and studied it.

“This is itching powder!” He exclaimed and everyone around me gasped, including me as well.

“Who has the fucking nerve to use itching powder on me?!” I shouted furiously while still scratching my itching body. They all started murmuring amongst themselves.

“I’m so gonna deal with all of you when I find a way to stop this crazy itchiness.” I threatened and they all started saying they don’t know anything about it.

“Does anyone know how I can stop this itchiness?” I asked.

“Well, you can stop it by taking a long hot bath sir.” The guy from earlier said.

“I’m coming back for y’all. When I’m done with you guys, you’ll tell me who did this.” I growled and sat up from my position on the floor then ran straight to the bathroom.

I heard them giggling at the manner at which I ran but they won’t be giggling for long. I quickly stripped off my clothes and got under the shower. I sighed in relief the moment the water touched my skin and started washing away the powder. I made sure to spend a good amount of time under the shower so as to make sure that all of the powder has left my body. I dried my body and tied a towel around my waist. I was about to walk out of the bathroom when I realized that I had not brought clothes with me and people were in my office.

“Everyone  of you in my office should get out now and stay outside till I’m ready. When I’m done, I’ll call all of you.” I shouted and I heard their footsteps indicating that they were walking out of the office. When I was sure that there was nobody left in the office, I walked out and went to the adjoined room. I quickly got dressed in a shirt and trousers before walking back out to the office.

I settled down on my chair and prepared for how catching the culprit would be. “This is gonna be a long interrogation and I’m so gonna punish the person when I find out who it is.” I thought smirking wickedly.

TBC