1. My New Personal Assistant: Chapter 1 - Have You Picked A PA Yet?


    Date: 4/24/2024, Categories: Gay Male, Author: I_Dusk, Source: LushStories 

    ... me, probably realizing I would be the one to have to bring it. He took out a brown leather-bound notebook and fountain pen. Do people still use notebooks these days?

The confidence radiating from this man showed that this was not an interview. He came knowing he was the one granting favors by being here. I wasn't sure if this was the right kind of power distribution, given he should be my assistant, but being so desperate, I let it slide.

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"Well, I have a desk full of papers I don’t want, and I wouldn't know where to start explaining it all." I started babbling away. I felt increasingly stupid with every word that came out of my mouth.

"The same goes for files in there.” I pointed to my computer. “I have folders and folders of client data I need to work with. I'm not too fond of many meetings, but I am essential, as they like to say. I don't know if that should help me somehow. I am good with computers, data, and numbers, but I sometimes lack a simple human touch. I need someone who can be my front and someone who would organize this mess I created here in those months since Dora left."

He watched me silently and then asked about my clients and work in general. We talked for over an hour, and I felt at ...
    ... ease with him after a few moments. He seemed professional and even pointed out things Dora and I had never thought of.

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As I mentioned, throughout the whole meeting, neither of us treated it as a job interview. However, we both knew that I needed help, and Thomas had the expertise I was looking for desperately. So, in the end, I was the one asking for a favor.

"Dora mentioned you are self-employed. Would this interfere with that?"

"Given the character of your work, I think it shouldn't be a problem. But I prefer this to be a short-term arrangement as I will be doing this in my free time, and money is not an issue. Time is."

"Of course, I will look for Dora's replacement in the meantime."

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We talked more about my vision and his ideas on where to start. Financial compensation and, of course, times when he'll be available.

We agreed that he would come tomorrow to sign the contract and start.

I then wrote an email to HR, and he said he would call Dora to get any information needed.

We shook hands, and he left. I just sat there staring at the door. I don't think I had any thoughts, just a blank mind spent. I need to go home now.

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