Alien Boss: Alien Sci-fi Romance Short Story

By Selina Coffey

Amy was a CPA, stuck at a CPA firm working for a man who seemed to hate everything and everyone around him. She didn't really like public accounting, and every day she went to work thinking it was time to get out of public accounting and start working for a large corporation, or at least start her own accounting office. Good accounting jobs for the larger corporations were hard to come by, and no matter how many times she applied, she rarely ever got so much as an interview. Mark was the CEO of such a large corporation, and after firing his CFO because he was too busy drinking as opposed to working, he hired Glommer and Glommer Associates to do his financial statements, payroll and tax returns. While this worked just fine, it was much more expensive than hiring a full time CFO but after the last one he was hesitant to hire anyone to be in charge of their books. Amy got the new account of Carren Enterprises and while she normally has one of her bookkeepers pick up the information, she decides it's about time she met the CEO of her largest account. Mark and Amy clash from the moment they meet, but at the same time they can't help but feel attracted to one another, and Mark offers Amy the job of CFO on the spot. With Amy in her dream job, will she be able to separate work from personal, especially when she finds out that Mark isn't exactly from this planet?

 

Author's Note: This is a 10,000 word short story. Story contains mature language and themes, intended for adults only.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lovy Books Ltd
• Release date: Aug 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215396384

Book preview

CHAPTER ONE

Amy was positive her boss was out to make her life miserable, but she hadn’t been able to prove it yet. Every day when she arrived in the office she got straight to work, always checking her emails and voicemails first and making sure she was on time with all her deadlines second. Every day her boss Jack arrived at nine, glared at her, and proceeded to point out that she had deadlines to meet and she should spend less time drinking coffee and more time working, before telling her to go get him coffee. Every day, Amy wanted to walk out and tell Jack where to shove his coffee only to be reminded that she had rent to pay and food to buy. Amy then proceeded to get Jack his coffee and after getting back to her desk, she checked the classifieds to see if there were any jobs out there. Every day she was disappointed and after a moment of drowning in misery, she’d get back to work to ensure her clients stayed happy.

Carren Enterprises was her newest account, while she had gotten a handsome bonus for signing them, and one of the other bookkeepers usually picked up the backups and documentation needed to prepare their financial statements. Those weren’t due for another two weeks, but on Tuesdays she also prepared payroll for them, which they emailed to her by ten in the morning. When Amy still hadn’t received it by eleven, she picked up her phone and dialed the direct line for one of the bookkeepers at Carren Enterprises. Hi, this is Amy. I was just calling to see where payroll was?

Hi Amy. We are having some issues with our computers. Would someone be able to pick it up? I was able to print the spreadsheet but both our email and the fax machine are down.

Sure, I’ll come get it. I think it’s about time I meet you all anyway so I’ll be there in about twenty minutes.

Amy hung up the phone and sighed. While it was true she really should meet the bookkeepers she worked with regularly, she also wished the bookkeeper who worked under her at Glommer and Glommer didn’t have the day off so she could go instead, like she usually did. Amy changed her status on the time entry program to indicate where she was going, switched her phone to out of office and walked out into the sunshine. It was a beautiful day, and Amy wished she could stay outside but instead she walked down the street to Carren Enterprises. It was only four blocks and walking was easier; the fact that it got her out of the office longer was an added bonus.

Hi, I’m here to pick up a spreadsheet from Susanna, Amy told the receptionist as soon as she walked in.

She told me you would be coming. You can go right up to the tenth floor.

Thank you, Amy said with a smile before making her way to the elevators. Carren Enterprises was a large corporation, employing thousands of employees and with revenues at hundreds of millions of dollars. She only did payroll for the management level salaried employees while the hourly payroll was outsourced, and for that she was glad. She looked around in interest and noticed that the walls were granite and the floors a beautiful stone. As soon as she stepped into the elevator, she couldn’t help but admire the beautiful woodwork that adorned the walls. It was clear that whoever had designed the building had not spared any expense and paid great attention to detail.

Hi, I’m here to see Susanna, Amy told the next receptionist up on the tenth floor.

Go right on in, she’s the third office on your left, the girl smiled back at her, pointing at the doors to