The sound of the alarm clock woke up Abby.She rubbed her eyes and lazily got up the bed.Abby suddenly woke up herself as she realized that it was the day that she feared. She never thought that she would be working directly for the CEO after she got hired.Due to her education, they said that she couldn’t get a position inside the office. One should have a master’s degree to be an office staff and she accepted that already.But today was a different day for her. She didn’t know what exactly she did for her to finally get the job she wanted ever since she graduated.Though inside her heart, she didn’t know if she should feel excited or nervous.Abby had no idea why of all people she was chosen to be the acting CEO’s secretary.Her heart started to pound again as she remembered that she would no longer be at the reception.“Abby?” Her mother’s voice made her get up quickly from the bed. There were knocks after that.“Abby? Aren’t you coming to work?” She continued to ask.“I am going
“Good morning,” Eduard said in a formal tone.“Good morning, sir,” Abby and Ryan said at the same time.Abby couldn’t help but feel nervous as she faced Eduard. She bowed her head. She couldn’t look him in the eyes.“Hi, Abby. How are you?”Abby quickly raised her head.“Hi, S— sir,” she mumbled. Her voice almost couldn’t be heard.“Ryan, please do the orientation to Abby,” he said and then he went into his office without giving her another look.“Abby, are you okay?” Ryan asked as soon as Eduard was gone.“Y— yes,” she said as she nodded her head.“Are you sure? You look like you are not. You are so pale,” he said.“I am so sorry, Ryan. I am just really afraid. Do you know why I am the one who has been chosen?”“Well, I think the CEO just likes to work with you, why?”“I am afraid that he might make things hard for me because of our previous encounter.”“Jeez! Forget about that. Eduard is kind. He may look so cold but he is a kind-hearted man,” he said. “There is nothing to be afraid
“Ryan, are you there?”Ryan cleared his throat before he answered. “Yes, sir. I am here.”“Okay, can you come in with the new secretary? I want you to run over to me what are the things that I need to do for today,” he said.“Alright, sir. We will be there shortly,” Ryan said and then he looked at Abby. “You are going to be fine.”Abby smiled.“Come on, let’s go. Let us not make him wait.”Abby stood up and then she followed Ryan as he knocked and opened the door in Eduard’s room.She could feel her heart beating so fast. That was the moment that she had been fearing since last night.Abby took a deep breath before she entered Eduard’s office.She and Ryan were standing in front of his executive desk. He was looking through the documents on top of his table.It was just that time that she noticed how good looking their acting CEO was. He had a high nose which looked like it was perfectly drawn. His eyes were brown with thick eyelashes and eyebrows.His lips were red like those lips of
“Is this the woman that he hired as his secretary?” Auntie Ana asked while one of her eyebrows raised.She looked at Abby from top to bottom. Obviously, she was looking down at her.“How can she be qualified? I heard that this woman didn’t have any degree. Ryan, what exactly is your boss planning?”Ryan was just quiet. He didn’t want to get involved with the family feud.“Tell me, is he trying to degrade the quality of the staff that we are hiring in the company? I came here and recommended to him someone who graduated from a very prestigious university but he declined it. How could this woman who didn’t even graduate college got the position? What kind of game is he trying to play?” Auntie Ana continued in a firm tone.Abby was just silent. She was looking down at the floor because she didn’t know what to say. She was right. She was not deserving of the position but what could she do? Eduard ordered her to report to him directly.“Look! Look at her, Ryan. She couldn’t even carry hers
Edward was going around the crowded hall with a tray in his hand that was filled with drinks. It was just another busy night for a waiter like him. He tried to stay focused on what he was doing as he just lost his job and he couldn’t afford to lose that either. “What the f*ck!” One of the well-dressed guests screamed as she angrily looked at Edward. Unfortunately, he accidentally tripped over a chair and spilled a glass of red wine onto the dress of the guest. “I am so—” But before he could finish apologizing, a sound of a slap resounded in his ears. “Stupid!” The woman said her eyes squinted. “Do you know how much this dress cost? Even if you work all your life you cannot afford to pay this!” The woman’s hand landed in his other cheek again. Edward felt his both cheeks were burning. He was so shocked that he couldn’t move from where he was standing. “Why are they hiring such incapable employees like you? Where is your supervisor?” The woman ignored his apologies. It was as if
“Again!” Edward’s supervisor rushed to him as soon as he heard the shattering sound of the wine glasses that fell from his tray. “What are you trying to do? How can you be so careless?” “I am so sorry,” his supervisor apologized to the guests. Everyone was looking at him while his supervisor continued to curse at him. “How could you do this to me? How could you betray me, Isabella after all the things that I have done for you?” Edward thought to himself. He wanted to speak but he didn’t find the strength. “Don’t let it happen again,” Donovan said coldly as he looked at them. “Tha—” “Enough, Edward. You are fired! Get out of my sight,” his supervisor said in anger. “I can’t believe you have ruined our event twice in a row!” But Edward didn’t move from where he was. “That woman!” He shouted but before he could even finish his words the guards came in. “That’s enough! Get out that man here!” “Hey! Stop making a scene!” “Let me go!” Edward mumbled behind the hand that was cover
Eduard couldn’t stand up straight after the kick and punches that he received.Was that how a poor man like him would need to endure in life? He never stepped on anyone for him to suffer like that.Eduard was walking on the street without knowing where to go. He felt he lost his purpose in life after he saw his wife with someone else.He was about to cross the street when all of a sudden, a white car stopped in front of him.“Eduard,” a man went out of the car and called his name.His eyebrows furrowed as he looked at him.“Butler Nathan!” He shouted. “What are you doing here?”“What happened to you?” The butler asked as he looked at him with scratch and wound all over his face.He shook his head and forced a smile.“It’s just a misunderstanding,” he simply said. “Where are you heading?”“I am really looking for you, Eduard. Get inside the car,” the butler ordered.Even if he was hesitating, Eduard got inside the car.“What do you want?”“I know that it has been years since the last t
Eduard was standing in the middle of the office of the CEO. In the middle of the room were framed achievements of Edgar George.He never thought that that day would come that he would enter that place.The middle-aged man with a stern expression was looking at him while he was sitting at the executive desk. He aged for the years that he hadn’t seen him. He looked slightly thin. He looked pale and probably because of the sickness that the butler mentioned.“How have you been?” Edgar asked.Eduard looked at the man in front of him. His heart was racing so fast. “D— Dad,” Eduard called his father’s name with longing and concern. “How are you?”Eduard was nervous. He wanted to come near him and hug him but he held himself.“What happened?”“I do not want to go over the details anymore, Eduard but just like what Butler Nathan said, you can come back,” he said. “Just let me know if you’d like to or not so I know what I should be doing.”“What are you doing here?” A woman’s voice was heard