7 HIS “PERSONAL” ASSISTANT
1808 Words
(IZARA POV)
Today was a busy day in the company. This is not only because today is the review meeting but also because the chairman has announced his presence at the meeting.
“Izabella! Did you finish the report!” a shout came from behind as I jumped on my seat.
“Ah I am working on it, sir” I replied but the manager was not having it. He slammed his hand on the desk, starting to curse.
The whole of the office became silent as everyone turned their attention to us.
“We have a review meeting due in 4 hours and you are saying you are not yet finished! Is this how to work? No wonder you didnt get the position of the secretary!” he kept on shouting and slamming his hand on my table.
I wanted nothing more than to smash his head on the table. This lowly pig not only dumped his entire 6 months' worth of work on me, but he is trying to humiliate me in front of everyone!
I started to take in deep breath, hoping I wouldn't snap the last thread of patience. I swear, once I regain my position, this man is going to wish for death.
Once he finished his shout he glared at me, his face red and breathing hard.
“I will get this done before the meeting, Mr Hang.” I smiled so wide that he took a step back.
Yeah, that's right. Feel my threatening aura, you waste human.
“G-get it done!”
So that was how things went. I missed my lunch, trying to get things done.
Asshole.
It's time to go” Alice’s voice came from behind.
“Ah…” I looked at the time. 5 more minutes before the meeting starts. “I will catch up. I need to take these”
“That asshole is taking advantage of you” she growled making me chuckle.
“I am fine. You should go. You can't be late. I will be with you soon”
Alice was hesitant to go but I knew I would be late and I couldn't drag her along with me.
10 minutes since the meeting had started and I was still in my cabin, taking care of the final papers. I quickly arranged them, trying to make them look less messier than it was.
5 minutes later, I was running across the hallway, with my laptop, the reports, and paperwork. I thought I was late but luckily the meeting didnt start.
Mr Hang was waiting outside the room, tapping his legs angrily.
“Where the hell were you?” Mr Hang walked to me with a disapproved look.
Taking care of your mess- I wanted to shout back but I bit my tongue.
“I’m sorry. It took some more time”
“Useless” he muttered taking the reports which were in between my laptop and paperwork.
I lost control of the stack in my hand and the whole thing fell down. I was lucky to catch my laptop before it landed hard on the floor.
“What the hell is with this mess? The chairman will be here! Clean it up fast” the manager shouted as I glared at him. The asshole's plain sight ignored everything and walked to the hall.
“f*****g hell”
“Wow you curse”
A sudden scent of cinnamon attacked my nose as someone reached out behind me.
I turned around surprised.
A hand quickly wrapped around my waist, pulling me to his chest.
Out of reflex, I pushed him away….. Maybe a bit stronger than I intend to do.
He fell with a thug.
“Oh my god. A-are you ok?” I quickly went to him as he chuckled.
“I am fine. You really have strong hands”
“I….I was just shocked.”
“Shocked because you got to see me again?”
“Shocked because you grabbed my waist when I wasn't going to fall.” I raised one eyebrow at the smirking man in front of me.
I know my mate will participate in this meeting and yes, I was shocked to bump into the man I was desperately trying to avoid. But that was not the reason I pushed him.
I wasn't going to fall.
That’s right.
I was perfectly fine, and I was sure I wouldn't fall, but he still wrapped his hands around me.
“You seemed like you were about to fall”
“No, I was definitely not going to fall. You just wanted to grab me”
The man in front of me burst into laughter making me blush. Even his laughter was gorgeous.
“What?”
“Nothing” was his only reply as he started to help me pick my papers. A few seconds of silence passed by.
A torturous silence.
I scurried up with the ruined papers while he had his, neatly stacked. “How can you expect yourself to be a proper secretary if you crunch up documents like that?”
“It's because I am in a hurry” I grunted back making him raise one eyebrow.
“Hm,m I see. I will make sure I don't hurry you when you are taking care of important matters” he winked as I looked at him confused.
“What?”
“Nothing. Well then, I will see you in the meeting” he said handing me the papers before walking to the front door entrance.
I quickly put the papers on a table, trying my best to neatly arrange my messed up paper. But after I spent about 2 minutes, I gave up, just randomly arranged them and walked through the back door to the meeting hall.
Mr Hang had already taken the needed documents so I don't have to care about arranging these.
Walking into the conference hall, my eyes fell on Mr Hang who was laughing and talking to a group of people.
Some of the board members including Mr Wilton. Oh and her daughter is right in the middle.
What a sight!
“Kindly take your seats, everyone, the chairman has arrived” an announcement arose. It was Carson.
Everyone rushed to their seat and the door opened as the chairman walked in. Unlike in the photos, he looked a bit too skinny, probably because he was hospitalized.
An introductory speech was given by the Chairman’s manager, Roy about this year’s achievements and moments before the Chairman was introduced to speak.
“I have not much to say as Mr Roy has already given you the reviews. I am really proud of every one of you. Your hard work will never be buried. I know all of you are confused. Review meetings are usually called with the managers yet I called every single one of you. Well, there is a reason.” he said taking a moment, looking around the hall. “You all are aware that my health is not at the best and taking my heath’s best interest I have decided to step down from the CEO position.”
The whole audience burst into discussion as the chairman watched their reaction. Mr Roy stepped into the scene and asked everyone to keep quiet as he had not finished the speech. When everyone was calmed down the chairman smiled at someone in the front seat of the audience.
“Please come to the stage, son,” he said as a man stood up.
Everyone silently watched as Archer walked up to the stage. Just by the way he represented himself, you could see the aura of authority in him.
He hugged his father before standing in the middle of the stage.
“Meet your new CEO and the representative of Allure Industries. He will be the one leading you from now on. My son, Archer has been managing the abroad expansion which has turned out very successful. Now he will take over my position and we will expand our company to new heights. I hope you will welcome him with open hands”
Everyone clapped their hands. They looked excited, especially the woman.
“Gosh, he is so handsome. Just imagine seeing him every day” one of the girls whispered excitedly.
“But Ashley would be the luckiest. I mean she will practically be attached to him hip to hip”
“Lucky”
The new CEO walked to the mike and looked at the employees in front of him.
“Thank you for having me with you. First of all, I want to thank everyone for your support and loyalty to the Allure.” He went on with his plans and tactics giving a full blown presentation.
Now, usually, everyone would be asleep half way but not this crowd. His scheme was perfect. As the princess who has mastered every art of considering the favor of the crowd, I thought this was brilliant. Instead of focusing completely on the company’s revenue, he talked about expenditure and employees. He talked about new policies and benefits that focus on employees.
With this, he was sure to win the hearts of employees thereby making them work in the company without any dreads.
I hummed pleased.
He would make a perfect king.
When the presentation ended he quickly moved to the next agenda.
“For implementing greater values to our establishment, I will have two main members working under me. Mr Carson” he called as Carson walked to the stage. Like a true Valerian gentleman, he bowed his head and looked up. “He is my manager. Any matters regarding administration can be scheduled to be handled by him. You can approach your manager by email making sure you cc Mr Carson. The second member will be my secretary.”
Everyone burst into whispers. Ashley had a huge smile on her face as she prepared to be welcomed.
“Miss Izabella Vastel” he called as the whole crowd turned silent.
It took a moment for me to realize what was happening. Everyone looked at me in shock. Ashley’s face turned red with anger.
“Miss Izabella, please join us”
I blinked a few times trying to knock my sense back. I silently walked to the stage.
Mr Carson extended his hand and I accepted the same. He guided me to his right side.
“Miss Izabella Vastel will be my secretary. Every matter you want to discuss with me, and every schedule you want to establish will be going via her. She will overlook the main works and represent our company”
The crowd clapped their hands. I could see Alice waving her hands and mouthing congratulations.
A smile formed on my face as I bowed my head.
Finally, I reached my first milestone.
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