Good morning, he replied as he took his seat, and then raised his gaze at Helen With his finger pointing at Lauren; "This is uh..." he turned to her, "What is your name again? He said nonchalantly.
Lauren Ikojic, sir." She replied.
"This is Lauren and she is going to serve as my personal assIstant for three months Helen stared at him wondering what he meant.
As if reading her thought, with a straight face, he Continued in a flat tone. "Don't worry, I'm not relieving you of your position." Helen, felt relieved to hear that and heaved a quiet sigh.
"Show her how things work around here and let her handle my schedule, understood?
Yes sir She turned to Lauren and said, Let's go.
Okay."
They both walked out of the CEO'S office.
"This is your table."
When they enter the secretary's office, Helen spoke as she strode to the other end of the office tapping on the table beside her. "And this;" she walked back to her desk puling out a diary from the drawer placing it on her table and continued, "Is the CEO's, schedule"
CEO..P" She sounded a bit confused.
"Yes, Mr. Damien Coket is the boss around here. He owns this company" Helen stated leaving Lauren astonished at Helen's words.
"Are you serious? A man like him is the boss around here?"
"Shhh!!!""
Lauren did exactly what Helen did that is,put a finger before her lips as Helen whispered to her in a threatening tone.
"You are not allowed to talk about him, understood? Just do as you're told."
"Okay:" Lauren replied softly, and then stood up going towards Helen's desk, to pick up the diary, before returning to her seat.
"Is there anything else I need to know about him?"
The boss likes his coffee black, no milk. He likes punctuality at work, honesty and dedication. Lastly, he is a Sucker for neatness."
Such over caring personality! She mumbled. "Okay. Thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind."
Helen got out of her seat, slowly approaching Lauren, her eyes staring at her with wonder.
"So, you're here for three months only?"
"Yeah."
Helen gave her a look that read, "What did you do? before finally asking the question, "What did you do?"
"I had a slight accident with him"
Helen cocked her head slightly giving her a suspicious look and as if reading her, thoughts; Lauren answered waving her, hands at her dismissively.
Oh no! Please don't misunderstand. It's not what you think."
Helen sighed, ""You poor things when around him, you need to be extra careful. She advised.
Is his temper that bad?" Lauren inquired looking up to Helen with curious eyes.
Helen on the other hand, started with a hmm... before continuing with "More than you can imagine... Want to know what people nick named him?
"What is it?"
He's known within the company as the hawk." Like anyone who has literally crossed paths with him is ruled out.
Out...? What do you mean out?"
"Out like fired without consideration"
"Oh! I see?"
And a word of advice; now that you'reChere, you need to be careful so you don't get in trouble with him."
It's too late already. The reason why I'm here is because I've already gotten into trouble with him. She thought.
"Good luck though. You'll need it" Helen said and she turned striding towards her seat.
Thank you so much." Lauren said quietly as the phone on her desk rang.
She picked up the receiver, "H-hello, secretary's office..."
Get in here now! Damien's words cut her off and then the line went dead before she could answer him.
He hung up on her again. Her chest tightened at the thought of how he's been treating her since dawns first light up to this moment. She dropped the phone and stood up heading to the CEO's office.
A soft knock resonated on the door.
"Come in." He barked in response.
The door to his office opened slightly, with Lauren peering into the room through the tiny gap before swinging the door open and entered. Damien's assistant was still in the room with him. With three strides, she came to stand in front ot him.
Yes sir."
Take these folders and follow me." He said showing her the folders on the left side of the desk.
Lauren turned towards the direction he showed her, and her eyes Widened seeing
the large pile of folders lying on the desk.
"All of them!?"
To be continued.
