CHAPTER FOUR

I walked to my desk slowly and sat. He was on his computer so I went to G****e and searched.

  ��� How to be a perfect secretary to a problematic boss.

Lots of tips were shown and I saved it. I took my phone and put password in all my apps, my messages, contacts, g***l app, w******p and even video player. Then I changed my screen lock password. I did justice to my computer too, and made sure to secure everything with two different passwords.

   I stood up and went to the door, pushed in some buttons and discovered I could change it with my company ID and current password. I went back to boss desk.

   "Umm..."

   He looked at me

   "...I don't have a company ID yet and I also don't know the previous password so I can't change the door password"

   "Someone is coming with your ID in about an hour. The previous password is the default password, 0000"

   "Oh, the previous secretary must have changed it to default after she left"

   "Yes"

   Do I ask him what happened to his previous secretaries or I should mind my business?.

    "Is there anything I can help you with for now?"

   "Not really, I'm almost done. After you've changed the password, we can go out for lunch"

   I smiled at the thought of expensive food "There's no problem with that"

   He was staring at me then he withdrew his gaze immediately. I went back to my desk and waited for my ID. I felt hungry as I didn't have breakfast. A man knocked at the door and I went to open it, he gave me a box and left immediately. I went to my desk, and opened it. It was my ID.

   Finally, I'm working now. I'm no longer jobless and I won't depend on my parents and Rita. The apartment we lived in, Rita's Dad bought it for her. She only took me in because I was ashamed to be so jobless and still eating from my parents.

   I owed Rita #16,000 and I was finally going to pay her back whenever I get my salary. I wore my ID card and went to the door to reset the password, I decided to use 20001211, that was my younger sister date of birth. I walked to my boss desk.

   "I already changed it, I used 20001211, I hope it's strong enough"

   "Is that your date of birth?"

   "No"

   "Good then"

   The day went well and at 6pm I cleared my desk and turned off my system. My boss was on his phone, I walked up to him and told him I was leaving but he only waved at me. I went and carried my bag then I left his office. I walked down the hall, heading for the elevator but someone called me.

   "Hannah!"

   I turned and saw Eunice running towards me. I stopped and waited for her, she finally got to where I was.

   "I thought you'd wait for me so we can go home together" She said, breathing heavily.

   "I forgot" We started walking towards the elevator.

   "I guess your boss was rude to you all day"

   I looked at her and she was smiling at me "Um, I can't say he was rude, he seemed nice"

   "That's how it will be on the first day, after few days you will see his real color. Everyone knows him in this company, he's so rude and doesn't respect women"

   I remembered the incident I saw this morning, Eunice could be right but Eric seemed cool when I told him the truth.

   "Do you know what happened to his other secretaries?"

   "Ah..." She sighed loudly "...let me just tell you the truth. He frustrated them till they left. He also insults them and curse at them"

   I may not be great at judging a character, but Eric seemed like a good person. Eunice was probably over exaggerating.

   "Wow, I never knew he was so bad to that extent"

   "He's worst, I heard he takes his secretary to his house...."

   I widened my eyes

   "...and he forces them to do stuff that they don't seem comfortable with"

   Was this rumors?.

   "Eunice, how do you know all these?"

   "Hmm, there's no way a person can do evil and it will stay hidden forever. It will surely surface one day. The first secretary he had this year, told me she almost got raped by that devil"

   I shook my head and acted like I believed her. Back in secondary school, I heard lots of rumors about certain people and at the end of the day, it wasn't true.

   Eric is quite rude but which CEO is not rude in Nigeria?.

   "I will be careful" I told her as we entered the elevator.

   "If you need help, come to me. I'm sure you may think all these I'm telling you are somehow not true but I'm a lady like you....that's why I'm saying all these to you. You may not believe me but just be careful"

   I smiled at her "Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help"

   Right now, I wanted to know who Eric Benjamin really is. Everyone at the company seems to be scared of him and he also does not trust anyone either.

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To be continued....