Chapter 2: Goodluck with your boind date!

After her mom’s constant nagging, Alisha Meyer finally raised the white flag and surrendered. Lying on her bed, she thought of how she was going to ask for a time off this weekend.

As Kristoff’s left-hand person, she was also working overtime during weekends and barely had rest days even in Sundays. Ugh. That's her life. And also one of the reasons why she always wanted to murder Kristoff. The guy is a total perfectionist and he always wanted the best result. But by doing that their working hours always suffer.

 

Sigh.

“Let’s worry about it tomorrow.” Alisha finally said to herself after a few minutes of silently mulling things over her head. She stood from the sofa then went to do her night routine before sleeping. Setting her alarm, she fell asleep instantly when her head hit the pillow.

 

She went to work early the next day. Since it was still an hour before the normal working hours, only the security and a handful of employees are within the building. Alisha exchanged pleasantries with some of the people she passed as she walked to the elevator exclusive for the president and his secretaries.

 

After placing down her things in her cubicle, she went straight to the pantry to prepare the hot water and snacks. She also placed an order for breakfast just in case her boss needed it and if not, she could just place it inside the refrigerator and have it heated for her own consumption. CEO Montenegro hated wasting food thus, he wasn’t very selfish in sharing his own food to Lucas and her.

 

After finalizing her daily morning routine she finally buried herself to her own paper works for the next few hours while faintly greeting the  CEO and Lucad who just arrived at work.

 

“What’s the status about the acquisition for the power plants?” Kristoff Montenegro asked with an indifferent tone as he watched his two secretaries sitting opposite him presenting their daily status reports.

 

“These are the papers delivered by the Accounting Department.” Alisha said while she handed a red folder to him. “The owners have signed the papers for the acquisition so the legal department have started the processing for change of ownership. I will also visit the site with the technology team for further inspection.”

 

“After the final inspection, arrange the team heads for a meeting tomorrow.” Kristoff simply skimmed through the report before putting it down.

 

Alisha nodded and noted it down on her phone. Lucas’ report went after hers and she waited till he left the room before asking about her personal matters.

 

“Mr. President, I would like to request for half-day off on Saturday.” Alisha resolutely said to Kristoff. He was looking down on the reports when he heard her. Startled, Kristoff slightly raised his head and stared at her for whole two seconds before giving a reply.

 

“And what's your reason?” Kristoff thought that the work would become a bit slower if Lucas or Alisha would miss work that's why, he rarely gave them long vacations. And luckily for him, his two subordinates are more career-focused than other people and almost never requested for day offs either.

 

Alisha hesitated for a second if she should be honest about the reason for her absence or not. But in the end, she still declared the real reason and silently apologized for her mother for taking the blame. Since she was the one who really wanted me to attend this blind date, let all the responsibility be hers.

 

“Blind date? How old are you again this year?” Alisha’s right eye almost twitched from annoyance. She almost grabbed him by his tie. Alisha wanted to shake the bastard. God, what's wrong with him. She’s been working for him for at least three years and the least he could do was remember his subordinate’s ages.

 

“I'm 25 years old, Mr. Montenegro.”

Kristoff leaned back to his seat and stared at Alisha. His thoughts were focused on the person in front of him. He thought back on how he personally picked Alisha Meyer out of all the applicants for the internship program in their company.

 

He had Lucas do a background check on Alisha before he decided on training her to become his secretary. So Kristoff knew that this girl in front of him came from a prestigious background that were better than his. Well in terms of human society. But he was not human.

 

At the beginning, Kristoff always wondered why this supposed-to-be privileged lady since birth is applying for in his company rather than going to her family’s. Were their family trying to spy on his company and try crushing them on the inside?

 

Kristoff had great doubts about Alisha Meyer's intention at first that’s why he ordered his subordinates to dig deeper into her past. Realizing the truth about her actions, he admired her resolve for not depending on her family and standing by her own feet.

 

Kristoff still had some little doubts but those were slowly erased when Alisha officially entered the company and knew how competent and loyal the girl was. He appreciated this kind of people the most and willingly trusted this girl to become his secretary right after she graduated.

 

He just realized it right now that it’s been quite a while ever since she entered his company. Three years… it’s already considered long enough if he compare it to the other incompetent employees that he has.

 

Kristoff may be aloof and blatantly harsh towards other people but he deeply cares about his employees. In return for their loyalty, he treats them very well than how the other CEOs’ of other companies treat theirs.

 

He grew up in a difficult environment that's why he became a miser so he rarely gave bonuses to his own two secretaries aside during holidays. So the only he could do was treat them with respect and appreciate their competence and loyalty for him. For their requests, he would always hear them out and if it was within reason, he would not hesitate to help them out.

 

“Okay. Goodluck with your date then.” Kristoff smiled lightly at her before resuming his work.

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