Chapter 9 After 1 Year

Alejandro Pov...

AFTER A YEAR...

I touch my office table and my swivel chair. Oh! How I missed my office, I was in Manila for a month because of a big project that needed to close. Sadly, the project didn't work well, but I got the biggest project of the year. I still plan to find other business partners for the Cebu project since I only got the Makati project.

"Alejandro, what happened at your meeting in Manila." Dad excitedly asks as he enters the office.

"Yeah! Dad, it's okay, they were happy with the nice presentation so they signed the contract immediately, but the Cebu partnership was rejected." I said lowering my head while flipping the pen in my fingers. I'm a bit ashamed of not getting that project.

"Good! Let's celebrate. Have dinner with us at home. You haven't been to our family dinner in a long time. Your mommy will be happy if you can go home now. About the rejected one we can still find some people who really want business with us, don't lose hope son!" Dad explained assuring me.

"Okay, dad. I'll be there!" I assure him as well.

Daddy just left when the door suddenly opened again. I just want to feel this moment yet I'm always interrupted.

"Sir, the HR wants to talk to you." My secretary said upon entering the office.

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"Send her in Lauren!" I ordered.

"Is there anything else?" I ask because she's still standing near the door.

Reluctantly, she approaches me once reach my table, she gives me a folded paper. "Sir, I will resign because my family and I are leaving here in Cebu temporarily." She said warily.

"What!! Why so quick, you didn't even give me a hint that you're going to quit!" I raised my voice a little showing a bit of disappointment.

"You're in Manila, sir. Actually, before your flight, I put a resignation letter on your table." I stare at her for a while before answering her.

"Okay. I'll accept this when you find an immediate replacement who works as fast as you and most of all quickly pick up what is being said. You know me! I hate to repeat myself. I need an efficient and reliable secretary!" I reminded her while picking up her resignation letter and putting it in my drawer.

"Copy sir Alejandro." She said before leaving my office.

It's been a week since Lauren informed me about her resignation. I am worried she wouldn't find a reliable person in just a month. I need a reliable secretary since I have a lot to take care of now when I leave the country. I need a trustworthy secretary for my company! I'm maybe a badass guy outside my office, but my company is the most important. This is the source of some people's livelihood and most of my family's heart. I just remembered the story of how this Vida Hotel and Resort started.

It started in a small eatery until a helpless beautiful woman stumbled here to hide. She lives here by washing the dishes and sleeps at night in the kitchen area. That's when they decided to open up a small den until they make it more significant from the money they earned.

This Vida Hotel and Resort I'm staying at was the small pub before that was renovated into INN and renovated again into a HOTEL. Grandpa married her after opening the INN and they were happily married for 10 years. No one knows she's a billionaire loss heiress. One day people came and took her away from grandpa. That's the day grandpa decided to bring the INN into a hotel in memory of Grandma Vida until now we don't know what happen to her and where to find her. We are just hoping one day we will meet her or before Grandpa will leave this life.

When I grew up and finished my business management I decided to expand this hotel into a resort since I love traveling and swimming. Grandpa didn't object at all. That's how the legend of Vida Hotel and Resorts started. The family's fortune is beyond what everyone imagines lies with it.

Now, I need to see Lauren what happened to the new secretary. I need to check on her before she'll start. I want to make sure she is a reliable person like hers. Who knows she might be trying to be closer to me. Those bitches still think they stand a chance but that would never happen! I hate commitment!

"Alejandro!" Rex boomed interrupting my reverie. Just in time when I need a break for a moment.

"Rex! What's the matter?" I ask.

"Nothing! Just checking on you. Why are you so bothered that you can't even hear me calling you?" He muttered looking at me suspiciously.

"Lauren is quitting and I haven't heard anything from her since she tells me." I sighed. That bothers me. Without a reliable secretary, my office is limp.

"What? But why suddenly? You will never find someone like her. Lauren is irreplaceable Alejandro." He asked confused as well and enunciated his last phrase. I know that!

"I know that Rex! Lauren is one of a kind not to miss. Anyway, It's about her husband getting promoted outside the country. She said it was just temporary and I don't know how long that temporary she said." I explained.

"Then trust her. She might find an efficient secretary for you. If it is temporary then she knows what is she doing! It might not be just like her but at least someone you can rely upon." Rex justified. I trust her, I'm just worried the time is not enough for her to find her replacement. It is not easy to find for just two weeks left and she needs to train her.

"I trust her buddy!" I beamed.

We eat lunch at the canteen before we separate our ways as I needed to see my parents tonight. I don't want my mom to reckon how many times I missed our family dinner. Sometimes I am thinking of my sister as well if she is doing fine right now. When is she coming back to visit us? That brat!