Chapter Five

The name of the lady he was getting married to didn’t look familiar, a smirk appeared at corner of her mouth as she muttered.

“so I was right, even Shirley was jilted, huh”

she sighed and tossed her phone aside tired of seeing anything related to Ethan. she went into her sitting room where she switched on the Televison and watched a romcom movie till she fell asleep.

The next day, Elena got up early to took her bath, after which she packed her hair into a bun, wore her clothes and dabbed a little powder on her face, her freckles a little visible as she didn’t use a concealer, looking at the final product of her work in the mirror she nodded and said to herself.

“this is your chance to prove yourself at work and don’t forget, you have to find the people behind your father’s death, so the better you get the better your chances” she bend her head to one side making a funny face in the mirror then taking a deep breath she wore a determined expression, making up her mind to ignore romance, she decided this would be her new mantra, getting better to find out what actually happened to her dad and becoming a high grade spy.

When she arrived at Giant’s Limited she was shocked at the building in front of her, the building is a giant indeed, the exterior was mostly glazed, the glass shone brightly reflecting the morning sun, you could see your image clearly on the glasses and the building was so tall you’ve to turn your neck upward completely to see the last floor, taking a deep breath Elena walked through the door and straight to the general receptionist table, a blonde with a bright smile look up and her and asked

“How may I help you"

Although Elena could see through her smile and knew it wasn’t genuine, she ignored her and focused on her business.

“am here for a job interview"

The Blonde lady looked at her from head to toe, her smile falter but she tried really hard to maintain it as she said

“the Human Resource department is” the blonde paused looking at the entrance she said.

“morning President"

her mouth opened slight as she drool over the president she was greeting, playing with the tip of her blonde hair, the receptionist bite her lowest lip, she had a dreamy look in her eyes and completely ignored Elena, Elena turned back out of curiosity but her eyes landed on a pair of sharp grey eyes and she couldn't tore her gaze away to look at the president the blonde was obviously drooling over, shocked she opened her mouth and tried dodging him but it was too late, he had seen her and was walking over to her or so she thought.

Fred walked over to the receptionist table and said to the blonde lady.

“Natalie, Clarissa will be coming over today, once she gets here let me know immediately”

He said

Natalie seemed a bit confused but Elena didn’t know why since she didn't know the man standing before her, who she kissed at the bar was the president, but Natalie knew this and she also knows it was unusual for the president to talk with the receptionist, she had only always drool over him from afar but was shocked to see him standing right in front of her today, what shocked her the most was the fact that he was talking to the red hair in front of her.

“Excuse me"

Fred said but Elena didn’t look up, she hung her head lower than it was already, when she thought he had gone she peeped up only to meet his grey eyes once again

“Yes, finally you looked up, I figured it was you when I saw you from across the hall, nice to meet you again erm"

“Elena"

She said solemnly smiling weirdly.

“my name is Elena"

she said and turned back to the blonde lady called Natalie ignoring the man before her.

“where is the human resource department please"

Elena asked in a somewhat shaky voice.

“hm, the fifth floor"

Natalie said looking flustered.

Fred smiled and turned away, he could tell she doesn’t want to engage in any conversation.

After getting the direction she needed she turned and walked towards the elevator, Fred helped her to stop the door from closing and she walked in, the elevator ride was tense, as they got to the fifth floor Elena jumped out of the elevator like there was scorching fire in there. Fred smile and shook his head.

Elena got to the human resource department and was welcomed by Mr Pat who told her to seat, just as the interview was about to start, the land line on the desk in front of Mr Pat rang and he picked up immediately after checking the number calling.

“Yes sir"

he said into the phone and listened for a while before nodding and saying

“Okay sir"

then he dropped the call and looked at Elena

“Well Miss Morris it seems you’ll have to complete your interview on the 15th floor"

He said looking extremely serious with his big glasses perched on the bridge of his nose

“15th floor Elena echoed with shock”

“Yes"

he said nodding

“you’re applying for the position of an assistant and the person you’ll be assisting wants to conduct the interview by himself"

“oh"

was all Elena could say her mouth forming the oh shape. She got up and made her way to the 15th floor, people walking by in there different attires, there were ladies dressed in smart suit and trousers, skirts and blouse, gowns and even casual wears, walking towards the elevator again, Elena stopped to look at the various floors and their functions, her mouth opened widely at what she read, there are different departments in the building, there was the banking department where loans are issued out, building department those responsible for constructions, there was the marketing department, the Human Resource and lots more but the 15th floor seems to belong to the executives.

“Well, it will make my work easier to be close to the executives”

she said out loud and shrug her shoulder as she got into the elevator, when she got off she saw another receptionist stand and made her way there.

“hi, am Elena Morris and am told I have an interview here"

She said pursing her lip.

The receptionist is a black America in her mid thirties, she smiled as she said

“This way please, Mr Fred has been expecting you"

Elena noticed her smile was genuine and she was pleased to see a friendly face but she still hasn’t met Mr Jem’s contact yet, she knocked on a door where the word President was written on the door and heard a voice said

“come in"

the voice sounded faintly familiar and she hoped it wasn’t who she was thinking, when she saw the man from the bar earlier she had hoped it was a coincidence and he wasn’t the President that the blonde receptionist was drooling over but when she opened the door and walked in her jaw opened as she stared in shock.