"Alright. Are you getting off work now?" Melvin checked the time and asked.Avery hummed in response.Elliot had just texted her, reminding her to go home."Is there anything else you wish to discuss?" She asked."Nothing much. Maybe just a chat... If you are in a hurry, you should go! It's not important..." Melvin smiled.Curious, she asked, "what is it? Go ahead! Elliot's isn't coming to pick me up today so I'm in no hurry!""Oh. Why isn't he coming? Busy?""I told him not to." She studied Melvin's face and guessed, "is that something you want from me? Money, or something else...""Pfftt!" He let a laugh escape. "It's really nothing important... I'm just curious as to why you chose Juliet Sutton to be your assistant. I've seen her resume and there isn't anything special about her. I met her in person this morning as well and she seemed pretty shy. Can someone like that handle the job?"Relieved, Avery said, "so that's what this is all about! SHe's not as shy as you think. Af
"I'll see what she can do first. As long as she has the right mindset, she should be able to get used to the job soon. Everyone was fresh and green when they first graduated." Avery came to a decision. "Let's eat!""I'm already done." He set his spoon down and glanced at her plate. "You were chewing on a bite of pasta for over a few minutes.""That bad?" She blushed and changed the subject. "What about your assistant? I suppose a lot of people have submitted their resume to your end, right? Should be easy enough to hire one.""Human resources has started interviewing them," he said. "Once they are done with filtering the candidate, I'll interview them myself.""You really don't care, huh? How could you not when they are hiring your assistant?""It's just an assistant. Anyone who fulfills all my requirements couldn't be too bad," he said calmly."Talent is one thing, but isn't it important to know if they are a good match to your personality as well? Just look at you and Chad!" Av
"Leave me alone! I haven't finished my homework!"Robert stood pathetically next to her, not daring to move or speak.Seeing how upset he seemed, she patted his head like she was petting a puppy. "I haven't finished my homework! Go find Mom and Dad!""They went into their room to talk. I don't know what they are talking about, but they closed the door." Robert pouted. "No one wants to play with me.""What about Mrs. Cooper?""I don't want to play with Mrs. Cooper. I want to play with you, with Mom and Dad," he demanded."I already told you that I'm not done with my homework. If I play with you, I will fail my exam and I won't be able to go outside to play," she said impatiently.Robert couldn't possibly understand why his sister was anxious. "You can stay home and play with me if you can't go outside! I love playing with you, Layla!" He took her hand and begged.All patience Layla had for her little brother was drained from her at that moment, replaced by anger. "Go away! If I
A few minutes later, Avery's face was filled with disbelief and shock. She immediately found Melvin's number and made a call to him."Is there something you need, President Tate?" Melvin was slightly surprised to receive a call from her. "Have you eaten?""Melvin, I just saw your proposal and saw that you want to hire a spokesperson, which is fine by me, but why do you have to choose Eric out of all people? Don't you know he's my friend? If we reach out to him, he's definitely not going to take any money from us."A few years ago, there had been a crisis in the Tate Industries and Eric had chosen to resume his job as an idol to support Tate Industries; not only did he write a song over the Tate Industries' drones, he even reviewed the drones on a video he posted on social media.After that, Tate Industries had collaborated with Eric and Eric refused to accept any payment.Avery knew how much Eric's effort was worth, and she refused to take advantage of him."President Tate, I kno
"Sure." Avery hung up and felt extremely energetic.There was only twenty percent of battery left for her phone, so she got out of bed to search for the charging cable. Once she charged her phone, she stepped out of her room.It was quiet in the mansion and when she walked past Layla's room, she took a glance inside.Layla heard footsteps and turned around immediately. When she saw that it was Avery, she immediately explained what happened earlier, "Mom, I made Robert cry because he keeps badgering me to play with him."Avery walked into the room with a smile. "I know. I don't blame you for it.""I know you won't," Layla said smugly. "Robert said that you and Dad were talking inside the room. What were you talking about?"Avery pursed her lips in embarrassment for a few moments, before clearing her throat. "It's New Year's soon, so we were debating if we should all go to Bridgedale to see Hayden, or should we ask Hayden to come home. After all, Hayden doesn't have any holidays fo
"What is it?" Elliot asked while removing his clothes."Melvin wants to hire Eric as our spokesperson because he thinks that Eric is popular and that this will increase our sales," Avery said."And what do you think?""What do I think? Don't you know me?" She sighed. "If I go to Eric, he won't turn me down. I just feel awkward because Eric would never accept payment, at least not in accordance with his normal rates... That's just as bad as asking him to do it for free.""If this troubles you that much, just reject your vice president's proposal." Elliot was supportive. "There are plenty of popular idols that you can choose from.""But Melvin is dead set on Eric because Eric is more popular than most.""That's just what you think. You might think that he's the most popular guy in the whole universe, but are you sure that's what everyone else thinks?" He retorted. "There are countless idols out there and all their fans all think that their idols are the most popular.""That makes
The next morning, Juliet arrived at the office just in time to find Avery talking to Melvin about hiring a spokesperson."Let me ask him when he will be free! I'll ask him out and talk to him in person," Avery said to Melvin. "There's no hurry. It's going to be New Year's soon so we can wait until next year.""President Tate, the end of a year is the best opportunity to up-sales! Other firms are working hard toward it so we can't fall behind!" Melvin was focused on their sales. "Why don't you give me his contact number and I'll reach out to him. I promise not to disturb him while he's working.""Let me think about it! You should get back to work for now! I need to talk to Juliet."Melvin glanced at Juliet, before walking out.Juliet closed the door behind him and walked toward Avery, before asking respectfully, "President Tate, what do you need to speak to me about?""Um... Nothing much, actually. I just made up an excuse to send him away." Avery took her thermal flask out from h
She raised her arm and said, "yeah! I was injured on my wrist before, so the doctor asks me to wear this at all times.""Oh! So that means you can't do any heavy-lifting as well, right?"Juliet smiled and was about to answer, when another secretary interrupted her. "Juliet doesn't need to do any heavy-lifting at her position! If you really need to, just ask us for help, Juliet!"Juliet had not expected for her colleagues to be so friendly and did not quite know how to respond. "President Tate has asked me to work with the admin department on matters regarding the annual dinner for now, so I don't think there's any heavy-lifting involved. Thank you, everyone. You are all so nice. When I get my salary, I will buy coffee for everyone.""Sure! I'm on a diet, but I will take whatever you buy!""You are so pretty, Juliet. Do you have a boyfriend? I heard that you are from Ylore. Are you planning to stay here or will you go home after working here for a while?"Juliet went to sit down a