After lunch, Ryuu went to his desk to finish writing up a proposal for a new flagship phone for ELZ new and upcoming phone that will be released by the third quarter of the year.
A female employee went up to him with a cup of coffee, "Are you free after work? The team is thinking of having a welcome party for you."
Ryuu's team area looked at him, anticipating that he accepts the invitation so that they can satisfy their curiosity. Employees don't bring their children to work, exception of this morning when Ryuu entered the company with the Vice President along with 2 kids and a random guy. "Sorry, I don't think I can make it today. It's my first day at work, I don't want to come to work tomorrow with a hangover, plus I have a child to take care of." Said Ryuu.
A male employee who was sitting beside him blocked by a partition asked "Then are you close to the Ice Lady? Entering the company with her is something not everyone would do. The Ice Lady's eyes always have a look that says stay 5 meters away from me."
Xyleria does have a look of coldness after getting out of the car. Perhaps it's to set some authority. Her usual look when at home is more of a straight face with lots of emotions jumping about in her head. "I did not know she had a nickname in the company. Do you guys call her that? But why Ice Lady, not queen?" said Ryuu, thinking that a queen would be the usual title.
The team leader of the area heard their discussion said "As elegant she may be, the temperature falls around her, ice-cold she may be, just don't get frostbite. We don't refer to her as queen because the person who holds the most power in this empire is not her."
An intern who was listening in asked "Frostbite?". The male employee explained "it means don't face her wrath else it spells doom. Our CEO is not that bad as her, just try not to waste her time. She is known as the smiling devil. If you see her, ignore it and continue with life else you never know what she can use against you to entertain her boredom."
The team leader also added, "As adorable one may look just like an angel, it could be disguised to hide a devil just like a wolf in sheepskin." After saying this sentence, the team leader disperses everyone. The evaluation is coming soon, engaging in personal talks during work time is not acceptable.
Ryuu went back to finish his proposal and submitted it to the team leader before heading to the break room for a cup of hot coffee.
Xyleria and Miss CEO have quite the reputation among the workers. Totally different from how I see it. Miss CEO seems like a carefree person, while Xyleria has many things on her mind. Come to think of it, what is the name of Miss CEO?. Thought Ryuu as he went back to his seat.
"Excuse me, do you happened to know the name of our CEO?" asked Ryuu. His fellow teammates looked at him and the male employee beside him said " Nobody knows. It's a forbidden topic to talk about. Why else we refer her as CEO. It is indeed unusual but nobody cared, we all took it as a test as most of us don't know how the CEO looked like. We never know if we are favoured upon and gain a promotion, so we are expected to expect the unexpected. So, we always keep a lookout for a smiling lady with the CEO's assistant."
One of the female employees also spoke up "Why else we are known for being the nicest employees along with an excellence award for consecutive years. The CEO could just be disguised as a janitor or something."
Another male employee also added "It began when there was a rumour that one of the department's head was fired for being rude and overboard towards an intern. During a meeting, the CEO walked in and joined to listen to ideas regarding a package design for their makeup brand as the previous ideas were not to her liking.
The intern's idea was used instead of the department's head so there were some grudging moments. But there were also rumours that the department head was fired due to selling insider information to rival companies. No one knows which is the truth."
Ryuu then asked, "Why does no one know the CEO's face?". A female employee said "Our CEO doesn't enter from the front entrance, even if she does, she wears a mask along with a black cap according to the receptionist.
If someone can enter through the gateway, they are not supposed to question them. The CEO once said on the company's forum that it was for the fun of it. It never posed a danger to us the employees as it is hard to replicate the access card. It usually takes a while to make a card, cause the CEO likes complicated encryption.
Everyone card has a different set of encryptions, so the rumour about the department head stealing information might be true."
The male employee beside him said "You were told how to use the access card by the HR right? You are to put your thumb on the logo of the company else the card would not activate. If you ever hold someone else's card to gain access somewhere, what will be recorded is not the holder but the user's identity and the door will not be opened.
The team leader knocked on his desk, grabbing everyone's attention. "Prepare for the meeting, if you got time to gossip, you guys better pray there is no extra load." Everyone noticed that the team leader gaze wasn't on them but behind them. They quickly disperse and walked to the meeting room with their laptops. Ryuu on the other hand look behind him and saw Xyleria at the door looking in his direction, and left.
After the meeting ended, it was almost time to go home. Ryuu received a text message from Xyleria
'54th floor'
'Noted.'
Ryuu packed his stuff and said his farewell to his teammates. And went up to the 54th floor.
Upon arriving, Xyleria's secretary informs her through the intercom. And allowed Ryuu to enter. Ryuu looked around Xyleria's office and realise that her office also in monochrome theme except for the two brightly coloured desk beside her. But the kids are not here. He looked at Xyleria who is busy clearing her work and asked, "Do you need help?".
Xyleria looked up upon hearing him speak and replied, "No. I am almost done, also the kids are with the CEO." Ryuu went to take a seat down on the lounge sofa waiting.
"Can I ask some question?" asked Ryuu. Xyleria continued looking through documents and said, "Did something pique your interest when talking to your fellow colleagues?".
Ryuu looked at her and said "maybe." Thinking that there was no point in asking questions.
As soon as Xyleria finished her work and asked the secretary to take them. They made their way up to the CEO's personal floor to fetch the kids and went home.