"Will you answer my question sincerely" he paused..
She thought what will he ask?
After a while she said "I will give you a sincere reply"
"As an assistant to Ashley you can work for her which is related to the office but why do you take care of her personal things like booking spa?" Alex questioned her.
She was astonished by his question and was quiet for a while.
"If you don't want to talk about it we can leave here, wherever you are comfortable then you can talk.
she replied "even before she became CEO, I was Paul Park sir's assistant and Ashley didn't like to do such stuff so he requested me to accompany her for shopping so used to go with her. I used to accompany Park sir and her everywhere. She doesn't like to interact with people so she felt comfortable with me and used to ask me to take appointments on her behalf..." she stopped as her thoughts went back into the past and she stopped her conversation.
"Haa.. continue that you used to carry her dresses, sandals and shopping bags" he taunted her.
She looked towards him and thought how he could perfectly guess.
Seeing her face he said "So I am right, her grandpa and you both were the reason for her behavior?"
"How could you blame us?" As she liked her ex-boss who is like a fatherly figure she was not ready to hear a bad thing about him so she couldn't control a word against him and questioned him.
"See I am talking about this attitude, whenever you are talking to others you question them, terrify them with your eyes but what happens when she treats you like a servant. You should take a stand for yourself and tell her that you are not her servant" Alex expressed what he felt was right.
"Sometimes it is easy to advise others but how hard it is to implement, I bear Ashely because of our chairman. He is a very nice person and all are treated equally. He had helped me in completing my education and after that he gave me a job as his assistant, helped my family and especially for my mom's treatment. Because of Ashley's attitude I don't want to hurt him so I keep quiet hoping one day she will change her behavior"
"Sorry if I hurt you and crossed my lane as I couldn't catch sight of she talking to you so harsh as a friend I couldn't take and asked you, once again sorry"
Now I realized the reason behind your silence, so I never hurt you with such questions" he apologized to her.
She handed him a chocolate "no worries, I am lucky to have such a friend who cares about others" he laughed at her while talking about chocolate.
They were talking about their college days and friends then there was an announcement of flight landing.
"Do you know this is my first flight trip?" he whispered slowly into her ears. She looked towards him and laughed at his childish and innocent behavior.
He looked confused as to why she was laughing.
Seeing him confused she thought to ease his mood. She whispered "you are lucky sitting with me, mine was very bad experience as Ashley was sitting besides me, think how was my situation"
He laughed and said "really now I feel lucky enough and pity on you".
Both laughed and walked towards parking waiting for Ashley.
Ashley asked Kate "do you call the driver?"
She replied "yes ma'am driver will be any minute"
Alex looked towards her and thought why she is so rude and arrogant.
When she looked towards him he responded with a fake smile.
Black SUV came and stopped in front of them, Kate was lifting Ashley's luggage so he helped her. He sat in the front seat with the driver and in the back seat Ashley and Kate were sitting.
Ashley asked Kate about the key points regarding the meeting and she was replying patiently, Alex thought Ashley thinks about business only other than business she doesn't have life outside the world so she doesn't care for others feelings.