This morning the atmosphere at the headquarters was a little different. The employees looked riotous and were busy talking about the new CEO who would replace Barata Siregar. A leader who is still not believed to have embezzled Hankook Finance's money. Barata Siregar is a smart, fair and responsible type of leader. Therefore, when he was initially accused of corruption until he was expelled from Hankook, Abel, including several other employees, still suspected that there must be a game that was deliberately made, but the problem is that they are not smart people investigating things like that. After all, this matter is not entirely their business, let alone Abel's. Abel's business now is an unattainable promotion.
Barata Siregar is no longer in the company and that means Abel has to deal with Niko Siahaan, the rotten bachelor who is super annoying. Oh my goodness, just hearing his name made Abel's mood go down.
"So who's our new boss?" Abel threw the paper that he had crumpled formless into the trash can. Annisa was already standing in front of Abel's desk faithfully waiting for their new boss to arrive. "Or, Arsenio can also be my new boss. He's not that bad, right?"
Arsenio is Barata's confidant. Considering his not-too-bad performance with an IQ that's almost equal to Einstein's, Abel thinks he can replace Barata.
"What? Arsenio? That guy whose job is playing games? Seriously. He can't even take care of himself, let alone lead a company. What will happen to this company if he takes the lead. I think Hankook will become an online game rental place."
Annisa was suddenly on fire and her face was bright red with anger. This woman is always sensitive when it comes to Arsenio. She also almost forgot to breathe while talking about the man.
"The man you said his job was playing games was Mr. Barata's confidant, did you forget?"
"Well, there he is." Annisa snapped her fingers excitedly making Abel have to back away. "Because Arsenio is Pak Barata's confidant, he could be involved in this case."
"Hush, if you talk, don't be careless." Abel said waving his hands in front of his face like social gathering mothers when gossiping. "If he's really involved, why is he still here? Why doesn't he get fired too?"
"They don't know yet, they'll find out later." He said excitedly. "Don't be so presumptuous."
"Bell, now think using logic. If an eye in the head has seen, then the hand that will take and hide it. Now, who is Mr. Barata's right-hand man? Arsenio, right? How could Mr. Barata be able to do everything neatly alone? . He must have minions behind him. And his minions are Arsenio, you'll see."
Abel sighed when he heard Annisa philosophizing again. The veiled woman immediately folded her arms in front of her chest as if she was challenging the world with her chin lifted up.
"Yeah, let's see." Abel said. "But you have to be careful."
"Be careful for what?"
"Watch out for Arsenio. Don't hate him too much, you'll just love him."
"What?!" Anisa screamed excessively. "Are you crazy?! Look at me now, Bel. I have Zafir who is more powerful than Arsenio. Arsenio is nothing. Even a stupid woman would choose Zafir over Arsenio. You are nothing."
Abel covered his mouth with his hand holding back laughter when he saw Annisa's scary expression. This kid really hates Arsenio too much. Abel felt sorry for the man, what actually happened to them in the past that Annisa hated the half-blood man so much.
"Okay okay. Then, who will replace Mr. Barata?" Instantly Annisa's face lit up. Maybe Abel is the only one in this office who doesn't know anything about who the new boss is.
Abel just wasn't interested in talking about new people she didn't know at all. Abel was just busy thinking about how the promotion would be now.
"His name is Aiden Lee, he's from Hankook in Malaysia."
"Aiden Lee? Not Indonesian?" Abel asked strangely.
"Yep. And I heard that Aiden Lee is one of the biggest shareholders in this company."
"Huh? Are you serious?"
"Yes of course." Annisa said. "And he not only leads our division, but this company is fully controlled by Aiden Lee. Great, right? And according to the news, Aiden Lee is a smart, handsome, cool man and..." Annisa hung her sentence. "And… most importantly he is not as evil and cunning as Barata Siregar." He continued sarcastically.
"Nis, do you just believe that accusation? Mr. Barata wasn't one or two years in charge of our division. He's been a leader for years."
"Abel, all the employees here also didn't believe it at first, but the evidence already points to him, so what else is there to doubt?"
Abel sighed. For a moment Abel and Annisa looked at each other in their own thoughts. And accidentally in Abel's mind came the figure of Aiden Lee, the shareholder of Hankook finance. What did that person look like? Is it as old as Mr. Barata?
"I heard the news, that Aiden Lee is still young." Annisa whispered mischievously to Abel as if she had just read the woman's mind.
"Tch, young or old, what's the relationship, what matters is the quality of leadership. We'll see if he can lead our division like Pak Barata."
Annisa chuckled as she covered her mouth. Then the frenetic atmosphere suddenly became silent as if it had been swallowed up by the earth. Annisa nudged Abel's shoulder and the woman straightened herself and straightened her clothes. Abel joined Annisa as he looked around.
The employees here are whispering about Aiden Lee, and from their conversation no one says Aiden is bad. Everyone was talking nice things about the unknown man. And only Abel was not interested in talking about the man from Malaysia. After all, how could they possibly know about the man, just met yet. Tch, everything is gross…
Gosh! What's that? Abel thought. Abel's heart was pounding, his body almost swayed if his hands didn't hold on to the edge of the table. Niki Siahaan and Arsenio walked hand in hand with a man in an expensive suit and a face that looked so very handsome. And Abel was sure that the person next to Niko was…
Abel felt like he was about to faint, when the dazzling man stood right in front of him, wearing a charming smile like Calvin Klein models.