When Carl reached his office, he sat down in the swivel chair and turned back to face the door to ceiling window overlooking the city.
He thought back to what happened a while ago ' This is not the first time that I've received this kind of reaction from ladies but why am I feeling solicitous ' he thought, feeling confused. He placed one hand on his beating heart just then his assistant walked in and he quickly regained his stoic expression. Turning around he faced him and said
" How is she...?"
Jack knew that he was asking about his over pampered stepsister and remembered what happened in the morning when she ran out of home and followed her brother to the company throwing her tantrums, he had to drive her back to the Cha mansion which was why his boss was left at the company entrance instead of going through the private elevator that was in the parking lot.
" She was in a bad mood when I dropped her at the mansion..., " he answered
" Mm," he said and looked down at the documents that were piled on his desk.
*****
Clara rushed inside the company and headed to the programming department, on her way she noticed the employees chatting among themselves.
" Isn't he charming...? Ah, I think I'm going to faint " one employee said.
" I know right .... If I have him for myself I won't wish for anything more," said another employee
" Young, handsome and rich, what else will I wish for"
" I just wish he would glance at me even once and I'll die without any worry "
" But I wonder why he didn't take the private elevator today" one of them pondered.
She knew immediately who they were talking about ' I think he also works here ' she thought.
She reached her department and headed to the manager's office. She knocked at the door " Come in " a voice sounded from inside the office. She went inside and saw a middle-aged man busily typing on the computer at his desk. He looked up and asked her with a smiling face " How may I help you miss..? "
" Sorry I'm late sir" she bowed and continued " I'm Clara Yang, I received the email that I've passed the interview and should report to work today," she said, feeling nervous that she might be scolded for being late.
" Oh, right the new employee " he smiled and stood up " welcome to the Programming department, come let me introduce you to your colleagues" he shook her hand and directed her outside " Oh right.. you can call me Mr. Long, I'm too young to be called sir," he said humorously. She laughed along with him and followed him outside ' phew.. I thought I was going to get scolded for being late on my first day of work ' she thought.
After she was introduced to other employees she was shown her cubicle where everything she would need was already set for her " wow... I think I might have saved a country in my past life to land a job in a big company like this " she smiled contentedly.
She switched on the computer and start working on the documents that were already prepared for her on her desk which were all about Applications programming. While she was immersed in her work she sensed someone stands beside her, she looked up and saw a beautiful lady who was about her age looking at her work. She put on a smile and said
" How may I help you "
" Oh sorry to disturb you, my name is Mira Wang but you can call me Mira "
" Oh Mira nice to meet you again, we were introduced to each other a while ago... Sorry I didn't recognize you," she said apologetically
She laughed and replied " It's nothing I'm also a newcomer, I started working here one week ago. it's lunchtime,.. care to grab a bite at the company's cafeteria..??? "
" Sure let's go I'm starving already," she said while rubbing her stomach. They both laughed and headed to the cafeteria.
They got along easily and became friends in no time, they chatted about so many things and realized that they shared many interests.