The next day Clara went to work early. When she reached her cubicle she saw Mira who waved at her with a wide smile "Hey Clara you came early, I just arrived too"
Clara flashed her a smile revealing her cute dimples " hehehe... I'm a diligent worker you know..". She remembered what made her late on her first day and her face flushed. She wasn't the type to gawk at handsome men but his looks were beyond extraordinary.
"I heard that the CEO will come to our department today for an inspection," Mira said in a gossiping manner "I also heard that he's so handsome" she added and place her hands on both cheeks smiling dreamily
"ooh" Clara replied absentmindedly lost in her thoughts
When Mira saw that Clara did not pay attention to what she said she held her shoulders and shook her "Clara are you even listening to me..? What are you thinking about"
Clara broke out of her thoughts " heh..? nothing..What were you saying.? " she asked sheepishly
Mira shook her head sympathetically and said "Tsk tsk tsk.. Clara I wonder why you're always spacing out" and added happily " the CEO will come to our department for inspection, tidy up your desk...I heard that he doesn't come to the company often, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I'm so excited". She paused and checked her wristwatch "I have some documents to work on, see you later" she left hurriedly.
Clara chuckled and sat down. She also noticed that she had been spacing out ever since she saw that mysterious handsome man and had been thinking about him "Hmmmm" she sighed and switched on her computer to start her works.
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Some minutes ago at the CEO's office...
Carl was looking at some reports his assistant gave him while frowning.
David was waiting patiently for his boss when his phone suddenly rang, he looked at his boss apologetically who signaled him to answer the phone.
He went to a corner and answered the call. " Hello"
"What!!!?. accident?" he paused for a while and listened to the other person "Okay".
When Jack heard David say accident he looked up from his documents.
" What happened," he asked David.
" My Dad got into an accident," he told his boss looking restless
"Sorry to hear that...you can take the day off.."
"Okay boss," the assistant said and left hurriedly.
Carl continued looking at the reports and found something wrong. He pressed the intercom and spoke to his secretary, "inform all the departments' heads that there is going to be an inspection"
"Yes sir" the secretary replied at the other end.
Although he doesn't frequent this company, as one of the many companies under his care, Carl made sure all the companies are monitored. He stood up and left his office which occupied the whole tenth floor of the company and took the elevator down.
Each department occupied each floor. he first stopped at the ninth floor where the marketing department was located.
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It was lunchtime when he reached the second floor where the Programming department was located, he checked the time and decided to hurry up since he had other matters to attend to at one of the other companies, he went directly to the manager's office and gave him some instructions.
Clara was still working on her computer when Mira came "okay miss workaholic, it's time for lunch.. let's go and grab some bite" she said while grabbing Clara's hand out.
" Oh, I didn't know it's lunchtime already," Clara said and switched off her computer.
"Yeah yeah ..that's what you always say," Mira said jokingly "come on it's your treat today... right," she asked childishly blinking her eyes at Clara with expectation
Clara sighed and smiled at her bubbly friend " Alright alright., my treat" she said and they both laughed while heading to the cafeteria.
On their way Clara suddenly stopped and held her stomach, she turned to Mira looking restless " You go first.. I need to use the washroom" she said hurriedly and turned back running in the direction of the washroom.
"Okay..hurry or I'll finish all the food" Mira shouted behind her and walked straight to the cafeteria.
While she was running to the washroom her phone started ringing, she brought it out from her purse and saw Maya's name, she didn't notice that someone was walking in her direction and just when she wanted to press the receive button they suddenly bumped into each other and her phone fell on the tiled floor.
"Ouch," she winced and rubbed her forehead that collided with the man's broad chest then Looked down at her phone which was scattered on the floor and damaged beyond repair. "Oh no my phone" she muttered shockingly and looked up angrily ready to lash out at the person when she saw his face she gasped and froze for a second and her heart started thumping erratically.
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Carl came out of the manager's office and strode through the corridor when he received a text from his little sister.
[ Big bro.. thanks for the gift, you're the best..much
Don't worry, I won't leave the house anymore and next time father brings up that topic I'll just go and stay with my friend Gina for a few days. ]
When he was about to reply *Okay* to his sister's text someone collided with him. He looked down and saw a slim figure that only reached his shoulders, he saw her long black hair which was tied in a ponytail and her milky white shoulder, she was dressed in a purple blouse which fitted her perfectly accentuating her curves and a black skirt which was two inches above her knees with heels that complimented her slender and long white legs. She was looking down at the scattered phone on the floor and he heard her muttered something. when she looked up and he saw her small round face, he was startled.
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