Chapter 47 - 48
Elodie’s POV~
Sherry was beautiful, effortlessly so. The kind of girl whose perfume lingered in the air long after she passed, whose smile looked trained, practiced, but disarming all the same. She was wearing head-to-toe designer, a cream silk blouse tucked neatly into a pencil skirt, her heels clicking confidently across the marble floors of Bellini Holdings.
When she approached my desk, her hand was already outstretched, her tone bright and friendly. “Hi, you must be Elodie! I’m Sherry. It’s such an honor to work with you, please guide me well in the next few days.”
Her voice was bright, practiced, too eager. I stood, returning her handshake, polite but detached. “You’re too polite,” I murmured, forcing a smile. “Welcome to the team.”
She nodded quickly, her eyes sweeping over me like she was trying to figure me out. It wasn’t rude, but it was observant, too observant. “I just graduated from T University with my master’s degree,” she said proudly, straightening her skirt. “What about you, Elodie? Where did you study?”
Something in me stilled. I could’ve told her. I could’ve said the name of the prestigious university but I didn’t. They decided to employ someone with little or no work experience to become my replacement. So I only smiled faintly and said, “Welcome aboard.”
Her brows flickered in confusion, and she laughed awkwardly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “Oh well, I guess experience is the best education, huh?”
I didn’t answer that. Instead, I turned toward my screen, aligning the files that didn’t need aligning. “Sherry, we have a meeting in five minutes. Let’s go through the agenda.”
“Ah!” she gasped lightly, “Right, the meeting! Look at me, already forgetting the important things.” Her laughter was soft and charming. The kind that filled a room easily. I remembered when I used to laugh like that. Before everything became a careful silence.
We walked together to the conference room. She leaned toward me suddenly, her voice low and teasing. “Tell me something, Elodie... is it true what everyone says about Alpha Dante? That he’s unbelievably handsome?”
My chest tightened before I could stop it. My expression didn’t change. “He is,” I said simply.
Her eyes widened, the corners of her lips curling into a grin. “I knew it. Ugh, you’re so lucky to see him every day. I’d probably faint if he even looked at me.”