Chapter 8 - 08- before
"Miss Janet!" Just as Janet nodded, preparing to leave, a voice, eerie and ghostlike, suddenly rang out behind her. Instinctively, she turned around and met his dark, penetrating gaze, waiting for his next words.
Elwin’s eyes wandered over her, lingering on her delicate face before he finally smiled coolly. "Actually, your figure is quite nice."
The unexpected compliment turned Janet’s cheeks a deep shade of red. She quickly spun around and hurriedly left the CEO’s office, feeling a stark difference between the cold outside and the heated atmosphere within. His ambiguous remark only left her more confused.
Charles watched Janet disappear from sight, his gaze tightening. She must have forgotten, he thought. The night before, she’d been drunk, stumbling into his car and vomiting all over the place. Despite his usual cleanliness, he had done the unthinkable—brought her back to the hotel. The next morning, he had been caught off guard by how serene her face had looked, so pure and untouched, with a grace that seemed almost ethereal. But what truly threw him off was how she had vanished without a trace when he least expected it.
When they met again at the office, he immediately recognized her, the woman with the black-framed glasses, as the one who had shared his bed the night before. But he hadn’t expected her to hide her face so deliberately.
Was she special?
Charles chuckled softly, pushing thoughts of the mysterious woman out of his mind. Instead, he turned to his desk, opening his tablet, his expression turning cold as he remembered the person he was set to meet that evening.
In just one afternoon, news spread that Janet had been appointed as the CEO’s new secretary. Discussions about her quickly spread throughout the company, though Amos, the one who had promoted her, showed no signs of regret. He knew that, with Charles, Janet would have more opportunities for growth.
Under Novia’s guidance, Janet learned the ins and outs of Charles’s daily habits—his preference for black coffee over tea, his dislike of talkative women, and how important it was never to disturb him during his downtime. She also understood that he didn’t need a pretty face for a secretary, but someone capable.