LOGINI did not expect Anna to be the second newbie! Hey, if you liked this chapter, Add to library please. If you didn't, I'm sorry and I'll do better next chapter.
Her eyes fixed on Tobey, who was still systematically organizing his shipping logs. It was already 5 minutes past closing hour and he was still there on his system. After another 5 minutes has past, he finally logged out and shut his system. Anna turned to her own system, pretending to still be stuck on work. Then she casually turned to him, forcing a bright, casual wave. "Bye, Tobey."Tobey didn't look up from his monitor, "You're still around?" He asked, now he was up on his feet and had swung his bag to his back. "Yeah," Anna said, her voice came with a desperate, heavy envy as she glanced toward Anika’s vacant, tidy desk. "I just have a ton of work left to finish up before tomorrow. The marketing files are a complete mess.""Okay," Tobey said, and walked straight toward the exit without another word. The heavy glass doors clicked shut behind him, leaving Anna completely alone in the dim room.The moment his footsteps faded down the hall, Anna’s sweet facade completely shattered.
Her childhood home was burning. Through the fire, she saw a tall, faceless man standing in the dark shadows, watching her family get massacred.Then the flashback jumped forward to the immediate aftermath. Young, bleeding Anika was begging for shelter in the cold rain. Desiree pushed her brutally down into the dirt, shielding Lark and Tori. "Get away from us, you cursed orphan!" Desiree screamed. "Come on kids, get into the bus with your father. Go go!"Then the man whispered something in her ears. Instantly, Desiree’s cruel face twisted into a gruesome greed. She looked at the bruised, weeping fifteen-year-old Anika and spoke out loud , "Ah... that’s true. Your multi-million inheritance will be due once you turn eighteen. We just have to keep her around until then."The memory snapped back to reality. What was that? A blink from her past? The memories that had been buried deeply because of trauma. Rage consumed Anika as she realized the horrifying truth herself. What Carlos had told
The elevator doors opened, and Desiree Gold was led straight onto the Delacroix supply chain and logistics floor. She dramatically thanked the lady who had brought her upstairs, then advanced into the office.In her heavy pearls and expensive tweed jacket, Desiree made her voice annoyingly loud topping it with a fake smile, purposely drawing the attention of the entire department."Hello, dearie," she called out, her voice echoing across the room. "Hello, everyone! I’m Anika's mother-in-law, Desiree Gold."The room went completely silent. Tobey looked up from his desk, his sharp eyes narrowing. Anna froze, her gaze shifting between Desiree and Anika with pure, anxious envy. She wanted to be noticed too, so she simply stood up. "Mother, it's so nice to see you." She advanced towards Desiree. "You should have called, we would have ordered something really nice for you!"Desiree maintained her smile."Don't worry, dearie. I brought snacks! Handmade of course, with lots of love."Cassandr
She wanted to hate him, and lash out at him as she usually did. But as a businesswoman, she couldn't deny that Vanguard's resources were the only thing that can save Delacroix right now. She had been too excited for the rescue partnership deal that breaking it off now seemed like a dumb thing to do. She could really use a powerful man like him on her side. "Fine," Anika says coldly. "I'll allow this partnership deal between us." God, as if she had any choice! "But to the public, to all the employees of this company, you are the powerful Vanguard Chairman, and I can just be this newly hired, ordinary assistant assigned to your team. If you break my cover, the deal is off. I will literally murder you, Christopher Shall."Sure. No need pondering over how he knew her true identity. He had always hinted at it since. Christopher's face brightened with a look of instant relief. He bowed his head slightly in a playful manner. "Of course, mi lady. As you wish. I will play the role perfectl
I’ve corrected spelling, grammar, tense, capitalization, and punctuation only, while keeping your wording, scenes, and ellipses intact.A lot happened in just under two days. First, Anika could not still wrap her mind around Christopher being able to obtain confidential documents from Vanguard. He just laughed over it when she asked.Thankfully, he did not break into her house again but had always knocked and invited himself in to cook breakfast.Then there was Casey, who explained her sob story of moving from Tokyo after failing a really hard exam and was scared to go back to complete her program. So she was in need of a job. She was smart and sweet, very quick-thinking. Anika liked her, so she earned the spot of being her P.A. easily.And then at work, Anna had been too friendly towards her. Always talking loudly to everyone about how she had always been a good friend to her. Selena gave them a lot of paperwork to do just the second day of her resumption. She wasn’t complaining, tho
"Are you kidding me?" she whispered.She scrambled out of bed and tightened the robe around herself with trembling fingers. Her heart hammered against her ribs as she grabbed her phone to alert the security."So much for expensive security!" She muttered under her breath. While dialing, she searched desperately for something she could use as a weapon. Her fingers closed around a baseball bat. She did not even want to know why that was there. The call began ringing. Anika crept toward the hallway."Please be decent!" A man's voice floated from the kitchen.She nearly jumped out of her skin. The bat slipped in her sweaty hands.Excuse me?Who broke into someone's apartment and then requested modesty?The security line connected. "Hello, how may—""I've been ambushed," Anika whispered urgently. "There's a man in my apartment." Her heart beating pounded in her ears.Then the intruder spoke again.. That same teasing voice that had talked her through a panic attack at the hotel. The same
Anika got home that evening to find a lady waiting for her at the entrance. A beautiful petite lady with big, bright eyes. A frown appeared on her face immediately. She instantly stepped forward and demanded who the lady was and how she'd been able to enter. "Hello, I'm Casey! I've been waiting f
Lark stormed after Anika. “Wait up.”With her quick steps, she was already standing outside by now. There was the same sleek SUV parked outside waiting for her. Lark frowned, his brows arching. “So this is it? You’re just going to leave me for some rich guy? After everything we’ve done for you. You
Anika tried to think logically, but this news was too great not to burst out laughing! "You mean, in just under a day, we can find a solution to this crisis already? Thank goodness!""That is great news to hear," Carlos shared the excitement. "Well done, Shawn."He smiled. "Actually, I can't take a
He walked her to the door, then pushed it open for the executives to come in. He did not even for once glance in her direction.Three men walked in, well dressed, while two extras were outside. Among them was Freddie, the man who had witnessed Anika's rage at the funeral. He didn't think she rememb







